The head bolt effort was a true challenge. While at work making a repair to a return steam pipe, one and a quarter inch installed in the 1920's two four foot pipe wrenches were the solution for this problem. Long breakers truly a great tool. Thanks for all your efforts while making your channels content. You are a gifted mechanic.
Nice to see a Champion grader. I grew up in Goderich Ontario Canada where they were made. Eventually the family company was bought out by Volvo and eventually closed down. Thanks for the entertaining videos.
I've seen worse completely rebuilt back to like new performance. Back in the 60's a local sand and gravel operation bought a new Cat 966 loader and that Friday of its first week the operator ran out of fuel right after he loaded the last truck and said screw it and left it there, Ingram falls over the weekend and when the operator shipwreck up at 5 am no loader in sight and it wasn't until he ran his pickup into standing water 10 feet below the scale he realized the pit was totally flooded. They pumped water out for five months before they called it quits after hiring a diver who reported there was an underground stream that flooded the pit the 966 sat there until 37 years later the water started receding and a local heavy equipment mechanic bought it from the town as the owner wouldn't pay taxes after it flooded. Took him by himself just over a year but he completely rebuilt her to like new operation, when he started her up the original hour meter still worked and read 48.6 hours. It can be done.
It's more whether it's worth the cost of time - if you can part it out and make multiples of your purchase price (as it's super low hours on everything) then why plug so much into repairing what's really bad?
Sounds like what happened here back in the 60s Inna rock quarry. During the day they had a small puddle appear in one corner of the floor. They put a small pump in and everything went back to normal. The next morning when they came back they had over 60 feet of water. The last I heard every piece of equipment is still there but 150 under water, the small puddle went to an underground river.
I am hoping that this one gets completed with more videos for a complete repair video series of what cheap buys at the auction can lead to. Really enjoyed the video. Even your nice new work truck required your expertise. Your skills are valuable, thank you for bringing me along with your work.
Before they started selling the 50/50 blend mix, I used to mix 2/1. Always went a bit heavier on the antifreeze over the water, never had issues going that way. Pending on how much someone wants to spend on an overhaul, with it being low hrs and a clean, it might be worth it to someone. Looking forward to seeing the rest of it. Cheers :)
I worked for a company we did erosion and land restoration. We had a job near Tahoe on US 50. Were a fire went through and was installing erosion control. Had a landing we left equipment parked. Some kids got the cat started and trided to push the equipment over the side of the mountin. Then let the cat go over down all the way into the river. And completely submerged it. Took a lot to retrive it and 3 days to cleat out all the water from everything. But we did get it running and working, and to be honest it ran better after.
Being an equipment mechanic in Oregon now and originally from California, yeah it doesn't get near cold enough. There might be a few day that get close but only high elevation and the low desert is more common
Yea, mine did that too. I know it was antifreeze, but when the seal blew and bearing spun I drained it and it looked like water. I think the antifreeze gets pulled out and goes into the oil.
They make a tool for your air hammer to adapt a socket and has flats for a wrench. Works great on those arnory bolts. Especially woks well on stainless that has been stretched.
I think the transmission and other cavities where water could get would be the determining factor of whether to fix it or not for me. If the engine is the only issue I think I'd fix it. He only has $5500 in it so if he fixes the engine and puts another 10k in it he still has a nice machine for under 16k. The electrical system would come into play though if it has been submerged. That can get expensive.
me and my dad just bought an old austin western motor grader at an auction that had been sitting in the same place for 25 years for 25 bucks. we spent a week and a half working on it. got it to turn over with the starter. got the injectors unstuck and got it running and today we got it driving and got all the hydraulics moving. next we have to get some usable tires on it and we are gonna call that good to drive home. clean it up a bit put some new paint on it change some hoses and a fresh coat of paint. then try to put it to work
I watched both of you fight with that flare nut, so I looked to see if anyone makes a swivel head line wrench, they do, I would think in places like you have there they might be a better option.
Really cool you having your son hanging with you! Man that is one messed up engine--and trans and axles etc. Seems like a huge waste of money to let that thing get water logged and just leaving it. unbelievable.
