I got BURNED on this Compactor from an Auction! (Bomag BW213)

[@DieselCreek]

A lot of people saying the title is clickbait need to watch all the way till the end 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@stephenhewitt5835]

Matt, No “DC” has ever been click bait. 🇬🇧

[@Revoku]

nice video, if you run into an annoying to fit fanbelt again, try a link belt, worked for years on an old cat dozer we had

[@philipcable7518]

Oh that doesn't look happy Matt. I hope it doesn't set the building schedule back too much.

[@_n_l_]

I like the titles :)

[@christovogelsang473]

Hi, I don't know if anyone has said it yet, but bees look for a place to build their hive or even just a small nest in the case of wild bees. I currently have a nest in one of my lugnuts on a project car.

[@dangolden7200]

The fact that the guy knew the starter was janky for 11 years and did nothing say's to me that lots of other maintenance may have fallen through the cracks as well.

[@TractorWrangler01]

I agree. Who puts up with a malfunction like that unless they never use the machine at all.

[@rp1645]

Dan when I got my 1971 SeaGrave Fire Engine for restoration. The place I got it from. I got all the maintenance Records from when the FD got it. It was neat looking through the past maintenance. The shop guys did maintenance on the Engine all the time. Did have transmission overhauled after I got it. But HAY it was a clutch that from record never had had any issues before me. The clutch was just ready for a overhaul. That clutch going for 40+ year's. There's a grease fitting in middle the owner of shop who did overhaul, said for me not to grease her all the time. That was part of problems it got to much grease, got grease in areas of clutch to gum it up. He told me how to and when to grease that fitting. Very little.

[@XxPhasemanxX]

@@TractorWrangler01 because it still works.

[@firesurfer]

@@TractorWrangler01 It's way too easy to just run it into the ground. Ironic.

[@wallbawden5511]

@@rp1645 well Mr rest in piece he was told the starter was what was the word JANKY not my words so would that not say that who ever owned it knew of it and just left it think of what you have written you knew nothing of your prob HE did

[@JohnnyAFG81]

The one thing I love about your channel is you don’t edit out the mistakes or fails. Working on equipment is never easy at it seems and you bring that Human aspect to it.

[@ryanboehm6355]

It's nice that he can laugh and we can have a chuckle too. " it's actually in the manual you have to drop the starter on the ground before you install it" 😅

[@Nurgles_Rot_]

When he falls back as the oil pours out is priceless!

[@joehickey7295]

QPl

[@freddyrosenberg9288]

I think all used construction equipment is only serviced when it's bought or sold.

[@DieselCreek]

You’d be right for some peoples stuff

[@davidtwliew616]

Ha ha 😂

[@bombardier3qtrlbpsi]

Exactly

[@FaenumVena]

going by the rending screams coming from the excavator on the massive building site im forced to live next to, I dont think they know how to use grease properly either, if at all.

[@kitecattestecke2303]

Only if the owner is dumb Maintenance is the only hope/safety net a machine has from day one, you earn more if you do good service from day one

[@richsmith7200]

My ex wife serviced the heavy equipment where she was employed, but it was just fluids, and visual inspection. And the supervisor.

[@jessicabalsamo9542]

20 plus years ago my then young son’s daycare had some construction work going on next door on an empty lot. One day I picked him up after 5:00, and for the next 30 minutes we watched construction equipment do it’s thing. The one piece of equipment that my son was fascinated with was the “sheeps foot roller” (I had to interrupt some man’s work that day just to ask him what piece of equipment he was operating). This man was also nice enough to offer to let my son ride on his lap for just a few minutes while he rolled around the site on that thing. My son was so excited and he remembers that experience to this day. Thanks for bringing back that memory.

[@mdemers767]

That's cool that your son got that experience. I doubt today's insurance laws would allow such a thing to happen, and definitely not OSHA. OSHA probably outlawed it back then too, but a jobsite probably wasn't expecting a visit from any inspectors after 5pm.

[@nickfrumusa7705]

That is a great story. I grew up fascinated with heavy equipment and could watch them all day. Now I own a small excavation company doing just what I dreamed of when I was little. Pretty often I have little kids watching me from the street and I always go up and tell them you can sit in the equipment if you would like. I would of loved to have that opportunity when I was little and I am sure they will all remember that experience.

