Fixing the Salvaged Swamp Tractor and running it on Recycled Cooking Oil instead of Diesel

I rescued this Abandoned International B414 Tractor a few weeks ago. It had been left beside a swamp for 20+ years so is very rusty, the rims are nearly at the point of collapsing.
A local farmer saw the video and told me about a non-running B250 with compatible rims, so I can make one good tractor out of the two.
I was curious to see if it will run on used cooking oil so set up a second fuel tank and plumbed it to the fuel system...
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[@TobyWild]

I like to think that all farmers in NZ are watching Marty to see what old broken machines they have laying around they can sell to him for parts :)

[@linmal2242]

Right on.

[@mattyallen3396]

Theres a project waiting in Gisborne for him

[@josephking6515]

@@t.r.l.4377 Nah, it called a *KIWI!* It comes out at night and gives birth to monster size coins. 😲

[@josephking6515]

You don't know the Kiwi cocky. They will be waiting to be resupplied with Number 8 wire and baling twine then will proceed to fix the broken part and get the machinery running again. 👍

[@E3ECO]

Seems like Marty could make a business out of this. Fix up old machines and resell them.

[@ESPSJ]

I don't think the tractor minds what it runs on, it's just happy it's being used 😄

[@jayesh5131]

Especially the old ones 🤌

[@bhgemini]

So cool that you got that spare with so many parts to transfer over. Channels like yours are the reason long form content is still alive and well.

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

Dear @@pinwizz69 Even better: Check Wes out for all the older videos repairing and/or first starting tractors, crawlers, fork lifts and even an Insley crane. Best regards, luck and health in particular.

[@jackrichards1863]

Another good episode. That vege oil is trash in the injector pump. The engine begins to smoke more and more until you feel sick being around the exhaust. Not a good idea in fact. You might already know the oil polymerises (?) Turning into a pasticised rubbery film which builds up into a thick impervious varnish, not that it is matters.

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[@iRiselyTech]

I've got a old mate that runs diesel/veggie oil mix in his old tractor. Has run for years with no problems. He pours the oil in the diesel tank and just mixes them in the tank. Every few months he runs a tank of just diesel through to keep anything from gumming up. Tractor has run for probably 20 years like that and has only needed usual maintenance

[@MartyT]

Nice

[@brysonthor]

Maybe I should stop eating oil that can run engines haha!

[@TheOtherBill]

@@MartyT *Noice 🤣

[@booghy9486]

@@MartyT a couple of years back in Romania people found out about veggie oil that it could be used in diesel cars and they started buying it by the pallet. This becaise 1 liter of veggie was about 4 times cheaper than diesel. This quickly became a problem as the stores started running out of oil:). Then they put restrictions on the number of bottles that one costumer could buy. :D It smelled like french fries and the cars never had issues, thought i think they used to mix 1/3 diesel and 2/3 oil.

[@BRI33NOR]

​@@booghy9486 Would my chips fry OK in clean Castrol 5..30 then ?

[@johnturnbull8573]

1960's my old man had a garage in the Bay of Plenty, He used to take the old oil out of oil changes and put it into a 44 gallon drum which was lifted up high on a shelf then a piece of old hemp rope was put in the drum then laid down a piece of guttering, metal back then, into another drum. Over time , the oil would "wick" up the rope and end in the lower drum without the crap. It took some time , but the family run our cars on that for years

[@felinespirits]

That is an absolutely ingenious idea!

[@marcelo_rcosta]

😅ideia genial, simples e funcional. O mais velhos eram gênios, eles faziam maravilhas com o pouco que tinham. Hoje a geração Z têm tudo na mão e mal conseguem se limpar 🧻 sem ajuda. Lamentável!

[@beebester4106]

That is such a great trick my mind is blown!

[@sphad3555]

Difficult situations make us creative 👌👌

[@carolynguzmanrios7210]

Yeah

[@headonz]

Ran my Nissan Atlas 150 truck on vegi oil for a while. Smelt like burnt cheese but went great , had a little more torque , held the revs longer going up hills.The trick is to get the vegi oil real hot so it thins out and atomizes better .I ran the oil through copper tubing wound around the engine oil filter before going into the pump.