Good to see you have a helper. Doing things on your own makes you busier than a one armed paper hanger. And I am sure you are pretty beat up by the end of the day doing things by a yourself.
It pisses me off when I find just water in the cooling system, hope you can get it fixed! I bet you're correct, it ingested water through the intake system.
Howdie warren! Just happened to notice you had your impact on level 2 not 3 . I knew it sounded different than mine does on high. Great video as usual thanks for the awesome content as usual !!
Great video! Try a bigger battery on your gun next time and make sure the torque setting is on 3, I've accidentally hit the button before and turned it to wimp mode!
That’s funny how them long headbolts have enough twist and harmonics to keep them from twisting out. I have the same impact and have a 9amp hour battery on it and usually pretty impressive
Glad I don't have to tell anyone how to take things apart anymore now I do it by myself life is great I used to rely on help to come in and do some of the work but you pay them too much and they expect more then you fire their ass and then you have no stress smartest thing in life is as a mechanic . to do the essential things to keep your bills paid always stay Sharp never intend on else to take something apart you have to worry all nite did they tighten it up the rods ??? self-reliance is key to a peaceful Life as a mechanic me and my crane get along great....
Aw, mang…. I had one of those. For “reasons” I’d ended up with a newish 720a, and old old 740, and a 730. We were going to trade the 740 on the 730, but they frankly offered an insulting trade in value. The 720 was really sweet to run in a small parking lot. Sadly, that one was the one to go in a round of down-sizing.
The only time you put pure water in a cooling system is to flush and back flush the system out, anti-freeze conatins not only corrosion inhibitors it helps lubricat the back seal of the water pump, nice to see Blake helping you out Warren.
I WOULD MAKE AN ATTEMPT TO CONTACT THE FISH AND GAME THAT WAS ASSIGNED THE GRADER TO GET THE BACKSTORY ON IT .. THAT MACHINE HAS GOT TO BE WORTH 25 TO 30K RUNNING WITH LOW HRS . CHECKING THE TRANS AND FINALS TO BE SURE THEY ARE GOOD THEN A COMPLETE OVERHAUL OF THE ENGINE THE OWNER WOULD STILL BE IN IT FOR SHORT MONEY...JUST MY THOUGHTS ...
need to get your self a adaptor 3/4 to 1/2 wow not good looking inside ya you should check everything that has oil in it front an rear axles gearboxes and hydro oil also great job I'm looking forward to the next vids on it
I have seen this befor on Auto Auction Rebuilds there is a yellow 95 mustang that came from california, and ended up in Oklahoma copart, the same water and sludge came out of that thing, they changed the oil and started it up, it was because it sat trough multiple winters in copart. basicly it was engine condensation...imagine that, stuff u can learn on the internet. :- )
Never mind getting a reducer for the Milwaukee, let them give it a full service with the amount you use it. Do this for all your power tools on a rotation basis.
When I was a kid many years ago we only used water and I lived where the temps could go down to zero. Just drained the rad when not in use. Commercial antifreeze was not readily available.
Great to see that Blake is helping you! Do the farmers ever get preventive maintenance done on their machines? Seems like that they would benefit from someone checking over their machines.
Jim Wesselman some do their own but for the most part they really don’t do a lot of preventative maintenance. A lot of times they are doing their own scheduled services in house so it’s never getting a fresh set of eyes on it until a 3rd party is called in for repairs that the customer can’t do on their own. Which ironically is like you said, usually due to lack of maintenance. That said most of these farms he’s working for aren’t small operations, they have employees just like other companies and having worked on equipment like this myself I know that the operators are often judged on productivity and aren’t about to be without their tractor or forklift unless they absolutely have to. There’s a lot a play. Most small farming operations are pretty good about being on top of maintenance because it directly effects their pocketbooks when it breaks down so it behooves turns to take care of it and make it last also its usually the owner of the equipment is who is operating it and that has an effect as well. They are more likely to shut the machine they own down if it makes a funny noise or gets a warning light because it is their equipment.
