Free Fiat 4wd tractor gets a full service/repairs & goes back to work 

Makes my bloody day when I get the old Marty T notification

Would love to see a guided tour of "the fleet" as it exists today. From the original excavator you rescued (which started my viewing) through the boats, bikes and tractors we've all loved watching you return to service. I'm also curious as to whether you "cash-in" on your "fixer-uppers" to finance the next project. In fact I'd love to see an interview style Q and A on on the source of your knowledge and your zen-like attitude to repair/restoration

Marty I have often meant to comment on this so am doing it now - I really appreciate the effort you put in to your videos - no doubt multiple cameras and not forgetting the drone. I think we tend to take quality for granted given the array of viewing options we have in this digital age. To produce this quality on a significantly smaller budget and as a one man band - Kudos. Cheers from across the ditch.👍

Gets a free tractor, changes oil, runs perfectly. I pay $900 for a riding lawnmower and it mows half of my yard and dies.

Sweet little machine now, nice work Marty! Glad to see your son helpin' ya out. 👍🥝 I just can't get enough of your videos, they are wonderful to watch. Thank You for taking the time and effort to share these with us! I've learned a lot from you over the years.

The tractor sounded very very happy. A little TLC goes a long way. Well done.

Admire the workaround on the air filter, saving masses of money and getting er done. ☮️

A tree frog! Bahahahahba. I’m still laughing. He didn’t even crack a smile. Well done Marty! Great dad, great lad, great video. Thanks as usual. Stay safe.

I'm just one more chap wanting to say that you are a wonderful role model, a great mechanic and an amazing teacher. Every young person that want to learn about all things mechanical would be well served to watch all of your content. OH - I can't forget the respect you show the old timers. It's a joy for this old timer to see your interaction. Thank you for letting me into your world via RU-vid. I wish there was a Marty T in my neighborhood. 😊

Great work as usual, Marty. Really good of you to give the guy you got it from some cash..... many wouldn't. Well done!!

Nothing that a bit of regular maintenance wont fix. Impressed.

That tractor was a solid gold purchase

Takes me back to when my dad bought a 780Dt Fiat in that terracotta brown, amazing amount of pull from the engine, all the dials are the same… great addition for you that 🥰

The best content in this genre by a million miles. No messing about, no bigging it up, just pure talent and honesty. Keep up the great work Marty. Regards from Sweden 🇸🇪

It's a good idea to run antifreeze even if you don't expect cold weather. Antifreeze has anti-corrosion properties that will help protect the cooling system over time.

That is a freakin awesome little tractor. Good job getting it working so well.

Those were some solid shots of the usage at the end. Your filming technique is improving.

Yrs ago a M8 lent me a big Fiat 4x4 ,the diff lock lever was seized, I think ole M8 had never used it ,I think the machining was so good that was why it was seized, beaut tractor to operate

Iv been running the same tractor 20 years. Fiat 55-66 agri Great machine! But parts are stupid expensive. Front tyres are $800 each and I got the last two in the country

Those "Tree Frogs" are called "Snow Frogs" in our neck of the woods, Marty. They are pesky little critters and get under one's feet all the time! I find it fascinating that owners just give up on the maintenance of their equipment and literally put it out to pasture when it no longer functions. Great video thumbs up.

Anybody who has watched how you repair and service machines would be happy to buy one from you. With that in mind, and the fact that you like bringing machines back to life and we like watching you do it - buying, restoring and then selling machines would be an obvious business decision and sure to be successful.

The tractor will fell better and run better now ..with the new owner will get many years of service too .. great job finding the tractor.....now you'll have to build a new shed. .

That tree frog took all the fun out of helping operate the bottle jack....

What a little ripper!! That air filter worked out perfect. Little bugger just idled along no problem, nice one Marty!!

Just a tip with the ultrasonic cleaning. Use some jars in the tub with your dirty parts inside the jar. You can just use plain water in the tub, then you can use a solvent in the jar and dispose of it easier when done.

Stumbled across the channel, it's great viewing.

Good on Supercheap Auto for supporting your awesome channel and helping you to get the job done and content out for us!

My husband just asked me to call you to come fix our old truck! Lol I must talk about you a lot! GUILTY!

Sounds as though you may have a new favorite to work around!

