Can I get this vintage carnival ride running??

[@subtracktion]

My father and uncle are the original owners of this ride. They retired in 2009. I don't know much about it, but my understanding is that the swing was left outside that winter and the engine got water in it leaving it ruined. Some other owner must have got those engine parts hoping to fix it. Not sure if that's possible. The first new owner was going to convert the engine to electric so I don't think the condition mattered to them. Maybe my dad can help answer any questions you might have. P.S. It's probably easier to remove the seats before trying to get at the engine with a big piece of machinery. 😆

[@towntinker]

@@subtracktion my friend - who owns it now- would love to have a visit with your dad. Any chance your dad could give him a call?

[@subtracktion]

@@towntinker My dad actually said to give you his number if you (or anyone) wanted to contact him. I'm gonna send you an email.

[@tonyseidita5766]

I rode this ride as a kid in Covington Pa.

[@towntinker]

@@tonyseidita5766 that’s awesome

[@shawnengvaldsen2587]

I used to work for montana brothers i very well remember setting up and tearing down the swings loved that ride brings back memories

[@towntinker]

@@shawnengvaldsen2587 that’s awesome. It’s a small world. Thanks for watching. Make sure you subscribe in case we get that swing out in the spring

[@sgttombailes3380]

Glad I just found your channel. I too am a big tinkerer.. i even take perfectly working things apart and put them back together just to see what makes them work.. I LOVE it.

[@towntinker]

@@sgttombailes3380 I’m glad too. Make sure you subscribed. Thank you

[@paulgrady7430]

I rode that ride back in the 70s when Montana Brothers came to Tobyhanna Pa. My brother would grab my swing before the ride got going and twist my seat .The operator would tell us to knock it off .Good times .

[@towntinker]

@@paulgrady7430 that’s cool that you stumbled on my video- don’t forget to subscribe

[@pileofstuff]

I'm looking forward to seeing the next stage of this project whenever the weather cooperates and you can get back at it.

[@towntinker]

@@pileofstuff I’ll get that magneto out for a rebuild soon

[@oneanddone7992]

Oh gawd, "don't force it! Get a bigger hammer!" Subscribed.

[@towntinker]

@@oneanddone7992 thank you!

[@ChrisW2024]

your video was on my recommended page here on youtube and watching all the way in new Zealand

[@towntinker]

@@ChrisW2024 awesome Thanks so much

[@markdanielczyk944]

Love the Loadstars and the 4000 Series!👍 And the Paystar! And the square body!

[@towntinker]

@@markdanielczyk944 haha- I love all these things as well.

[@DKuzzin]

Answering your own question with "It's not normal"! Thats awesome!

[@towntinker]

@@DKuzzin haha Thanks Happens all the time So I guess it is normal..???..

[@howardkanitz4998]

Man I have always wanted my own amusement ride!

[@towntinker]

@@howardkanitz4998 facebook marketplace has everything

[@imtheonevanhalen1557]

Check the ignition points!! Magnetos rarely go bad.

[@jefftomashunas7913]

Omg!!!! I rode this so many times when I was a kid. The Montana Bros were from the Scranton Pa area as a small carnival company in the 70s 80s and 90s. I can't believe it still is around. They had many other rides as well.

[@towntinker]

@@jefftomashunas7913 that’s awesome You’re the second person to say that, and the Montana Brothers saw it as well.

[@WApnj]

Came for the ride, loved the sky.

[@towntinker]

@@WApnj thanks for your time We get some terrific sunsets & rises

[@chaircamvideos]

I'd love to know how quickly in normal use it would be unloaded, running, and earning money? Pre-assembled and opening mechanically looks so much safer than a stack of sections which need bolting together.

[@towntinker]

@@chaircamvideos I’ll bet a crew that knew what they were doing would have this thing up and swinging in a half hour or 45 minutes. It’s really slick

[@gearhead9943]

Please don’t ever edit out any cranking when doing resurrection videos it’s the best part!

[@towntinker]

@@gearhead9943 haha- you’re right! I just try to keep the videos as short as I can.

[@CarburetedCowboy]

@@towntinkeragree completely. More cranking, more cold starts, especially in all of your carbureted stuff. Cold starts are the best! Would love to see how you start all of them.