[@PlutoProtogen]

wholesome, i used to be fascinated by equipment and even like driving our tractor around, its got a bucket so thats always fun to mess with. i grew up mowing our field with an old ford jubilee tractor from the 50's i think it was, ran like a champ, i miss that tractor, we have a similar one in our field i got running but she needs work. i still remember using that tractor when i was 7 or 8, i also remember sitting on the fenders with my grandpa when he mowed with it, i would love to relive some of those memories

[@renevanderkraats224]

That's awesome :) When I was young I got a ride in the bucket of a digger. Guy seemed to know my friend. Lifted the bucket with me in it, and made the digger into a slow merry-go-round. Of course, when my friend was in the bucket, he stopped and dipped it into a pool of water :-P

[@HuyQuang-kr8rs]

, z ᎷϴϴΝᎽ

[@lonpearson2134]

The mill wrights at the place I worked for 37 yrs, used “never seize” on just about every nut and bolt they touched.and over time, it paid off.

[@777poco]

we used never seize on every bolt and pin we worked on, saves a lot of headaches

[@Familyfleet]

So everything and everyone was covered in it right? I cant take the lid off mine without getting covered in it. 😄

[@lonpearson2134]

@@Familyfleet yep. Amazing stuff the way it seems to jump to all kinds of places.

[@lonpearson2134]

@@777poco yep. Most of my electricians tools had some on them because we used it at every union on the aluminum conduit.

[@breadlowry]

Good stuff! Thread lock is also great for preserving threads and keeping corrosion out.

[@died4us590]

I don't know why i had to laugh when you dropped the starter, and then needed a smaller belt for the fan, but Eva came to mind. I can hear your wife from the video where she said, "you're setting me up for failure.". Then i picture her laughing knowing karma was gonna get you lol. The two of you are hilarious when working together. As a girl myself, i have worked on stuff since i was a kid, because my brother is a couple year's behind me, and most gen x kid's i know were free slave labor. I was also a tv remote, coffee maker, cook, house cleaner, lawn mower, mixed drink maker, along with the repair crew. It made me a hard worker in life, so at 51, i can't complain.

[@MGower4465]

That's just a gravity assisted kinetic calibration. Its probably in the manual somewhere.

[@Flyanb]

Sounds like a perfect wife! Your husband is lucky!

[@harpo6203]

The installation instruction of the new starter probably called for grounding of the starter. So dropping it is A-OK.

[@pugnate666]

underrated

[@bruceclarke2831]

Nice One

[@Vanbulance89]

Exactly where my mind went as well, 😄 You beat me to the comments.

[@WhoWantsToKnow81]

I C what you did there ;)

[@steveavery1533]

I'm a 76-year old retiree in West Palm Beach Florida and Diesel Creek is my new favorite channel. Being from up near Buffalo originally your snowy segments fill me with cold nostalgia. Looking good, Matt.

[@jpguerrerovasquez9517]

Work for a rental company and all comments are true. we don't service our equipment until it breaks or a customer states that it's not working right

[@johnseymour5223]

The old guy I used to work for, would always put a 2nd belt on equipment that was extremely difficult to access.. He would just zip-tie the "spare belt" up out of the way so it wouldn't rub on anything.. Made it super easy for the next time.

[@DieselCreek]

Ya, no place to zip tie it to on here

[@robertkustos2931]

@@DieselCreek does this machine have glow plugs ? If so I think one turns the key opposite to the on position for a few seconds , then start . Anyway all the best from England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@Porty1119]

​@@robertkustos2931 If I remember correctly, only -W (indirect injection/precombustion) Deutz diesels of this vintage have glow plugs. They're necessary.

[@jacobosmer98]

Check the top of the lift pump, that little disc is a filter screen housing and I’ve seen some super gummed up because not many people know what it is.

[@Porty1119]

This is one of the first things to check on a new-to-you Deutz. Another is the injector pump oil level; they're manually oiled and many/most operators don't know that.

[@typrus6377]

The Perkins-powered Cats frequently have a similar issue (4.4, 6.6, 7.1) where they will have an inline fuel screen that doesn't show up under the Filter GP breakdowns, only under Fuel Lines. I've seen on Excavators, Bulldozers, Wheel Loaders, etc where it has never been changed and is stove up with crud.

[@samdunn7860]

We considered the inner filter as the safety filter. When dirt is found in the inside filter we consider the primary filter as having failed. We then replace both filters. Only replace outer filter until one of them fails, at that point when inner filter has dust you know the outer one has failed.

[@dongrant5827]

@@samdunn7860 I agree. I’m always trying to convince others that blowing out the air filter is not worth it, unless you really need to have the machine operating and can’t get a new filter. But that’s only a temporary fix. Air filters are a lot cheaper than turbochargers, valve jobs, etc.

