I was in product engineering at Clark during the time this machine was being built. Clark had been using Continental engines and made the switch to Mitsubishi engines. The result was much lower cost and much better reliability. Incidentally, I designed the fuel system, seating, hydraulic control levers, accelerator pedal, engine air filtration and cooling system for the next generation truck. We worked on the 5th floor of a high rise office building across from Rupp arena in Lexington KY.
I'm 60 years old and learning new stuff from all you guys on RUclips. I'll probably never use the knowledge but will have all the answers on Who Wants to be a Millionaire.
I'm just 59 :) ... and I bet I operated almost every different forklift made when I was younger, even did a few simple repairs .. and I agree learning new stuff!! .. That I also will probably never use :)
I love watching someone else do all the things that I hate having to do. It's so rewarding! Great job on the video! Just enough commentary without too much and not annoying at all. I just realized I watched all 51 minutes of it; it seemed like only 20.
Quote "I don't want to bumble my way through on camera" I wish all the content providers on YT thought that way before making videos. Well done Wes, another good video!
Dear follytowers. You are absolutely right, Sir. There is so incredibly much crap on RUclips... sigh... way too much! Therefore I definitely don't understand why such really good channels like this and for instance Johnathan W., Coldwarmotors, Sampson Boat Co. and and and have not at least 500.000 subscribers. It really seems that how more shit you talk and do, the more subscribers you earn!? Also to show destroying things (without any sense respectively necessarity) is way more popular than saving/repairing them. Poor world, sigh. Best regards luck and health.
Dear@@Hvtesla Hehe, that's definitely a nice advice! ;-) :-) I'm addicted to his channel for years and have watched ALL his videos. He already has 350.000 subscribers (should be more of course). Check out Sailing Magic Carpet, Bus Grease Monkey, Waylon Wires old iron etc.p.p.. Sincerely yours.
Dear@Robert Simmons Yes, you are absolutely right, Sir! He is great and I'm addicted to his channel also. He lives in Köln/Germany = not very far away from my hometown. Best regards luck health and wisdom.
It did not want to die in a field unloved and useless. It is never going to be factory fresh once more, but its rehabilitation has been a great pleasure to watch. Like some others, I will never do what you can do and in my mid seventies I am not going to start trying now, but it was still fascinating and a pleasure to see; the pressure washer sequence made my car and me, groan with envy. I have learned things that will probably never be used, but learning is part of the pleasure of living.
I thought I was the only human that wasn’t afraid to pressure wash my equipment in sub freezing weather. Good to know I’m not alone 👍🏻 Friggin’ awesome restoration Wes! Love it!
I used to work at a Thrifty Car rental in the Boston area. We would pressure wash the cars outside all Winter. I ended up getting pleurisy from breathing the dirty mist. Depending on what you are washing, there can be some nasty stuff in the mist you breath. It's good to wear a mask when doing it.
This is my favorite video from you so far. I really admire the guy who can revive something abandoned and transform it to a useful tool that they use every day. Great job!
As an old retired spanner man from Hope Is. Queensland Australia.. love all this ..as my dad said over 70years ago now “remember son a machine is a servant not a master you can fix it “ .... thank you Wes and Oh ‘ for ” smellarama “ ..Roger
Since I'm going to school for mechanical engineering (RIT), watching videos like this help me get some understanding of how old engineers designed components/machines to last. Great explanation with the diagrams BTW.
The kid in the back ground has got the right idea. Any kid nowadays that can sit and play with old trucks like that is rare and will make one hell of a mechanic. You sir have my respect. 😎
I love to troubleshoot and figure out why stuff doesn't work. I fix things not just because I'm thrifty (not cheap lol). But also because I hate to throw away stuff that can still work and be useful and also because it's fun to fix. Watching you do this stuff is like the nirvana of fixing. Thanks man for taking the time and expense of recording your videos. Kudos.
Went a whole 14 minutes before "17 years in a field" was mentioned, and then only twice in this video! LoL, Wes - I actually loved the continuing reference in the first vid!! Great job on walking everyone through this one. I've always wanted a fork truck, but first it was my mother, then my wife that said "NO." 🙄
Sounds like some people are way precious about cable ties. I had a car that was held together with cable ties, black, white and blue, I love them all. Excellent video thanks Wes.
