I remember when you didn't even want to paint it. The paint job you did exceeded all of my expectations. You did a fine job, and it's gonna serve its purpose of protecting that machine for many more years. It looks just as good as any other non-factory paint job on heavy machinery, including a socially distant paint job another Matt did on a grader. It's gotta feel good knowing the first run is just around the corner.
It has been a long road, but your persistence has paid off and the end of the project is in sight. My hat is off to you for sticking with the rebuild. I'm eager to see it move and then move some dirt.
Matt. You do realize you are going to be rebuilding heavy equipment for the rest of your life. I have the feeling you don't have a problem with that. 😀 You have so much, set up, for the future. Seeing this run will be super awesome. The excavator is like wow. Yes. First things first. This is a lot of work. I think you love it. I know you do. Thank you for documenting it for those of us who don't have the room to do it. I am sure your videos will generate enough revenue where you can hire a painter. I also hate painting. Thanks, Matt!
Wow. A man, a 2000lb engine hoist, and a 1950 CAT D4. I came across this channel the other day, and I've spent the last 3 days of my life binge watching the 40 videos on this project. Extremely entertaining. Matt, you do love a challenge! I admire your positive attitude and the ability to persevere through it all. Well done my friend! I can't wait to see it move dirt!
Before you install the rad you might want to put on the fan belt because of the pump shift will haft to come off if you're rad is on nice job on the D4.
Matt, on camera it looks friggin AWESOME!!!. Remember when you were working out whether to paint it or leave it? I voted for you to leave it and I based that on, I don't know you, didn't know your skill level, and if you half assed it like most do, it would would have looked terrible. I take it back and I'm really glad you did paint it. You did it really well, you obviously researched what you were doing, and as we all know now, you don't half ass anything, maybe within reason but this brings me to my next point. You also don't go the opposite way and tried to make it look absolutely perfect either which could have been another fail. It is, what it is, and it is a piece of industrial equipment, and throughout this whole journey you have kept that right in mind. Great job Matt. I really hope you take us with you with all the others projects i.e. excavator and your 240Z. Oh and there was a little bit of being hard on yourself for overthinking it which comes through on all your vids. Overthinking something only costs time and it's your time to do with what you want. It's not like all your doing is thinking about doing something, look what you have achieved!!! Matt I would say you have the exact right balance of thinking and doing.
Well Done Matt~! You have done Caterpillar proud. Cat had to drop the Highway Yellow for environmental issues. I was supervising in the paint area at the Decatur Plant when that happened. It was "blow" to all of us. The new color looked like "mud". We used airless spray at 2500psi and used a lot of paint. We ran the paint line two shifts and painted about 20 machines on each shift. There was a prime paint line and a finish paint line with a downdraft ventilation system. Both lines had a pit with an elevator so the painters could paint the bottoms of the machines. The pits were not a favorite place to work. The painter's favorite trick was to get somebody to point out a "shy paint" area and when the pigeon got close to point out the spot, the painter would paint their shoes. LOOOL!!!!! You should take pictures and send them to the Caterpillar Museum and Vistor's Center in Peoria. They post pictures of machines and you have thousands to show the before and after.
guys like you, the lone DIYer, who takes his time, admis his mistakes, learns from said mistakes and produces an enjoyable video with great content..surely deserve more subs/views..but in time, folks will recognize your efforts and reward you so..
14:30 I definitely learned over the years that the best way to figure out how something works is to take it apart and put it back together. Now you know everything about that machine.
This has been really fun to watch .. An exercise in patience and preservance 💪 Love it when a plan comes together ! Look forward to this and future builds
You will only scratch it anyway so don't beat yourself up about it , my boss spent $5000 on a paint job on a d4 we rebuilt and 12 months later it's scratched and dented and looks like it was never done, ok yes the operator is rough on it but he's doing what it's designed for, I think you have done a great job on it and have definitely given it another 30 yrs of service ahead of it, great work especially in showing a few tricks to make it easier for people doing a full rebuild
I think it looks amazing. When you first got it it was in shambles it was left to rot. You completely tore it down and went over and fixed each piece and repainted and are giving it a new life. It’s going to last another 40 years now because of what you did. Great job it really does look good.