[@fastsetinthewest]

I've seen people not know their filters were jammed up like on the Detroit Diesel. The engine would lose power. Simple problems cause big problems.

[@aluminium3574]

With these deutz engines it’s important you keep the cylinders clean. I’ve you have an oil leak dust can fill the ribs on the cylinders!

[@auriptide]

Yep, I work for a company that's a dealer for numerous engine MFG's and Deutz is by far the worst engine we work on.

[@aluminium3574]

@@auriptide I haven’t had a lot of problems with deutz engines. I’ve you do your maintenance on them. Their pretty reliable!

[@GniewnyMedrzec]

24:05 Most of those machines are big and yellow - lika a giant sunflower. Maybe thats why bees like it so much 😆

[@benclark5225]

Matt: from my air cooled VW days I offer this suggestion: since you have TWo belt pulleys to operate the fan. I would fab a mount for the alternator so it runs off of one (or both) of the fan belts. That way if the charging light comes on in the cab, you know that either the alternator has blown something or you have blown a belt. The light comes on immediately if the alternator isn't running and if there is no fan action due to blown belt, it saves you a toasted engine. Even if the hot engine light circuit works, it comes on sometime after the belt failure, and after the engine is critically hot. A failed alternator light comes on immediately and is your "before the lock-up" early warning safeguard. I remember in my VW, the alternator light saved me an overheated toaster one day when the belt broke and I didn't hear anything amiss. Had it not been for that little light coming on I'd have lost my gutless-wonder death trap. Ben

[@jimmycricket5366]

Or you could built a little frame and mount one of those proximity switches with a wheel like a jockey wheel which runs off the back of the belt.

[@seldoon_nemar]

"I picked up a manual and have the wiring diagrams" compactor: "FOOLISH MORTAL, YOUR WIZARDY HAS NO POWER HERE! "

[@hectorpascal]

Matt is actually a LOT better at vehicle electrics than he pretends! But like a lot of mechanical guys he thinks knowing about such stuff is a bit "girlie" 😆!

[@seldoon_nemar]

@@hectorpascal Oh, I was more thinking "this thing has 40 years of hack job bubba wiring, no about of OEM documentation is going to help with that" lol

[@kenwheeler6150]

Fix the warning light switch on the belt tensioner. Believe me, on those engines it is as important as the oil pressure switch. Ken Wheeler Narrowboat Services, Chester, England

[@Sjanzo]

My friends 1958 army water pump with an F4M514 has a belt tensioner kill switch on the fuel pump. If the belt breaks, it shuts off the fuel.

[@Sneddz1]

Even if you got burned, you're still well ahead with the other purchases. Keep up the content mate.

[@williamlulay7982]

I may be naïve, but it seems to me, that if you want a piece of equipment to be maintained properly, make the maintenance tasks as easy as possible, i.e., easy access to all replaceable filters, not have the oil pan drain discharging over the pumpkin, etc., etc. A lot of the filters on that piece of equipment are just onerous to deal with, and I think the comments below about if the previous owners put up with an iffy starter for 11 years, what else did they not deal with? In spite of all that, Matt, I think you get a great deal of satisfaction in resolving all these issues in the equipment you get, otherwise, you wouldn't keep doing it. I'm with you on electrical problems-hate 'em- and I applaud your perseverance in dealing with them - they should all be so simple as just reconnecting a ground wire!

[@joelmiller2504]

As a former heavy equipment operator I can attest that our equipment was never serviced unless it broke.

[@Debbiebabe69]

Servicing equipment that is faulty but still works eats all the profit from a job. If you can keep it running until you sell it on or someone else takes your work, it eats all the profits from THIER job.

[@blaggercoyote]

If it ain't broke don't fix it. Always been my motto!

[@profusemoose1488]

You could get the mechanic to take a look at something if you bought him a case of beer on my worksite.

[@rainman7992]

that's the south american way. oh no, wait. Have yet to find a complainer who takes the time to put together the numbers to prove that is better to maintenance than it is to let it break.

[@profusemoose1488]

@@Debbiebabe69 Until the faulty equipment costs you a day or two of production and you are still on the hook for the wages and/or penalties, it happens eventually and I've seen companies pay out the nose for this kind of shortsightedness.

[@johnmorris6434]

The Belts we used to fit on those Deutz, were a twin solid belt, and my boss used to get me to fit a spare one past that coupler and cable tie it to the pump frame and out of the way. so when one failed, another one ready to slip on, tensioner is meant to be twin belt. Also those dash panels are pretty useless, all i used to do is rig up that switch on the tensioner pulley to a car horn, a loud one. makes people look when thats going constant. lights on a dash mean nothing to most operators !!!

