Another awesome video Andrew. Here's what I like about your videos. You include all the problems that all of us men encounter when we try to do anything in our garage/shop when we tackle a project. A lot of people skip those parts in their RUclips videos like having to run home and get your bigger pressure washer or stirring up old grease. Problem solving is what you are all about and (at least for me) what makes this channel such a pleasure to watch. Keep up the good work!
This is an excellent point. He includes a lot of thinking, like, "Since I'm doing X, I figured I'll do Y and Z as well." It's always helpful to hear someone explain their thought process.
Been watching for a little while now. What I’ve noticed is, Andrew is like a pit bull on a chuck roast when it comes to repairs/modifications/standard maintenance on his equipment. He never fails to fix/correct a problem. This mindset carries over to any job I’ve seen him tackle here on you tube. I’d hire this guy in one second if I needed a service he provides. I enjoy this channel a lot. Thanks for these vids.
I've been doing electrical work for many years and have never thought about the "light in place of a fuse trick so you can find your short and save yourself a shitload of time" method. Thanks for the tip!!
use different lamps depending on the amp rating of the fuse. you don't want a lamp that exceeds the amp rating or you can let the smoke out of the wiring. about 1/4 to 1/3 the bulb amp draw verses fuse rating. is about right. so the wires don't get hot.
HOW TO FIND SHORT : HOOK UP A 50 AMP BATTERY CHARGER +&- AND WHATEVER CATCHES ON FIRE WAS THE PROBLEM! BRILLIANT! Im an electrician and never thought of tracing a short in the harness with a fog light.. Brilliant. Another thing I loved,
Wow, cool shot of the fuse blowing! That must've taken a few fuses to accomplish! Thanks for taking the time to get those detail shots. I think I need to order a test light for diagnostic stuff on my old boat.
That's one of the things I really like about Andrew's videos - he takes the time and effort to show different camera angles and shots - adds a whole new dimension to his shows. Very professional and entertaining.
fatb0tLP skip a test light, multi meters are $10 or free with a harbor freight coupon. Way more useful and precise than a light plus more functions and safer.
As an electrical and controls engineer of 45 years experience I commend your attitude towards the electrics. It is often unattended, dodgy electrics, that start fires.
Awesome fog light tip, didn't know that. I do disagree on soldering over crimping wire cable joints on high vibration machinery. The copper wires tend to break due to mechanical stress caused by vibration usually right next to the stiffened solder joints.
Wow, what an excellent excavator! I don’t know what I need it for but I want one for myself, I guess would just park it in my apparent complex and look at it 👍
I've just bought a KX 121-2 to do a house build project, only 5000! hours so hardly run in, best toy ever but very frustrating to watch when you see an experienced operator, must look like I'm having a fit trying to do a simple job LOL..
Nice Kubota and Yanmar! I used both occasionally here in Japan, love them. So reliable, can fit in any job site and transport in a pick up. Fyi, the skid/scraper up front has to be lowered every time (for stability) before doing anything or we get in big trouble.
It doesn't work like that. If you hook that light up to a battery then it has the potential for 700+ amps. But it doesn't receive 700 amps does it? V=IR. If you want to blow up a bulb, double its voltage.
The load determines the curciut amperage . Example ..your battery has the ability to supply up to 800 amps depending on the battery. That does not mean your headlights draw 800 amps. Applied voltage however will change the current through a fixed resistance .
It's a barbeque, what happened to the flag on the Castle of Camarata ? In the winter months you need to add some heat in your shop. Wood stove ? It's not like you don't have any firewood . Quick question how did you pick the name Levi for your dog ? He is such a loyal trooper that is always by your hard working side Andrew. You should do a live stream a top of your castle at night some time so all your fans can have a question and answer with you. Keep up the good work and thanks for posting your great video's.
He does not live in there. I don't heat my garage and i have spent hours in there. 10-15 F. You get use to it. But it makes you pee like crazy. Laying on a cold concrete floor.
