We found an abandoned Dump Truck - but will it start?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ต.ค. 2021
- So Lawrie had a tip off from a friend about an abandoned vehicle next to his local pub, so our interest was immediately raised! But we didn't expect it to be THIS bad...
Come join us for a day trying to get this abandoned piece of plant moving once more!
A video featuring:
Lawrie: Being overly optimistic,
Matt: As an unwitting aid.
A video edited by Matt
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Top tip lads mist a bit of wd40 into the intake as opposed to the evil easy start you can start and run a diesel on WD-40 safely and easily and also in my mind adds a little hint of lubrication to the top end too so win win 😀😀
Easy start isn't evil. It is if you have to use it all the time but if it's a quick squirt of happy juice to get a long standing engine going again then that's fine. If there's a problem that needs easy start all the time then fix it. Perfectly acceptable to use on this occasion.
WD is basically naphta so by that logic cou could basically use petrol aswell.
@@johnrobbo69 I am amazed at all the folks that think that starting fluid is bad.
wd 40 does not step up the comp like aerostart/also lubs the rings in the bores
@@thepitpatrol the the thing is with easy start…they get that addicted to it that it will get to the stage where it will not start without it…get it fixed!
Those Petter PH2 Engines will run for ever on Ditch Water
Hi. please free the decompression lever with WD40.too much hammering might damage the decompression lever or the push rods or the piston . pour some lub oil thro the inlet valves or inlet ports to free the piston and aid compression. also tap the inlet and exhaust valves to free some carbon and free any dirt that may be trapped on the valve seats. fit a new fuel filter. bleed the diesel system completely. until you hear a ting ting sound in the injector nozzles
A Petter PH2 16 hp and 18 on overload great to hear that sound again I started my time in the Staines Factory in 1973 remember them going down the line got a PAZ 1 in a cement mixer in the garden thanks guys
Oh a mighty engine!
The screams of joy as it splutters to life!
I had my doubts, but you lads pulled it off. Well played. There is nothing quite like hearing an old engine coming back to life.
Brilliant, and a standard hydraulic pump as well. But, chaps, keeps your pinkies away from the injector lines when it is turning, that is a version of hypodermic dermatitis you really don’t want :o)
Still running my 1962 winget lads. Please watch your thumb on the starting handle, put it over the top.
I have no idea why I spent the last half hour or so watching this but it was absolutely bloody marvellous !!! Well done guys. 😃
I have an idea why......its cool.
Thank you glad you enjoyed it!
Diesel engines are amazing! They can sit for decades and with some priming and pre-lubrication, they will run. I admire your persistence in getting that antique to run.
Thank you very much
Diesel engines are on another level, they are engines that can spend many years standing still and will always start without hesitation.
Since I've been driving cars, I've always had diesel, they've never let me down.
My father had a gasoline, and this misfired several cylinders in full overtaking, the engine almost stopped.
Since that day, I have been disgusted by spark ignition engines, wherever there is a diesel, I don't want anything else.
The fact that you showed up at a random field, tinkered for a bit and then drove this thing is absolutely marvellous.
The Winget plate isn't surprising. Winget also built site dump trucks that were pretty similar to those produced by Thwaites. From the looks of it, this might be a '60s 1-ton model, possibly an early articulated unit rather than a rear-steer like Humpty. Thwaites dumpers seem to have been much more built out of flat steel with very angular wheel arches rather than the more rounded items this one has, so that could make it quite a rare beast. The seat also looks right for a '60s Winget...
Rare, but not really worth anything...
It would have originally been a Q-plate, as vehicles not designed for the road but fitted for road use and registration were at the time, but it's been sat so long that the UV has rotted the plastic letters on the plate to the point where the Q has lost its' tail. I was trying to get a good look at the plate as 0703 is the old STD/area code for Southampton, and there used to be a plant company there who had their phone number put on their equipment using number plates rather than painting it on, but this isn't one of theirs as the letters on the plate show. NG was a Norwich plate, so this hasn't really come far from where it was registered, though it certainly wasn't new when registered as the plate is in the 1983-on format which post-dates this by something like two decades. A Q plate can also denote a vehicle of uncertain date of first registration or a vehicle that may have been assembled from parts taken from a number of broken vehicles, so they are commonly seen on kit cars or vehicles imported into the UK with incomplete or incorrect paperwork...
By the way, Lawrie, that steering wheel was from an Austin Metro/Maestro/Montego, so...
I think this is an old 4/45 meaning 4 wheel drive and 45 cwt capacity or two and quarter tons.