[@geraldguyette470]

Marty , you always seem so calm , how do you do it ? Watching you is like a Zen thing , I love your channel ! Hi to your family and have a great day .

[@marcelo_rcosta]

Talvez o local influencie. Ele vive em meio a uma exuberante natureza. Já vivi isso e pretendo voltar para a natureza um dia, só espero não sucumbir a cidade antes de colocar o plano em ação.

[@FishplateFilms]

Hi Marty, Did you know Rudolph Diesel invented his engine to run on peanut oil or any hydrocarbon! The fuel companies had waste from petrol production, and the rest is history, so you are going back to the roots of the diesel engine! I have been making "BioDiesel" for over 20 years, which is made from used /new veggie oil , BUT is very different to straight veggie oil. SVO will /can gum up pumps /filters due to the glycerine , but properly made BioDiesel removes the glycerine and makes the fuel suitable for ANY modern engine. I've been running my Disco Td5 on my fuel for over 15yrs and have never had an issue, but it would not like SVO as it's too think and the glycerine will cause issues. Also , the veggie oil will destroy any rubber hoses , so take a spare! Properly made Biodiesel will /does improve engine torque , and has far more lubricity than diesel, so it's better fro injectors /pumps BUT IT must be made to standard! Older engines with mechanical injection are fine on SVO , so you'll have no problems , especially flushing it with diesel! Thanks for the video. Cheers Gregg.

[@michaelqendro9825]

He also experimented with his engine running on coal dust blown into the cylinder. Also, due to the high compression he was working with, one of his first engines blew up in his face.

[@maxnex7676]

How lucky is Marty's wife, he keeps buying tractors for her 🤣

[@SeanChYT]

Great video again! I am really impressed by videos like these. It's not just very skilled workmanship, it's also a very professionally produced video, with great camera angles and special segments/scenes to aid the narration, the audio is great, texting to add detail, tightly edited and fun to watch. So much work has to go into making these, and I really appreciate watching them.

[@retrofitter]

Be careful you will gum up/cause corrosion in the pump if left in there. You should put a tap on the bleeder on the pump and recirculate it through the water jacket and back in to the inlet to heat the fuel. With a few extra taps you can plumb the return of diesel+veg back to the tank in flush mode. This way you can flush it out faster if you are interrupted. The timing advance is done by lift pump pressure acting on a piston that rotates the pump body. The increase in viscosity is probably affecting this and the spray pattern of the injectors.

[@RobertFay]

*- I hope Marty reads your helpful comment and instruction, RetroFitter.*

[@4acrehome168]

He flushes it out with desel.

[@davidmuirhead1060]

@@4acrehome168 Totally agree. Hope Marty picks up on this. For road use I used 50/50 diesel and veg oil. It worked well. The trick is scrupliously clean veg oil. Glad Marty understands this. When I experimented I used new, unused veg oil to start with.

[@Seriouslydave]

Really gums up my chainsaw if i dont use it often.

[@wideyxyz2271]

I understand the "gumming" part but corrosion? What in veggie oil is more corrosive than the crap diesel is made from? I had a mate who worked in the petrol chem industry and he told me diesel is made pretty much out of the crap that's left over after all the "good stuff" has been removed? Diesel/oil engines were originally designed to run on poor quality oil. While veggie oil has a lower viscosity I can't see it being a problem its still oil. Also he's running an old agricultural vehicle which has been stood for years. I cant see running veggie oil causing any problems? I'd love to see some actual scientific papers on this and some physical evidence to prove its a problem and not just Hearsay. Just my opinion. I ran my hilux on 1/3 -2/3 mix and it had topped 250,000 miles when I sold it with no problems....

