I Bought The Cheapest FORKLIFT on Marketplace!!! 

In the late 60s&early 70s I worked for Naumann Fork Lifts in Phoenix,Az. We were a Clark Forklift Dealership. My work was to recondition/rebuild older forklifts which were traded in on new units, to be sold as used units for customers who did not need a new unit. I have experience with just about every forklift made by the different manufacturers. Don't know why this vid came up as recommended that I watch, but I did so out of curiosity. Made a couple notes as I watched. Take it for what it's worth as I am now 80 years old & may be a bit fuzzy. At 8:14 - that hose is just to return to tank any hydraulic oil which may bypass the Cup seal at the bottom of the lift cylinder, it's size is OK the way it is. At 8:54 - The trans oil should not be milky(probably has quite a bit of water in it), wish you would have changed it before you ran the unit, but you can change & flush it later and probably won't hurt the clutch packs. Dexron would be good for it. At 9:00 - That should be the breather for the hydraulic tank. It should have a very small filter element installed in there so clean air is sucked into the tank when the lift cylinder is raised. At 9:28 - There was no extra reservoir, what you are trying to get out at the end of the vid is the cap/filler. A 1948-51 Ford F100 Master Cylinder may be a crossover to your original unit. At 10:00 - You are quessing right about the year, that was the style of almost all smaller forklifts in that time frame. At about 25:00 - you quickly discovered that gravel/soft surface and hard rubber tires are not compatable. When you are looking to see what you got, pay special attention to the kingpins and the steering spider(the part where the inner ends of the tie rods connect to) as they do receive a lot of wear under normal usage and sometimes owners are derilect in lubrication duties. The engine may not be in too bad condition, depending on how long it has been run on propane. Hope all this rambling may help you out in some small way. Good luck with it. Fred

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In the meantime, chop 2" off the rollcage so you can eventually put it back on and still garage it but not risk being crushed by an overhead load gone wonky or a roll-over.

Had one of these at work it was our go to for heavy lifts , inspect the king pins as they are always neglected

I love how you are absolutely ecstatic and happy with old stuff. I haven't seen much in the way of new equipment save for a few thing. You are the true definition of point a to b regardless of the condition. Something is better than nothing.

The sped up footage of you revving to forklift makes it sound like a straight piped litre bike

When your intro started I said that’s a AC, we had one for many years and it is tough as nails and ours was still on gas. It will lift much more that rated. The only thing I didn’t like about it was those solid front tires. You got a deal, keep it inside it don’t like wet!

As a forklift tech don't worry about that watery oil too much yet. Most lpg forklifts if only used sparingly - especially when the engine never gets up to operating temperature are notorious for creaming the oil up simply due to crank case condensation, lpg being a cleaner fuel makes a lot of water vapour when it combusts. Also many forklift have a run for 5 minutes, stop for an hour, run for 5 minutes again ect... life which compounds the problem even more.

What a cool surprise. I was expecting an update on the church and instead learned a bunch about forklifts. Diesel Creek gives me another reason to really look forward to Fridays.

I really hate when ppl put things up for sale and never answer then not even a month mark it sold or takes it off and re posts it

Back in the 70's & 80's I was a forky tech. I worked on Clarks, Yale's, Hyster's & Datsun's and of course A/C's just like yours. Out of all of them, the Datsun's was my favorite to work on. They were the best engineered and very mechanic friendly . When I saw your A/C , it brought back many memories . I feel, that just the rear counter weight alone would get you your 200.00 back. The Continentals flat head 4 & 6 cylinder engines were the best in the business as far as repairs and cost.

A running Allis Chalmers F50-24PS $200 is a steal. Maybe $900 (carb, master brake cylinder, brake components, emergency brake cable, tires about $400, hydraulic fluid, oil, and filters for air, hydraulic,oil) and your time. The carburetor needs removal, cleaning, adjustment, or replacing. The poor running could also be attributed partly to a lack of back pressure due to missing airfilter. Also the LP regulator might need replacing the diaphragm fails & the spring gets weak due to fatigue of the metal. I'd shorten the plug wires and verify firing order although it sounds right. I'd also pressure test the coolant system.

Hey, if it's got wheels, a motor, a steering wheel, it's worth it. And it makes noise, it's a keeper!

The spark plug wires look like "suppression" wires and probably are not necessary. Probably was wire core originally.

Hi Matt. I had an old Clark fork lift. It had such funny "rolling" sound, like yours. Four cilinder engine as well. I found out, there was nice new oil, good spark and so on, but no one ever cleared air intake. Horrible mess inside. So as I was standing on gas pedal, I was drowning engine in gas, without air. I found it by "jumping" on gas pedal in rythm "full-non-full". About yours: It has quite a high dead lift. Handy suff.

