Olivetroad Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 I went to the auto auction Friday to get Momma a four wheel drive SUV for winter and I came home with this: The good: New tiresBig winch (please note coffee cup made the ride home)Last driver left glovesTilt wheelFree railroad tie - BRAND NEW ONE! My cows won't know how to act with a NEW railroad tie used as a fence brace post.THE BAD:Rats nest of wiring/air lines - lots of "field expedient repairs"Empty case of transmission fluid - not a good signStarting fluid under the seat - not a good signInterior dirty - it was real necessary to put the paper floor mat down to keep cleanThe Ugly:Detroit Diesel - screams and screams - Note 9 year old boy tromping on the foot feedThe whole thing is just butt ugly! I bet it was ugly when new. The railroad wheels don't help the overall look anyTruck has six cylinder Detroit diesel - is that a 671? I think three feet of it is up in the cab between the seats.It also has a five speed automatic - never thought they offered that in 1987.I made my 16 year old son drive it, I thought it may be his only chance to drive one with a Jimmy diesel. What an honor! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21703-1987-gmc-brigadier-some-good-some-bad-all-ugly/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 Yup, that is a venerable old 6-71 Detroit Diesel. Pretty good engine really, just loud. Those always were a brute for a work truck; uncomfortable, loud, usually leaked water, (given that engine, leaking oil is a given) but they always got the job done asked of it. Crowded cab with the engine sharing the space.Rob 1 Quote Plodding along with no job nor practical application for my existence, but still trying to fix what's broke. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21703-1987-gmc-brigadier-some-good-some-bad-all-ugly/#findComment-91421 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speed Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 You can probably either find a use for the railroad wheels &etc. or scrap 'em and get some of your purchase price back. That truck will be a hard worker for you. Even when you flog 'em to death,they'll keep working. My best friend used to say that to drive something with a Dee-troit in it,it's necessary to get in the proper frame of mind;he suggested slamming your hand in the door.... Speed Quote "Remember-ANY Gun Control is Unconstitutional!"<!--sizeo:3--><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo--><i><b>MACK-E Model Registry # 36</b></i><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--><a href="http://www.nvabatetravel.com/"target="_blank">http://www.nvabatetravel.com/</a> Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21703-1987-gmc-brigadier-some-good-some-bad-all-ugly/#findComment-91434 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 i drove a brand new one in 77 i liked it,,,but oh no the old lady still needs a 4 by..what now.lol.bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21703-1987-gmc-brigadier-some-good-some-bad-all-ugly/#findComment-91960 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivetroad Posted November 26, 2011 Author Share Posted November 26, 2011 Bob - I lucked out and also found my blushing bride this little Ford Escape which smoothed her over and she forgot about the Jimmy diesel. It is neat as a pin and drives like a new one and she is very pleased with it.I have to confess that I did somehow neglect to tell her that it came from the same railroad the Jimmy did and it has 283,000 miles.Somehow when she got it, the digital dash was stuck on the trip meter and she can't figure out how to switch it to the odometer to find out how many miles it has and I am refusing to help.Please don't call her and help her figure out how to toggle it over! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21703-1987-gmc-brigadier-some-good-some-bad-all-ugly/#findComment-92013 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 well it looks impressive,,glad you got it figured.lol...stupid line.lol.got it figured out,,,gotta run,,,good purchase.seeya bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21703-1987-gmc-brigadier-some-good-some-bad-all-ugly/#findComment-92740 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Bob - I lucked out and also found my blushing bride this little Ford Escape which smoothed her over and she forgot about the Jimmy diesel. It is neat as a pin and drives like a new one and she is very pleased with it.I have to confess that I did somehow neglect to tell her that it came from the same railroad the Jimmy did and it has 283,000 miles.Somehow when she got it, the digital dash was stuck on the trip meter and she can't figure out how to switch it to the odometer to find out how many miles it has and I am refusing to help.Please don't call her and help her figure out how to toggle it over!I like it!.. the Jimmy that is. And if the Ford gives her any trouble, you could let her drive the screaming Jimmy this winter. You could even get her some chains for Christmas, put a plow on it for her, she'd be unstoppable! Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21703-1987-gmc-brigadier-some-good-some-bad-all-ugly/#findComment-92773 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog man Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 I Like it too . But im partial to a Jimmy . We ran GMC Brigadier ,General , 9500 & a k3500 4wd. in the family excavating business along side of our R DM & B Model 1 Thing i love to hear was the 2 671 (238) Screamin Jimmy Detroit Diesel 's LOPE On a cold winter morning till they warmed up. & i knew when that 74' S/A 9500 Lowboy & 85' Triaxle Brigadier was coming back to the Farm or the excavating job you hear those ole 238's screaming over a D6D LGP Dozer we had . ANIT NOTHING GONNA DUPLICATE THE SOUND OF A 238! The 83' General we had had a NTC 400 BC Cummins in it .MY Family always said The ole GMC 9500 Brigadier & General was a good dependable cheap work truck . maybe thats why im partial to a 9500 Brigadier & General to this day . Later Quote You Cant Fix Stupid. But You Can Numb It With A Sledgehammer. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21703-1987-gmc-brigadier-some-good-some-bad-all-ugly/#findComment-94236 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivetroad Posted December 16, 2011 Author Share Posted December 16, 2011 I Like it too . But im partial to a Jimmy . We ran GMC Brigadier ,General , 9500 & a k3500 4wd. in the family excavating business along side of our R DM & B Model 1 Thing i love to hear was the 2 671 (238) Screamin Jimmy Detroit Diesel 's LOPE On a cold winter morning till they warmed up. & i knew when that 74' S/A 9500 Lowboy & 85' Triaxle Brigadier was coming back to the Farm or the excavating job you hear those ole 238's screaming over a D6D LGP Dozer we had . ANIT NOTHING GONNA DUPLICATE THE SOUND OF A 238! The 83' General we had had a NTC 400 BC Cummins in it .MY Family always said The ole GMC 9500 Brigadier & General was a good dependable cheap work truck . maybe thats why im partial to a 9500 Brigadier & General to this day . Later We had a Timberjack skidder with a 4-53 in it and while it was small in size, it more than made up for it in noise level! I remember it too sounded good when first fired up on a winter day. It got to leaking fuel from a line under the valve cover - the oil level would go UP when we checked it at noon. I got a quick education on the detroit fuel system. I like any engine that has access covers on the side of the block - it just looks old school! 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21703-1987-gmc-brigadier-some-good-some-bad-all-ugly/#findComment-94258 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog man Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 We had a Timberjack skidder with a 4-53 in it and while it was small in size, it more than made up for it in noise level! I remember it too sounded good when first fired up on a winter day. It got to leaking fuel from a line under the valve cover - the oil level would go UP when we checked it at noon. I got a quick education on the detroit fuel system. I like any engine that has access covers on the side of the block - it just looks old school!I Had a 85' 3/4 ton Chevy pick up i bought it when i was 15 yrs old ran it 2 weeks the 350 locked up (my dads buddy who had his own car lot said the company that traded in bought in smoking & he though the motor was gonna go @ anytime so i bought the truck for $500.00 )I Went to G&W Diesel down in Memphis they had a 453T W/ GM BELLHOUSING FRESH IN THE CRATE. I bought it put it in put 5" stright pipes on it coming out under the bed @ an angle.. I Had a 400 turbo behind it . i was gear bound @ 61mph but i hauled scrap iron , wood, w/ it when i was a teenager. then in my 20's i made a service truck out it w/ a 250 gallon diesel tank, Snap-On Road Chest tool box Kellog air compressor & wheel well box for my tire irons & 1" impact gun . That ole chevy was loaded but that lil 453 would talk carrying all that load & sounded good doing it . i owned that truck till i was 29yrs old. a man offered $8,000.00 for it ( just the truck ) i took it. wish i had it back now. that was my 1st truck i loved that ole BOWTIE IT MADE ME ALOT OF MONEY . & LOOKED & SOUNED GOOD DOING IT. Ya & thats another reason why i like a detroit is the fuel system .Later aka Bulldog Man on BMT Quote You Cant Fix Stupid. But You Can Numb It With A Sledgehammer. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21703-1987-gmc-brigadier-some-good-some-bad-all-ugly/#findComment-94284 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivetroad Posted December 16, 2011 Author Share Posted December 16, 2011 That 453T in a pickup is what all the guys around here are trying to find. A few years ago no one wanted one! Now I am seeing everything from a old two stroke detroit to John Deere tractor engines being put in pickups. I sold a 9 speed road ranger to a guy last month that is trying to mate it with a 6V71and put it in a 1/2 ton pickup. I bet the weight of the power train will get him in deep trouble. Oh well, I also never used to listen until things started to cost me money! 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21703-1987-gmc-brigadier-some-good-some-bad-all-ugly/#findComment-94286 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog man Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Thats sounds too heavy for a pick up. but then again i seen in Petersens 4wd magazine some years ago a guy shoehorned a 238 detroit & 13spd in a 79' F250 4WD . LITTLE BIT Of a over kill if ya ask me . Quote You Cant Fix Stupid. But You Can Numb It With A Sledgehammer. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21703-1987-gmc-brigadier-some-good-some-bad-all-ugly/#findComment-94405 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtywhiteboy Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 That 453T in a pickup is what all the guys around here are trying to find. A few years ago no one wanted one! Now I am seeing everything from a old two stroke detroit to John Deere tractor engines being put in pickups. I sold a 9 speed road ranger to a guy last month that is trying to mate it with a 6V71and put it in a 1/2 ton pickup. I bet the weight of the power train will get him in deep trouble. Oh well, I also never used to listen until things started to cost me money!id like to have a crew cab chevy with a 453 my self,..with a rto6613,...drag a dirt car a few miles on the weekends,...got a nephew that put one in a long bed 4x4,..he hooked bumpers with all his school buddys powerstrokes an cummins pic-ups an drug um till thay cryed,..an only had his front drive shaft in it!! 453 is 1300 lbs on the steer tires,..a 6v71 be 2300!! too much but theres one on youtube nicly done! 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21703-1987-gmc-brigadier-some-good-some-bad-all-ugly/#findComment-94419 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog man Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 I've got both of these videos in my favorites in youtube. the lil GM 1TON W/ Screamin Jimmy 6v53 reminds me of our old 82' GMC Brigadier S/A Fuel/Lube Tuck . it had a 6V53 W/ A 5&2 TRANNY & pto driven air compressor to run the grease pump,Antifreeze pumps etc I Loved working w/ that ole Jimmy just cause that 6V53 Detroit.here's a video pretty much how my 85' c-20 sounded w/ the 453t but i had an automatic in mine this GM Has a 4& 2 spd tranny behind this 453t Later Quote You Cant Fix Stupid. But You Can Numb It With A Sledgehammer. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21703-1987-gmc-brigadier-some-good-some-bad-all-ugly/#findComment-94485 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkobes43 Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Sweet jimmy man! I always loved them ol' detroits screaming! Good Luck with them!Tom Quote "Nothing Breaks Wind Like A Bulldog" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21703-1987-gmc-brigadier-some-good-some-bad-all-ugly/#findComment-94979 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivetroad Posted February 8, 2012 Author Share Posted February 8, 2012 As I suspected it might, the truck did not sell on ebay, it only brought $2950.00. So I sold the winch to a sailboat place in Maine, the railroad wheels are headed to Hagerstown Maryland, and the knuckleboom is going back to work in the oil fields of the Dakotas. Now this is what I have left:It looks more like a normal truck now, it bet it brings more without all the goodies on it than it did with them - the parts are worth more than the complete truck Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21703-1987-gmc-brigadier-some-good-some-bad-all-ugly/#findComment-101489 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 As I suspected it might, the truck did not sell on ebay, it only brought $2950.00. So I sold the winch to a sailboat place in Maine, the