Living vicariously through You Tube I will probably never be closer to a Farmall tractor of any vintage than this one, with that said I thoroughly enjoy your videos and would enjoy a gasket making tutorial. Being of advanced chronology I don't enjoy wrenching as much as a younger me but I still appreciate the skills.
Though you have covered the topic before, it might be nice to do a dedicated gasket/sealer episode (Do it for the children!! :)) that covers your commonly used materials and what is used in specific situations. In terms of sealers and lubricants/chemicals, I've noticed that you avoid mentioning specific brand names (for several reasons, I imagine), but again for the new-to-the-hobby, it would likely be useful to know a general type (e.g., you use regular RTV, or a non-hardening sealer, or nothing, etc.) for common gasket/part joins.
Yes please on the gasket materials and sealers and process. Would be great to put in your Old Tractor Restoration playlist as a reference for us weekend warriors.
While I have seen you make a lot of gaskets over the years, I would definitely watch a gasket making video! Your thoughts on gasket materials and gasket sealers would be a great resource. I have made several of my own gaskets in the past, but I am never very confident on which material and/or which sealer to use. It would be great to have a dedicated video as a trusted refrence for my future projects!
Yeah. Make some gaskets. I've watched my older brother make gaskets about 60 years ago out of gasket material and all the way to paste board shoe boxes. Would bring back old memories.
Very nice work Squatch. Personally I'd happily watch you cover the production and does and don't of making gaskets. It's been worth seeing that it CAN be done especially for anyone who's discovered they need gaskets that are otherwise unavailable 👍
A gasket making video would be great. Any information on processes, tips and tricks is fine with me. I'm sure a lot of your viewers like me are eager learn as much as we can. You're a great teacher.
A dedicated how-to is a good idea. Like it or not your career as a professional mechanic and your years of hands on experience with crawlers and tractors makes you an authoritative source. Sure there's more ways to skin a cat but in many of your operations there's just one way to do it right. Keep up the good work.
You have something in common with Lou Costello. He absolutely did not want to make Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein. He said his 3 year old daughter could write a better script. It turned out to be the most popular movie of this career.
I told ya the cleaning part video would be popular! Lol! These simple tasks may seem simple to you but they are a mystery to a lot of people. Painting machinery well is the biggest mystery to me.
Another great video Squatch! I really enjoy watching this channel. Every episode I learn something new. And for the things I did know it was great to get freshened up! I'd be more than happy to watch another gasket making video. Cheers
I vote for a gasket and sealer episode as well - I know you covered it during the D2 project at some point, but a refresh would be greatly appreciated. I'm the proud owner of a 1953 Tucker Sno-Cat and need to get into the transfer case soon and any tips would really help. I like to say if it isn't leaking, well it's probably out of oil.🙄 Thanks Squatch for all of your content!
I respect the way you work so much I’d watch your how to brush your teeth video. A special how to make gaskets, install seals and whatever WILL be on my to each list. Probably at least twice. Your videos are just nice clean to the Point proficiency! Keep it up, please!
yes to making a video. on gasket making and material used. it would be helpful to anybody restoring a tractor such as the H. or maybe even a car. nice work again stay safe.
Been following you for several months. I've spent the past 40+ years in the automotive field, collision, paint and restoration. I do appreciate the work and level of accuracy that you do. Keep up the great work!!!
As someone who has had to make gaskets, i’d greatly appreciate seeing your methods! My biggest issue has been making large round holes where i don’t have a punch. Have turned sharp edges on pipe on a lathe for an air compressor head gasket. Enjoying your videos!
I do "one-use" tools (or limited-use, anyway) like that quite often. Copper tubing, black pipe, etc. Works well, fairly inexpensive...or used to be, lol.
Long time subscriber now and still loving your content, Go for it with the gaskest video! If that one does well like the parts cleaning video it might be worth you considering a restoration for beginners playlist for videos of this type. You explain things very well and are clearly very skilled people could learn alot from you. I have been restoring tractors and engines for 15years now but my projects have defiantly got better since I have been watching you work.
Gasket making video would be great . I’ve been making gaskets the way I was shown by an old timer years ago but I’d like to see how you make yours because they all come out looking like they were laser cut in a factory. Keep up the great content !
You asked for it, YES! Pleas do make a dedicated video on how to make gaskets. I to am an old tractor guy, and now and then I run into a gasket price that will make my eyes bug out, or simply somthing I forgot to order and I don’t want to wait for a delivery. I’m in Texas, not the best or closest place to ring old tractor parts, so I have made a few, but get some varied results, probably due to material selection rather than fit. Either way, please ! An old fart wants to know!! Thank you sir.
Helped my Dad remove and reinstall the belly pump several times when doing transmission work on his farmall M but never saw the inside of the pump. Thanks for showing how it comes apart.
