I have been a mechanic/technician most my life and I still have learned a lot from your channel, find your stories interesting and I too admire anyone who treats his dogs so well. Thank you.
Warren is an excellent mechanic and a thorn pulling dog smoocher that's why I watch him love his work and his babies 👍 Dogs are a lot more loyal and better companions than most people are.
You’re a great mechanic which is why I watch but you just won me over when you showed us your bond with your dog. You’re attentive with her just like you are with your work. 110% respect.
Its fun to hang out with you repairing the old "yellow" machines. I like the way you treat the viewer like they are standing next to you ,which in a modern way ,they are.
I agree ,maintenance is everything, even in your TV . I learned from a repair person I met that dust accumulates inside them via the vent holes. Blow the dust out a couple of times a year so the dust does not create a bridge across the exposed circuits Also spiders can do the same thing especially in AC units..
I worked for Caterpillar for 14 years,at the Glasgow Plant in Scotland.. and the D8K was one of the models we built before they closed the plant in 1987..brings back memories for me seeing those 6 digit part numbers and other familiar parts..these machines were selling for around £30000 back in the 80's.
Hard working, enormous heart. Born and love the Midwest and can spot a good fella from days away in the flat lands. You are a great fella. Thank you for stamping down the loneliness.
Very well done, sir. And thank you for your service to this country - it makes me proud this country and the Navy still creates men like you that are responsible and get things done!
It's alive. What a brute. Fixing Caterpillars and pulling cockleburs from the puppy's foot. And the all telling " what can I do next?" Repair and refresh, not " remove and replace" thinking. Thanks again for a slice of your work and personality.
Sir, you are on a roll. (So to speak). I love these old machines. If you can fix them, they will come. Doesn't matter if you are a shitty business man. Your videos are doing business for you!! I think you are going to be very busy. And new shop, new house, new truck (not that you need one). You know how these machines work and most people do not. There will always be a need for heavy equipment. You made the right choice starting your TH-cam Channel. You will be in high demand. Thank You for sharing.
Business, you are businessman, be assertive, you are a professional, those hands make money, don't underestimate yourself worth. Carry on with the videos you will make it work. Change is good. Wishing you all the best. Bless you
Man, i really enjoyed your video. This was my dad passion, hubby and career he use to take me on jobsite with him, this video really take me back to those young good old days. Unfortunately, I lost him. And even though I'm grown now and pursuing a career in electrical engineering, my heart is with this trade.
Great videos ... love the format of strap on a camera and get to work! Nothing staged. Fascinated with your level of skill bringing these machines back to life. Totally agree with you on maintenance ... too many people just take stuff for granted and then wonder why things go wrong.
Yep...ran those for years H, K, L's...you could hear the H bellow across the jobsite.....black smoke bellowing...hell yea. Id like to have a nickel for every pan I pushed on a H or K ripper...
Hi there, from the East coast of Australia. You know what, your absolutely spot on when you said people don't care about things anymore, but are very quick to winge when things go wrong. People don't seem to want to maintain and service things along with not taking pride in their work. Just like your very awesome Crawler, with the filter screen in ass up. It's very lucky the world has people like you to get things back on track the right way so Thankyou very much for being you sir i know i really appreciate you and your time teaching us a few things. You take care.
A man after my own heart... Like me your care for your family members (dogs). I love them more than some of my own family... One thing about them they are loyal and loving.
*@**11:44* "Anti Seize" is meant to reduce galling and premature tightening of fasteners. The different base metals have different applications; Molybdenum Disulfide (silver colored) is for general use. Copper is for hot parts (exhaust). If you want stuff to come apart for routine maintenance- thoroughly clean all components, then light grease threads, fasten, then coat with an epoxy paint or plasti-dip or similar, to lock out corrosion. Coatings are easily removed, fasteners easily removed. Many companies make 2-part epoxy coatings, concrete/garage floor stuff is great for nuts & bolts, seams, and case seams. Clear, colored. 1 light swipe. RTV/Silicone is great, too.
20:10: "Maintenance, maintenance!" I completely agree. We are used to simply buying a new piece because very few people know how to do proper maintenance. I think one of the main things companies could do is to have their people trained in maintaining their own means of productions. In the case of machinery, a well-kept machine Will serve you even doublé of what you expected and this could save you a pile of money!
It takes special super powers to assemble parts by touch only. This is a highly underated super power. Sure Super Man can stop a speeding locomotive but can he fix it? I for one respect your super powers.