[@Cattywampus555]

marty, the 414 is idi injection and slow revving so good for cooking oil. but has a cav pump they don't like veg oil, if your going to run more veg oil don't forget to swap the diesel return over at the same time or your diesel will fill up with veg. running 30% dino in veg is a good idea but mix it very well in a can first. cooler temp's will give you problems with veg oil getting thick. run it hard and long time on veg and you will get good results, enjoy.

[@barrybegley5379]

Marty: there is something so very satisfying watching You resurrect some of these old derelict and misused tractors. By applying some basic mechanical knowledge with a little tender loving care and a few replacement parts you manage to bring them back to a useful service life once again. It goes to show how very well engineered and crafted that these mechanical marvels were to be able to survive such a lack of care and maintenance. Thanks for the most enjoyable video. Kudos on the veggie oil conversion as well. Greetings from Ontario, Canada.

[@kirk467]

One question, do you guys have electricity or are y’all dependent on the hydroelectric power system you built for power to everything on the mountain you live on? I’ve always wondered if hydroelectric is the only source of energy y’all depend on? I love your channel and contents! I’m always wondering when your next video will come out! You’re so thorough explaining everything you’ve doing and it’s very educational for me and I bet all of your subscribers! A big thanks for you sharing your knowledge with us Marty, very educational! Your friend Kirk from Louisiana USA 🇺🇸 thanks! 👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@MartyT]

No grid power here, my hydro setup powers everything except welder and the big air compressor, I start the generator for those

[@josephking6515]

@@MartyT You just need to find a bigger washing machine, say 14kg capacity so you can power the welder and compressor or maybe a commercial one would do the trick. 😁

[@juhajuntunen7866]

Tractorgenerator woulb be nice add on to collection...

[@dandahermitseals5582]

Hey Marty greatly useful couple videos for me. I'm 80 now and not physically up to this kinda work but I live up in the mountains above the Snow line. I have a 1968 IH modle 444. Your procedures were exactly the same machine as mine. Mine spent it's life in the orchards up here in NE Washington state. It is a pretty good old tractor that needs a lot of minor tweaks. But 3 years ago the injector pump quit. Searched endlessly for a rebuilt or new one. The one company that had been making them for $450 bucks ( no core exchange) went out of business. A great guy in the UK with a KZbin channel called Bundy's garage did a step by step walk through rebuilding the pump I have.( A CAV typ).I've been a skilled mechanic for 60 years so I ordered 2 complete rebuild kits. I was confident I could handle it but a couple years in and out of hospitals my sight sucks and hands are feeble. So no confidence with all those tiney parts. I just wish I could find a ready to go to just install. They built so many of those BDs I thought surely I could find one. I did the entire purge n flush of the hydraulics like you with no info. I learned useful tips watching you. Subbed. Great quality presentation. Thanks Dandahermit

[@hadynmcloughlin4661]

Donor parts tractor turned out perfectly. Learn so much from your channel. Keep up the great work restoring and keeping these alive Marty.

[@derekwilkinson7939]

I know next to nothing about engines, but there’s something about old tractors that I find really interesting, plus I love to see old things brought back to life. 👍👍

[@voornaam3191]

And what IS that something? You talk like an oracle.

[@derekwilkinson7939]

@@voornaam3191 I’m sure I said something about old TRACTORS.

[@JamesCouch777]

I've worked on old equipment my whole life and love to watch them come back to life. Very satisfying.

[@reeeeeeeam511]

The best kind of upload is a Marty T upload. Well done, from Texas.

[@thomaswykes3647]

I ran my Peugeot 1.9 XUD (Bosch pump) on veggie oil for years. I had a two tank system to start and finish on diesel. It had a water/oil heat exchanger plumbed into the coolant circuit to get the oil hot and thin. It was less powerful but was dirt cheap and a bit of fun too. My advice on that tractor is to mix it in with your normal tank - more in summer and less in winter due to the viscosity. DO NOT TRY THIS ON COMMON RAIL. It will ruin a modern high pressure injection system.

