I travel for work and I’m in Virginia. We have a company hauling off contaminated dirt for us. One of the drivers has a slick 389 day cab but it’s got a paccar. Low and behold he tells me he watches your channel and has a C-15 and wants to use the rebuild kit you use. You have fans far and wide amigo. Keep up the good work!
I appreciate your time to educate people on my favorite engine. You maybe young, but your experience and knowledge of Cat engines is very impressive. I know you will always have work building these engines. It's the high quality and detail, which impress your customers, and your viewers. Just being honest from what I have seen. Not trying to blow smoke, I see quality in your work. Your blunt honesty is refreshing.
For those who are unfamiliar, to clarify the keeping it under control at 150k lbs, there’s certainly a reason why they’re called wiggle wagons, and it’s not only because they’re articulated
That hydraulic tank appears to be empty! The master of stating the obvious has returned. I laughed most of the way through this the first time we’ll done my friend another great video 🇬🇧
Something tells me we will see the biggest three wheeler driving around soon. 465 hp three wheeler. I agree there was one pump still working fine. Hopefully transmission works good for future videos before it looses its power plant. Thanks again for videos. Always fun to watch. I would love to get my hands on some of the Detroit’s you have.
She might actually appreciate what he is doing. Reduce, reuse, recycle also includes repairing old technology because thats better for the environment than manufacturing new one. What works for an IPhone, applies also to big earthmoving equipment. Of course she'd rather that those machines wouldn't be used at all, but I think shes fairly clever and reasonable.
Reminds me of that town that a guy was spraying dioxin on the roads and it made the whole town sick and they ended up abandoning the whole town due to contamination.
I remember my dad telling me back in the day when his dad ran a paving company that was a regular thing during the summer oiling down gravel and the berms of the roads
When I saw that hyd line dumping, I said to myself, you're in clean up mode now. Then you said the exact see thing! When I fight a starting system like you did, I'll run a lead right to the starter, and manually connect to batteries. Bypass all the switches and contactors. You just wanted to hear the engine run, without having to fix the damn thing.
Half is better than nothing ... Thanks for bringing it to us ,i always enjoy your content very much .. Lookin foward to the next. Respect from Down Under
LOL... I was like... "Is he gonna start that with those lines open?"..... I am laughing, due fact that I have done the same dang thing, as I got so focused and determined to figure out one issue, that I forgot about the most basic issues, ever being a problem... LOL... That was great. I don't feel so bad now. I really enjoyed that. I know it wasn't fun, but, it still made my day, that I am not the only one to do the strangest stuff.. about once every 5 years, I do something strange or stupid, which always puts my dumb a$$ back in check, and so far, I have been lucky, as I am still alive...lol
Ya kno the first thing i thought when i saw them hoses hangin there was "is he gonna bridge them or cut off the pump?", and then as the video went on, i knew what was coming hahaha. Reminds me of the few times i started engines up with the trans-cooler lines disconnected. Only have to make that mistake once or twice...
I remember a good while back reading about how the older scrappers every jobsite was using and how uncomfortable they were and how many back injuries the workers got from driving them for a few years and then they redesigned the scrapper to be more comfortable. I just felt bad for the workers that got hurt udriving them for years and probably didn't get any relief or compensation from CAT or anyone.
I’ve done a few of those transmission, if it is the trans I could almost bet it’s in that drop box, the ones I’ve seen have almost always blown up that differential in the bottom of that drop box, parts for that drop box are scarce too!
Good to know, thanks. Looking at possibly running a couple of these trucks, don't really see where 740s are a big improvement. These rigs are a good bit cheaper.
LOL, when you said you were going to try firing it up as you walked past the hydraulic hoses my first thought was "I hope he has the pumps disconnected". NOPE, nice gusher!
Love your videos bro. I’m new to being a diesel mechanic and a lot of the trucks I work on have a CAT c15, c12-c13, ISX12, or a Mercedes MBE4000. Your videos are helpful and extremely detailed. Keep it up man!
The fork lift was definitely a good idea to keep it from smashing yourself to death. and I had a feeling the whole time you get it fired up, now I wonder how I knew that. no doubt another AWESOME video keep up the great work.
