And we were just talking about this last weekend. New vs old equipment. As a fellow equipment owner I’m sorry to here about your troubles. Now people may understand why its so expensive to get dirt work done.
Quality work should not depend on the price of repairs. And the price of work should not depend on repairs necessary. All these costs should be amortized through out the average normal pricing of the life time of the vehicle.
Give ole Clint a call @ C & C, he just did some work on a radiator very similar to yours... You never know, he might have something that will work!!! Good luck sir!!!
I watch the millennial farmer. He is north of me here in Minnesota. It's a very wet late planting season and to make things worse he lost his equipment barn in a bad storm His equipment issues are crazy. Just like yours, must be the year for it. I am a retired engineer that helped run a major food plant, the electronics in tractors are as complicated as complete food plants, only they move . Best wishes hope things get fixed. Off to put a new Radiator in my MG A, parallel play at a small scale. Have a great holiday and don't work too hard, thank you for all you do I very much enjoy it.
I feel your pain- I have had a truck broke down for over two months now. I ended up having to go buy another one just to keep working.... I think your old equipment will be reliable once you get all the kinks worked out :)
Man that sucks, but that is the nature of equipment. Doesn't matter what it is. Having backups is the only thing we can do. But it comes at a cost, if backup equipment it isn't making money it is costing you money. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. Good luck Chris, hope it is something minor and fixed soon. Thanks for sharing.
Some years ago, we had people that could have cleaned up the top and bottom of the radiator and reweld it. Now most those people are gone or out of business due to cheap cost of buying new ones.
In trucking we used to say you can pay the bank or the mechanic. Do you have a custom radiator shop in your area to build you new radiator? I had that done for my Western Star truck. They build steel tanks and a copper core and It was half the cost of a shitty OEM that was aluminum and had plastic tanks.
Chris after watching you for a couple years I bought a cat d4 for $17,000. Then put another $12,000 in it to get it right. Done the work in my truck repair business. Also bought a TB 290 Takeuchi with 235 hours on it. $102,000. I'm clearing land on the side. So yes its a $$$$ cost. But I'm enjoying it. Thanks for what you do and I've learned alot watching you.
I feel your pain. All my heavy equipment is 25-30 years old. I have coined the term "functional junk". When up and running all is great. But seems like when one has issues they all follow suite. I sometimes think they talk to each other and all break down at the same time when they need a rest. Hang tough, it will al work out
I replaced mine with a solid copper radiator. This was around 2009 and it cost $5K. Those folded styles always clog up and don't cool as well as a regular radiator. P.s. The shop that put my brand-new radiator in poked a hole in it, installing it LOL.
I've made that mistake here in California as well. Plain water and no thermostat meets my heating and cooling needs. But it takes close to 50% coolant to meet the (easily forgotten) de-rusting needs. And now that the coolant sellers have discovered they can charge just about as much for 50/50 premix, a LOT of people aren't running enough rust preventative.
Sorry about your tough luck but you seem to work through it every time. Hopefully when its all back up and running it will last for a good while. Much love and God bless.
When you did the Videos on buying the used Equipment, I though to myself hope he isn't getting someone else's problems, I've watch all the vids so far of all the work you have already done to these machines an I know how expensive it is. My brother has been a Heavy Equipment Mechanic for over 25yrs he watches also. He said OH YEAH the work he's had done so far on both of them was Spendy. Hope you get them up to Par soon.
With soy base electrical wires, I wonder if you don't have a mouse issue? They chewed up my engine wires, stripping them in spots causing all sorts of electrical issues. Finally started using red pepper powder on the wires about twice a month along with some strategically placed mouse poison cubes in and near all my electrical stuff. Took care of the issue pretty quickly too! I could tell when the little buggers were chewing on the cubes
I put those small bags of mothballs in my mower engine bays and that stopped them from nesting and chewing up the starter/ignition wires. Not the best smell but saved costs.
Worked a career as a Cat dealer mech., our best customers were the ones that don't do preventive maintenance, only one thing more expensive than fluid changes, no fluid changes. Go to the Tarsands of Alberta, Cat brand dozers go to RB Auction, 35-40K Hrs. average, Komatsu, 18-20K Hrs, same maintenance, and the Komatsu sell for scrap prices, the Cat go for used parts, what does that tell you.