For someone who keeps hinting towards 'I'm have short comings on what I'm doing', sure looks like you have plenty of knowledge to me. Love watching you figure this stuff out. Great job in fixing the little things on this machine. I personally would give it a paint job only because you have it running so well.
Just awesome Wes. Enjoyed every 51 minutes of your video! If that forklift could talk I'm sure a "thank you so much" would be at least one of the comments. Look forward to your next presentation. Cheers from Scotland.
I appreciate the videos you’re producing especially on forklifts. I can just about bet the farm that every company I ever worked for never changed the hydraulic fluid in any of their forklifts. And I really like the building you are working out of too.
Just a little hack I use when bare handing a greasy job, I put Dawn dish soap on my hands and rub it on like lotion until dry. When you finish, just wash off with warm water and most of the gunk comes off. Great job. I enjoy watching your play by play.
So nice to watch with good clear commentary and excellent camera work. It’s so relaxing watching someone else doing all the work. I know what it’s like to have to get all bent out of shape trying to reach things in a forklift and second guessing yourself that what you think is wrong actually is so you don’t waste time and money. You’re a good mechanic and it shows especially when you’re happy to admit when you’re not to sure about something and want to study up on it rather than pretend you are confident and know it all. You can work on my car anytime. Really looking forward to the next instalment. Cheers Stuart 🇦🇺
Watch Wes Work. Mate, you’ll have no problem working it out as over here they’re called a mixer. Because the fuel is already a vapour or gas all the mixer needs to do is mix the gas into the air flow in the correct ratio so there is a lot less parts. I’m guessing it will be an Impco system, probably a 225 or 300A and theses are simple, reliable and should still be easy to source parts for. It would also probably be worth putting a kit through the converter as well as the diaphragm might be past it’s best by now but again, for someone like you, a pretty straight forward job. Hope this helps, cheers Stuart 🇦🇺
You are getting better and better imo this vid nailed all the parts that make videos interesting when repairing something. As an added bonus your comments are terrific. Great video and I believe the forklift's soul is happy and been restored.
You're a modest man Wes but i admire your extensive all around knowledge, i am but a taxidriver so my admiration is probably understandable, it again was a joy to see you work Wes, thank you for sharing.🛠👍
Dear Mr. Wes. 👍👌👏 Very well done, Sir. Good grief, a lot of money and effort/work/time already got into this old forklift. 17 years in a field is obviously always a challenge. Maybe I missed it but I haven't seen you lubricating the mast chains respectively the mast C- irons after pressure washing. By the way: You won't believe how many people (nearly all) pressure wash or wash (using a usual water hose) not in the right way on RUclips. Nearly nobody seems to know that one should always begin at the highest point/spot and in particular let soak wet the whole thing first. Unbelievable! Thanks a lot for making teaching recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck health and wisdom. Postscriptum: I like pressure washing and sandblasting etc.p.p. videos also. It's definitely satisfying watching something becoming clean.
You commented on how clean the oil and the spark plugs were. The burn on natural gas and propane is so much cleaner than gasoline or diesel. We had one FORD (351 V8) van run exclusively on Natural gas and after 250 kms, we tore it down to see the inside of the pan an oil galleries etc. It was as clean as a new short block ! We were all impressed in the shop. You still have to dump the oil but after many more miles of driving. Cheers ! Great videos sir.
I drove a truck (Mitsubishi Mighty Max) that had an engine almost exactly like the one in this forklift. I had to replace the head gasket and the factory carburetor got replaced with a Weber DGAV, other than that it really never gave me trouble. Fun fact - you prime the oil pump by stuffing it full of Vaseline before assembling it.
You did a good job on this project. As far as some of the comments you got. Just consider the source and over look them. Give yourself a pat on the back.
Dude wished i had watched your vids when you were repairing this freakish green machine and gave you some pointers. Those lifts with inverted master cylinders have to be back bled. Then you have to deal with the shuttle valve and trans valve. These lifts were a real pain in the arse to work on. Glad to see you got it back running.
We also have one of those Toyota forklifts at work, you could guess what the bottom of the door looks like. I've bumped it a time or two myself. This forklift is in better shape than the Hyster our shipping department has to use. Great video Wes!