[@LR90_200TDI]

Same here, used to have 2 Peugeot 405 estates and a 306 all with the 1.9 XUD engine and they all ran on a 50/50 mix of veg oil and diesel, never had any problems even in the winter as long as you changed the glow plugs

[@rutgerjohanson1846]

I did run on engine oil on my Mitsubishi l200 2003 and it has common rail. You must use a blend of at least 50/50 with diesel/oil

[@colddiesel]

Climate is exceptionally mild where Marty lives- never too cold, so Summer/Winter issue may not be too important, though for folk in colder areas it is a good tip

[@disarm2k10]

​@@colddieselusername checked out

[@7eis]

2.5 tdi acv didn't seem to mind used engine oil. I did do less than 20%

[@MrJonnoG]

Those old Inter's are great little tractors! (Though I might be a little biased because I learned to drive a tractor on my Dad's B275) A friend of mine bought a 474 International a few years back and one of the first jobs he did on it was to remove the non-functional OEM glow plugs and install a set of adaptors that allowed him to fit a set of much cheaper and more readily available Japanese glow plugs (to suit a Toyota LandCruiser, I think) and convert the glow plug circuit to a 12 Volt parallel wired system. At least that way if one plug fails (or maybe even two) you can usually still get it started. Anyway, great to see you giving an old machine a new lease on life! Also, is there any more content in the pipeline on the Hough? I maintain one of those for a mate, so I love getting a sneak peak on some of the jobs I'll likely have to do in the future. 😂

[@jameshisself9324]

That rust is so bad I'd have a think about just swapping engines and making the parts tractor the runner.

[@puirYorick]

When your new old tractor smells like last week's fish & chips. 😉

[@impunjabijattg8645]

Mahindra still makes these tractors in india with some upgrades.

[@Asteroid--07]

For your kind information, these are not Mahindra tractors you're seeing on your screen

[@markthompsoncpa]

Please fix right side engine screen

[@GlennRobert71]

That old tractor again serving a purpose is the best green strategy of all. Running it largely on used veggie oil, is such a bonus. Congratulations man! :D

[@HarrisT]

You need a needle scaler Marty!

[@mikedakin2016]

this is quite moving to me , my old dad worked at IH in Yorkshire building tractors when I was a kid. It is highly likely he helped build this one . Miss you dad X

[@Sidmariner]

Kudos for the work and the great video quality Marty. You must have picked up a new camera because the colour and crispness of your video has really come up a notch. Cheers from Salt Spring Island BC Canada.

[@kirk467]

I sure love your bull terrier puppy, he’s so adorable! They’re really awesome dogs MartyT, I always enjoy watching you repair old equipment and restore it back to life! When it comes to repairs and refurbishing equipment, you sure know your stuff brother from down under! I believe you’re the best mechanic on overall equipment repairs no matter gas or diesel my friend! Sure I miss Rambro but he’s still in my every thought when I watch your channel! Thanks so introducing us to Rambro’s son, he seems to be a pretty ruff boy too! lol 😂 Hey with the parts tractor you have your own parts storage there my friend! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I bet you have a mechanical engineering degree for sure my friend, you’re really intelligent MartyT! You can fix anything that needs fixing!

[@gregphillips24]

I had a good friend growing up who wasn't a high flyer at school but my God what a wizard at anything mechanical.Everytime I watch your videos I remember him with fondness.

[@Dextamartijn]

Awesome looking forward to seeing it running top notch again. This video came up in my watch list. Greetings from Alberta Canada 🇨🇦 . I own a 1959 Fordson Dexta. Love to see the vintage Machinery being rescued

[@jamesthompson8008]

Great vid as always Marty! That little parts tractor paid for itself at least 3x there, PRIMARILY because you didn't have to wait for parts to show up. And it still has more to give, too. Might it be worth installing 2 way fuel valve, just to avoid any issues with starting or possible fuel coagulation with veggie oil? Good save again.

[@verrukumar9611]

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[@buddyreed2623]

Hi Marty. 200 dollars does not sound bad for some rims and tires. By using some of the spare parts, you have started to recover some of that cost. Using the vege oil might have two benefits: You spend less on fuel and your friend may not have to have it hauled off. The rust preventer actually makes the tractor look better, in my opinion. Perhaps you can find a mixing valve so you do not have to disconnect the vege oil line each time. Have good days!

