@@brianessex6666 Heard someone say once 'A dirty filter is an efficient filter'...made me laugh...yeh good in theory...until it collapses letting in all the crud through, or starves something important of it's vital fluid🤣👍🇦🇺
I know this is an old video, but the story about being towed had me in tears. Nothing makes you feel alive, like drafting behind someone towing you that has no idea what they are doing. 60 MPH down an old gravel road etc. 10 ft off their bumper. If you have never done that, give it a shot. There is no ride at any amusement park that will give you anywhere near the relief of it being over than that tow.
I've been there a few times before. My uncle towed me home a few times. He had a bit of a thing for diving through small gaps at full speed and generally forgot that I was wider than him. Usually he was driving a smaller car than me which made the ride pretty exciting. We don't have your nice wide open roads here in the uk.
Broke the same type of 'cheap' tow rope years ago first time I used it, went in exactly the same failure mode...didn't bother fixing it back the way it was, just double knotted the hook back on, and off we went again..think I've only used it once since in over 20 years, but never let me down after that, better than nothing I guess👍🤣🇦🇺
I am guilty of “over” towing my friend, him in a land rover that needed a bump start me in a 10 ton tipper truck. I think I misinterpreted his bared teeth and frantic hand gestures as go faster. I finally stopped when I was only towing his bumper along the ground. He had words with me.
Reminds me about a friend who once towed me on my snowmobile facing backwards, with a car for about 1km, in very task inappropriate speeds. Reason for tow? he first decided it would be a great feat of strength to snap the magnapull cord.
How in the world could so many fools give this video a thumbs down? I thoroughly enjoyed every bit of it and the others in this series. If I could give 100 thumbs up I would. Thank you for taking the time to make them Wes.
When I was an apprentice back in the 1970's it was drummed into us when we were panicking at the start of a job ; 'man made it, man broke it and man can fix it' it's something that has stayed with me throughout my working life. It's so interesting to hear such a similar saying almost fifty years later from all the way across the pond, just proves workshop lore is the same wherever you are.
Exactly right, ill add to that what i was told by the guy who took me through my apprentiship in the late 70s.."It dosnt matter how complicated it it, Its only a series of operations. Break it down and take it step at a time"
Just binge watched the entire Oliver series. I will probably never own one and for sure will never try and work on one. I just enjoy watching a fellow hard working American earn an honest living and I always learn something from your vids.. You rock Wes
Well Wes, I can't believe you missed point number 5, that is having a "lovely assistant", hold a part, push a brake pedal, parts runner etc., oh yes, and maybe sit nearby your work station sipping on a cool bottle of beer. It don't get much better than that... Love this video series, and kinda hate to see it go. Look forward to the next project. Thank you sir.
I think what you may not have realized is that by wearing your seatbelt, you are stopping the rocker panel from hitting the road and creating a hazard for the cars behind you, seat belts save lives, in your case, other peoples lives...
One last thing Wes. They should not be afraid to ask. It's better than getting stuck and letting your project get you down. Lots of people are more helpful than we give credit to.
Good advise on the repair methodology. My youngest brother was gifted a Ford 1720 tractor with a locked up engine by our neighbor. I rode it home as we pulled it with his truck through the back pasture. He found the service manuals and bought them. And started taking it apart. Turns out it had a piston rod cap come off. He ordered a new crank (was cheaper than having this one machined because it was pretty mangled on that one journal) new rod and piston assembly, and rebuilt that little 2 cylinder japanese diesel himself. He had previously NEVER been inside an engine of any kind or even had a valve cover off of one. Nor had he ever done any real mechanical work. He watched some procedural videos on youtube about clearances, etc. He used Plasti-gauge because he couldn't afford a fancy set of bore gauges and calipers, etc. And that tractor has ran strong for almost 3 years now. We don't do a ton with it but when we use it we really put it to work. So if he can do it, with zero prior experience, so can most of us. Just need the proper reference material, some patience, and a lack of being burdened by the pre-conception that you can't do it. This has been a great series, Wes. Can't wait to see the build/refresh on that loader.