Brings back memory’s of dad and I reviving a D7G cat that hadn’t been runnin in 15 years. after runnin the glow plugs for about 30 seconds she fired up like it was running 10 minutes before
As a new subscriber, with only three videos viewed, love your running commentary in the two D8 and my first one the broke loader frame. I have nothing to do with this type of repair or equipment but your videos are compelling.
Started operating a paddlewheel scraper for my Dad, first day I was loading out of a slot trench dug by a Dozer, about 8 ft deep when I started. Dad would ask me every few loads, Do you need me to walk the Dozer down the road and square up that pit? All day long I kept bringing loads regular, saying nope, doing fine Dad😊 that night he saw the hole, noticed I had learned how to weave to get the bowl to cut close to the bank so the banks were almost vertical. He gave me a $2 per hour raise that night👍
Little or no maintenance is the most popular maintenance program. After over 40 years in the trucking and construction industry I don’t understand the mentality of not properly maintaining equipment. A little spent on maintenance saves a ton on repairs. Simple!
I don’t usually comment on anything or give advice, I do have a suggestion that helped me over the years. Your battery doors are a pain with no catches to hold them. Get two earth magnets and a a piece of flat steel, bend the one end of the flat steel at 90 degrees. Slap the mag on the stationary panel, put the 90 bend on the mag, open the door and slap the other mag on to act as a keeper on ahead of the door. Worked pretty well for me. You will find it useful in other situations also. Good vids, good at what you do, keeper comin my friend.
I've been in the auto salvage business for over 50 years now. I've done minor and major repairs on wheel loaders. It's unreal the amount of money we have to spend on our tools just to be able to do the work. Keep up the great job on the videos.
I used to keep a couple spares of the magnet screen ,you can clean and reuse them if u take them back to the shop ,I belive the 8 and 9 use the same part
Mate came across your videos and really enjoyed you waking up and kicking ass of this Cat d8 beast back to life... 🤙. You earned a new subscriber. Cheers.
I worked on D8’s in 80’s and 90 ‘ . They are tough ! I’ve rebuilt the entire engines , torque converters, steering clutches, final drives , sprockets and rollers . Packed a many a grease seal for track adjustment . Also rodded out radiators still in the machine . Changed out many broke spring in injection pump , the one that won’t let it crank if its broke . It’s a bad spring to change .
I do so appreciate your work ethic and the way you treat that sweet gal that accompanies you in the field. Just love videos where old things are revived! That's why I'm waiting on Jesus! Keep up good work and thanks for your no nonsense approach & honesty! May you stay blessed and keep your health and keep cranking out videos! Thanks again fur postin!
like the channel, can tell how much you care for the dog children. All but 1 or 2 of my subscriptions all have awsome dogs that treated like family-they way they should be.
We had used MoS² grease or 8Molybdän grease) as anti seize on screws on exhaust pipes. It worked to a degree. Better then the bare corossion. Your dog looks scared. You are her best friend, not vice versa. :-)
Gotta love the pitbulls. I have a 11 year old pit. Friendly as can be and he thinks hes still a puppy sometimes and other times he acts like hes a old man.
Warren I did work for a tree land clearing of fields of almonds trees Owner was trying to run 2 , eleven hour shifts on excavators , loaders, and Peterson Grinders he found out the hard way that maintenance is important, dusted a C27 , burnt transmission up in 744 k Deere and so many problems took 4 months to repair equipment.
kenneth connors it has its pluses and minuses. I worked in both, as does Warren if you’ve watched a lot of his videos and it’s kinda nice being on your own, away from everyone and doing it your way.
I love watching this stuff , but I did want to attack the 7F with a leaf blower ,inside & out . I do agree with your thoughts on maintenance . But myself I`d sooner pick up a Black Snake than a spanner .
