Today on the channel we take a look at this Ditch Witch Model R40 Chain Trencher equipped with a V4 Wisconsin Engine. After sitting for over 10 years, will it start and drive? Special thanks to @AHFixIt for hanging out, offering electrical and life advice, running the camera and seeing first hand, will it start?
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When not getting spark from a distributor, connect a spark plug wire directly to the coil and run the engine. If you have spark now, your problem lies between the coil -> cap -> rotor -> cap -> plug wire -> spark plug.
So cool you got that to start up and run. I always bring along a cordless leaf blower when I'm playing with old stuff to clean off the engine compartment and surroundings. Makes it easier to see, as well as lessen the fire hazard.
Great story I find it extremely rewarding to keep/get old equipment running. I have a 1966 Davis task force 500 trencher with backhoe that I took out the two cylinder engine that had a spun rod bearing and grafted in a Wisconsin V4 that came out of a late 50s cement mixer. Really enjoy your videos. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome! Thanks for watching!
Nice to see getting old machines up and running again. Watching you from the UK
Great video. Would love to see more content on y'all fixing up this machine! Thanks y'all!
That is a nice running V 4 engine. And the chain digger drives as well. Great restauration project.
Good job repairing your Ditch Witch. I worked for ditch witch about 20 years
V4 air cooled Wisconsin was one of the most reliable motors from small farm machinery to industrial off road equipment with gross weight pushing 3 tons empty to fully loaded near 6 tons 6x6 and a small drilling rig and 60" paddle tires mostly swampy areas looking for oil reserves .
Nice little machine. Yeah, I reckon getting it digging trenches again would be cool for the channel and a nice little rental opportunity too. 👍🏻
Must have been Grandad that used this equipment! Good to hear the witch run!
Your old ladies nail file are amazing for cleaning the points 👍😁
Your camera action is outstanding. Far too many move the camera far too frequently and not as it should be to keep the viewer focused on what is most important. Thanks, very professional. Worthy of future viewing.
Thanks! My dad always says… GET THAT CAMERA RIGHT IN THERE I NEED TO SEE WHATS GOJNG ON. also, was lucky to have a professional @ah-fix-it on the camera that day!
These machines work quickly is a great friend of man
If you are going to bypass everything that will stop the engine from starting or fly on fire you only have yourself to blame ,No different from making sure if all components are freely moving, It will save you time and unnecessary problems further down the line.
I'm halfway through this video when I thought of this; those are old fuel lines. This means that they probably need chabging. The other thought I had is that the accelerator pump's diagram is additionally in need of changing. It's possibly torn.
Little tip I learned is instead of sucking on the fuel line, blow in the fuel tank cap, and pressurize it, the same results without the same great taste.
Cool I have a 1981 R49 4X4 with a chain trencher with a back hoe and 6 way blade. ROPS and run by Air cooled Deutz.
That’s so cool to get old equipment going …Playing with toys is fun!! You could make money using this!!
Hopefully!!
Great job, guys
Small world! I have a cabin in Gladwin, I love the area. Great video guys!
Молодцы! Красавчики! 👍🔥💪Привет из России! 🤝
Itd be cool to get it trenching again!
Sorry if I am bad . Great stuff. 2 ft. Snow here. Love this cause there 2 ft. Snow. Thanks.
Take us along when you bring this all the way to working conditions- interesting machine
I wish I knew which engine your machine has as I bought a used, low hour VH4D a few years back and rebuilt engines were selling for $6 grand or more online. Bought mine for $850 with 600 hours on it. Runs great. If needed I have an original parts book for Wisconsin engines. It's huge! The largest engines were 65hp if memory serves me 👍.
This one is actually freshly rebuilt probably 50 hours ago
Keep up the good work guys 🎉
Great video guys! The biggest reason it started and runs with little effort is because it is OLD… had it been newer with electronics it would have cost big bucks to get it running!
simpson p260! my favorite vtvm I had in the navy!