When I was a security contractor in my duties was fire security in sawmills and board mills, one of the site manager warned me of the hydraulic oils especially the huge volume of tank's full, as if a fire in any way would get into the oils the whole mill will burn to the ground, sadly 5 year's later our biggest board mills 6000 gallons of oil caught fire and it took every fire brigade from 4 towns and a city hour's away, I wasn't doing security at that time.
Sorry to hear Wilma dozer has got problems. Nice of Geoff to let you use some barn kindling - where is your battery blower to speed the start? Sounds like cables have loose connections somewhere. Nice couple of 'chimney trees' in the pile. Hope you don`t have to bring the red Yanmar Mini to dig out stumps before 220 gets fixed.
C&C is good a tracking parts down AND he has a John DER 250G with no DEF BS and super low hours. maybe just maybe you can worm to a scraper he has on the lot too.
While you were explaining the details and the frustration with the dozer radiator repairs, I was just wondering if it would be possible to do away with the folded radiator system and replace it all with a conventional copper radiator unit. I have no idea what the cost of that would be but it seems like it would greatly reduce the complexity of the folded system and would provide more efficient coolant circulation. A conventional radiator would probably be less expensive to repair in the future. Just a suggestion! I hope you can get some direction soon on parts and repairs and find some options that will be much less costly. Have a great weekend!
I have a truck that would only run 100 miles after being in the shop, it had started with lasting a week or so after they would clear the codes and it got down to only 100 miles before reseting was required, I finaly got it to a different shop and they pulled all the rubber lines off the DPF box and replaced them and cleaned the differnal pressure tubes to the DPF and it was fine for a long time, the rubber lines had some hair line cracks causing the problem.
My benefit of 70 years of experience has shown me that an honest man will always be broke or break even . Only a crooked low life contractor will be wealthy , with a few RARE exceptions. The honest broke/break even man can sleep at night with his soul and integrity intact . You seem to be honest and upright and that my friend can't be purchased , stay that way .
So much for fixing up old equipment like Diesel Creek does. It may get some youtube views, but it's not going to last or be as productive being put through the paces on real work day after day. There's a reason it was parked. The repair, downtime, productivity costs are why big construction companies sell the old and buy new every few years, unless the equipment is used sparingly.
So sorry bout equipment issues! Can't believe parts back order at this time. Older machines worth fixing. Thank u for video. God's blessings and take care as u start new week.
If that engine has liners isn't there an additive you're supposed to put in any way to keep the water from cavitating and damaging your liners. From what I always understood is a 50/50 mix of antifreeze I believe also helps in heat transfer and cooling engine? Hope you get the problem resolved and it doesn't break the bank.
At least once you get that old stuff up and running again, it'll *keep* running. You're dealing with decades of deferred maintenance. Once it's dealt with, those are gonna run like a top, and just keep on going!
Hi from uk chris👋👍 man its crap having one machine down but to have the fleet of movers down😢 I as a subscriber for years I hate it when you feel beat up man as your always a positive person 👌 maybe drive around in barney for bit and have time off tho it doesn't pay the bills but you earned a few days of mate👍 thanks for your time and hope everything gets sorted within budget and time doesnt effect job to much 👍 be safe and see you soon👍👋
That brings back bad memories early 90’s. 14 machines non dam stop breaking. And noting was minor. Simple belt. Simple hose. Bad wire. Battery Oh no to easy. Last one. D10. My guys looking at it calls me over and whispers. It’s inside. Deep inside. Uggg
Hello Chris, I saw your video about the radiator in your D6D and you can convert to a conventional radiator and have a lot less headaches! Thanks and Happy Digging!
Should locate somebody that has pine trees that drop huge pine cones like the ones we used to have here, we kept large trash bags full for winter time wood fires in the shop. When i cleared some parts of my land i would give a squirt of diesel in the bag of pine cones, lift a corner of the green brush pile, light those cones up and sit it back down. 5min later it was an inferno🤣
Jeff sure can build a fire with that big fire hose! I use my weed sprayer that I fill with diesel for spraying my dump bed before paving with asphalt, 1 or 2 gallons usually does the trick.