[@isfeldt34]

Definitely. A cold start will never lie. They just sound unique, we like long videos around here so I don’t mind hour or an hour and a half video, if there’s music, I’ll just get past all the music since I can’t see what the heck is going on anyhow I just listen since I’m visually impaired. 30 minutes is a great video length. Not to mention it’s in my history so I can always come back to it. Wonder what international harvester called that one? A carnival truck?

[@joekirk5731]

Junk

[@CarburetedCowboy]

@@joekirk5731 just like your comment here

[@ventues9751]

This is great !!! I loved it :) I used to be called " Mr. Fix It "

[@towntinker]

@@ventues9751 awesome Glad you found me. Make sure you subscribe and tell your friends.

[@jasonguzman564]

Love those old school international loadstars

[@towntinker]

Me too I used to ride a school bus that was this chassis

[@jasonguzman564]

​@@towntinkeri had a friend that had a tow truck like this.she was a beast

[@eddiewillers1]

Anyone else think this is the dad of Vice Grip's Derek?

[@towntinker]

You’re not the first to make that comparison- including my wife the first time she saw him.

[@ChakatNightspark]

I'm surprised you Didn't take off the Engine and Had it sent to get the magneto repaired/fixed over the Winter time. Then Put the Swing away just without the Engine on it. It would Save alot of time Come Spring/Summer time, When You go to Pull it out. Most likely by that Time Have the Engine back and with a fixed/repaired magneto

[@towntinker]

I think that is a great idea! I like to get as much done in the winter as I can.

[@trevorhaddox6884]

Did you check the points? Even though it's a mag, anything over a single cylinder usually has points (unless it's some really old weird mag). Would be a shame to send it off just to get the points sanded and set.

[@towntinker]

I did. They looked fine but still no sparky

[@joshorner-7911]

I seen smoke coming out the pipe

[@towntinker]

@@joshorner-7911 thanks for watching.

[@FAIRMONTsforever1978]

A lot of guys use a boatmotor tank. Some you can pressure the tank with the pump on the tank.

[@towntinker]

@@FAIRMONTsforever1978 thanks

[@timippolito1182]

Over the years, I built a vintage park. I 100% would get that running..

[@towntinker]

@@timippolito1182 very cool. Where is the park? At your house or is it public?? Thanks for watching

[@timippolito1182]

@@towntinker It's down below at the pond behind my house. Vintage playground equipment, paddle boats, coin op kiddie rides, ect. Now, that I think of it, I think someone did a video of one of the rides. I'll take a look..

[@johnkauffman6347]

New to your channel and I love it already.

[@towntinker]

@@johnkauffman6347 thanks so much

[@thomasmacduff2365]

Did he buy the old FE tanker? Lots of memories in that truck with my grandpa.

[@towntinker]

@@thomasmacduff2365 yes he did

[@HelloKittyFanMan]

"...Put my forks... slide this [engine] onto the forks..." For future reference: * FORK. Just one fork (with two tines). There's no such thing as a fork with only one tine.

[@HelloKittyFanMan]

Congrats to your daughter! Ha, you should've used one of those Sponge Bob time announcements: "One month later...."

[@towntinker]

@@HelloKittyFanMan thanks Yeah no kidding- this one really dragged on

[@Iaintwoke]

It is possible on some motors to fit the pump incorrectly and miss the cam. you need to make sure you get the arm in the correct position running on the cam. Not saying this is the case but worth checking.

[@towntinker]

@@Iaintwoke spoiler alert- I got her running. The truck that is

[@hunterfarmer3588]

Hopefully you get it running never seen a will it start on a vintage carnival ride with its truck something you just don’t see anymore

[@towntinker]

@@hunterfarmer3588 thanks. Hopefully he gets the mag fixed so we can review sit it in the spring

[@mrkevt542]

Did the engine you removed have a magneto on it?

[@towntinker]

@@mrkevt542 No it had points

[@jasonbeecher509]

It is dead battery acres. I have a magneto book. I've done quite a few

[@towntinker]

@@jasonbeecher509 we’ll try to get it off there this winter

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

304 345 international motor?