Takes me back to the 70's - 7 years as a Clark Fork Truck Field Service engineer.. All parts accessible providing you were a midget, had double articulating wrists, the strength of superman in each finger and a full set of short/long, flat, shallow and deep crank series ring spanners, flexi sockets in 3/8 & 1/2 drive...
Thanks for explaining Everything it really helped me to replace the timing belt on the same style of forklift How to put everything on time. I love the explanation very carefully thank you.
Once, when i was a field mecanic, i had a rumbling from the motor in this type of forklift, it was because one tittet the timingbelt for the balanceaxel on a wrong position. It was a hell of work to figger out what was wrong, and a big job to correct it.
Another excellent video! Thank you for answering viewer questions! Awesome that you read the comments and take the time to answer questions people have. For what it's worth, I enjoy a good pressure washing video! So I'm one of those wierdos. ;) Can't explain why either!
I can remember standing on an old pallet and being lifted up full reach of the 3 stage fork hoist as an apprentice mechanic to change a mercury vapor bulb in the workshop ceiling. A long time ago before osh and worksafe. Now they want you to use a scissor lift and harness which is a good idea if you have one. Its got a mitsi motor 4g63 ? The PS pump goes where those 3 bolt holes are. You only need to take the 4 m8 nuts off the crank pulley. Do the cam seal while its apart. just line up the triangles its easy. Nice hook wrench we usually get a kit for the cambelt that has everything in it. belts, seals, tensioners. Now you have a good shop forklift.
Some how stumbled across your channel and been loving every video. Idk if you know but if you attach a shopvac to hydrolic tank to create a vacume before you crack open any lines will keep any hydrolic fluid in hoses making it a bit more pleasant. Keep up the great work.
Gotta love the "BFH " I call it the percussion tuning instrument get's you out of a lot of sticky situations thanks for the Vid as always love your work thorough and well explained
I work in the vac truck industry. I build new equipment, but have also had plenty of time doing refurb work. I can tell you, lots of people do not ever change out the hyd oil lol. Its expensive, and as long as its not contaminated, it "should" last for a long time. Some people do, but those are the particular people who care for their investments
Very interesting to learn some stuff about Forklifts Wes. I have never worked on a forklift but you never know where life takes you and i would feel a little more confident doing so now. Also never seen a hydraulic cylinder rebuilt - i try to stay away from hydraulics but useful to see how you got it apart and did the seals. My pressure washing fetish was also satisfied!
Glad I found your channel Wes, nice work. Production value is high but not overly slick, I especially like that when you answered viewer comments in the beginning, you spliced in footage of the job being referenced to include your use of drawings/ schematics to illustrate how a system is designed/works...only suggestion would be more light in a few instances i.e the timing marks and similar. While it didn't detract from the point you were making, it does help round out the overall concept (warm fuzzies are important, right?)....that being said, for an amateur videographer who is a wrench by trade (and a damn fine one at that!) I realize the HUGE amount of EXTRA time it takes to shoot your work for numskulls like me....and then have to EDIT it. I think too many of the arm-chair variety wanna-be's don't full appreciate what you and other quality content providers have to do so fat bastards like me can mooch your efforts for free ;) ...Oh, and don't leave batteries on concrete it angers the electron pixie gods and apparently multiple YT viewers...bah ha ha ha. SUBSCRIBED!
Two years too late but thought I’d throw this in. A lot of Arctic Cat engines met their demise from rivet stems being sucked into the intake from airboxes assembled using pop rivets. That was back in the 70s
Sorry I'm late to the party.....you've done some excellent work on this poor guy that was stranded in the woods....amazing it survived as much as it did. All it needs is a pair of fuzzy dice and you're good to go. Best wishes and stay well.
Great work. She’s turning into a nice machine. With the hydraulic seals I use a pair of straight internal circlip pliers to collapse the pressure seal. The pliers have rounded jaws so there is zero chance of damaging the lips. Instead of waiting for the piston seal to return back on its own I use an engine piston ring compressor to shrink it. When doing small rams I cut a bit of shim stock and use a hose clamp to compress the seal back to the original size. Only takes a minute or 2 to get the seal back to size. Hope this helps as watching your videos has taught me a few things also
Your wife was channeling my old Auto Shop teacher regarding the battery on concrete. Went for years after that putting batteries on wood if I was charging them out of the vehicle.
