Fixing a bent Hydraulic Bucket Ram on the $500 David Brown 990
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.ย. 2024
- Slowly working my way through all the little issues on the db990 tractor I picked up last week. The bucket cylinder wasn't retracting due to a big curve in the rod so I built a makeshift press around it and straightened it out.
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall bend this hydraulic rod back into shape! Well done, Archimedes!
Marty, love your videos. You remind me of a younger version of my self. Being raised on a farm with little money for equipment, you learned how to do repairs yourself. You made do with what you had and how to do work around repairs. This has served me well in my 70 years. Some would say I would never have an old $500 tractor, but why pay 20 or 30 thousand dollars for tractor when a $500 will get the job done !!! Love from the USA.
A shop would have asked more than you paid for that tractor for that job, good on ya Marty!
THE OLD "PUMP JACK" TRICK WORKS EVERYTIME!!! GOOD JOB MARTY. YOU NEED TO STICK AROUND SO YOU CAN SHOW THE YOUNG BUCK'S HOW IT'S DONE!!🇺🇲👍
The 2x4 as a straight edge and bottle jack repair on a tractor you literally recovered from a field sold me.
Good Job :) after you reseal the cylinder, turn the shaft 180 Degrees so the small amount of bend is now on the other side, you should not have any more problems after that.
I learn a lot from you, but the comments are a close second. I mightily respect your can do attitude, keep up the good work and I'll keep watching and learning.
The old David Brown
Had a bend in it’s dauber.
That impossible work
Makes Marty T slobber.
Out came the jack.
Rated at ten tons.
Looks like old Marty’s
About to have fun.
One angle iron
Just wouldn’t do.
Out to the scrap pile-
Back with number two.
The jack’s mighty pressure,
That did the trick.
Picked up the four wheeler.
Man, that works slick!
Nice work my friend. Thanks for the fun! 🤠
Good poem, love it.
So lessons are learned,
Use some iron to make a press.
Keep yourself at a distance, (covid pun)
And you don't make a mess!
No sweat, just some iron,
And some pumping will do.
Yet another trick from Marty,
A shelter vid brought to you! (covid-a-licous)
Good equipment is hard to come by these days. Modern machines aren't built for the long haul. Twenty or thirty years ago they were made for it. Keep up the good work. May they always find themselves in capable hands like yours.
Thanks Lynne, yes it is a well made old workhorse
Marty you're my type of guy. Always busy in the yard giving those old relics a new chance of life. No good thing goes to waste. Great job Sir. You gives us inspiration to carry on. Thanks Mate.
You're a bloody legend. Love the bushman's level, accurate within two cans of larger and a cheese roll. 😁
Still can't believe how well this 'spares or repairs' tractor starts even on old fluids and filters. With the repair to the ram done, I can imagine you're quite chuffed with that.
this isn't a parts tractor anymore that's for sure!
All that remains is to convince your missus that it's a better acquisition that a newer dishwasher or whatever in the kitchen. Well done as usual.
Haha how do you Know!! I just got her one last week, it was free, the hot element relay had given up, I should make a vid of fixing it up
@@MartyT If she'll let you mess it back up to show the innards then why not make a dishwasher repair vid.
Love how you give old forgotten equipment a 2nd chance in life and I respect that in a person to many these days just want to by new when something breaks.
I engaged my safety squint and thought that I wouldn't stand that close to that contraption just before you mentioned stepping back and getting a longer handle. LOL
Good job!
I was hiding behind a plywood screen using a 3 metre pole too pump the jack
Just made big mug of coffee, thought I would sit down enjoy a bit of Marty and it was over in five mins I am devastated
The Wife said Now You know how I feel
I love that I'm getting ads for Tourism New Zealand in your videos. It makes me want to go there even more.
Hopefully it will be one of the first places I can visit, when the world bounces back.
(I'm form Australia)
Until I started watching Marty T videos I had no interest to ever visit New Zealand. But, now I think that I would like to go visit New Zealand at the same time that I hopefully visit Australia one day. I am from one of the other former far-flung British colonies, Canada.
I'd love a small tractor one day. Plenty around me for the £1k mark but need a lot of work. I don't have 1/10th of your knowledge so I am watching these videos with interest! Started small by restoring a 1988 mtd lawn tractor with my kids. Good fun.
