Dump Truck Repair and Maintenance. (Died Right when I needed it!) 

My eyes went to the visor before you said anything. Pretty neat.

My hat is off to the guy who drove that truck with a plow, salt spreader, and an unsynchronized 10 speed. Our township has one just like it but it's a tandem with a wing. You need 7 hands to run it!

A suggestion when changing filters of any kind. Use a sharp punch, or chisel to punch a hole in the bottom of the filter to be removed, then loosen it, and let it drain for a minute. Now you can unscrew the empty filter without getting covered in HOT oil. Love the videos.

my dad calls these situations “the project before the project”

"Died Right When I Need It" - the automotive-specific version of Murphy's Law.

The ending reflection of the glass and the dump bed makes it seem you're driving fast in reverse

I’ve personally driven the parts truck you bought it was a strong truck and the transmission was smooth. Had the hopper bolted to the frame it was a good rig.

watching the wrench slowly sliding off the tire in the background while you were talking to the camera had me cracking up

When you fill those filters, plug the center hole and fill from the outside holes. Don't want unfiltered fuel getting to the injector pump. JD filters come with a neat funnel that blocks the center hole and fills the filter from the outside in, thus leaving filtered fuel in the center of the filter.

I like those visors especially when that have the marker lights in them

Old truck driver here, I was screaming "lift pump" from the first minute. Great job 👍

Isn't it just great when you get to supply your own spares!

I saw that “boiling hot oil” hit your hand and the “shaking hands with danger” music cued up in my head 😅 Glad she’s back up and running. She’s a beauty for sure.

I used to drive a hole in the bottom of my oil filters with an old screwdriver to drain them before taking them off. Saves quite the mess.

Matt, while watching your video l hear the Black birds in the back ground. I really enjoy listening to them. I don’t have any blacks around here where l am so it’s a treat to hear them.

I used to work at Baltimore Mack Trucks and we had many a road service call. Many times when it was a fuel issue, other than being frozen, it was a shop rag in the fuel tank that would block the flow. Everyone learned to have a flashlight with good batteries and an old wire coat hanger so you could inspect the tank with the cap off. Funny how often this occurs. On another topic, I am very glad you had the dump body supported when raised. At Mack, this was instilled into us. We had a customer, 2 brothers, and one of them was killed when the hydraulic line failed and the dump body basically cut him in half over the frame rail. It was just a quick adjustment he was making and it cost him his life. The truck was maybe 3 years old.

I love the sneak peak you always include at the end of every video, some are more cryptic than others but I'm excited to see part two of that front loader

Yes on the visor. 👍🏽 Loved the renaming of the parts truck.

I like this guy! He knows what he's doing and he does it right. He's not like that Camarata guy who thinks he knows everything.

Matt, 30 seconds in I said "lift pump" right after you said it started and died, I bet you can guess how I knew that :-) Nice tipping on your drive by the way! Nice even spread, thumbs up.

A bad lift pump can leave you down in the "dumps" 🤣, okay I'll leave.

I got a set of line wrenches after rounding off the brass line nuts on my chewy. Good investment keeps soft metals from rounding over. Swaging fuel and brake lines can be a real pain, there's never enough line left.

“It’s only temporary unless it works” ...Watch Wes”

Lol. I like the visor. About an old used four-wheel-drive for Offroad and it had a visor over the front window and it looked ridiculous so I left it on there and it was actually kind of useful and nice when I’d be driving up the hill with the sun in my face, I figured it was just weird people from the 80s putting junk on their truck just because they could but I got used to it and actually kind of liked it after a while.

Your happiness when you got Ol' Red going again Matt is truly contagious, but then I'm a bonafide gear head, so that's fuel for me LOL, keep rocking.

When you do your next oil change, Pierce a hole in the bottom of the oil filter first thing and allow it to drain into a pan. It saves a lot of mess running down your arm. I actually built a special tool out of a round rod and flat bar for punching the hole. Works great.

Old equipment means more maintenance and less payments. Leave the deadline ulcers to the big guys. Love what you do!

Heck yeah! Love the visor!

Always satisfying when you get it fixed yourself. Keep up the good work Matt.

little teaser right at the very end there!..👌🏻

Nice job. Back on the road!👍👍

Howdyyawl from the land down under. I had a dodge 22ft tray top when we had the s rap yard. It had a bird's nest in the fuel tank from rubbish over the years. That caused the lift pump to fail. You fixed yours good keep on trucking😊

I love watching you build your life the way YOU want it! Very impressive! Oz Mick!

I like the visor and plow lights.

Glad to see your old faithful truck running again. Keep up the good work and stay safe out there.

i love that visor looks great

Always a pleasure watching you do your thing, you're a good mechanic! Yes, swap the visor over to your good dumptruck! :)

Definitely on the visor Matt and a different stack would top it off nicely

Awesome job, great troubleshooting, Thanks for sharing

Yes to the visor ‼️

Love the Visor and the little screen on the hood.

Matt, next time you change oil. Poke or drill a hole in the bottom of the filters then loosen so they get air to drain into the bucket. Nice and clean.

I really..enjoy watching you go thru the machines and repair them its a great channel

Yes I am so glad you had success. I love it when a plan comes together..