Matt..somehow I feel like a young kid waiting for Christmas to open presents. Been with you since day one...you have come a looong way thru trials and errors..what a great education watching the progress. Your video series is a keeper to down load for future reference. Thanks again for allowing us all to learn as you went forward. 2 weeks you say.....hmmmmm. Waiting for the next post.
Awesome job! You're a brave, ambitious and patient man. I've been hooked on this series from the beginning and when a new episode comes out, it immediately jumps to the front of the queue.
PNH, Looping nice. Hope it runs/operates as nice as she looks. That model of D4 brings back so many memories of my youth. My father bought one for our small farm for plowing and brush clearing. Great powerful little dozer. Boe
Really great job....did you not hear us yelling “take the spring out”! But then as we are not doing the job we figured “you’re not doing this and you are not helping”! So absorbing for those of us who never rebuilt a Pushy Cat.
Wow , knocked it out of the park ,the crowd goes wild ! Single handed with less than the minimum equipment , I'd be over the moon to have done that in three hours ,seat of the pants engineering at its finest .
Matt, I look forward to every new video. I can't believe one guy can handle all these heavy parts and get them apart and back together! Keep up the great work, you're amazing. Looking forward to seeing it fire up for the first time
Great progress! I'm really looking forward to seeing it start up for the first time. I only found your channel within the last couple of weeks or so, and I binge-watched this whole series.
Hell all Friday...for a country dude you did a super good job not only on the paint but on what you have done so far. I am amazed at your talent to take this forest trinket and make it what you have made it into. I can hardly wait for the finished product.
Been watching you rebuild this machine for a long time and cain't wait for you to get it started and running again. Hate to see machines thrown on the junk heap when they still have life and purpose in them. Might not work as well as a modern new machine but for the purpose your have in mind it is much cheaper and better for your needs and should give you a lifetime of satisfaction and service. Keep up the good work.
Oh that is great. Thank you for going through the extra effort of recording, editing and uploading all of these for us. It's been great and we hope there is more.
Glad to see you at this step. It is obvious you know this machine top to bottom. Single handed getting the engine and drive together AWESOME. Paint looks great. Thanks for the video.
its so shiny this has been one long journey i started watching when a video of you drilling your fingernail came up in my recommended ive been hooked ever since
Hey brother, I think it looks great, great job Matt! Don’t worry, just dob the bottom because nobody’s going to see it! It’s all about protection from rust brother! Awesome job Matt! 👌🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻
Wow 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮!!!! You have the paint done and now the engine on. Must be exciting to see you project coming together. You are doing a great job. I can not wait to see it all done and in use. I hope that it was worth all of your time and money. I wish that you had a friend there to help you with the engine. I used to paint ground equipment in the Air Force and you did a good job. We used to say, at 30,000 feet I do not think the piolet is thinking about the paint job. None the less the logic was that a good looking jet is taken better care of. Hang in there, you are the best!!!!!😃😃😃😃
Matt, I know it's a little late for this but, you could have solved your dent problem with that fuel tank by welding a 3/16" plate to the back of the tank. Kind of like a slip cover. I know it was more trouble than it was worth trying remove the dents. But just covering them up would have been quick and simple. You can still do that before you get to the decals. And no one would ever be able to tell. A few bucks worth of steel, and a couple of hours worth of welding.
You did a really good job for a beginner. KUDOS if you intend to paint the 240. Keep the gun 10- 12 inches away from the car. The fan will give you better atomization and lesson the possibility of runs. You can do all three coats in one effort. A light coat to give adhesion and light coverage wait 15 - 20 for paint to flash and then shoot it again. You can generally tell when it has started to set up by touching your masking tape to check for tackiness.
Yellow is a difficult color to paint. I be painted a lot of JD parts and I've found that for me, black primer works best for yellow. These are the best videos of their kind. I throughly enjoy your commentary and skill. 👍
LOL. Now people show up with the painting advice. I think it looks great Matt. I was very happy to see greasy bent parts and wrenches. I'm so looking forward to seeing it fire up. Make sure your batteries are charged.
