70 Year Old Blackhawk Hydraulic Jack Restoration
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ค. 2019
- Restoration of a 70 year old Blackhawk hydraulic bottle jack.
This is their 5 ton model, in Blackhawk red, although there was almost no paint left on it. According to the Blackhawk tool catalogs I was able to find, this jack was manufactured right around 1949.
The restoration took about 20 hours not including video. Lots of very difficult to remove parts on this one. I made the handle because it needed one but I don't believe these jacks were ever sold with a handle.
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THE DECAL: Yes, you're correct, it's crooked. Hard to work around a camera sometimes. Literally "around" a camera. I didn't notice it until after the video was posted. SO, I've soaked it off and replaced it with a straighter decal :) Check out the instagram post for August 2 for a photo of the newer, straighter (used a t-square) decal. Thanks for watching!
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I like this guy, none of the other restoration channels have the balls to take on this intricate of a project
OK, so far my favorite comment yet! LOL
I'm not sure if you've seen handtoolrescue? This guys pretty good though. Apart from the lathe work, that was a little messy. I know it's only a Clevis pin but eh.
Check out mymechanics channel, that's pretty much hardcore restoration with a lot of hints, tips and tricks!
lolwut? Ive seen so many more complicated restorations then this...idk what you're talking about. (not tryna take away from ACME's work though.)
Intricate? This is child’s play.
And again you've triggered so many memories of my dad and my grandpa's (dad's dad) garage. I know gramps had one, saw dad use it. Maybe I'll get lucky and find it also.....
Your restorations have me regretting not spending more time with my dad and learning all he knew.
Thank you
Very good thorough job. I have some vintage Blackhawk tools, so it's good to see someone else saving and restoring them.
Love. Them!
Great job! One small tip to help save rounded nuts and bolt heads AND scraped knuckles: Please use your adjustable spanner (wrench) correctly. The first two uses shown during disassembly had the spanner the wrong way round. You should ensure the moving jaw is on the "bottom" in relation to the direction of rotation, the opposite to how you used it. This helps lock the sliding jaw onto the nut or bolt and reduces the chance of slippage.
I really enjoy your videos. As a former mechanic, tinkerer, McGyver guy with a garage full of tools, I have a solid tip for you.
Berryman’s ChemDip. Get rid of the acetone. It’s a waste of time. Berryman’s is amazing. For over 30 years, I keep a can of it, with the parts basket, in my garage at all times. It lasts for years. Put all your parts in the basket lower it into the can, seal it up, and leave it alone for about 1-2 days.
Rinse the parts with water and dry.
AMAZING stuff.
Thanks! I love pro tips. I will give it a try. I've got a bench can that I used with acetone; I'll change it up.
Very nice work!
I can hear my old machine shop instructor yelling now..."you're using that adjustable wrong! Do you wanna buy a new one?" He was a stickler for the tiny details and 'proper use'.
Thank you for sharing!
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841 people don't appreciate craftsmanship and hard work, Cheers to you mate!!
I forgot to tell ya that this restoration was awesome! It makes me want to work on my jacks but I don't have all the tools that you have. I use all my jacks for changing truck and farm tires. My guys destroy jacks fairly quick. But, they use them every day and all day! I hate the new bottle jacks because they do not last very long. The one company I have had good success with is Lincoln but that was 15 years ago that I bought a rolling 20 ton air jack. Paid $600 for it in the early 2000's and the 1st job i used it on the wheel blew up and knocked 3 of the 4 springs off of it. That stinking wheel was one of the drop center wheels. Better know as a widowmaker! Luckily, I had bolted the front tire back on and only had 10 lbs psi in the tire when I bolted it back on. I checked the tire at 80 psi. The tire called for 85 psi. Mr. Perfect (me) just had to get it exactly to 85.0 and it blew up at approx 83 psi. It tore the brake lines off the truck and messed up a $600 floor jack. Anyway, great video and I could watch this all day long! The bottle jack looks amazing at the end and I wish I had one of those. I would use it as my personal jack! I bet it would last 30 years!
