Hydraulic troubleshooting.

[@jimlondon1]

Absolute respect for you mate. Man, you take on stuff most people would run a mile from over here. They'd claim they're flat out busy and don't have the time but you ain't scared of any piece of machinery. You're an absolute legend.

[@milotorres6894]

Forensic scientists you have to be especially info is not forthcoming ...

[@rangeroverl322]

Jesus Warren, there's nothing worse than trying to sort out someone else's fuck up. Credit to you for taking your time and putting everything back to factory spec . This could be for me your best video ever. Great to watch . Thank you for sharing 👍👍

[@donc81]

And he did all that work while dragging a camera climbing all over the machine

[@Rene-up1dl]

@@donc81 His camera work is amazing. He wastes almost no time on it

[@sparky11772]

Wow you are truly a great mechanic Warren! This one gave me a headache trying to follow along. Great stuff thanks for what you do!

[@jeffo881]

" gave me a headache trying to follow along". you took the words right out of my mouth,

[@roadsideservice2406]

Always amazed how you stay so focussed when you have so much going on.

[@philipspencer1834]

I have watched this twice and still cannot follow how on Earth you have resolved their poor workmanship. Amazing work Warren. Looking forward to the next instalment. 😎👍

[@kennethkaczypenski6224]

Man those poor guys literally got Hosed! At least they got an outstanding mechanic to put it right.

[@jspice-kl2wc]

WOW! Whatever you are charging for this job should be doubled. You are a true master mechanic. My hat is off to you.👍👍👍

[@wonjat5]

A masterpiece of hydraulic and electrical diagnosis. What knowledge, I don’t know what you’re charging, but it isn’t enough. Brilliant work.

[@trentjohnson7246]

Hell no not enough.

[@michaelcarlson1528]

Warren sir, I have been following you for at least 4 years or so, and you are so incredibly talented!! Did you take any hydraulic classes? I took a two year school to receive my A&P license to work on airplanes. I had a hydraulics class within the program. But, where did you learn about hydraulic and electronic systems? In the Navy? Your skills are out of this world. Your heart to help people is not a any skill learned. You have a heart to help people is given to you by God. It’s a gift that God put in your DNA! Warren thank you for sharing sir!!

[@westerntruckandtractorrepa1353]

I learned some book learning in the Navy, but mostly self taught. The Navy would send you to all these schools and once you were out to sea and something broke they wouldn't let you touch it, and you red tagged it until return to port so the ship yard could fix it. Another reason I decided to not make a career out of the Navy.

[@tammylott921]

@@westerntruckandtractorrepa1353 DUDE YOU ARE A BADASS ,, YOU ARE A GREAT TEACHER . YOU TEACH THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS ...YOU HAVE MORE SUPPORTERS THAN YOU'LL EVER KNOW. ..

[@280813jb]

Warren you are amazing to figure everything out from someone else’s mess.

[@robertborchert932]

@@westerntruckandtractorrepa1353 hehe, squid!! Love it, man. I was almost a "ring knocker" in the 80s, had an appointment to the Academy. I was going Naval Intelligence. Life is a series of curveballs, I had to make some changes, and started my professional life opening a motorcycle shop. 40 years later, there you go. If my hands are not dirty, I had a bad day. It's in the blood, man.

[@milotorres6894]

Sometimes to fix someone else's mess have to start from scratch to avoid their wet dream conclusions... 🐒😔🌄🐱🐔

[@notyou6950]

One line at a time. One wire at a time. I'm getting tired just looking at it. You got more patience than a saint.

[@Mercmad]

Decades ago I worked as a Saw mill engineer and working on worn out gear was part of the job .I worked on log processors like that and one time the owners of the mill bought out another mill which was full of really crap gear, skidders, tractors, all terain forks, BM loaders, a couple of Cat bulldozers ,even a cement truck. On top of that we had to rebuild the actual saw machinery. . We spent 2 years rebuilding and modifying everything to get it all running. The bosses said the same to me,"we need to get this thing running" So I did. I was young then too ,25.

[@marklowe330]

What a nightmare! Your ability to figure this one out is amazing. Keep up the good work and videos. Enjoyed watching as always.

