Shifting Diamond Reo

[cobra96svt570]

I love D.reo's. It sou nds like a detroit, maybe a 6v or 8v, possibly a 6-71, but it sounds like a V. It takes some skill to drive a detroit 2stroke with a 2spd rear. They say split shifting a 2spd rear is harder then driving a roadranger, becasue you have to know exactly when to hit the button, or it miss, and sound like someone threw a wrench in the rear. I tryd to teach a cpl buddys of mine, they could drive a 10-13 spd no problem, but man i thought they were gonna blow the rear ou my 5+2 cat

[chorald]

I really like older trucks. When I drive the old ford l-8000 1984 with a 3208 N/A, I really feel the truck and with a hot summer day without radio and A/C, it's kinda cool.

[Blue10AEMia]

Nice to see I'm not the only one who skips fourth gear. 4 lo is like a reiteration of 3rd high

[cumminsfan]

@Blue10AEMia need it for hill climbing tho. my 69 reo has the 427 gold comet six and she needs all the gears shes got

[Opium323]

I learned in a '58 Diamond T... this is a Cadillac by comparison

[bj99ful]

Not too noisy inside for having a 2 stroke Detroit

[1972JICase970]

Sounds Great! Just like my dads 1964 WF Coe, it had this engine as well. This sounds exact to what I remember riding in it with my dad while hauling grain. Awesome video!!!

[zachdaney13]

thats what i call a dead engine, u have to beat them to make em do anything, espesially the non turbo ones

[oiljerk]

What's up with the gloves lol

[fontheking5]

The sound of a 2 stroke Detroit always gives me goosebumbs . Love that sound

[ClassicTVMan1981X]

@fontheking5

Me, too. I miss them.

[MegaZsolti]

what tranny does it have?

[midell2007]

just because he is using a clutch does not make him a rookie...that thing isnt hanging in there as an ornament...and yes, I drove for almost 30 years.

[tpvalley]

@midell2007

are they a non syncro transmission apart from the red button?

what r the other 2 levers for?

[linesplice]

OK... lots of comments. Let's just answer the two most common:

1. If memory serves, it was close to 20degrees the day the film was shot, and the tranny is much happier with the clutch when it's cold. A 2-speed rear axle also appreciates a tap of the clutch when you have to split climbing a hill.

[linesplice]

2. Gloves. It was cold and the heater isn't all that great until the engine is really hot. There is also a wide, sharp-edged seperation in the steering wheel that I have yet to fill which will eat your hands up.

[rusttrail3]

If he's using the clutch it just means that the truck is his baby and he's just trying to take care of his wagon.

BE COOL ON YOUR STOOL !

[patentagosse]

Now That's Ol' School!!!

[chfireball]

oh, we got a rookie clutch user

[user467]

it is easier to grip and more comfertible to use gloves while driveing a truck like that.

[Meralain]

Love that Detroit Sound! Hope you have a couple gallons of oil under the seat......

[linesplice]

It's not as bad as you might think. The detroits use a heavy oil - straight 40, and I haven't noticed high consumption. It leaks more than it burns, if you ask me.

[cumminsfan]

@linesplice the old timers allways say the only time you should worry about a detroit leaking oil is when it stops leaking!

[hmburner]

@cumminsfan  Detroits never leak oil.............they just mark thier spot like a dog

[CEOkiller]

@linesplice That's why they called them green leakers...

[jizzmonger]

Shit, can you imagine listening to that racket all day?

[benhanson3]

r u kidding that is a 6-71 detroit thats mint! id love to drive that everyday

[Bkrites]

damn gotta love those old Detroits singin to ya

[bubba2301]

LISTEN TO THAT DETROIT SCREAM

[ddmcgee241]

5+2 seems odd in this truck. Who'd 'a thunk it.

[SteveCarras]

linesplice wrote one year ago:

"Yes, the shift patterns are different, but there are still pro's and con's to either setup. It's easier to skip shift and easier to down-shift going downhill 1ith a 10-speed. On the other hand, with a 2-speed rear, going from high to low up a hill is faster than shifting a 10-speed. "

Definitely perkier. :)

[1964corvan]

double clutching!!!

[coyner254]

Oh thats cool... Do you wish you had that truck?

[hanleyfallsmn56245]

Thanks for sharing, VERY cool!

[600SELV12]

Reminds me of modern super-10

[coyner254]

Does the thing even have a turbo?

