Hauling my Dozer with an old Duramax didn't go well.... 30,400 gross weight LB7

[@SKIDLAB]

Hands down best channel on KZbin

[@spankranchgarage]

Your the best viewer on KZbin

[@billjames2090]

Just as good as Andrew, which is saying something

[@tonypaul2987]

You said your truck had over 300 thousand miles on it. And it still running good and pulling all that weight. Damm good truck sir.

[@spankranchgarage]

Yeah she just turned 320K miles. Shes tired but still getting the job done.

[@rp1645]

I love your mindset 😊❤😊 on welding ( Chain HOOKs) to front blade top. So many times I had to run chain over blade base frame. In my Humble opinion that is a area that gets weaker over time, dozer we hauled did NOT have frame welded RING for tigh downs. You asked me if I was in Alaska. I have traveled there on Princess Cruises only. I live in NW I own a 1978 Dynahoe-190 Two wheel drive. My all time favorite Backhoe 😊 even though I started learning on a Case 580- CK then ran a brand new 580- C working for my uncle. Then a 580-D and 580- K when Case change there boom design. Why you ask do I own a Dynahoe it because I ran one in 1979 on a huge mainline sewer ULID housing development. I did hoe pack work but mainly dug side sewer stubs. I also ran a 680 Case with just hoe packer on mainline crew. I just feel in Love with the Dynahoe thay just were a beast of a rubber tired Backhoe ( backhoe end part of mainframe ) they dug standard depth without extension with backhoe 19 feet deep. That old (353 Detroit Diesel) just keeps running for me sense 2003 when I found her. Me like you could not pass up buying her. We wrote up a sales contract with the desperate home builder who wanted to sell her. I gave him some money down payment and if the leaky hydraulics and brake repair were more than the cost he wanted for the Dynahoe Then I would not pay him the rest that he wanted. He was asking to much for what I had to do resealing all the hydraulic leaks Just like you on the front blade control for dozer he had hooked up the front bucket dump backwards. I did the same as you switched the hydraulic hoses. I have one more front dump cylinder that leaks bad right now. I just did the other one. The last hopefully on leaky seals 😊

[@rp1645]

So so SORRY 😢 that 450- B bent the track frame in that Spot. But I know you my friend you will overcome the problem in my Humble opinion from watching you REPAIR equipment in plce. You rock buddy 😊😊

[@0tink9]

i know that feeling when there is unexpected resistance/circuit corrosion. It really hurts trust even when the wire's/solder joints are fixed cause it can be a big question mark of what actually caused the issue to start. Great to see you over came it

[@rp1645]

Another comment ( had to watch 25 minutes of video) 😊 ❤before I got to see the wonderful 450- B move some dirt BOY I wish I could get my Dynahoe to helh remember tree roots 😊 I would let you just use her to help. I had a Maple stumb twice that size. And the Dynahoe even being a 1978 with (8000) hours on meter just lifted the maple stump up with one pull 😊 I rented a dumpster from a yard waste place about 5 miles from me. I loaded up the stumps in it with front bucket 😊 I took out 5 maple stumps from my small back yard 😊 one your pickup or should say gooseneck flat bead. Was it because of Wt. Of 450-B LOAD or is it your opinion the computer board is just getting hot from all the road travel with that Wt. Those solder connectors might be melting out of connection. I love you showing the 450-B brake shoe adjustment access plate and demonstration of Beake adjustment, that was outstanding to see what that side plate cover is for 😊❤😊

[@spankranchgarage]

My long winded theory is this: The FICM is cooled by fuel. Pulling all that weight had the engine under a lot of load and the ECU was commanding full rail pressure for hours (26k psi). This gets the fuel hot and possibly over 212F. There was already moisture in the FICM from an unrelated issue. I think the hot fuel allowed some of that moisture to turn to steam and thats where it started to affect the components on the PCB. No problems since replacement, fingers crossed. Love to hear about your Dynahoe. There great, heavy machines. I hope you wear hearing protection if yours is a 2-stroke!

[@rp1645]

@@spankranchgarage YES the Dynahoe is a ( 2 stroke) but the loudest beast I have is a 1971 SeaGrave engine with you guessed it ( 8V-71) Detroit Diesel. My wife thought let's put stacks straight UP. So on Parade we don't blow smoke on kids sitting On curbs. Boy "O" boy she is loud ( I use hearing protection) when I have to build RPMs to get the shift in gear. She has a (5) speed ( Dana/ Spicer Transmission. The thing about the Fire engine that's so amazing is the (3) filters 1 oil ( sock type) in the canister (2) fuel filter are screw ones. They all are under the engine just above the frame rails. The (3) air filters are up top on passenger side rear top of engine. I can just slide under Fire engine to do service changes It's easier than my 2021 Silverado Duramax.

