Video of the First Engine Start in 15 Years.

So here is the video from Monday when the truck started up for the first time. The truck it's self hasn't run in over a year. The engine, on the other hand, was removed from an old International Scout about 15 years ago and sat on an engine crane in someone's garage since. I picked up the engine in early 2008 to replace the bad motor.

(Ok, so this isn't the first time it's fired. We did fire it with starting fluid on Sunday just to be sure we would even fire. This is the first time she really started and ran for any length of time.)

That's my girlfriend Katherin holding the camera and making comments about things. She was the motivator for me to finally get the truck back on the road. Thanks, hunny! (But I think it's because she 1.) wants to ride in it and play with the lights/sirens and 2.) she wants to drive it.)

We were having some problems keeping her running (stale gas), and a few problems with the battery jumper while trying to get her running. The smoke you see cleared up soon after we stopped recording, and I'm thinking it was just oil in the cylinders and the exhaust buring off.

After a carb adjustment later in the day, she was running like a champ and actually moved under her own power down the driveway, into a 3-point turn (always fun without power steering), and back up to a different spot so we could clean up the spare parts and tools.

Pop some popcorn and enjoy the show!

I've also decided that when we go to parades we're going to set the camera up on a tripod on top of the truck behind the cab. I think that would be a pretty cool video!