Insley Dragline Crane Starts and Runs after Sitting in a Field for 20 Years! - Part 2 

Wow! This video seems to be taking off! The next step is to get the radiator patched up and run the engine for a while to clean up the valves. Hopefully we can get it firing on all 6 cylinders above idle. Then we have to work on the clutches and controls. More coming soon!

Keep posting and I'll keep watching! Love to see old iron brought back to life!

My vote is yes. Continue with the project. I would love to see it tracked out. Seems like a good project. Nice to tinker on and find how everything works. Great videos!

I love to see if you can get it to move on it’s own.

Totally amazing to see something like this fire up again. I definitely would love to see you work on this more.

It was good to see it lurch back to life. I remember hearing machines like that a long time back. It needs a great deal of TLC to ease it out of its retirement. Do not let it die now.

Love to see "normal" people fix old stuff, in the forrest with limited supplies and not on a huge budget..Knowledge is power! LOVE IT =D

A true craftsman can keep any machine running or make a forgotten machine run again. Any mechanic can get a newer engine to run. But for old forgotten machines it takes a true craftsman. Wish I could be there helping you and learning from you.

I remember my dad and uncle had a K12 Insley when I was a kid in late 40s . It had a Cat D311 engine. Im 83.

17:51 Awesome! Incredible! Brought tears to my eyes hearing that run.

Thank you. Our fathers and grandfathers built our country with machines like that. You made my day!

Wes, just started watching your channel. Don’t know your age or education but you are one of the smartest and logical I’ve seen. Very nice explanations in your work to learn from. My favorite utuber is Andrew Cammerata. Watched since about 75k subs, now near 400k, you will get there my friend, nice variety if videos and no whining for subs and likes. Keep it up and all the best to you. Thank You..Mike

Great videos. Great subject matter. Please continue with the dragline, we would love to see it track out of there and be complete again.

Wes, been watching you a long time and this is by far the most polished video you've put out. I like the workbench bit, and seeing you on camera really gives a face to the voice. Thanks for putting all the time and effort in to making these videos!

My grandfather was president of Insley crane when he was very young, like, 35. Such a neat piece of history!

When I was a teenager, I used to set chokers for one of these Insleys that was set up as a small yarder. SOO many memories here.

I'm looking forward to part 3 (and beyond).

"Dial back the Sketchiness" Legendary quote

For a non mechanic like myself, it is fascinating watching you fellas work. I love it when these old engines come back to life!!

Keep working on it and posting. When I was 36 years old in 1987, I rescued a 1940’s Hanson 35 dragline. I had to cut a tree out of the boom, rebuild the carburetor and redo all the ignition system. I built a set of ‘drop hammer leads and a 2,000 pound drop hammer and follower for it. My father and son helped me drive steel sea wall with it for 4 years on Lake Huron ( made lots of money with that old $1,200 crane). Eventually you will get all the drums and drives working ( use regular old brake cleaner on the drum’s brake bands ). Good luck .... Gary, sawmillin’ in Michigan

I’m with these guys, would love to see it move! Maybe start soaking the control leavers in hot oil? 👍🏻

Very interesting carburettor intricacies, first cast iron carburettor I've seen, never worked on farm or construction equipment of any age. Great vlog, and thanks for sharing.

That is a huge step for that machine. Now she's alive ! Next step is a little dagerous, since there are wires on the winches, so if you don't know what you are doing it can be realy "interesting". Still a lot of work to be done, but in the end it will pay you out. I realy hope that it will work for you and 73DiamondReo want's to help you with the basic questions. Looking forward for the next video. (can't wait).

I love watching this kind of stuff. It is so interesting watching people find old stuff like this and bring it back to life.

Well done! Loved the comment about when the battery was young and only you and your mum were watching. Stick to it. Would love to see you moving it!

Congratulations on your progress. Enjoying the series and looking forward to more. Thanks for posting.

Love seeing these old steel creatures come back to life! Nice work and thanks for saving it

Time well spent solving problems with the old iron! Great job Wes! Looking forward to the next installment.

Can’t wait to see the next episode! Turn on the notifications for this and the only time I’ve done that lol

I really like watching you bring these machines back to life!!! THANKS NEW SUB

Neat! Accelerator pump, for sure. I can remember, (in 1982 or something), converting an ancient dragline to pneumatic control on the cable drive clutch. Took ages to figure out how to achive the result that they wanted, but in the end, we mad a special control valve out of this super-neat range of valves sold in NZ, with interchangeable spools and actuators. It worked and they were happy. So was I. That was a bloody good job, and I wish I still worked in the automation control industry.