I was taught by an old body man to thin using a drip count. Stir and pull the stick out and start counting as fast as you can with out slurring the numbers until the paint turns from a stream to a drip. For acrylic lacquer it was about 18 which was good. Establishing a count for your paint would help you be consistent with batches.
I congratulate you young man, to me you are thru the worst of the process and heading down the home stretch to a finished project, you have done very well as far as I am concerned and I look forward to a video of it in action, the D4 is looking great, thanks for the update sir.
I started watching these when I had COVID and really enjoyed the content. You do a fantastic job of explaining and your skills are obviously up there. Don't listen to the couch advisers who have done it all and better, do what you know to be what you want. After all, this is your project. Keep up the fantastic work. Well done says I. i hope you have future projects I can come along for the ride as well. It is amazing how much I learn from watching others,. little things sometimes, and large things (I think, why did I not think of that) at other times. I can say I have learned a lot from you even though I will never do a bulldozer..
Excellent job. I admire your commitment to this project. A lot of people would have lost interest and given up. You have resolved to do whatever is necessary and overcome any setbacks. I'm looking forward to more videos. Thanks for sharing.
The mating ceremony has been completed! Awesome job, Matt. Looking forward to seeing some smoke come out of the beast. You'll need a bottle of good champagne to christen it. Lord knows you deserve it.
Keep it going Matt it is looking great and paint does serve a purpose I don’t know about your area but our area the dirt has an acid in it the paint helps with it to wash off
Great job Matt. Waiting a year for this to run is nothing....... I follow Project Binky and Tally Ho! (just to name a couple) and I'll be drawing my pension long before they're finished....... lol.
Matt the paint looks fine once you have it all together and outside you will see the amazing job you accomplished on that machine. Hats off to you my brother.
Great job Matt. You bring us along on this project like we are there with you. I used to hang out with my older brother while he rebuild his motor bike projects. Would take months and there'd be set backs and ordering parts etc.. he just kept going through it all. Well, you remind me of him. He still has projects going, just now I'm 45 and he is 50, I live in the US and he is still back home in Ireland. So all that to say thanks for bringing us in and along with you. Edit; I'm not saying you are 50 🤣
You've done a good job there, I wouldn't be too concerned with over spray or any mistakes as I imagine they were completely assembled and then painted yellow from the factory so virtually everything got a coat of paint with the exception of the seat.
I’ve been patiently waiting for this video, I love this satisfying series soo soo much. Keep up the great work. This unit is looking fantastic, I can’t wait for her Maiden voyage lol
If it hasn't been mentioned: When lining up engine to trans take a few long bolts that will screw into the engine and cut the heads off to use as alignment dowels.
All the nooks and crannies makesit hard to paint. But it looks brand new. I have followed each video from when you brought it home. You have come a long way 👍👍
When all you have is a set of woodworking clamps, everything looks like pieces of wood! Great job Matt, it's truly coming together incredibly well. I'm with you waiting for that first rumble of diesel power!
Just make sure you have your sun glasses on Matt. But you have done a fantastic job. It's so nice to see somebody bringing back to health an older piece of equipment. Great Job and Channel.
Nice and coming along, a lot of work on paint and prep. It is afterall a clatterpillar and not a 1968 Camaro SS 350 going into a museum in Los Vegas. Then all looks great and after a couple of crawler jobs it will bring a tear to your eye. Thanks for this series. I like it.
No wonder this video took so long to past ! That is a lot of work ! I am liking the results a lot ! looking forward to the next Video . Thanks for Sharing !
You have done one heck of a job so far. Thanks for taking us along on your journey Matt!!!
I literally took two breaths and here it is! It's not here, then it is! MATT!!
I remember when you didn't even want to paint it. The paint job you did exceeded all of my expectations. You did a fine job, and it's gonna serve its purpose of protecting that machine for many more years. It looks just as good as any other non-factory paint job on heavy machinery, including a socially distant paint job another Matt did on a grader.