Its very weird that you would think a Government Drpt mechanic would be up to speed and know what anti freeze does which is why I guess its better not to call it anti freeze in ads for the stuff here in Australia of course we mainly use it because modern aluminium alloy engines need an anti corrosive and lubrication of bearings and stopping rubber seals from hardening but also mainly here its to raise the boiling point but you would really think any mechanic would ask why all cars come with green red or blue stuff in their radiators alloy engines really need that anti corrosive but as usual a good video great to watch
If it has a frost-protection rig that automatically opens at low near-freezing temps to DUMP the coolant (like diesel locomotives do) then having just water in it makes sense. That way you're not risking pollution by antifreeze. It *can* cause damage to seals if they're using chlorinated water or some other variant of non-neutral coolant water but overall it's far far safer environmentally. If the unit is used near live water works then not having antifreeze in it is a requirement.
That water is pretty clear to have come from a lake or flood. I suspect vandalism or a disgruntled employee. The air filter would have grass or debris in it if it took in pond water that way. Just my guess
Ya, but I've had the same thing on 4020s, 5040s, etc. full of water and the gear box was just fine. Meaning full of water, drain, fill with fluid and 10 years later it's going strong.
The key to breaker bars tight spaces and 6 point sockets is once you've turned the bolt take the socket off the breaker bar and turn it 90 degrees then put the socket back on the breaker bar. rinse and repeat. I think you are correct though. This things been swamped. be interesting to see what you find in the rest of the power train and hydraulic system.
It's ok to run strait water if you just put somthing back together to make sure it ain't leaking but after you find it's ok you should drain the water.
your videos are great keep up the good work! also i noticed that you only had your impact in the second mode not the 3rd could be why it didn't take them head bolts off
In Australia we call it coolant not anti freeze Never freezes here so we call it coolant to make people realise it's not just for cold weather cars and it's very different to water, you actually have to use it Maybe need to start that in the warmer US states
There was really bad flooding in Central California in early 2017. Could be this grader was sent to try and help and got overwhelmed or just was parked a spot that got flooded but normally wouldn't. You would think that was mentioned as part of the auction...really defines "Buyer Beware and Due Diligence" before bidding! Seems the New Owner was something of a prophet when he wrote BLOWN ENGINE on the side.
Champion road graders were made in Goderich, Ontario, Canada. The manufacturing and assembly plant was bought by Volvo, which ultimately closed the plant and moved manufacturing to the U.S.A. Now, I think the graders are made by a subsidiary of Volvo called S.D.L.G. in China, big surprise.
Reminds me of the cars and equipment and even servers we'd see up north in '06 and '07 after Katrina. That crap would last about 6 months and die. Even if the mechanicals were flushed out pronto, the computers and electronics were soaked in saltwater. We used to call'em Katrina Cars.
@@CrusherFitter I agree, but the higher amp battery may have been able to loosen those head bolts. I use the 9amhr battery for the heavy lifting. Not too much it hasn't been able to crack open.
@@captgrant that's what I use as well out on the farm. It will pull grain buggy tires of if your familure with them you know busting them lug nuts are like
It is fair to say that the machine hasn't had one careful owner! However, if its cost effective to put a recon engine and gearbox in it then the owner has a decent machine. It may be a good idea to check the axles too because water may have seaped in to the diff housings through the breathers because that machine has been submerged in a very deep puddle!
Warren, keep a eye on the setting on that Milwaukee ... It's not on the highest setting. Mine did that for awhile, or maybe I've just gotten in the habbit of checking it.... Holy crap that's a TON of water... Did they try and grade the ocean floor with it?
The thing I've noticed here where I live is the vehicles are ran to hell but the equipment is always in pristine condition with low hours, went to talking to a city inspector and his words "we buy the equipment for tax write offs, we rent out to spend the budget so we can be granted a bigger budget the following year. Once we sell the equipment for damn near full price, we do it all over again"
All the impact from the gun was getting absorbed by the spring torsion in the long bolts. There's no substitute for a good old knuckle bar. Give me a big enough lever and I'll move the world ; )
If the oil/water is emulsified, that means it ran with the water in the oil, bet the bottom end is junk or the cam bushings are spun....have to watch pt2 I guess!
The head bolt effort was a true challenge. While at work making a repair to a return steam pipe, one and a quarter inch installed in the 1920's two four foot pipe wrenches were the solution for this problem. Long breakers truly a great tool. Thanks for all your efforts while making your channels content. You are a gifted mechanic.