[@Tom89194]

I love the car horn idea for those Deutz air cooled engines, water cooled engines boil over in a spectacular fashion with a bunch of steam.

[@--_DJ_--]

We bought a tracked drill right a few years ago with that setup. It had no safety features at all when we got it so I had to rig one up. I ended up tying that switch into the solenoid for the pump, if the belt broke, it just shut the unit down right then and there. I know the guys who run it, and a light would for sure be ignored. A horn is a good idea though, but I was doing a shutdown system anyways so I just went that route.

[@dfross87]

@@--_DJ_-- Definitely a good way to go about it. I've set (some of) our equipment up to shut down on low oil pressure, broken fan belt, and if low coolant level is detected. For starting there's a momentary push-button override.

[@onesadtech]

Great ideas in this thread, cheers folks!

[@rainerpaulrembold840]

Need to try get a second belt on there those fans draw alot of hp. There are 2 temp sensors on all deutz motors. One goes to a hooter and the other goes to your dashboard. You need to make sure that the fins are clean so that there is proper airflow otherwise you get hot spots on the cylinders

[@Smokkedandslammed]

This guy deutz for sure

[@hansselin9131]

And one sensor are on the belt tensioner.

[@jp34604]

Temperature Sensor 01173672 for Deutz 913 912 511 1011 2011

[@CAPNMAC82]

@@hansselin9131 And, that's the wrong tensioner--it needs two grooves for the two belts.

[@charliehill6914]

We had that engine in an Atlas Copco compressor. If I'm remembering correctly there is supposed to be a sensor on the belt tensioner that shuts the engine down if the belt breaks. Deutz guys correct me if I'm wrong.

[@DieselFuelOnly]

Matt, your Deutz has a switch that will illuminate a light or sound an alarm when the fan belt breaks - you can see the switch that that tensioner pushes on if the belt breaks at around 23:20. Make sure that is working, it's a great indicator that a problem exists before the engine actually gets too hot!! Another thing about these Deutz engines, although they are commonly referred to as air cooled, they also heavily rely on the engine oil for cooling. They have an engine oil cooler that must absolutely be kept clean!!

[@robmosher362]

Your right, I missed that switch in the video.

[@mikelwhitlock]

I came here as well to point that out

[@Gondwana_Goanna]

I can attest to that as well. We have an old Deutz 10006 tractor with exactly this same engine, and you gotta make sure the oil cooler is clean (it’s under the unclip and flip out cowling behind the fan), and clean the piston liner cooling fins regularly. Other than that they’re a great economical engine.

[@Cletrac305]

Brings back memories. I was and am a heavy equipment mechanic. I was told by my Dad when I was about 7 to always work on something like you will be the next guy to work on it. That meant lots of grease, anti-seize, and dielectric grease! Real bear to pull a 13spd and dual plate clutch and flywheel to access the backside of a stuck starter bolt! That's why on every truck we got some things had bolts removed one by one and greased! I built and dynoed lots of Diesels and one thing I learned was that being "good" about pre-filled oil filters caused some priming issues because the dry pump after oil change esp. Hot couldn't blow the air through them to prime. So only 1/2 full now. Every time I check oil i put a drop from the dipstick on each battery terminal or starter connection as well. I remember being 19yrs old and driving a smooth drum over 20 mi one day back to the shop. Took almost all day. Fun tho with the variable vibration hitting the harmonics that made kids and water in nearby swimming pools jump! And a dog following his food dish that started walking down the driveway! I stopped that when I saw a picture window on the verge of exploding 50ft away!

[@stevedibiase728]

Brilliant idea about the drop of oil from dipstick now why didn't i think of that (head slap) at 73 never to old to learn.

[@scubaman2546]

This content provider has an excellent patter. If he’s losing his temper, he does it offscreen. I respect that professionalism!

[@jamesbouchard9105]

At the 35 minute mark, a diagnostic light bulb went off in my head. As I do nearly all of my property work on my own, there are things I just don't see and hear as the operator of the machine. When you wrote "can't hear that metal on metal sound in person..." I thought "Aha! I should video 30 minutes of hard work and varied movement on each unit". Thanks man! Love to see you work through things and get 'er done!

[@Fawteen]

As a guy that has bought, rehabbed and used or re-sold a bit of equipment myself (tho on a MUCH smaller scale than you!) it does my heart good to see you FIX things whenever possible rather than patch and jury-rig.

