@@WatchWesWork Ha, I did the perfect oil change last week. Not a drop on the floor or on me. I was so happy. Did i tell you I ran over the full drain pan when I backed the truck out of the garage? I didn't think it was possible for oil to shoot that far out of a container. Doh!
I’ve gotten much better at it. One of the quick lube guys at the dealership I’m at though 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️. Every oil change, oil on the floor.
"They got greedy and moved their production to Brazil. So I moved my purchasing over to Chicago Latrobe." This made me chuckle and nod my head. It's a sentiment I also adhere to when I have the option (and when I can afford to).
Agreed. Same option I use, especially if another choice is made in communist China. China hates America. They are using our money to build up their military.
Im not OCD or that type of person usually , but that dangling SOB was driving me nuts watching it flop around!! LOL What kind of animal sits that close to something loose like that and doesnt tear it off???
Hey Wes, downstate pressure washer tech here. I'm a bit foggy this morning but I'll try to give you a short list of things to check on the Hotsy. 1. Assuming you aren't seeing atomized fuel coming out of the exhaust stack (which would screw up the order of my list greatly), doublecheck all of your wiring to make sure something hasn't come loose or broken (I'm sure you've already done this, and with your burner fan running and the ignition transformer working, you likely don't have a control voltage issue). 2. Ensure your fuel pump is turning. You said the blower is running, but were you able to verify the pump is also turning? There's a sacrificial coupling between the blower and fuel pump that is supposed to shred if the fuel pump sticks (although the blower motor typically doesn't have enough beans to shred the coupling, and the motor will fault). 3. You said the burner is getting fuel. Is the pump actually sucking fuel? When the burner motor is turning, the fuel pump should also be turning and you should have fuel coming through the bypass line at this point. -Additionally, we try to convert the filter/sediment bowl setup to an inline, plastic diesel fuel filter whenever possible. We tend to see suction side leaks on bowl seals as the seals and gaskets age. 4. I can't see which type of switch activates your burner. You should either have a pressure switch, or flow switch. -With a flow switch, you should have voltage to the fuel pump solenoid coil any time you have flow through the trigger gun and wand. --With a pressure switch, you obviously need a certain amount of pressure to activate said switch. That being said, if your pressure pump is starting to get weak, or you are running a larger than standard nozzle and have lower pressure than normal, you might not be activating the switch. ---An easy way to test this is to find the switch in the circuit, and jump it (while you have water flowing, so you don't superheat). ----If that didn't work, I wouldn't be surprised if the fuel solenoid itself failed (I actually replaced one on a unit just last week). To test the solenoid, you can remove the fuel line from the solenoid at that point and check for fuel flow. There should be a good amount of pressure when the solenoid is activated, we typically set fuel pumps to between 120-175 psi depending on the size of the coil and unit. If everything else works and you determine it's a failed solenoid, they are readily available, easy to replace and not very expensive. If your control circuit is 120v, I believe the Suntec p/n is R642NLB. *** Sorry for the long-winded response. I'm sure there are quite a few things I haven't covered here, but these are some basic things to check. I noticed a response recommending you inspect and clean the burner nozzle. I don't think you need to go that far until you determine whether or not your burner circuit is operating properly. If you have fuel going all the way through the solenoid, then you can dig further into that. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions. -Tom
would machines like that have an ignition sensor? At least on many oil burning furnaces here in Europe (don't know about the ones in pressure washers), there is an optical sensor next to the fuel injector that detects the oil being lit, simply because fire = bright light and that results in a signal that shuts off the ignition. When that sensor fails, it tends to short out and constantly send a signal, which means the fuel is never ignited.
I got an old hotsy at auction $20 . Put a new oil burner out of a house weil McClain 1.0 nozzle runs great . Even rebuilt the water pump . Ps in cold weather I put a small amount of gasoline in diesel . All jet heaters and this hotsy start up perfect.
“This thing leaks every fluid from every orifice”. I never knew Case was British. 😂 Thanks for the diagram and description of the pump. It’s always interesting learning how things work & you do a great job of explaining them. Keep up the good work Wes!
@@richardpruen8247 that’s how I always felt about it when I had my MG up there. Also, if it stops leaking, check the oil, it must be out. On the bright side you don’t need to change the oil, just keep it full and swap filters occasionally. 🤣
I am jealous of the cabinet. Not the contents, but the cabinet itself! Bearing slides, shallow but deep drawers with a great width. Its literally perfect for tooling.