Hey man, that upper seal in the gland, the correct name for it is a rod seal, and the “pressure seal” is called a u-cup! In case you haven’t found out already ! And yes those cylinders are a bastard to remove ! I hate forklifts lol. And the gland locking style is most commonly referred to as a “ring lock”
Thanks again. There is always more to learn. Good to have a manual those retainers thingy o bobs for the cylinder were a suprise. Oh and maybe insulate that aluminum bar you have sitting in line with your battery terminals If the j bolts get loose you could have a bad day.
Keith Fenner is an older guru in hydraulic cylinders and knowledegable do it all machinist has a video that shows a big marine cylinder with the steel ribbon retainer ring. I thought that type of retainer was odd but evidently are in rugged applications. You might like his steel roses. Turnwright machine works. in new england
Wow Wes you do good work, I am also working on an Nissan 50 old forklift need to do some of the repairs you did. This is how I found your channel looking for information.
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I was in product engineering at Clark during the time this machine was being built. Clark had been using Continental engines and made the switch to Mitsubishi engines. The result was much lower cost and much better reliability. Incidentally, I designed the fuel system, seating, hydraulic control levers, accelerator pedal, engine air filtration and cooling system for the next generation truck. We worked on the 5th floor of a high rise office building across from Rupp arena in Lexington KY.
I'm 60 years old and learning new stuff from all you guys on RUclips. I'll probably never use the knowledge but will have all the answers on Who Wants to be a Millionaire.
I'm just 59 :) ... and I bet I operated almost every different forklift made when I was younger, even did a few simple repairs .. and I agree learning new stuff!! .. That I also will probably never use :)
I love watching someone else do all the things that I hate having to do. It's so rewarding! Great job on the video! Just enough commentary without too much and not annoying at all. I just realized I watched all 51 minutes of it; it seemed like only 20.
I try, but I'm sure it's not that interesting to everyone.
@@WatchWesWork you did a great job on this forklift series, very interesting thank you
"I love manual labor, I could watch it all day!"
Quote "I don't want to bumble my way through on camera" I wish all the content providers on YT thought that way before making videos. Well done Wes, another good video!
Dear follytowers.
You are absolutely right, Sir. There is so incredibly much crap on RUclips... sigh... way too much! Therefore I definitely don't understand why such really good channels like this and for instance Johnathan W., Coldwarmotors, Sampson Boat Co. and and and have not at least 500.000 subscribers. It really seems that how more shit you talk and do, the more subscribers you earn!? Also to show destroying things (without any sense respectively necessarity) is way more popular than saving/repairing them. Poor world, sigh.
Best regards luck and health.
@@Chr.U.Cas1622 Check out Mustie1 as well
Dear@@Hvtesla
Hehe, that's definitely a nice advice! ;-) :-) I'm addicted to his channel for years and have watched ALL his videos. He already has 350.000 subscribers (should be more of course).
Check out Sailing Magic Carpet, Bus Grease Monkey, Waylon Wires old iron etc.p.p..
Sincerely yours.
Quality dont matters - for the most. I add here Garage 54,
Harry's garage, Arthur tussik, and not some non english
Dear@Robert Simmons
Yes, you are absolutely right, Sir! He is great and I'm addicted to his channel also. He lives in Köln/Germany = not very far away from my hometown.
Best regards luck health and wisdom.
And as I watch the lines being removed from the cylinder, a familiar voice comes into my mind ... "Release The Shmoo"
Ave
@@Stop..carry-on street
I like to imagine equipment like this has a soul, and if it could talk, how it would express gratitude to be brought back to life and given a bath.
Absolutely! I was just thinking. "Now you have one happy forklift there"
A machine is a machine,
it is either working or broken.
I See how a battery stored on a concrete floor really isn't "An Old wives tale" It's "A Pretty Smart Young Wives Tale" BRILLIANT!!!
It did not want to die in a field unloved and useless. It is never going to be factory fresh once more, but its rehabilitation has been a great pleasure to watch. Like some others, I will never do what you can do and in my mid seventies I am not going to start trying now, but it was still fascinating and a pleasure to see; the pressure washer sequence made my car and me, groan with envy. I have learned things that will probably never be used, but learning is part of the pleasure of living.