[@jaysonstoy3645]

this takes one wire/one line at a time to a whole another level....... dang another great video Warren

[@joshuagregory260]

It's a good thing that you’re around Warren to fix it right the first time. Most mechanics don’t give a shit anymore, that’s why no one trusts mechanics anymore.

[@RetroGamingWithHopper]

One of the hardest things to do is to try and figure out a butcher job. Your head will explode trying to figure out what someone else was trying to do. Great Job Warren.

[@dclfarms6204]

Watching this so I can procrastinate splitting a Massey Ferguson 1085 in a driveway. Thanks for helping a guy out posting on a Sunday morning.

[@westerntruckandtractorrepa1353]

Glad I could help.lol.

[@robertoobregon3750]

Your not the only one, got my sons 08 Silverado with rear differential bearing replacement and engine oil leaks.

[@paulzartman2420]

Me 2. Digger needs new shovels

[@robertoobregon3750]

Those young men are learning some of life lessons the tough way, it happens that way some times. Good thing there are people like Warren to help out.

[@JEmory]

You are a determined mechanical / electrical genius (mad man). You take on a task that 99% of us would say, "Not fixable". You need an apprentice to spill some of that "can do" and "know-how to" and "where to start" skill set. Maybe 3 apprentices. You have logic, talent, skills, and confidence. Unstoppable. I would look at that piece of equipment and say, "Well it's done". Watching your videos, I"d now say, "Better call Warren". You could rebuild that thing from top to bottom. Do you think the manufacturer could spare an extra few inches to allow people to actually fix or maintain their equipment? Just seeing cut wires and all those hydraulic lines going to boxes you could barely access makes my head hurt. A big salute to you. My God - just another example of how God has gifted certain men to do certain things very well. And You? You do a lot of things very well! Its a wonder the "Factory" doesn't hire you to come look at their next equipment model and say, "Hey Warren - how can we make this better?". How many years of skills are shown in this video? 30?

[@granttaute4516]

Seeing those many years of your honest hard earned knowledge applied to a misconfigured complex system is amazing Warren. Awesome video Sir!

[@anthonyknight3866]

Didn't check to see how old video is but having had my hands on these clunkers hydro ax skidders mulchers basically forrestery junk I know the pain but I will admit I love the woods best office besides the truck a man could ask for. All of them do the same like u I look at it that a pump is a pump a wire is a wire and an engine is an engine don't matter its not working and if it doesn't work neither does the man that operates it. Having hands on different manufacturers every day is a chore from time to time but that keeps it interesting like your videos it different all the time thank you

[@dharmi44]

figuring out a multi dimensional problem like this takes patience and skill, amazed how you were able to troubleshoot, isolate and fix these issues.

[@jim-me9wm]

There are people out there that have no business owning machinery or operating it and you have run into one of these fools. Kudos on straightening out the mess. One of your best videos.

[@reedmartin6614]

You obviously enjoy this! Owners are extremely lucky to have you and to stay out of your hair while you do your thing.....reasoning out all the past stuff, and returning a machine with good bones to productivity and value!

[@mongomay1]

Thanks Warren for sharing the faults and errors on this tree processing machine. I hope there are folks still around understand on your method of diagnosing what it wrong and come up with a plan to rectify the errors, then test the repairs. This step-wise approach can be used on almost any situation, does not have to be mechanicing, it could be anything perceived to not be working or communicating... Take care out there Warren working by yourself in those remote areas, let someone know where you are at and how long you expect to be and call to check in once in a while, things change as we get older...and sneak up on us.

[@hillbillysnowman4710]

Hi Warren, great video as always. I have found that a packet of different coloured cable ties can help in keeping track of hose routing and orientation. The tails stick out so you can see them from a distance while tracing the hose. When the job is done I cut the tails off and then next time I just have to colour match the hose at either end of the machine. Crazy to me that they didn't run a rotary coupling for the track gear and cab level. If a wheeled excavator can have unlimited rotation then surely a feller buncher can too.