Nice to see a Champion grader. I grew up in Goderich Ontario Canada where they were made. Eventually the family company was bought out by Volvo and eventually closed down. Thanks for the entertaining videos.
I've seen worse completely rebuilt back to like new performance.
Back in the 60's a local sand and gravel operation bought a new Cat 966 loader and that Friday of its first week the operator ran out of fuel right after he loaded the last truck and said screw it and left it there, Ingram falls over the weekend and when the operator shipwreck up at 5 am no loader in sight and it wasn't until he ran his pickup into standing water 10 feet below the scale he realized the pit was totally flooded. They pumped water out for five months before they called it quits after hiring a diver who reported there was an underground stream that flooded the pit the 966 sat there until 37 years later the water started receding and a local heavy equipment mechanic bought it from the town as the owner wouldn't pay taxes after it flooded. Took him by himself just over a year but he completely rebuilt her to like new operation, when he started her up the original hour meter still worked and read 48.6 hours.
It can be done.
It's more whether it's worth the cost of time - if you can part it out and make multiples of your purchase price (as it's super low hours on everything) then why plug so much into repairing what's really bad?
Sounds like what happened here back in the 60s Inna rock quarry. During the day they had a small puddle appear in one corner of the floor. They put a small pump in and everything went back to normal. The next morning when they came back they had over 60 feet of water. The last I heard every piece of equipment is still there but 150 under water, the small puddle went to an underground river.
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I am hoping that this one gets completed with more videos for a complete repair video series of what cheap buys at the auction can lead to. Really enjoyed the video. Even your nice new work truck required your expertise. Your skills are valuable, thank you for bringing me along with your work.
Glad to see you’re not working alone. Even better, it’s your son working with you, even if only today !!
"Guy went down to an auction". Some of my best work stories start that way.
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Enjoyed your video. Thanks for sharing. It was nice to see your son and you working together.
You do dam good work the way you do things it great
Such an awesome video series.
You still have the road grade kicking round your shop
Holy cow.....this ones going to be a fun one to watch if customer decides to fix it..
Wow auctions who new.. good to see your apprentice beavering away hope he will stick it out he will learn heaps.
Before they started selling the 50/50 blend mix, I used to mix 2/1. Always went a bit heavier on the antifreeze over the water, never had issues going that way.
Pending on how much someone wants to spend on an overhaul, with it being low hrs and a clean, it might be worth it to someone. Looking forward to seeing the rest of it. Cheers :)
Great video Warren ,I'm always learning from your videos.
Safe travels
Man that thing looks like i has been parked in a pond never seen one this bad good job good video keep up your great work!!!!!!!!!!!
Pretty cool spending the day on the job with your old man. It must be nice having help for once too!
I worked for a company we did erosion and land restoration. We had a job near Tahoe on US 50. Were a fire went through and was installing erosion control. Had a landing we left equipment parked. Some kids got the cat started and trided to push the equipment over the side of the mountin. Then let the cat go over down all the way into the river. And completely submerged it. Took a lot to retrive it and 3 days to cleat out all the water from everything. But we did get it running and working, and to be honest it ran better after.
Being an equipment mechanic in Oregon now and originally from California, yeah it doesn't get near cold enough. There might be a few day that get close but only high elevation and the low desert is more common
I want to thank you for teaching me how to rebuild cylinders!Your the man!!!!
Good job guys, thanks for the videos, who would of thought it .
They make breaker bars for a reason. I really like mine.
"Daisy" was running around here like her ass was on fire, and her head was catching... Oh my God! That was just to funny... Needed that...
Yea, mine did that too. I know it was antifreeze, but when the seal blew and bearing spun I drained it and it looked like water. I think the antifreeze gets pulled out and goes into the oil.
Looking forward to seeing the rest of this story. Thanks for the video.
They make a tool for your air hammer to adapt a socket and has flats for a wrench. Works great on those arnory bolts. Especially woks well on stainless that has been stretched.
I don't think I've ever been this excited too see a head come off
Well, I guess we know why such a good looking low hours machine got auctioned off. Hopefully you can get it up and running again.
