ayup mucker, fancy seeing a minty frick like yer good self here... This truck is more of a long-haul project or a cab donor, wouldn't call it towel-chucking myself either as I'm sure it's not the last we'll see of it. My advice for the trolls, by the way, is don't feed or tease them unless you fancy a good laugh at their own obvious ineptitude.
@@HanstheTraffer "You folks that worship Mustie1"? Get a life, I'm only joking. For me there is no competition between these two and is is not a match.
Brother,I imagine that it becomes difficult to find new interesting material to post. But you do a fantastic job keeping it fresh. I appreciate your efforts!
Saturday morning and I couldn't be happier about this video. This is the FUN kind of content. Thanks Wes. Much appreciated. Hello. Mrs.Wes, Jr and Pup.
TOOLS EXPLAINED DRILL PRESS : A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your beer across the room, denting the freshly-painted project which you had carefully set in the corner where nothing could get to it. WIRE WHEEL : Cleans paint off bolts and then throws them somewhere under the workbench with the speed of light. Also removes fingerprints and hard-earned calluses from fingers in about the time it takes you to say, 'Oh sh*t' DROP SAW : A portable cutting tool used to make studs too short. PLIERS : Used to round off bolt heads. Sometimes used in the creation of blood-blisters. BELT SANDER : An electric sanding tool commonly used to convert minor touch-up jobs into major refinishing jobs. HACKSAW : One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board principle... It transforms human energy into a crooked, unpredictable motion, and the more you attempt to influence its course, the more dismal your future becomes. VISE-GRIPS : Generally used after pliers to completely round off bolt heads. If nothing else is available, they can also be used to transfer intense welding heat to the palm of your hand. OXYACETYLENE TORCH : Used almost entirely for lighting on fire various flammable objects in your shop. Also handy for igniting the grease inside the wheel hub out of which you want to remove a bearing race.. TABLE SAW : A large stationary power tool commonly used to launch wood projectiles for testing wall integrity. HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK : Used for lowering an automobile to the ground after you have installed your new brake shoes, trapping the jack handle firmly under the bumper. BAND SAW : A large stationary power saw primarily used by most shops to cut good aluminum sheet into smaller pieces that more easily fit into the trash can after you cut on the inside of the line instead of the outside edge. TWO-TON ENGINE HOIST : A tool for testing the maximum tensile strength of everything you forgot to disconnect. PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER : Normally used to stab the vacuum seals under lids or for opening old-style paper-and-tin oil cans and splashing oil on your shirt; but can also be used, as the name implies, to strip out Phillips screw heads. STRAIGHT SCREWDRIVER : A tool for opening paint cans. Sometimes used to convert common slotted screws into non-removable screws and butchering your palms. PRY BAR : A tool used to crumple the metal surrounding that clip or bracket you needed to remove in order to replace a 50 cent part. HOSE CUTTER : A tool used to make hoses too short. HAMMER : Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit. UTILITY KNIFE : Used to open and slice through the contents of cardboard cartons delivered to your front door; works particularly well on contents such as seats, vinyl records, liquids in plastic bottles, collector magazines, refund checks, and rubber or plastic parts. Especially useful for slicing work clothes, but only while in use. ADJUSTABLE WRENCH: aka "Another hammer", aka "the Swedish Nut Lathe", aka "Crescent Wrench". Commonly used as a one size fits all wrench, usually results in rounding off nut heads before the use of pliers. Will randomly adjust size between bolts, resulting in busted buckles, curse words, and multiple threats to any inanimate objects within the immediate vicinity. Son of a b*tch TOOL : Any handy tool that you grab and throw across the garage while yelling 'Son of a b*tch' at the top of your lungs. It is also, most often, the next tool that you will need.
A shame but reasonable decision to walk away. Someone could probably use the cab tho if theu desired. But I'm glad your doing revivals! Its why I started watching you
54 GMC, first year one piece curved windshield. On the side of the block down by the distributor there is a number stamped on a machined surface stating the engine displacement (Cubic Inches).
Back in the 50's my uncle purchased a CJ Jeep brand new, came with a half cab and a dual wheeled rear end and a backhoe attachment that is very similar to the one that you have shown in this video. Although not quite as big in size (since it was mounted on a Willy's Jeep) But it looked the same. Ran off a PTO from the t-case, and you stood in the bed of the Jeep to operate.
Here's an old jeep advertising film from 1954 showing all the options they offered including the backhoe/trench digger ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MuYbchw510Q.html
Oh my... After high school, before I went off to Canoe U., I went with my folks to visit family in Alton, Ill. Then we drove up to Wisconsin to see my dad's brother. Somewhere along the way we stopped at a burger joint/drive in... with car hops and all... I swear I remember seeing this monstrosity sitting in the parking lot with 3 guys sitting on it having lunch. They fired it up and drove it away and you could tell the steering was real light. That would have been the summer of 78??