we also start a daidz tractor which our Boss said is have 50 years inthe bushes we wash is engine fo 2 weeks & fold it anstating now is a ❤ of our Boss in warden freestate south africa
I keep hoping that a spark in a distributer is only relative to the amount of spark produced when it should be. That is a proper gap set and a proper ground as you are actually very good with electricity on other stuff. A wrong gap can cause a late spark or early depending on how well set. Another thing commonly overlooked by many many people is the grounding of the points. If those points were not screwed down inside of the distributor, there would not be a spark at all. Many people will sand the points and expect a spark... they should if the points themselves are properly grounded to the distributor and that is possible to look like it should work correctly but corrosive stuff gets between the points and the distributor... one simple way to get this grounded is to just open the screw holding them down and then retighten.... do it a couple times just for a grin as its corroded and needs that abrasion to help complete the ground to this distributor making life a lot easier. Just loosening them a little can help but get serious and do it so you eliminate the chance of the points not being grounded. I can say from experience that getting a shock from a coil can hurt for a long time if it hits you very hard. I lost all feeling in my right arm till I had surgery to correct a joint in my shoulder for getting a serious shock. Now as a kid, I would find some appliance in say a grocery store, hang onto my girlfriend or buddy and then touch the item that gave off a static shock from being not grounded proper..... very common in say stuff before the early seventies and rules about stuff being grounded with a third plug on your electric cord. I never did it on purpose but shocked a older person who peed their pants and then sent me to jail for it. I'm serious as I lost my balance trying to not get shocked myself, it made me jump and grab someone for balance and they got hit double hard as it increases in intensity when that happens. Another trick of my twisted sense of humor was I had really dry and fine hair full of static when I would dry it with a towel. So just for grins used to shock all of my sisters or even my brothers who started out bigger than myself. Lost in conversations here.... make sure that if you can to just take them out, the points I am referring to. Clean this area with some alcohol or starting fluid as its not oily and will not interfere with the proper grounding. Motor manuals used to start their chapter in a wiring book for trouble shooting.... first three words of every manual was "Grounds Grounds Grounds"! The emphasized this was most important
My buddy and I converted the articulating walk behind Ditch Witch version trencher into a log splitter 15 years ago. Thing runs mint to this day. Raise and lower the splitting beam and the hydraulics to power the splitting ram are already there. Idk the "splitting TONS", it eats.
Amazing
@@dieseJL I thought the same thing. Considering the insurance to cover trenchers and the gaining popularity of directional drilling... we discussed harvesting the motor etc... instead of putting into use as a trencher. Private property work only for trenching? Still - insurance kills the idea and profitability of it. Biggest private need is for "invisible" dog fences. IDK what your plans are, but it would be cool to see what you do with it. I guess what I'm saying is to please make a follow up video. Fixing the original problem would be cool... but then what? FYI... We also thought about welding a skid steer mounting frame on it. Any skid steer attachment would be able to be mounted on it. Post hole auger, forks, bucket, brush hog etc...
They made the same machine with a vibrating plow. It would be cool to convert it to that. We could use that for snaking irrigation lines and pruning roots.
You got really lucky starting that machine.
Fala galera, muito bacana vocês com essas recomendações dessas máquinas antigas vocês guerreiros.
After you clean the points , spray them a bit with cleaner. Wash off the dust.
Worked on many of them and the 30's.
That is cool and that you got it going again
Wow I'm impressed👍
wow the car works very well you two fix it, it must be very nice like the channel 👍👍
If only dozers, loaders were this easy to get running again 😊.
No kidding right. I’m like man maybe I need more gassers.
That's fantastic. Great video 👍
good job on getting it running..
I love it.I would love to have it thank for showing😊
Dad's encouraging words, you will never get that thing running!!! Hahahahaha
can't believe people leave this expensive equipment to rot. Crazy
One of my friends have some rotting cars and tractots on his backyard...
It happens alot, either no money to fix them, or they pass Away, or move Off and have no way to haul it or take with them lots reasons.
Ive a Case_Davis 30+4 version of this... Mine's articulated and came with a backhoe.. otherwise the same machine. A few items I've garnered over the years: (mine's a 1972 or 4..) install a $14 electric fuel pump(2-4 #'s pressure). They love to eat hydraulic hoses (probably just because they're 50 yrs old now!! LOL) I adapted a VW 32PICT carb & fabricated a manifold out of exhaust tubing and assorted flanges.( Because of my carb orientation, the governor hookup is still in question... but the engine runs like a bear!!) Rims rot out and so I purchased some rim barrels and cut out my centers and welded them to the barrels ..Fixed!! Carlisle till sells thes3e tires. *I added a Chinese multi-function hydraulic spool and it's soo much easier to run. Buy a suspension seat at Tractor suppl.. and your into the 21st century and the equivalent of a $50k machine!!
Awesome! Nothing wrong with an older machine.
Just bought one two days ago and the guy said he could not get it to start. It sat 5+ years! After removing the intake, cleaned it out from debris because of the open muffler, gapped the points, cleaned out the carb, then took the chance. I mean $500 it was either going to be junk or a gem! It started surprisingly!!