I think the transmission and other cavities where water could get would be the determining factor of whether to fix it or not for me. If the engine is the only issue I think I'd fix it. He only has $5500 in it so if he fixes the engine and puts another 10k in it he still has a nice machine for under 16k. The electrical system would come into play though if it has been submerged. That can get expensive.
me and my dad just bought an old austin western motor grader at an auction that had been sitting in the same place for 25 years for 25 bucks. we spent a week and a half working on it. got it to turn over with the starter. got the injectors unstuck and got it running and today we got it driving and got all the hydraulics moving. next we have to get some usable tires on it and we are gonna call that good to drive home. clean it up a bit put some new paint on it change some hoses and a fresh coat of paint. then try to put it to work
I watched both of you fight with that flare nut, so I looked to see if anyone makes a swivel head line wrench, they do, I would think in places like you have there they might be a better option.
Really cool you having your son hanging with you! Man that is one messed up engine--and trans and axles etc. Seems like a huge waste of money to let that thing get water logged and just leaving it. unbelievable.
Good to see you have a helper. Doing things on your own makes you busier than a one armed paper hanger. And I am sure you are pretty beat up by the end of the day doing things by a yourself.
Wow! Speechless! Interested in seeing where it goes from here!
It pisses me off when I find just water in the cooling system, hope you can get it fixed! I bet you're correct, it ingested water through the intake system.
Howdie warren! Just happened to notice you had your impact on level 2 not 3 . I knew it sounded different than mine does on high. Great video as usual thanks for the awesome content as usual !!
Great video! Try a bigger battery on your gun next time and make sure the torque setting is on 3, I've accidentally hit the button before and turned it to wimp mode!
That’s funny how them long headbolts have enough twist and harmonics to keep them from twisting out. I have the same impact and have a 9amp hour battery on it and usually pretty impressive
Yea those milwaukees are insane. He was using a small battery on it which makes me think the impact wasnt being used to its full potential
If he just kept using the breaker bar it come out no problem
And I have already looked at your content, keep playing video games little boy, you are in a man's world snow flake.
Glad to see ya son following in ya footsteps as he is learning from a dam good Wrench Jockey
The knowledge you have is badass.
Nice Video Warn, It was very nice to see your son working with you today.
Glad I don't have to tell anyone how to take things apart anymore now I do it by myself life is great I used to rely on help to come in and do some of the work but you pay them too much and they expect more then you fire their ass and then you have no stress smartest thing in life is as a mechanic . to do the essential things to keep your bills paid always stay Sharp never intend on else to take something apart you have to worry all nite did they tighten it up the rods ??? self-reliance is key to a peaceful Life as a mechanic me and my crane get along great....
finally you not working alone love that keep it in the family
Aw, mang…. I had one of those. For “reasons” I’d ended up with a newish 720a, and old old 740, and a 730. We were going to trade the 740 on the 730, but they frankly offered an insulting trade in value. The 720 was really sweet to run in a small parking lot. Sadly, that one was the one to go in a round of down-sizing.
The only time you put pure water in a cooling system is to flush and back flush the system out, anti-freeze conatins not only corrosion inhibitors it helps lubricat the back seal of the water pump, nice to see Blake helping you out Warren.
I WOULD MAKE AN ATTEMPT TO CONTACT THE FISH AND GAME THAT WAS ASSIGNED THE GRADER TO GET THE BACKSTORY ON IT .. THAT MACHINE HAS GOT TO BE WORTH 25 TO 30K RUNNING WITH LOW HRS . CHECKING THE TRANS AND FINALS TO BE SURE THEY ARE GOOD THEN A COMPLETE OVERHAUL OF THE ENGINE THE OWNER WOULD STILL BE IN IT FOR SHORT MONEY...JUST MY THOUGHTS ...
need to get your self a adaptor 3/4 to 1/2 wow not good looking inside ya you should check everything that has oil in it front an rear axles gearboxes and hydro oil also great job I'm looking forward to the next vids on it
Thanks for sharing 👍🇦🇺🚜
Looks like the Milwaukee needs to be upgraded to the new 3/4in drive version.