[@mickdoherty8633]

Hey Marty. Where’d you get that bent screwdriver? H Supercheap was out of stock! 😁😁😁

[@MartyT]

Its had a hard life, got that set when I was 10

[@hubrisnaut]

Good work. I just went down a rabbit hole a couple of days ago about Rudolf Diesel, the man who invented the diesel engine. He wanted to make the most efficient engine possible. The darn things can run on almost anything, with proper adjustments. We have a healthy market for used cooking oil to make "biodiesel", so it is not free here in the US, but could be gotten cheap if you contact local restaurants.

[@josephpecoul6532]

Can't wait to see what you have in-store for us next time

[@yingle6027]

These are the most relaxing videos on YT

[@martonmechanicalmachines9842]

It's great watching you work. So methodical with which you go through these old vehicles and bring them back to life. Keep up the great work, finding and bringing back classic vehicles and equipment that would otherwise be scrapped.

[@francistheodorecatte]

insulate and mount the veggie oil tank under the hood, exhaust side, and run the oil through a fuel preheat heat exchanger. the coolant with the engine warmed up should get the oil to just about the right viscosity to burn nicely. the engines I work on for a living run on bunker oil, and with the fuel preheated like that, they run pretty clean once warmed up.

[@peterraftery2426]

Great advise on preheating the veg fuel. just like the cheap fuel after the war called TVO, tractor vaporizing oil. one should switch back to reg fuel before shut off. I am puzzled at the glow plugs being in series!!! Good Luck, great to see these machine get a second life.

[@stevensmith9895]

Hi Marty, if you use some copper line around the exhaust a couple of times it will pre heat the oil a lot better than just the tank next to the exhaust. and a diesel / oil mix works very well

[@richardorchard3364]

All the abandoned tractors in NZ have heard about Martys love and attention and are slowly making their way to him,another entertaining video Marty.

[@RB-yq7qv]

Hi Marty. My mate ran his Mercedes on cooking oil and preheated the oil to 100 degrees before the filters. It ran almost as good as diesel and one only noticed a loss of power when towing the caravan, which was small. He had to put different filters on the fuel line, and I'm sure he made them from using the bodies of old filters. The car is not with us now some idot ran into the car total wreck.

[@josephking6515]

Are you sure he didn't _cook_ the engine? 🤦‍♂ 😁

[@genecarr4568]

Amazing! I love watching the how to's on refurbing old equipment. And the veggie oil experiment is very interesting. Oh, and when you dropped the wrench in the oil bucket, how many of us thought, yep been there done that. Great video look forward to more.

[@gravelydon7072]

And if not the wrench, the plug you were taking out.

[@matthewgordon-clark2392]

great improvised work mate. thumbs up from.acrosd the dutch!

[@bubbagreensmith7174]

Marty can find a tractor 🚜 anywhere!!! How many do you have now?

[@MartyT]

Almost enough

[@gilberta458]

Almost enough means never enough😂

[@flower2289]

I used to have a B414. Think it was a 1962? I just loved that tractor. I used it to mow my pastures. That tractor did not even know the mower was behind it. just purred all day long. It is rare to see somebody actually go through a complete maintenance service like you did on this tractor. Good to see. Those engines just sound so good.

[@MrJFoster1984]

You can add upto 5% petrol to your vege oil to thin, prevent it from gelling in winter and improve the cetane. Another interesting video Marty, cheers 👍

[@KoHokCheung]

Always amazed how you manage to make things work. Also these ancient machines that were easy to maintain without all this electronics that spoil everything nowadays. I have seen you repair so many tractors over the years, do you keep them or sell them. Cheers

[@Slugsie1]

Sorry a couple things don't add up. 1. There is a dead tractor in NZ that Marty doesn't already know about. 2. Marty didn't try to get it running. ;)

[@billsmith5166]

Seeing your pup reminds me so much of my Teddy boy. Bull Terriers are so focused. I think if he ever figures out how to work a wrench you'll wake up to find a tractor mostly in pieces and half buried. Great video as usual. Thanks and best wishes to you and yours!