[@towntinker]

@@truckerkevthepaidtourist yes sir 345

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

@towntinker we used to have those in our international loadstar School school buses back in day. I also ran one in the late 80s and a six-wheeler for a small little printing company. Everybody was running Fords and GMCs and this little old international that just kept on a plugging away. Very minimal fuss just rust up in midwest

[@towntinker]

@ they are tough ole gals. When I was a kid all the school busses were loadstars with 345s

[@grinderkenny]

Does the magneto work on the old engine that was pulled?

[@towntinker]

@@grinderkenny the old one was points and it was missing points and rotor. The owner will decide which one he wants to fix.

[@BSPRODUCTIONS1388]

Probably rode that many of times in my childhood

[@towntinker]

@@BSPRODUCTIONS1388 were you from that area in PA that they toured it around?

[@roberthoppock5349]

don't remember setting up any small rides with gas motors when I was doing that in the late 70's

[@towntinker]

@@roberthoppock5349 were they all electric?

[@johnDingoFoxVelocity]

I would have bought it just for the cool old truck

[@towntinker]

@@johnDingoFoxVelocity it’s pretty sweet

[@HelloKittyFanMan]

Sorry about your loss but you could've reenacted some of that stuff of the truck starting to run well.

[@towntinker]

Thanks for watching

[@businjay]

Interested in The ride if you you ever consider selling, Id even take it without the truck. Looks Like a Fun Piece of equipment,

[@towntinker]

@@businjay ok I’ll let you know It’s pretty cool

[@MuzzleMike]

I would look into changing the swing over to a modern motor . Something reliable and you can get parts for . For a long time . Would be worth bringing it back to life . Looking good again . If nothing for town and church doings .

[@daverulz3915]

I think Homer Simpson did this. Season 9 episode 13. I think he moved a bunch of carnies in and then they had carnival rides in the front yard

[@towntinker]

@@daverulz3915 that’s awesome Simpsons trivia

[@letaloudone]

Hmmm the mannerisms are just like vice grip garage. You watch that too?

[@towntinker]

@@letaloudone you’re not the first one to say this. I have seen it. I like his recovery videos

[@HelloKittyFanMan]

I wonder if you could just replace the magneto instead of trying to repair the current one.

[@towntinker]

I don’t think they are making them any longer. There’s lots of places that will rebuild them like new.

[@tonyseidita5766]

Where is it now?

[@towntinker]

@@tonyseidita5766 Kingsbury NY

[@sgttombailes3380]

Are the plug wires on ?? Hard to tell from here.

[@towntinker]

@@sgttombailes3380 yeah they were- she was not making any spark

[@Robobot1]

Why are you so surprised that she was able to work The bucket controls of that skid steer

[@towntinker]

@@Robobot1 because she had never done it before and it was pretty close quarters.

[@andrewaguiar9590]

Put feul into carberator clean the feul jets on the carb use caberator cleaner

[@towntinker]

@@andrewaguiar9590 there’s no spark

[@andrewaguiar9590]

Check the terminals on the distributor and usaly if the truck don't get gas to the engine feul line problem would have a Crack in it or it's just gum up after years of sitting I like ur channel

[@andrewaguiar9590]

@towntinkeri can't wait to see another video I'm verry interested in that Antique. Truck what u do with it

[@towntinker]

@ thank you for watching

[@danielmkubacki]

So Cool!

[@towntinker]

@@danielmkubacki thank you And thanks for watching

[@WApnj]

Hmmm. Wouldn't a larger 'IV' bottle have been easier.. Lol

[@towntinker]

@@WApnj sure would- but we’re hoping to get this thing road worthy so we can use it at parties and such

[@Iaintwoke]

Can you crank the truck again 'cause I wasn't watching properly and have no idea if it was pumping fuel..... So just do it again and I will watch this time. Probably...............

[@towntinker]

@@Iaintwoke alright alright Pay attention this time!!!!! Sorry- didn’t mean to yell at ya

[@42lookc]

Nice Oliver FWA!

[@towntinker]

@@42lookc he has an amazing collection of FWA tractors

[@groenekever]

For sale?

[@towntinker]

@@groenekever nope Sorry

[@kingtut5923]

Use the tractor bucket

[@charlesmurphy1510]

If the door is in the way then take it off.