@@langer24106 I couldn’t say positively... I don’t remember the names on the door or even truck type. But it was in that area, the cab was red and the back-hoe just looked so out of place on the back of the truck. How many of these things were made??
I always wonder why people never try evaporust in the cylinders? I mean, you’re gonna change the oil anyways. Lol. I still love the content, you’ll get it next time!!!
Would the engine block hold water? If it does you could try getting some hot water in there, could you rig some kind block heater for the water system? Radiator could be by passed for this. If you could combine this with something cold on the piston crown you could expand the bores and shrink the piston to break the rust bond. If I guess a 3 inch bore and a 70 deg c temperature increase then you should see about an 8 thou increase in cylinder diameter. If you can achieve a 10 degree drop in piston temperature you should see about a 3 thou reduction in piston diameter. I'm thinking if you could freeze some cider vinegar to de rust the engine and then crush it enough to pass through the spark plug hole without dismantling the engine. Then turn on a water heater for the block and hit it with your grease gun whilst that's doing it's thing you've given it it's best chance. If it's an issue, I'll pay you a days wages to make it happen.
Defiantly not a Chevrolet 235 Stovebolt (GMC engines were never called "Stovebolt's")...my guess is that's a GMC 302 6-cylinder which is a very desirable engine...it's worth saving even if it's frozen, it can be brought back to life. I'm also guessing the truck is either a 1954 or 55 first series model because it has a one piece windshield.
To summarize this video: 'look at this pile of junk'. What might be a better rebuild project: a relatively new pickup truck with a big issue (maybe needs a new engine) that you're going to rebuild to be your new truck!
That's an instant rat rod cab ready to go to a new truck chassis. I'd go with an LS engine. The scrap yards are full of low mileage LS engine's and are cheap.
Oh you young kids, not exposed to anything not totally hydraulic. I am 64 and can remember those digger units were all that there were. A lot of them were mounted on military surplus 4x4 and 6x6 trucks. Cellars and swimming pools dug out everywhere.
@@WatchWesWork I grew up in Winona MN the home of the HOPTO --www.winonadailynews.com/special-section/pieces-of-the-past/badger-equipment-took-men-out-of-the-ditch/article_5844f615-1ae6-5088-981b-e5dbd5da0c5c.html
I heard those GMC 6 cylinders were not the same as the old Chevy Stove Bolt 235. Road Kill got a 50 GMC going and they said those GMC 6 cylinders were a desirable for building into a race engine back in the day.
😂agree. I grew up in a small town and seen some real quick fixers . Friends brother Chevy Luv with bailer twine hold the engine in place since the motor mounts were broken . Bad tie rod spot welded and u joints too. Boards in coil springs since the mounts had rusted out .
Back in the late '70s I had a plumber get really mad at me for failing his van for Pennsylvania state inspection. He had something heavy on the one side I think it was Ben's full of pipe fittings, so he added a spring leaf on that side and used all thread because the original u-bolts were then too short. I couldn't believe how po; he was. He called me an idiot, and said that his bent all thread was plenty strong enough. Funny thing was he did it to a van that was only about a year old. I guess he thought that I'd see a late model van and miss his butchery
@@joecummings1260 Come on, grade 2 all-thread is a perfect replacement for U bolts on leaf springs! I mean, it was only ONE side! LOL I think there's a truck around here with wooden lift blocks.
dont forget to put a gas cap on...lol...i would rather see the backhoe running,,,,why you call that a grave digging piece of junk....i'm in the grave digging businesss....
he says the backhoe can not be saved . thats the talk of a wealthy person that has way to much money . i know many many many people that would save that and use it . thats why we have unfairness on this so called earth . gread and uncaring .
being a GMC, it would be a 228, 248, or if the exhaust flange has three bolts not two, it's a 270, a desirable engine. To my knowledge, the biggest of the inline 6's.
This one had the stench of death from the beginning. If anyone could, Wes could but sometimes you just gotta pull the sheet over it and announce the time of death. It’s like the muscle car guy who pays 15k for the car, puts another 15k into it and then has a car that’s worth 16k. I’d scrap the truck but hang onto the hoe attachment. A little paint and new hoses is all it needs. Throw that on a better chassis and the buyers will beat a path to your door. Trust me. 😎👍
definitely that excavator must be saved. annoying when all special earthmoving machinery is destroyed. Take the power line from your Ford pik up . isn't it going to the scrap yard anyway?