Man Cat isn’t very generous for cab space on those, on the Volvo’s I’ve run the cab is full width and there’s enough room you can put extend both your arms out and never touch a wall, it’s almost like a small house instead of a cab, sort of like the old D9’s. You should weld a giant caster wheel like what came on the old Elgin street sweepers on the back and make a donut rig out of it
I've only been pryvey to seeing a couple of your videos, I'd like to make a side wager on how long it is before you fix a leak, and re-wire the main power circuits properly allow optimal conditions for the engine to operate and the entire cab be better (proven) then most factory produced gals before your next project.
you could probably make what ever repairs the front part needs and find a decent rear chassis for it and put it back together and have a driveable unit
Would love to mount 4 little hydraulic powered wheels from a small cherry picker hooked up to the hydraulic system of this beast. Gonna be some burnouts.
Lol no shit, I fuckin hate the round post batteries the most. I beat the shit outta them like they owe me money till they tighten up. Moved on to stud post batts now, couldn't be any happier. Only problem is I got two of em and I need about 12 of em for all my jjunk😂😭
Reminds me of old times. I worked for Atlas Copco Wagner Mining Equipment Co. As a diesel mechanic at their plant in Portland , Oregon. Atlas Copco purchased Wagner from PacCar about 1990. One reason was to develop a large 3 axle heavy haul dump truck. So in the mid 90’s after looking at a Norwegian built light haul 3 axle truck they engineered from the ground up a 65 ton 3 axle truck named the full back. It wasn’t bad but for cost savings they went with a German made transverter assembly instead of a Allison equivalent. The difference was about 10,000.00 back then. The German made was as I call it the big Z . I can’t spell the name but it’s the big German company that builds transmissions and the spelling starts with a Z. The hole project was a money pit. It was plagued with a lot of engineering issues and Warrenty issues involved with a sales contract with the Staton Island garbage land fill. They finally sold the rights to the truck and technology to a undisclosed purchasers in the late 90’s. I believe it might of been Caterpillar but not sure. I’ve looked at some Cat trucks and I see a lot of the fullback in them. Their where some trucks that in the aftermarket people modified the power unit with a Allison transverter assembly and liked them. At Wagner my opinion was as is that they bit off more then they could chew. I relate it to building the space shuttle for the first time with the limited engineering capabilities at their disposal. So that’s my story on these big 3 axle trucks.
A lot of smaller and large operations frankenstein shit together good enough to get the job done. Hell the oil company I worked for was a multi-million dollar company and they still would run pulling rigs from the 1940s and 50s . They would strip everything down and rebuild everything on em the only thing that was original was the cab
It's just an old machine. They did all the math an decided it was not viable to fix the broken transmission, so they kept the rear end for spares and sold off the front end to another sucker. The Danish army did the same, so what was seamingly a complete machine/truck/tractor at the surplus auction was just a collection of worn out and broken parts.
I travel for work and I’m in Virginia. We have a company hauling off contaminated dirt for us. One of the drivers has a slick 389 day cab but it’s got a paccar. Low and behold he tells me he watches your channel and has a C-15 and wants to use the rebuild kit you use. You have fans far and wide amigo. Keep up the good work!
speaking of contaminated dirt...
KT3406E: “We’re gonna see if we can’t get this thing fired up…”
Me: “Sweet! I wonder how he’s gonna plug those hydraulic lines…”
Yeh, l saw them and thought the exact same thing. But hey no fault no foul, he knows the hyd pump is good 😊
Exactly what I was thinking!
I thought them being plugged was the reason it wasn't starting.
Pretty much the same thing. I was like huh. Have fun spraying hydro everywhere.
Shaking hands with danger
he could make a whole new season for them
Episode 2 lol
@@imzackson lmao
here shake hands with danger ruclips.net/video/Mmrs9GYkbqg/видео.html
I heard that rift
I appreciate your time to educate people on my favorite engine. You maybe young, but your experience and knowledge of Cat engines is very impressive. I know you will always have work building these engines. It's the high quality and detail, which impress your customers, and your viewers. Just being honest from what I have seen. Not trying to blow smoke, I see quality in your work. Your blunt honesty is refreshing.
For those who are unfamiliar, to clarify the keeping it under control at 150k lbs, there’s certainly a reason why they’re called wiggle wagons, and it’s not only because they’re articulated
I’ve heard doubles referred to as wobbly wagons, follow one, the names are self explanatory.
"Gosh damn you should see the oil, holy shit!" LMAO!
"unintentional welding" LMAO 🤣 I've done that before, didn't know it had a proper name.
Yup, goes alongside with Terminal Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly...........
*watches hydraulic oil spray like a fire hydrant that broke off* "ya, i'ma say there an't nothin wrong with that pump" XD
It might flow but if it ain't got any pressure it's toast.