[@marvinmarlin9655]

Matt, the thing with the bees, we get here in the UK too, but usually early in Spring. I was told by an environmental scientist that it’s to do with the yellow colour of vehicle which is high up on the bees sight scale as flowers that contain the most pollen are a similar colour. Apparently the reason it happens most in spring is that the bees ‘learn’ that it’s not of any interest to them. Great channel.

[@DavidYoungism]

Came to say same thing. Anything painted so it reflects UV light (mostly yellows) tell insects to expect to find food there.

[@christopherconrad4156]

Drove yellow delivery truck bees and hornets loved it..

[@CAPNMAC82]

We have about 20 different species of terrestrial (ground-dwelling) bees here in North America. They seek out holes to build into nests. That's why the worker bees are always out looking for crevices and the like.

[@peadenl]

You had me rolling on the floor laughing about the drop the starter comment. A professional comedian could not have done a better delivery. Had the same thing happen to me more times than I would like to admit. Love your get it done never quit attitude!

[@DieselCreek]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Renville80]

@@DieselCreekit could be worse… you could be rebuilding a transmission with the gears sitting on a forklift’s forks (like a mechanic in Illinois…) 😉

[@TheReverendFlashback]

I like the way you explain technical things for people who ain´t dealing with heavy equipment.

[@unclegreybeard3969]

The visiting bees in the springtime are scouts looking for a site to start a new colony, they often find that small holes / cracks lead into large void spaces (especially in trees and house walls) which are perfect places to start new hives. When an existing hive is ready to swarm (split 50/50), half the hive moves out so these new locations are an absolute necessity.

[@ionracer24]

cool

[@CAPNMAC82]

There's 20 species of Terrestrial (ground dwelling) bees native to North America (the honey bee is a European import). They spend spring looking for new or larger colony locations just like the European bees do. It's amazing stuff. The scouts are typically just worker bees as are fairly innocuous, we humans are Just In The Way, buzz, buzz, buzz.

[@richardthomas1743]

Hey ! Hello ! What a nice surprise to see a Sunday video from Diesel Creek! Thumbs UP to you Matt!!

[@juliesoane7399]

Not so much burned as lightly grilled Matt. It hasn’t taken you long to get this machine repaired, serviced and running albeit with a couple of issues still to address. Just highlights your ability to get stuff going. Very enjoyable watching it happen 😊

[@DieselCreek]

Just wait it gets worse…..

[@juliesoane7399]

I see what you mean! Matt, I am very much an end to end viewer but must have missed this bit today. Can’t wait till the next instalment 🤨

[@StofStuiver]

@@DieselCreek I saw at the end bit... Looks like the vibrating shaft (?) locked up the drum? Broken maybe? That happened on the smaller one aswell, right?

[@michaeldanielallen]

@@DieselCreek I was thinking you accidently grabbed a hot manifold when I read the title! I think maybe the next video should have had this title if it ended up having issues with the vibratory assembly. This video just showed normal maintenance.

[@SunShyne_Culture]

It's for grounding mate, not Drop Test, lol. I like watching you work.

[@UKfromadrone]

ever since i am buying used stuff, even before that, my dad always says, that "when you buy something used, expect to spend money on servicing it straight away" you never know what the previous owners did to it

[@williamdodd8660]

Good advice.

[@j.w.3345]

I've never seen any clickbait videos from you. Your honesty in showing the good and the bad, great repairs and mistakes, is one of the main reasons I watch your channel. NO BS!! As always, thanks for bringing us along! JW

[@typgamer]

On these belt driven blower untis its very important so keep the cooling fins of the cylinders clean, and the belt tentioner switch working. Pretty much the only way you can kill one of these engines is heat seizing. One of our customers ran a 4 cylinder 912 Deutz without oil until it seized, started right up after filling it with new oil, piston rings were toast of cause, but he could finish the season of using his mobile aggregation pumping.

[@kevinbaker6168]

Good enough, that seems to be a lot of people's attitude with older equipment. They use it occasionally and let it sit most of the time, so if it will start and do what they want it's good enough. Like you said, it might be overkill for most of your jobs, but when you really need it, it will pay back more than you've invested.

[@scottcol23]

seeing as the rental rate at United is $500 a day or $3,700 monthly for a machine that size, you can get the much smaller 47" 9.5 ton bomag for $320 / $2,000 .... id say he is in a win win situation. id be surprised if Matt looses any money on this thing when hes done with it.

[@johnkruton9708]

Yeah I’m thinking of him using it to roller his long driveway.

[@CAPNMAC82]

@@scottcol23 especially with the absurd prices /working/equipment is selling for right now.