When I had a vehicle with a UHF radio and a tow bar, if someone needed me to tow them I'd lend them my spare hand-held radio before we got underway..and especially the inexperienced...makes all the difference🤣👍🇦🇺
One of my best friends is a Marine Medic who was stationed in Germany and was with an armored division. I bring this up because as you work on this machine and I heat and see pieces snapping/breaking free I am reminded of a story Harold told us back in the 90's. A half track crew were assisting a tank crew trying to change a track on the tank something they had done hundreds of times only this time both safety chains broke and the guy at the rear of the tank was killed almost instantly. I say this only to hope you are as careful as you can be because what are the odds both safety chains will fail? I love your videos and want to see many more. Stay safe and have a great day.
I’ve named this Oliver ‘Twist’..... it always wants more! Work that is. This channel really ought to be renamed ‘Watch Wes Wrestle. That really has been a right scrap.
Don't try to buy split pins in the US. However any auto parts store can sell you truckloads of cotter pins. That's what the boxes are labeled, and that's what I've called them for 50 years also. However, I have several assortments, and I never have the right size. 😕
Great video. They're cotter pins up here. Absolutely true ..We built it we can fix it. The great thing now is cell phone cameras .. take pictures before during and every step. ... buy a box of ziplock baggies and label them for each pile.of nuts bolts etc..
Good to see the hot rod running again. Far too many people forget that Oliver-Cletrac knew they were building a product that was going to be sold to farmers. Farmers need machines to work when they are needed, and to no exceed very tight budgets. This is a different cohort than in construction, or race cars or the like, and the designs reflect that. Kubota equipment is great for construction and less-so for farming.
It's great to see you completed this awesome project and got the Oliver back in operational order; but, more important (in my opinion) is your very smart, mature, and sensible narrative at the end where you carefully and thoughtfully examine and explain the responsibilities attached to such a project. You not only show a lot of wisdom and maturity but especially a great deal of personal integrity....something money cannot buy. Best wishes, be well, and give the pup a hug for me.
I can relate to getting overwhelmed by projects like this one. Earlier this year, I finally put my 1960 Clark Michigan loader back in service after it sat disassembled for nearly five years. Replaced a broken axle and pretty much rebuilt the entire air over hydraulic brake system. I told my gf that it was time to do it and she understood. Six weeks later I hauled it back to the sawmill and it’s there helping me make some money. And YES on the manuals! If you can get a parts book with exploded views you can discover all the parts that previous “Mechanics” forgot to install - especially on 60 year old machines.
These people who are flaming you for using the universal term "cotter pin" are the same people who call every reciprocating saw a Sawzall...or every circular saw a Skillsaw...it's a cotter pin...
I ran a DSU Engineer equipment Maintenance shop. 90 Mechanics, 90 tool boxes. I learned that we had no "Philips" screwdrivers, only "screwdriver, cross tip" along with any number of tools like "pliers, arc joint".
@@mattthescrapwhisperer yes, but you can tell the genuine ones from the bull real quick. For instance, the correct tool for loading the thick oil is a volume bucket. If you don’t have one it’s whatever else you can find. Even a length hose and funnel taped to the engine crane overnight. If folk haven’t done it, they think it is easy :D
It has always been called a cotter pin ever since I can remember, if someone told me to get a split pin they would have to show me WTH they were talking about.
Watched from start to finished ,admire your work ethics,and your side shows. I would have been hesitant telling about putting gas in diesel tank,but that is what makes Wes,Wes. Would appreciate putting sequence numbers first,as I watched the last ,first. Thanks again for videos,from a 88 year old .
