I'm always amazed at the resilience of forklifts and other light industrial vehicles. It's almost like the designers knew they'd be treated like crap every day of their existence 😁
They certainly lead a tough life. I remember working in a factory when we would get a brand new forklift. Within a week you couldn't tell the brand new one from the rest of the fleet...
Not everyone is mechanically inclined. It is nice to listen to you explain and think your way through what you are attempting to do. Keep up the great work! You are doing fine.
I love your sense of humor. You and I would get along well. The bit about draining the oil/sludge into the bald eagle's nest cracker me up. I'm 80 years old with not too much to do so I love watching your videos. Please do keep them coming. Great work!!
I am suprised you know so much. Much respect to you. These days, with cars and trucks going the way they are, it is main dealer repair only. The world of mechanics is fading because nower days, there are just fitters as they plug the machines up to a computer and look on a read out what is wrong with them and just refit a new part, or just write it off. I started to do car mechanics back in 1974. I learned all about points and condensors, carbs etc. Nothing electrical back then. No CDI's / ECU's or a bunch of sensors to fool the diagnostics of a problem.
Hey Ian. Luckily my father is an excellent mechanic and he is the master of points and condensor ignition. He's also a good teacher. Thanks for watching.
Your yacking is most enjoyable. Keep yacking. Will keep tuned to watch you fix that Clark. I used to drive one of those. They were good workhorses. I hope you sandblast it clean and do a great re-paint job on it. Loved your kidding about dumping the sludge on a nest of bald eagles! That was inspired!
Lots of people do vehicle rescue vids. But you are one of the only ones for machine tool repair. If you make videos for the lowest common denominator, you will surely get more ad revenue. But the machine tool videos were really, really good. I hope you will continue making them!
The thing I learned a long time ago, when I was knee high to a grasshopper and when my grand dad was still alive. Never just give up even on a seized engine. If one can still find the parts, still easier to rebuild, have as "new" and have a machine that operates vs nothing more than a boat anchor. Would love to come across finds like that. Always enjoyed "tinkering" with the older equipment, much more simpler design that today's equipment. Not sub'd yet, still tryin to decide rather or not your video's are truly worth sub'in to. Just remember, it's your channel, don't let others dictate to you on how it should be. Cheers :)
Funny how everyone is a critic until it comes time for them to step away from the keyboard and turn a wrench. Only then can anyone fully appreciate the steady stream of carefully crafted obscenities that always manage to follow when busting your knuckles. Keep up the good work!
When you give it a tune-up, replace the diaphragm in the propane converter banjo. Mitsubishi is the same engine in the Caterpillars and one other Japanese lift. Great engines, keep the banjo clean.
The people complaining about the oil obviously didn't watch the whole video where you show the end result in the catch pan, doh. I only discovered you a week ago and love the monologues, people trouble shooting relatively modern systems are as rare as hen's teeth. Keep it up Wes 👍👍
"I'm sure the brakes don't work, but everything that matters works." Joking aside, props to you for attempting to work a forklift out of the dirt. That took longer than getting it running. : - )
Nest of endangered bald eagles 😆😆😆🤣🤣🤣 my wife actually laughed out loud at that. You've got to Teflon the negative comments so they roll right off your shoulders. Don't change YOU. YOU are why I came back and why I remember your logo. 💚
Don't worry about the haters, dude. You do what makes YOU happy. The haters will wither away when they can't change you. (He says, giving unsolicited advice to someone he just told not to listen to the people giving unsolicited advice.). I need to sit down for a minute.
I just finished watching all the rebuild parts for this forklift. There will always be ignorant people on RU-vid. Just ignore them. Keep being yourself and doing what you love. My dad did the same up until the good lord called him back. Now I have a ton of great videos of him to watch. I enjoyed watching you rebuild stuff, I wish I had more time myself to do those things.
Wes, love watching you work. You diagnostics are on-point and your knowledge comprehensive. Just gotta have a checklist so you don't forget things! :-D Love this whole series.
