8v71 16v71 tear down and explained

neoneddy · January 04, 2019, 04:32:54 PM

I've been watching this guy lately, he found a 16v71 in a junkyard , got it running , then killed it :-(

But the video of the autopsy has been interesting.

https://youtu.be/brT-BafQ-eg

Fred Mc · January 04, 2019, 05:13:33 PM

Interesting video.
What I found really interesting(if its true) is that the rotation of the starter determines the rotation of the engine.

Dave5Cs · January 04, 2019, 06:40:14 PM

nope. The air starters can be changed from right to left depending on the engines rotation. Like MCI are t drives so they are right hand where as most GM's are sideways and left hand. You can only do that with air starters.

Prevost45 · January 04, 2019, 06:42:53 PM

This guy really doesn't have a clue.. don't believe everything you see on the internet .

Dave5Cs · January 04, 2019, 06:49:22 PM

So Mr or Mrs.? Prevost 45 you might want to go back to your profile and give us a first name so we know who we are talking to and an about or state maybe so in case you have a guy close that you might need some help one day they might have a bus also that they may need help on.

Dave5Cs

luvrbus · January 04, 2019, 07:38:25 PM

Air starters are like a hydraulic starters they are easy to change the rotation,but the drive has to be changed too

chessie4905 · January 05, 2019, 07:47:29 AM

Bought a used Roadway tractor several years ago with a 6v-92 and air starter for the engine and transmission.Hit the starter button and it instantly was running. They only used a group 27 battery for the electrics. No gauges, just lights. It used about a 40 to 50 gallon tank for the air supply.

Jim Eh. · January 07, 2019, 10:48:01 AM

Best thing about an air starter ... watching how high people jump that are standing beside the vehicle when you hit that start button.

Jeremy · January 07, 2019, 02:03:23 PM

Well here's a thing: one of my all-time favourite movies is Mad Max 2, and there's a scene in it where Max starts the engine of an abandoned / crashed / scavenged / hijacked / shanghaied Mack truck - and ever since I first saw the movie I've wondered why the starter sounded so loud and high-revving. I did wonder whether it might be an air starter, but that was only a guess since I've never heard one in real life

So having read this thread I thought I would see if there was a clip of the scene on Youtube in order to ask whether the sound was indeed that of an air starter. And bugger me, not only has someone posted a clip of exactly that scene, but the title of the clip is "Air-start System Truck Start"...

Here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZrFkGdti8c

Jeremy