This is great. It's nice to see old equipment that seems to want to come back to life.

I’ve been waiting on this one, keep up the good work!! Thanks Wes!

Good luck Wes! Would love to see this thing moving, I remember my dad converted Linkbelt crawler cranes from draglines to a lattice boom style lifting crane for the barges.

That accelerator pump is described in detail in a textbook on internal combustion engines I have from 1944. Pretty cool to see it in the wild!

What an absolutely beautiful sounding engine.

Definitely make this a series. Would love to see this thing driving out of the forest

That plunger thing is an enrichener it is an important part of the high speed mixture system. you will have a bad stumble above half speed.

Thank you again Wess. I very much enjoyed.

Dude you are awesome, I’m a qualified mechanic who was taught by a guy just like you over 30 years ago, I’m just tinker in my spare time as I fell into corporate work. I love watching what you are up to as it inspires my next tinker project and of course gives me another approach to solutions. Thanks for sharing 😁

At this point I'm invested. I would at least like to see u move it out of there under its own power. A full restore would be cool af

You need to tie butterfly for governor open, it is lever above throttle butterfly or take carb. off and remove butterfly valve off shaft their should be two screws make sure to leave shaft in place or plug holes of shaft. sum times you can remove the hole housing and move car, up, it should bolt right up, hope this helps!

My dad had an old link belt speeder, world war 2 surplus machine. I think it had a continental originally, but it was replaced with an international ud9. the ud9 cranked on gasoline and ran on diesel. He attempted to teach me to operate it when I was about 12 or 13. He failed to tell me to keep the brakes on the drums. I swung and let the brakes go and cable began flying back (kinda like a backlash on a baitcasting reel). I jumped of the machine. We spent the next day cutting cables out of the gears and etc. Lots of memories.

The reason I like watching you work is because I learn something new every time.

Great editing! I wish you would have left the maniacal laughter in at 00:43.

Shows ya how they built engines back 20 yrs , a little squirt and it starts lol

I have an Insley dragline, cat powered and I have the books for it. I love bringing old machines back to life and enjoy seeing it done. I hate seeing them scrapped because once they are gone they are gone forever, keep up the good work.

Great job I love seeing old machinery brought back to life the older the better they work better

Keep going on this, pretty interesting project! Subbed!

I saw part one of this series a few days ago I’m just here now because I want to drink beer and avoid replacing the U-joints on my truck like I’m supposed to be doing right now

I am enjoying watching you bring old junk back to life again. I hope you continue to upload new videos like this one.

Super Cool!!! Thanks for chronicling and sharing this adventure!!!

Love the vids keep up the great work Wes how's moving into the shop going nearly settled in yet ?

Second never even been that before either lols 😂 Do you have another channel man because you seriously sound like another youtuber I watch and he says things like “that’s more Leinen kugel‘s than I’m willing to spend”

would love to see this old girl working fully again. stuff like this is just too awesome to leave rust.

I always admired an individual who had the knowledge and determination to get something discarded running again!!! Very impressed with you and the video!!! Sounds/looks like a hearing and safety hazard and I’m sure osha would cringe, ... but just loved watching this video!!! Good luck and wishing you all the best!!! Art

First time I have ever been first to comment.

I’m really enjoying bringing back old machinery. Keep going on it.

Love seeing you get an old Continental going again! Those were always great engines. Cant wait to see what else you bring to us!

Great video good to see old equipment running again

love watching old abandoned equipment resurrected from the dead. keep it up

Nice save on the acellarator pump

Thanks for the shout out! Definitely a model 63 carb. Had to rebuild the Insley one also. Lima carb has been running without any teardown needed. The controls aren't that bad to figure out. Ill put up a video showing you the controls tomorrow. atf/acetone mix, penetrating oil, grease and a hammer will get functional in no time.

I really like how you got that old engine running.

Great project, Wes. Thanks for posting your progress. The video quality is noticeably improved with the higher but rate.

Excellent video Wes! It is so cool to see the old girl run and to learn old carburetors that I have never played with. Keep them coming love the series. Matt C.