It's gotta feel good knowing the first run is just around the corner.
It has been a long road, but your persistence has paid off and the end of the project is in sight. My hat is off to you for sticking with the rebuild. I'm eager to see it move and then move some dirt.
Matt. You do realize you are going to be rebuilding heavy equipment for the rest of your life. I have the feeling you don't have a problem with that. 😀 You have so much, set up, for the future. Seeing this run will be super awesome. The excavator is like wow. Yes. First things first. This is a lot of work. I think you love it. I know you do. Thank you for documenting it for those of us who don't have the room to do it. I am sure your videos will generate enough revenue where you can hire a painter. I also hate painting. Thanks, Matt!
Your hard work is paying off. Looking great Matt. Far cry from a hunk of old iron dragged out of the woods.
Wow. A man, a 2000lb engine hoist, and a 1950 CAT D4. I came across this channel the other day, and I've spent the last 3 days of my life binge watching the 40 videos on this project. Extremely entertaining. Matt, you do love a challenge! I admire your positive attitude and the ability to persevere through it all. Well done my friend! I can't wait to see it move dirt!
I'm addicted to your journey. I love watching people work through problems ending with successful conclusions. You do that in spades.
Before you install the rad you might want to put on the fan belt because of the pump shift will haft to come off if you're rad is on nice job on the D4.
"...well, it's yellow..." Yep, it sure is ! Looks great. This is going to be the finest vintage/working dozer out there. Great job.
Great job Matt! Awesome to see what it was to what it is now.
Just got home from Hospital day surgery for my back. In quite bit of pain and on meds. Saw this notification and already the healing begins. TY Matt
Matt, on camera it looks friggin AWESOME!!!. Remember when you were working out whether to paint it or leave it? I voted for you to leave it and I based that on, I don't know you, didn't know your skill level, and if you half assed it like most do, it would would have looked terrible. I take it back and I'm really glad you did paint it. You did it really well, you obviously researched what you were doing, and as we all know now, you don't half ass anything, maybe within reason but this brings me to my next point. You also don't go the opposite way and tried to make it look absolutely perfect either which could have been another fail. It is, what it is, and it is a piece of industrial equipment, and throughout this whole journey you have kept that right in mind. Great job Matt. I really hope you take us with you with all the others projects i.e. excavator and your 240Z.
Oh and there was a little bit of being hard on yourself for overthinking it which comes through on all your vids. Overthinking something only costs time and it's your time to do with what you want. It's not like all your doing is thinking about doing something, look what you have achieved!!! Matt I would say you have the exact right balance of thinking and doing.
Well Done Matt~! You have done Caterpillar proud. Cat had to drop the Highway Yellow for environmental issues. I was supervising in the paint area at the Decatur Plant when that happened. It was "blow" to all of us. The new color looked like "mud". We used airless spray at 2500psi and used a lot of paint. We ran the paint line two shifts and painted about 20 machines on each shift. There was a prime paint line and a finish paint line with a downdraft ventilation system. Both lines had a pit with an elevator so the painters could paint the bottoms of the machines. The pits were not a favorite place to work.
The painter's favorite trick was to get somebody to point out a "shy paint" area and when the pigeon got close to point out the spot, the painter would paint their shoes. LOOOL!!!!!
You should take pictures and send them to the Caterpillar Museum and Vistor's Center in Peoria. They post pictures of machines and you have thousands to show the before and after.
I really want to try using airless with it now.
guys like you, the lone DIYer, who takes his time, admis his mistakes, learns from said mistakes and produces an enjoyable video with great content..surely deserve more subs/views..but in time, folks will recognize your efforts and reward you so..
So looking forward to the final steps and hearing it running. What a tremendous effort and undertaking. Very impressive Matt.
Don't beat yourself up. This whole project is coming along great.
Congratulations.
14:30 I definitely learned over the years that the best way to figure out how something works is to take it apart and put it back together. Now you know everything about that machine.
