Yep, already watched it! They definitely went the extra miles to take care of you!! They offered me a job after I questioned them showing grinding a shaft before straighting it. They do appreciate people who pay attention to details!
I watched Area Diesel's rebuild of this Turbo and to find a company that goes over and above to accommodate older equipment when others would just shine it on are golden
Ran a TD25 years ago as my daily driver in the Early 90s. Probably a thousand hours on this dozers Twin. They roll coal constantly. I would go home in the evenings and scrub my face from the soot. On extremely windy days I wore goggles, and would look like a raccoon at the end of the day. Great video, thanks for the memories.
such a shame that There USED to be a HUGE IH plant not far from where I was raised as a child in Melrose Park Illinois, where the construction side of IH's plant was, and employed a HUGE amount of people, and by the 1980's is was all but gone,! What I do know about them is what they built, they built to last and they were touch machines. Always happy when I see a video on one that is being saved and used. Great work Sam!
you had so much fun the first time , lets do it again ... without failure. AreaDieselService is grand to stand behind this work . Hell of a lesson on upgrade of build , but a learn
Love watching you. People work on these 5060-year-old equipment. Trying to get him running. I think they made better equipment back in those days. However, I can go back a little farther. When I was a teenager, my grandfather taught me how to operate the steam tractors that the farmers use to use. So that tells you how old I am
Area Diesel must be commended for their integrity in handling of this job! (watched their video, too).They did a great job after owning up to the bearing problem. Glad you got things running, but wish the black smoke was a bit less.
She’s running well after that superb turbo rebuild, the area diesel really went the extra mile to correct the fault.. She’s pushing dirt now, running as sweet as a nut !!! Nice to see Diesel Creek Matt there… from over here !!! 🇬🇧🇬🇧
Back in the day, "Turning It Up" meant taking a pair of Vice Grips to the Fuel Return line, but fuel was well under a dollar a gallon, and oil was supposed to be black, on Diesels anyway, LOL. You might want to look for a "modified" fuel return line, and just cut the modified part out, and throw a compression coupling over where it used to be. Good luck, She's a keeper!
😂 Both smart guys together, NICE! I like watching Scrappy (came to him via Diesel Creek) and Matt appearing in the background, knowing something to the work, has some smile and some comment...🤘😎 Nice to see you both having a good time together. Greeting from southern Germany Joe
@AreaDieselService did you right , for Curtis and crew finding the mistake is the right thing to do. The businesses of today need to "Have" customer service as their number one goal then that is word of mouth advertising that bring loyalty the them!
the heavy smoke is the nature of the beast , in 1964 Sask Dept of hi-ways purchased several TD 25's and they all smoked heavy, IHC advised the 817 CU engines nature was heavy dark exhaust, in 1968 Clark Construction purchased a brand new IHC TD-30 with 817 Cu inch engine Power shift , it was a brute could push a mountain and it rolled the coal!
Watching all these channels who use area diesel for their repairs, I recently called them concerning my sons truck 6.6 Duramax the man that I spoke to was very knowledgeable very patient with my questions and seems like a business that I would love to support when the time comes for injectors or any other other services
That place looks like the boys with their old toys nirvana old shovels and drags everywhere you look. I have always been fascinated with tracked vehicles and got to operate an old D4 once thanks to a friend of my son. It was a blast. Happy Thanksgiving fellas.
Hi Sam watched the rebuild on area diesels channel guys done an awesome job on that turbo big thumbs up to them for admitting they made a mistake, they sure do look after their customers seems to be running great now take care and all the best to yourself and Matt 🔧🔧🔧👍👌❤️
You came out on the good side of that deal,you have an almost brand new turbo that is the last one on the planet for a cheap rebuild price. You two aren't used to working with equipment that starts that easy ,unless its your SuperLiner. Happy Thanksgiving to you and Matt.
They did tend to smoke... I'm not sure I would say they smoked that much though. Hard to tell as it seemed like it cleaned up more after the engine got some heat in it. I'd feel better if it had an EGT gauge if a person is going to keep it under sustained loads. Or back the fuel off and call it a day.
I watched the Area Diesel vid and blown out of my mind on their explanations and their ultimate solution. How many places would have even admitted they goofed?????/
Nice running IH, definitely a bit of a smoker, but its definitely a pusher, fun watching it run. See you went to the bull pen, so to speak, in having Mat from Diesel Creek to help out, nice to see him also. Good luck in the up and coming season of fun in the dirt. Thanks for the update young man.
Love that old IH iron! Had a dealer close by and I used to look and drool. I know Caterpillar is a great machine but back in the day International was pretty darn good too!
Great video sam . I watched the rebuild on the turbo. That was cool to see. Mistakes happen we only human . They stood behind that what counts. I run a TD 25 when I was young. I believe it smoked a lot. Thanks for sharing.
Happy Thanksgiving to You and Your Family. Great to see the IH pushing again and lasted more than 15 mins this time. Area Diesel also did a great job. Nice to see a company stand behind their products. Thank you for the video. Cheers.
Turbopalooza! Wooo!! Tell AreaDieselService to modify the bearings...put a 3rd hole in the bearing...make it a "universal" this way, one of the holes will push oil to the bearing from the feed channels :) Matt in da house!!! Keep em coming!!!!
Very interesting video that Area Diesel did explaining the process and rebuild of this old turbo. They really know their stuff and kudos for being open about the initial mistake with original bearing choice. Nice work all round.
Great video! Love seeing the two speed steering levers in action. Jpaydirt solved the smoke problem on his 9er with a switch blade turbo. Might make a nice upgrade for the ih.
I told Matt from diesel Creek I built for my equipment some tracks and slide plexiglass to close my dozer loader and shovel from the elements and critters including engine I put some poison to keep them out from eating my wires
I watched area diesel videos and they did a great job explaining and showing everything they did and do they are a great stand up company they stand behind their product and will make it right for the customer awesome job guys great video buddy thanks for sharing have a great thanksgiving everyone
Glad you to the old girl up and running again. Sounds great. Thanks for another great video Sam. Happy Thanksgiving to you all. Take care and stay safe.
I was thinking to much fuel as well. I know there is a thin line between power and to much fuel. Nice looking old machine and keep up the nice video's. Lee
Beautiful dinosaur. As a small kid I would have been afraid to even come close to this beast! Today I want nothing more :D Sadly we dont have this much old machinery like this arround here anymore, at least not that I have ever seen one. Sounds amazing by the way, as I said, a real dinosaur, roaring while you give her the beans. If I ever visit the USA, I am definitly visiting the steam show, thats for sure! Hopefully I can meet you and Matt there, would be awesome 😎