Only difference between a garden tractor and a larger tractor is, the parts are more expensive and heavier. At the end of the day leftie is still loosey and righty is still tighty. If you get stuck, there's always another fool on the internet with the same problem, and usually a solution. Don't be scared, get you a tractor, I can tell you want one. Cheers.
@@coltonstevens1 Yes Colton fair point! Although I've been quite surprised how expensive spares are for the MTD: replacement blades £15 each and there are 8 of them. Replacing 3 belts almost £150. Replacement chute for deck £190 etc etc. Only paid £350 for the tractor. I'll sharpen and balance the existing blades. Deck needs repair so great opportunity to learn how to weld! Yes YT is a great resource for sure. The wife's family keep vintage tractors - DBs Fordsons etc. I quite fancy a Nuffield. 2 for sale near by. A project for £1k and a "good runner" for £1900. Cheers
Two things i wanna point out.
1. the rod, swap it so that the stretched side is on the opposite side of the original bend, otherwise it will bend easier next time
2. maybe see about raising the rear up by a smidge, to give the cylinder some mechanical advantage. Whomever designed this, clearly didn't factor the fact that extreme angles, this has the resistance of a toothpick.
Just my two cents. Number 2 is more like a safeguard, because i doubt you'd ever get it into the situation where it would bend again, you're not that kind of a guy. Either way, for 500 that's a steal. Yet another for the collection. :D
I agree vehemently with point #2. This loader is honestly a pretty bad design.
aserta --- I was thinking extending the plates on the back of the tines attachment, where it attaches to the piston would help the angles, if that's what you mean by raising the rear.
Good points
It depends what bent it in the first place.
@@ruben_balea You could be right there, it would be easy to do especially with the lazy ram lowering itself down
Middle of winter look at the weather! So nice there , love the bird song.
Damn Marty. You deserve my highest rating .... Impressive!!! You truly understand the meaning of necessity is the mother of invention.
Avoiding the right to repair issues with new equipment is the way. 👍👍👍
If I ever make it over to your part of the world, I would have to come and visit. You're a freeking national treasure!
Well done, the thread pattern on the front tires let me think of our 1975 Ford 5000, had the same tires, never seen that again
Hi love the ...can do attitude.... I have a david brown 990 and a 996... they're as tough as old boots ....kept serviced....and topped up with fluids that tractor will be a great servant for you for many years
I always smash a like before I watch your vids cos they are always a good watch keep them coming👍
I agree
agreed
Yeah. Me too. Always awesome
Same here
Same
pretty interesting mate, love watching your randomness. i toured the south Island twice around in the back if a Subaru wagon years ago and its the most beautiful place I've seen.
good video Marty, now caught up on all the David Brown videos 👍 yes i know what you mean about hydraulics use to do some sketchy things back in the day when i worked in the Ag industry and always hid behind something when things could go ping or a loud bang, a little patience and a farm supply 10 ton jack, oh and the 3 metre length of safety pipe and plywood barrier , job done, no to get on with mine,LOL
You are very resourceful....! I’ve been watching your videos for some time now. From North Alabama, USA.
I'm glad you stood back a bit. That contraption had me worried;)
You are building a fine fleet of old machines Marty. Very pleasing to see them become useful again. We have 16 in our fleet, mostly john deere, a couple Cases. Cheers!
Nice, you know you've made it when you have 16 tractors
Lol well I don't know it we've made it yet! We milk 275 cows and can't catch our breath most of the time. But watching you breath new life into these old machines inspires me to try the same. Currently we have an old john deere awaiting an engine from the salvage yard. Hopefully we can make it work again. It was the first tractor I drove and you never forget your first!
You have a good voice for talking & explaining
These real world common tool fixes are what makes this channel the best .... well done
Seems like the next acquisition should be a set of wheel weights for the pair of david browns. Seem pretty light in the rear, especially when pulling that orange backhoe around
Good job fixing this without taking the whole thing off, straight as a arrow !
Looking forward seeing how you service this old tractor.
Exactly the way we were taught . Though and Improvisation , time and patience , gets the job done . Excellent work Marty . The Einstein of the old classic plant . 500 well spent , rotate the rod be a good idea mate . Eager to see your next find and restore on the next one . Another one rescued and put back to working order . Top man Marty . . 👍 👍 👍. .