I think i just figured out why i enjoy your videos so much! You love your dogs as much as i love mine! I been a mechanic for fourty plus years and during that time many Wemon have come and gone but a mans dog stays right by his side!:)
Hi I have been watching your video's about maintainence & repairs maintainence of machinery & I agree that many firms & companies don't do very much on their machines , they just keep running them until they stop & just do't want the machine standing idol while its being maintained but then they do moan & blame the machine when they have to spend a lot of money on repairs once they stop & don't realise its their fault that so much needs doing & parts need replacing & its all their fault for never doing oil changes & cleaning the main cleanable filters & replacing the changeable ones regularly cause extra wear on parts etc. I recently bought a Cat D8 Dozer that I bought over the internet from a company in America & imported it to me in the UK & although basically the machine in general was okay. Most of the problems I have had with it were all because every one of the filters were clogged & I would not have thought any oil was being filtered & even the main supply pipe & hose was clogged up so much that the big Hyster winch on the rear of the machine would not work because the supply of oil to it was vertually blocked solid, So I removed the main pump & it also was clogged with crap but luckily nothing broken or worn to bad. So after stripping & cleaning everything & replacing all the filters plus a couple of the main supply hose's because they also were in very good condition. Then in comparison the old D8 operated like a new one. Then I had a problem with the drive power which was also caused by the same lack of maintainence & after checking through I found the transmission was also in need of cleaning & replacing which I have now done & the nest thing I have to do is to strip down the final drives both sides because they have an oil leak from the main seals. Once I have finished all these jobs then I will service the rest of it using top quality oils etc to really give the old girl a new lease of life & several people have said to me why are you bothering to do all this work on such an old machine & my answer to them is in several ways,= one being I am not a plant machine mechanic I am a lorry/truck mechanic & I like the older machine that are not all computerised but straight forward mechanical machines & the basic's of mechanics is the same no matter what its on & I prefer the older ones where you can apply basic mechanical principles to be able to work things out & do the jobs that often were caused by paw of complete lack of maintainence in the first place, so its now onwards to do the rest of the work but as it's outside & winter is coming in fast probably a lot of things will have to be left until early spring next year because of the weather & when its all done it will then have re-paint. Then it will be time to start on my D6 which I also imported so although it starts & runs okay I am expecting to find the same problems on this machine although I hope not. Cheers , keep up the good work, take care Brian. .
After retiring from the USAF, I went to work on the Gulf coast, (Pcola area) wrenching marine stuff. Boats, trailers, etc. Anti-seize is your friend down there. Regardless of how thoroughly you clear water rinse the trailers. Plan on new hubs and springs yearly or every other year. Used the "fire wrench' most of the time.
keep up the great work.. great watching you and know more about the things you work on.. its great how you talk about what and how you do things . . i work on cars and bikes in the uk .. and lived on a from.SMALL farm.. and great to see the things i never drive.. keep it going..and wish you luck..
I was held captive by the Old man Noise's. The climbing up, the jumping down, the re-positioning to get at a better look at a point of interest. I was drawn by the familiar subconscious extra efforts it takes to do this kind of work after Sixty. I just started to pay attention to my old man Noises . What the Hell is that all about.
Nice work you is da man.and hurd you served on the navy.hey thanks for your service! Keep these coming and for all the key board commandos dont let them get to you what you show is amazing a gift skills that pay the bills!!!godbless.
That D7 would make a great project, sad to see it sit. My friend who rescued the Peterbilt 359 last year also rescued an Allis Chalmers 655 track loader that was parked in the woods for 10 years....previous owner had the engine rebuilt and they punctured the torque converter seal putting the engine back in, so it would just leak ATF out as soon as you could pour it in. So rather than pull the engine out again, he just parked it.
I read the same thing about boy dogs and girl dogs talking about mid sized poodles. Mine was a boy and acting as if he was poisoned. Twitchy, walking drunk and no real motor control, pupils as big as saucers not responding to flashlight and scared right out of his mind. Called the vet after hours and thank God he took the call. Told me to use a turkey baster loaded with 3 ounces of hyrodgen peroxide and be sure to force it down his throat past his lungs and fight him if I had to in order to get it into his stomach and holding his throat shut around the baster stem inside his throat. Then wait for the upchuck to see what it was actually he might have gotten into, and call back if there were further concerns with obvious rat bait or similar. Within minutes up came a tomato slice with black bits all about. Puzzled over that since we had no garden and no tomatoes that year. Then I remembered for the past six weeks seeing a single slice of a store bought tomato in the gallon garbage can all covered with black hairy fungus, checked and it was gone. Mom had finally thrown it out for the chickens and they wanted nothing to do with it. He had forced himself to eat it no matter what it tasted like because he couldn't let the other dog have a chance at it. Ef'n stupid, but that was him all day long. He started recovering straight off and in a few hours was just a little tired but his normal self. Me too for that matter.
Yikes, When I read your story I thought wow, that can't be good. But I only worked with 50% hydrogen peroxide, and that stuff turns skin to jelly and melts your clothes. Apparently your household 3% stuff is applicable to inducing vomiting. Glad your pooch pulled through and I sure learned something.
I hear you on people not doing maintenance. I tell them they can spend $100 bucks on maintenance now, or do no maintenance and spend $1000 later on repairs.
