Pushin more snow with 6V53T Detroit in '79 F250

[NoNoMoreTalk]

Back when power was the bottom line. And everyone wasn't shitting their pants over emissions.

[6116merl]

When I close my eyes it sounds like you're plowing with an M 113 A2

Ask me how I know what that sounds like....

[TheFordlover2010]

dream machine!!!

[TheHondadirtbiker]

Can someone please tell me why people use there plows like that? I'm not trying to hate, i'm 15, and just trying to learn a little..

[belairlover93]

@TheHondadirtbiker "use there plows like that" ?? what you mean to push snow thats all plows are for

[TheHondadirtbiker]

@belairlover93 I meant, why the plow was "bending" I guess you could say (I know it isnt really bending). But I know it has something to do with the springs on the plow that make it do that. Is it the springs or something else on the plow that make the plow bend over like it does?

[MrPorchmunky]

@TheHondadirtbiker the spring are there to keep the plow from breaking. if it was solid mount it would destroy the plow frame,plow, and maybe even the frame on the truck if the blade hits anything burried in the ground.a good friend thought it was better to use steel cable instead of springs and ruined a $3000 plow setup.

[TheFordlover2010]

what all did you do thinkin of doing a similar swap

[mrbobsshow]

Looks like a older myers always hated how they tripped so much they need stiffer springs but love the video thumbs up keep em comming

[guyincognito83]

@mrbobsshow looks like it tripped from just the weight of the snow, bummer

[luigi1094]

that plow just need new trip springs and it would be better than it is now

[mdr8088]

How in the hell did you put a Detroit in a 250? Both are great but I never thought they'd mate.... I want one....

[mulletcar]

Thats gotta be a beast in a light duty chassis!! Ive driven a cabover Freightliner with a 6v53T and it was a beast!!

[Bamchucknorris]

old trucks look like shit but they get the job done better than the newer ones

[MegaAndrewn]

what happen to the plow bub please tell me

[randytune88]

shit that thing could push threw anything even with that plow on her

[NIGHTRIDER995]

i fuckin love this truck wish i had it!

[bigbadbronco86]

great fuckin truck man

[Metallica1071991]

I hate trip blades, get a fisher.

[scubahsteve]

awesome, im amazed it fit. engine alone must weigh 1000 lbs

[kodyscrazyy]

do these detroit diesels get up and go ? ... like around what the 7.3 powerstroke does when you put it to the floor ?

[34celticpride]

it doesnt even need a new plow,it just need new trip springs or to tieghten the ones on it,thats all

[walston410]

man you going to need a new plow soon man i see that things bin threw some years

[deaztrailnutz]

I can't help it. Every time I watch this video I grin like an idiot.

[mongo5888]

@deaztrailnutz We all do man. ^_^ We all do...

[5020kid]

For sale? lol

[justindougtyler]

i am in love with this truck, and i want one

[sportsman250]

damn thats sweet, bethcha she blows coal pretty good

[carramrod423]

sweet machine man! love that sound!

[juggalettekj]

detroit diesel corp. was with gmc 90% of the time, go back to your powerstroke

[coomage123]

That is a really familier sound. That is the exact same motor that is in the USMC Light Armored Vehicle (LAV) family of vehicles.

[1pinchipendejo]

Just need a longer wheelbase truck and it'll be perfect!

[SteinbrennerShotJFK]

Hvaen't watched porn since I found this video! Thanx, bro! Awesome swap! Where did you you get any of the mounts, brackets, cable etc.

[destroybob14]

its not broke...all it needs is another spring, or 2

[zuksammy]

sweet truck.

[ChronoCrossKid]

your plow is broken lol.

[alphafirefighter]

with that much power do you really think it matters...... lol

[mrbeefhbw]

No, not even close.

It looks like an old Meyers 2 spring home owners plow. It was designed to fold that like so your truck doesn't take a beating. Have one on my old Dodge. Just added two more springs and it was fine.

[MegaDirtymax]

love the sound and low gears

[richk1500]

its a cool engine for sure. but if you were plowing my lot/driveway at all hours of the night.. I would fire your butt in a min. We would get complaints about noise if we even thought of using a truck like that.... But I still love it

[CATZR600BRAAAAAP]

detroit is soundin good. time for new trip springs haha

[Laofse]

It's a 2-stroke Detroit diesel.

[superman22x]

Oh, oops, should have read the title... lmao. NICE!

[BurningTirez]

whats so special about your ranger?

[dustystix76]

ya need stronger springs on yer plow to keep it from rollin over in little snow like that..badass truck overall! i'd love to equip my truck with a Detroit Diesel!