Eye of newt! Surely that would work. Heh. "Locked up tighter than a Dutch wallet". Man that had me laughing. My son-in-law is from Dutch stock, really fun fella, but brother, I've never seen anyone like it for pinching the pennies.
An old Johnson bar for the park brake. Too bad you couldn't try to spin it the other way. Don't give up Wes!!! Drag it home and at least do a first start!!!!!!
Oh boy they sure dont build em like they used too huh? 😄 are threaded rods even grade 2? It's too bad you couldn't get it going, but let's be honest, that thing is a complete mess. And then it sat in the woods for 20 years lol
Your channel is by far one of the best on RU-vid! Thank you for giving us what we want! There are no good revival channels anymore. Don't ever change Wes, you've got the magic.
I would be interested in the economics of this project. How much is scrap steel worth in your area, The bucket is defiantly worth money. I think the truck could be sold to some one looking for a project. How difficult would it be to haul out of there. Just thoughts on how to see the old girl no spend her last days lost in the woods.
hi wes. weve not seen you roughing it in the woods for a while. im not surprised you gave up and i dont remember you giving up before. that body is way cool . are you not tempted to monster truck it. full chassis build , crate motor. blower nitrous etc. etc. hahaha wish i was rich too
I thought you were gonna try the ol grease gun trick again to free it up (since it worked so well last time lol). I’ve never noticed the ponytail in Clinton, but man the smell is just terrible.
I agree with you! Close the hood and walk away. It will probably cost you an arm and a leg to get that beast to ever run again. I love your channel and looking forward to your next project! 👍
I can remember when there were a lot of those rigs around the area I grew up in. They dug everything with those- foundations, cellar holes, shallow wells, septic systems, etc and an awful lot of woods roads were built with something like that and maybe a small crawler. Different times, different expectations.
As cool as this truck would be running again, got to be practical on these projects. You've clearly got the skills Wes but there's all the $$$ involved. Give Jay Leno a call..he has the deep pockets to do a full ground up on this!!!
Grease gun . if not pull the head clean the cylc anf soke and a bloco of wood and hamer every pistion clean rust out and it will turn over.im 40 years im very
Only thing I want to see is that added Implement working again not really care so much about the truck that backhoe attachment on the back is what makes it incredibly interesting
I am amazed how many abandoned engines you and other RU-vid creators can get running after many years. This one is just too far gone. It was interesting to see the details of the customizations when it was operating. Thanks. Dave.
Please take it back to the shop. It deserve another life and be nice project for upcoming videos..... please please please dont leave it for another 20 years....
A great look back in history to see what had to be done in difficult times. Thanks for the insight that you don’t see in a musium. Well done! Thank you.
The BACKHOE part is neat, the SWING very different. On a FORD 420 use to run had a chain rap around with Cylinder's system kind of like that. It sure would have been neat to see digging ground in its day. I wish those car rebuild SHOWS on MOTOR TREND would take on a project like one of these, all those TALENTED old time CLASSIC car guys. Watching them rebuild her Thank you for showing this old great piece.
I know that one is a lost cause, But in a Jay Leno's garage video , the mechanic added Acetone to his witches brew to free up rings. But you gave it a good shot and i like you inspected the whole truck for those who have interest in it.
@@williamdavidson9009 I was just saying that might be a try in a better truck, That old Jimmy was toast as soon as it was parked. But I was surprised Leno's mechanic used a wiches brew to free up a motor to save it from a rebuild. Maybe acetone would help out one with less rust.I'm gonna try it..
Dear ken frazier 👍👌👏 That's a really good idea and I bet that it would be great fun to watch a conversion series. But if I remember correctly the frame of WWWs daily driver pickup truck is already too far gone also. Maybe simply not worth to invest time/money into it?! Nevertheless: I guess another chassis with a complete drive train could be found relatively easily and for not too much money. For example: At least a friend of great Johnathan W. (Delray JYD) has a lot of those on his property. Indeed I don't know how far away this is from the WWW place. Best regards, luck and health.
Just for fun if you ever re-visit try electrolysis to remove the rust in the cylinders or just fill them with evaporust or simialar and leave it for a week, you never know it might work! Love the channel dude keep up the good work.
Enjoyed the video, especially all the crazy workarounds the original owners used to keep the old beast running. Reminded me of my Dad's bodgercraft. He never threw away a bolt or a scrap of metal. At times the only thing new parts on the the equipment after a repair was the bailing wire. Also your video provided a reality check for some RU-vidrs. Some old equipment just can't be fixed and you have to close the hood, put your hands in your pockets, and walk away. Well done!
