Nice job mate, didn't skip any steps and I am sure the old girl will appreciate the maintenance. Just always amazed at how if basic maintenance is done how much better things run and last longer. But so many can't be bothered and then just toss it aside. So, good on to you for doing the right thing!!
Great to see SCA donating to the cause. A good Brissy company. That old Isuzu is sounding good. I can see why you have 314k subscribers well 314001 now. Hope your making a buck out of it mate. A lot of work and time going into setting up the cams and then editing the final. Well done.
Very interesting, my husband is Technician of Maintenance, he knows very well all gearboxes or motoreductor, sometime he works for Caterpillar, Case & Haulotte here in France ... I show him your video, he loved your maintenance, thank you.
I wish I could find some sheep just like yours. They have the cutest most fearless character to them. I really love watching them whenever you show them in a video.
@Marty T I really love how you resurrect old / broken equipment and give it a new lease of life. It's inspiring to me and I learn a lot watching your channel. This Hitachi excavator was a fantastic effort - great job and thanks for sharing.
worked on this stuff for many years, the wear on the pins has nothing to do with the hardness and everything to do with the LACK of grease. Go with mild steel pins and proper grease, if you put hard pins in there you will bugger up the bushings as well as the pins. Look after the old girl and she will last years. good luck
I’d put automatic greasers on the pins as well. My paw did this on all his equipment, pins lasted seemingly forever. I used to run an old Hough 120 and I’d grease the pins in the morning and they’d be dry by noon. Greased them again and they were dry at the end of the day. My Cat 988 had greasers on it, pins stayed in great shape even after years of work.
@@kennethbailey2616 Your family did better than mine! Mine never greased anything until it was well past worn out to the point grease didn't do any good anymore, then they pour it to it like there was no end to the stuff.
These videos about the Abandoned Digger are awesome! So cool to see old equipment revitalized! And it was free to top it off! Love the detail as to what was wrong when first getting going and how diagnosed issue.
Your rescue of the digger came up in my recommendations for some reason. I watched the fascinating first startup and self-extraction from the forest. Then of course I had to keep watching, and the cats are getting awful hungry. I told them "Its addictive!" But they don't care. They told me to "Subscribe for gawd sake, were starving". So i did.
Very very nice of Super Cheap to give you some well needed supplies! Especially the tools for going into the woods! “The boys” were cool and need a couple more bags to play with- haha.
Great Deal Mate! SCA really came through for ya. I'm sure the old girl really appreciates the flush & new fluids and I'm sure you will put the nice new shiny tools to some fair dinkum work. Thanks for the updates.
Hey Marty. I live your calm demeanor in your videos. You obviously think and plan ahead before you film. Also love the way you work. Looking forward to watching more of your videos.
It a Hitachi, the well made digger! I have an EX50 URG, small digger for 17 years, bought it with 4400 hours, now 8900 hours, still runs great, did a lot of works when I was a home builder. I keep her as a reminder of such great job pal!. With quick coupler, I could switch among: fork, cement mixer, hammer, compactor and so on......
I would definitely buy from suppliers that choose to support people like yourself that's doing good work in rescuing this machine and opening up the forest trail. Not only that, your videos are educational, informative and entertaining and may help inspire others to take on challenges of their own. It's really interesting to see your work on this machine, thanks for posting these videos.
Maybe add some diesel fuel additive next time you refuel to clean the injectors. Do you run it on red diesel?. In the UK, red diesel is taxed much lower and used in machinery on private land only - tracktors, diggers, generators, etc... Using red diesel in a diesel car or truck/lorry on the public road is very illegal and if you're caught by police you get a big fine.
This excavator is in good hands with you & the tractor you picked up too, you seem like the type of person who likes to keep on top of your gear & look after them too.
good to see companies like super cheap getting behind channels like this well-done guys great to see the old machinery finally get some well deserved tlc
No idea why this has been in my recommendations and no idea why I’m on the second video of it, and no idea what you’re talking about but I’m enjoying it
@@desitterspace2127 You are most of the way towards tackling replacing oil filter, air filter, cleaning battery terminals, buying a good 8 stage battery charger (CTEK MXS 5.0 or similar) for winter maintenance of your tractor etc.etc.