[@HelloKittyFanMan]

"At least we don't have to run it off a soda bottle full of gas[oline]." You were running it off of (not on) that bottle of gasoline once you got the pump working.

[@towntinker]

@@HelloKittyFanMan touché

[@HelloKittyFanMan]

Thanks, @@towntinker.

[@DougNoOnions]

Dude you made the best part a time lapse? Why?

[@towntinker]

@@DougNoOnions what part was that? Putting it up? It was actually really boring in real time. It was about an hour. Thank you for watching though

[@biggdawgg7455]

You remind me of Red Green Aka Steve Smith from the Red Green Show ….. funny yet entertaining nonetheless

[@towntinker]

@@biggdawgg7455 I love red green! Thanks for watching

[@jasonbaxter5502]

Cant you say getting this Not can I. 😅😅

[@towntinker]

@@jasonbaxter5502 thanks for watching Have a Merry Christmas

[@sgttombailes3380]

AH HA,, I see them now..

[@towntinker]

What do you see???

[@Hhbdr]

Derricks' older brother!

[@towntinker]

@@Hhbdr hey hey now- Not that much older!!

[@randymagill142]

Well bummer I was interested in seeing the carnival ride run not so much the truck at all…

[@towntinker]

@@randymagill142 sorry Maybe we can revisit it in the spring

[@HelloKittyFanMan]

Hmm, I guess you could convert this ride to electrohydraulic. Right?

[@towntinker]

@@HelloKittyFanMan I guess most of them were that way. Not sure why this one was gas powered. Maybe they wanted to be able to use it in more remote locations?? Must be they didn’t like generators

[@HelloKittyFanMan]

Wow, how can you even budge that 4-cylinder engine yourself? Plenty of vehicle engines are about that size, right? The smaller ones are more hand-mobile than I think they are?

[@towntinker]

It’s hefty. I didn’t lift it much, just slid it around

[@XPFTP]

painful

[@towntinker]

@@XPFTP tell me about it Thanks for watching

[@IndianaDipper194]

neat stuff, earned a sub from me!

[@towntinker]

@@IndianaDipper194 thank you

[@indyjh8133]

You must be a VGG fan. its not funny...would had subscribed. to many of ya try an act like he does, its not going to make your channel better. be yourself it will be alot better for ya in the long run

[@towntinker]

@@indyjh8133 thanks for watching

[@brianaden7608]

It would be a bit more pleasant to watch if you mix up the music instead of playing the same song over and over again and again and again

[@towntinker]

@@brianaden7608 thank you for that

[@my85olds442]

Weird Vice Grip knockoff.. except he actually fixes things

[@towntinker]

@@my85olds442 haha- Touch’et

[@indyjh8133]

exactly. i wish people would use there own crap

[@towntinker]

@ thanks for watching

[@my85olds442]

@@towntinker just be yourself no need to try and mimic another man

[@towntinker]

@@my85olds442 interestingly- that’s actually what I’m like. The first time my wife saw Dericks show she said “are you sure you don’t have a long lost brother?” That was before I even had a channel. There are people who share mannerisms with other people. You’ll notice it thru out your life. Have a Merry Christmas and thanks for watching

[@woodhonky3890]

How disappointing.

[@towntinker]

Tell me about it…… Maybe next year

[@michaelgreen4838]

QUIT TRYING TO BE VISEGRIP!!!!!

[@towntinker]

@@michaelgreen4838 haha- it’s funny- the first time my wife saw Vice grip she said “are you sure you don’t have a long lost brother” We have a lot of the same mannerisms. I’m not trying to be like him- I just am like him. Sorry

[@ironoutlawgarage4]

I agree! This jackhole was painful to watch as he's trying to be "Derek"!

[@johnnydelap4490]

This was a painful waste of my time

[@scottlufkin8697]

Thanks for watching. Have a Merry Christmas

[@mrk1075]

Glad I didn’t subscribe 😂

[@towntinker]

Thanks for the view and comment

[@camperman101]

There's nothing worse than watching a video that has no outcome in the end. Very boring.

[@towntinker]

@@camperman101 thanks for watching