Hate to say it but when I see all the rust and crap in the radiator I can't help but think the following. Your dozer I believe has a 333 or 3306 engine in it. They have wet liners in them. I worked for a cat dealer back in the 70's - 80's and with this amount of rust it would build up at the bottom of the cylinder liners and can cause poor engine cooling, leaking cylinder liner leaks and engine failures.
Oh man Chris you had a really rough day but still got a lot accomplished.. I’m sorry so many of your machines need surgery all at the same time. May their repairs go smoothly and cost far less than anticipated. 🙏❗️🙏
I sell ag equipment and my rule is never buy a tractor from Florida or Louisiana. If you do you better figure 10-20 grand in the price. It's not worth the headache when I can get tractors from Texas Oklahoma Nebraska. To me the dryer the weather the better the tractors.
G'day Chris. Years ago I had a '67 HR Holden and was having trouble with it running hot, this was in the days when we didn't put "anti-freeze"(green coolant) in our radiators in Australia. I flushed the radiator and ripped out the thermostat on the water pump and that fixed it for a while but then the problem came back. I then pulled the "Welsh Plugs" out of the engine and found that the water jacket of the engine was full of scale that had flaked off the water jacket and filled it up to just below the level of the "Welsh Plugs". To fix it I had to strip the engine and clean out the water jacket. I suggest that if you are going to replace the top and bottom tanks of the radiator that you at least take a look at the engine as it is apparent that the maintenance of the D6 was sadly lacking by its previous owner. Then decide if it is a problem whether it is worth pulling down the engine, time out of service/cost of getting the job done and then have the uncertainty of other problems with the D6 due to the lack of maintenance of the previous owner or buying a reconditioned engine for the D6.
It took years of neglect to let that radiator get that bad. Once you get it right it will never be that again. Trouble with used is you are always buying someone else's problem child. Don't cut corners, do the bottom can as well or just a whole new one of a different style. There has to be a way. Prices for having machines on a job may have to go up to overcome the breakdowns. Customers always end up paying for the equipment or you will be out of business in no time. Good luck and don't let it get you down. Forced vacation right after a voluntary one is tough but you have been there before and you can do it again. PS I am not talking all on one customer but the average has to be part of the year or why do it. Every hour on every machine has to be accounted for in the end.
If that was my D6, I would look into some local radiator shop supplying me with a standard radiator that would fit in that space. Space seems to be huge on that machine for a radiator. Maybe you could get a big truck radiator that would fit in there.
I am kind of surprised that Chris did not simply have a new radiator built that would fit in the opening without connecting to all the passages. The coolant appears to enter and leave the engine via hoses, although I don't know if coolant has to go somewhere else, as well. But the cooling system is toast, at least it looks that way. Probably need to flush out the engine, too.
Ya the Florida tap water Rad poop... new rad and a water system flush with some CLR or Vinigar ... A few new parts and that D6 will be the Beast you need for sure :-) Love the older track Loader as well that you got a while back. All very cool content. :-)
I’ve forgotten what dry clay looks like. It was so nice to see those stumps come out with dry solid clay on their roots. It’s been raining here (east coast of Australia) for so long that it doesn’t matter how deep you dig the clay is saturated. Makes excavation of almost any kind an awful mess if not impossible.
Having just enjoyed Chris and the boys struggle with the old cable shovel at the steam show, just imagine how difficult an old machine like that would be to achieve the kind of work going on here! More likely impossible.
Sounds like it really working hard my brother had his do something like that and a wire was burner off never would have found it till we started moving wires around. Could not see it.
Owning & running old machinery is definitely fun... ...but that fun comes at a not insignificant price. When new stuff starts playing up, it's no fun at all. I hope you get everything fixed with out too much hassle or application of $$$$$.
I live in an old house with a furnace made in the mid 60's. (yes, I have CO detectors) Sure I pay more for gas than a high efficiency furnace BUT that high efficiency furnace needs a $1500 repair every year or two. The same hold true with modern machinery BUT with old equipment it's usually pretty easy to diagnose and repair. (right to repair comes in here) Old pre-computer farm equipment sells at a premium for those very reasons.