[BSUL92]

This sums it up.

[SeagraveRules]

Ford DOES build their own diesel engines. They've had a straight-6 since 1991, which was first used in the mid-range F-Series and the Cargo tilt-cab trucks. The International 7.3 liter is used only in the lighter F-series.

[ClassicTVMan81]

Actually, John, those two Brazilian-built diesels you're referring to (they were also used in their New Holland-brand farm equipment), which displace 6.6 and 7.8 liters, had actually started life as far back as the 6.6 being used in the Cargo COE (which was to succeed the Ford C-series, which was produced from 1957-90) and then in 1987 availability was extended to the F-600, F-700, F-7000, F-800, F-8000, L-7000 and L-8000 mediums.

[powersguy]

uh bro, ford uses a v8 diesel. cummins is the only straight six..

[SeagraveRules]

For the light trucks (up to F-550) Ford uses the 7.3L V-8 Powerstroke. Larger F-Series trucks use the 2 sizes of 6's.

[powersguy]

which is still probably a cummins powerplant

[SeagraveRules]

The 7.3L Powerstroke is made by International, the Ford 6's are made in Brazil, I don't know if it's a division of Ford or just an outside contractor.

[JtsGreene]

Wrong

[nomad1187]

What r u using for a tranny?

[47LN81]

Fix you rollers.

[cksilverado1]

Never seen a plow do that. Is it a scraper blade?

I can't see how you could move wet/heavy snow with a plow that flips over.

[killercan10]

Nope. Its a full trip moldboard. When the cutting edge encounters an obstacle, the entire blade bends forward to clear it. A trip edge, allows just the cutting edge to trip and clear the obstacle.

[landon460]

ford used the cummins motor long before dodge ever did. They used it in their medium and some of their heavy duty lines back to the late 70's. Once again ford does something first and everyone else follows.

[kb7dqh]

Gilligs, mostly. Some of the Kenworth Pacific school coaches, now long since retired (50's vintage) were equipped with 6V52T's. Only one Crown in the fleet until the district bought some new ones around 1983, and it had a 6V52. The newer ones had the inline Detroit and automatic trannies!

[AERICJ81]

oh boy, look at her go!

[kb7dqh]

Boy, this sure brings back memories... about a third of the school bus fleet I rode to school were powered with 6V53T's... Rest were 3208 Cat's,

and IHC I-6 gassers, later replaced with the first iteration of the DT466! All I think have been replaced by now... but the school district wasn't one for replacing a perfectly good school bus until it became fiscally impossible to keep them on the road... Some put in over 40 years active service.

[RDG484]

What kind of buses had the 6V-53T's in them? I'm guessing they were Crowns.

Thanks in advance.

[lancer1st]

your plow i so loose. but that means its actualy been used not like alot of guys that buy a plow for there truck and plow 100 feet a snow storm. nice sounding truck ya got there man

[KawiKZ400]

that plow aint lose, thats just a gool ol western! my 96 fords plows the exact same

[richardtheone]

Hi i have 653 detroit out of an old excavator and want to put it in my 67 gmc wich is a ton 4x44 the question i have is about the large 10 b0lt bell housing and the deep sump oil pab . did you find away to put the engine in without using these?? also mine is supercharged wich makes the install height alittle higher

[PoconoPits2008]

Wow it sounds powerful, sounds like something u hear in an old rig I like it!

[RDG484]

Once a VERY common fire truck engine. In fact the engine in this truck came out of an American LaFrance. I used to belong to a volunteer fire company and when we were going to repower an old Seagrave pump we had, I selected a 6V-53T for it. The rig had to give up the ghost in 2002 but the engine I heard went into some guy's boat. I LOVED seeing that truck going out on a run with both its siren and 6V-53T screaming their lungs out.

[ChuCk230e]

that plow is shit

[75LS1Vega]

You are more than welcome to pay for a new one. It get;s the job done very well for us!!!

[derekbroerse]

@75LS1Vega

Replace your trip springs!!! $20 each, add an extra if needed!

[dodgerules78102]

@ChuCk230e yeah the plow looks floppy. but do you see any snow behind it? nopeee

[nicklikecows]

@ChuCk230e this will outlast any new one

[houseofdiesel]

Pull that little thing out and stuff a 6.0 in it.

[fordrac1ng81]

why? so it can break?

detroit > international

[houseofdiesel]

If its already out of the truck to do the swap its a walk in the park to builetproof it yourself, as long as you now all the fixes.