You’re a legend Marty! Of course you gave the orchardist some money. It’s how we kiwis operate. 👏👏

Nice to see you captured the rare sound of the NZ tree frog. Well done.

I’ll never have or even see a fiat tractor here in Oregon but I enjoy the process of getting your stuff in good condition Marty 😎😎

That engine sounded so sweet as it just putted along with no apparent effort!

Marty has a big enough "Fleet" now that we will have to call him "Commodore". We will call him Admiral when he puts new seats on all his vehicles. After all a Commodore stands with his spyglass but an Admiral always has to sit in style.

This video is a great testament to the wisdom of regular maintenance.

WOW just a lack of maintenance made them park this!? Great job getting it back in service and loved the little laugh when you said adding to your fleet guess the wife is getting tired of all the "new" additions or maybe not!! Great to see your son working with you!! Stay safe!!

What a deal you got there. Nice new 4 wheel drive addition. Congrats Marty. 👍

Hey Marty, here in Wisconsin were just getting into spring. I've resumed tinkering with my fleet. Just finished up with the rebuilding of my 79 jeep engine. Runs good!:) The first jeep I bought was a 1950 jeep pickup truck that had been converted to a grass fire truck in 1960. In 1982 I was able to purchase it. Everything looked well serviced. No evidence of leaking from gear box's or differentials.:) Drove it about 20 miles home and burned up the rear diff. Bone dry!:( No wonder there was no evidence of leaking. Fortunately I had a parts truck. Great job showing how you still have to look!:) Thanks

First time I've witnessed someone actually flushing something they have changed the oil in. Good to see

I have an 55-46, same engine but different gearbox. It takes 22liter of SAE 10\20 or 30. I used a 10W-30 universal oil for wheat brakes and clutches. Engine takes 9.5liters, i used 15w-40. Mine had 9l of oil left of 22l. it did not really care, and my drain plug was the same. 55-46 has only syncro's on 3-4 gear. Old Fiats are like gold here in Norway and 70-80 and 100 series in good kondition starts at 10 000$

Some people think machines are worn out and replace them at big cost. They never think to service machines, a lot cheaper to do and things last for yrs. I work on the principle that if it moves then it needs oil or grease. And oil or grease are the best you can do. Well done on bringing the tractor back to life.

With the oil level being so low makes you wonder-was it simply an issue of not knowing where the dipstick/fill plug was located? And since they didn't use it much, they didn't worry about it over the years. Another great video Marty-thanks for taking us along again. God bless.

When your back-up 4WD track gets better routine maintenance than most NZ main roads....

Something I learned from this video: when it comes to tractors, "does it have oil?" is not as simple a question as I thought.

Nice tractor Marty nothing like an upgrade. Have a good day.

See about getting a canvas (as opposed to nylon fiber) tarpaulin to cover the tractor between jobs. The linkages will stay lubricated and free of dirt much better if protected from rain and dirt. I'm continually surprised at how much can be "fixed" on these old machines by simply draining and replacing fluids and replacing filters. "Clean fluids, fresh filters... damn! Runs like new!" I'm sure that down the way you'll be showing us how to replace shaft seals on the wheels and drive shaft. But this was a great step forward. PS. The seat looks a bit dodgy. Your backside will appreciate a new seat since you're going to be using this a LOT.

The fill plug under the seat and power steering filter design are all part of the glory of the Fix It Again Tony engineering....

Well done Mr T - I love the way you broached this whole tractor transaction… From “the missus says no more tractors” to let’s go on a nice family trip to help a nice old bloke out by removing a spray rig for him, to, oh look over there, another abandoned tractor, oh you can have that for free 😊 - then to slip him a decent $ value for it later. 😂 “No More Tractors” 😂 Very clever workaround mate… I’m taking notes!😂😂😂

For a guy who does as much crawling around under vehicles as you do, you should dig out a trench (reinforced on the sides of course) that allows you to stand comfortably under to change oils etc. You must have a spot on that property that has a slight slope to it so you could walk into the trench from one end and work under these big machines a lot easier. Like a mechanics pit you see in an auto shop (or whatever they call it). Also, love the tree frog joke. You’re not a real dad unless you make a good tree frog joke with your son while working on a piece of machinery

That’s a perfect small tractor! Great that Super-cheap are still noticing your videos 👌🏻 I actually shop there a bit especially some off their sales days for Oil etc they are hard to beat around here in Tasmania most weeks on items 👍🏼

A canopy and ROPS would be.nice one day Marty. Perfect little tractor.