Hi Toby, yup, this old child would also appreciate a gasket making video. Now, I don't own a caterpillar but this subject is of much wider interest and it would be very useful to have your life learned skills and expertise in it available. Maybe consider a 'side channel' or a playlist for these non specific skill set training videos? Make them easy for others outside the Cat community to find. Great to see Grandpa memorabilia included.
Great to see this series. I have fond memories driving my grandfather's H Farmall raking hay when I was 10. He converted it to an aftermarket wide front. I drove it back and forth to pull the hay up into the barn. There is something about spending those hours on the machine you never forget. Nice to see your grandfather's history preserved. Hope to see it someday at Albany Pioneer Days.
Even though I'm 69 years old and have made literally thousands of gaskets, I would enjoy dedicated gasket/sealer episode. For us children you understand. Lol
Yes, please a gasket class would be great - also might include a resource guide on where to get gaskets and what material to use on a particular application.
Yes, please make a dedicated gasket making video. I don't get the chance to get out in the shop and do stuff, because I have no shop. As a mechanic, you may find certain tasks redundant, and they are, but some of your viewers don't have the opportunity to go out and get greasy. So, we're living vicariously through you.
Yes we need a gasket refresher! Long time viewer here and I've watch you make them before. But as my own recent experience would show, I need to learn about gasket material selection. My rebuild of a 50 year old air compressor did not go as planned. They leaked. Round (2) worked with the proper material. I'm sure many would benefit from a Master Class. Love your channel.
Years ago one of our H tractors eat its pump and locked it up hard. It torqued that drive coupler on so tight that I had to use a 1000+ ft/lb impact gun to break it loose.
Great video as always. The gasket/sealer making video is a good call. I’m into Land Rovers, but have an interest in machinery in general. I don’t/won’t own a tractor or dozer, (no room/workshop) but the work you do ‘transfers’ into my hobby and I have used techniques you’ve shown when fixing my Landy. All the best Andy 🇬🇧
Yes I would also like a dedicated episode with Gasket making and what are the criteria for a different type of gasket. I assume some would need a heavier type than others so..... GO for it.
I've watched you make gaskets before and I would watch you make gaskets again. It's been a while since I made gaskets for myself so a reminder would be welcome.
Do a gasket episode Squatch! First 15 minutes, classic Squatch education style and then next 45 minutes "Gasket Making ASMR"! Just 45 minutes of making gaskets video. Maybe a little bit of Bob Ross "A happy little bolt hole lives here.", "Just let the paper talk to you." (I know you covered it in past, great video on the two part gaskets, but do it again for the views!!)
I make a lot of my own gaskets for our projects, but I would definitely watch a dedicated gasket and sealer episode if you so choose to make one. It's a guarantee that a new tip or trick will be learned. It would also be beneficial to a lot of the newcomers to the hobby who haven't made their own gaskets before. Keep up the good work and the H is looking great
Hi Squatch. It's old hat for you but I have to make quite a number of small gaskets for small engines that you can't get OEM or aftermarket anymore. I have made many cut with blades, scissors and hole punches after tracing them with the original surfaces but I'm never happy with the result. Any guide in a future episode would be great. Keep up all the Squatch projects and stories. Love the channel and have been a watcher for about 5 years now. Dave from Sunshine Coast Queensland Australia.
Ive had to make a ton of gaskets over the years but am always interested in how others make them as well. Never know when you can catch a helpful hint.
Just as you grabbed your phone to show the gasket making request, I was thinking "a how to" might be helpful for a lot of people. So, yes, please do one. Of course, I will watch. I would happily watch you cleaning out and refurbishing that breathercap as well, or make intricate foldover locks. Kind regards Christiaan
Thanks for sharing that’s awesome you used your grandfather’s cap looks great too On making a gasket video I’ll watch any video you make buddy even if it’s on something I know nothing or all about lol 😂
I would like to see a gasket video. I would like to know what works and what to avoid. Thanks for your help that you provide us viewers with all your videos.
A how-to for gaskets, that's specifically titled so that new users can find it easily would probably be a good idea, it _might_ even reduce new repeat questions as well. Perhaps as a Playlist that highlights such topics, I dunno really, you have a better grasp as to how to operate a YT channel compared to me :)
Although the closest I ever get to a vintage tractor is when I see them at the Minnesota State Fair, the gasket episode would be interesting. Greater insight on what it takes to service a machine that is long out of production.
I got a 230 I'm getting ready to paint. Same thing with the air filter housing except I'm going to spoon it out. Think a vid on gaskets would be a good thing. Lost art making gaskets. Love watching the "h" vids.