Ah Austin, yes, what fine British engineering....said no one ever except for locomotives and possibly isambard kingdom Brunnels Bridges 🤣
Also, lovely write up, thank you 😊
Definitely enjoyed & inspired! We moved to France just over a year ago & whilst hacking/clearing through the "back garden" we discovered a dumper truck! It's a Sambron air-cooled diesel, front wheel drive, rear wheel steering, no hydraulics so abit simpler than the one just tackled, it's not seized, has a pull cord that wraps around a pulley for starting. Hopefully I will get a chance to tinker with it soon. Cheers for the motivational video, look forward to watching more resurrections. Good stuff! 🛠️
The look of pure joy on Lawries face is worth every second of footage when it starts the first time 😁😁😁
Spoilers!
Nothing like the face of joy on my face when it started i bet. And i wasn't even there.
I see future videos of it being fixed. Get that water out of the dump box!
@gina nothing mechanical there, better luck next time.
That reaction at 23:40 genuinely made me smile, second video I've found of yours and I have to say that was great to see :)
Amazing! I have so many memories of my dads old little dump truck he used on his small holding when we were kids. Forgot about that little silver lever he raised before hand cranking it. Me and my sister would fight over who had to sit on the engine cover because it was so bumpy and you had to hang on for dear life!!😅 Fun times!
Lol at steering wheel coming off!!!
Loved it. Need more like this. Thank you guys.
Please make more videos like this. You two are a great duo. I love Matts sense of humour
Classic Petter PH2... My younger days you'd only find half the decompression lever on any engine, they've get broken.. nice too for starting if each cylinder had it's own, get it fire on one, then hit over the second.. things where sods starting, as direct on the crank, unlike Lister L an off the camshaft.
You'd got it right at the end, it's down to fueling and bleeding... filter bowl outlet, pump bodies, the pump housings each have a lever for pre-priming to the injector, if you crack the feed pipe at injector, elsewise it pre-injects fuel for cold start, and as mentioned, flip the throttle idle set block out to full open the rack. Sounded good for first start after standing, like injectors where still good, if not atomizing then a no go. Cheers.
from trying to start it in gear to absolute victory, absolutely brilliant rescue. X3
That was absolutely insane! I love it! Poor Lawrie's cranking arm is going to be very sore after that workout. But (emulating Dr Frankenstein), "It's alive! Alive!" There were so many good moments in this video, but Lawrie's expression when the steering wheel broke off was the one I'm left with. Brilliant job, gents!
When a project vehicle requires a minor landscaping job just to get to the damn thing, that's when you know you've got a good'un.
Indeed A quality mechanical piece lol
I worked on diesel engines 16 years in the Navy. When a Diesel engine sits for sometimes it needs all the air taken out of the fuel line. Bleed the fuel line of all the air in it. Until you get nothing but fuel coming out of it.
King's head pub. Definitely not seen it move in easily over 15 years probably 20. Ive nearly passed out cranking one of these twin cylinder dumpers. Good work!!!!
Well that's Lawrie's vehicle for Lmmons 2022 sorted then, it is after all road legal and there's less water in the bucket than poured on our heads this year 🤣
Looks like it will go faster than his pick this year too
@@Taggart00 Would make an interesting drag race video 🤣 between the two. Of course we CAN'T say what vehicle he took this year as that would spoil the surprise for those who weren't there 👍
@@Taggart00 It WAS faster than a Qashcow on the A65
If this ends up restored before Humpty...
Seriously, though, I wanna see Humpty restored. Might be cool to have two of these mini dumpers, though.
trains dont have stearing wheel and it works GREAT.
29:00 fellas it's a tapered pressure fitting of course it's gonna leak til you actually get the threads on enough to apply pressure. Some modern Brake lines are still flanged like this, modern hydraulic lines are often this style. Oldschool fuel and water lines almost across the board compression flanges. Getting that thing started is one of the most bad ass things I've ever seen
Having worked on Petter diesels since the mid 1960's (I was twelve when I got my first one) I can say fairly safely that virtually nothing stops them working, I have even seen one run with a broken crank shaft. I found that the easiest way to start them is bounce them off the compression ten or twelve times after you have heard the injectors squeak then pull the engine over TDC and they start saves all the cranking.
With knowing for the future
I picked up a Petter single cylinder diesel engine, ex dump truck by the looks of it. The exhaust port was totally blocked with carbon, so I scooped that out until I reached the valve/valve guide. Water got in through the air intake, so hoping bore is not toast. When I remove the head I`ll fill cylinder with mix of petrol and diesel for a week, to try and free-up piston/rings. Hopefully it`s going to power the saw-bench I also bought on the well known online auction site. Came with canvas belt.
@@rattusnorvegicus4380 they're nice little engines.