As a 81 yr old hobby mechanic / woodworker I find drill sharpening by hand on a bench grinder very satisfying. A useful skill to learn and practice. 😊🇬🇧
I haven't even gotten terribly good at sharpening my bits, but even doing an OK job gets you back to cutting way better than one that's wasted. I don't even want to know how much money I wasted on bits before figuring out the basics.
@@rotorhead5000 Even just blindly sticking them into one of those gadget-y sharpeners does a world of good to old drill bits! So far I've only encountered one drill bit that stubbornly refused to cut no matter how much I sharpened it. A closer look revealed that it had started its life as a wood drill bit that someone had ground the entire tip off and made it look like a metal drill bit. Obviously it wasn't anywhere near hard enough to cut ferrous metals (in my case wrought iron).
I have always wondered how a high pressure hydraulic pump works… Love the “hey did you know” portions of your video because generally no…. No I didn’t know that… and now I do 😂👍
On the Hotz, check for a plugged screen behind the pump inlet fitting. The nozzle has to atomize the fuel for it to ignite so a good cleaning will help (ultrasonic with solvent or purple degreaser) or replace if worn out like old injector or plasma nozzle. The ignition points wear and become dirty and shorter so clean and adjust to get good spark near fuel stream aka spark igniter on BBQ or propane torch. It's basically the same as an oil fired furnace so videos should be out there on routine repairs and maintenance. Thank you for your channel.
Finally, someone else that knows how to sharpen a drill bit! It just doesn't seem that complicated to me but you should see what I've seen done to innocent drill bits at work.
Well you asked, when do you stop? For me it's when a piece of equipment uses less than 5 gallons per use it doesn't make sense to put my time into repair it, after all when you have outlived your three score and ten the most valuable thing you have is time! 😂
Wes I too have been sharpening my drills for years. I prefer nice short ones for working in breaker panels. You should do a tutorial. I had an old machinest teach me and then he handed me a drill index and said sharpen them all. By the time your done you will be good at it.
@@kevingilbert9695 Very cool! Our specialty is generally tiny stuff, from orthoscopic surgical hardware to laser system internals on little 20mm Citizen and Star machines. We've got other departments under the same roof with 15 foot tall Mazaks, running anything from handgun barrels blanks to inconel "shut up, it's government" parts.
Wes, My Grandmother worked her whole career at Precision Twist Drill in Crystal Lake. A lot of good people put lots of labor and love into those products before that plant closed down. I’m glad to see that those drills are still out there doing work and helping you earn a living! You’re a master at your craft Wes, Thank you for all the awesome content!!!
Made me chuckle hearing you mention the loudest exhaust and loudest tires. When I was younger I loved the sound of my duramax turbo spooling up. In my old age of 38, give me a stock exhaust, stock tires, stock suspension. I feel so old.
In April, my son (26) bought a brand new 2024 F-350. I managed to stop him, with saws-all in hand, before he cut the exhaust off. I got him to realize, he could just unbolt it. I have the exhaust, just in case he ever comes to his senses but, I seriously doubt he will any time soon. Kids! 🤣
Having worked in the equipment rental industry for 30 years, this video demonstrates why most large national equipment rental companies replace their backhoes at a certain timeframes. Most sell them at 5 years or say 2000k hours. By then, they are fully depreciated off the books. The bigger factor is the increase in maintenance by 2k hours. Pins/bushings start showing wear, leaks become more prevalent and expensive component failure becomes more frequent. I worked at one equipment rental company that kept backhoes for 10 years a few decades ago. Those backhoes spent more time in the shop than out on rent earning revenue. The maintenance costs were terrible. The business owner finally figured out it was better to sell and replace the backhoes at 5 years. Today with the high shop labor costs and the ridiculous OEM parts costs, it would be unsustainable to let your backhoe fleet age past 5 years.
Wes, I always love when you explain how something works and make a diagram. It's very easy to understand for someone like me who has never and will probably never see any of this stuff. I also love the variety now and hope that you are enjoying making the videos.