[@aserta]

They are aren't they? My brother's neighbor, his pup was lost one day. Everyone had pitched in, couldn't find the pup, mind you this is a farm land area with some peppered woods in between. Eventually the local police called, the pup had chased a lady's car all the way back to her home. Reason? Her kid had put one of those pole tennis balls on her bumper. No thoughts, only ball. :))

[@billsmith5166]

@@aserta That's hilarious! It must have been a pup, because if it would have been a grown English Bull Terrier, it wouldn't have given up until he'd dragged the car home. 😁

[@darkiee69]

You can get rid of the water in the oil by heating it to above 100°C. The water will evaporate and you'll have water free oil. And you're a resourceful guy, you could probably refine that oil in to FAME fuel (fatty acid methyl esters) and get real biodiesel.

[@fhwolthuis]

Thanks for all your great videos Marty, and please buy yourself a new screwdriver 😉👍🏻

[@MartyT]

Haha thanks mate, much appreciated

[@luckyedwards4870]

I make alternate diesel from veggie oils, and the easiest way to use it in any diesel engine, is to, (after making sure it's very clean), just add it to the fuel tank 50/50 with diesel. Then make sure and add an extra water block filter to the fuel line to insure all water is removed. This way u should have no problems starting and stopping without converting between fuels. Plus ur power is improved. Not that ur way doesn't work also.

[@hfraat25]

Something satisfying about building 1 good tractor from bits of another doner.

[@zestoslife]

1st time I think I've heard him swear. The patience you have when dealing with mechanical things is very admirable and something I am hoping to get better at!

[@wilsonlaidlaw]

I can see a home made cooking oil hydro-cracking plant in Marty's future.

[@AGermanMan]

When the wife says “ do not bring 1 more piece of equipment home” and you say, yes ma’am, and bring home 2.

[@Agnemons]

Don't use raw vegetable oil in a diesel. Raw vegetable oil contains glycerine which is quite abrasive and can destroy the injection pump over time. You can remove the glycerine using methanol in a process called titifaction. This process converts the vegetable oil to bio diesel.

[@MartyT]

I put it through a centrifuge

[@JohnSmith-ud9ex]

Two of the best channels on TooYube... A bloke "playing with mud" in the outback of Australia wearing nothing but shorts and another bloke "playing with old machines" wearing wellies and trackie bottoms in the mountains of New Zealand... Am I odd ? = )

[@mrwhiteinca]

It will run better if the veggie oil is hotter they used to make 12-volt inline fuel line jackets that heated up the oil for this purpose

[@chrissmith7655]

Hi Marty, all good stuff. Some injector pump seals don't like the veggie oil but as you say a mix could work ok. Many thanks from UK.

[@barryphillips7327]

Marty; an old glow makes a good 12v soldering iron, seen an auto sparky with one years ago!! The old girl won,t know herself after all this attention!

[@DodgeyWizard]

Glad you replaced the rim would be scary if one of those popped

[@georgewhite5583]

Marty, those CAV rotary injector pumps don’t like anything but diesel and are prone to snapping the centre shaft under pressure, an old fordson major or other tractor with an inline piston type pump would be much better suited!

[@carltontweedle5724]

It is very hard to see stuff being made today lasting that long and running that well.

[@kenwood8665]

Quality workmanship Quality video

[@josephlwallssr6166]

Great little experiment and congradualtions on getting the international tractor running.There is a gentleman out of Wales , ( Kriss Harbor) on u tube, who has been running vegetable oil on his tractor and Range Rover for a couple of years.I believe Kriss is very pleased with the results.The centerfuge idea really looks good to get rid of water& foreign particles.Great idea! I think you have a real handle on , the diesel ⛽️ problem.Terrific video, Marty!🙂👌

[@the_retag]

Yeah. Kriss also brings the microhydro to another level, at increased cost of course

[@assassinlexx1993]

Your skill to bring to life old iron is very impressive. To even know the steering box drain plug. I am sure you have a small pump the do the fiinal filtering of the veggie oil. As you guess a mix of diesel to keep any wax build up. Here in America there this stuff called green slime. I use will great success in fixing leaks in tires.