@@johndowe7003 flow to resistance is pressure. No such thing as pressure without proper flow
Love the off road trucks with Jakes, it put a smile on your face when you go down a hill loaded.
One thing I love about this channel is how sketchy of battery set ups I’ve seen
I was wondering who was coming back first, you, or Jesus Christ. Thanks, hope to see you rebuilding more Cat’s soon!
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That hydraulic tank appears to be empty! The master of stating the obvious has returned. I laughed most of the way through this the first time we’ll done my friend another great video 🇬🇧
Something tells me we will see the biggest three wheeler driving around soon. 465 hp three wheeler. I agree there was one pump still working fine. Hopefully transmission works good for future videos before it looses its power plant. Thanks again for videos. Always fun to watch. I would love to get my hands on some of the Detroit’s you have.
Two wheeler he can pull wheelies around the yard in both directions
It would make a dandy beer can crusher!
Until you try to stop fast and do a gradual roll onto the roof 😂
I honestly hope you don't stop making videos whether you're on patreon or something else, regardless I'll forever be watching
I myself am not crazy about Cat engines. This video changes my attitude about that engine has changed my mind. Sweet and smooth running engine
In my best Gretta voice: "How dare you!"
Well that oil came out of the ground as "crude" and now its going back as refined Transfluid.LOL
She might actually appreciate what he is doing. Reduce, reuse, recycle also includes repairing old technology because thats better for the environment than manufacturing new one. What works for an IPhone, applies also to big earthmoving equipment. Of course she'd rather that those machines wouldn't be used at all, but I think shes fairly clever and reasonable.
Brilliant
Fun little wiggle wagon!!!
I’m old enough to remember when the county used to spray all the gravel/dirt roads with used oil to keep the dust down.
Reminds me of that town that a guy was spraying dioxin on the roads and it made the whole town sick and they ended up abandoning the whole town due to contamination.
@@josh33025 Times Beach, Missouri.
@@joehead1294 I drove by that place every time I'd go to the airport when I lived in southern MO.
I remember my dad telling me back in the day when his dad ran a paving company that was a regular thing during the summer oiling down gravel and the berms of the roads
I don't know what possessed my RUclips overlord to send me to this channel, but it's just freaking awesome!
When I saw that hyd line dumping, I said to myself, you're in clean up mode now. Then you said the exact see thing!
When I fight a starting system like you did, I'll run a lead right to the starter, and manually connect to batteries. Bypass all the switches and contactors. You just wanted to hear the engine run, without having to fix the damn thing.
Throw on a couple all-season radials and take it for a rip.
Right lol
Thinking the same thing!
Ok….. I’m hooked. 80 yr old retired in Philly burbs! Thanks KT. Enjoy your narration.
Half is better than nothing ...
Thanks for bringing it to us ,i always enjoy your content very much ..
Lookin foward to the next.
Respect
from
Down Under
That oil leak looks like one of my deals, 😂.
Yes the hippies should come along pretty soon crying about how I destroyed the water supply for half the US for the next 85 years.
@@KT3406E 🤣🤣🤣.
@@KT3406E I think you and Warren should get together, share some cold ones and stories as well. Love the videos from both of you guys. 🍻
15:20 don't let Gretta see that! Looks like the driveway wont be dusty for the next 100 years.
Made my day seeing another video just sat down with a brew and you popped up a new video
LOL... I was like... "Is he gonna start that with those lines open?"..... I am laughing, due fact that I have done the same dang thing, as I got so focused and determined to figure out one issue, that I forgot about the most basic issues, ever being a problem... LOL... That was great. I don't feel so bad now. I really enjoyed that. I know it wasn't fun, but, it still made my day, that I am not the only one to do the strangest stuff.. about once every 5 years, I do something strange or stupid, which always puts my dumb a$$ back in check, and so far, I have been lucky, as I am still alive...lol
laughing out loud when the hydraulics started spewing 😂
“Back half of truck missing” light is on!
Great to see you back, good video with the appropriate amount of education and buffonery!!
LMAO!!! LOOK AT ALL THAT SAFETY!!!!
KT..YOU HAD ME PISSING MYSELF!!😂😂😂
I’m sorry, l couldn’t stop laughing 😂 Cheers Steve 🍺🍺🍺
You're unintentional welding And then the 48 Volts of Juice going to the motor had me laughing hsrd
What you put out for videos are great but we need more. I personally love the engine builds.