That is a great old machine. Looks like the ring seal in the engine is a little worn, but that beast will live a long time anyways. Nice to give her some fresh good stuff. Looking forward to more vids of this old girl.
Nicely done fella. When I need you I will just transport you to my place and you can start working on my equipment. That is if my transporter is up and working. Have a great day too. VF
@@LuciferLizardo I do not know. This is a new experiment, and in fact I am also mixing some old creosote with used engine oil for already infested wood, which has been chasing the various wood bugs out. I will be building a small shed with this old wood, so hopefully the rodents and insects will stay away.
I work for a company designing heavy machinery. We select the pin material to be softer than the bushings in most cases since the bushing are ussually either more difficult to change and/or more expensive to change. Love the video by the way!
I used to operate a JCB JS130 with an Isuzu engine like the one in your Hitachi and it was a fantastic motor, never gave any problems and was fantastic on diesel would work hard for about 18hrs on a tank wish I could say that about the new one I'm on now
Wow! How awesome isn't to get so much tools oil and other stuff for FREE! 👍👍 Those relaxing super informative videos pays of fore you! CONGRATULATIONS 💥👍 Cheers from northern Sweden 🍻
When I saw your bucket pins Marty I thought of the rebuild services in NZ for that sort of thing. They can rebuild the pin diameter with welds and then re-turn on a lathe to the correct diameter, so no need for new ones. Not sure where you would find that service in the SIs, possibly Chch. There were several in Auckland a few years ago.
By the way fantastic program today excellent commentary,,, I always love to see a old machine brought back to life,, lots of active life in this machine that you have brought out of death's grip,, still has many thousands of hours left in this life,, going to be a good digger take care of her,,, she will service you well,, a bit of Grease fluids filters I see this machine lasting well into the next millennium,,,
Awesome on the free supplies and tools! Glad to see you making things right. I really like that you are actually going to make all new bucket pins but I'm not sure if it was the wrong kind of metal or a lack of daily greasing which is what should be done especially in the area of the bucket, to keep the dirt forced out all the time and stop from getting in there and start grinding away. A good operator will grease his machine every day, and the bucket is one of the easiest to get to as compared to upper boom cylinder pin. And I'm thinking the person that owned this nice little machine and left it out in the woods wouldn't have had to, if he had been a little more diligent on maintenance which makes me think that he probably was not greasing it every day. This allowed the constant exposure to dirt around the bucket allows the grease that is there to become mixed with the dirt and making a very abrasive substance that constantly wears with movement and very well may have been the culprit as to what wore the initial pins so badly. But I'm sure by the time you get all done with this machine someday you will have it in tip top shape. Keep up the good work and the videos. I'm going to be interested to see what all you do to repair this machine as well as all of the things you use it for. That you would not be able to do had you not acquired this machine for free!
Good on Supercheap for sending all that stuff. Somebody there is thinking outside the box. Re the mild steel / hardened steel issue - no personal knowledge, but I'm guessing you won't be wearing either of them out with your likely level of use! If someone asked me my best guess, I would use hardened steel + lubrication.
I love your style of videos! You mount the camera when you can and don't swing it around everywhere and point it at your face every time you say something. You have a cool, calm voice that's easy to listen to instead of the loud obnoxious voices of some. Well done. I'm a subscriber now.
@Marty T Just an opinion here, but I would leave mild steel pins in for the pivots. Pins are cheap and easy to change, bushings are more expensive, line boring worn out bores is way more expensive then pins. I know the work is done already, however just something to keep in mind for future endeavors. When a system is designed that will experience wear, it is common to design the system to wear at a central component that is easily repaired. Good work either way.