I know there's a difference in quality...but the option of aftermarket (china) is a fraction of the price of oem . Clint from C&C just fixed one on a dozer...perhaps give him a call for pricing
Well now, t'aint this nice. After watching several of my favorite channels I get to finish them off with a Chris Letsdig18 one. All the way from Mustie1 Darren then Matt Diesel Creek on to Dirt Perfect Mike and Bealy Good Farm now Chris. I've no doubt it's gonna definitely going to be interesting. Of course it sucks when ya gotta take so much time fixing misbehaving equipment. Chris never let's us down tho. He'll get everything back in service.
Oooooo, Noooooo. The perfect storm. Sigh. You can load-up the dogs, go get a giant order of French fries so you and the dogs can feast. They’ll love you for a special treat. Maybe pack-up and go do something to get your mind occupied with something you enjoy. Praying for you my friend. God bless.
Unless you're keeping "originality" in an old rig - I'd have taken the saving to not have genuine cores installed and get a nice series of readily-available radiators off a truck or big car and stack them for the cooling air flow you need. You could even have them with an electric fan per unit and let them decide themslves when to kick in & an override switch for ON or OFF. You have the space to play with for sure. Each one could be coupled in parallel top and bottom to maintain the "even heat distribution" & you sure could play with the configuration and stacking infront or ontop.... that override switch could run reverse so you can BLOW the dust away if you're running into wind on dry surfaces. So much choice.
The guys at C&C Equipment just worked on the same radiator from an Ex Military dozer maybe they can help out? I would say if things get critical air con condensers may be a get out of jail card (copper tubed type) and a lot of size choices to. I did this with a crane engine in the 70's and it was still good 15 years later!
They do make a grapple for the excavator but hauling extra attachments and taking time to swap them around has to be taken into account also. Sometimes simple and quick is the best setup.
And we were just talking about this last weekend. New vs old equipment. As a fellow equipment owner I’m sorry to here about your troubles. Now people may understand why its so expensive to get dirt work done.
Quality work should not depend on the price of repairs.
And the price of work should not depend on repairs necessary.
All these costs should be amortized through out the average normal pricing of the life time of the vehicle.
hear
@@paulthesoundguy1 20 to 25 years.
Give ole Clint a call @ C & C, he just did some work on a radiator very similar to yours... You never know, he might have something that will work!!! Good luck sir!!!
I watch the millennial farmer. He is north of me here in Minnesota. It's a very wet late planting season and to make things worse he lost his equipment barn in a bad storm His equipment issues are crazy. Just like yours, must be the year for it. I am a retired engineer that helped run a major food plant, the electronics in tractors are as complicated as complete food plants, only they move . Best wishes hope things get fixed. Off to put a new Radiator in my MG A, parallel play at a small scale. Have a great holiday and don't work too hard, thank you for all you do I very much enjoy it.
I feel your pain- I have had a truck broke down for over two months now. I ended up having to go buy another one just to keep working.... I think your old equipment will be reliable once you get all the kinks worked out :)
Same here brother
So sorry Chris machine problems are a bummer. Enjoy your time off with family and all the fur babies.
The hardest part about having nice things is keeping them that way.
The dude abides
Man that sucks, but that is the nature of equipment. Doesn't matter what it is. Having backups is the only thing we can do. But it comes at a cost, if backup equipment it isn't making money it is costing you money. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. Good luck Chris, hope it is something minor and fixed soon. Thanks for sharing.
Chris I just love your attitude about your machinery.you do amazing jobs .I don't miss any of your videos.
When it rains it pours. You will be back up and running in no time. Stay safe
Some years ago, we had people that could have cleaned up the top and bottom of the radiator and reweld it. Now most those people are gone or out of business due to cheap cost of buying new ones.
In trucking we used to say you can pay the bank or the mechanic. Do you have a custom radiator shop in your area to build you new radiator? I had that done for my Western Star truck. They build steel tanks and a copper core and It was half the cost of a shitty OEM that was aluminum and had plastic tanks.
Chris after watching you for a couple years I bought a cat d4 for $17,000. Then put another $12,000 in it to get it right. Done the work in my truck repair business. Also bought a TB 290 Takeuchi with 235 hours on it. $102,000. I'm clearing land on the side. So yes its a $$$$ cost. But I'm enjoying it. Thanks for what you do and I've learned alot watching you.