Chris laplant laying on the concrete floor might be ok when your young, but as you age your back tightens up and you can get arthritis,I’m talking through experience. I need a heated shop now for the body to keep going👍
Love that hot pressure washer. I vote Andrew builds a “ Separate power wash station” with a concrete platform and the works to avoid all the water and mud at his front door. :-).
Want to relax ?? Well, set back and watch Andrew at work, something about how he does things just makes you feel like your right there with him.. & Levi.nice job.
I love the idea of putting a light into the fuse socket. I normally use my fuse tender but there’s no real time indicator except a faint clicking sound that the circuit is shorted
Hello Andrew, an electric door opener with remote on your shop will help save time, heat, and look cool installing it in a new video, we've seen your electrical prowess before. Go for it.
He was using the Lady Bug 125 steam cleaner, it wasn't enough. Changed over to the HydroLux 4400 DynoMax SuperScrubber Costs just a little more but well worth it.
Another great video and a new trick with the light. This is the first time I've seen you pet one of your dogs that follow you around on your jobs like your shadow. Well done.
Hi Andrew, really enjoy watching your videos, if I can make one small comment. When you use your rotary nozzle pressure washer always point your lance downwards before you start it up. It has a tear drop type of thing inside which rotates with in a ceramic body and by pointing it up that teardrop thing is blasted into the ceramic body and either brakes it or chips it. That's when you find it sticky. My 2 cents worth after many years working for Stihl. Keep up the good work 👍🏻
Crimps are fine. The problem is most use those crappy crimping tools (like a 6 in 1 tool). My favorite is a Klein (part# 1005SEN) for your standard butt splice, ring, spade crimp. About the only time I heat up a soldering iron is when I'm working/building a tube guitar amp. Good crimps are made by Thomas Betts and a few others.
Andrew, it happens quite often that I get repair jobs on DC systems. It's crazy how much trouble people have with it or don't understand it. You showed an excellent lesson in how it works, troubleshooting, and repair. I especially liked the fog light in the fuse panel. I always say soldering connections is much better than any crimp connection. Enjoy your videos greatly. I do a lot of the same work you do, and like you I learned most of my work from experience, not being taught. Keep up the good work man!
@@AndrewCamarata you're welcome. Thanks for the excellent videos. Even after many years doing this work, I still learn things. As for your skills at your job, man you're an artist with a dozer or excavator. Keep up the great work.
You should build yourself a wood heater or a forced air wood furnace. With all the wood that you have to haul off ya might as well heat your building with it.
Great work as always Andrew, Interested to see how this thing does in the summer when it's hot out, especially with all the glass on it. Looks like a good machine though. And man that hot water pressure washer you fixed with the spinning attachment does some good cleaning!. Also, I was waiting for that barrel to run out! Can't believe it's still that full after all the use you got out of it.
Andrew, I think I'm going to mix my grease even when I get one new, no one does that, the small happens to cartridges they separate all the time you have to keep them upright or they leak all it costs is a paint mixer. Thanks again you always come up with a great idea to do something I think that would be a great way to introduce cartridges into the barrel I can afford the cartridges I can't afford a barrel so, Thanks again
Man that hot pressure washer looks like it does a great job! I know you know your shit but becareful cutting overhead with a saw I was on a logging trip in Wyoming one time and a guy completely cut his arm off at the shoulder when he was cutting over his head.
Hi Andrew, Thanks for all of the wesome videos. I was wondering if you would do a video about your small dump truck? what engine and trans does it have? would you buy it again? would you recommed it for other folks who are getting in to grading? Thanks.