My dad had one exactly like it. He never used it for anything though. It just sat in the garage between the wall studs never moving like a small metal creature that came in from the cold and never left. I'll bet it's still there after 50 years.
Nice video, great to see people still opriciate the old stuff! Keep up the good werk!
I just randomly happened upon one of these restoration videos and now I can't stop binge watching them. 😯
I know the feeling!
Fantastic restoration on this Blackhawk Hydraulic Jack !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
70yrs old looks fresh out of the box now great work
I repaired many of these jacks, when I owned a hydraulic repair shop. During my first year of Fluid Power Training they taught us how to repair jacks, port a powers and other components. This was a fun video but didn't cover the replacement of the seals and packing which is probably the most important part of the rebuild. All sealing surfaces need to be inspected for wear and damage. The entire unit needed to be cleaned in a parts washer then blown clean with compressed air. This unit was in good shape before he started. I worked in farm country so you get a jack that has dried cow manure on it. Then you have a job. I did like the video. After market kits and parts are available for this model. No need to make a clevis pin when you can get them at the hardware store. the packing nut seal comes in the seal kit.
Really nice work on the ton jack, simple yet powerful tool.
Im glad somebody in these restoration videos has a blast cabinet. I’m so tired of these guys with fifty steps of degreasing electrolysis for the rust removal and then more cleaning steps and then they still need a paint remover. Damn just degrease it and blast it. I’ve had a glass bead cabinet for thirty years and it’s paid for it’s self a million times over. I gets everything so clean fast and a perfect finish to lay primer and paint on.
This is awesome! I'm a hydraulic mechanic I do this every day, but most of the stuff I see is newer(within 40 years). I have come across some 50's steering booster hydraulic cylinders, though. That is always fun! We dont restore to showroom quality. We restore to working condition because everything we work on is going back to work. Great video! Oh, and btw, hydraulic jacks in that style are built the same way today. If you ever decide to do this again, I could get seals for you on anything you aren't familiar with!
Where were you when I needed you? :) Thanks for the comment!
When my dad passed about 30 years ago I got a Blackhawk jack just like this one that I played with when I was a little kid. It leaked and was working poorly so ai took it into a local hydraulics shop and the fixed me up with new leather cups and seals. Long before TH-cam it was surprisingly easy to disassemble and repair on my own. I never got around to painting it, but it still works like new. Thanks for the video!
Watching a Jack get restored, should not be this exciting. But yet i seemingly enjoyed it very much! Blast booths and lathe work, just ring a song in men. Like green lawns and waxed cars. LOL great video man. Thank you
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There is something deeply satisfying about restoring old neglected things.
Nice that you name some of the parts. I like that. And you need to have the tools. No problem there. Great workman ship.
Thank you!
Amazing work - that jack looks incredible.
And your camera angles and close ups made it especially fun to watch!
Looks like a ton of work -- good on you for getting to the end!
Five tons of work
Papi Uuhmelmehahay there it is!
@@PapiDoesIt Nice one
Great job!!!
It took a ton of work but it gives you 5x the work in return.
That was so good to watch! It's amazing what you can do on a lathe. Beautiful work!
Your metal work is beautiful
Thank you so much 😀
Great job ready for another 100 years.
Great job,,,. Love watching old tools getting a new life... Keep up the good work....
I’d almost be afraid to use it, wouldn’t want to get it greasy again lol... Great job!
It is great to watch someone do a job with the correct tools
I could watch your restoration videos all day. Thank you for these therapeutic pieces!
That knurled handle was the icing on the cake! So good!
Totally intense! Great work! Thanks for your patience in making this video!
Another brilliant rescue of a part of our industrial history! Great job, love the pinky red colour too! Might be just my iPad colour! Ha ha
Some things never cease to amaze me. Upwards of five million views of a guy cleaning up an old bottle jack. We must be a bored country. Wish some of these views went to things that matter. And yes, I watched the whole thing too. Cheers all. : )
Think how shocked I am! :)
I appreciate the extra work you put in to making the handle. Nicely done 🍺
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I see so many restoration vloggers that are wasting so much time by sanding/brushing/ picking/ and scratching waste from detailed structures. If the crap comes loose by a spraycan or paste, i would recomend a hotwater high pressure washer. saves a lot of time
Personally i just chuck such items in the dishwasher, full heavy duty cycle, extra scoop of dishwashing powder... & yes i have a dishwasher setup in my workshop after the time my partner-ette went incandescent over me using the one in the kitchen.