I feel your pain. All my heavy equipment is 25-30 years old. I have coined the term "functional junk". When up and running all is great. But seems like when one has issues they all follow suite. I sometimes think they talk to each other and all break down at the same time when they need a rest. Hang tough, it will al work out
Hate to see you have equipment issues, but liked when you said that you are thinking about a second unit!! Always looking forward! Happy Memorial Day!
I replaced mine with a solid copper radiator. This was around 2009 and it cost $5K. Those folded styles always clog up and don't cool as well as a regular radiator. P.s. The shop that put my brand-new radiator in poked a hole in it, installing it LOL.
That's what I was going to say; replace those old teck folded rows by a modern aluminum, multi rows rad.
Same tech as you see on hyper engined cars.
I've made that mistake here in California as well. Plain water and no thermostat meets my heating and cooling needs. But it takes close to 50% coolant to meet the (easily forgotten) de-rusting needs. And now that the coolant sellers have discovered they can charge just about as much for 50/50 premix, a LOT of people aren't running enough rust preventative.
$5.50 a gallon is cheap. Here in Australia we are paying $2.13 per litre.
Oh the joy of being in business I recall these days quite well even with new equipment probably more so than older equipment
yikes 6,000 for radio repairs its about $800 at my kubota dealer for case dozer radiator repair
That sucks, sorry to hear about all the problems. Thank you for sharing and may you have a better day tomorrow. :)
Sorry about your tough luck but you seem to work through it every time. Hopefully when its all back up and running it will last for a good while. Much love and God bless.
When you did the Videos on buying the used Equipment, I though to myself hope he isn't getting someone else's problems, I've watch all the vids so far of all the work you have already done to these machines an I know how expensive it is. My brother has been a Heavy Equipment Mechanic for over 25yrs he watches also. He said OH YEAH the work he's had done so far on both of them was Spendy. Hope you get them up to Par soon.
I know it gets mentioned often but there is just something so satisfying about that "crunch"
Machines breaking,.... Well,. if it ain't one thing it's another
With soy base electrical wires, I wonder if you don't have a mouse issue? They chewed up my engine wires, stripping them in spots causing all sorts of electrical issues. Finally started using red pepper powder on the wires about twice a month along with some strategically placed mouse poison cubes in and near all my electrical stuff. Took care of the issue pretty quickly too! I could tell when the little buggers were chewing on the cubes
I put those small bags of mothballs in my mower engine bays and that stopped them from nesting and chewing up the starter/ignition wires. Not the best smell but saved costs.
I use mint oil spray to keep the mice out
You have the Christine curse from Diesel Creek's weekend :)
Christine has followed you home, good luck.
Worked a career as a Cat dealer mech., our best customers were the ones that don't do preventive maintenance, only one thing more expensive than fluid changes, no fluid changes. Go to the Tarsands of Alberta, Cat brand dozers go to RB Auction, 35-40K Hrs. average, Komatsu, 18-20K Hrs, same maintenance, and the Komatsu sell for scrap prices, the Cat go for used parts, what does that tell you.
Clint from C&C was working on a machine with a folded core like that . You probably already know that 😃. Another great video 👍
We can feel your frustration Chris! 😫
Better days ahead. 🙏
$5.50 a gallon for diesel? Think yourself lucky. In the U.K. we pay £1.80/litre which is $10.34 a gallon.
When I was a security contractor in my duties was fire security in sawmills and board mills, one of the site manager warned me of the hydraulic oils especially the huge volume of tank's full, as if a fire in any way would get into the oils the whole mill will burn to the ground, sadly 5 year's later our biggest board mills 6000 gallons of oil caught fire and it took every fire brigade from 4 towns and a city hour's away, I wasn't doing security at that time.
"I think he wants to save these windows" next sound is the tink of breaking glass!😊😊😊
Sorry to hear Wilma dozer has got problems. Nice of Geoff to let you use some barn kindling - where is your battery blower to speed the start? Sounds like cables have loose connections somewhere. Nice couple of 'chimney trees' in the pile. Hope you don`t have to bring the red Yanmar Mini to dig out stumps before 220 gets fixed.
I would be pricing a big conventional replacement radiator !
Go for the Mesabi core rad.
Thanks for showing your break downs. Though it was only me that always break down.
Ever since you saw that VOLVO EC300E HYBRID at the trade show a while back the 220 has been jealous!