[@SKIDLAB]

I live next to Collis trucks (all truck junkyard) if you ever need anything from there

[@duncantaylor6183]

Been there done that with my 450. Always happens in the worst places and the worst times. The tensioner shafts get rusted and weak and breaks when on slight angle. Replace with any similar sized shaft or sleeve over what's there. In a tough spot, need some bottle jacks under that side. Hopefully the idler will slide back easily enough and you can pry the track back on. Goodluck mate I know how it feels

[@spankranchgarage]

I’m learning that if I’m gonna run old equipment I better get good at fixing it! Looking at it now I see the weld was partially cracked for a while it was already rusty. Thanks for watching!

[@tonypaul2987]

She likes your beers. Lol

[@billybobs841]

Id say the DOT. Would love to see you goin down road with that set up

[@spankranchgarage]

Luckilly no issues. It’s heavy but I don’t think I was breaking any laws. I’m sure they would want to inspect anyway

[@Jonesec1]

happy i found you bro. we has a similar issue with Hmmwvs, some bright spark re-routed the window washer to cool down the injector pump. hope the ficm issue doesn't ever happen again but maybe that tip would help.

[@spankranchgarage]

Thats funny you mentioned that, that thought crossed my mind!

[@brandonscarfe8803]

414mi is 666km there’s your problem right there. Truck looks good working💪 nice video

[@spankranchgarage]

Oh wow! That must be why bad things keep happening on this trip. Thanks for watching!

[@hendersonequipment]

She pushes dirt well!

[@hoopiemade]

I realy feal for ya on this one. Im gona guess you have alredy got this repaired. But to make it a little easyer on your self you could release the tention on the track and get it back on to atleast move it up to a better spot to work on it. Just have to go easy while its bent. As for your slack adjuster rod they rot out spending there life coverd in dirt. Good thing you got that mill to repair it lol. Fixing the rail isent too hard Youll get it fixed. Cant wait to see it.

[@spankranchgarage]

Your video was super helpful for me to fix this!! Its no fun when the track jumps to the inside. Shes fixed and ill have the video up soon

[@hoopiemade]

@@spankranchgarage glad it helped ya lol. when mine came off i was on a fairly steep bank sidways. The down hill track came off to the inside the track became loose the sprocket was sliping and wouldent grab. The up hill track was just spinning cuz all the weight was down hill. Bank was too steep to jack the dozer up on. It was a mess. Ended up hooking to the back of it with the tractor and pulling just bearly geting it to spin around . As it was going down the hill backwards it poped itsself back on. Managed to keep it on to get it to the garage.

[@Smokkedandslammed]

That has to be the most lightweight truck I've even seen! Can't even handle 4 beers?! My F150 downs cases of Zima's like its 1999.

[@smplyizzy]

If you do not mind, where is Pa did you start out?

[@spankranchgarage]

allentown area

[@tonypaul2987]

At least you know what's wrong with it and knowhow to fix it.

[@georgeenriquez612]

Your truck is cool being a ZF6 4X4 LB7. They’re pretty rare. How does it pull that kind of weight being a manual transmission?

[@spankranchgarage]

They are hard to find I’m surprised gm didn’t sell more of them. It goes really great. Never need to worry about trans temps. The low gear is great to get a heavy load rolling. You can really labor the engine too. 1800-2200 is the sweet spot. I was dropping to 5th and 4th on the grades but I wasn’t willing to push egt’s over 1250, just taking my time she’s an old truck. I have an exhaust brake on it too which is fantastic with a stick shift. 55mph down the mountain I can pick 6th 5th or 4th gear depending on how much brake I need. Having cold truck/trailer brakes at the bottom is sweet. It’s a 13 mile 6% slope

[@georgeenriquez612]

@ that is great to hear, thank you for sharing. Keep up the good work and keep that ZF6 around. I own a 2004 Chevy 2500HD 4X4 crew cab shortbed 6.0L with the 5 speed NV4500

[@spankranchgarage]

@ stick shift GMT800s are king! I had an ext cab long bed 1500 before this with the 4.8 and nv3500. It was a great truck I just outgrew it eventually

[@georgeenriquez612]

@ they’re king for sure! I wish I could get my hands on more of them but GM didn’t make many of them. I also own a clean 2001 single cab LB7 with 116k miles. I live out in the west so rust out here isn’t necessarily a problem

[@Lunch_Peak]

Go watch Hoopie’s video on straightening his track and fixing his slack tensioner. His bend and his break are identical to yours.