Wes knows a bunch of stuff about crusty old carburetors also, who would have thunk. He is the ultimate man. Wes for president!

Great start, cranes like that are a labor of love, but it sure felt good to hear her run!!

How did you guess you could get it going? You were right! We are all there with you with dreams of what could come next. Oh the beauty of the internet and ability in Australia to see you in your country’s country doing fascinating things....pls keep going.

Enjoying the repair-a-thon Wes. Thanks for taking us along.

Only Wes could get that thing running. Fantastic.

You have just got to complete it, get the tracks going and drive it out of there and then get the rest of the boom done too. Excellent video, thanks from the UK.

I am addicted to your videos! Great job!

Absolutely want to see part III. I have a deep burning desire to see this machine track under its own power. MAKE IT SO! :)

I'd love to see this project move forward! Either way, I love all of your videos Wes! Keep them coming!

This is incredible work. Thanks Wes!

Sounds like that old girl *wants* to come back to life. Best of luck getting her rolling again!

That carburetor always has one more trick up its sleeve!

Wes: grab a weed sprayer with some used engine oil and diesel mixed. Spray all the linkages but be careful not to get any on the clutch/drums or you’ll have a bad time moving or working it. Also, that ol’ continental loves her fuel.... make sure you bring plenty with you when you plan on running it. Finally, get a can of carb cleaner and spray around where the intake manifold meets the engine block. It sounds like you have a bad gasket that is leaking. If it smooths out, you’ve found it. And just sand, flux and patch the rad hole with a bit of solder on the face of the tank. It’ll hold for now. Drain enough water out so as to let you get it hot enough to solder.

I love watching these old iron videos!

Thanks for doing this vids. Learing alot about the carberator..if you have time please make another part on it....

There are a lot of “will it run” videos for Chevy stuff , not too many for drag lines. That’s why I’m watching. Plus... there is no shitty music, just tools, machines and enough narrative to keep us in the loop. I appreciate your work.

Nice work on the Insley. I haven't seen a cast iron carb or points for that matter in quite some time. Thanks for the old time iron videos!

Great to see the ol, girl run, but those 2 missing cyjinders on throttle up drove me crazy! Excellent time spent to watch the restart. Thanks

Wow. That thing did run pretty well once you got the carb dialed in.

Pretty cool , love seeing how this old iron is resurrected .

Wes, that pushbutton remote starter reminded me of my friend who "fixed" his 1976 Ford Granada's remote starter solenoid. Instead of replacing the solenoid, he rigged up that remote switch thru the firewall and turned it into his "pushbutton" start. AHEAD OF HIS TIME!!! 😁

It lives, that is great. If you can get it to move that would be better. I am loving the videos and waiting to see what happens next. Keep them coming.

Nice fix on the carb. Engine does sound good.

Nice catch on the blocked vacuum passage! I just saw this vid and haven't watched the previous videos, but if you're going to keep going and if the transmission is actually functioning, you're going to want to get that carb rebuild kit. You've probably got a giant vacuum leak around the chewed-up power piston and if the replacement needle doesn't match the seat, you're never going to get it to idle. With a working governor, it'll be even worse. If that radiator only has a couple of pinhole leaks, don't even bother grabbing a torch - just clean the area and JBWeld it. It will absolutely work.

Im enjoying these vids bringing old equipment back to life keep them coming thanks.

You can make your own bulk penetrating oil for all the rusty linkages and pins on the tracks with ATF and thinner (lacquer or acetone) you'll need to slather it on heavy to get some things free'd up - I rescued an old Dozer that was rough like this one, was parked and became buried over the years, but I drove it up out of it's hole under it's own power -

I want to see this machine crawl out of the woods. You do a great job of producing the video. Thanks!

Glad to see the resurrection of this old beast. I'd like to see it move on it's own, but maybe going the full route of getting the boom and so forth is more effort than the machine is worth. Great work in any case.

That is a power enrichment circuit, works the same idea as an accelerator pump, but is to help with load / acceleration on governored engines, like a power valve works in a more modern carb.

We'll worth my time watching machinery from Abu gone era brought back to life. Thanks for the video.

Sweet! Very nice. I look forward to next vid on this machine.

Great Job, Wes. As always.

Very good job, love to see the old girl drive again

I enjoy these type of videos because it’s fun finding old stuff and see if they were run