Did We Fix It? Time Is Running Out! - Part 2 

You all are amazing! $13,050 raised for Feed the Hungry! Well done!

Always remember, a good mechanic can fix it no matter how much it costs.😊

Those of us who are diesel heads love the smoke and smell that made our country productive and strong. God Bless America. 31:23

The solid diesel roar of that giant coming back to life just warms my heart. Absolutely love it at 30:40. No reason that beast can't log another 40 years.

Brian is one of the best around. Known him for over 25 years since college days. He has had lots of great experience to build on since then.

The best thing with these old tractors is no emissions to choke the power down or stuff like DEF pumps and injectors to fail.

One more Belated Happy Birthday to Brian!

That old iron will last longer, with regular care, than a comparable half a million dollar tractor. Also, awesome job on the donation, y'all are my kind of people..

Gotta keep the buds rolling, the newer tractors just don’t have the same soul!!

Spray some water mist on the gaskets when you are laying them out to flatten them. Helps them not to break.

Drive the tractors as long as you want. Don't worry about what others say about older tractors. Yall do a great job.

And another belated Happy Birthday Brian. This has been a long time coming, but the satisfaction of hearing that engine cough & splutter into life was well worth the wait. Thank you Brian, just remember when you need a hand, Leg Arms is just waiting for your call. Well done to all concerned, now get planting. From UK.

Brian, for the Welkers to show you a lot of respect shows me how much of a mechanic extraordinaire you are. Happy Belated "30th" Birthday 😁. John here, from the back-roads of Northeastern Tennessee.

Happy Birthday Brian!! Love watching the old school mechanics. There aren't too many left willing to attempt a project like that anymore!!

👍🙏 THANKS to all. Great video,sharp gentleman there with BRAIN. AMAZING.

Scott’s in hog heaven having Brian around who speaks his language. Love seeing you two work

Awesome! There is a lot to be said for living within your means. Case/IH makes some dream equipment but are financially out of reach for so many. The Bud's may not be the newest technology, however by keeping that old iron paid for and not going in debt, you built houses that I rather suspect were paid for before you moved in, has given your families the ability to weather (pun intended) the tough years. Keep it up!

Just a little background of the K series engine they were originally released by Cummins in the late 60/ early 70’s and are still in production for industrial applications as 6/12 & 16 cylinder configurations.

Watching skilled men working together is very wonderful.

I really enjoy watching old iron being brought back to life. There's no iron like old iron.

Brian’s skills and expertise are such, you wonder where the youth of today will be capable or want to do his job, ps happy birthday

You either make a huge payment or maintain and repair what you have. Personally I still drive a 2000 f-250 powerstroke that runs so smooth. Thank you all for your positive message here and God bless you all.

Great video Welker Farms

The kta 19 is a brilliant engine for its age. They are still current product and available. Built out of the cummins seymour indiana plant. Granted they were superseded by the QSK 19, however they are still very popular in the marine market. Still see some in drills here in australia but getting less and less. Some markets like africa still build new drills rigs with kta19 just because of their simplicity, durability and the ability to run some pretty ordinary fuel. Noticed this is a very old 2 piece timing cover which were obsoleted long ago. Also has the large oil cooler for the torque converter cooling. I remember the last brand new kenworth c501 that came into our shop in the late 90s with a kta19 before emissions regs prevented them being installed. Awesome truck

God Bless you folks ,for helping the less fortunate. I hope you will be blessed 100 fold in return.

13:23 they make these rings with a dust lip in front of the oil seal ring. man these are a game changer. they last so much longer.

Just a FYI, I always pack oil pumps and hydraulic pumps with engine assembly no 105, to help with oil pickup.. Bryan's way of pushing oil back through is a new way!

I was a diesel mechanic in IL 25 yrs ago & learned to spit on bearing when heating up to know when was hot enough by the way it sizzled off. So this is cool to hear, Brian learned something similar.

Sounds like you have a pretty new tractor with all the upgrades that you guys have done. The newer tractors may have more expensive things to break. Hard to justify new when the old is really working this good.

Happy Birthday Brian. I echo the comments below in Spades. To have Scott's respect means you're a professional to be admired!