Noticed they do a VOLVO EC250E HYBRID now also... 27,150 - 28,310 kg (
C&C is good a tracking parts down AND he has a John DER 250G with no DEF BS and super low hours. maybe just maybe you can worm to a scraper he has on the lot too.
I think Clint helped him out one time at that sell in Florida. Actually I think he helped both Mike out as well.
I love how you acknowledged how the new dozer if much cheaper poor quality made and won't last as long as that old beast.
While you were explaining the details and the frustration with the dozer radiator repairs, I was just wondering if it would be possible to do away with the folded radiator system and replace it all with a conventional copper radiator unit. I have no idea what the cost of that would be but it seems like it would greatly reduce the complexity of the folded system and would provide more efficient coolant circulation. A conventional radiator would probably be less expensive to repair in the future. Just a suggestion! I hope you can get some direction soon on parts and repairs and find some options that will be much less costly. Have a great weekend!
I have a truck that would only run 100 miles after being in the shop, it had started with lasting a week or so after they would clear the codes and it got down to only 100 miles before reseting was required, I finaly got it to a different shop and they pulled all the rubber lines off the DPF box and replaced them and cleaned the differnal pressure tubes to the DPF and it was fine for a long time, the rubber lines had some hair line cracks causing the problem.
My benefit of 70 years of experience has shown me that an honest man will always be broke or break even . Only a crooked low life contractor will be wealthy , with a few RARE exceptions. The honest broke/break even man can sleep at night with his soul and integrity intact . You seem to be honest and upright and that my friend can't be purchased , stay that way .
Go home and talk to Winston and the rest of the crew 🐶😊👍 it’s always good to talk to the dog when you’re having a bad day 👍
Well hope you had a nice holiday weekend and got to relax.
So much for fixing up old equipment like Diesel Creek does. It may get some youtube views, but it's not going to last or be as productive being put through the paces on real work day after day.
There's a reason it was parked. The repair, downtime, productivity costs are why big construction companies sell the old and buy new every few years, unless the equipment is used sparingly.
So sorry bout equipment issues! Can't believe parts back order at this time. Older machines worth fixing. Thank u for video. God's blessings and take care as u start new week.
Damn that sucks prayers for better day Bud!!!
If that engine has liners isn't there an additive you're supposed to put in any way to keep the water from cavitating and damaging your liners. From what I always understood is a 50/50 mix of antifreeze I believe also helps in heat transfer and cooling engine? Hope you get the problem resolved and it doesn't break the bank.
At least once you get that old stuff up and running again, it'll *keep* running. You're dealing with decades of deferred maintenance. Once it's dealt with, those are gonna run like a top, and just keep on going!
Hi from uk chris👋👍 man its crap having one machine down but to have the fleet of movers down😢 I as a subscriber for years I hate it when you feel beat up man as your always a positive person 👌 maybe drive around in barney for bit and have time off tho it doesn't pay the bills but you earned a few days of mate👍 thanks for your time and hope everything gets sorted within budget and time doesnt effect job to much 👍 be safe and see you soon👍👋
The bad times turn to good times . Its a cycle . I commiserate with you though . Great video You always do the best you can with what you got.
It’s never if it breaks down, it’s when it breaks down. It is what it is. Thanks for the ride along.
That brings back bad memories
early 90’s. 14 machines non dam stop breaking. And noting was minor. Simple belt. Simple hose. Bad wire. Battery
Oh no to easy.
Last one. D10. My guys looking at it calls me over and whispers. It’s inside. Deep inside. Uggg
Hello Chris, I saw your video about the radiator in your D6D and you can convert to a conventional radiator and have a lot less headaches! Thanks and Happy Digging!
I seam to remember C & C's trying to find one of those cores recently
Should locate somebody that has pine trees that drop huge pine cones like the ones we used to have here, we kept large trash bags full for winter time wood fires in the shop. When i cleared some parts of my land i would give a squirt of diesel in the bag of pine cones, lift a corner of the green brush pile, light those cones up and sit it back down. 5min later it was an inferno🤣
It will work it's self out Chris👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Oh man, how frustrating for you that they all went down together☹️ Hopefully the repairs can be done quickly. Take care & cheers 🐨🦘🥰
Jeff sure can build a fire with that big fire hose! I use my weed sprayer that I fill with diesel for spraying my dump bed before paving with asphalt, 1 or 2 gallons usually does the trick.