Eduardo Rivera just put a bigger battery on it. 9.0 would give it much more power
Great vid, definitely need the right impact reducers and get a 3/4" or even 1" air gun on there.
I have seen this befor on Auto Auction Rebuilds there is a yellow 95 mustang that came from california, and ended up in Oklahoma copart, the same water and sludge came out of that thing, they changed the oil and started it up, it was because it sat trough multiple winters in copart. basicly it was engine condensation...imagine that, stuff u can learn on the internet. :- )
There ain’t nothing better then working with and teaching one of your kids !
Never mind getting a reducer for the Milwaukee, let them give it a full service with the amount you use it.
Do this for all your power tools on a rotation basis.
I see a large led inspection light being needed for Christmas..........by heck you deserve one
Glad to see your son working with you.
nothing beats good ole breaker bar
You and your boy seem to work well together. Has he been wrenching his whole life with ya?
When I was a kid many years ago we only used water and I lived where the temps could go down to zero. Just drained the rad when not in use. Commercial antifreeze was not readily available.
Looks like a build able 8.3 Cummins .With the clock on the seat base.
Nice I'm working on a 770 BH . The gear drive on the back of the engine to the transmission blew up
First time for me to see your mini me Blake. What is his chosen profession?
I was ready for the breaker bar to slip and see you go flying off the Grader... Been there and done that... no fun.., but funny.
Great to see that Blake is helping you! Do the farmers ever get preventive maintenance done on their machines? Seems like that they would benefit from someone checking over their machines.
Jim Wesselman some do their own but for the most part they really don’t do a lot of preventative maintenance. A lot of times they are doing their own scheduled services in house so it’s never getting a fresh set of eyes on it until a 3rd party is called in for repairs that the customer can’t do on their own. Which ironically is like you said, usually due to lack of maintenance.
That said most of these farms he’s working for aren’t small operations, they have employees just like other companies and having worked on equipment like this myself I know that the operators are often judged on productivity and aren’t about to be without their tractor or forklift unless they absolutely have to. There’s a lot a play.
Most small farming operations are pretty good about being on top of maintenance because it directly effects their pocketbooks when it breaks down so it behooves turns to take care of it and make it last also its usually the owner of the equipment is who is operating it and that has an effect as well. They are more likely to shut the machine they own down if it makes a funny noise or gets a warning light because it is their equipment.
Its very weird that you would think a Government Drpt mechanic would be up to speed and know what anti freeze does which is why I guess its better not to call it anti freeze in ads for the stuff here in Australia of course we mainly use it because modern aluminium alloy engines need an anti corrosive and lubrication of bearings and stopping rubber seals from hardening but also mainly here its to raise the boiling point but you would really think any mechanic would ask why all cars come with green red or blue stuff in their radiators alloy engines really need that anti corrosive but as usual a good video great to watch
If it has a frost-protection rig that automatically opens at low near-freezing temps to DUMP the coolant (like diesel locomotives do) then having just water in it makes sense. That way you're not risking pollution by antifreeze. It *can* cause damage to seals if they're using chlorinated water or some other variant of non-neutral coolant water but overall it's far far safer environmentally. If the unit is used near live water works then not having antifreeze in it is a requirement.
Ya Warren Milwaukee let me down a few times in my life. With headaches and the shits!! Get R done.
You're a great team.
That water is pretty clear to have come from a lake or flood. I suspect vandalism or a disgruntled employee. The air filter would have grass or debris in it if it took in pond water that way. Just my guess
I’ve spent some time wrenching on those champions nice machibes
I bet the trans and gear boxes are full of water to.
Ya, but I've had the same thing on 4020s, 5040s, etc. full of water and the gear box was just fine. Meaning full of water, drain, fill with fluid and 10 years later it's going strong.
And, a lovely boat anchor it is !
That boat anchor will be on a fire next year making 5-6 k a day.😄
The key to breaker bars tight spaces and 6 point sockets is once you've turned the bolt take the socket off the breaker bar and turn it 90 degrees then put the socket back on the breaker bar. rinse and repeat. I think you are correct though. This things been swamped. be interesting to see what you find in the rest of the power train and hydraulic system.
A new definition of water cooled.
It's ok to run strait water if you just put somthing back together to make sure it ain't leaking but after you find it's ok you should drain the water.