Another nice machine in the collection. Congrats. Like what you did with the Yanmar. It deserves it. It has been good to you so far. Again greetings from the lowlands
Great Videos Andrew, really learning a lot and I"ve been around. my advise from experience is quit jumping off your equipment when You exit, your killing your legs and back, PS bought one of your shirts off Ebay so when I get it I"ll be ready to go to work for You.
andy you may not have the best of everything but you sure do take good care of what you have , i know guys thaty have hundreds od thousands in vested and don't ever take care of there shit, good for you and thanks for sharing brother
Hahahahaha. When you went to the big guns on the pressure washer 😂 Be careful with that type of nozzle. I used one to clean my zero turn mower one time. Oops. Took every sticker off and in areas where the paint had chipped, it peeled even more paint off. Plus, jacked up the deck belt 😱
Another awesome video Andrew. Here's what I like about your videos. You include all the problems that all of us men encounter when we try to do anything in our garage/shop when we tackle a project. A lot of people skip those parts in their RUclips videos like having to run home and get your bigger pressure washer or stirring up old grease. Problem solving is what you are all about and (at least for me) what makes this channel such a pleasure to watch. Keep up the good work!
Dan Ponjican That bigger pressure washer sounded like an airplane engine.
This is an excellent point. He includes a lot of thinking, like, "Since I'm doing X, I figured I'll do Y and Z as well." It's always helpful to hear someone explain their thought process.
Agreed. Very few projects go through without a hitch. But the hitch is part of the project and Andrew shows all the hitches.
and us few women too Dan, but you’re excused.
@@Poppi2006 How is working that dirty?? I am never going buy lowes no more ?
When I'm feeling lazy, I just watch a video by Andrew and POOF ... I feel like I've accomplished something.
One in a Million
Just think how much you could accomplish if you binge watched all of Andrews videos this weekend. 😉
@@Crewsy I'd be too exhausted from watching all that work!
@@samringwald LOL
Yeah. Watching this is a great accomplishment during this lockdown due to the corona virus.
Because you know he is happy and that makes you happy
You make me want to buy an excavator!!
Lol
Same here. XD
I bought one last fall cause of Andrew love his videos
I bought one just so I can do these things to it. It's fun, but he makes it look sooo easy!
i just bought a 3,8t as well :D
Been watching for a little while now. What I’ve noticed is, Andrew is like a pit bull on a chuck roast when it comes to repairs/modifications/standard maintenance on his equipment. He never fails to fix/correct a problem. This mindset carries over to any job I’ve seen him tackle here on you tube. I’d hire this guy in one second if I needed a service he provides. I enjoy this channel a lot. Thanks for these vids.
I've been doing electrical work for many years and have never thought about the "light in place of a fuse trick so you can find your short and save yourself a shitload of time" method. Thanks for the tip!!
use different lamps depending on the amp rating of the fuse. you don't want a lamp that exceeds the amp rating or you can let the smoke out of the wiring. about 1/4 to 1/3 the bulb amp draw verses fuse rating. is about right. so the wires don't get hot.
I thought that was pretty kewl too...will be using that myself :)
Might be able to get away with LED since the voltages and amps are very low....?
@@BarnStangz LEDs won't work.. they do not pass current thru like a filament type bulb.. LEDs are diodes.. Light Emitting Diode
Thanks Wayne, yeah, I didn't think of that... Good thing I still have some old lights around...
Great video. The Pup Levi at the end was awesome !!
Best day of the week for my grandson and I when this weeks Andrew videos comes out . Next program milling wood .
Thanx for the tip Andrew, you just taught this old guy something....
1000 views in 15 minutes in the middle of the night not bad Andrew those are some Hardy fans
32k in two hours scottey74.
@offgridnorthwest: thought about different time zones around the globe?
Ibiza Calling thank you for stating that
Andrews subscribers span the globe. No such thing as the middle of the night everywhere at once.
Or they’re British like me
HOW TO FIND SHORT : HOOK UP A 50 AMP BATTERY CHARGER +&- AND WHATEVER CATCHES ON FIRE WAS THE PROBLEM! BRILLIANT!
Im an electrician and never thought of tracing a short in the harness with a fog light.. Brilliant. Another thing I loved,
Every time I watch your videos I learn something new. +1
Gotta admire a guy that works in weather that even the grease is frozen up!
Wow, cool shot of the fuse blowing! That must've taken a few fuses to accomplish! Thanks for taking the time to get those detail shots. I think I need to order a test light for diagnostic stuff on my old boat.
