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My dad was right about this scrapped CAT track Loader

dieseJL
2023 ж. 14 Қыр.
35 641 Рет қаралды
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#diesejl #saveoldiron
We are back on Caterpillar 977 #1 - this time trying to figure out what is knocking. Miss the previous videos in the story?
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  • WANT TO HELP SAVE OLD IRON? GET YOUR SHIRT NOW - bonfire.com/save-the-977s

    @dieseJL@dieseJL8 ай бұрын

  • Thanks for the update and committment to fixing these old girls!

    @queenofspadz@queenofspadz8 ай бұрын

  • Great to see your ambition to save these machines. Wish you all the best with your projects.

    @ksw501@ksw5018 ай бұрын

    • Thanks!

      @dieseJL@dieseJL8 ай бұрын

  • Great video. Experience usually is correct. Your passion to save the two machines is awesome. Love your videos.

    @philstreeter9703@philstreeter97038 ай бұрын

  • Your father is a man that loves his son.

    @joefranklin9380@joefranklin93808 ай бұрын

  • Believe me. If I could afford a tea shirt I would buy one. On a fixed income. Love your videos.

    @ralphm2856@ralphm28568 ай бұрын

    • Hey, watching us still does wonders. THANK YOU for your support!!

      @dieseJL@dieseJL8 ай бұрын

  • Can't wait to see the next videos

    @davidtrafford1451@davidtrafford14518 ай бұрын

    • I can’t wait for you to see them

      @dieseJL@dieseJL8 ай бұрын

  • Your the jpaydirt of the north. Nice job keep it up!

    @roblashuay3658@roblashuay36588 ай бұрын

    • Doesn’t he live in like the dakotas? We practically live in Florida compared to him 🤣 But thanks! I know he and I would get along just fine. I would like to have 10% of his knowledge!

      @dieseJL@dieseJL8 ай бұрын

  • there was services that could cut the crank in the engine. see if these people could help you. you have one of my most favorite channels. i wish that you lived next door. if i could help you one particle i would. my best wishes

    @russwabuda1556@russwabuda15568 ай бұрын

    • I didn’t really show it but at the worst spot it measured like 0.100” under. The maximum you can grind these cranks is 0.050”. So it would have to be welded which is expensive and risky or you just find a different crank which is what we will do.

      @dieseJL@dieseJL8 ай бұрын

  • "My dad was right..." I've said that so many times in my life! I should have listened to him more often, but I had to learn the hard way.

    @bilko991@bilko9918 ай бұрын

    • Yeah that’s how you learn 🤷🏻‍♂️

      @dieseJL@dieseJL8 ай бұрын

  • Been waiting for an update

    @bo0k@bo0k8 ай бұрын

    • Yeah life is busy with the baby, work, etc. plus these projects are a lot haha.

      @dieseJL@dieseJL8 ай бұрын

  • Great to see you back. Hope your new family member is doing well 😊

    @diggiz22@diggiz228 ай бұрын

    • Thanks! Growing like a weed he is

      @dieseJL@dieseJL8 ай бұрын

  • Can't wait to see the next videos. The black cap was the give away.

    @user-ep1gi2jg5d@user-ep1gi2jg5d8 ай бұрын

  • "Why don't you go take a nap or something" classic line 😂

    @davechristel5408@davechristel54088 ай бұрын

    • He deserved it…

      @dieseJL@dieseJL8 ай бұрын

  • once you get this loader running again you'll appreciate what you did..I have an old 977 just like this,I know what crawling underneath it is like ;) best of luck

    @metalfusion67@metalfusion678 ай бұрын

    • Anything unique / special tricks about the 977 that you've learned over the years / hours ? Maintenance / preventative maintenance and upgrade wise.

      @LORFCASTER@LORFCASTER7 ай бұрын

    • lube the radiator fan bearing and the drive shaft (under floorboard-inbetween the transm and the torque conv) regularly..drain water from bottom of fuel tank+change fuel filters both spin on primary and on the bottom of the inj pump theres one-often@@LORFCASTER

      @metalfusion67@metalfusion677 ай бұрын

  • I know my father was usually right and enhanced my youthful energy. Good on ya for saving iron that built this country! I'm going over now to buy a shirt! Loyal and dedicated!

    @hfdzl@hfdzl8 ай бұрын

    • Thanks for the support!

      @dieseJL@dieseJL8 ай бұрын

  • Save crusty iron !

    @h7qvi@h7qvi8 ай бұрын

  • I noticed earlier you needed a higher reach and longer. Do you weld well enough to make a tower and pole to fit on the tines of the tractor?

    @robertpeters9438@robertpeters94387 ай бұрын

    • Loader 😎

      @dieseJL@dieseJL7 ай бұрын

  • Put some 1000 or more sandpaper spin it and it's good

    @dakotak8437@dakotak84377 ай бұрын

  • Ah the glamourus life of a mechanic😂😂😂

    @harkbelial@harkbelial8 ай бұрын

  • Just ordered my grey T shirt to be sent to the Cornwall

    @Pastie71@Pastie718 ай бұрын

    • Thanks for the support!!

      @dieseJL@dieseJL8 ай бұрын

  • The black cap was the give away

    @johnelser9256@johnelser92568 ай бұрын

    • On the rod?

      @dieseJL@dieseJL8 ай бұрын

    • @@dieseJL yea the rod cap was black look at others they weren’t black if you drop a engine pan and see a black rod cap and others aren’t black that rod bearings Spun causing heat that turns rod cap black like that

      @johnelser9256@johnelser92568 ай бұрын

    • Yeah that’s a really good point. Everything was black on that ford 861 I’m working on and it never hit me why.

      @dieseJL@dieseJL8 ай бұрын

  • Well, look at the bright side, atleast now youll know its done right...

    @EverythingElliott@EverythingElliott8 ай бұрын

    • You’re assuming I will do it right lol

      @dieseJL@dieseJL8 ай бұрын

  • 😃😃

    @sergueiothonucci1638@sergueiothonucci16388 ай бұрын

  • Wrong tool for measuring crank

    @michaelwillcutt2619@michaelwillcutt26198 ай бұрын

  • Question - Why not dig a hole under it? Drag it over a hole? Not so wide as to allow the thing to fall in! Anything extra for clearance is going to be better. Greetings from the end.... Too late for gratuitous advice!

    @Michael_CS615@Michael_CS6158 ай бұрын

    • I think it would just fill with water haha

      @dieseJL@dieseJL8 ай бұрын

  • I would stop buying junk while you're ahead it's not worth fixing you're just giving yourself a headache there are plenty of those machines that are running just sitting in fields not being used

    @johndorazio3759@johndorazio37598 ай бұрын

  • cat cranks are hard as in (no grinding option) expensive !

    @DonKin-om7yr@DonKin-om7yr7 ай бұрын

  • get ready to spend mucho denaro!!!!

    @DonKin-om7yr@DonKin-om7yr7 ай бұрын

  • WANT TO HELP SAVE OLD IRON? GET YOUR SHIRT NOW - bonfire.com/save-the-977s

    @dieseJL@dieseJL8 ай бұрын
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