I have a 8.3 t/a 300 HP in my RV and I love mine also
your videos are great keep up the good work! also i noticed that you only had your impact in the second mode not the 3rd could be why it didn't take them head bolts off
look at eye level on seat stand where you climb in- guess they put it there so you can see as you enter cab
In Australia we call it coolant not anti freeze
Never freezes here so we call it coolant to make people realise it's not just for cold weather cars and it's very different to water, you actually have to use it
Maybe need to start that in the warmer US states
There was really bad flooding in Central California in early 2017. Could be this grader was sent to try and help and got overwhelmed or just was parked a spot that got flooded but normally wouldn't. You would think that was mentioned as part of the auction...really defines "Buyer Beware and Due Diligence" before bidding! Seems the New Owner was something of a prophet when he wrote BLOWN ENGINE on the side.
Champion road graders were made in Goderich, Ontario, Canada. The manufacturing and assembly plant was bought by Volvo, which ultimately closed the plant and moved manufacturing to the U.S.A. Now, I think the graders are made by a subsidiary of Volvo called S.D.L.G. in China, big surprise.
blub, blub Champion in a tube of water, oh joy are you going to have fun
Reminds me of the cars and equipment and even servers we'd see up north in '06 and '07 after Katrina. That crap would last about 6 months and die. Even if the mechanicals were flushed out pronto, the computers and electronics were soaked in saltwater. We used to call'em Katrina Cars.
Use the larger amp battery in the milwaukee.
Dilithium Crystals 2ah size are perfect for getting tin work off. Getting in behind stuff
@@CrusherFitter I agree, but the higher amp battery may have been able to loosen those head bolts. I use the 9amhr battery for the heavy lifting. Not too much it hasn't been able to crack open.
Your right about that. I commented before seeing the head bolt part. Would have helped no end. 👌🏻
@@captgrant that's what I use as well out on the farm. It will pull grain buggy tires of if your familure with them you know busting them lug nuts are like
I wouldn't have been surprised to see fish swimming around in those cylinders.
WOW - I want to see whats happening next on this ,What a shxt Abyss .
Great videos and DOGGIES!
Dang....you are right,definitely been under water.
Traded for a JD 450C some years back no rain cap set for many years only had 2 cylinders rusted up, I expected you would find something like that.
Gotta chase out the threads with a tap before assembly, it's just good practice.
I like that song that you have this called My Name Is Mud
It is fair to say that the machine hasn't had one careful owner! However, if its cost effective to put a recon engine and gearbox in it then the owner has a decent machine. It may be a good idea to check the axles too because water may have seaped in to the diff housings through the breathers because that machine has been submerged in a very deep puddle!
Warren, keep a eye on the setting on that Milwaukee ... It's not on the highest setting. Mine did that for awhile, or maybe I've just gotten in the habbit of checking it.... Holy crap that's a TON of water... Did they try and grade the ocean floor with it?
That is one jacked up engine....
Iv always seen state/government owned vehicles always have high hour that's why the low hr on this equipment catches me off guard
The thing I've noticed here where I live is the vehicles are ran to hell but the equipment is always in pristine condition with low hours, went to talking to a city inspector and his words "we buy the equipment for tax write offs, we rent out to spend the budget so we can be granted a bigger budget the following year. Once we sell the equipment for damn near full price, we do it all over again"
So many levers and switches
Please do a part 2 l want to see if you can save its life. I m guessing its been flooded in a river crossing differently not rain down the pipe.
All the impact from the gun was getting absorbed by the spring torsion in the long bolts. There's no substitute for a good old knuckle bar. Give me a big enough lever and I'll move the world ; )
What it has a cab and the engine is covered. That doesn’t make it a submarine.
DAMN! they must have pressure washed the hell out of that thing to get it to look that clean if it had been under that much water.
You need a Milwaukee 1 inch impact to remove those stubborn head bolts.
I thought damn that was a good deal and wouldn't have minded buying it also......... Until you pulled the head!!!
If the oil/water is emulsified, that means it ran with the water in the oil, bet the bottom end is junk or the cam bushings are spun....have to watch pt2 I guess!
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