Thanks, Yes rotating the rod seems like a good plan and adding some kind of stopper on the bucket so it doesn't over extend again, looks like thats how it bent in the first place
A great big concrete block on the 3 point linkage now and you'll be good to lift almost anything. We had a DB 990 and a 770 years ago, so it's brilliant to watch you getting yours going again.
That was GREAT. Close is better than PERFECT.
Love it. I would love to have a place like yours, so much freedom!
$500 is a steal! Nice work!
Marty, if you rotate this bucket rod for 180° it will band hardly next time.
You did a nice job.
Greetings from Croatia.
Thanks mate, yes a few clever people have suggested turning the rod. It makes sense
Very good idea straightening out with a jack
Thanks again Marty. I found myself stepping back from myself screen and then laughing at my self. I worked at rail yard. We repaired wrecked rail cars. Straightening out 1" plus thickness steel was an everyday experience. Mega size rams and heat required. Sometimes very sketchy.
Finally Marty I just could not wait for another video
Excellent fix! Nice to see you have the same precision straight-edges I use in my shop.
I used my eye-ometer to make sure it was true ;)
Well done,nice to see innovation is not yet dead.
Love the videos, the weather always seems sunny with blue skies, not like good old Blighty weather rain and more rain.
Woah. I found myself sitting back from my screen just waiting for that rig to explode!!
It’s amazing how satisfying these videos can be to watch 😁👍👍
I've got them back in shape before. Good work
You are certainly talented Marty and another great video good work Marty
Always enjoy your videos mate thank you
1983 I bought a Honda 125 that had been used for wheelies until the forks were like bananas also the timing chain was hooked and cracked.
I was lucky I had access to a hydraulic press and V-blocks I managed to fix everything and had a nice trial bike for slow skill hill work.
Talking of skills my dad once in the 1980s repaired a fire engine cast iron gearbox that was in 14 pieces, special stick rods and kept it warm on the blacksmiths forge, when he put it all back together you could turn it by hand but it did squeak a bit.
In the shop we had a cast iron piston 24 inch long by 8 inch diameter too heavy for me to lift we used it a bit like an anvil but for straightening or curving flat bar. I allays wondered what it came out of. My GGgrandfater started the shop in 1890 in a cotton mill town in Lancashire UK.
Nice work Marty - must say I didn't have much faith in that angle iron 😀but it did the job!
Another simple but brilliant idea on how to repair your tractor. Well done mate and kudos avoiding anything that might go ping!
3:07 Nice. I like how you went from oh we need more pressure and puts on another angle piece and pumps up the pressure again. Nice and easy fix, now only replace the seals and you're done! At least no can of worms this time around :)
That was so simple and so smart - thanks for sharing so DIY'ers like me can learn some great tricks and skills!
Cool old tractor! Makes me wish I could find somewhere around here
Those small compared to modern equipment are their weights worth in gold, since those are so damn agile in tight spaces and visibility from them is superb. I'm running two Nuffield 4/65's, one with counter balance excavator setup. Old and beaten up, but functional(when it is XD) and gets the job done. I'm not even dreaming about driving into uneven forest with out bigger front loader equipped Ursus 916 since its so big, heavy and visibility is so limited. 4/65 I can turn almost in spot (if it had brakes 100% operational XD stuff in the todo list), but ursus has turning circle of around a mile, so its no go in tight spots, mainly used limited on field and moving dirt for excavator on longer distances.
Only the fact that all 4 tires are in decent condition and one of the rear looks fairly new makes this a good purchase id say! :D
you always have to go further than needed because you always get a little spring back. i specialize in straightening bent twisted lawnmower blades. now i have a press used to just do it in a vise.
Marty has the biggest set of steel gonads ever seen. Brilliant repair
For $500nzd you did well. Very well. In Australia that'd fetch 5 - 6 grand aud.
Great attitude, life is what you make it
That actually was a pretty ingenious idea 👍👍
The biggest surprise i n this fid, is that old Honda still has breaks
Haha you obviously know your trx's
So glad it wasn't severe
"Marty MacGyver" yeah, you've earned it!!! You never cease to amaze me. 👍👍
Nice work. Glad you backed up and took precautions. Congratulations!