My dad had 5 D8k’s (he bought them brand new) pushing overburden off a iron ore mine in Western Australia in the late 80’s.....He then sold them to an American earthmoving contractor in Alaska, where they still work today.
Worked HVAC PM at a college for a bit. Belts & bearings in all 20 buildings where shot when I started. Several thousands of dollars to get em back to working (exhaust fans) . After that, least a case of grease a month. Director once said man that's lot of grease to use, so showed him the bearing list & grease schedule . Last time he wined. Worked heavy equipment when young till them 100# parts tore me up. Full retired now, not by choice. Your a great man Warren, old school, do it right or don't waste my time.
I ran 8k's for several years and before that the 46a which had the best balance of all the dozers I ran over the years. The 8k felt more blade heavy but once you got used to it was a big improvement over the 46a or b.The hand controls for the operator were much improved. The 46a had a long handle for the blade hand which would also tilt. The pins on the long control arm wore enough that some of them felt sloppy it also had parallelogram ripper only, the 8k had one hand hydraulic pitch control on a much more ergonomic it was a on a specially designed handle controlled by a button which controlled all the implements if you had a ripper and dozer combination. You could pull rocks up or snap the tops off them much better and faster. The 8k was heavier to and worked well for pioneering steep slope roads. You could still haul it on a single truck at that time in California which was important for the owner operator.
I guess prior to the initial start-up. A pressure gauge on the top of the Filter housing will give you some Idea the new repaired pump was giving off with P1 pressure..
Nice Cat fix. This has to be one of my favorites you have uploaded. Great footage! I know it's job security but think about how many machines destroyed by no maintenance... I looked at a 4030 jd tractor 1,400 original hours load control shaft leaked Rusty dip stick. My heart sunk...
I know from experience the silver PERMATEX antiseeze works the best. I used that on the spline of outboard propellers in salt water and they would slip off like the day I put them on! You must clean the hardware up first and remove the rust and dirt first for best results. but you will be able to take exhaust manifolds off after 20 years of neglect
The D8k is for sale. Contact me via email at wlrfixinit@gmail.com.
Maybe Andrew Camarata wants to buy it ;)
@@DJoA lol
@@DJoA he like smaller machine.
@@ArifKamaruzaman I've seen how poorly his small machines perform. this d8k will be great for serious road contracts
@@DJoA its not a yanmar.
I have been a mechanic/technician most my life and I still have learned a lot from your channel, find your stories interesting and I too admire anyone who treats his dogs so well. Thank you.
Warren is an excellent mechanic and a thorn pulling dog smoocher that's why I watch him love his work and his babies 👍
Dogs are a lot more loyal and better companions than most people are.
You’re a great mechanic which is why I watch but you just won me over when you showed us your bond with your dog. You’re attentive with her just like you are with your work. 110% respect.
Its fun to hang out with you repairing the old "yellow" machines. I like the way you treat the viewer like they are standing next to you ,which in a modern way ,they are.
I agree ,maintenance is everything, even in your TV . I learned from a repair person I met that dust accumulates inside them via the vent holes. Blow the dust out a couple of times a year so the dust does not create a bridge across the exposed circuits Also spiders can do the same thing especially in AC units..
Any man, who treats his dog like his child, is tops in my book. Thanks for the video. Best wishes in all you do.
Mans best friend, no doubt
Definitely you can tell those dogs love warren too
Awesome video sir... your hands alone is what helped make this country great
I worked for Caterpillar for 14 years,at the Glasgow Plant in Scotland.. and the D8K was one of the models we built before they closed the plant in 1987..brings back memories for me seeing those 6 digit part numbers and other familiar parts..these machines were selling for around £30000 back in the 80's.
Hard working, enormous heart. Born and love the Midwest and can spot a good fella from days away in the flat lands. You are a great fella. Thank you for stamping down the loneliness.
Yes, I know he is on the west coast. Thank you.
Very well done, sir. And thank you for your service to this country - it makes me proud this country and the Navy still creates men like you that are responsible and get things done!
It's alive. What a brute. Fixing Caterpillars and pulling cockleburs from the puppy's foot. And the all telling " what can I do next?" Repair and refresh, not " remove and replace" thinking. Thanks again for a slice of your work and personality.
Sir, you are on a roll. (So to speak). I love these old machines. If you can fix them, they will come. Doesn't matter if you are a shitty business man. Your videos are doing business for you!! I think you are going to be very busy. And new shop, new house, new truck (not that you need one). You know how these machines work and most people do not. There will always be a need for heavy equipment. You made the right choice starting your TH-cam Channel. You will be in high demand. Thank You for sharing.