Matt that was a great buy !! Like you said in the video scrap weight it's worth more than $200.00 This is gonna be a fun project, hope your able to get necessary parts for the repairs

Sounds like when "Christine" when Arnie pulled into Darnell's shop.

Entertaining video. The trailer unload went a lot better than I anticipated. It's not unusual to find milky oil in the engine of a forklift that has been used infrequently and only a few minutes at a time. Probably just a lot of condensation that was never burnt off by reaching operating temperature.

I enjoyed watching you work with your dad. Please enjoy every moment with him. 14 years ago was the last time I got to see my dad. St Patrick's day 2006. Many things I didn't get to say or do. Don't make my mistakes. 😊👍.

Many years ago we had an old Allis at work. The master cylinder failed and I pulled it and noticed it looked just like the one in my 47 Willys. I bought one for a Jeep and it fit perfectly. Gravel and hard tires are never a good combination!

great buy, will be interested in seeing all. the repairs and finished project, God Bless!!!!!

I look at that thing and think, “nope!” You look at it and you know what all the pieces are and what needs to be done. I’m wildly impressed by you!

I picked up a F30-24PS a couple years ago for $700. It ran and drove but the brakes barely worked. Didn't look at it much when buying but when I got it home I realized the engine had no oil on the dipstick. Added 4.5 quarts to bring it up to the right level. Then I had to add two gallons of water to the radiator (didn't leak out like I expected) and the brake master cylinder was bone dry. After adding the three fluids everything works great! Been using it ever since, always starts right up. Mine was converted to gasoline sometime before I bought it using a Zenith carburetor. The mast has a lot of slop when tilting and the e-brake sticks on so I rarely use it. Otherwise a solid little unit. Cool seeing this one in detail with the same engine as mine.

I love how it sounds like someone's making the sound effects 26:46. it sounds like a V8

Can't wait to see you work on this and get it functioning well. Have a good weekend.

Nice find. Finally I see someone clean he machine up first so they can see everything better. I see so many work on stuff that is so covered with whatever. thanks for sharing. Probably just needs a good tuning up, especially the right spark plug wires, lol.

When you get that 4th cylinder to fire it will be a runner for sure. How about just cutting down the cage to fit in the garage? 3" should be enough, if you still fit in the seat. Brakes will be a real help in saving things near the forks. Please change the oil asap, or get it running hot enough long enough to purge the water out. Propane has a way of creating that kind of water in oil look, they usually don't get run enough to get hot and boil of the condensation. Looking forward to seeing your new toy earn its keep. Thanks for sharing.

I like what you are doing Matt! You are genius repairing junk machines and fixing it!

Great video!! I have absolutely no experience with this kind of thing except learning about car innards when I was younger. It's fascinating that something that has been around and been abused for all these years will still run and I bet when you get it all fixed and tuned up it will purr like a kitten, okay a lion but I think you spent your money wisely. It will be like a mystery puzzle to sort out what's working and what's not. Puzzles are good for the brain and it will keep you busy and out of trouble ; ) Good luck!

The rocking chair when you're pulling the lift out is gold haha

I like these type of videos. Taking old equipment and giving it a new life. Looking forward to see the videos of it's rebirth. Thanks for letting us come along for the ride.

So cool. I love older forklifts. Thanks for the video

Matt! Your dad is awesome! Please say hi from the guys on the internet! :)

Allis Chalmers was a good company. My old C tractor runs like a champ.

Loving the videos as always. Keep up the good work mate!

It’s worth that price all day along. It runs now & the value just went up. Gonna be a nice addition to the fleet before long. Awesome video & congrats on the find!!!

Yes, you can make it run! It’s going to be epic.

You're happy with it so that's all that matters. I watch "watch wes work" & he has a cracking little Clarke truck that sat outdoors for many many years, his is running & driving real nice after some moderate servicing.

have you watched "Wes Works", he had a video on a forklift that had propane where he went over the entire system, repairing, replacing parts and adjusting to get the forklift running, after which it ran smooth. good to see someone bring back a machine, especially for what you gave for it, good luck, nice watching your videos.

Good to see your Dad out helping.

Oh yeah little solid tire forklifts don’t do gravel worth a 💩

Stuck on the west coast of England, keeping my head down with a poorly wife. keep making the video's they really help in these trying times

Good buy!!!!! You will use it more than you thought you would. Chop cage 3-4” put it back on then it fits back in your garage. I grew up on AC tractor, WC model, combine, corn picker. Good products. Enjoy your channel.

Fun ride down the ramps, got to love those hard rubber tires!

I liked this video, adjust the fuel mixture and the timing and she will run great, you made a great deal, you won't regret it.

It will run and look great after you work on it im sure.

Awesome find! Can’t wait to see you get it going.... Keep up the fantastic work. Cheers from Australia.

Great video love the varied content just wish I had found you sooner Keep up the great work bud 😀

great find... that was pretty sketchy coming off the trailer like that... lol gotta get it off somehow's... looks like it'll be a real good forkie with a little elbow grease.