[@davidbarnett.2313]

I have a safety vest that I slip on when needed: hydraulics, electrics, odd-bold sizes, etc.. In the vest acrylic paint tubes. No brush. I have tubes of Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, White, and Black. One example: When disconnecting a wire from a multiple terminal, I put a dot of one color on the wire, and one dot on or above the post. (there is always room). I go to what the book says is the other end and repeat the process with the same color. If I suspect wrong or bad wire, I use a continuity test. The nice thing about acrylics is one dot covers another if I have to reposition or replace those wires or their location. Easy/Peasy. I have found more and more places where this technique works. No brush, straight from the little tube. Buy day glow collars.

[@richardkremer8313]

@@davidbarnett.2313 Before they came out with all these new types of finger paint, I used basic finger nail polish. My wife was always pissed she could not find that color to do a touch up on her toes.. I’d just say ( DAM GREMLINS )

[@killstrees]

This buncher is old. New ones have 360 swing capabilities just like excavators

[@kd4baoc612]

Some people if not most people in the logging industry or shrimping industry try to "cheap" their way through project in the field to keep "production" up and have those dollars flowing back to them. Nice job figuring it out.

[@John-gj9db]

Holy shit, what a mess. Most mechanics would run a mile from that mission. You are so good of diagnosis and explaining as you go. Thanks Warren.

[@mikesmith-yc3os]

Warren i love your sence of humour top class mechanic not many people would take that job on

[@williammccartney4833]

Warren your what's known in the field as the goat! greatest of all time!

[@robertborchert932]

30 years ago, Warren, I had a sign in my shop. It showed the labor rates: if you watch, if you help, and most importantly, "if you did it first." I understand. When those trunk lines got flopped all over Hell and back, it was the makings of a future disaster.

[@edniemyjski3303]

the people in your area just dont no how lucky they are to have a skilled machanic that you are,I wish you lived closer to my neck of the woods,cant wait to see the out come of that cluster f--k.

[@stkrrauch1]

much respect to you for taking on such a major job

[@markalexander5124]

Your knowledge is amazing... now you have to deal with other peoples mess on top of the difficulty that a machine like that presents. Hats off to you.

[@rhmlsiddle]

That is one tough job. Hard to understand but your concentration and perseverance is amazing as always!

[@bryansimon4072]

What a nightmare! You have more patience than I ever will. Thanks for sharing

[@scottdrenske830]

Spaghetti craziness after hack job and you find it. Great job.

[@BD-qq4fn]

One of your best videos yet! Thank you for posting. Can’t wait for “to be continued”.

[@williamcantalamessa5231]

Hello from Siesta Key Florida Hydraulic nightmare and if it has a floating cab hole another story. Warren will get it working. You guys are lucky to have Warren working on y'all's equipment. Got to love being the 4 or 5th maybe 6th person working on it.lol I hope you're customers take good good care of you, really even after they pay the bill.

[@irenesilvers7096]

Loved the mystery, thank you Warren.

[@wonjat5]

Brilliant piece of diagnostic work, even more so given the mistakes others have made.

[@BobTheBreaker9]

Legitimately surprised anyone would take this job to fix years of other people's fabricobbling... always seems like Warren has a book for everything

[@reedmartin6614]

But, the machine is worthless without Warren's work....

[@mfc4591]

Someone had a "just plug it" mentality! well done Warren, excellent work

[@craignewport2582]

Warren. I work on some complicated machines but your retention of information is out of this world man. It surprises me that you have such a vast knowledge of so many different systems. As normal a great watch. Your customers are very lucky to have you working on there equipment. Well done man.

[@thomasburke7850]

Nice job Warren , they got the right guy for a very difficult job. Happy Memorial day to all our veterans . Thank you and all our military veterans for their service. God bless America

[@briansmith1514]

Those guys are going to have a great machine (relatively) once you are done. I know I didn't write the check for your time, but great job and what a mess. I watched this and still can't understand why that kid working for you didn't appreciate how much he could learn from you. I hope you find someone someday that appreciates you knowledge and wants to work & learn.

[@billysmith6131]

What a cluster mess. Glad your on this getting it all straightened out Warren

[@ohboy2118]

100% the correct approach. Rip all of it out and put it back to standard then deal with what problems still exist. Quicker in the long run.

[@garyharrington5300]

What a cluster ,you will earn your keep on this one ,great video warren

[@PopPopJoe]

You are 100% correct do it right so the next guys working on machine can figure it out!!