@@lmm Great news, i`ll crack on with it as a winter project. Got another bare saw-bench, so`ll get the lump up on there, it`ll make a decent workbench.
What if the piston is seized in the cylinder on a AA1 #askingforafriend
Great job guys,if she's going to join the barn toys and Humpty,you ll have to call her Dumpty! Stay safe all.
I'm a big fan of dripping a good amount of Tran fluid in the cylinders day before the banger push.
If its cold we often chuck some in to increase compression
There was one digger on I think Hamaltonvillle Farm (not sure which channel), that was entirely covered in vines and invisible. They cut access holes for the engine and cab and drove it of the weeds and it looked like a pheonix coming out of ashes.
Pre-soaking everything that needs to move, (with CRC, WD-40 or similar), would make your job SO much easier...
Brilliant! I had total faith it would start!*
* At no time did I think it would start
Iying in bed with coved your video has lit up my day, to no end. It makes me feel good to see old tractors,,ect bought back to life again and showen a little love. Back in Australia l am working on a Ferguson tea 20 that's been abandoned for the last 25 years. I have got it to run and have most of the parts to finish the project. This has given me the inspiration to push on and finish the project, l look forward to the day when l can actually drive, and put the Ferguson to work once again. Looking forward to seeing what else you do to the old dumper. Cheers Adam
Another piece of evidence that they really don't make 'em like they used to. Would love to see this old machine get a proper restoration. Well done, guys!
We'd love to get stuck in on it!
We had one of those wingets on site in the early 80s, we quickly noticed that if we filled the skip right up , it would not tip.
Great job! With my compliments, cheers, Fabrizio
A rag soaked in diesel, light it then hold in front of the air filter intake. Top trick when it’s a cold start.
Yeah, I've heard that's a good idea
I’ve been starting old tractors for forty years , I am impressed , and well know the joy of bring a price of machinery back to life , hats off to early engineers .
It's fantastic when they go isn't it!
Another great video from the LMM crew; I admit that originally I thought this dumper was too far gone, but I was cheering with Lawrie when it actually started!
Great work! Thanks for showing. The pure joy of bringing it back to life!
Good job getting it going, you should rescue it and get it repaired.
i've never actually clapped at a TH-cam video but when you got the wheels moving and free from the green frons of mother nature that had claimed it I loved it.
Also absolutely lost it when the steering wheel inevitably came off!!
Pleased to hear you enjoyed it!
One of the best 'Will it run' videos I have seen! It works! Well done to both of you. Will this fine machine end up at the shed? I'll bet it does. Excellent. 😊👍✔
I absolutely love all your videos it has encouraged me to start making my own TH-cam channel about the educational side of steam trains and traction engines because there's not many videos around about them
Oh, is that a tree!! Lol!! Best auto repair statement ever!!
Watching that thing trying to pull itself out of its resting spot was just awesome 👌
HOORAY! IT LIVES! :D Since the other one is called Humpty, this one should be known as Dumpty :) It just needs some hydraulic fluid, new return lines, air in the tires, a TON of lubrication on all of the moving parts, and a new steering wheel would be a good idea too ;)
Am genuinely impressed!!!!!! So glad I found this channel
these diesels are immortal!!
I wouldn't run any old engine until I knew there was oil pressure, you can start it but while you're dancing about congratulating yourself it could seize and be written off.
You guys are really entertaining. I don't think that I have laughed so hard watching a "will it start" video. Thanks a lot guys. That is a really interesting machine. I would love to see you guys really get everything working on it again. I have never seen one of those before. Can you tell us more about it?
Had me laughing all the way. The prickers and whacking your knee with the starter handle. I probably enjoyed this video the most. Keep up the good work and hope you have a good medical plan.
At first I thought u were crazy
But now I see it's a controlled crazy
Great video guys thanks from USA
What a blast. Thanks.
Is it bad that i'm giggling and smiling as much as lawrie when it first fired up
Good video! I’d love to have a little truck like that!!
Hey! I recognize you lol
Hey Matt!
Hello there!
I know you I’ve been watching your videos for months keep it up
Thank you very much, it could make a super little truck with a bit (lot) of work
37:49 "Here Gromit, take the wheel"
Hi Laurie, with these machines, you need to be careful that the starting handle doesn't jam with the engine running,(it becomes a missile if it leaves at speed), if it does jam, apparently it can be freed using a shovel, sending it straight down (in theory) , not that I've ever done it(I'm not that brave), incidentally, will it be joining the LLM fleet, or are you leaving it for the current owner to restore?, stay safe, all the best from Scotland, Stephen.
don't think i could go out actively looking for abandoned vehicles like this since i would most likely want to save all of them regardless of how far gone they are. sure not much is left but given some of it is still around it's fighting to stay alive so we should save them. should be against the law to leave a vehicle like this, won't do it to an animal so why a vehicle. anyway great video as always team LMM.