Success, good choice of words. If you can lay hands on a beefier cylinder. Good day.
I like it
I love simple leave it on for awhile let the pressure do the work
You got lucky with that repair I had a huge tree fall on my track loader during a storm and bent one of the bucket rods it took all of a 20 ton jack to move it just about the time I was getting close it exploded the way it broke it must have been hardened cost me $300.00 for a used piston rod
Nice! I love your simple fixes
Again, Nice to see some old school smarts in operation.
All my mates have scrap bins they throw anything not bright n new in to be carted off, The back of my place looks like a scrap yard.
I never have a shortage of items to fix or repair stuff for free, they have a mowed and manicured yard.
According to She who must be obeyed apparently I win at life lol
You might want to take the clevis pin out of the cylinder rod and rotate the rod 180 degrees. It will help not to bend back slightly with a sympathetic load.
Proper job! as the tractor users around my old way would say, its still the dream to have some land like that
We take them apart then use a hydraulic press put aluminum above and under. Then check it in a drive line roller. Done bunches
Nice fix! You have saved a lot of equipment! There's a lot more to save too!
That was easier than taking it to a decompression chamber to get the bend out. Nicely done bro.
Facinating video, I wouldn't have expected that to work so well.
I’m always very impressed with your videos, Marty. Great fix!
Great idea using angle iron & jack! Brilliant!
WELL DONE MARTY T - Well done, making things work with the tools and equipment you have on hand, my compliments on the $500 purchase, if you have a chance to shoot a video on the David Brown filter changes, if the fuel system requires bleeding for air bubbles after filter, I would find that most interesting, I love messing with old classic tractors here in Texas USA, and was fortunate enough to pick up another this past weekend, Shes a beautiful 1960 JD2010 Gasser tractor, hope I can get her running with minimal efforts and cost. Thank you for being REAL.
The sons of Rambro makes an appearance in the background. Sweet as. That engine sounds amazing for doing almost no work to it.
Another nice piece of equipment added to your fleet
Sick guy Marty, in future would it be an idea to Grove the wood under the jack to match the profile of the chrome and then bolt the jack down to the same wood maybe on a thin plate? You did right to get the long bar and stand back. Have a good one man
If you look closely you will see a vee groove on the jack block and support block, I routed them to reduce the likelihood of slippage and to spread the load on the rod
I did the same on my old backoe. Hooking back fully extended. Got it eye line straight but it ripped the guts out of the end gland and bucket would badly droop with oil pissing out. Eventually threw in the bin and bought two cylinders complete that had proper hardened chrome rod and thicker
Thats a pretty good diy fix!
Best lockdown entertainment going. Cheers Marty
-Victorian tinkerer
Rough and ready does the job. Excellent
Another brilliant fix !
Great job saving that David Brown. Really enjoy your TH-cam channel 😊👍
love the video i am a mechanic for this kind of work please please please put up a guard or shield of some sort when one of those rods breaks while straightening pieces come off and are super super dangerous. Worst I seen was through a cinder block wall 12 feet away also you could do it safer by heating up the rod first 400 to 500 degrees and just leaving it to air cool the heat wont transfer enough to melt your seals they should be rated for 250 Fahrenheit in your case as you were a ways away from the gland if you feel like they will heat up to much you can place a watered rag right at the head to help that area cool faster and dissipate the heat
for $500 you can get work out of it over $5000.. gold.. way to go.. be safe and see you on the next one..!!
Smart and well done as usual! Thanks for sharing, it is inspiring!
Looks like a mad max tractor 🙂👍👍👍
Thoroughly enjoyed all your videos specially the excavator one really interesting, pragmatic, practical, functional help for me.
I cannot see the the drive motor video on the excavator have you done this or is it still to do?
Really helpful the way you go about everything in the simplicity form for people like me
Keep up the good work I keep rewatching your videos as they are so informative 👌
Many thanks from a cold and damp 🇬🇧 uk
Good job as always Marty
Good looking tractor
compliments and respect for a job well done!
That motor sounds better than your fist DB. Good fix too.
The motor is much better than my other one, starts instantly even on frosty mornings