That's one of the things I really like about Andrew's videos - he takes the time and effort to show different camera angles and shots - adds a whole new dimension to his shows. Very professional and entertaining.
fatb0tLP skip a test light, multi meters are $10 or free with a harbor freight coupon. Way more useful and precise than a light plus more functions and safer.
As an electrical and controls engineer of 45 years experience I commend your attitude towards the electrics.
It is often unattended, dodgy electrics, that start fires.
Dude your work motivates me a lot.
Greetings from Germany!
dude so rad
man awesome
These little Kubota diggers are excellent. They’re really popular here in Australia. Thanks for the maintenance tips 👍🏼
That sound of that big pressure washer reminds me of some world war 2 air plane action movies :)
It’s got one of those spin nozzles on it
Those are called turbo nozzles. They work really well and I believe harbor freight Carrie's them or look on line
For God’s sake, this channel will just make you feel good. The kids a workaholic!
10,000 hours really, dame you have all the luck finding great older equipment.
I love how the old light was 9n fire and all he said was “ let’s give it more amps” 🤣🤣🤣
I think that kubota has become his new favorite.. enclosed cab.. heat.. hydraulic thumb... stylin!!!!
The steam pressure washer is epic. Really cuts the grease and grime. Nice new tool.
Awesome fog light tip, didn't know that.
I do disagree on soldering over crimping wire cable joints on high vibration machinery. The copper wires tend to break due to mechanical stress caused by vibration usually right next to the stiffened solder joints.
Once its shrink tubed it wont break.
Wow, what an excellent excavator! I don’t know what I need it for but I want one for myself, I guess would just park it in my apparent complex and look at it 👍
I've just bought a KX 121-2 to do a house build project, only 5000! hours so hardly run in, best toy ever but very frustrating to watch when you see an experienced operator, must look like I'm having a fit trying to do a simple job LOL..
The grease gun - a staple of Andrew's videos :)
I'm gonna use the fuse light trick, thanks.
Nice Kubota and Yanmar! I used both occasionally here in Japan, love them. So reliable, can fit in any job site and transport in a pick up. Fyi, the skid/scraper up front has to be lowered every time (for stability) before doing anything or we get in big trouble.
15:42
*20A circuit light on fire from getting 50A*
"Right there, there's our short"
LOL Ya ~
It doesn't work like that. If you hook that light up to a battery then it has the potential for 700+ amps. But it doesn't receive 700 amps does it?
V=IR. If you want to blow up a bulb, double its voltage.
@@TheMetalButcher what you said and also: didn't he set the max amps much lower before cranking it up?
Who needs a continuity tester when you have glowing red wire?
The load determines the curciut amperage . Example ..your battery has the ability to supply up to 800 amps depending on the battery. That does not mean your headlights draw 800 amps. Applied voltage however will change the current through a fixed resistance .
Watching with my three year old! He is absolutely fascinated, and was asking me to “play a video of the guy that fixes equipment!” This morning.
That powered thumb is really nice on that model. The enclosed cab is less-nice in Texas, though
It's a barbeque, what happened to the flag on the Castle of Camarata ? In the winter months you need to add some heat in your shop. Wood stove ? It's not like you don't have any firewood . Quick question how did you pick the name Levi for your dog ? He is such a loyal trooper that is always by your hard working side Andrew. You should do a live stream a top of your castle at night some time so all your fans can have a question and answer with you. Keep up the good work and thanks for posting your great video's.
@Matt P a wood stove, maybe a waste oil burner. It's not like he doesn't do oil changes on all of his equipment.
Matt P I don’t think patriotic porn gets it..........
Andrew has a torpedo heater, seen it in past videos
He does not live in there. I don't heat my garage and i have spent hours in there. 10-15 F. You get use to it. But it makes you pee like crazy. Laying on a cold concrete floor.
Chris laplant laying on the concrete floor might be ok when your young, but as you age your back tightens up and you can get arthritis,I’m talking through experience. I need a heated shop now for the body to keep going👍
very interesting on how you checked for a short using a light and plugged it into the fuse box,
Love that hot pressure washer. I vote Andrew builds a “ Separate power wash station” with a concrete platform and the works to avoid all the water and mud at his front door. :-).