I thought I was the only human that wasn’t afraid to pressure wash my equipment in sub freezing weather. Good to know I’m not alone 👍🏻 Friggin’ awesome restoration Wes! Love it!
It wasn't much fun, but what can you do?
I used to work at a Thrifty Car rental in the Boston area. We would pressure wash the cars outside all Winter. I ended up getting pleurisy from breathing the dirty mist. Depending on what you are washing, there can be some nasty stuff in the mist you breath. It's good to wear a mask when doing it.
Wes. You let all of your viewers that live south of you down. That air filter box should have ben repaired with a bungee cord. lol
This is my favorite video from you so far. I really admire the guy who can revive something abandoned and transform it to a useful tool that they use every day. Great job!
That floor pan bolt seems like a "tighten it till it snaps, back it off a quarter turn and leave it for night shift."
Oh, wait, this is the night shift. Damn.
Well I broke it taking it out. But then I left it for 2 weeks...
As an old retired spanner man from Hope Is. Queensland Australia.. love all this ..as my dad said over 70years ago now “remember son a machine is a servant not a master you can fix it “ .... thank you Wes and Oh ‘ for ” smellarama “ ..Roger
Since I'm going to school for mechanical engineering (RIT), watching videos like this help me get some understanding of how old engineers designed components/machines to last. Great explanation with the diagrams BTW.
It's not an engineering equation unless one of the units is $.
@@WatchWesWork You are 100% correct
The kid in the back ground has got the right idea. Any kid nowadays that can sit and play with old trucks like that is rare and will make one hell of a mechanic. You sir have my respect. 😎
He's never seen a toy car or truck he didn't want to play with.
Future vintage toy car collector too. 🤙
Why is it so unbelievably satisfying to watch something dirty get power washed? Not sure I can give you an answer but it is. Thumbs up 👍!
I love to troubleshoot and figure out why stuff doesn't work. I fix things not just because I'm thrifty (not cheap lol). But also because I hate to throw away stuff that can still work and be useful and also because it's fun to fix. Watching you do this stuff is like the nirvana of fixing. Thanks man for taking the time and expense of recording your videos. Kudos.
Watching you pull that cylinder apart brought me back to when I used to work at a company building them lol. I do not miss those days
Went a whole 14 minutes before "17 years in a field" was mentioned, and then only twice in this video! LoL, Wes - I actually loved the continuing reference in the first vid!! Great job on walking everyone through this one. I've always wanted a fork truck, but first it was my mother, then my wife that said "NO." 🙄
Well it got a little out of hand in the first video. I think you should get a little stand up forklift. You could hide that from the wife!
Sounds like some people are way precious about cable ties. I had a car that was held together with cable ties, black, white and blue, I love them all.
Excellent video thanks Wes.
You're right up there with SMA and Mustie1. Don't let the negative people get to you. There's more of us that appreciate it.
Thanks for all the time it takes to make one of the videos. It’s nice to be entertained and educated.
For someone who keeps hinting towards 'I'm have short comings on what I'm doing', sure looks like you have plenty of knowledge to me. Love watching you figure this stuff out. Great job in fixing the little things on this machine. I personally would give it a paint job only because you have it running so well.
I just don't want to give the impression that I'm some 40 years experience forklift mechanic who knows everything about the Clark GCX30.
Wes's lack of arrogance is what draws me to his videos. His fixing stuff the right way (vs "that oughta hold it") sets him apart from others.
Just awesome Wes. Enjoyed every 51 minutes of your video! If that forklift could talk I'm sure a "thank you so much" would be at least one of the comments. Look forward to your next presentation. Cheers from Scotland.
I'm kind of glad machines can't talk. They might not have nice things to say to me.
I watch you for the entertainment, and the friendly voice and the face that goes with it.
Never had a problem listening to the first upload.
I know, but it bugs me.
I glad i found your u-tube channel. I am not a mechanic , but I have learned so much you are do a great work
This guys is a beast!! No bullshit talks!! Everything he says keeps me watching the video and learning interesting shit!!👍👍💪💪
I appreciate the videos you’re producing especially on forklifts. I can just about bet the farm that every company I ever worked for never changed the hydraulic fluid in any of their forklifts. And I really like the building you are working out of too.
You are just wonderful. Listening to you is fantastic. I learn a lot when you explain what you are doing .