The coolest thing was that it was functioning at the beginning of the project, 70 years after being manufactured
Well done sir. It's fantastic to see tools like this restored instead of just thrown away.
Real jack, and a great restore job
Very nice restoration.
Making parts with a lathe! There is a very technique.
What a nice design for something made in the 1940''s! It looks better than it probably looked new! Great job!
Blackhawk tools always had really cool design. You should check out the 'Zeppelin' toolbox from that era. Amazing.
I have never thought a piston jack could be re-built to look and work perfectly!!
70 years old and still works before restoration? Tools will never be the same
I have 40 year old jack. From USSR (today Russia). For GAZ-24 VOLGA
Great job. I have one that my father said came with a 1947 Dodge truck.He said when they told him to scrap the truck, he remembered the jack behind the seat, so he liberated it before scraping the truck.
I admire the person tackling the job of restoring this little jack .
The original ram cup was made from leather, the wiper seal at the gland nut should have been an o ring with a felt backup ring , the canister should have had a coat of Indian head sealer on each end before torqueing down the gland nut , and last but not least the release valve screw should have had a rope packing under the nut .
I hope it doesn't leak fluid !
The original ram cup was Buna-n (acrylonitrile butadiene rubber)
Amazing detail and description. Thank you
Nice job, you have a great shop
great restoration, and excellent fabrication skills!
He certainly understands the beauty of restoration... very high mechanical apptitude !!!
Amazing to see how complicated a simple jack is
Back when things we're actually built well and made to last.
Good for another 70 years..
Why are these vids so satisfying? Idek what I'm watching.
But i like when things get clean. It fills me with joy
Me gusto como quedo.
Valia la pena recuperar ese gato.
Aca en Panamá le decimos gato hidraulico.
Felicidades buen trabajo.
Saludos desde Panamá.
Awesome job.... Thanks for sharing!!
I watched the whole thing, One old jack from dead, back to life, good for another 25 years..Thanks
Excellent job
Great restoration
Dunno why, but I find these videos so relaxing to watch..
kaxitaksi literally watching this before bed.
Wow ... Nice Job! I have one similar that could stand for an overhaul. I've tried several sessions with PB Blaster and a torch to free up the rusted in extension screw, to no avail. It'll be project # 1,722 on my to-do list.
Try equal parts acetone and automatic transmission fluid. I've been told it's the best penetrant out there.
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Fantastic restoration, a very enjoyable video thank you.
All that’s left is a nice strong canvass bag. Great restoration.
Impact screwdrivers have saved my day more than once!
Superb lesson in showing some love to the elderly. Kudo's
The inventor of the impact driver is a great hero!
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The handle looks pretty. I have a 1.5 ton jack and the handle is like the pipe he started out with. One end is knurled for about six inches the other end has two "J" shaped slots. The longer end of the slot is deep enough so the pins on the release valve don't engage the hook portion of the "J". When the handle is slide into the pump sleeve far enough and slightly turned it can engage and hook the crossbar at the end of the sleeve. This allows the operator to maneuver the jack without crawling under the vehicle. Keep the pipe hollow, the lighter the handle the easier it is to rapidly jack the jack.
I've actually got one of these in my garage, still working fine
Yeah, they don't make em like they used to! It's why I like restoring old tools. Thanks for watching.
Muito bem caprichado nota 10 👏👏👏👍🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
THE HANDLE WITH THE KNURLED HANDLE WAS THE BEST PART FOR ME---SUPERB!!!!
GOOD STUFF and THANK YOU Because of this video, I will restore and fix one of my grandfather's bottle jacks I got when he passed on to the big tool shed in the sky!!!!