Great to see your young apprentice learning from you Marty, he has a great teacher 😁

I am not even a mechanic/engineer etc or anything - BUT I LOVE WATCHING your videos..👌👍

When we service our older "EU" tractors we always take seat and rear fenders off. Makes a great difference

Fiat has a new lease on life now! You'll be using this tractor a lot I think. If more people maintained their stuff like you do, things would last many lifetimes. I make sure sure to keep after all my machines and I know that they won't let me down. Thanks for the video Marty!

Marty, you're a gem. I love the fact that the man was giving it away and you still gave him a good sendoff for the value. This shows the kind of person you really are, a fantastic individual. I've enjoyed your videos for years and I look forward to many more! Have a wonderful day!

My first diesel tractor I had was a Long tractor with a Allied loader. It had a Fiat 3 cyl . Strong rig. Mine was a Romanian built tractor.

Somebody commented back some time ago about "The Fleet" and I had a good chuckle. But here we are today with the Reality of "The Fleet" being assembled. We only need the Annual Parade and we are done.

Handled that beautifully Marty it purred up and down.

Good looking machine. May be worth investing in a ROP to give you some protection in case of roll-over. They don't usually use them in orchards but better than trying to hold up a tractor as it rolls over you.

Excellent video, the arthritic tractor controls it's probably just lack of use, most of the older stuff relies on thrown oil to lubricate the inside, only when there isn't a path do you get "proper " lubrication even if it's only a gutter and drip hole or a wick, many strange issues come back to 100 years of rusty junk filling all the small holes especially when the oil resembles tar or in very early stuff it's castor and has gone rancid ....

After watching you drain the old lubricants, it brings home the necessity of changing fluids at regular intervals.

Good old Italian engineering, they know how to make something that doesn’t leak oil out of everything that’s supposed to hold oil 👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Just a beaut cute little takka takka! Before turning the rear wheels inside out check the specs on the rear wheel final drives. By flipping the wheels you put the contact load point further outboard, thus increasing the 'overhung' load moment. Doing so will reduce the final drive bearing life (no problem if you can repair yourself) and may over-stress the input/output splines to the point of failure. See if you can get manufacturer model/part numbers for the final drive assembly and a manufacturer's spec sheet.

Marty, same as everyone else, love your work and the fact you really value the machines of the past. Have you ever had a local teen into help you, your uncomplicated honesty about all things mechanical would resonate with some of them. Cheers T

First! THANK YOU for not just spending most of the time in your videos “talking”. I hate “talkies”….most videos people think we need to know everything on earth about “whatever” their doing, and videos are 75% talking…I just can’t watch them. The rest? You do so much with such a minimal amount of tools it amazes me….makes me wonder how much more you could do with a few more tools?? Or a shop! 😁 The video editing is superb, knowing how limited you are. Keep up the good work, can’t wait for Video 3 of this tractor. 👍🏽

Amazing how many of these machines you come across. The owner has said “it’s gone” and all they’ve needed is a service.

Used the model down from this in the late 90s early 00's, the 45/66 and it's big brother the 80/90, I love new tractors and the air conditioning and field management systems, but there's something to be said for the simplicity of these machines, reliability was immense, and the small fiat tractor punched well above it's weight.

An implement on the back run on hydro may have been leaking,could explain low oil level if there's no obvious leaks

Very nice little unit. 4WD is definitely an advantage and the wheel adjustment should be easy. Thanks for the vid and your helper!. Have to get him on the camera soon 🙂 .... Jim Bell (Australia)

Gotta start em young - in terms of teaching kids skills (generally speaking, but specifically, in your field of work). Your son will be an asset to your family by helping you fix / restore, and sell those items you acquire.

Love to see you paint this one up Marty! Make it pretty!

Machines must love coming to Marty's place.

Marty -- Great job. The $350 for the OEM air filter blows my mind. Good job on sourcing one for a reasonable price and adapting it. Your videos are always good. Been watching since the rescue of the excavator in the forest.