Wes, I grew up in the Menard county area of Illinois. On the farms I grew up around, and farmers I grew up working for, we spent the long cold winters in the shop either rebuilding equipment or engines, or more permanently fixing dodgy temporary repairs made in the field during the season. The weather and seasons don't wait for the countries farmers, they depend on their equipment for their livelihood, and have to become masters of maintaining and repairing that equipment even out in a field under lights at 2:00am. Your explanation of the circumstances of this particular customer project at the end of the video was excellent. Keep the great content coming, with great respect... Joe
First the towing story, reminds me of my wife....priceless. Second the hard hat and glasses on the test drive I found pretty funny too. One of your funnier videos. 👍👏
I did see some anti seize... but sadly no purple. Tractor ballet at the end was pure artistry. Obvious you have spent quality time pulling levers. Thanks for the video.. glad to see both the owner and you saving these things from the scrap pile.
Great to see the old crawler come back to life. In a throwaway world its good to see machines go on doing what they were designed to do. I think its possible to have affection for machines that far outweighs their value. As a classic car owner ,people who owned them previously looked after them when most people just gave up and junked them! Guess that goes for industrial machinery as well. Thanks for your content which is both humorous and instructional. Oh and all the good advice re the courage to bite the bullet and start a project! Best wishes from the UK 🇬🇧
WES, I'm 65, your videos hold my attention and amaze me of the knowledge you have at your young age. Appreciate your closing comments. Spot on! Follow your passion and dream big ! It'll happen!
Hey Wes, instead of sending the truck (your truck) to the crusher, just buy a new cab, throw a flat bed on back. Good frame and motor, mechanically sound other than the rusty body. New cab, flatbed back, new work truck for half the money. At least that's what I would consider but again, I don't know your exact situation so it's just my opinion. I'll be sad to see it go. I prefer old refurbished instead of new junk. LOL
I live in NM a friend of mine has been looking for the cab off a 99 - 16 Ford to replace the rusted out one he bought in NY state and brought back for about 6 month
@@dans_Learning_Curve Rust free standard cabs are pretty easy to get. Even here in the land of rust and snow. Finding a rust free obs crew cab is another beast.
If I read the odometer right only 160K miles? That 7.3 CAN be a million mile engine. Unless rust has hurt it be a crying shame to waste it. My 97 F250 has over 300K miles and I’d take it on a cross country trip without hesitation. I agree with angry C...fix it!
My dad was a diesel mechanic for 40 years. He would have enjoyed this excellent video. Like him, you not only have the aptitude, you have the attitude.
You should be proud of that mammoth effort. Your a switched on bloke. Loved the whole rebuild. I hope next project is a build on a new truck for yourself.
As with restoring anything, your investment(time & money)will always exceed the value of what your restoring. It is done for love and the enjoyment that you get out of driving or operating what you’ve resorted. Awesome video, can’t wait to see the loader install.
It was worth getting going again. Not many of the crawlers around anymore. Most have been worked hard and scraped. Parts at the dealership would depend on the parts guys at the dealership with old time and experienced parts guys like our local dealer has.
This is the first time i have ever seen Wes and am sorry i mist all the other epps on this old tractor ,But he hit the nail on the head about doing your own projects .to me it's not about the money it's been about what I learned ,the pride in doing it well and the satisfaction (or pride) of a job well done .It does not matter if its a plastic model car or a scratch build airplane in the end It's about you doing it .Good luck.
Really a great job. I love your closing statement, I tell people that very thing when I am doing a project I have never done before. It was originally assembled by people just like you and l. Congratulations 👏
I enjoyed watching the 1960 Oliver OC-46 being repaired. I hope you do more on this type of repair. It would have looked great repainted, but at least she runs and turns now.
I watch quite a few videos on RU-vid ind most of whats out there is somewhat showy and drags 0n. Mostly for showmanship I suspect. I really appreciate you're speaking in a very plain fashion. I apprenticed as a mechanic starting in 1973. It seems to me that the jobs were a lot simpler the. jus star and keep going until done. You are doing a great job. thank you.