Awesome to see she's finally fixed and you got the transmission figured out. Glad to see those Big Buds back to work .

Great to see you keeping those Buds working. New can be nice, but I sure like fixing stuff rather than throwing it away.

First off, happy birthday from one Brian to another. I am also a mechanic, retired now. Loved those old KTA 600's, we ran them in lots of our logging equipment. Unfortunately they got so expensive to maintain or rebuild it was actually cheaper to buy a brand new engine and throw it in. Hardly see the KTA's anymore. Heck of an engine in the day

Found a Big Bud in Evansville, IN very amazing tractors.

Thank you for raising that beautiful donation. Proudly display my box, right besides my Wood Brothers autographs. Looks good and God bless you all. Cheers lads.

Great to see the old 'girl' getting upgraded / fixed for the season. Hope the crew / family and you are doing well. God Bless...

Good call on having a guy that does that kind mechanic work do the work on your diesel.

Is that a big cat engine on the shop floor. What is that for.?

Been watching your channel for years. I Love your humble approach to everthing you do, you percervence, and your kind hearts. Truly an Amazing family, so glad you are able to work the land together. You generosity with your donation is very impressive. I Love Montana, very special place. We lived south of Darby for two years. Our daughter currently lives in Wilsall. I currently work in the Oilfield in ND. Mark

So great to see the Welker family once again God bless you and your families

Happy belated birthday Brian. Another great episode, thanks guys!

Great video. I am very happy to see this tractor continuing to live a productive and useful life. You could put $50,000 into it and still be money and reliability ahead of a modern tractor.

Thanks for another great video Welkers. The Part II video was most interesting and informative and enjoyable. First of all Congratulations to Brian for his mechanical skills and his excellent work on the Big Bud!!!! You did great Brian!!!!! Appreciate your dedication to the Big Bud tractor and getting it running again. Thank you sir!!!! Additionally sending Happy Birthday wishes to you Brian. Have a great birthday. Great to hear the Big Bud running again and ready for the spring field work. Great!!!!!!!!! With the hood on again it is looking good. Nice to hear the transmission has high gear again with a fix in the wiring harness from one of the neighbors who figured it out on his own big bud. Thanks to the neighbor!!!!!!!! Sounds like the big bud is back together and ready to do field work again. Heartfelt thanks to Brian and the Welkers for being dedicated to the big bud and seeing it running again. And no oil leak-yeah!!!!!! Looking forward to the first videos of you all in the field. Gods speed and prayers for a great year of rain and crop production!!!!!! Take care and be safe. The Iowa farm boy. Steve. Also wanted to thank you for all of your work on helping the food charity with funds from the metal cube boxes. That was a great effort. Thanks Welkers!!!!!

The rise of the Big Bud, a tale of two Budders!!! Can’t wait for the movie!!!

Great job on big bud nice to see farmers that keep older machines running.

Awesome video. Apparently all the timing gears that LegArms was worried about worked out as well. Bravo to the Welker team and Brian!

the stages of the bastard will not come off! heat, more heat.... oxy torch! and the look on brains face when the oxi torch came out said it all! happy belated birthday brian! every one needs a mechanic like you....

Merry Birthday Brother Brian thanks for doing outstanding work for the Welker’s! God Bless you Brother and everyone! ❤️😏🖖🏼🇺🇸

"Happy Birthday Brian" from Rockland County NY.

An just remember this BUD IS FOR YOU AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRIAN.....Thanks guy's and God Bless y'all ✝ 👍 Old F-4 Shoe🇺🇸

Happy Birthday Brian 🎉 better late than never.

Awesome job. Leg Arms, the arm you broke working on the Big Bud. Is it back to 💯%.

Happy Birthday Brian 🎉 great video love watching engine repair videos.

You guys are amazing!!!!!! That was a very kind gesture. God bless you and your families. Happy birthday Brian. Another great video

Happy Birthday Brian may you have many more!

Happy belated birthday brian.

New tractors are great, but nothing beats old iron.

Belated Happy Birthday Brian,wishing you many more. The "BIG BUD" is fixed and ready to do springs work. Great to see the older equipment out in the fields doing its work yet.