Hate to say it but when I see all the rust and crap in the radiator I can't help but think the following. Your dozer I believe has a 333 or 3306 engine in it. They have wet liners in them. I worked for a cat dealer back in the 70's - 80's and with this amount of rust it would build up at the bottom of the cylinder liners and can cause poor engine cooling, leaking cylinder liner leaks and engine failures.
Cutting down all that forrest.....damn fools 😎🎸
Now it is fire time which is always on a Sunday enjoy your day.
Oh man Chris you had a really rough day but still got a lot accomplished.. I’m sorry so many of your machines need surgery all at the same time. May their repairs go smoothly and cost far less than anticipated. 🙏❗️🙏
I sell ag equipment and my rule is never buy a tractor from Florida or Louisiana. If you do you better figure 10-20 grand in the price. It's not worth the headache when I can get tractors from Texas Oklahoma Nebraska. To me the dryer the weather the better the tractors.
G'day Chris. Years ago I had a '67 HR Holden and was having trouble with it running hot, this was in the days when we didn't put "anti-freeze"(green coolant) in our radiators in Australia. I flushed the radiator and ripped out the thermostat on the water pump and that fixed it for a while but then the problem came back. I then pulled the "Welsh Plugs" out of the engine and found that the water jacket of the engine was full of scale that had flaked off the water jacket and filled it up to just below the level of the "Welsh Plugs". To fix it I had to strip the engine and clean out the water jacket.
I suggest that if you are going to replace the top and bottom tanks of the radiator that you at least take a look at the engine as it is apparent that the maintenance of the D6 was sadly lacking by its previous owner. Then decide if it is a problem whether it is worth pulling down the engine, time out of service/cost of getting the job done and then have the uncertainty of other problems with the D6 due to the lack of maintenance of the previous owner or buying a reconditioned engine for the D6.
It took years of neglect to let that radiator get that bad. Once you get it right it will never be that again. Trouble with used is you are always buying someone else's problem child. Don't cut corners, do the bottom can as well or just a whole new one of a different style. There has to be a way. Prices for having machines on a job may have to go up to overcome the breakdowns. Customers always end up paying for the equipment or you will be out of business in no time. Good luck and don't let it get you down. Forced vacation right after a voluntary one is tough but you have been there before and you can do it again. PS I am not talking all on one customer but the average has to be part of the year or why do it. Every hour on every machine has to be accounted for in the end.
If that was my D6, I would look into some local radiator shop supplying me with a standard radiator that would fit in that space. Space seems to be huge on that machine for a radiator. Maybe you
could get a big truck radiator that would fit in there.
C&C just did one of those radiators, call'em Chris!!!
I am kind of surprised that Chris did not simply have a new radiator built that would fit in the opening without connecting to all the passages. The coolant appears to enter and leave the engine via hoses, although I don't know if coolant has to go somewhere else, as well. But the cooling system is toast, at least it looks that way. Probably need to flush out the engine, too.
All My Machines Are Breaking Down On Me...I saw the tagline and thought I was seeing another Diesel Creek vidja! 🤣
Ya the Florida tap water Rad poop... new rad and a water system flush with some CLR or Vinigar ... A few new parts and that D6 will be the Beast you need for sure :-) Love the older track Loader as well that you got a while back. All very cool content. :-)
Hope things start looking up. You could borrow some of Matt's machines, but I think most of them are longer in the tooth than the D6
Was just about to FLICK to the next video and then you said the magic 4 letter word starting with an 'F':
Fire. 🔥🔥🔥 🙂
Instead of replacing that old radiator cooling system . Just put a regular radiator in and use electric fans to control the temp.
I’ve forgotten what dry clay looks like. It was so nice to see those stumps come out with dry solid clay on their roots. It’s been raining here (east coast of Australia) for so long that it doesn’t matter how deep you dig the clay is saturated. Makes excavation of almost any kind an awful mess if not impossible.
You and Duffy AG can’t catch a break on breakdowns!
Having just enjoyed Chris and the boys struggle with the old cable shovel at the steam show, just imagine how difficult an old machine like that would be to achieve the kind of work going on here! More likely impossible.