[@spankranchgarage]

Hoopie is the man!! I watched it and did something similar. I’ll shout him out in the repair video

[@michaelkoon8371]

Things happen for a reason my friend

[@spankranchgarage]

I often think about that. Maybe I wasn't supposed to travel that night

[@thesjyoungjr]

Looks like she like her busch😊

[@spankranchgarage]

Just like its owner!

[@treeclimbingdayjob]

Pine stumps are a real pain

[@spankranchgarage]

I never knew until I tried to remove this one

[@kenshaum3994]

If you put low sulfer fuel in a older machine you should put in a lubricant, some older injection pumps can seize up

[@spankranchgarage]

Good point there. Ill add some additives

[@cody6.6max]

Soooo u do need it cooled? Ppl been running it without fuel into it for years . Is that the case or is it just a bad ficm?

[@spankranchgarage]

The cooling certainty doesn’t hurt. But this one had moisture in it and as it got hot was causing the malfunction. Be careful washing under the hood and you will be fine, cooling it or not cooling it.

[@dirtydiesel8998]

what tunes do you have? just curious

[@spankranchgarage]

I make my own with HP tuners. 45% injectors and a pretty mild tune. Then a banks economind on top so I can turn it up and down on the fly. Works great

[@dirtydiesel8998]

​@@spankranchgarage Nice how much does that cost to get a setup to do that? Im just running a flashed tune, I put in 45s last year Id like to get back to a stock file so I can use my ppe tuner any suggestions where to go to back to stock?

[@spankranchgarage]

HPTuners is expensive to only use for 1 vehicle. I tune many cars with it so it was a no-brainer to me. You have to buy the hardware and per vehicle credits

[@outdoorlifemaine6691]

1:02 as soon as you started that I knew it was going to break on you at 70° f a John Deere dozer has one minute of heat up time you you started that machine up and immediately lifted the blade up on cold oil

[@spankranchgarage]

Interesting point, I appreciate it. I dont agree with it though. The fluid is moving either way, who cares if some of it goes to the lift cylinders. You wouldn't warm up your snow plow hydraulics to go plow snow.

[@hendersonequipment]

No. I would think a little harder before making that statement. @outdoorlifemaine6691

[@kielbasakevin]

Needs More Beer

[@spankranchgarage]

I didn’t get to drink any in this video that’s probably why it sucked. Happy birthday dude!

[@nickchristofori9602]

psh you got trust issues, try owning a 6.0 psd as your main tow rig

[@spankranchgarage]

So you’re a FICM and standpipe o-ring type guy??

[@nickchristofori9602]

@@spankranchgarage oh definitely, just replaced my ficm last week because I noticed the voltage dropping when I gave er the beans 😂 can’t wait to shut it off at the drive thru to order and have it not start back up because it can’t build 10,000psi of oil pressure

[@daleolson3506]

Wait till you doze on boulders all day nothing worse than that. Get further away from the stump to cut roots.

[@spankranchgarage]

Luckilly not too much rock here. But yeah I have a lot to learn. Never ran a dozer before

[@TheEZGZ]

That learning curve is beeeech. I’m think those neighbors up there are going have dozer work in the future. Should be a moneymaker down the road.

[@stevenc0st818]

Trust issues? It didnt leave you out there

[@spankranchgarage]

You are right and I am thankful for that. If it failed another 100 miles down the road I would of been screwed though.

[@jamescorless8283]

Good videos, but change the music... kinda sucks...

[@spankranchgarage]

What is your favorite song?

[@GEARHEADdezign]

Reality TV man. You planned it all didn't you? All the misery

[@spankranchgarage]

Stuck to the script!

[@wheelieking71]

"Come up with a game-plan": get as far removed from common-rail bullshit as possible. Simple!

[@spankranchgarage]

I couldn’t 12v swap it in time before I had to leave! But yeah I hear you. When it works it works. When it doesn’t your screwed

[@wheelieking71]

@@spankranchgarage Yea, I hate to be that guy that preraches "12v! 12v! 12v!". But I was preaching it long before it was the cool bro thing to do. And not just Cummins. I am good with just about any mechanically injected diesel (except for the HEUI system. Far too complicated). Mechanical injection pumps and carburetors generally don't leave a guy crippled or stranded near as often as computers and wires do, LOL. Anyways, love the channel brother! Your get after it attitude is inspiring. And, you will make a fine machinist as well. Trust me, I've been a machinist for well over 30 years, and even own a shop. I can spot the good ones. Now get you a real lathe! HAHA (I'm just yankin yer chain)

[@spankranchgarage]

Thanks for the kind words! Yes a real lathe is in my short future. Getting tired of the toolpost flopping around like a wet noodle

[@SPUDHOME]

You don’t think bush beer, might be the problem? Try bud