Man it wasn’t easy rebuilding that jack but you sure left it like new. Great job!😃
Nice, my Dad worked for Blackhawk /Applied Power in the 70's and 80's
Love the care you take on your items
You have restored this tool very professionally.
I have what I believe to be a 2 ton version of that, seemingly in fairly good condition. Have had it for some 55 years and the extension tube still works. Nice to know how to service the unit. By now probably requires a minimum of oil change.
Is it the "Tourist" model? Those came with a tube. Pretty cool jack.
I reckon that piston seal would leak
When loaded. I have an o ring splicing kit in imperial and metric, it’s pretty handy. Perfect for this!
For tighter longer lasting homemade O-Rings, Gaskets, or Plumbing type packing, you cut the material at a 45` deg. angle at the butt ends. This gives slightly more surface area where the ends are butted together, as well as providing some sliding room completing good a seal.
I did.
A jack of all trades, well done.
Well done from subscriber #27! Keep up the good work!
Hi 👋👋👋very very good restoration 👍👍👍
Thanks.
Lovely piece of work. I love hearing the workshop sounds instead of chintzy music. Would have like to see the jack under a true pressure test.
I love restoring stuff like this. It’s no way worth the time and effort that goes into it, financially. But, the sense if accomplishment, and restoring something to it’s former glory is very personally rewarding. IMHO
79 year's old? Thanks Brow 🎁✨🐗📒💙
I love how you can just make your own parts. I wish I had learned to do that
2:27 "I'll have to make a new one." Who do you think you are, My Mechanics? :-) 10:13 Yup, you are!
Very nice restoration!
It was hard not to type "I make new one" in the text.. :) Thanks for watching.
@greyhaze ind way less time to make one than to drive the marine supply that has decent clevis pins.
Now it’s ready for another 70 years.. 👍🏻
This is just SO satisfying to watch! Bringing both life and beauty back to the jack ;-)
Assembly lube! Don't put the new packings in dry! Looks like the pump seal is seeping a bit too. I'd jack something up and see if anything leaks or if the jack leaks down. Enjoyed the vid.
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Yeah. That homecut o-ring without gluing the ends together had me concerned. I forget what type glue we used, but back in my HHO days, we'd make seals for the cases. You'd buy it in a roll from MasterMcarr.
Hello, I'm from Thailand, I like your video.
Got interrupted in the middle of the video,had to come back and watch it all.
Excellent work.
Thanks for the video.
Thanks for coming back!
I have a Blackhawk very similar in looks. It's around 43 years old. Got it new and it did come with a handle. Very simple but functional handle. I have newer jacks but none can compete with the Blackhawk! Very nice job, came out great!
They had a few models that came with handles. I modeled mine after the handle that came with a jack they called "The Tourist". Thanks for watching.
Bet the bottle jacks you get from harbor freight won't be around in 70 years.
Well Done. Cheers!
you make some really cool videos
yes, really..👍👍👍
Very nice job! I was getting a "My Mechanics" vibe there for a while... excellent work on making replacement pieces! Thanks for posting.
Historical tool. Congratulations!
If I had my life over again I would be an engineer. Wonderful.
If I had my life over again I would be a lawyer. Ex Engineer.
If I had my life again I would be a pizza man. ex physicist
I’d be a sanitary guy, love the smell.
If I had my life to live over....I would live over a delicatessen!
нормально, мне понравилось )
желаю удачи в развитии канала )
стоит задумать о применении порошковой краски
ни хуя не поменялось как наши домкраты были так и будут
А, я не очень понял , зачем ..? Столько труда на подготовку , покраску .. ,а при сборке применил какие то резанные манжеты . Теперь этот бомкрат только в ветрину поставить . Очень красиво , а функцыонала ноль . Хотел увидеть какие ремкомплекты применяют ... не увидел .)
Very delicate work, please keep on posting more videos.
I can already tell I'm gonna like this channel. Earned yourself a subscriber!
very good video
I have a hydraulic jack like that,
and it works very well
I didn't know they were so old
Very nice! Your video brought back memories of my days working in the machine shop at Bucyrus Erie.
Another amazing job. Love the Blackhawk decal, looks better than the nameplate.