That rattle gun, if it's anything like their 18v ones, will last absolutely forever, one of the other guys at work has the 18v one and we've absolutely abused it for a year straight, we've even gotten the anvil housing up to around 160'c a few times and it still keeps on going, with no noticeable drop in performance over that time
I don't normally like super cheap but am coming around as they seem to be very supportive of independent video creators. Good work supercheap
great marketing by them, makes me feel good about shopping there
There store loyalty card is good if goes on sale within 2 weeks you get a store credit fo the difference to spend in store
@@agatemaster1998 thanks for the info
I have received a lot of store credits it good not to be done over to fine it is on sale on Monday and you bought on the weekend
That huge tool kit they gave him actually doesn’t look half bad!
If Supercheap Auto and Gulf Western are watching - you rock! You now have a new customer (me). Cheers guys for your generosity.
Totally that’s amazing generosity!
@@boomish69 good on you supercheap
Nothing for the brave 🐑 and mouse? But seriously that's the way to sponsor someone livi g a real life, well done.
77 litres hydrolic oil drained and you were sent 80 litres. Seems like someone at Supercheap Auto did some research for your excavator specs. Nice! 👍
All the way from England, I've got a lot of admiration for SuperCheap for supporting homegrown machine operators and engineers! Good luck chaps.
Nice to see you’re getting some support from business Marty.👍👍
Nice job mate, didn't skip any steps and I am sure the old girl will appreciate the maintenance. Just always amazed at how if basic maintenance is done how much better things run and last longer. But so many can't be bothered and then just toss it aside. So, good on to you for doing the right thing!!
Thanks mate
@@MartyT it is awesome watching you fix big machines like this and use them around the house!
So cool!
amazing that machine sat in forest doing nothing and you come a long and in a short time make it useful again. Congratulations you be awesome.
Great to see SCA donating to the cause. A good Brissy company. That old Isuzu is sounding good. I can see why you have 314k subscribers well 314001 now. Hope your making a buck out of it mate. A lot of work and time going into setting up the cams and then editing the final. Well done.
Definitely talk with Hitachi. They will love this video. This is like the "hitachi works" vide of the year.
Very interesting, my husband is Technician of Maintenance, he knows very well all gearboxes or motoreductor, sometime he works for Caterpillar, Case & Haulotte here in France ... I show him your video, he loved your maintenance, thank you.
Good on Supercheap and Gulf for stepping up to the plate.
Men in the wilderness working the machines are SOOOOOOO cool!
Good maintenance will make the ol girl last a long time !
Thanks for sharing and take care. 👍
7:16 For those ASMR folks ^^
Really worth saving these old machines, they make good work horses and unlike the modern stuff the operator can do all the maintainance.
I wish I could find some sheep just like yours. They have the cutest most fearless character to them. I really love watching them whenever you show them in a video.
@Marty T I really love how you resurrect old / broken equipment and give it a new lease of life. It's inspiring to me and I learn a lot watching your channel. This Hitachi excavator was a fantastic effort - great job and thanks for sharing.
On a side note, how nice of you to give those rams a fun toy.
worked on this stuff for many years, the wear on the pins has nothing to do with the hardness and everything to do with the LACK of grease. Go with mild steel pins and proper grease, if you put hard pins in there you will bugger up the bushings as well as the pins. Look after the old girl and she will last years. good luck
Seconded, mild steel, there is a reason they build them with that. Better to bugger up the pins than the bushings.
I agree as well. Its a grease thing
I’d put automatic greasers on the pins as well. My paw did this on all his equipment, pins lasted seemingly forever. I used to run an old Hough 120 and I’d grease the pins in the morning and they’d be dry by noon. Greased them again and they were dry at the end of the day. My Cat 988 had greasers on it, pins stayed in great shape even after years of work.
@@kennethbailey2616 Your family did better than mine! Mine never greased anything until it was well past worn out to the point grease didn't do any good anymore, then they pour it to it like there was no end to the stuff.
neil ,,, X2 re pins and grease I hope he reads your message ,
"Hey check out these boys." I lost it. HAHA - you're the man Marty @11:05
Are those baby goats?
J. Zingler Rams, they heavier than they look, around 80kg
@@MartyT Why do you have Mufflons? They are really cute though...
They're pretty aggressive. You would NOT want to be head butted by one of them.