[@TrevorDennis100]

The first tractor I remember on our farm had a two fuel system. It started on petrol, and switched to TVO (paraffin) when it had warmed up. I know it was a Massy Ferguson and would have been built in the 1950s or 60s so possibly a T20. Another story is from when I was an apprentice at Ford UK where one of the fitters showed me a trick squirting brake fluid into a carburetor which produced a wonderful vegetable oil smell. Vegetable oil was considered exotic because it was used by some racing two stroke engines at the time. I have a vivid memory of being passed by a Scott Flying Squirrel (about 1970) which left a beautiful smell of vegetable oil behind it.

[@daviddangerous1580]

06:55 and I’m hungover from a hectic week at work here in London… can of beer Sunday morning and my favourite KZbinr 👍🏻

[@Al-Fiallos]

Hello Marty, are you interested in making biodiesel from the cooking oil? I used to have a John Deere 790 and I ran a 50/50 mixture of diesel and cooking oil. Man, I loved the smell of the exhaust, like fried chicken. It is the glycerin in the cooking oil that can lead to problems.

[@alanrobison1758]

Does it smell like french fries mate? LOL

[@patrickmoodabe9728]

Another awesome video Marty! Nice not having to be cleaning up from flooding. ✌️✌️

[@mattshaw6828]

We had an old international on our farm. It was an old tractor 30 years ago, but never gave us any trouble. An absolute work horse. Our neighbour ended up buying it and is still using it today! Great tractors.

[@garrycoates2147]

The farmer did you a favour by making you take the old tractor for spares...

[@Hazmatt4700]

It's good to see someone have a glow plug indicator work. I've put 3 in my Kubota and it keeps melting them before the plugs are hot.

[@roycuyler]

Back in the early 60's, we had a B275 on our farm in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Your video brings back pleasant memories. Excellent tractors and well done you.

[@EldarGullhaug]

One thing you could buy or look for is a tvo tank form an old ferguson. So you could have a bigger fuel tank for the cooking Oil. Then you would have too disconnect the fuel line casue they have a two switch crane. Then you would risk getting air in the fule line too

[@ghostwriter1016]

You should look up BioDiesel. It is a vegetable oil mixture that replaces diesel. I do not recall the exact ingredients or the proportions.

[@beesbo1856]

Biodiesel is easily made by mixing an alcohol, methanol or ethanol, with the cooking oil at high pH. It will burn cleaner and not coke up the valves like straight cooking oil. Info is all over the internet. Something Marty should try and post the video.

[@fava7753]

Excellent work and content . Plus you have bought a lot of spares for very little money . You certainly know your stuff . Top man marty , saving all the old iron . Another addition to the heavy plant collection . Keep up finding the real old MACHINERY . .

[@tuguybear930]

Cooking oil is a good solvent and will clean the dirt out of the tank and fuel lines. So have a new fuel filter ready. And it isn't just various veg oils that will run an old diesel engine. Used engine oil also works very well. Veg oil and engine oil is thicker so will be slower through fuel lines likely why you're noticing a slight drop in grunt,

[@petegraham1458]

Good swap! Nice to see the Dog checking things out ,he seems very calm and good company!

[@yeeyee_boi_2595]

U should put those front wheels off of the 250 on the 414 because they have wheel weights on them it’ll make it drive better

[@kurtremislettmyr7108]

you can run any diesel engine on veggie, but common rails don't like it to thick, so I go 50/50 with diesel and a little gasoline.

[@sergeyivanov3453]

Be carefull with 100% cooking oil. A mold and mushroms can start to grow it in the fuel tank, this will clog the fuel filter. Also it is mildly corrosive and can wear high pressure fuel pump quickly. I know results of McDonalds experiment: they used recycled oil to fuel Thermoking refrigerators of their fleet. The engine was 3 cyl kubota or yanmar boot engine (I don't remember now), very similar to yours. The fuel pump failure rate was astonising. At that time I worked in ThermoKing.