No way do you yak to much. I love your calm common sense thought process. You show us all how to deal calmly with frustrating disappointments. Keep talking as you show us how to think through the problem/failure with a dry truly funny sense of humor…. To anyone else who’s been stuck in an uncomfortable position dealing with a simple bolt that is designed to be accessed easily with a proprietary tool😢 these videos are fantastic. For those who complain you yak to much remember they have a volume control to eliminate this, those of us who like to hear, learn and laugh we will turn it up 😊
i have been bounceing back and fourth threw time on your channel , i just can't get enough of the content you share , and you do not talk to much. i am subscribed to a channel where alot of times the guy does not speak to us , i no longer watch his channel , word are important
With you working on it Wes, it will run again. I once worked on a generator that was powered by a detroit 253. It was locked, (I broke an 18" pipe wrench using a cheater pipe trying to turn it off the front plullt bolt), lol. Took the port covers off the side of the block and found rust in the cylinder liner skirts. Used zep 45 spray and turned air pressure doen, used the air nozzle to 'blow' the zep around in the ports. Kept doing this and bumping on the pipe wrench. Took half thr day bit Im a die hard and refused to give up. Finally got the crank to bump turn, just kept spraying and bumping until it made a couple complete turns. By the end of the day you could just bump the start button and it fired up everytime. Boss was happy. Someone had give him the unit and he sent it to an auction. The unit was shipped to central America. We sold a lot of used equipment down there because of the high taxes on them importing new machinary, they save a lot of money by getting used equipment there. I don't remember how much KW the generator was but it was plenty big. Built on a skid, one heavy machine. You can't kill an old detroit....
Years ago I moved an international similar to that one. Good job though getting the forklift running. And please don't change anything about your channel. I enjoy your antagonizing dry humor and "randomness"
I enjoy your honest content and yes you have to be careful because when you post any information because there is always going to be the Monday morning quarterbacks who know nothing about what they are talking about. It takes many years of experience and knowledge to build a library of knowing how to approach technology of many different pieces of equipment.
I worked for Turner Seymour Manufacturing Company for about five months in 1973 and I used to repair about twenty-five of those. Those propane converters and carbs are easy to work with.
PLEASE Don't get discouraged. There are many people like me who may not say much, but we LOVE what you do. I think some people just go looking for ways to attempt to make others as miserable as they are. I've learned so much from your methodical diagnostic approach. Just know that I'm sure I am speaking for the silent majority. Your eagle comment almost through me to floor. I loved it!
Excited to watch the next video on this clark forklift. I purchased a tiny 2,000 cap ‘50’ clark forklift from a gov surplus site in chambersburg, pa a couple years ago. It was a ‘narrow isle’ forklift from 1971 which came out of a national guard warehouse in pa. 4 cyl continental engine. Only sold it last year because i was running out of room. I’d kill to have one a bit bigger like yours. Should have kept it. The uses for a nice small lift like this one in your vid are incredible. If you get that home and tune it up, DO NOT SELL IT. You will regret it for ever. Hurry up with the follow up vid! Let’s go! Yeah!
Heh. I've already got another forklift. And I tried to save a third old Clark back in the infancy of my RU-vid channel. It was too far gone. Can't have too many!
Enjoy watching these videos, even if you don't get them going. I enjoy your banter, your chatting about what your doing etc. Keep up the good work. Ignore the negative closed minded people out there.
Go into woods anywhere in the south and you'll find all sorts of abandoned machinery. Stuff like this sometimes happens after a death of an owner and etc.
Had a bunch of these at the place I used to work, we flogged them hard all day, pedal to the medal. Occasional fires from accumulated sawdust but the mechanics kept most of them running really well.
Yep, these kind of videos are always interesting even if a rust-seized leaker of an engine stops play... Especially like the environmental concern, used contaminated fluids should only EVER be drained into Bald Eagle nests, don't some people get that? I mean, if it went on the ground what would the mutant eagles drink? OUR BLOOD!