Amazing!!
An r40 ditch witch with an air cooled Wisconsin engine will go forever. They hadn’t ruined them with electronics and safety equipment. I worked on dw for forty years and they were great machines
I hope you checked out the new video
That was fun.
That's cool
It's funny, at the last Tyler is blushing on telling about ditching for the Amish. Funny enough. Yes get the big front loader running. Next time with a gas engine squirt some gas in the spark plug holes. It will run the engine long enough to get the fuel through the fuel pump guys.
Haha... I knew it was going to run before you even cleaned off the first leaf! Nice job bud. I try to keep my Case Davis 40+4 in decent shape but she's getting a little old now. Loves her hoses lately. Quick question, do you have a decent supplier suggestion for the carbide picks on the chain? Seems like turned into gold lately..
I don't, eventually I need to order a chain for this. I have quoted quite a few people and they're all pretty similar in price.
@@dieseJLThanks for replying, I know you stay pretty busy! I went to move my beast for the first time this year and was treated to a faceful of mouse nest right out of the gate from that big, beautiful, fan cooled V4. Somehow, I ended up shearing off all 4 bolts that hold the lower chain sprocket from the hydro drive motor. What a treat! 🙄 Can't wait to crawl under and grab ahold of that greasy mess... Should buy a GoPro and start my own show...lol
Good little tow motor if auger doesn’t work
Another great video
bravo ! et bonjour de la FRANCE !
Muy bien, Buena aventura!
Nice trencher
Magnifique petit engin 👏😍
I love the way you don't care about.. skeeters snakes spiders hornets and posin ivy. another great video. thanks
Michigan is pretty ok with that stuff 🤣
Some one else junk is a poor man's treasure fix it and sell it to a man who would need it you guy's are cool thanks for sharing i am new to this channel i watched you fix the dozer your dad dug a big ditch having fun.
Welcome aboard!
Wow amazing 🤔🇧🇷
Super video 👍
Thank you 👍
@@dieseJL You're welcome !
I spent so many hours on those machines.
Wheres the key pad !😂Enjoyed this thanks.
Lol thanks for watching!!
Como e que abadona maquina ainda funcional e muita extravagância.
part I have a question why there are so many abandoned construction and agricultural machines in the US?
yeah them old wisconsins if they turn they will run, in my area running and working right thats worth 3k all day
Yeah I gotta get her back in good shape!!
Go green!!
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This car has been left here for a long time
Молодці. Техніка вогонь.
nice work, leave the governor alone it operates centrifugally and is connect to the engine, you will damage it....
Молодцы!!
Verygood 👍🏽
Do you still have your ditch witch ? If so would you sell it. ? I really dont need it but ive always wanted one just to tinker with im sure you know what I mean. Jus wondering thanks in advance I also worked with my dad till he passed away 98 yrs old. I miss him every day
We do! But unfortunately it is not for sale. I actually just ordered a chain for it this week, we have trenching to do this fall!
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Good video
Are there pink slip with this kind of heavy equipment.
I like your old Simpson volt meter
They’re the best!
@@dieseJL I got one my dad left me when he past he used it at the phone company he worked at in the 60s.it still works great
Great
video great. 💚
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Thank you!!
Gud works
Quanto tempo esse trator estava parado?
Dude buy one of those fuel bulbs from an old school boat tank, sucking fuel is no fun. Hope you make some money with that Ditch Witch. Cheers.
or at least blow on the tank next time hahahah
To continue using such a machine, a general overhaul is required.
De que localidade vocês estão?
That thing is worth like 4k near me
Carb has a prim lever on it carb bowl needs to be filled up
yes fix it up give secound life
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Привет. Крутая техника.
Take the tail end and make it in too a farm tractor.
Здравствуйте! Интересно узнать, вы покупаете эту технику или нет ? С уважением А
Eta funciona e um grade desafio pra um bom mecânico e vc e um deles 👏👏👏👏👏da próxima vês linpe antes pra evitar encendio pra sua própria segurança e um concelho essas jiringonsa pode pega fogo 🔥💯 e atingir vc já que e vc que está mechendo 😂😂😂😂😊😊😊😊
Loader next
Slowly working on it!
GOOD JOB .
Gas engines are simple'ish, you can have big time cylinder damage from sitting to long
Wouuu very nice 👍🌍salutari R O
Is that diesel? I thought I saw a distributor, wires and spark plugs?
Gasser