Great to see her come to life. She probably still has lots of work left in her.
Business, you are businessman, be assertive, you are a professional, those hands make money, don't underestimate yourself worth. Carry on with the videos you will make it work. Change is good. Wishing you all the best. Bless you
YOU are never going to have a mean dog....you show nothing but love and they will mirror it all right back to you. BIG fan of how you treat animals.
Man, i really enjoyed your video. This was my dad passion, hubby and career he use to take me on jobsite with him, this video really take me back to those young good old days. Unfortunately, I lost him. And even though I'm grown now and pursuing a career in electrical engineering, my heart is with this trade.
Great videos ... love the format of strap on a camera and get to work! Nothing staged. Fascinated with your level of skill bringing these machines back to life. Totally agree with you on maintenance ... too many people just take stuff for granted and then wonder why things go wrong.
Love those ol' D8 H's and K's, finest things to ever run on rails.
Wooly Highlander or even the d9 hs or gs we have an old h
Yep...ran those for years H, K, L's...you could hear the H bellow across the jobsite.....black smoke bellowing...hell yea. Id like to have a nickel for every pan I pushed on a H or K ripper...
Hi there, from the East coast of Australia. You know what, your absolutely spot on when you said people don't care about things anymore, but are very quick to winge when things go wrong. People don't seem to want to maintain and service things along with not taking pride in their work. Just like your very awesome Crawler, with the filter screen in ass up. It's very lucky the world has people like you to get things back on track the right way so Thankyou very much for being you sir i know i really appreciate you and your time teaching us a few things. You take care.
A man after my own heart... Like me your care for your family members (dogs). I love them more than some of my own family... One thing about them they are loyal and loving.
*@**11:44*
"Anti Seize" is meant to reduce galling and premature tightening
of fasteners. The different base metals have different applications;
Molybdenum Disulfide (silver colored) is for general use. Copper
is for hot parts (exhaust).
If you want stuff to come apart for routine maintenance- thoroughly
clean all components, then light grease threads, fasten, then coat with
an epoxy paint or plasti-dip or similar, to lock out corrosion. Coatings
are easily removed, fasteners easily removed. Many companies make
2-part epoxy coatings, concrete/garage floor stuff is great for nuts & bolts,
seams, and case seams. Clear, colored. 1 light swipe. RTV/Silicone is great, too.
Worked fieldservice for Caterpillar. cement mines are the pitts ecuse the pun
Cool video. Spent the last 40+ years working on buses & trucks. Always admired you guys that work out in the field, great I’m sure on 70deg day.
20:10: "Maintenance, maintenance!" I completely agree. We are used to simply buying a new piece because very few people know how to do proper maintenance. I think one of the main things companies could do is to have their people trained in maintaining their own means of productions. In the case of machinery, a well-kept machine Will serve you even doublé of what you expected and this could save you a pile of money!
I really love how you narrate and explain as you go. Learning like crazy from this!! Thank you. Great vid.
It takes special super powers to assemble parts by touch only. This is a highly underated super power. Sure Super Man can stop a speeding locomotive but can he fix it? I for one respect your super powers.
Just beautiful seeing that cat start moving, shifting and turning. I sure you had to smiling right about then. Well done Warren
With a name like Warren, I'm sure he's an OK guy. We all are. BTW, the best overall mechanic I ever saw was Named Warren.
Brings back memory’s of dad and I reviving a D7G cat that hadn’t been runnin in 15 years. after runnin the glow plugs for about 30 seconds she fired up like it was running 10 minutes before
As a new subscriber, with only three videos viewed, love your running commentary in the two D8 and my first one the broke loader frame. I have nothing to do with this type of repair or equipment but your videos are compelling.
Thank you.
These old D8 and D9 Cats were always my favorite machines. They were the 'King of the Cowboys' on the heavy dirt job sites.
I love your show I love to watch you work on this old dozer❤️
I had a time with working on John Deere dozer back in younger days ❤️
Love watching these videos, as I did this kind of work in the service.
Thanks for your service in the Navy.
My favorite camera is when it's on your head. thanks for the help again warren
Me too. I get to see most of what he is doing and also hear his stories very well, often the best part too.
I like how much knowledge this guy has on this dozer. O would be completely lost sat to where to start the repairs.
Started operating a paddlewheel scraper for my Dad, first day I was loading out of a slot trench dug by a Dozer, about 8 ft deep when I started. Dad would ask me every few loads, Do you need me to walk the Dozer down the road and square up that pit? All day long I kept bringing loads regular, saying nope, doing fine Dad😊 that night he saw the hole, noticed I had learned how to weave to get the bowl to cut close to the bank so the banks were almost vertical. He gave me a $2 per hour raise that night👍
Nice diagnosis and repair Warren, thanks for the ride along.