Definitely Yella, My dad once sprayed farm machinery for a living - Massey Ferguson
This has been really fun to watch .. An exercise in patience and preservance 💪
Love it when a plan comes together ! Look forward to this and future builds
You will only scratch it anyway so don't beat yourself up about it , my boss spent $5000 on a paint job on a d4 we rebuilt and 12 months later it's scratched and dented and looks like it was never done, ok yes the operator is rough on it but he's doing what it's designed for, I think you have done a great job on it and have definitely given it another 30 yrs of service ahead of it, great work especially in showing a few tricks to make it easier for people doing a full rebuild
Matt, pretty awesome job being a one manband and success while doing it.
I think it looks amazing. When you first got it it was in shambles it was left to rot. You completely tore it down and went over and fixed each piece and repainted and are giving it a new life. It’s going to last another 40 years now because of what you did. Great job it really does look good.
Paint looks good. Some touch up to do but easy doable. I'm very impressed with your ability to study manuals and then apply those instructions.
Matt..somehow I feel like a young kid waiting for Christmas to open presents. Been with you since day one...you have come a looong way thru trials and errors..what a great education watching the progress. Your video series is a keeper to down load for future reference. Thanks again for allowing us all to learn as you went forward. 2 weeks you say.....hmmmmm. Waiting for the next post.
Did I really say 2 weeks? Guess I still haven't lost my hopeless optimism
Everything looks really good. The work you've done all on your lonesome. Putin that engine in on your Owen could not have easy. Great video.
Awesome job! You're a brave, ambitious and patient man. I've been hooked on this series from the beginning and when a new episode comes out, it immediately jumps to the front of the queue.
I would say paint turned out great! It's a working machine so don't worry too much about it.
PNH,
Looping nice. Hope it runs/operates as nice as she looks. That model of D4 brings back so many memories of my youth. My father bought one for our small farm for plowing and brush clearing. Great powerful little dozer. Boe
Really great job....did you not hear us yelling “take the spring out”! But then as we are not doing the job we figured “you’re not doing this and you are not helping”! So absorbing for those of us who never rebuilt a Pushy Cat.
Wow , knocked it out of the park ,the crowd goes wild ! Single handed with less than the minimum equipment , I'd be over the moon to have done that in three hours ,seat of the pants engineering at its finest .
Matt, I look forward to every new video. I can't believe one guy can handle all these heavy parts and get them apart and back together! Keep up the great work, you're amazing. Looking forward to seeing it fire up for the first time
really admire your patience. Greetings from Germany
Bro, you've done a great job painting it!
Great progress! I'm really looking forward to seeing it start up for the first time. I only found your channel within the last couple of weeks or so, and I binge-watched this whole series.
When I worked refinishing houses, we always made sure the area at eye level on the throne, and above the master bed, was perfect. For the same reason
Wowwww Matt, I remember when you first pulled this beast out of the woods... you are incredible!!!!!!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I've been watching from day one and haven't missed a video it looks like a completely different tractor!
Bravo for hangin in there and getting it done. It will hopefully be a fine machine for a very long time.
You did really well fitting that engine without help, I have watched every video, great work on your part
Hell all Friday...for a country dude you did a super good job not only on the paint but on what you have done so far. I am amazed at your talent to take this forest trinket and make it what you have made it into. I can hardly wait for the finished product.
Been watching you rebuild this machine for a long time and cain't wait for you to get it
started and running again. Hate to see machines thrown on the junk heap when they still have life and purpose in them. Might not work as well as a modern new machine but for the purpose your have in mind it is much cheaper and better for your needs and should give you a lifetime of satisfaction and service. Keep up the good work.
Oh that is great. Thank you for going through the extra effort of recording, editing and uploading all of these for us. It's been great and we hope there is more.
Glad to see you at this step.
It is obvious you know this machine top to bottom.
Single handed getting the engine and drive together AWESOME.
Paint looks great.