Want to relax ?? Well, set back and watch Andrew at work, something about how he does things just makes you feel like your right there with him.. & Levi.nice job.
I love the idea of putting a light into the fuse socket. I normally use my fuse tender but there’s no real time indicator except a faint clicking sound that the circuit is shorted
Ahhhh welcome to the heated cab, hydraulic thumb and the purring of the Bota.
Liked it before it started
Haven't seen a bad one yet Bejay Flannery.
Hello Andrew, an electric door opener with remote on your shop will help save time, heat, and look cool installing it in a new video, we've seen your electrical prowess before. Go for it.
That Kubota sure would look nice with a coat of new orange paint :)
Its a little faded, its not rusty though.
He was using the Lady Bug 125 steam cleaner, it wasn't enough. Changed over to the HydroLux 4400 DynoMax SuperScrubber Costs just a little more but well worth it.
That hot water pressure washer is a beast.
Levi and Sadie are really happy kicking around with you!
to think I missed watching the view for this! guaranteed the best entertainment of the day.
The angle sawing that tree didn't look good but we trust you. Dixonville, Oregon, again, solutes you. Sweetie likes the Kubota.
Another great video and a new trick with the light. This is the first time I've seen you pet one of your dogs that follow you around on your jobs like your shadow. Well done.
Hi Andrew, really enjoy watching your videos, if I can make one small comment. When you use your rotary nozzle pressure washer always point your lance downwards before you start it up. It has a tear drop type of thing inside which rotates with in a ceramic body and by pointing it up that teardrop thing is blasted into the ceramic body and either brakes it or chips it. That's when you find it sticky. My 2 cents worth after many years working for Stihl. Keep up the good work 👍🏻
I like your method of fault finding.
Andrew, This is a GREAT video and very informative, thank you for teaching me a couple things I can use in the future!!!
Crimps are fine. The problem is most use those crappy crimping tools (like a 6 in 1 tool). My favorite is a Klein (part# 1005SEN) for your standard butt splice, ring, spade crimp. About the only time I heat up a soldering iron is when I'm working/building a tube guitar amp. Good crimps are made by Thomas Betts and a few others.
Andrew, it happens quite often that I get repair jobs on DC systems. It's crazy how much trouble people have with it or don't understand it. You showed an excellent lesson in how it works, troubleshooting, and repair. I especially liked the fog light in the fuse panel. I always say soldering connections is much better than any crimp connection. Enjoy your videos greatly. I do a lot of the same work you do, and like you I learned most of my work from experience, not being taught. Keep up the good work man!
Thanks
@@AndrewCamarata you're welcome. Thanks for the excellent videos. Even after many years doing this work, I still learn things.
As for your skills at your job, man you're an artist with a dozer or excavator. Keep up the great work.
@@repairrestoreandrebuild8974 ok. Editing new content right now.
This was good.....loved the charger/fire maker......
You should build yourself a wood heater or a forced air wood furnace. With all the wood that you have to haul off ya might as well heat your building with it.
Kubota are the best. Well built and reliable
Ironically the dirtiest thing around is the pressure washer itself.
Awesome video and you saved the best for last, go Levi . He is the cherry on top of it all.
Nice job with the lamp , connected to the fuse holder, you are very wise for your age.
Should make a stone bbq pit / camp fire pit look good at your place.
Great work as always Andrew, Interested to see how this thing does in the summer when it's hot out, especially with all the glass on it. Looks like a good machine though. And man that hot water pressure washer you fixed with the spinning attachment does some good cleaning!. Also, I was waiting for that barrel to run out! Can't believe it's still that full after all the use you got out of it.
Where I live (Tennessee) you are not allowed to burn anything to clear land. Didn't know NY let you do that until I started binging on your videos.
I like the smoke method of finding shorts, agree totally don't just bump up for fuse. I wonder who does not like these videos?
Brilliant detective work.