Look at the hard-facing on that blade! Someone spent a lot of time and a lot of rods on that ole girl! 🍺
The Snap-on angle wrenches and Martin pump wrenches are a true life saver for working in tight spaces
Little or no maintenance is the most popular maintenance program. After over 40 years in the trucking and construction industry I don’t understand the mentality of not properly maintaining equipment. A little spent on maintenance saves a ton on repairs. Simple!
I don’t usually comment on anything or give advice, I do have a suggestion that helped me over the years. Your battery doors are a pain with no catches to hold them. Get two earth magnets and a a piece of flat steel, bend the one end of the flat steel at 90 degrees. Slap the mag on the stationary panel, put the 90 bend on the mag, open the door and slap the other mag on to act as a keeper on ahead of the door. Worked pretty well for me. You will find it useful in other situations also. Good vids, good at what you do, keeper comin my friend.
I've been in the auto salvage business for over 50 years now. I've done minor and major repairs on wheel loaders. It's unreal the amount of money we have to spend on our tools just to be able to do the work. Keep up the great job on the videos.
Don't worry about the view too much. Awesome job filming.
I need that the goddamn compact white truck.
I used to keep a couple spares of the magnet screen ,you can clean and reuse them if u take them back to the shop ,I belive the 8 and 9 use the same part
Mate came across your videos and really enjoyed you waking up and kicking ass of this Cat d8 beast back to life... 🤙. You earned a new subscriber. Cheers.
Love old Cat dozer videos. My dad was a heavy equipment mechanic in 60's -80's and myself for a while in late 80's. It just gets in your blood.
I have to say,you can tell alot about a fella by the way they treat Animals,you see it in all your Vids,good on ya.
I m happy to see you work with gloves .keep yorself safe .you r the best
nice work. Its always great when you resurrect something thats been left for dead. Very rewarding
I worked on D8’s in 80’s and 90 ‘ . They are tough ! I’ve rebuilt the entire engines , torque converters, steering clutches, final drives , sprockets and rollers . Packed a many a grease seal for track adjustment . Also rodded out radiators still in the machine . Changed out many broke spring in injection pump , the one that won’t let it crank if its broke . It’s a bad spring to change .
I do so appreciate your work ethic and the way you treat that sweet gal that accompanies you in the field. Just love videos where old things are revived! That's why I'm waiting on Jesus! Keep up good work and thanks for your no nonsense approach & honesty! May you stay blessed and keep your health and keep cranking out videos! Thanks again fur postin!
Very nice sir! Love seeing them old cats come back to life .
like the channel, can tell how much you care for the dog children. All but 1 or 2 of my subscriptions all have awsome dogs that treated like family-they way they should be.
We had used MoS² grease or 8Molybdän grease) as anti seize on screws on exhaust pipes. It worked to a degree. Better then the bare corossion.
Your dog looks scared. You are her best friend, not vice versa. :-)
I'm an ole Timer; I appreciate your thoroughness!
Impressive machine. Love the engine sound when it starts up.
Gotta love the pitbulls. I have a 11 year old pit. Friendly as can be and he thinks hes still a puppy sometimes and other times he acts like hes a old man.
I think your a great mechanic Warren very knowledgeable about alot of different engines
I LIKE THE KNEE SAVING RUBBER MAT. NICE VIDEO. FROM A RETIRED CAT OPERATOR
Would love to see a d7 resurrection video! Thanks for the great videos, you're a real hard worker.
my crew used the D8 years past in under-ground cable construction; great Dozer!
And the old tank roars to life!
Warren I did work for a tree land clearing of fields of almonds trees Owner was trying to run 2 , eleven hour shifts on excavators , loaders, and Peterson Grinders he found out the hard way that maintenance is important, dusted a C27 , burnt transmission up in 744 k Deere and so many problems took 4 months to repair equipment.
I thought i saw tools on the tread earlier now your finding random wrenches in the dirt. good show!
don't envy you working in the field ,makes it a lot harder
kenneth connors it has its pluses and minuses. I worked in both, as does Warren if you’ve watched a lot of his videos and it’s kinda nice being on your own, away from everyone and doing it your way.
I love watching this stuff , but I did want to attack the 7F with a leaf blower ,inside & out . I do agree with your thoughts on maintenance . But myself I`d sooner pick up a Black Snake than a spanner .