Thanks for the video.
its so shiny this has been one long journey i started watching when a video of you drilling your fingernail came up in my recommended ive been hooked ever since
Hey brother, I think it looks great, great job Matt! Don’t worry, just dob the bottom because nobody’s going to see it! It’s all about protection from rust brother! Awesome job Matt! 👌🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻
Wow 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮!!!! You have the paint done and now the engine on. Must be exciting to see you project coming together. You are doing a great job. I can not wait to see it all done and in use. I hope that it was worth all of your time and money. I wish that you had a friend there to help you with the engine. I used to paint ground equipment in the Air Force and you did a good job. We used to say, at 30,000 feet I do not think the piolet is thinking about the paint job. None the less the logic was that a good looking jet is taken better care of. Hang in there, you are the best!!!!!😃😃😃😃
Mate the D4 LOOKS BRAND NEW The Journey Has been AMAZING 👏 can't wait to see you push dirt around.
Oh no! You're not gonna take it outside and get it all dirty, are you? 😁 Looks Great. Keep 'em coming
Matt, I know it's a little late for this but, you could have solved your dent problem with that fuel tank by welding a 3/16" plate to the back of the tank. Kind of like a slip cover. I know it was more trouble than it was worth trying remove the dents. But just covering them up would have been quick and simple. You can still do that before you get to the decals. And no one would ever be able to tell. A few bucks worth of steel, and a couple of hours worth of welding.
Getting along nicely. You have done a lot of work on that crawler. Thanks for the video.
I have followed this entire project. That machine is beautiful. Great to watch a dedicated guy restore a piece like this.
You did a really good job for a beginner. KUDOS if you intend to paint the 240. Keep the gun 10- 12 inches away from the car. The fan will give you better atomization and lesson the possibility of runs. You can do all three coats in one effort. A light coat to give adhesion and light coverage wait 15 - 20 for paint to flash and then shoot it again. You can generally tell when it has started to set up by touching your masking tape to check for tackiness.
Yellow is a difficult color to paint.
I be painted a lot of JD parts and I've found that for me, black primer works best for yellow.
These are the best videos of their kind. I throughly enjoy your commentary and skill. 👍
I believe I detect a bit of a perfectionist in you. That's a good thing. That will make you do a much better job of whatever you do. Great job, Matt.
LOL. Now people show up with the painting advice. I think it looks great Matt. I was very happy to see greasy bent parts and wrenches. I'm so looking forward to seeing it fire up. Make sure your batteries are charged.
I was taught by an old body man to thin using a drip count. Stir and pull the stick out and start counting as fast as you can with out slurring the numbers until the paint turns from a stream to a drip. For acrylic lacquer it was about 18 which was good. Establishing a count for your paint would help you be consistent with batches.
I congratulate you young man, to me you are thru the worst of the process and heading down the home stretch to a finished project, you have done very well as far as I am concerned and I look forward to a video of it in action, the D4 is looking great, thanks for the update sir.
You've done so good at doing it right, paint the pan , even though you don't see it you'll know you did a short cut . Your Dozer looks great.
I do like your phrase "just pop it in" Very well done. That was heavy lift.
I started watching these when I had COVID and really enjoyed the content. You do a fantastic job of explaining and your skills are obviously up there. Don't listen to the couch advisers who have done it all and better, do what you know to be what you want. After all, this is your project. Keep up the fantastic work. Well done says I. i hope you have future projects I can come along for the ride as well. It is amazing how much I learn from watching others,. little things sometimes, and large things (I think, why did I not think of that) at other times. I can say I have learned a lot from you even though I will never do a bulldozer..
Excellent job. I admire your commitment to this project. A lot of people would have lost interest and given up. You have resolved to do whatever is necessary and overcome any setbacks. I'm looking forward to more videos. Thanks for sharing.
The mating ceremony has been completed! Awesome job, Matt. Looking forward to seeing some smoke come out of the beast. You'll need a bottle of good champagne to christen it. Lord knows you deserve it.
Keep it going Matt it is looking great and paint does serve a purpose I don’t know about your area but our area the dirt has an acid in it the paint helps with it to wash off
Keep up the progress Matt! We’re all invested and ready for it to finally fire. Getting closer and closer to the finish line!