Howdy all! I joined the US Army in 1982 as a Machinist (44E). One of the skills they taught and tested on was sharpening a twist drill. After the Army I was employed in the aircraft industry as a machinist. I could NOT have done my trade if i hadn't learned that skill. Im 62 now, long disabled from working in the industry, but i still sharpen my own drills, at least as small as 3/16" if need be! Anything smaller i just buy new!😊 Great video Wes as always. I have a Case 580B that im constantly working on. Your pump explaination was very informative. My pump looks like the one you showed im sure ill end up inside it one day and now I won't be surprised.
Another super video, Wes! You did a great job of machining the replacement parts for the bucket linkage. Mrs. Wes is on her way to becoming a mechanic. Thanks for the tour of your drill stock. You can never have enough!
@@Frank-Thoresen Don't worry. The government says that exposure to those chemicals meets the standard parts per million. Since the government says it's ok, then it must be. Surely there are no bureaucrats that profit from the sales of said chemicals?
@@Rorschach1024 Not just done right, but maintained. So much equipment gets very little love, then we buy it and try to make it nice again which is a near impossible task.
The pump description was excellent Wes. I knew how a gear pump worked but never thought about how the seals survive in the high pressure hydraulic ones. Now I know even though I will never put that knowledge to practical use. And thanks for the tour of your cabinet of twisted delights. I also would hate to think how much money is tied up in all those bits and bobs. Thanks for another excellent and entertaining video.
Another great video production. I've come to realize it doesn't matter what the subject material of a Wes video is. What matters is Wes being the star of the video. It's not just the sarcasm mixed in with his narration style. Wes knows what he is doing no matter what the required skill set happens to be. As this video reached the end of the backhoe repairs I noticed Wes used those circle clips to hold the linkage together. I thought... what the hell is he doing? Those clips will fall off in very short order. Then as the video progressed I noticed the circle clips were gone and cotter pins took their place. Thats a Wes video for you. Who would think an inventory of one of Wes's tool boxes would be interesting... but it was. I had an old school industrial mechanic teach me how to use a bench grinder to touch up drill bits. It worked most of the time anyway. Hand filing has to be better way.
A tip for those who don't already know what 118 degree and 135 degree drill bits are used for. 118 degree are generally speaking used for low carbon steel, wood, soft metals. Tends to produce a cleaner hole and walks a bit more than the 135 degree ones. 135 degree is for harder metals. Has a split tip so it cuts with less force and a bit faster. Does usually require a pilot hole be drilled, like with 118-degree bits.
I've never seen a man so calm when he reached his limit! Hope you charged enough for all your ingenuity in fabricating new lever controls and oil soak!
The heater for the pressure washer looks to have a burner very similar to a fuel oil furnace. Most likely you have a crack in one of the ceramic insulators on the two spark electrodes and the spark isn't arcing where it should. There are tools for setting up the angle and gap of the electrodes. While you are in there, replace the nozzle for the fuel. Make sure it's the same spray angle and pattern as the original. It's normally stamped on nozzle. Have a great weekend Wes!
Thanks Wes very interesting. I remember being taught how to sharpen drills as a trainee, and agree it is a very useful skill to have, bet I could still do it today some 40 yrs after I left Ag trade. Was in awe, of your drawing of the pump, almost a text book page!!! Thanks form UK.
Wes, first things I would check on the hotsy would be the photocell and pump pressure. There should also be a water pressure switch that might be the culprit. Check the electrode as well. You are right about there being no such thing as a cheap one, the biggest junk brings baffling money at auctions.
All the troubleshooting did pay off in the long run. Thank goodness you won't work on one for a very long time. Thank you and your lovely wife for the help she gave. Thank you for sharing 👌 😊
i have found many maintenance people and mechanics don't even know what speed to run a drill bit. they run it full speed. if your ruining drill bits just go slow. is nice to see a mice chip not sparks lol.
One of the first things my father taught me was how to sharpen your drill bits. I was so surprised when a buddy was here one day for me to do a repair. Started to drill a hole and the bit was dull. I walked over to the grinder and sharpened it. His eyes wide open as could be. I never new you could sharpen a drill bit. He said when he sharpened them, it wouldn't even make a chip. Very important thing to know. Thanks for you video, always informative and enjoyable. I feel your pain when something goes wrong. I've been there so many times.