Bad boys hanging around doing what boys normally do 😁
Can't put my finger on what makes your videos special, but they're very enjoyable to watch. Thank you.
Thanks mate
Nice score with the hydraulic oil, the cooling fluid and the tools. 👍
Nice of super cheap to give you some stuff
SCA seem to be doing a pretty good job of supporting worthwhile channels. It doesn't go unnoticed.
Yes, I am really impressed. They get all my custom anyway (I'm in NZ) but gestures like this certainly won't scare me away to Repco [spit].
Fixing up an abandoned digger? So awesome, how could we not offer to help! Shout out to Gulf Western for jumping on board also - Reece
@@supercheapautotv you guys are getting all my business now!
Supercheap Auto awesome stuff, you’ve got my business for life
These videos about the Abandoned Digger are awesome! So cool to see old equipment revitalized! And it was free to top it off! Love the detail as to what was wrong when first getting going and how diagnosed issue.
Your rescue of the digger came up in my recommendations for some reason. I watched the fascinating first startup and self-extraction from the forest. Then of course I had to keep watching, and the cats are getting awful hungry.
I told them "Its addictive!"
But they don't care. They told me to "Subscribe for gawd sake, were starving".
So i did.
Nice JOB super cheap to give you ALL that stuff. WAY TO GO GUYS!!!!!
Very very nice of Super Cheap to give you some well needed supplies! Especially the tools for going into the woods!
“The boys” were cool and need a couple more bags to play with- haha.
I know it's just a machine but i can say she must be happy getting back to work and not forgotten..
Right on Mate for saving this beast.
Your a shooting star buddy…not many people that could do what you do. Thanks for the vids
Greetings from Kentucky. Enjoyed the update. Glad the old girl has a second life. Well done.
I love that you pulled this old girl out of the scrub after 16 years and with some new fluids and a few little jobs she's nearly as good as new
She's a runner and the price was right...
Wow thanks Supercheap Auto!
Very nice gift?♥️🙏🏻☀️🏄♂️
Great Deal Mate! SCA really came through for ya. I'm sure the old girl really appreciates the flush & new fluids and I'm sure you will put the nice new shiny tools to some fair dinkum work. Thanks for the updates.
Hey Marty. I live your calm demeanor in your videos. You obviously think and plan ahead before you film. Also love the way you work. Looking forward to watching more of your videos.
Nice update on the old girl. Fancy tools too 👍
Thank you for the update. Little by little you will get there. You were lucky with the gift from Super Cheap.
This digger has found a good home. Thank you for posting, thumbs up.
It a Hitachi, the well made digger! I have an EX50 URG, small digger for 17 years, bought it with 4400 hours, now 8900 hours, still runs great, did a lot of works when I was a home builder. I keep her as a reminder of such great job pal!. With quick coupler, I could switch among: fork, cement mixer, hammer, compactor and so on......
Félicitations 👍👍👍👍👍👍 pour la remise en route de cette pelleteuse abandonné.
Une belle affaire 👍👍👍👍
Excellent work on getting the digger sorted. Watching from Northern Ireland👍
Salute to those who supported this man! Especially those tools and other stuff
"looks like that bottom plates been dented" Understatement of the century there mate haha. Good stuff man!
I would definitely buy from suppliers that choose to support people like yourself that's doing good work in rescuing this machine and opening up the forest trail.
Not only that, your videos are educational, informative and entertaining and may help inspire others to take on challenges of their own.
It's really interesting to see your work on this machine, thanks for posting these videos.
Always good to see people keeping old stuff alive.
Great job. Blowing a bit of smoke, could probably stand an injector service at some point in the future. Love the updates. Cheers
Thanks mate. Yes she's a bit smokey when cold, seems to clear when it warms up though
Maybe add some diesel fuel additive next time you refuel to clean the injectors. Do you run it on red diesel?.
In the UK, red diesel is taxed much lower and used in machinery on private land only - tracktors, diggers, generators, etc... Using red diesel in a diesel car or truck/lorry on the public road is very illegal and if you're caught by police you get a big fine.
@@simontay4851 It's gas not diesel
@@johnsandusky6184 its a diesel engine.....