[@donaldgibson3121]

You don't grunt and cuss enough when the job goes bad. It's a great frustration fixer. My grandfather taught me the finer vocabulary needed when I was a kid.

[@DieselCreek]

I do in the cameras aren’t around. I try to keep it clean for KZbin, I know a lot of people appreciate it

[@LeePatCab]

We need to see the new building. Please!

[@billy140572]

One of the very best engines, we had a Fahr combine and two Deutz tractors on one of the farms I worked on here in Scotland and all three were the most reliable bits of machinery, they were over 30 years old at the time.

[@paulmallery6719]

And easy on fuel

[@iamthemoss]

My wife and I live on 20 acres, I have a tractor, skid steer, '96 F350 diesel. I am an amateur mechanic with a varied career ranging from cancer research, LP gas, food production and IT. I am approaching 60 and I cannot tell you how much many of us appreciate you and so many of the videos you and other KZbin mechanics and tradesmen have. It is the best kind of schooling. One more reason if I had life to live over again, I would probably have considered a trade. You folks give us the courage to try things with less fear. Thanks

[@ajosephbaumhauer4071]

Matt one of the things that fascinate me is your Knowledge of engines and equipment. I can’t imagine many people would know if there was an O-ring missing from the filter. Good luck with the shop Bird

[@Juppda]

Nice to see this old gal run so smoothly. I've actually designed some parts for their modern equipment when I worked for BOMAG here in Germany a few years back. But these old machines are just build different. Very good Video. Keep it up 👍

[@ultramaroon-h8r]

I really enjoy watching how you fix the equipment. You explain it so well without swearing and carrying on. It is a breath of fresh air. Plus your ecological. I also like the land you are on.

[@kezzatries]

Should change out that single pulley for a double belt. Those air cooled fans can put a big load on those belts.

[@majesticskeever]

I love putting big loads on my fans

[@haphazard1342]

Needs a dual pulley idler wheel on the tensioner.

[@StephanePlaisance]

Make the 2xpulley bigger in diameter to shorten the belt and avoid friction on the frame

[@williamdodd8660]

Ford pickups used to use double V-belts on the fan.

[@chrisstegerman8058]

Its a common problem with thode Aircooled Deutz engines that they eat the blowerbelts We have several wheelloaders with smaler Deutz Aircooled engines in it and they all eat up the belts every now and then. Only difference ,they dont wanna run after that happens,a safetyswitch prevents that

[@Sjanzo]

Yes, my friends 1958 ex army water pump has that too. You only know if a warning light works, if you dont see a warning when yo do know the engine is in distress... which defeats the purpose of a warning system. If your engine shuts off for no reason, you know its time to fix the safety system, thats ultimate failsafe 😉

[@anguscattle580]

I occasionally use heavy duty aluminum foil as a makeshift custom-sized 'form-a-funnel' for an easy clean-up when finished.

[@joesphmurphy4013]

Diesel Creek: people usually say they can't get back the time looking at a video; but I enjoyed every minute of this video; my father was an iron worker and I used to go on the job and was awed by how they run and the people who ran them. Thanks for the education.

[@johnking8679]

Thanks Matt, another interesting clip watched two years later - but still very interesting !! Love your channel and how you present your equipment !!

[@DereksGarage]

On the fan belt tensioner there is a switch that trips when The belt either comes off or gets too slack. Depending on application it can be wired to either turn on a warning light/buzzer or shut the engine off.

[@thehardway406]

Agreed, we had a similar situation happen with our Bomag and the operator almost blew up a freshly rebuilt motor. The factory light/ buzzer are not the best on those machines.

[@deerhntr59]

I worked on Bomags professionally for a number of years, and 2 things I spotted right off that are wrong. Belt tensioner pulley is supposed to be a double pulley. Drain pan is on incorrectly. It looks like you have a steering orbit valve leaking as well.

[@AsitShouldBe]

And why the roller has stucked now? There is a common failure?

[@bigsmoke6189]

Orbitrol steering units always leak at the shaft when they are left outside with no cover and rust works it's way below the dust seal then the pressure seal.

[@Porty1119]

​@@bigsmoke6189 Agreed. I just redid the seals on my underground haul truck's orbitrol.

[@tda2806]

I've seen damage like that from a mismatched pinion to ring gear pitch. I normally say "open a can of worms" but, you have earned the use of "opening sack of snakes (probably poisonous)"

[@Ben-sx5xb]

I appreciate your respect for the environment. I feel like most people would have left that oil spill right on the ground

[@mdemers767]

Or at least not go to the extra trouble and expense of putting pig mats down around the potential splash zone.