[peterbiltexd]

nope all diesel engine power here it does have a blower though

[coyner254]

Oh, cool. Is it powerful? Or no?

[peterbiltexd]

shes a good little dumptruck engine and good light dudy hauling motor most transit buses have em so year on a scale to 1 to 10 4.5

[coyner254]

Do you even use it anymore? Or do you have a new one

[peterbiltexd]

its not my truck but weve had em in some of our little dumptrucks pulls good smokey as hell though

[coyner254]

Ah them old Diamond Reo's are tough little trucks. Did yea sell it?

[peterbiltexd]

that truck in the vid in not my truck its linesplices lol but me have em some ford dumptrucks

[linesplice]

I wish. The NA 6-71 was about 170 horses from the factory.

[ClassicTVMan81]

Actually it was (by 1969 standards):

6-71NE: 195 hp @ 1,950 rpm (N55 injection)

6-71N: 218 hp @ 2,100 rpm (N60 injection)

6-71N: 238 hp @ 2,100 rpm (N65 injection)

[TurbinePower69]

@linesplice 170 horses ?!!?...what !? You running N55's  with std. timing, in that engine ?

[bcschmerker]

BTW, is this truck equipped with a Spicer PS/PSO-series gearsplit ten-speed? The splitter valve appears exactly where I'd expect the Range valve on an early Eaton-Fuller RT-series; Eaton put the splitter into the shift knob before they put two valves into current RTLO-series shifter heads.

[otherdog59]

actually that's not a splitter valve,it's a 2 speed axle switch,changes the rear axle ratio from high to low range.You shift the axle from lo to hi in eachgear upshifting,hi to lo when downshifting.

[bcschmerker]

Very nice workalike, only abaft rather than afore the primary 'box. The Eaton Fuller A-6909 (range only), A-6910 (split only) and A-6918 (range and split) shift knobs may be useful updates to "clean up" your transmission controls, as their hoses can be completely hidden under a leatherette boot running up the primary shift lever from the cab floor.

[punhoss]

What was Reo thinking with that E-normous dashboard?

[linesplice]

It's a faux wood panel - sexy! haha

[DieselPower25]

Make that Detroit scream!

[skodas]

just like my friends 1964 saab 2 stroke

[whatihave2do]

Had to be a REAL truck driver to drive one of those. Unlike the wimpy crybaby truck drivers of today. "My A/C not cold enough, I had to drop two gears to get up this mountain, My frontend shakes at 45, my seat hurts my fat ass." Give them a truck from 30 years ago with a hard small seat, NO A/C and engine heat pouring through the floor on a summer day and so little power that you could get out and walk beside the truck going up a hill. I bet they would shutup about their 3 year old truck.

[linesplice]

Yep, that's a 30 year old truck for you! You forgot diesel exhaust permeating the cabin. Wedge brakes are fun too.

[MattytheDem]

and lets not forget ARMSTRONG STEERING

[giojoeg]

Love that sound. Miss driving them two strokes!

[mathuetax]

Man what a great sound!

[curnock]

nice sound

[driver64]

:)nice symphony!!

[firetender61]

2 speed electric rear...glad those abortions are gone too.Blast from the past,though.

[s172mch]

my dad drove a reo cabover in the 70's for a short time

he said it was a 1977

i cant dind any pictures of it tho

[12valvepower]

i think its the video

[rednek234]

is it just me or is that engine missing?

[abferrara]

OK Now I am confused. Old School!!!!

[andoverpunx]

Damn those two stroke diesels sound good! Twice as many combustions per rpm= sounds like it's revving 2x the actual rpm. Excellent.

[Dave7060]

Does it got a spicer with a short 4th. I think this is because he skips 4th and goes from 3 hi ti 5lo. Someone correct me if Im wrong

[otherdog59]

looks like it might be a 5spd. clark w/od-you shifted your 2 speed hi-lo thru 3rd. gear,then 4th.lo-5th.lo-4th.hi-5th.hi

[SteveCarras]

Yes...! Even Buses had those (Crowns, anyway, offered as many as TEN speeds. of course, something like a 6x3 two sticks (18) would be of no use unless you had a Greyhound articulasted double decker with continental breakfast but since when do those exist?

[12valvepower1]

in some country we have never heard of yet.