I think i just figured out why i enjoy your videos so much! You love your dogs as much as i love mine! I been a mechanic for fourty plus years and during that time many Wemon have come and gone but a mans dog stays right by his side!:)
Hi I have been watching your video's about maintainence & repairs maintainence of machinery & I agree that many firms & companies don't do very much on their machines , they just keep running them until they stop & just do't want the machine standing idol while its being maintained but then they do moan & blame the machine when they have to spend a lot of money on repairs once they stop & don't realise its their fault that so much needs doing & parts need replacing & its all their fault for never doing oil changes & cleaning the main cleanable filters & replacing the changeable ones regularly cause extra wear on parts etc. I recently bought a Cat D8 Dozer that I bought over the internet from a company in America & imported it to me in the UK & although basically the machine in general was okay. Most of the problems I have had with it were all because every one of the filters were clogged & I would not have thought any oil was being filtered & even the main supply pipe & hose was clogged up so much that the big Hyster winch on the rear of the machine would not work because the supply of oil to it was vertually blocked solid, So I removed the main pump & it also was clogged with crap but luckily nothing broken or worn to bad. So after stripping & cleaning everything & replacing all the filters plus a couple of the main supply hose's because they also were in very good condition. Then in comparison the old D8 operated like a new one. Then I had a problem with the drive power which was also caused by the same lack of maintainence & after checking through I found the transmission was also in need of cleaning & replacing which I have now done & the nest thing I have to do is to strip down the final drives both sides because they have an oil leak from the main seals. Once I have
finished all these jobs then I will service the rest of it using top quality oils etc to really give the old girl a new lease of life & several people have said to me why are you bothering to do all this work on such an old machine & my answer to them is in several ways,= one being I am not a plant machine mechanic I am a lorry/truck mechanic & I like the older machine that are not all computerised but straight forward mechanical machines & the basic's of mechanics is the same no matter what its on & I prefer the older ones where you can apply basic mechanical principles to be able to work things out & do the jobs that often were caused by paw of complete lack of maintainence in the first place, so its now onwards to do the rest of the work but as it's outside & winter is coming in fast probably a lot of things will have to be left until early spring next year because of the weather & when its all done it will then have re-paint. Then it will be time to start on my D6 which I also imported so although it starts & runs okay I am expecting to find the same problems on this machine although I hope not. Cheers , keep up the good work, take care Brian.
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I enjoy watching you bringing them back to life. Keep up the good work and videos. Glad to see you’re using gloves now. 👍
Just fantastic love the old cats. Thanks for the great video.
After retiring from the USAF, I went to work on the Gulf coast, (Pcola area) wrenching marine stuff. Boats, trailers, etc. Anti-seize is your friend down there. Regardless of how thoroughly you clear water rinse the trailers. Plan on new hubs and springs yearly or every other year. Used the "fire wrench' most of the time.
keep up the great work.. great watching you and know more about the things you work on.. its great how you talk about what and how you do things . . i work on cars and bikes in the uk .. and lived on a from.SMALL farm.. and great to see the things i never drive.. keep it going..and wish you luck..
I was held captive by the Old man Noise's. The climbing up, the jumping down, the re-positioning to get at a better look at a point of interest. I was drawn by the familiar subconscious extra efforts it takes to do this kind of work after Sixty. I just started to pay attention to my old man Noises . What the Hell is that all about.
Pitbulls are very misunderstood. You got yourself a good one. She's a good girl. Thanks for bringing us along as well!
Nice work you is da man.and hurd you served on the navy.hey thanks for your service! Keep these coming and for all the key board commandos dont let them get to you what you show is amazing a gift skills that pay the bills!!!godbless.
That D7 would make a great project, sad to see it sit. My friend who rescued the Peterbilt 359 last year also rescued an Allis Chalmers 655 track loader that was parked in the woods for 10 years....previous owner had the engine rebuilt and they punctured the torque converter seal putting the engine back in, so it would just leak ATF out as soon as you could pour it in. So rather than pull the engine out again, he just parked it.
This guy is real easy to deal with, I'm gonna see if I can get that 7f from him and make a project out of it.
Man I loved his Truck!!!! It is a tool shop!