[@davidchappelle6480]

Them GM 1wire alternators work on EVERYTHING !!! 👍 We replaced all our drain plugs with a valve.. No more Mess !

[@Gubastek]

A small plumbing torch with mapp gas is one of my most useful tools - sometimes more useful than oxy-acetylene torch, drill bits, and tap and die sets.

[@bills6093]

Those no longer use the original MAPP gas and aren't as hot as they used to be. Those small cylinders are now filled with propylene plus a little propane as a MAPP substitute. True MAPP gas production ended in 2008 in North America,

[@AlGoYoSu]

@@bills6093 even still, it burns hotter than just propane. Great for sweating copper among other tasks.

[@prinzeugenvansovoyen732]

24:50 i have seen such Bomags, the oil pan is the wrong way around mounted, bolt holes align either way - you should flip it 180 while you drain it after done watching you done did the oil change and i doubt you gonna drain the clean oil out again , catch it in a clean pan and then flip the oil pan, and remount it the right way

[@themachinerydoctor9117]

I wish there was a diesel creek video everyday. Can't wait till the next one

[@johnking8679]

Head 'em up, move 'em out, Rollin', Rollin', Rollin' !! Good job, Matt !! Thanks for sharing !!

[@careycummings9999]

You're not as bad at electric as you believe Matt. You diagnosed the issue(s) correctly, and made upgrades. One thing I've learned in doing this kind of work for 30+ years: you never stop learning. Keep up the good work, and maybe get some wire loom to protect those new wires and neaten it up a bit. Oh, and the newer style solder on terminals with the build in heat shrink are far superior to the stak-on crimp terminals. They will last much longer and not corrode. A bit more expensive, but worth it IMHO.

[@mrmongo6722]

Well Matt definitely makes the video content more interesting with the purchase of your auction equipment. A man who is on tight budget with big dreams has to do what he's got to do. It's Diesel Creek keeping the American dream alive! Keep up the good work and looking forward to seeing you get the new shop built and those other projects you've had backed burnered being completed.

[@donithus2426]

My guess is the tensioner is aftermarket, such a crucial thing for the cooling, the belt should have a backup.

[@davidnull5590]

I think the tensioner is original. Look closely, there is also an electrical switch there, that switch is/could be used to alert the operate of a broken belt or even shutoff the engine if the belt breaks.

[@SHarris64]

@@davidnull5590 that’s exactly it. The second groove in the flywheel pulley and the blower fan is the backup belt, it doesn’t need to operate the shutdown/indicator switch.

[@Thermoelectric7]

@@SHarris64 A backup belt only does you any good if you actually maintain the machine and catch the first belt being broken. Going by the condition this was in, and what other commenters say about maintenance schedules on construction equipment... The switch is the fail safe, the second belt just extends the maintenance interval.

[@KenMrKLC]

Yes, not many people know…. But dropping the starter on the ground before install is the best way to seat the new brushes. Well done!

[@frankagent7472]

🤣🤣 Walmart service guide rule...

[@jamiehamilton7399]

Your attitude when facing disappointment is inspiring. I think the bees are attracted to the vibration of diesel engines.

[@Killerean]

As a certified electrician I can guarantee you one thing about dielectric grease - it's an insulator, and a very good one at that. It sure won't help you improve the conductivity of your connection, since it's designed to do the opposite of that. If you want good connection, clean the surfaces nicely. Worst case scenario, if nothing else works, you can try the sin of using some conductive grease. Regular grease is also a pretty good insulator as well.

[@rangerriggs5066]

Nothing fills me with more confidence about a machine than the guy who ran it for 11 years saying they never changed the starter despite having trouble with it for all those years. Maintenance schmaintenance, am I right?

[@mdemers767]

"Pencil Whip" those maintenance issues!

[@peterharms3851]

You know, the fact that you kept the bit in, where you dropped the starter, I recon is the reason why so many of us watch and like your videos. You are true to yourself and dinkum (honest) with us. Cheers mate.🇦🇺

[@buslife8076]

FYI…..I found a solution for keeping bees, hornets etc. from messing with equipment and storage buildings. I buy medicated ear tags from the local ag supply store. I hang them in storage areas and on equipment and they keep those pests away.

[@bobd.]

I've been using wasp spray and every Spring I just hit a few spots around the motor or where ever they try to build a nest. That seems to sour the area and they stay away. Mice don't like it much either.

[@62Cristoforo]

Such an obscure piece of machinery for most people, but essential for almost all our needs, and infrastructure we use every day; roads, airports, shopping malls, highways, the interstate, railroad beds, ....