***Spoilers:
given the end of the video, are we gonna try and get it back to the shed now since she moves. Humpy can have a blue/greenish friend. wait it's green must be eco.
My thoughts exactly. Poor old machines like this will last forever unlike the rubbish out today
Lawrie: (Holds unknown gross bottle, looks to open it)
Matt: "Don't open it, do not open that"
Lawrie: (Starts to open bottle)
Matt: "If you open that, you have to smell it"
Ah, friends who make content together. Never change.
^_^
It's good fun!
If the motor turns, and doesn't have a bad crank or broken, rod, make spark, and yes it will run, only 3 things make it run. Gas air spark, and that's a over size lawn mower. Good luck, Hope Its free, and not stuck from sitting
Needed one of these guys, brilliant.....back to the grass roots. Thank you
Pure comedy genius! Thanks mates, I needed that tonight!
I think Pete C's Bramble might actually have been more overgrown than this.
Marginally...
I enjoyed that, would love to see a series on this machine. Cheering you on from Ottawa Canada
12:45 unexpectedly hilarious watching you two transform.
Thank you
I loved the maniacal cackling at the end while sat in the seat.
I was pleased it moved
Lawrie suppose your taking it home now?
Mega Humpty
Humtyzilla?
Oh you guys are a riot.. Congratulations, I really had my doubts.. From Fairbanks, Alaska USA.. On to the next 👍👍
Amazing what a little bit of effort accomplishes. Really great job guys.
Of course it will, petter ph’s are indestructible!
Watch Wes Work and mustie1 would be proud
Diesel Creek & Taryl, too . . .
@@TheGodsrighthandman don’t forget about hank. At Hamiltonville farm.
They'd probably dispair at us 😂
The Sleeping Beauty of construction equipment
Great stuff, thanks for sharing!!
Amazing, thank you, i felt the anticipation and excitement of making it go :) :)
The most exciting video iv seen all week, I love videos like this! 😆
I love your enthusiasm in getting these relics started and running again! I wish I could find things like these and get them going. Keep up the good videos!
Thank you very much! We were lucky to find this one in truth.
What a great video, It had a great giggle watching Lawrie & Matt tackling the job of getting the dump truck up and running. I wonder what Lawrie will come up with next?
Thank You!
I loved it! Lots of exitment, fun to watch and very interesting video. Thanks.
Thank you!
Will it go? Yes, I believe in you. Have I had to prune my way to gain access to something? Yes, but never a vehicle
Magic well done guys. Great fun to watch, keep them coming.
Thank you very much
Loved watching the two of you. I am *3 and used to do that with our Old Fords and Dodge.
Now that’s happiness right there well done you lot!
I helped a mate of mine to get a old abandoned jcb 814 powerslide out of a old disused barn at first I thought it would be a pointless exercise but it was a surprise with a bit of easy start and hydraulic fluid and diesel it worked a dream all it needed was new windscreen seat upholstered and thats it. Great video as always
Okay, now THAT's impressive! Congratulations!
Amazing !🤜🤛.good job guys.
well done !!! looks like a quick fix to get her in shape !
Did anyone else hear the bird singing constantly? It must have been sittiung just above the two heads! I know it‘s name only in german (Mönchsgrasmücke I guess), a fluffy nervous little „nothing“ almost impossible to spot, but with a beautiful melody!
I didn't even notice and I was there!
Great job lads.Your going to have to purchase this beast and give us a part two.Save the beast.👍👍👍
You and your wife did a great job getting it running
Matt is certainly not my wife
That type of starting handle can be a jaw breaker as it goes over the shaft if it spins off when the engine starts can hit you in the face. Have seen it happen. Have also seen one get stuck on the shaft then it spins like a propeller
Well done guys ….now can you tip the water out 👍🏻👍🏻
How can you watch this and not smash that sub button!
Thank you very much!
Wow cool that you got it to run
This is the kind of machinery that will out live the apocalypse. If everything electrical fails, these old diesels will keep on chuggin as long as you can dump something it'll run on into it.
I had that exact motor in a Boat Bro , The Ol lister 2 cyl Air cooled hand Crank motor Love em miss that boat it was cool , brought the motor second hand in was under some Marinas Bench for years Spotted it and they sold it for buggar all , and wacked it in
Outstanding job boys!! That was great to watch!! Keep it coming!!
Thank you very much!