Just a little hack I use when bare handing a greasy job, I put Dawn dish soap on my hands and rub it on like lotion until dry. When you finish, just wash off with warm water and most of the gunk comes off. Great job. I enjoy watching your play by play.
So nice to watch with good clear commentary and excellent camera work. It’s so relaxing watching someone else doing all the work. I know what it’s like to have to get all bent out of shape trying to reach things in a forklift and second guessing yourself that what you think is wrong actually is so you don’t waste time and money. You’re a good mechanic and it shows especially when you’re happy to admit when you’re not to sure about something and want to study up on it rather than pretend you are confident and know it all. You can work on my car anytime.
Really looking forward to the next instalment. Cheers Stuart 🇦🇺
Yeah, propane carbs are a mystery to me. I'm still not really sure how they work...
Watch Wes Work. Mate, you’ll have no problem working it out as over here they’re called a mixer. Because the fuel is already a vapour or gas all the mixer needs to do is mix the gas into the air flow in the correct ratio so there is a lot less parts. I’m guessing it will be an Impco system, probably a 225 or 300A and theses are simple, reliable and should still be easy to source parts for. It would also probably be worth putting a kit through the converter as well as the diaphragm might be past it’s best by now but again, for someone like you, a pretty straight forward job. Hope this helps, cheers Stuart 🇦🇺
I love the fact that you have a German Shorthaired Pointer. Great dogs! I’d love to see more of him
You are getting better and better imo this vid nailed all the parts that make videos interesting when
repairing something. As an added bonus your comments are terrific. Great video and I believe
the forklift's soul is happy and been restored.
I'm trying.
Loving the forklift, I've never driven one, have no need for one but it's a fun series.
is this a clark?
WOW!!! GET TO WATCH WES WORK TWICE!!!! Thank you Wes
Nice rescue Wes. Anyone who's had a fork lift knows how hard they can be to work on. The propane fuel really protected that engine. Good Job.
Thanks for bringing us along for the ride!
You're a modest man Wes but i admire your extensive all around knowledge, i am but a taxidriver so my admiration is probably understandable, it again was a joy to see you work Wes, thank you for sharing.🛠👍
Dear Mr. Wes.
👍👌👏 Very well done, Sir.
Good grief, a lot of money and effort/work/time already got into this old forklift. 17 years in a field is obviously always a challenge. Maybe I missed it but I haven't seen you lubricating the mast chains respectively the mast C- irons after pressure washing.
By the way: You won't believe how many people (nearly all) pressure wash or wash (using a usual water hose) not in the right way on RUclips. Nearly nobody seems to know that one should always begin at the highest point/spot and in particular let soak wet the whole thing first. Unbelievable!
Thanks a lot for making teaching recording editing uploading and sharing.
Best regards luck health and wisdom.
Postscriptum: I like pressure washing and sandblasting etc.p.p. videos also. It's definitely satisfying watching something becoming clean.
Don't worry. I greased and oiled everything.
Dear@@WatchWesWork
I thought so. But didn't at least your wife and child fight back? LOL ;-) :-)
Sincerely yours.
Great set up Wes. Great way to do a follow up video, by a very good teacher. Thank you. Now get to work,,
Damned if you don't tackle just about everything you're one hell of a good mechanic I can't believe the specialty tools you pull out
You commented on how clean the oil and the spark plugs were. The burn on natural gas and propane is so much cleaner than gasoline or diesel. We had one FORD (351 V8) van run exclusively on Natural gas and after 250 kms, we tore it down to see the inside of the pan an oil galleries etc. It was as clean as a new short block ! We were all impressed in the shop. You still have to dump the oil but after many more miles of driving. Cheers ! Great videos sir.
Always enjoy watching this series of movies thanks Wes
Fixed and fixed right. You raise the bar one us all Wes! No shortcuts.
I drove a truck (Mitsubishi Mighty Max) that had an engine almost exactly like the one in this forklift. I had to replace the head gasket and the factory carburetor got replaced with a Weber DGAV, other than that it really never gave me trouble. Fun fact - you prime the oil pump by stuffing it full of Vaseline before assembling it.
only man in history to have a billet battery hold down on a forklift
You did a good job on this project. As far as some of the comments you got. Just consider the source and over look them. Give yourself a pat on the back.