$400?!!! I would've been cutting up the back porch screen door, my wife's pantyhose, Grandpa's fishing net, or anything else that I could find before I shelled out that much for that part 🤣
😛finally...I know who to contact when I need that special, can't find anywhere, drill bit 🤣 I really enjoy your machining skills !! Dad was a machinist, pipe fitter for Babcock & Wilcox in Brunswick Ga during WWII... They built liberty ships, turing out one a week. When the war was over they had launched 99 ships! His hands touched every one 💖
I find the not knowing how to sharpen a drill bit amazing. I swear I learned how to sharpen drill bits on a bench grinder when I was 15. Awesome video Wes and Kudo's to your lovely assistant.
Best part is,worn out ,eggd out, no problem.Measure ,mark,cut ,grind and bam better than new. Worn shaft, no worries cut a new piece ,fire up the machine and make your own to fit. Love the fabbing and maching stuff.
In the 25 years I have been replacing gear pumps on transit buses I never knew how the seals inside them worked. Your explanation is way better than anything I have seen in the service manual. Then again, the bus manufacturers make more money selling us pumps rather than seal kits. We usually have to replace the pump anyway due to the spines wearing out, but we've resealed quite a few hydraulic fan motor output shafts.
Thanks for everything Wes! Great job on the linkage!!!!! Thanks for the helicopter spray (that was great!!!) and "WOW" that is an awesome drill bit set!!!!!
The hydraulic pump high vs low pressure seals was such a nice touch, I have wondered about that a few times now with my equipment, thank you for taking the time to draw out the details and explain it to us. You rock!
Worked on a Suntec pump for a barn heater the size of a jet engine. Check the bleeder screw for fuel pressure. Crack the fuel line at the burner and check for pressure. Check the fuel pickup tube in the tank hasn’t clogged up or rotted off. Check for spark, check for a clogged fuel jet in the burner. And one more that I found in the end, an optical flame detector that’s used for shutting off the fuel solenoid had been knocked out of alignment. They also sell inexpensive repair kits for those pumps if that goes bad and shaft couplers for between the blower motor and pump (they're plastic and break). And Lol, I’ve got a Viking index too that only gets used for special occasion, Thanksgiving, Christmas, friends from out of town and stuff. Love the videos, keep up the great work!
First job I had as an apprentice T&D . I was handed a coffee can full of dull and broken drill bits. I was given the fifteen minute tutorial on drill bit sharpening by one of the tool and dies makers and told not to bother anyone untill they were all sharpened. It took a couple of days until I finally got one sharpened to the point it was acceptable. Nearly sixty years later I can still sharpen a drill by hand.
Just had to rebuild my pressure washer last week. Unloader seized, blew the line. All work stops if I don't have a pressure washer. It is easily over ten years old. Was rather surprised how good the internals were. Inlet screen was 2/3 blocked with lime.... Working in the dirt and grime in the field is one thing. If it comes back to the shop I am going to take advantage of every amenity I equipped it with. Drives me nutty to be up to my elbows in grease when I don't have to be.
Thanks again, my old backhoe looks exactly like that one. I have been dreading replacing the fan belt, your video showed me exactly how to remove the pump. Thanks a million, your channel is the best one on utube, I watch every one. Thanks
Ants Pants Gave you a shout out. He's over in Estonia working on some Soviet tractors and dozer he bought. He has a lathe and small machine shop. Sometimes he has to be resourceful if parts aren't available.
Excellent video Wes, before you explained the hydraulic pump seal, I thought that holds the hydraulic pressure. I agree Wes, that Case tractor really does leak everywhere, I think it's hard to clean up oil leaks. Excellent video Wes👍👍👍👍👍. Wes I love how you set up the drill and taps tool box, very nicely organized. Creative ideas with that tool box awesome 😎👍
Hi Wes, really enjoyed everything about that. The cabinet / drill / tap tour was absolutely brilliant. I could stand and talk drills and taps all day. Great tip about sharpening bits. I really should learn. Fabulous video 😀😀😀😀😀
Number size, fractional size and letter size. Why oh why, my head hurts just thinking about it in metric :D But this cabinet is awsome including what's in it!
LOL, yep a small fortune in machine tooling, machinist story checks out. I picked up a used Drill Doctor at an estate sale, and it has been one of those "how did I live without this?" kind of items. I collect my dull bits in a can, then at some point I'll sit at my bench and just work through them all at once, it goes pretty quick with the DD. You can set it for different angles, you can do split points. It's pretty simple, repeatable, and full-proof. They have chucks for up to 3/4" and even left hand. I still hand grind for the larger bits, but the DD is just so fast and does a great job.