Fantastic job Marty. She was running as sweet as a nut after the grading work. As far as the video was concerned I think some supplementary lighting would enable us to see the detail when you’re getting spanners into dark corners or underneath etc and you’re working outside. Other than that, a great job - your son is helping Dad out as well, a lovely touch.

Basic maintenance and intuitive troubleshooting. Another rescue ready to perform. Increased value. More versatile, 4 WD, powerful, no leaks, no overheating. Does the narrow grades very well and easily. McGiver ingenious solution for the air filter $40 vs $260 delivered. Great video.

Marty, your cinematography is second to none & the way your little ones help & you passing on your knowledge is a beautiful thing. You’re an inspiring, awesome man & dad, I get excited every time I receive a Marty T notification. Bless you & your family dude, you make the sun ☀️ shine when it feels like it’s raining. 🙏👍🏽😊

Another satisfying repair video from Mr.T in NZ. I agree with all the other viewers comments, you Sir are such a genius when it comes to these repairs. God Bless, stay safe Sir.

Truly amazing that people operate machinery without proper maintenance...and then give away a perfectly good tractor for trivial reasons. Suggestion: power-wash machinery before removing fluid plugs and filters to avoid dirt entry when changing the stuff. Nice of you to pay for it in any case.....an honest man in the world !!!!

Really sweet tractor. Sounds good and will be a good workhorse in tight areas. Thank you for posting so many interesting videos. Best wishes from the UK.

Those tractors were popular in the kiwi fruit industry back in the 80 s and the 90 s i used to drive one for an orchard contractor around Te Puke .

After watching for a couple of years now, I finally see that you are human.😁Struggling to get that filter out of the PS resevoir looks just like myself when working on different things. The only difference is with me there would be a string of bleeps on the audio. Keep up the good work. Love your channel.

I was impressed on how well that little tractor did. I know what you were talking, with my two wheel drive tractor you have to think about it when you're using a backplate because the tires just don't have enough traction. And if you look at mine they're close to smooth. I run tire chains all year round so I can avoid buying tires cuz I'm cheap, CHEAP I say! Lol! Not really, my feeling is if it does the job why spend money on a want not a need? When it's time I'll buy them then. Thanks for so many excellent videos! Bob from Virginia USA

Funny how those Tree Frogs which we in the states call Barking Spiders are all around the world but you never see them. If machines could talk I’d bet they’d thank you very much for your TLC.

The hydraulic couplings may have been leaking over the years which would account for the back end being low.

I'm gobsmacked at this FIAT! Would love one for my place!

Things sure love to follow you home.

12:32 the absolute look of betrayal. How could you do this to me father. Ranks up their with Luke confronting Vader in Empire Strikes Back

The old Fiats are among Mercedes and Schlüter tractors some of the most sought after in germany.

A new lease of life for that little tractor Mart. I researched the 15w 40 oil, and you're right that was a good price for 20 litres. It now has a caring owner and should give many years of service. Bob.

It's amazing what a little simple TLC will do help keep these old machines going.

North Carolina, USA Here......I always enjoy your videos and the repairs you do on these old machines.

Nice little tractor and good work on it. I don't think I have ever seen one of those here in West Virginia

its nice to see a bosch ve injection pump very reliable machine

Marty... Enjoyed the video, especially the drone footage and scrapper blade closeups. Taking a tractor on junker's doorstep and bringing it back to working condition is the ultimate green achievement. Glad you can share your time and knowledge with your little guy. There won't be many in his generation with mechanical skills.

Beautiful, Marty! I love how you focus your machine fixes on reaching and just comfortably passing the point of good enough. No fancy disassembling, de-rusting and rebuilding from the ground up here 😂. A solid and relatable farm workshop.

Those Fiat's are incredible reliable, it will do double that hours

Glad to see you've got her running smooth with no nasty surprises. On another note, if you ever decide to do an online mechanic 101 course, sign me up. I feel like I could learn so much from you in a short space of time. Your videos will be my virtual bible when one day I start putting a farm together with older gear. Love to see new video notifications pop up 👍

Great to see an old machine refreshed and ready for work.

These are awesome videos, been watching for years. Thanks Marty