Sounds like it really working hard my brother had his do something like that and a wire was burner off never would have found it till we started moving wires around. Could not see it.
Owning & running old machinery is definitely fun...
...but that fun comes at a not insignificant price.
When new stuff starts playing up, it's no fun at all.
I hope you get everything fixed with out too much hassle or application of $$$$$.
I live in an old house with a furnace made in the mid 60's. (yes, I have CO detectors) Sure I pay more for gas than a high efficiency furnace BUT that high efficiency furnace needs a $1500 repair every year or two. The same hold true with modern machinery BUT with old equipment it's usually pretty easy to diagnose and repair. (right to repair comes in here) Old pre-computer farm equipment sells at a premium for those very reasons.
Well, that's the price having and using old equipment. Nevertheless have a nice Memorial Day!
Have a good holiday Chris, project is looking good. Hopefully machines will be an easy fix.
Your correct on the use of anti-freeze coolant, even in hot dry or humid climates protecting the metals are crucial to longevity.
Like the high wind warning on my drone. I hate it when a machine decides what it needs to do. I would rather just have vital signs gauges.
Clint at C&C equipment maybe able to help with the radiator header tank Chris . Thanks for the video mate it’s not easy being you 🥰😎
That’s the problem with turning machines into computers. Crazy finicky and the smallest thing can shut it down. Good luck
I know there's a difference in quality...but the option of aftermarket (china) is a fraction of the price of oem . Clint from C&C just fixed one on a dozer...perhaps give him a call for pricing
Well now, t'aint this nice.
After watching several of my favorite channels I get to finish them off with a Chris Letsdig18 one.
All the way from Mustie1 Darren then Matt Diesel Creek on to Dirt Perfect Mike and Bealy Good Farm now Chris.
I've no doubt it's gonna definitely going to be interesting.
Of course it sucks when ya gotta take so much time fixing misbehaving equipment.
Chris never let's us down tho.
He'll get everything back in service.
Have you listen to Clint with C and C equipment? He knows his stuff!
I would be checking bottom can for rad too….can’t see it being in any better shape then top
Oooooo, Noooooo. The perfect storm. Sigh. You can load-up the dogs, go get a giant order of French fries so you and the dogs can feast. They’ll love you for a special treat. Maybe pack-up and go do something to get your mind occupied with something you enjoy. Praying for you my friend. God bless.
Mama said there would be days like this but. Not in clusters
I enjoyed the video, sorry about the break downs. maybe they won't cost to much , and you back at it again.
Some days are diamonds, some days are plain old rocks.
That old hitachi you sold is looking pretty good at the moment. Sorry to hear about your probs ,from a former eqip owner.
Sorry about all the problems, I know you'll get them fixed. Just curious about the volval as to what is wrong.
I feel the pain. 3 P/UPs from the 80s, 1 late 90s and a 2011 SUV all with something wrong.
Unless you're keeping "originality" in an old rig - I'd have taken the saving to not have genuine cores installed and get a nice series of readily-available radiators off a truck or big car and stack them for the cooling air flow you need. You could even have them with an electric fan per unit and let them decide themslves when to kick in & an override switch for ON or OFF. You have the space to play with for sure. Each one could be coupled in parallel top and bottom to maintain the "even heat distribution" & you sure could play with the configuration and stacking infront or ontop.... that override switch could run reverse so you can BLOW the dust away if you're running into wind on dry surfaces. So much choice.
Gee, who would have thunk! It is Sunday, and Chris posts a fire video.
The guys at C&C Equipment just worked on the same radiator from an Ex Military dozer maybe they can help out? I would say if things get critical air con condensers may be a get out of jail card (copper tubed type) and a lot of size choices to. I did this with a crane engine in the 70's and it was still good 15 years later!
Chris, you probably know that bottom tank ain't no better. Can only imagine how much crap is in the block.
One of those days you want to go back to bed and start over.
For dealing with brush etc would an attachment that is basically a mirror or your thumb not work better than the bucket?
They do make a grapple for the excavator but hauling extra attachments and taking time to swap them around has to be taken into account also. Sometimes simple and quick is the best setup.
when you were up visiting Diesel creek you brought the curse of Christine back with you