Thanks. Great video. I have an old truck with electrical shorts. Think I’ll set it on fire 🔥
I can't get enough of this channel. Keep up the good work. Looking forward to the 2019 work season.
There is nothing like a hot water pressure washer that has the power (and sound) of an airplane. You just fly through the job at hand. (Pun intended).
"Give it more Amps" :D My favourite channel :D
I have a Kubota Excavator and a tractor with a loader I like them both we're quite reliable not bad equipment
It looks like that hydraulic thumb gives you a lot more control.
Pressure washing something that dirty is so satisfying
With your skills and patience you buy some of these unloved units and do some refurbishment work and and resell them for slightly more then you paid.
you'll take the paint off with that whirlybird attachment
1 hour and already over 5,300 views!!!! Amazing!! I love the longer videos!
that yanmar looks so new, clean and yellow...…. thanks for petting Levi for me :) you should end your future videos hugging Levi.
Your grease bucket looks like Jackson Pollock painting.
This guy is the answer to covid lock down.
Looks like a good machine!. I'm glad for you!.
Andrew, I think I'm going to mix my grease even when I get one new, no one does that, the small happens to cartridges they separate all the time you have to keep them upright or they leak all it costs is a paint mixer. Thanks again you always come up with a great idea to do something I think that would be a great way to introduce cartridges into the barrel I can afford the cartridges I can't afford a barrel so, Thanks again
Always great to see Levi.
love watching his vids over n over it's fun
"More amps!!!" Crying and dying!
Man that hot pressure washer looks like it does a great job! I know you know your shit but becareful cutting overhead with a saw I was on a logging trip in Wyoming one time and a guy completely cut his arm off at the shoulder when he was cutting over his head.
grease is the cheapest preventative maintance tool you can own
Can we have a video about the dog, like just the dog, he seems like he knows his way around some machines too
There is a video for his birthday that is all about him and his friends.
Andrew, you god of diagnostic! Hi from Russia! :)
Awesome video Andrew!
Hi Andrew, Thanks for all of the wesome videos. I was wondering if you would do a video about your small dump truck? what engine and trans does it have? would you buy it again? would you recommed it for other folks who are getting in to grading? Thanks.
Its a 1987 with the Ford 7.8 diesel, Allison automatic. Yes, that's a very good truck.
Your Yanmar is going to have a hissy fit!
Is there anything you cant fix ? and where and when do you learn all this stuff ? you are awesome !
Another nice machine in the collection. Congrats.
Like what you did with the Yanmar. It deserves it.
It has been good to you so far. Again greetings from the lowlands
Hola guapo 😘 tan trabajador e inteligente Q eres te felicito saludos desde santiago de Chile 🇨🇱
Great Videos Andrew, really learning a lot and I"ve been around. my advise from experience is quit jumping off your equipment when You exit, your killing your legs and back, PS bought one of your shirts off Ebay so when I get it I"ll be ready to go to work for You.
Good solid mechanic'in, still can't believe the deal you got on that Kubota, does the heat and air work?
Robert Costales heat works.
What if you run out of that cool blue stuff. That would be hell
andy you may not have the best of everything but you sure do take good care of what you have , i know guys thaty have hundreds od thousands in vested and don't ever take care of there shit, good for you and thanks for sharing brother
Your content just keeps getting better and better Andrew! I hope you shot video of the Yanmar restoration 😉
That steam washer is that a spitfire engine on it? It's definitely got some poke🤔😂😷keep on doing it Andrew! From BIGMICK IN THE UK 🇬🇧👍😷
Hahahahaha. When you went to the big guns on the pressure washer 😂
Be careful with that type of nozzle. I used one to clean my zero turn mower one time. Oops. Took every sticker off and in areas where the paint had chipped, it peeled even more paint off. Plus, jacked up the deck belt 😱
Also when using that type of nozzle when you first pull the trigger make sure to have it pointed down or you can break the ceramic insert inside it.
Rick Janisse yes sir 👍
Instant like.
Thanks for sharing your vidoes...great companion dog.
Nice machine hope it is a great one for you!