Tbh man all old diesel engines are just smokey. Emissions were not a concern in those days
Can't argue with free, makes the much need maintenance a no lose proposition...good stuff my man.
This excavator is in good hands with you & the tractor you picked up too, you seem like the type of person who likes to keep on top of your gear & look after them too.
good to see companies like super cheap getting behind channels like this well-done guys
great to see the old machinery finally get some well deserved tlc
Thank YOU Supercheap! :)
Three cheers for Supercheap! That was quite a haul there Marty!
Good work Supercheap. Sounds like the man has a cold. Fun watch.
Wonderful seeing the old girl getting some love after all that time abandoned ❤️
This is a nice digger to add to your arsenal of equipment. Very nice indeed. Those new tools will come in handy as well.
No idea why this has been in my recommendations and no idea why I’m on the second video of it, and no idea what you’re talking about but I’m enjoying it
That makes two of us! Changing the oil and spark plugs on my John Deere garden tractor is about the extent of my mechanical acumen.
@@desitterspace2127 You are most of the way towards tackling replacing oil filter, air filter, cleaning battery terminals, buying a good 8 stage battery charger (CTEK MXS 5.0 or similar) for winter maintenance of your tractor etc.etc.
Marty I could watch you work all day and ive learned a lot from you.....thanks pal
I liked the Rams at the end. Nice to see equip. getting the attn. it needs. The later fix for the slop in the bucket pickup pins area was good too.
Very nice of SuperCheap - I will give them some business!
Envy how mechanically inclined you are, enjoy watching what you do.
Those sheep/goats love that red bag,🐏 Great job on thar loader, give it the TLC it needs.
That is a great old machine. Looks like the ring seal in the engine is a little worn, but that beast will live a long time anyways. Nice to give her some fresh good stuff. Looking forward to more vids of this old girl.
That's a nice set of tools they sent!
So much better than my old set
@@MartyT The old ones got you to this point. Hang on to them...
Love this video! I enjoy watching you bring things back from scrap to fully working machines!
Thanks for the reminder. I got two or three ol girls in need of a flush before winter. Great job!
Woohoo that tool kit is beautiful. Take care of it. Cheers for some great interesting content
Nicely done fella. When I need you I will just transport you to my place and you can start working on my equipment. That is if my transporter is up and working. Have a great day too. VF
I'm going to go through Super Cheap tools now, great that they supplied that stuff!
Thats awesome that they helped you out on that!!!!! Looking at their site now :)
Awesome Supercheap ... helping out a well deserving Kiwi !!
I admire those who take the time to do it right. Skills, mate. And thanks for a great parting shot! 😉
The old hydraulic oil looks pretty good. I use old hydraulic oil as a wood preservative, like for fences and sheds, decks of utility trailers, etc.
Good idea, I use sump oil for wood, the borer hate it ;)
Will it help keep away termites, too?
@@LuciferLizardo I do not know. This is a new experiment, and in fact I am also mixing some old creosote with used engine oil for already infested wood, which has been chasing the various wood bugs out. I will be building a small shed with this old wood, so hopefully the rodents and insects will stay away.
The punching bag is a nice touch. Looking forward to the next maintenance video.
Great job Supercheap Auto and Gulf Western is amazing. Amazing work!!
These videos are my favourite types of vids on TH-cam. They’re interesting.
Those sheep are a trip, I've never seen a excavator without a front blade. It seems none of the ones you guys have over there don't have them.
I work for a company designing heavy machinery. We select the pin material to be softer than the bushings in most cases since the bushing are ussually either more difficult to change and/or more expensive to change. Love the video by the way!
That make sense, thanks
I used to operate a JCB JS130 with an Isuzu engine like the one in your Hitachi and it was a fantastic motor, never gave any problems and was fantastic on diesel would work hard for about 18hrs on a tank wish I could say that about the new one I'm on now
Wow!