railroad wheels are headed to Hagerstown Maryland, and the knuckleboom is going back to work in the oil fields of the Dakotas. Now this is what I have left:It looks more like a normal truck now, it bet it brings more without all the goodies on it than it did with them - the parts are worth more than the complete truckthat has real potential for a pulpwood truck now. 1 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21703-1987-gmc-brigadier-some-good-some-bad-all-ugly/#findComment-101505 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 That's a lot of weight on a tandem.Is that a pic or a video? If you stare at it long enough it appears to move, but I couldn't find the volume control. Quote Jim Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21703-1987-gmc-brigadier-some-good-some-bad-all-ugly/#findComment-101517 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivetroad Posted February 9, 2012 Author Share Posted February 9, 2012 that has real potential for a pulpwood truck now.I just died laughing - we haul some big loads, but that is more of a load for a Mack instead of a GMC! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21703-1987-gmc-brigadier-some-good-some-bad-all-ugly/#findComment-101519 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivetroad Posted February 9, 2012 Author Share Posted February 9, 2012 That's a lot of weight on a tandem.Is that a pic or a video? If you stare at it long enough it appears to move, but I couldn't find the volume control. If you stare at things and they start moving after a while, whatever you do, don't tell anyone, or the guys in the white coats will come "visit"I like to stare at the sun for several hours and then at night it feels like I have gravel in my eyes. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21703-1987-gmc-brigadier-some-good-some-bad-all-ugly/#findComment-101520 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 If you stare at things and they start moving after a while, whatever you do, don't tell anyone, or the guys in the white coats will come "visit"I thougth I might have had Teleki...Telekine...Telekines....the ability to move stuff using mind power. Then again, I don't think I have enough mind power to move a leaf in a windstormI like to stare at the sun for several hours and then at night it feels like I have gravel in my eyes.I'm always looking for the easy way out. To get the sensation of having gravel in my eyes, I would put gravel in my eyes.. Quote Jim Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21703-1987-gmc-brigadier-some-good-some-bad-all-ugly/#findComment-101577 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivetroad Posted February 9, 2012 Author Share Posted February 9, 2012 I'm always looking for the easy way out. To get the sensation of having gravel in my eyes, I would put gravel in my eyes.You are wise beyond your years - wait, you are only 11 years old right? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21703-1987-gmc-brigadier-some-good-some-bad-all-ugly/#findComment-101610 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 You are wise beyond your years - wait, you are only 11 years old right?I'm somewhere between age 11 and the age when you learn not to put gravel in your eyes. I call it my "awkward stage". Quote Jim Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21703-1987-gmc-brigadier-some-good-some-bad-all-ugly/#findComment-101616 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog man Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 that has real potential for a pulpwood truck now.Thats ALOT of shifting w/a 2 Stroke Detroit. think id put that load on the DOG's back insted of Jimmy's back. you write the word HILL on a sheet of paper & put on the winshield of a truck w/ a 2 stroke Detroit & the truck will downshift it self . lmao. Quote You Cant Fix Stupid. But You Can Numb It With A Sledgehammer. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21703-1987-gmc-brigadier-some-good-some-bad-all-ugly/#findComment-101685 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Thats ALOT of shifting w/a 2 Stroke Detroit. think id put that load on the DOG's back insted of Jimmy's back. you write the word HILL on a sheet of paper & put on the winshield of a truck w/ a 2 stroke Detroit & the truck will downshift it self . lmao. Olivetroad could handle it- it's downhill all the way to the paper mill, and down hill all the way back. Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/21703-1987-gmc-brigadier-some-good-some-bad-all-ugly/#findComment-101825 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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