Good pep talk at the end. I have a cousin who's a pipe fitter/welder for his day job and he's made a lot of money on the side buying clapped out old equipment and restoring it in his spare time. The most frustrating piece was usually seeing how well stuff had been built and comparing it to a lot of the new stuff today that seems to be designed to be shiny and glitzy and of disposable quality.
I have a friend who was service manager at an auto repair business in Newnan, Ga. He actually had Alan Jackson as a customer LONG before Mr Jackson made it big. He was frequently trying to keep an old truck glued together, and money was always an issue. How things can change...
Wes you are the man that can,And Mrs Wes don’t start your own towing company,you can tell that Wes is still shuck up from his experience lol. Love watching both your vlogs funny as.
Between you, Vehcor and South Main Auto I spend a lot of time laughing and feeling better about my own adventures with mechanical repairs. Thanks again Wes!
I have a 1947 Oliver 88 Row Cop which has been in my family since purchased new. Still runs great is a well built machine as most Oliver products were.
As someone who volunteers at a museum to restore and repair military vehicles, I totally agree with the points you make at the end. Also I think if you have a buddy who works on the project as well, or just someone who has mechanical nouse, that you can discuss difficult issues with, that is a great help. On another topic, grease guns, I have found a battery operated one very useful. 😀🇬🇧
I’ve only recently found your channel. So I’m months behind you and everyone else. What I’ve watched so far I have enjoyed, I like your style. Haven’t watched the video of you being towed by your better half, the thought has me in fits of laughter. I’ve been there, I was towed by a Landrover at 60 mph on a short chain. All I could see was the back of the Landrover. No idea how the Suzuki SJ 413 and I survived. Great memory though😃😃
Great Schpiel at the end Wes. But remember one thing, The designers,builders and architects don't always know what is best for the equipment they build and sell. I will point out the imagineering a continent based automaker says about service free transmissions and transfer cases. Quite often in today's werld it pays to take apart a new item, esp. if it is a power tool, and assemble it correctly. And easy to work on to boot. 60 years ago was a different timespace when consumer items were meant to be serviced. We live in a different mindset today. Today we play the game of : " How fast can we fill up that land fill " ! I started on small engines amongst other things and did lab testing, writing manuals and such and believe me there is no exact science. Much like you mention. Cheers.
I've absolutely loved this video series on the old Oliver and if you want to keep these lovely old pieces,of equipment you sometime have to either know how to do the work yourself or pay someone that does. The customer is a fantastic person for saving this machine.
Towed an uncle one time. I went through intersection....light changed and he hit the brakes....drug him right through. Nice job on Oliver. Looking forward to loader....whole time I was thinking there had to be an attachment.
Great flaming hammer introduction, one of your best videos to date! So nice to see someone who works for all needs within the area from cars to trucks to crawlers to driving truckloads of grain to elevators. Keep up the good work Wes.
you do good work and i've always said this, your shop, your time, your rules how you do things is your decision, yours alone, if it works for you, work it, thanks for sharing
I'm gonna miss this series, it was thrilling to see a pro do it, and i learnt a few new tricks. The summary at the end was 100% on point. Couldn't agree more and i must commend your work ethic and skills.
Great project Wes! Thanks for the "sit down" at the end of this video, in fact thanks several times over. Your 4 points were dead on and should be nailed to every shop and hobbyist ' s bench.... be realistic. I think your reference to Squatch 253 and his self-admitted eye twitch when every nut and bolt needs to gleam and be factory correct is dead-on. The current Rat Rod craze should have made that abundantly clear already but folks need to understand and accept the difference between good enough and restored to masterpiece quality. Keep up the great work Wes. I hope your couch is comfy as I believe Max will be occupying your half of the matrimonial bed til at least Thanksgiving now that you made your wife's towing abilities a new standard for stand up comedy.