That was an epic episode. Well done Matt. It was great to see the yellow butterfly emerge from its rusty brown cocoon.
Factory show room finish baby !!! Looks great !!!!
Great job Matt. Waiting a year for this to run is nothing....... I follow Project Binky and Tally Ho! (just to name a couple) and I'll be drawing my pension long before they're finished....... lol.
@27:26 You Are Home. This is pinnacle. Pivotal. Groundbreaking. Congratulations, Matt. Don't worry, she will run.
Forgot, if you had 2nd person help. but one-man doing engine that size think you did awesome Job.
I don’t think this D4 is getting lost in the woods! Nice job on the paint
When Matt opened the garage door I thought, "Is it night out or are we just being blinded by the dozer?"
After all of this hard work, I think she should be in a museum.
😊
Looking awesome 👍
great job Matt... the end is insight.... and wow looking back when you pulled it out of the woods and now.... you have done a great job Cheers Don
Matt the paint looks fine once you have it all together and outside you will see the amazing job you accomplished on that machine. Hats off to you my brother.
Great job Matt. You bring us along on this project like we are there with you. I used to hang out with my older brother while he rebuild his motor bike projects. Would take months and there'd be set backs and ordering parts etc.. he just kept going through it all. Well, you remind me of him. He still has projects going, just now I'm 45 and he is 50, I live in the US and he is still back home in Ireland. So all that to say thanks for bringing us in and along with you.
Edit; I'm not saying you are 50 🤣
Been waiting like a kid for Christmas.
You've done a good job there, I wouldn't be too concerned with over spray or any mistakes as I imagine they were completely assembled and then painted yellow from the factory so virtually everything got a coat of paint with the exception of the seat.
I have been looking forward to this video. Great transformation, looks good!
Seriously One long process but IMO you’ve done a heck of a job.
Great job, when you see what it was like when you found it, it’s amazing. 👍
Nice job Matt, Don't be so critical on yourself, you're building this to use and for that you should be proud of the outcome.
WOW, with a new coat of paint she looks soooo happy!
Great job Matt, for being solo you have done an amazing job !
I’ve been patiently waiting for this video, I love this satisfying series soo soo much. Keep up the great work. This unit is looking fantastic, I can’t wait for her Maiden voyage lol
Looks great! Painting after all that work is such a treat.
Thanks for the video Matt. Nice job. Waiting for your next episode
If it hasn't been mentioned: When lining up engine to trans take a few long bolts that will screw into the engine and cut the heads off to use as alignment dowels.
All the nooks and crannies makesit hard to paint. But it looks brand new. I have followed each video from when you brought it home. You have come a long way 👍👍
Nicely done. I've enjoyed watching you bring that beast back to life. Thanks for sharing your story.
Instant gratification, great job. This old machine is a happy camper.
When all you have is a set of woodworking clamps, everything looks like pieces of wood! Great job Matt, it's truly coming together incredibly well. I'm with you waiting for that first rumble of diesel power!
Quite the journey Matt!
Just make sure you have your sun glasses on Matt. But you have done a fantastic job. It's so nice to see somebody bringing back to health an older piece of equipment. Great Job and Channel.
Looking very, very, good. Great work on this machine and we are all looking forward to seeing it run!
I've watched the whole series and can't wait to see it running. Heavy equipment breaking is the gift that keeps giving
Paint looks Great 👍
Can't wait to see it running.👍👍🇦🇺😎
So very close, Matt....really looking forward to seeing the end result....you've done a fantastic job so far...😊👍
Awesome job so far bro. It's been uphill all the way for you and you never gave up !
Nice and coming along, a lot of work on paint and prep. It is afterall a clatterpillar and not a 1968 Camaro SS 350 going into a museum in Los Vegas. Then all looks great and after a couple of crawler jobs it will bring a tear to your eye. Thanks for this series. I like it.
No wonder this video took so long to past ! That is a lot of work ! I am liking the results a lot ! looking forward to the next Video . Thanks for Sharing !