Ya kno the first thing i thought when i saw them hoses hangin there was "is he gonna bridge them or cut off the pump?", and then as the video went on, i knew what was coming hahaha. Reminds me of the few times i started engines up with the trans-cooler lines disconnected. Only have to make that mistake once or twice...
Thanks for making this, I like the sound of that engine, and how resourceful you are.
I love how he gets it running a goes to walk around it and immediately points the camera at the oil and runs back. Shut it down!!!!! LoL
This is among some of the most underrated mechanic channels on youtube. Like the videos, yall
how did you not see that coming!!?? Was thinkin that might happen but figured....ahh he knows what he's doing ahah.
I cant click your videos fast enough! Always get great laughs from them.... appreciate you and please upload more frequently
Yes it will start. 4 weeks of retiring later, we’ll see you again. It ran well once you got her tanking straight.
Unintentional welding never did me any favors either ...... Awesome videos amd witty humor and commentary..looking forward to the next one
Had my welding lesson on a battery and a Snap on extension. Now I leave a plastic cap on at least one terminal to prevent that from happening.
I've ran those cat trucks and they are the most uncomfortable ones out there but good power
I remember a good while back reading about how the older scrappers every jobsite was using and how uncomfortable they were and how many back injuries the workers got from driving them for a few years and then they redesigned the scrapper to be more comfortable. I just felt bad for the workers that got hurt udriving them for years and probably didn't get any relief or compensation from CAT or anyone.
Well, on the bright side, that gravel will never rust. . .!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
4:05 "Look at all the safety" LMAO. Love your videos thank you for taking the time.
I felt like I was a operating a window seat on a bus when I ran one of those.
24 volt, should zing that engine, right , giant dif, don’t get your picker under them, oh i mean fingers, lololll nice 👍, thanks BigAl.
You almost lost me screwing with those damned batteries but I’m glad I stuck around to the end
Two channels I will watch right away when I see new ones posted. Kt3406 and zip ties.
All I could think of was Bishop's severed head spewing fluid in Alien! Cool video.
Commercial fishermen here. Nothing beats changing the battery bank at the dock. Love bench pressing 8D’s out of the engine room.
Sitting here watching this asking myself why in the heck am I watching this?....and yet here I sit continuing to watch :)
I’ve done a few of those transmission, if it is the trans I could almost bet it’s in that drop box, the ones I’ve seen have almost always blown up that differential in the bottom of that drop box, parts for that drop box are scarce too!
Good to know, thanks. Looking at possibly running a couple of these trucks, don't really see where 740s are a big improvement. These rigs are a good bit cheaper.
"Well you should have done......" (from a guy that knows ZERO about CATs, let alone big trucks) Thanks for your videos, I enjoy them.
LOL, when you said you were going to try firing it up as you walked past the hydraulic hoses my first thought was "I hope he has the pumps disconnected". NOPE, nice gusher!
Love your videos bro. I’m new to being a diesel mechanic and a lot of the trucks I work on have a CAT c15, c12-c13, ISX12, or a Mercedes MBE4000. Your videos are helpful and extremely detailed. Keep it up man!
I LOVE the MBE4000 series.
Look at all the safety
Are you going to rebuild the truck or you just going to part it out
Cool, thanks!
We in clean-up mode now ...
Yes sir COOLEST EVER OUT STARTED
Hell yea new upload. Ya love to see it
Absolutely brilliant keep the videos coming
Hydraulic fluid won't hurt anything, hold the road dust down where your sitting.
And nothing will grow there either lol, I usually throw my old oil on the fencelines/fence posts . Keeps the weeds down and posts lasting forever
The fork lift was definitely a good idea to keep it from smashing yourself to death. and I had a feeling the whole time you get it fired up, now I wonder how I knew that. no doubt another AWESOME video keep up the great work.
Commentary is the best.
Man Cat isn’t very generous for cab space on those, on the Volvo’s I’ve run the cab is full width and there’s enough room you can put extend both your arms out and never touch a wall, it’s almost like a small house instead of a cab, sort of like the old D9’s. You should weld a giant caster wheel like what came on the old Elgin street sweepers on the back and make a donut rig out of it
Good stuff👍
Excellent video! Keep em coming and don't forget about the all important view of the exhaust pipe sound...
Magic mate.. I like your approach.. Same as me here in Scotland.. 👌👍👍
Finally !!! Great to see a video from you!!! Thanks!!! Keep them coming!!!