You did lot's of work to this folkleft and now it run great and sound great too
I dont watch to learn anything, little late for that. I just like to Watch Wes Work.
WTF? First time I have seen that style gland retention. And, your "billet" hold down is a gold mine!
I haven't seen one for many years. They work well unless the gland gets rusted in the bore. Then it's no fun.
You do nice work Wes, very neat and conscientious. I like to see your family around too!
Dude wished i had watched your vids when you were repairing this freakish green machine and gave you some pointers. Those lifts with inverted master cylinders have to be back bled. Then you have to deal with the shuttle valve and trans valve. These lifts were a real pain in the arse to work on. Glad to see you got it back running.
Cleaned up pretty nice for sitting in a field 17 years
Thanks for posting this. I have an Old Clark with 4G64 and this helped clear up some things.
We also have one of those Toyota forklifts at work, you could guess what the bottom of the door looks like. I've bumped it a time or two myself.
This forklift is in better shape than the Hyster our shipping department has to use.
Great video Wes!
Yeah, not a good design!
Nice work on the Clark forklift.
Takes me back to the 70's - 7 years as a Clark Fork Truck Field Service engineer.. All parts accessible providing you were a midget, had double articulating wrists, the strength of superman in each finger and a full set of short/long, flat, shallow and deep crank series ring spanners, flexi sockets in 3/8 & 1/2 drive...
Yep. It's like working on a compact car that's as heavy as a dozer.
The Florida pool pump motor repair guy approved ! that was good info Wes
Thanks for explaining Everything it really helped me to replace the timing belt on the same style of forklift How to put everything on time. I love the explanation very carefully thank you.
Once, when i was a field mecanic, i had a rumbling from the motor in this type of forklift, it was because one tittet the timingbelt for the balanceaxel on a wrong position. It was a hell of work to figger out what was wrong, and a big job to correct it.
I bet you’ve got a secret stash of fancy special tools tucked away somewhere, amazing work especially the comments and poor old max
Another excellent video! Thank you for answering viewer questions! Awesome that you read the comments and take the time to answer questions people have. For what it's worth, I enjoy a good pressure washing video! So I'm one of those wierdos. ;) Can't explain why either!
Well I read the comments. Not all questions are worth making a reply, but I thought those two needed some clarification.
@@WatchWesWork Totally understand! Keep up the excellent work. :)
I can remember standing on an old pallet and being lifted up full reach of the 3 stage fork hoist as an apprentice mechanic to change a mercury vapor bulb in the workshop ceiling. A long time ago before osh and worksafe. Now they want you to use a scissor lift and harness which is a good idea if you have one. Its got a mitsi motor 4g63 ? The PS pump goes where those 3 bolt holes are. You only need to take the 4 m8 nuts off the crank pulley. Do the cam seal while its apart. just line up the triangles its easy. Nice hook wrench we usually get a kit for the cambelt that has everything in it. belts, seals, tensioners. Now you have a good shop forklift.
I know I'm only a couple years behind..
But that was a great series.
I thought it was funny that you included the pressure washing..lol
Stay Blessed.
Some how stumbled across your channel and been loving every video. Idk if you know but if you attach a shopvac to hydrolic tank to create a vacume before you crack open any lines will keep any hydrolic fluid in hoses making it a bit more pleasant. Keep up the great work.
I am a machining student and your videos are very entertaining but also educational. Thx for the great videos.
Gotta love the "BFH " I call it the percussion tuning instrument get's you out of a lot of sticky situations thanks for the Vid as always love your work thorough and well explained
Amazing amount of great information always learning something new on this channel!!
I work in the vac truck industry. I build new equipment, but have also had plenty of time doing refurb work. I can tell you, lots of people do not ever change out the hyd oil lol. Its expensive, and as long as its not contaminated, it "should" last for a long time. Some people do, but those are the particular people who care for their investments
Dang - just watched it with the audio drop outs!
Great job, BTW.
Very interesting to learn some stuff about Forklifts Wes. I have never worked on a forklift but you never know where life takes you and i would feel a little more confident doing so now. Also never seen a hydraulic cylinder rebuilt - i try to stay away from hydraulics but useful to see how you got it apart and did the seals.
My pressure washing fetish was also satisfied!
