I love how the poor girl is concerned about his project even though she doesn't know what happened she is still concerned for him

Finally a runaway video where the guy actually knows what to do!

for the 3 seconds it happened this diesel sounded godlike

Now I can honestly say I witnessed a man choke out a diesel truck with has bare hands!

Nothing’s more depressing and aggravating when your Detroit takes off and after it finally shuts down someone asks you why it went wrong

This, ladies and gents, is why people should know how an engine works

In the truck's defense, that did sound amazing.

"Honey, I love you and all, but for the love of god would you please not talk right now?!"

This is honestly the best demonstration of what exactly a runaway is and how to stop it.

Everyone stand in a moment of silence for that mans turbo😢

Great reaction and fast thinking!

After rebuilding many diesel engines over the years, best thing to have handy to snuff an engine is a wooden clip board... works every time

"Exactly what I didn't want to happen!" Hey, you knew it could occur and acted accordingly. Well done man!

I felt that look of sadness when he felt the turbo wheel

Engine: vroooom

I'm glad I'm not the only one who delays when answering their spouse during a stressful situation

When starting an old 2 stroke detroit, keep a tool box tray around to cover the turbo. Be sure it is big enough to cover the whole turbo. Most of the 453's had blower flaps that you could flip shut with one finger and keep them all.

Nice save

1:34

That was great thinking and reaction. When I was in training on 6-71's (at Fort Eustis VA before a year-long excursion to Vietnam) the instructor told us to always carry a rag and a 1/2" wrench when/if this happens. Good to see how quickly you reacted. Nice!