I could see that mess coming from the start haha.. Brake cooling line is what made the mess
Would hate to see you go..your videos are always awesome, learned a ton.
Lol that's awesome, sounded good thought, well till shit started spraying everywhere, thanks for sharing,
Good work guy😉
Started up like it ran yesterday
He goes “let’s check the coolant.”
*opens rad cap*
*me* “oh yea”
*kts words* “oh yea”
Great minds think alike.
I've only been pryvey to seeing a couple of your videos, I'd like to make a side wager on how long it is before you fix a leak, and re-wire the main power circuits properly allow optimal conditions for the engine to operate and the entire cab be better (proven) then most factory produced gals before your next project.
EPA is having a heart attack right now
Great video , I have leaned the Cat make is a good engine like one of the best . The filters and parts are fairly standard not hard to get .
you could probably make what ever repairs the front part needs and find a decent rear chassis for it and put it back together and have a driveable unit
Can't wait to see what You might have planned for that!!! Always looking forward to see what You will have for us next! Keep up the hard work...😎👍
I like the way you play on batteries!! Yes I really really like it!!!😁😁
That's that custom high level engineering 😂🤣 there she blows 🤣😂
Would love to mount 4 little hydraulic powered wheels from a small cherry picker hooked up to the hydraulic system of this beast. Gonna be some burnouts.
Starter is full of dirt, lololl nice jumble it all up some more and it will start just fine, lolololollllllll, nice thanks BigAl California.
Not sure this is a success story... but entertaining as ever lol...
Looks like the hydraulic pumps work
Very well filmed and good descriptions of what your doing to what !! Good work Sir keep them coming from an interested Limey !
i seen this before...
yep. I sure have...
We got ourselves a SQUIRTER! Yes sir!
I've driven alot of theese but volvos, everything from the A25 to the A60
Volvo was the better off road truck
As a wrench spinner I hate batteries with a passion especially at home on the farm every dang piece of equipment is constantly needing one.
Lol no shit, I fuckin hate the round post batteries the most. I beat the shit outta them like they owe me money till they tighten up. Moved on to stud post batts now, couldn't be any happier. Only problem is I got two of em and I need about 12 of em for all my jjunk😂😭
Reminds me of old times. I worked for Atlas Copco Wagner Mining Equipment Co. As a diesel mechanic at their plant in Portland , Oregon. Atlas Copco purchased Wagner from PacCar about 1990. One reason was to develop a large 3 axle heavy haul dump truck. So in the mid 90’s after looking at a Norwegian built light haul 3 axle truck they engineered from the ground up a 65 ton 3 axle truck named the full back. It wasn’t bad but for cost savings they went with a German made transverter assembly instead of a Allison equivalent. The difference was about 10,000.00 back then. The German made was as I call it the big Z . I can’t spell the name but it’s the big German company that builds transmissions and the spelling starts with a Z. The hole project was a money pit. It was plagued with a lot of engineering issues and Warrenty issues involved with a sales contract with the Staton Island garbage land fill. They finally sold the rights to the truck and technology to a undisclosed purchasers in the late 90’s. I believe it might of been Caterpillar but not sure. I’ve looked at some Cat trucks and I see a lot of the fullback in them. Their where some trucks that in the aftermarket people modified the power unit with a Allison transverter assembly and liked them. At Wagner my opinion was as is that they bit off more then they could chew. I relate it to building the space shuttle for the first time with the limited engineering capabilities at their disposal. So that’s my story on these big 3 axle trucks.
@@lookylook570 your right. Now you know why I have a hard time with it
lmao, "Gosh Damn we got a mess now!"
Sorry I thought I was subscribed, I missed u mann!!!
For keeping me entertained! Thanks! I enjoyed this. From, St. Paul Minnesota.
Brilliant video as always many thanks superb
That was a pretty good spill haha!. I like to use a shop vac to suck up oil, coolant etc
Who lets a piece of equipment get torn apart and dissected like that? They couldn't be playing with a full deck!
A lot of smaller and large operations frankenstein shit together good enough to get the job done. Hell the oil company I worked for was a multi-million dollar company and they still would run pulling rigs from the 1940s and 50s . They would strip everything down and rebuild everything on em the only thing that was original was the cab
It's just an old machine. They did all the math an decided it was not viable to fix the broken transmission, so they kept the rear end for spares and sold off the front end to another sucker. The Danish army did the same, so what was seamingly a complete machine/truck/tractor at the surplus auction was just a collection of worn out and broken parts.
That's a dang good hydraulic pump there! Lol