Victor Reinz as a gasket material maker is very respected. Specially when you deal with German made cars. I'm all hands for a gasket material video, however I will leave it for you do decide if it's worth making or not. Good job on rebuilding the pump, it looks very complicated first but actually the setup makes sense when you look at it from another perspective.
John not Tamara, yeah I agree with others, I'd watch a dedicated gasket video. I've really enjoyed the preparation H rebuild, as much as the super m and the d2.keep up the good work Squatch!
Yes please to the dedicated gasket video. I’m working on an old Cub Cadet Original and have one gasket that doesn’t fit. I sealed it with rtv for now but since those two case halves have gears meshing between them, I would feel batter having the gasket thickness between them for that extra peace of mind of gear alignment. And I have to take it back apart anyway to address a bent shaft. A whole other rabbit hole. And premade gaskets are expensive.
that pump is a heavy chunk of iron and i don't know if all your viewers know that pump started being used on the late model f 20 farmalls what made me remember that i had a 1938 model f 20 and it had that old fill cap was what it came with back then
Squatch all surprised we like inane stuff like parts washing. What kind of nerds do you think we are? Of course we’d like to see the gasket fabrication episode!
I’m binge watching all your videos from a few months ago right now. I heard you say In Part 7 of the Farm All restoration. That you wish you were on the left side of the trains locomotive going past you. I was under the impression. That class 1 freight railroads. You hired out as a Conductor then had to go to their LETP and become a locomotive engineer. If you would move. I could have got you a Conductor’s job on the railroad I worked for and retired from. Where you don’t have to become a locomotive engineer. My Grandson is a Conductor. Is 21 and made over 150K last year. With only 3 years seniority. I pretty sure you wouldn’t move and I don’t blame you. I wouldn’t if I lived and have what you have. Anyway always enjoy your videos that I binge watch to catch up. I binge watch most RU-vid Channel videos. I only edited one word that I added
A dedicated video would be very welcome. It would be so easy to look it up if any off us who have already watched you videos on this want to reference some thing but just can’t remember which video you did it on, a dedicated video would be so easy to find further down the line. Another excellent video thank you 😊
Squatch, Love watching the "H" rebuild. I'm new to your channel so I would love to see a dedicated video on making "home made" gaskets. Also what tools you use, possibly where you get them if they aren't readily available locally. Thanks! Really enjoy your "style"
Never ever would i claim to be even a half decent mechanic but would say my biggest failure is gasket making which always seem to have rough hairy edges especially round bolt holes 🙄😟 so an episode devoted to gasket manufacture would get a huge yes from me 💪👌
Personally I think a it would anger a lot of folk when they realize for that professional look they’d have to go out and purchase a hole punch set! How often does the backyard joe have to make a gasket, is that money one needs to be having sit in a drawer or when a bud needs/ wants to borrow it 🤷♂️? Jus’ saying 🤔
It can be amazing the content that will work well. I recently did a video about fixing leaking mower tyres and it has been my most popular content by far.
I never really paid any attention to types of gasket material. Knowing what to use where would be something I might use in the future. Also any tips for making small gaskets like those on a small engine carbs would be nice.
Excellent video it's nice to see the progress you are making. A gasket making video would be really helpful for lots of people I appreciate how you actually use gaskets not like some people just gobb on silicone and then why it leaks so much. Keep up the great videos
Do a gasket episode! Sometime when you need some random content while cleaning parts. Please also talk about sealants, coatings, and paints. Lots of random content there that you have already covered in pieces but most of us would love a random episode talking about that stuff just for an entire episode.
My go-to gasket material is rubber impregnated cork. It's a bit expensive, but there's nothing quite like it. A light film of grease or gasket maker on both sides, like barely even visible, and it seals tighter than Fort Knox. I've never had it leak on anything i've used it.
Please do a gasket video. For one thing, it would be much easier to find in the future by searching for "making gaskets." I did see one of your earlier gasket videos, but since I don't do it every day, it's easy to forget things. Thanks!
I had very good luck with nitrile impregnated cork gasket material. It cut extremely well and was rated for all types of oils. We used it in my Transformer Repair shop.
What to use on a gas line metal. I have used teflon tape but it's not recommended. To keep from leaking. And yes, I would have to watch a gasket making and Material👍
I think it would be very useful to have a Gasket making video. I’m presently rehabbing a 68 Ford 5000 and just getting manufactured gaskets is difficult.
Unless the gasket is specific for setting a clearance, I don't use them any more. I just use RTV and have never had any issues. I started doing this in the late 70s on my IHC Scout II and never looked back.
I've seen the older videos where you cover making gaskets. But, I do enjoy a good gasket. And, it is loads of fun making gaskets. I would really enjoy learning what gasket material works best for what situation. Thanks for all you do!