Ar58126 Deere switch has same kind of pattern as that switch. Likely a cheaper and more readily available option. Good riddance with those pesky bald eagles! You are onto thumbnail gold with this old junk! Glad it is doing you some good! :-)
Wes, great diagnostic work on the Folk Lift. I love your humour & jokes, oil & bald eagles. I would love to see you restore more old machinery. Cheers from Australia. 🇦🇺
I enjoy the commentary, I'd rather have some thought behind what your doing then just silence and fixing stuff. It give the episodes far more depth, keep up the good work
I just started watching this channel late 2021/early 2022. I'm super happy to see that you are still the same as you were years ago. Perfect videos to someone like me. RU-vid probably recommending these videos because I watch Mustie1. Two of my favourite RU-vidrs right now. Much love from Australia.
I used to do this stuff when I was turning wrenches and no matter how unpleasant the environment always enjoyed working out of the shop, keep up the narrative I'm always interested in how different people troubleshoot.
I'd love to see you get that old dragline crane up and running. If you do, please let us all know. Also, I love your banter and sarcasm. The bit bout the bald eagle really cracked my up.
I use my pocket knife for the same reasons. I already have the knife and i will buy post cleaning tool if this works. And I know someone is gonna ask. "how many times do you replace your pocket knife." My answer is I have had this knife for 20yrs. I do need to replace it. The sharpening stone has worn the blade over the 20yrs.
I know you said the GMC/backhoe was too far gone, but I love that sort of stuff. 50 years ago someone just like you took a look at a field of abandoned and broken equipment, cherry - picked the best parts into a serviceable machine to do work that needed doing. I affectionately call that stuff "farmer bullshit" and it's that level of ingenuity that built this country. I imagine once you got it running, you'd find yourself using a street - legal self propelled digger all the time, for tasks you never even imagined.
It's ok I'm in Australia and can't afford to leave the country so you're safe from me. Please keep yacking and don't do voice-over because at least you're interesting and have something intelligent and humorous to say. If i see another will it run video where the first thing the guy says is "hey, what is up guys" and the music is so loud i blow a tweeter..... don't be that guy 🔊😉
I'm Australian as well, what is this crap when the first thing the (usually American) voice says is 'hey, what's up guys' . WTF?? I am looking at your video, why are you asking me whats up? Your video looked fine to me Wes.
LMAO "Just shut up and fix it!!!!!" Sounds exactly like what my grampa would say. "Don't talk me through it Boy just git it done"!!! Made me laugh when you said that about people saying "You talk too much". I actually like to hear someone say what they are doing and why. That's how I learn to do it myself next time.
Watched this old video about an old forklift - Fun! It was in amazing shape considering the length of time it was in the forest and apparently had no cover from the weather.
WoW what a shame that someone just parked that perfectly good operating little machine in the bush to rot. Good on you Wes for giving her life again. And PLEASE don't listen to the morons that say you talk to much. If you're talking, you're explaining what you are doing and good information comes from explaining everything. I am a new sub and I really like the way you do things. Keep up the great work Wes!!
For busy companies, most equipment pays for itself within a few years or so, the rest is just a bonus. This is why machines get auctioned off and you always see old machines at places like small fruit shops etc. Well used, but cheap when it only needs to start and run say once a week.
Unfortunately too many people/companies are too lazy to care about fixing anything so they just abandon things when they quit and go buy a new one. Upside is for people like me I get great deals on stuff every few years or less!
@@WatchWesWork The trees could be used to make an A frame to help with the autopsy and "if a suitable one could be found" replace the engine. It's just an idea!
I thought the same thing. But, it's absolutely buried and not accessible without removing the air box. So I just don't know. I don't believe any critter has chewed on it.
Drove one of these Clark forklifts way back around 2000. Pretty good machine in my opinion. Couple sheets of some thick plywood will help get that lift out of the woods.
Hey man I been fixing cap for 45 years. ... nothing is easy, especially if it has sat for sometime and the history is in the least vauge.... you said you are kinda new to RU-vid if you are looking for love and encouraging words you are definitely in the wrong environment for this.... Personally I like: No music Cursing Pouring oil on bald eagles and laughing while they make gurgling noises and die horribly Old crap left by someone and brought back to life by people that play no music, curse and kill small furred mammals with used motor oil.... Personal safety is paramount, watch out for you and yours and damn the channel.... Keep up the fun, it is cool to watch.