What a timely video, my Isuzu NPR is experiencing the same symptoms! I will follow your procedure and see if I can get it to run. Thank You Matt for an awesome job!

Really like your videos. Glad I stumbled upon your channel. Your knowledge of mechanical things is impressive.

Glad you got it fixed and back to doing your job that you love so much

Always helpful to have a parts goat for older equipment

I like your “flying” horn there

That visor would help quite a bit in the early mornings and late evenings. Looks pretty cool too!

Well done Matt.

Now that's how you spread a load of material! Awesome job!

You gotta love it when a plan comes together Matt. And yes, add the visor to old reliable

I love the teaser clips at the end of your videos lately. I can't wait to see what you do with the little VW pickup and if you take the loader home or not.

Nice looking visor and glad you have a parts machine that’s in decent shape!

Good work, Matt. Well done.

Interesting, one thing I've started doing many years ago was filling oil filters too when possible.

Glad you got it handled without a lot of brain damage. Same thing happened to my Duramax last summer. Replaced the little pump and she was good as new.

Definitely yes on the visor

Good work Matt! I like your single axle dump truck.

One nice thing about the 4900 series trucks is they have the same cab as any of the old S model’s, from a 1700 right up to a 2500/2600. That means stack mounts, clearance lights, doors and a lot more will work on your truck.

OUTFUCKINGSTANDING!!! Great trouble shooting the fueling problem!!!!! And that tease at the end; it lives!!

Love to watch. Keep them coming. My favorite channel. All the best from Norway. Kristian.

Definitely a yes on that visor swap. Looks sharp!

Good that you changed the oil. With the evidence of fuel behind the lift pump, it may have been "making oil" as in leaking fuel into the crankcase. My M35s are notorious for doing this when the o rings fail in the hydraulic head and governor. Love the channel!

clean the air filter too, last time you did it a pound of dirt came out.

Like the visor, looks sharp.

Good job getting that started, Matt! Yes on the visor thing.

The old orange truck looked like it had a fairly newer air drier on it to

crack both oil filters, then pierce the bottoms so they drain while u eat breakfast. No big oil on your hands. ezy peezy less mess.

Good job! Thanks for sharing

Thanks buddy I think I have learned more about a Diesel engine from your videos than many others 😉👍🏼

Got your self a healthy beast again I'm glad you noticed the oil filter seal lots of engines have been lost to that dam seal

Good job in getting "Big Orange" going again Matt - well done! My favourite channels are: Diesel Creek, Watch Wes Work and Mustie1

Great video, and great area to work in. I could not help but notice the tree stand when you were bringing rock in.

I love it when you fix these old creeks. I watch your videos as bedtime stories. Just love it.

The visor would look good. I agree that it's a pain chasing a fuel problem. See you put new planks on the bump box. The ol' truck sounds good, brings back a lot of memories. Keep up the good work.

Yeah, I think that visor will look really good on your truck. Of course after you paint the appropriate color....=)

Yes go for that visor it is way cool!

Nothing more relaxing than a nice cold rain when you're doing something fidgety.

If you’re equipment is going to sit around a lot with out being used you need to put a treatment in your fuel that will kill bacterial in your tank and fuel filters.

Almost guarantee its sediment from bean oil in your fuel try some Howes fuel treatment and good luck,love your videos

Doesn't every guy want his own dump truck😊 THNX!

Thanks for the video I learned a ton. I had air problems in a 5-ton military vehicle that I purchased, but I'm sure that will be very helpful when it comes time to start my truck. Thanks again.

Great camrea work man!! Its hard enough to get a wrench in their! An your getting a wrench with a camera view

That flopping horn or whatever on the rad. Is cracking me up lol

MAtt, awesome video. Great job troubleshooting!

Love the DT-466 engines. Damn good workhorse

31:30 when you tailgate your supposed to chain the gate so it dumps evenly instead of however it falls.

you need to put biocide into your fuel tank if you are not using the truck for a while , also drain the water out the tank regally to keep the water fuel interface down to stop the bio growth (the black crud in the filters)

Nice video. It popped into my feed and being I have an International with the DT466 I decided to watch. I've been a gear head since my childhood days. Recently I've gotten into building power saws. Lo and behold in the background I kept hearing that saw singing in the wood. Glad you got your truck sorted out. She's a worker.

Visor and stack look lit

That visor is Billy Big Rig af

Love the videos Matt. I am not a diesel guy but am learning alot watching you. Question: Surprised you never filled the oil filters with oil before installing them. You do fill the fuel filters to reduce cranking times, so why not fill the oil filters to reduce run time while the engine runs to fill the filters. While filling the filters, the engine is starving for oil until they are filled. It may only be seconds, but with the higher compression of diesels and the loads imparted to rods, bearings , those seconds are worth trying to save. I always fill the oil filter of my Chevy V-8s. My theory is: New oil, while unfiltered and poured into the oil filter, is better than no oil at all while the engine is cranked and running to build oil pressure.

Well diagnosed..runs sweet now..good as new!!

Well done getting her up and running good job you had the parts truck to hand.

There you go..... Change fuel filters at least once every 10 years, wether they need it or not....LOL

Check in with Dirt Perfect. He knows those transmissions and would love to do a collaboration with ya!

You’re a genius Matt

Keep up w the great videos Matt!!