I agree Wes Enough time and money and you can do and fix just about anything I would also say Patience as well good video series as always @Watch Wes Work
also, keeping history alive is always good even if its new today its old in 40 years and antique in 100 so keeping some running for the future to see is always a good thing
If the customer wants it and is willing to pay for it and u told him the cost (estimated) then go for it if it gets an old pc of iron (history) then great let some of the younger generation see it in use and the shit u go through to resurrect it to running use (sympathetic restoration) that's the key nice job well done m8 hope u enjoyed doing it cos I did watching 👍
Towing is an art Wes', I always got the job of towee, when I was an apprentice. I had some people who towed me like your wife towed you. Your story brought it back. My only thought was to not run into them or break the rope. Thanks for the laugh.
Learned by being the towee as soon as I could reach the pedals and see over the dash at the same time behind my dad I'll almost guarantee Wes didn't say the things my dad did if I screwed up. Before he died I asked him why we never bought a trailer, he said "Why I had you or your brother to ride in the back, and after you boys left I didn't have to tow anything!"
I’m sure he’s glad she floored it and didn’t slam on the brakes. That Toyota getting rear ended by a f250 wouldn’t be pretty. Although she did say she wanted a new car.
I was a towee on a snowmobile once..the guy towing me took off so fast i wasnt holding on yet and i rolled off the back..he did eventually stop because the sled wasnt steering itself...lol
I laughed out loud at the towing story. My father in law towed me once......once....never again. I don’t think my soul has ever returned to my body. Was a ride I’ll never take again.
One of favorite videos you've made. I love a good story about expecting your wife to know how to do something she has never done before. I've been there a few times myself.
We had tiled our very large kitchen floor and it was taking me too long to get it grouted. My wife mixed the grout and grouted the whole thing, all at once, and didn't realize that you had to wash it off as you go. That was 20 years ago and there is still grout permanently stuck on those tiles. Fortunately you can't see it--grey grout on blue-ish tile. Not sure my heart could take that kind of surprise these days.
Watch him "teaching" me to drive the tractor and you will understand how much instruction I get!! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dDulf7TvIVI.html
The joys of using the Universal Universe Adjusting Tool or BFH ( initials retained for family friendliness ) I split wood, break ice and adjust wood piles with mine Solid metal handle has yet to break or weather much. It is great seeing beaten machines given TLC and brought back in shape. I am from farm stock so this sort of thing in in my blood. Now I do it with computers other would have scrapped long ago I will have to see your prior work. God bless you.
Used to work with an "ex-mechanic" if there is such a thing. He would be telling me about tearing something apart and rebuilding it and I would be amazed. He would always say that "I'm not wearing a cape" , as in........ it doesn't take a superhero to accomplish these things. But lets face it, It does take a logical, mechanical, and "can-do" mind/attitude. Not everyone is cut out to do it. Everyone can learn to change their oil, and rotate their tires. But it DOES take more aptitude to tackle some of the projects I've seen you do. Like you said, an accumulation of experience. Your Dad's work ethic and willingness to tolerate you in the shop, while you were young, probably didn't hurt either. Love the videos, keep it up.
Famous last words “It’s only temporary if it doesn’t work “ I use that saying as much as possible. I really hope you don’t grow tired of making videos you are so good at it and thank you.
I love your closing comments, this is the attitude that built America! Common sense, Can-Do, Can-Fix, fulfillment from bringing something good back to life. Keep doing what you are doing, you are an inspiration to all of us amateur wrench turners. Thank you!!!
Its incredibly satisfying to see that machine move so nicely after all the hard work Wes! 😀 Fantastic job my friend. I especially liked the bit with the hard hat and safety glasses 🤣
England. I would agree with all four points bar the last one. For some strange reason in the UK their is a bread of amateurs who are willing to devote all their spare time to machinery. The steam brigade are not satisfied with bringing back hundreds (yes hundreds) of old locamotives they even build new ones. Tornado. I think to some extent it's the same drive that it was us that started the industrial revolution and we just can't let it go. Wes, your the best on YT. Good lad.