Love your channel, it just amazes me, you're so smart with these things and how do you remember where everything goes
I really dig your videos. Can't wait for spring and summer to see you possibly continue some previous adventures!
Glad I found your channel Wes, nice work. Production value is high but not overly slick, I especially like that when you answered viewer comments in the beginning, you spliced in footage of the job being referenced to include your use of drawings/ schematics to illustrate how a system is designed/works...only suggestion would be more light in a few instances i.e the timing marks and similar. While it didn't detract from the point you were making, it does help round out the overall concept (warm fuzzies are important, right?)....that being said, for an amateur videographer who is a wrench by trade (and a damn fine one at that!) I realize the HUGE amount of EXTRA time it takes to shoot your work for numskulls like me....and then have to EDIT it. I think too many of the arm-chair variety wanna-be's don't full appreciate what you and other quality content providers have to do so fat bastards like me can mooch your efforts for free ;) ...Oh, and don't leave batteries on concrete it angers the electron pixie gods and apparently multiple YT viewers...bah ha ha ha. SUBSCRIBED!
You're great Wes; just ignore the idiots and you'll be fine!
39:48 Man DOWN!
40:53 LOVE the billet hold down!!!
Two years too late but thought I’d throw this in. A lot of Arctic Cat engines met their demise from rivet stems being sucked into the intake from airboxes assembled using pop rivets. That was back in the 70s
and who doesn't love the good ol' BFH! :)
I came across your channel last night and have been following this project.
I love it!
Keep up the good work.
Another great video! Keep up your fantastic work! Excellent quality of work and a tremendous understanding of what needs to be done!
Sorry I'm late to the party.....you've done some excellent work on this poor guy that was stranded in the woods....amazing it survived as much as it did. All it needs is a pair of fuzzy dice and you're good to go. Best wishes and stay well.
Back in the late 1980's at place I worked we ran this exact same fork lift , it was the first fork lift that ever used.
Great work. She’s turning into a nice machine. With the hydraulic seals I use a pair of straight internal circlip pliers to collapse the pressure seal. The pliers have rounded jaws so there is zero chance of damaging the lips. Instead of waiting for the piston seal to return back on its own I use an engine piston ring compressor to shrink it. When doing small rams I cut a bit of shim stock and use a hose clamp to compress the seal back to the original size. Only takes a minute or 2 to get the seal back to size. Hope this helps as watching your videos has taught me a few things also
That thing idles smooth!! Like a DD!!
enjoyed hanging out & watching you fix your awesome Forklift.. good stuff!
I always had sympathy for the forklift mechanics when they working on them where I worked before I retired.
Your wife was channeling my old Auto Shop teacher regarding the battery on concrete. Went for years after that putting batteries on wood if I was charging them out of the vehicle.
Old habits die hard.
Don't paint it Wes, just spray it with clean oil to preserve it as it is. Great videos, keep them coming.
Great videos. You get down to the gritty part of a problem and fix it. I like that.
Hey man, that upper seal in the gland, the correct name for it is a rod seal, and the “pressure seal” is called a u-cup! In case you haven’t found out already ! And yes those cylinders are a bastard to remove ! I hate forklifts lol. And the gland locking style is most commonly referred to as a “ring lock”
Thanks for that info!
Thanks again. There is always more to learn. Good to have a manual those retainers thingy o bobs for the cylinder were a suprise. Oh and maybe insulate that aluminum bar you have sitting in line with your battery terminals If the j bolts get loose you could have a bad day.
Keith Fenner is an older guru in hydraulic cylinders and knowledegable do it all machinist has a video that shows a big marine cylinder with the steel ribbon retainer ring. I thought that type of retainer was odd but evidently are in rugged applications. You might like his steel roses. Turnwright machine works. in new england
Great work as always
Pretty puppy! Keep your videos rollin....great job!
Wow Wes you do good work, I am also working on an Nissan 50 old forklift need to do some of the repairs you did. This is how I found your channel looking for information.
Thanks for NOT applying the flame from a Bic lighter to shrinkwrap. A refreshing change to see it done properly with a heat gun.
Wes I like the Ford quote you and my late father have same mind set many thanks for fond memories
Total Therapy.......thanks Wes
Either one of the videos were fine to me I enjoy it its always relaxing watching you do this kinda work.