Detroit 4-71 run away

[treessavoy]

I don't know what a '36 Fairbanks Morse is but it must have been the biggest car on the road.....bet Jay Leno's got one though....lol!

JimR

[Paul Precht]

Photo's and captions on the tree issue. http://classracer.com/classforum/album.php?albumid=518

[art leong]

I had a 6-71 run away on one of my fishing boats. We had a genius help us with the rebuild and he put the rack in backwards.
Stuffed rags in the intake and it slow but couldnt stop it. Had to hit it with a fire extinguisher. To finally stop it.

[Paul Precht]

You gotta love that sound Art, I had an 8-92 in my old Ford CL9000 tractor trailer when I was an Owner Op, what a beast to work on, I once ran it out of fuel, that's a long story for another day.

[Al Loyrat]

When I was young this old diesel mechanic showed me this 2" thick board with a gate handle screwed on top and asked me if I knew what its for. He said its for a runaway diesel. .Always had it handy!

[Lew Silverman]

Most of the in-line 71 series diesels had a flap inside the airbox that was supposed to cover the blower inlet and shut the air off and kill the motor. They very rarely worked! I've seen GMC's with the liners so worn that they would run on the lube oil they sucked past the rings! Not a lot of fun!

Lew

[art leong]

Originally Posted by Lew Silverman

Most of the in-line 71 series diesels had a flap inside the airbox that was supposed to cover the blower inlet and shut the air off and kill the motor. They very rarely worked! I've seen GMC's with the liners so worn that they would run on the lube oil they sucked past the rings! Not a lot of fun!

Lew

I first hit the flap, slowed it down some, then tried stuff rags in the airbox, not much help.
Finally used the CO2 . That worked.