Brian is a magician. And he had the patience of Job with Scott talking his ear off and filming. Lol.

Great Job, Men! super video and awesome Buds. Thanks for sharing and caring to feed the less fortunate. God Bless you all!

Happy belated birthday, Brian. Wish you many more,healthy and blessed ones.

Congrats on the beginning of the success of your over haul. I was holding my breath and almost turned blue.

Happy Birthday Brian make sure you do the Bud Right or the Welker Farms Ghosts will get you. Great work and God Bless you on your special Day!!!!

In some states old equipment hurts less at property tax time.

Happy Birthday Brian, from New Hampshire.

Happy birthday Brian

We alway pack our new oil pumps with Vaseline, it’s thick enough to create suction to prime the oil pump but thin enough to melt into the oil when the engine gets up to temp, also because it’s petroleum jelly it doesn’t do any damage and mixes with the oil, so no oil change is required.

Brian is right, i wish my dad was around to help too. Love family.

Brian, dealing with that level 🙂 of verbal abuse on your birthday, you must be an angel. Happy birthday!

Great video that I now have to watch 10 times all the way through because it's so short.

Men like brian are a dying breed, we all have watched a master of his craft, I appreciate being able to see what you do, as a journeyman electrician i hope a new generation of dedicated blue collar workers come up and learn from guys like this if not we are all in trouble.

The old iron is well worth spending money on. No electronics or emissions. Great video.

Happy 30th birthday Brian! (I’m not sure how old he is, but that would be my guess because he’s mechanic and that ages a person before our time). 🎉

What a machine, great to she her running again! Happy Birthday Brian!

Happy Birthday Brian. Have a great day!

Happy Birthday Brian :D

I usually put a little STP oil treatment in the oil pump before assembling it into the engine. That way it helps it fill the gaps to prime.

Those Big Bud’s are such beasts. Love them

Hope all that Big Bud power gets you an excellent crops this coming year.!

You guys are awesome keeping that old iron going.

Might be time to look at a newer cummins for the big buds so you can find parts easier. It's nice to keep old stuff going, but sooner or later you need to upgrade or you spend more time and money looking for things

Happy Birthday Brian

I’m glad you shared the money for feed the children I’m still proud of my shavings my kids know the story now because they ask me all the time

Very green an environmentally friendly keeping big bud going😊

the stories we hear about the new machines, sensors, computers, parts, right to repair issues with access to the computer programming etc, I think you are making the right decision, I can't wait to see some of these "new" tractors hit the market and see what they are going to get for them. Be careful, they could break you if you buy one

I noticed in assembly Brian doesn't use impacts like 90% of all mechanics. Over tightening is not a good thing. Congratulation to doing it old school where you can feel, hear & see when the bolt is seated

Happy birthday Brian and great job guys on all the work

Little trick for heating up the pulley is to use a toaster oven to heat it up.

I love to watch repairs and maintenance on this channel. I learn so much about principles in mechanics that can be applied to my non-Ag life. Keep up the good work!

Thank you! Mid Midwest/tri-state area Illinois Missouri Iowa people getting ready to plant corn. Ground has been worked. People are chomping at the bit

Happy Birthday Brian! Hanging at the Welker Farm is a good day!

Happy Birthday Brian🎉🎉 thank you for showing us your expertise!

Don't ever give up on the Bud's. Old iron is so cool.

It's totally easy: assembly is just the reverse of disassembly. 😁😜🤟

Happy Birthday Brian 🎂 from us over in the UK 🇬🇧

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRIAN! 🎉🎁🎂🍷

See a new motor for the red Peterbilt in the background another B model CAT those run for a long time but nothing lasts forever Especially without rebuilding everything else your lucky if a vehicle lasts you everything all original your very lucky Usually with SUVs or pickups Transmission may make it over 200 Same with rear end Usually the transmission will end up going on you. Proper maintaining, depending on how you operate it, it will last hopefully all original

It's ALIVE and ready for the field 😎👍✝

God bless you crazy hard working blokes,I just wish we had more of you?

We use a toaster over to heat bearings and sleeves. Then double check temp before we take them and mount them. Allows you to multi task.