[@God_is_in_the_details]

That’s epic, Warren, to sort out years of tangled spec drift…epic!

[@Prariedog]

Wow, that is absolutely amazing Warren, awsome job sorting out someone else's mess. Wish I had the machine in my early logging days . One of your best videos to date . Looking forward to the next video .very interesting repair .simply amazing . Thankyou for your hard work 🇨🇦 🍁 Safe travels 🙏

[@graemechalmers3171]

Warren. A real headache credit to your diagnostic skills many would run a mile keep up the great videos.

[@loghog4392]

I had a720. Your bringing back a lot of memories. Good machines.

[@philglover2973]

Awesome video thanks Warren thanks for your time and consideration top job 🚜🇺🇸🇬🇧👍

[@jasesergent2176]

Geez, hats off to you Warren. This is the literal meaning of opening a can of worms. 😅

[@tylerboone2786]

You sir are a brilliant mechanic

[@gasperajdnik5627]

You are a great mechanic warren, i wish I could work for a good man like you. Seee you on the next video 👋🔧

[@andrewlaunderville5882]

U are definitely a damn good mechanic to take on this project

[@BikerBloke600]

Warren, you are worth your weight in Gold. How you worked that out I will never know, absolute nightmare of a job. Keep up the great work. Mick,Northern Ireland 👍👌🍻

[@jonroth7342]

Very impressive diagnostic skills! Thanks for posting.

[@husky500cr]

Boy, what a spaghetti mess. You the man Warren.

[@Joe.M]

Boy! That's a nightmare! Great job Diagnosing the problems.👍👍

[@raycollington4310]

Very educational for us Warren, brave of you to take this on. My father would say boy you're getting yourself out of a situation you shouldn't haven't gotten yourself into.

[@terryrogers1025]

I found this interesting as all get out. This goes to show that sometimes you have to just start all over by stripping things down And tracing everything out and returning it to OEM. My hat is off to you young, that has to be like figuring how where the other end of the noodle is in a plate full of spaghetti with sauce in it. Thanks for the ride along.

[@danieltorrens4954]

A rocket scientist has nothing on you, good job!

[@rsmith6572]

What a nightmare.. you will get, got faith in you warren. who ever worked on before was a real tool.

[@raykaufman7156]

Warren when you have to work away from your manuals, take a picture of the pertinent page and you can reference it on your phone where you are working. It's helped me out a bunch over the years.

[@lionelalkinburgh4313]

My hats off again ! You are the man !!!

[@philstreeter9703]

Great video Warren. Trying to follow the hoses was enough to make you crazy, but you stuck with it. Looking forward to video # 2.😊

[@shanemcdonald4956]

What a nightmare.Luckily those boys have you there to figure this thing out. I bought a couple scrap balers that were half ass rigged like that machine.It took myself and another guy a week to get everything back to the way it should be.

[@loveistheanswer8137]

If this mechanic gig doesn’t pan out, you can always try your hand at comedian. Lol

[@indee105]

Man, you are a true artisan.

[@SODAK2276]

Wow, you really understand that mess! Me I would have drove away my patience isn't good enough for that!

[@125sm3]

What a legend Warren is .

[@shawnrice7179]

They need to give Warren his own tv show on discovery. This is better than counting cars and pawn stars.

[@rodmpugh226]

Prentice spent time with logging contractors to get design and problems retified. Most were fitted out new to customer requirements. Very complex equipment and need operators with good mechanical skills maintenance ethics. This machine was abused and trashed by a series of previous owners. The current owners are in over their head. Lucky Warren is putting her back to stock factory setup.

[@maxxtech8532]

Can't wait to see it all working!

[@colinmyers8841]

greetings from sunny Queensland Australia , hi Warren , your vids are getting better all the time , cheers mate ,

[@Gkuljian]

These guys don't know how lucky they got when they found you.

[@richardhoneywell7411]

Great video Warren really enjoy your troubleshooting skills to figure out what most don't. Looking forward to the next video on the Prentice machine stay safe.

[@justinarsenault1926]

My finger tips pulsed with a good pain when those pilot lines, u sure found on your own !

[@donabbott4060]

What a nightmare Warren your the best

[@roughwater3454]

Glad it's you and not me. I agree. Put it back to factory as much as possible.