How awesome isn't to get so much tools oil and other stuff for FREE! 👍👍
Those relaxing super informative videos pays of fore you! CONGRATULATIONS 💥👍
Cheers from northern Sweden 🍻
When I saw your bucket pins Marty I thought of the rebuild services in NZ for that sort of thing. They can rebuild the pin diameter with welds and then re-turn on a lathe to the correct diameter, so no need for new ones. Not sure where you would find that service in the SIs, possibly Chch. There were several in Auckland a few years ago.
I did not know you were the angry ram dude... Wow been watching him for years , But I love rescuing tractors... Many Blessings , SMR
Who else wanted to take that bottom cover off, and hammer it back into original shape?
Yep 🙈🤣
I just dont understand how you fuck it up that bad to begin with 😆 I've ran excavators for 10+ years and never seen one that messed up lol
Ace result. Good luck with the tractor!
Cool stuff. Love those sheep, smashing the bag. Hilarious.
By the way fantastic program today excellent commentary,,, I always love to see a old machine brought back to life,, lots of active life in this machine that you have brought out of death's grip,, still has many thousands of hours left in this life,, going to be a good digger take care of her,,, she will service you well,, a bit of Grease fluids filters I see this machine lasting well into the next millennium,,,
The Rams are preparing for battle! Thanks for sharing...
Great video! Love seeing old equipment brought back to life!
Good work Supercheap Auto
Awesome on the free supplies and tools! Glad to see you making things right. I really like that you are actually going to make all new bucket pins but I'm not sure if it was the wrong kind of metal or a lack of daily greasing which is what should be done especially in the area of the bucket, to keep the dirt forced out all the time and stop from getting in there and start grinding away. A good operator will grease his machine every day, and the bucket is one of the easiest to get to as compared to upper boom cylinder pin. And I'm thinking the person that owned this nice little machine and left it out in the woods wouldn't have had to, if he had been a little more diligent on maintenance which makes me think that he probably was not greasing it every day. This allowed the constant exposure to dirt around the bucket allows the grease that is there to become mixed with the dirt and making a very abrasive substance that constantly wears with movement and very well may have been the culprit as to what wore the initial pins so badly. But I'm sure by the time you get all done with this machine someday you will have it in tip top shape. Keep up the good work and the videos. I'm going to be interested to see what all you do to repair this machine as well as all of the things you use it for. That you would not be able to do had you not acquired this machine for free!
Nice job. Free digger and free tools and fluids. But a lot of work. 💪👍
Excellent. What a score. That will be a very handy tool. Funny sheep as well.
Good on Supercheap for sending all that stuff. Somebody there is thinking outside the box.
Re the mild steel / hardened steel issue - no personal knowledge, but I'm guessing you won't be wearing either of them out with your likely level of use!
If someone asked me my best guess, I would use hardened steel + lubrication.
She's looking ( and sounding ) really nice now! Good job! :)
Nice job, I bet it's running nice and smooth now. 😉👍👍👍🇺🇸
Great going Supercheap!
I love your style of videos! You mount the camera when you can and don't swing it around everywhere and point it at your face every time you say something. You have a cool, calm voice that's easy to listen to instead of the loud obnoxious voices of some. Well done. I'm a subscriber now.
Landed in my Recommended vids. Hooked. Subscribed.
Great camerawork, great delivery; super production.
Thanks for sharing.
@Marty T Just an opinion here, but I would leave mild steel pins in for the pivots. Pins are cheap and easy to change, bushings are more expensive, line boring worn out bores is way more expensive then pins. I know the work is done already, however just something to keep in mind for future endeavors. When a system is designed that will experience wear, it is common to design the system to wear at a central component that is easily repaired. Good work either way.
MS pins can be refurbished easily and cheaply enough too with a stick welder and lathe.
Love watching this kinda stuff, but the best part was your sheep butt boxing the bag.
Love a man who can fix, build stuff! ❤️
yea, good work supercheap for looking after the little guys, well done.
That rattle gun, if it's anything like their 18v ones, will last absolutely forever, one of the other guys at work has the 18v one and we've absolutely abused it for a year straight, we've even gotten the anvil housing up to around 160'c a few times and it still keeps on going, with no noticeable drop in performance over that time
Score on the freebies! NICE WORK