[@marciabaldwin2506]

I use to get more bangs for my bucks using sunflower oil in a Citroën zx I tried used veg oil but found the fat content use to block the fuel filter ❤

[@kevineleven5610]

Just a guess, maybe the concrete was a counter balance if the right side was in a trench or something 🤔.

[@terryrogers1025]

Nice salvage video, well done sir, I like the idea of used veggie oil as a fuel, definitely the machine to experiment with. The tractor has a lot of service life left if maintained properly, which in your hands is not an issue, thanks for the tag along video Marty, I really look forward to them.

[@chrisgreig5628]

5 % diesel in the vegie oil will help , i know because i have destroyed some pumps .

[@dougstubbs9637]

Make that 15% Diesel. And put a cup of petrol in each fill, keeps flash point up, mixes cold better in pump and injectors without having to pre heat the fuel. Used vege oil from deep fryers is actually soap. It will wax up in the cold, unless you up to 15% diesel, bit of non sugar, non ethanol petrol. Same reason why ethanol is specifically banned in B&Stratton even hondas. The ethanol will stuff up seals in pump, also promotes sulphur issues in old pumps. The petrol also protects against algae growth, although moth balls are also useful for that. More scientificlly don’t add more than 3% petrol to the mix, what ever quantity you use. It actually restores the same power level as running 100% standard diesel.

[@MADKIWI]

Next build, a new Tractor shed Marty lol. I have counted 2 bulldozers & 6 tractors plus a couple of spare parts ones. Oh, a digger & grader lol.... enjoy your finds m8...

[@zambhello5012]

Lovely, my Gra.d Father used to have one! Manny found memoreis

[@k9road]

If I would come up with that my wife would say: " You`re a handy little pot."

[@IdeasBox]

hey buddy, Hi from Australia, or as I have heard it referred to by Kiwis.. "the West Island" ..LOL. I have a question for you, I love your tractor fixes, do you currently have a favorite tractor, and if so, why? Cheers mate.

[@MartyT]

I think like the db990 most, but the fiat 4wd is very capable

[@jesusisGod1434]

Your milkshake brings all the views to the channel…17:53

[@ScanianDude]

Here in scandinavia I drive my old mercedes w124 on 75% cooking oil and 8%gasoline and 17% diesel when it is above 15 celsius, between 5-15 celsius 50% wvo and 37,5% diesel and 12,5% gasoline, colder than 5 celsius just pure diesel, this is what works best in my experience over 15 years of experimentation with different old car diesels

[@albertrodriguez3330]

As long as it work jajaja God Bless

[@ScanianDude]

​@@albertrodriguez3330has the same mercedes 4 year now, engine works as good as always

[@aegismule13]

had a suzuki samurai i installed a VW diesel engine in. i ran it on a 50 50 mix diesel used veggie oil.never had any problems , used it as a daily driver about 3 years like that. would do top speed of 70 MPH, which is to fast for a samurai anyway lol.the engine was a 1988 model year, was funny how many people would mention they smelled fries cooking when it was idling near them :)

[@chrisbailey4254]

The diesel service people i used when i was in the trade always had concerns that the vege oil would fail in the pump and cause premature wear, so a blended approach will be advisable. You might then be able to use the main tank with the blend and that aux tank could hold diesel just for the initial start,wire in a couple of solenoid shut off valves and your in business. Regards Chris

[@woodchopinbeekeeper929]

All I gota say is....least it's not another David brown!

[@markroth9827]

Please keep us updated on how your veggie-tractor goes. Thank you.

[@wayne1959]

good stuff Marty..for future reference re the glowplugs on those old girls, we used to drill and tap the outer boss of the std glowplugs and insert toyota ones in the centre of them as they used to be 300 bucks a piece over here pre 2000. you are gaining quite the fleet there mate.