[@justinarsenault1926]

So badass man....I love your videos

[@tinkmarshino]

Ah rats! Well, you got a great cliff hanger there brother.. It is amazing to watch you figure all this out... these are the kind of video's I love because I love to figure things like this out.. In my youth I could take the manual and love to give it a try.. Though it would not be as fast as you did it by a long shot and there would be no guarantee of success.. Cars and machinery where what I did most.. never any heavy equipment. Thank Warren

[@nickpersenaire4443]

Warren, my brain hurts watching you. What a mess keep up the excellent work.

[@danielbroyles8016]

Awesome job👍

[@CrimeVid]

Years ago I did four years of pipeline tracing, both manufacturing and services. I can tell you that the commonest fault is the installer/manufacturer getting flow and return swapped over ! These are people with drawings and a good idea of what a system is supposed to do (part of the job was getting record drawings up to date, and right ) For a secondary installer I can only suggest doing one pipe at a time, do not disconnect a number of pipes at once without making a drawing beforehand, because as you change your orientation to the work you will get turned around in your head ! I have had endless arguments with experienced installers, and they are always convinced they could not be wrong,and hate you to pieces if you prove them wrong ! I am going on too long but I can assure you that you can be wrong !! Me too ! but I always checked over again and again before I said anything. Oh yes, and bloody good luck to you on this one Warren !

[@robertoobregon3750]

Yes it's funny how our brains work when at times your speaking and the word you want to say comes out as a different word. Same as doing a task that you preformed many times before but then do it as backwards. When this has lethal consequences is when you call your wife by a different women's name.😄😄😄

[@garybulwinkle82]

It's hard when the hoses are all bundled together and to get to one you have to take several other off! It's good to label stuff! Personally I would have cancelled the check or sued them if they did that to me! My dad had a good saying, "A good lesson to learn!" Never buy something sight unseen, especially when it's too good to be true!!

[@marklowe330]

@@garybulwinkle82 I have to agree. With you. The guys are learning an expensive lesson. They were definitely screwed over.

[@CrimeVid]

@George Jones Explain !

[@jrjenner]

Warren. I am a pharmacist with very little mechanic ability. Love watching you videos. I can tell you learning about drugs is simple compared to what you do. I am amazed at your knowledge. Keep it up and “let’s go Brandon”

[@mwhitelaw8569]

Just lookin' at that damn thing man They butchered the fckr before they sent it down. Those poor guys just wanna make a fckn livin' man. It's good of ya to come up and help em out

[@donpampel3332]

Your Buddy in New Mexico wasn't the only one that did have a clue. I live in the corn fields of Indiana and had no idea what it was.

[@jameshollingsworth4714]

My Dad, who was an aircraft mechanic, told me, if you want to know where a wire goes in a plane, put your left hand on the wire, then your right hand ahead of your left, then repeat. Works well for hydraulic lines as well. In the military there was no shortage of diagrams, but they could not be trusted. Apparently the same for feller bunchers. Keep up the good work.

[@Amac-uz9hm]

A real mechanic 😎 great to watch as per usual

[@deerhntr59]

What a cluster. It maddens me that some folks can fubar things so badly. It takes a real mechanic to figure all this out and get it sort it out.

[@jimmylong5251]

Great job Warren u the man huge amount of respect to u man its a pleasure to watch you in action man big hello from ireland 🇮🇪 👍

[@dennisbailey4296]

You have it right, us regular auto mechanics don't have to deal with all that amount of debris and oil all over the place. And we usually clean it up to work with in that kind of saturation of Oil and Debris!! I'm sure it's just not possible to do that with everything you work on!! 👍👍

[@chuckpreston4981]

Wow! And that troll called you a "backyard" mechanic? I think that I'd like some of what he's been smoking...lol. As usual, Warren, you've shown that you're worthy of the title of "Master Problem Solver." I'm looking forward to the next part.

[@twistin140]

wow..... lookin forward to the follow up on this one. Thanks Warren for the share! Hit the like button folks!

[@paulcrocker2837]

Fantastic video, loved ever second, thanks for showing us,

[@Agirhydro23]

Thank you for educating us great video