Damn thing sounds like an alcohol dragster lol!!!

Matt, I watched this video a while back, but I really enjoy watching you work on this older equipment.

9:00 that little circular cap with the missing bolt is the hydraulic breather cap if anyone was wondering. Usually there should be a little brown fiber--like cylinder that goes on the inside of it

I would be the last to be called a expert, but seems the carburetor could use some adjusting. Great video

Everyone : everyone stay inside because of corona virus! Us deal hunters : Hi is this still available?

Good content I love seeing old shit like this getting worked on and coming back to life.

Looking forward to seeing more on this one

When is the next church video? Love that series.

Favourite new word: “shmoo”

18:30 "Right, let's have a go at it now... [engine turns over] Oh yeah, nice and big sparks in there now."

Great job! Glad you got her running

I feel like I just watched a Mustie1 "will it run " episode ! Loved it !

"I bought the cheapest forklift on the marketplace!" Mustie1: "Hold my bottle of gasoline. Or is it oil? Nah, it's gas"

definetly a work in progress good luck with this project with potential!!

Nice :) Hope it will run quick. Love these little repair projekts. Greetings from germany 🙂

I appreciate your can do attitude!

I bet your dad drinks that cool beer and his the most interesting man in the world!!!! Great videos!!!!

Excellent! Another Diesel Creek adventure series. I started singing the OHSA song when you took off the overhead guard haha

Looking forward to seeing the finished product 👍👍🇬🇧

At first i thought i was watching a rerun of a Mustie1 video.

Feels like: Watch Wes Work, which is very good YT.

It is really nice seeing a guy rescue older equipment!

Great find. I'm buying an old CAT forklift burried in the garage in the middle of a big city 60 miles away. Not looking forward to getting it up on the trailer if we can't get it fired up. Love the channel and all your projects including the church project. Keep up the good work.

Great find ! I am looking forward to the repairs on this forklift. Has always I liked,shared. All my best.

Great buy and rainbow at 12:41 )

You bring me back memories worked on many of those different shapes and sizes the carburetor setup was a trip if it was a zenith or a beam

Love the commentary!!

Great find and project.

Sweet find!!! Glad it runs, a little like a sick horse at the moment, but you’ll get going back into great running shape.

Looks like a great score! I’m looking forward to the resurrection of the old AC.

First, awesome video. I love this stuff. 2nd, what an amazing deal. Cant wait for the next one. Love the church videos also.

That’s a very handy piece of equipment and at that price a steal well bought Matt 👍🏻

Love this fork lift. I used to drive a 20k lb Allison when i was in the Navy stationed at Kodiak Alaska.. Used it to unload sea-land containers. Was great fun!

Good tune up, carb service, oil change you got a winner

Great deal you got there. You could shorten the tubes on the cage and reinstall it. Looking forward to see the progress on it. Be safe!

GREAT FIND, best of luck!

Fix up also usefull what need for Matt :) and hope see more videos on the Fork Lift to! Sounds like have fix up in when can and think worth ever dollars put in to also!

I love the sound of these engines

Can't wait to see more on this project and the Autocar too.

stumbled on your channel awhile ack with the abandoned church project,like your out of the box red green attitude,lol,most of my projects are like yours,2 thumbs up,

GOOD CATCH buddy!

that kind of looks like the old 60s Hyster I learned to drive forklifts on. it was back in 08 and that thing was a champ! wonder if its still around somewhere... I was 18 and didnt know jack about working. we had a really great forklift mechanic join our heavy equipment crew and he saw that i needed guidance, he had me watch and help where i could, I learned more in 1 year on that job than i have in a decade.

Awesome work thanks for the content and that little forklift will come in very handy

Says: "Hope I don't die." My Friend, all seventeen million of us watching 'Hope you don't die' because there is nothing better to watch than Diesel Creek.

Matt your are awesome . Allways draging in something to fix and use, I also do the same thing many years ago I bought a Hough model H H 2wheel loaderr it had an engine fire and when they dousedd it whith water when I tore it down I found it ha crackshaft and a 504 black diamond crank is a little hatrd to find and more tthan a little pricey.... Keep up the good work

Nice job. I always enjoy your stuff

Wow! Now that IS a score!!

Pro tip, They make (or at least did make) a point file. It is a small metal file that is made for points. The reason I mention this is because you can bend them to get into the point easier on a car/truck. Looks like if you like you could easily cut down that cage so that you can get in the garage with it on. Nice find, and good job. Most people anymore don't know what points are even. I am sure that you will have it running great and it will be very helpful to have. Have a great day!

Loved the sound when you had it playing at double speed. Sounded like a psychotic remote controlled car

Another video with interesting content. Good Job.

Definitely A good score ........ Congrats on the new addition...