I read the same thing about boy dogs and girl dogs talking about mid sized poodles. Mine was a boy and acting as if he was poisoned. Twitchy, walking drunk and no real motor control, pupils as big as saucers not responding to flashlight and scared right out of his mind. Called the vet after hours and thank God he took the call. Told me to use a turkey baster loaded with 3 ounces of hyrodgen peroxide and be sure to force it down his throat past his lungs and fight him if I had to in order to get it into his stomach and holding his throat shut around the baster stem inside his throat. Then wait for the upchuck to see what it was actually he might have gotten into, and call back if there were further concerns with obvious rat bait or similar. Within minutes up came a tomato slice with black bits all about. Puzzled over that since we had no garden and no tomatoes that year. Then I remembered for the past six weeks seeing a single slice of a store bought tomato in the gallon garbage can all covered with black hairy fungus, checked and it was gone. Mom had finally thrown it out for the chickens and they wanted nothing to do with it. He had forced himself to eat it no matter what it tasted like because he couldn't let the other dog have a chance at it. Ef'n stupid, but that was him all day long. He started recovering straight off and in a few hours was just a little tired but his normal self. Me too for that matter.
Yikes, When I read your story I thought wow, that can't be good. But I only worked with 50% hydrogen peroxide, and that stuff turns skin to jelly and melts your clothes. Apparently your household 3% stuff is applicable to inducing vomiting. Glad your pooch pulled through and I sure learned something.
GREAT VIDEO ! ROCK-ON !!
I hear you on people not doing maintenance. I tell them they can spend $100 bucks on maintenance now, or do no maintenance and spend $1000 later on repairs.
My dad had 5 D8k’s (he bought them brand new) pushing overburden off a iron ore mine in Western Australia in the late 80’s.....He then sold them to an American earthmoving contractor in Alaska, where they still work today.
They are good ole work horses.
love watching these videos bringing old machines back to lifeing first puff of smnoke then few more cranks it fires up love it
I miss the old flat tracks.....I had. D-6...Great machine....
Worked HVAC PM at a college for a bit.
Belts & bearings in all 20 buildings where shot when I started.
Several thousands of dollars to get em back to working (exhaust fans) . After that, least a case of grease a month.
Director once said man that's lot of grease to use, so showed him the bearing list & grease schedule .
Last time he wined.
Worked heavy equipment when young till them 100# parts tore me up.
Full retired now, not by choice.
Your a great man Warren, old school, do it right or don't waste my time.
Yup, people like the owner is what gives us mech techs our job security..
You can accurately judge the character of a man by the way he treats his dog.
And the response of the the dog herself.
Agreed
Yeah ,,,, some ,but in this case I would agree.
A dog works on emotions.
It is clear that, in this case,
it only receives positive signals from Warren.
This is true love.
I have been meaning to text Warren and compliment him on just that. A real testament to the man's humanity.
Es sorprendente arrancar ese Super máquina. Quien lo realizó debe tener conocimientos de ingeniería mecánica.
Man his hand looks like he could crush an unopened beer can with minimal effort lol
I ran 8k's for several years and before that the 46a which had the best balance of all the dozers I ran over the years. The 8k felt more blade heavy but once you got used to it was a big improvement over the 46a or b.The hand controls for the operator were much improved. The 46a had a long handle for the blade hand which would also tilt. The pins on the long control arm wore enough that some of them felt sloppy it also had parallelogram ripper only, the 8k had one hand hydraulic pitch control on a much more ergonomic it was a on a specially designed handle controlled by a button which controlled all the implements if you had a ripper and dozer combination. You could pull rocks up or snap the tops off them much better and faster. The 8k was heavier to and worked well for pioneering steep slope roads. You could still haul it on a single truck at that time in California which was important for the owner operator.
What a Great man, Loves his dogs
I guess prior to the initial start-up. A pressure gauge on the top of the Filter housing will give you some Idea the new repaired pump was giving off with P1 pressure..
Great video thanks Warren 🚜🚜🍀
Another great video! Thank you for taking the time to make it!
Skilful engineer. Great result in a challenging job!
remain so few mechanic with same experience !.
Good
Nice Cat fix. This has to be one of my favorites you have uploaded. Great footage! I know it's job security but think about how many machines destroyed by no maintenance... I looked at a 4030 jd tractor 1,400 original hours load control shaft leaked Rusty dip stick. My heart sunk...
I am in agreement with you on maintenance that is how equipment falls great video sir learning a lot
Great skills and great attitude!
just love these type of videos .tks for shareing
Daisy is a sweetheart. Anyone mess with you, watch her fangs come out. :-)
I know from experience the silver PERMATEX antiseeze works the best. I used that on the spline of outboard propellers in salt water and they would slip off like the day I put them on! You must clean the hardware up first and remove the rust and dirt first for best results. but you will be able to take exhaust manifolds off after 20 years of neglect