[RDG484]

If a 6V-53T can take a 13-ton Seagrave fire truck from 0-35 in 14 1/4 seconds it can do that much better with this tow truck.

[houseofdiesel]

I just like giving guys that aren't putting Fords in Fords, but I respect all swaps that are outside the box. Thanks for the comment on my 62.

[75LS1Vega]

Better do some research, Ford used Detroit diesels for MANY years....... Just worked on one with a Detroit 8.2 just last week.... :)

[houseofdiesel]

Sorry I didn't specify F250 and F350s, not Medium Dutys.

[RDG484]

Actually I used to see a lot of Wonder Bread step-vans that had Ford chassis with 3-53 and 4-53 Detroits in them back in the 1970's. The ones with the 3-53's had Boyertown bodies, the ones with the 4-53's were larger Grumman Curbmasters. Both kinds had Ford chassis.

[houseofdiesel]

Come on man. Can't I just poke fun and that be the end. Your talking about a custom aftermarket company that uses multiple brand parts. So its cool to run Cummins in Fords now that Ford sell them in their Medium duties? BS. Would a diehard Chevy guy put anything other than a Chevy in a Chevy. NEVER. Would a Mopar guy ever put a chevy in anything Chrysler? NEVER. What ever.

[RDG484]

You're right. Trouble is it's hard to tell when you READ something whether somebody is kidding or not. It's not like you can look at someone's face and see the smirk. But you're right.

[houseofdiesel]

Really. Thats the bad thing about texting. I'm always pissing my wife off, cause I don't word things right.

[DarilVanHorn]

Ford desn't build diesel engines. They get them from International

[Gitrdone365]

ford and international are basically the same thing

[dakotamcatee]

the 7.3 is an international, the newer engines are fords

[79fordblake]

Ford does build their own diesel engines now. Should be in the new 2010 trucks. The navastar power stroke is bye bye.

[ChevelleSSLS6]

@75LS1Vega I saw a Ford 8000 driving along (or similar looking one) the other day. It sounded like a Detroit was under the hood :)

[neurocytohemotoxic]

@75LS1Vega Why would Ford use engines that were made by GM?

[bradbullock4]

@75LS1Vega if im not mistaken is detriot not a gm motor? my uncle has a old petibone logging loader and is has a 372 detriot in it and it is clearly stamped on the side of the motor GM. This thing is very old though. When did ford use the motors?

[dsiss45]

i think u need some new spring on that plow

[sm350bl]

how did you get the detroit to mate up to your transmision and what kind of clutch did you use? i have a 72 highboy that i would like t put a 4-53 in.

[fanoseagrave]

It's hard to beleive that the sound 2-cycle engines is almost completely silenced today due to EPA standards. It was EVERYWHERE back in the 1970's. I would say about 1 out of every 5 medium-to-heavy-duty trucks had 6V-53's in them.

[Xx69roadrunnerxX]

Does Detroit Diesel still make 2-stroke engines? I hate the EPA's fucking standard! I take all the emissions stuff of my vehicles.

[RDG484]

As far as NEW production, no. But you can get a rebuilt 2-cycle just about anywhere.

[Xx69roadrunnerxX]

thanks for the info, i appreciate it!

[blazerboy2011]

i like the way you think i hate that emissions control shit it just restricts the flow

[DamnTheDoubleNickle]

I have a 1975 ford f350 and i wanna conver her to diesel... what would i ahve to do. i was think bout doin an old detroit like you did. do you need a computer or anything????

thanks

[roadwolf2]

the 53 series in fact all of detroits 2 strokes right up until about 84 were purely mechanical , no computers needed

[DamnTheDoubleNickle]

do you know about the old cats or cummins' engines??

thanks

[roadwolf2]

depends on what you wanna know

[DamnTheDoubleNickle]

whats CATs are mechanical injection.

[roadwolf2]

anything before the late 80s i think

[DodgeRamit02]

i kno the 3406a b and c models are

[supercharged65]

Whats the front end sitting on,a 44 or 60,and what kind of transfer case?

[75LS1Vega]

Has a High pinion Dana 60 in the front with 3.54 gears. the truck running gear is from a '73 F250, so the transfer case is a divorce mounted unit behind the transmission, not sure on the model though!

[FordRacing78]

That would be a np205 T-case. Love the truck

[andrewlippincott]

Its a 205 np Divorce Transfer case i own one and it was the best dam investment into my 4x4. they never break! built FORD TOUGH.

[kirkthecapt]

@75LS1Vega what kinda mileage do you get?