The burner on your hot water vessel looks like it uses similar fuel pump and igniter as the Ez burn cremation systems I work on. The nozzles on the burners I work on have a replace after x hours run time. Your ignition tips at the end of the gun may be burned away as well.
I never thought drill envy would be a thing. But here I am, wishing I had one tenth the drill bits you just breezed through. Don't get me started on the taps!
I am a retired machinist and it was required to learn how to hand sharpen my drills as an apprentice, in 1976. At the end of my 43 year career my employers attitude was use it and throw it out. I have a very nice collection and i have 2 bench grinders with very good lights! Most of the people out there wouldn’t know what a center/ starting drill is!
I like the way you FIXed the backhoe. I was thinking you were going to weld up all the wobbled out holes and then redrill them to proper sizes once again. Of course new plate material also works good. And brushings also fixes the too-big holes in the solid fittings. Amazing how such fixings make things work tons better when you finish. As long as you have a drill press and a lathe, fixing most anything is possible... Thumbs Up!
Sharpening drill bits subject was 1st year 101 machinist technology program. We spent an entire portion of one semester learning drill bit cutting angles , metal characteristics and sharpening. We were graded on submitted hand sharpened drill bits. To this day I’m astounded when I see people struggle with drilling holes in different materials. They don’t know what HSS means or that a gold coloured drill bit, is simply a gold coloured drill bit. I don’t bother sharpening small diameter bits however large bits are very expensive and when taken care of can last indefinitely and are well worth a few minutes sharpening. Oh man, I covet your hoard ….you need a lock and security cameras focused on the filing cabinet! Thanks for sharing, I don’t feel so bad about the money I have spent on my modest hoard.
“I’ve had all I can take and I can’ts take no more!” I believe Popeye the Sailor Man deserves credit for that quote! I think the bucket control lever repair was the most satisfying thing today. Other than the tool drawer tour.
Thanks for another great video, Wes. My grandfather was a machinist for the depression era, he never threw anything away and had coffee cans full of drill bits that his company threw away. He brought them home and showed us grandkids how to sharpen drill bits. I was relatively young at the time, but tried to learn. For all those people that cannot hand sharpen a Drill Doctor is an awesome tool. It makes dull bits new again. I agree, that cabinet looks expensive to fill. If you can find a machine shop going out of business, they are pennies on the dollar. Thanks to your lovely shop assistant. Nothing puts stress in a marriage like helping in the shop.
The price of that pick up screen is absurd. If I had to pay that out of my pocket I'd improvise an alternative, maybe 3D print a part that holds a piece of insect screen or something.
How about $400 a piece for a rear all wheel steer tie rod on a Deere riding mower. All it is is a small tie rod end Welded to a slightly bent piece of tube 🤷
100% this. Given how easy it is to solder brass, i'd do it from copper pipe and copper mesh. All of which are in plenty around me. Like find the closest diameter of copper pipe to fit in that hole, then from the same pipe cut a piece of pipe longitudinally and unfold it for the round section, more to make the sides and then solder it all with high temp solder so i could solder the mesh with low temp solder with ease. This isn't the price of the part, it probably only costs 15$ at best to make, this is the price of greed. Of people who have nothing on their minds but how to steal money. Which is what the price of that part is. Theft.
@@WatchWesWork Wes, hijacking to tell you to check the pathway of the fuel to the heater. I don't remember the channel's name, but the fella repaired another pressure washer of the same vintage and that's what made it not work. Dirt in the fuel. It was blocking the pump, the nozzle and the valve (on his, don't know if you have them on this, it's a bit different). And here's the kicker, it was blocking them just enough to let the fuel "pass by" but not enough to light something out of it. My money, go from the exit backwards, you'll probably find something in there. Also, future advice, if you keep it, run it with only the minimum amount of fuel in the tank, so that when you're done with it, you can let it run until the fuel exhausts itself, that way, it won't sit around for extended periods of time. This is what one of the older gents in the comment section said as advice.
I remember the 1950's and 60's as a young man working on all this old stuff. Like your pressure washer, You had to "fix the thing so you could fix the thing", That's where I learned to cuss! Your pretty calm about it all though.
I needed 3 injectors for my digger.... Cheapest I could find them for was €1500.... I got them including import and all German taxes for 88€. From china.
That has to one of the best explanations on how mechanical hydraulic pumps work that I’ve ever heard in over fifty years of engineering. Superb video Wes, thank you.