[ohiofarmer]

almost a SUPERTRUCKER!

youve got the gloves, but do you have the fingers cut out of them? A chain drive billfold and some cowboy boots and it'll be official ;)

[bigchevy80]

You have some very cool videos Linesplice. Watching this video reminds me of hauling grain in our old '68 GMC grain truck. Took me forever to learn to shift that transmission, but once I got it down I could shift all day long. Fun stuff...

[dieselislife2]

jake brakes are loud as helll!

[pavementsucks1]

is she a super ten

[linesplice]

5 + 2 spd. axle, but effectively the same thing as a 10-speed tranny. There are pro's and con's to either setup in my opinion.

[ClassicTVFan82]

And if it was a 10 speed with a 2 speed rear axle, you would have 20 speeds total.

Try a 10 speed with a 4 speed rear axle, that's bound to be a dead end...

[dieselislife]

40 speeds, jesus, first would be almost 00001 of a mph. hahahahahaaa

[mitchblyth]

very different than a 10 speed

5+2 you have a high and low in each gear

10 speed you go through the bottom 5 then go into high range and go back to 1st which becomes 6th and up to 10th

[linesplice]

Yes, the shift patterns are different, but there are still pro's and con's to either setup. It's easier to skip shift and easier to down-shift going downhill 1ith a 10-speed. On the other hand, with a 2-speed rear, going from high to low up a hill is faster than shifting a 10-speed.

[SteveCarras]

with a 2-speed rear, going from high to low up a hill is faster than shifting a 10-speed. "

Agreed. More perkiness. {:)] Easiher to get higgher rpm within a given amount of time that going the same way with a ten speed or four speed would in the same given.

[otherdog59]

...unless it's a super ten...

[REWYRED]

Nice that looks like the same setup as we have on our '75 GMC the only thing I notice different is when you upshift you "pre-select" then shift, our truck is backwards from that

[otherdog59]

Great video,and A great looking truck

[otherdog59]

that fine looking Diamond Reo is A classic,worth many Western Stars.That "old dump truck" will probably still be running long after that Western Star meets the crusher.

[Auscrawlrule]

Hi Seagravefan. The Cummins 555 was probably one of the worst American V8 diesel engines built. They blew up and they were gutless bloody things.

[ClassicTVFan82]

Because the series had a stroke length in a smaller number in relation to its cylinder bore (4.65" bore x 4.12" stroke)?

[seagravefan]

Nice!! I remember seeing Diamond Reo medium range trucks similar to this one with Cummins VT-555's in them and one or two with Detroit 6V-53's.

[ThePolishResistance]

Diamond Reo. Those trucks are rare nowadays. I believe the one you have is an Apollo 92.

[piratebobstreasure]

Thanks for the memories there, Linesplice! Man, I always thought there was nothing in the world that sounded better than one of those old 2-strokers!

--Pirate Bob

[Buckshot3715]

Nice driving reminds me of driving the trucks at work

[douro20]

Never actually seen a Diamond REO. But I have seen Autocars, one was behind me when I was on my motorcycle. Had a Caterpillar 350hp "A" engine.

[ladaladaladalada]

10 speed

[otherdog59]

10 speed what? It is a 5 speed transmission,with a 2 speed rear axle,so that does give you 10 forward speeds-but it's not a 10 speed transmission.

[Johnny4406pak]

dude I can shift like that with out the clutch man it keeps the revs high and doesnt hurt the tranny

[B422TMack]

A super 10 is a lot similar to a 5&2 5&2 is basically 10 gears splitting the axle basically like drive a super 10 & a 5&2 is a on/off road tranny most of the time the spiltter on a 5&2 IS A ELECTRIC BOX ON THE AXLE where all ive ever seen a super 10 WAS a air splitter valve & mostly used in on road tractors & not a mixer or dump the other 10spd i like in a dumptruck is a 8LL (8 Fwd gears w/2 low fwd gears)

[ladaladaladalada]

the tranny on those big trucks are sloooow, you need massive patience

[B422TMack]

looks like a 5&2 tranny by looking @ the splitter

[ladaladaladalada]

is that a super 10, we had one at school, wee shifted, then flipped a switch, then shifted, then flipped a switch, and so on, is that the same there..

[superkheric]

Very nice.

[ladaladaladalada]

when going up a steeep hil in a big rig, i forget, do you rev up to get into a lower gear when youre bogging , like gear out rev then gear in right.

[TechMaven]

That was great! What gearbox does the truck have?

[ClassicTVFan82]

My guess is a 13-speed Roadranger.