[@ianarmitage9929]

Had a Duetz on a drill rig I ran. The only way you could get it to start at anything under 40 was some ether. Also, it was fun to tell the new guys to check the coolant on the Duetz.

[@schlosserhansel]

Hey Matt, the tension pulley has a switch, which should be connected to a horn. That should inform you when the belt breaks.

[@DieselCreek]

Ya the wiring is a nightmare

[@edwardh2444]

@@DieselCreek You do pretty good Matt for a mechanical guy.

[@larsandersson4126]

yes we have o horn on our deutz engine to

[@CAPNMAC82]

@@DieselCreek Wes would probably agree with you on this one :-)

[@slickjimmy76]

The ring gear is separate from the flywheel and should be able to heat with a blow torch dropped & flipped. On the F41011F Deutz I had to flip a couple.

[@G33RTJEH]

Correct, but getting at the flywheel is not that fun.... I would chamfer the teeth with an angle grinder, and it'll run for another decade

[@drive42]

When you fired it up after installing the new starter, I noticed some trash (mouse house) exiting the oil cooler fins. You can't keep a Deutz too clean when it comes to the cylinder fins and oil cooler. I appeciate you taking us along on your projects!

[@Irishrebel092]

yeah that deff was water coming out, not trash. you can even see the rust stains on the fins in the same place it comes out.

[@PaulMeyer-v8t]

Howdyyawl from the land down under. Just watched the video. When you buy stuff at auction,its it's buyer beware. I've been done myself. You did a good job to get it working good as is. Hope you get the job done you need it for. Thanks for sharing 😊.

[@ronniefrizado1279]

It's the yellow paint that attacks them it's like a big dazy

[@rogerkincaid4535]

Sounds to me that the maintenance man for this former company didn't know as much about electrical wiring or he just decided to take a bunch of short cuts. Great video. It shows that you know a lot more then maintenance man did. Hate that you have to repair so much. Keep rolling along.

[@mp5778]

Usual old equipment items due to lack of maintenance. Filters, fluids, belts, starter, alternator and minor wiring. At least you didn't have to replace the batteries. Good deal in the end.

[@cosmoslogic9088]

Matt this machine should have Sarcasm in two foot size letters written all over it lol, God bless you brother we love your videos big time no BS here as real as it gets.

[@scottrey]

The best execution of a "form-a-funnel" on KZbin. Bravo Matt!

[@sloppystooly5439]

Ah Sunday morning coffee and a brand new Diesel creek to start the day.

[@craigcampbell5937]

I can see the limit switch near the pulley. It's must be bypassed. The engine should shut down immediately when the belt breaks. It's the most important shutdown on Deutz's. I'm a Deutz tech BTW.

[@tylergraff4818]

That unit doesn’t use a shut off solenoid, it’s fuel shut off is manual. The belt break switch only illuminates a light on the dash on this unit.

[@waynegriffiths5143]

It could easily be modified to drive a fuel cut off.

[@sjgerber]

The large Deutz engines I have seen run dual belts - since it is cooling, and force air cooled engines overheat very quickly might be a good investment to sort it out

[@CliffManis]

I love to watch each of your videos.. tks.. 2.12.24 SuperBowl, yesterday.. Chiefs win in 24. thank you describing all that you do. We, who hear it, go to school when listening to you. You are a Great TEACHER.... tks

[@rodlloyd8826]

Hi Matt . From Victoria, Australia. Can't wait to see the new shop go up . keep up the good work.

[@michaelstoliker971]

That was some mighty fine Appalachian engineering on the old wiring.

[@mikes78]

I'm not a wiring perfectionist, more like an amateur hack, but even i was getting a nervous tick looking at the horrible bodge job the previous owners had done on the wiring.

[@davearthur514]

When you did the starter motor drop test you forgot to try and catch it with your foot, which leads to the motor taking all the skin off your shins. Great video.

[@TheInevitableMan]

Really cool machine and good job fixing it :). I don't know if anyone else pointed it out yet, but around the 21:00 minute mark, when you start the machine, you can see oil squirting out from the hydrolic oil cooler, so I think that's where your leak is located.

[@secretninja35]

That was water pooled on top. Thing would be dry in 10 seconds if hydraulic leaked that bad

[@kenc3288]

The coupling connecting the crankshaft to the hydraulic pump is a Centaflex, made in Germany, in case you ever need to buy one. . I used to work for them. Good flexible coupling. Cheers and keep up the good work Matt.

[@tdkrei]

You do many things I don't know much about but I have to say, you have to be one of the hardest working men I've ever seen. Keep on smiling.

[@HANKTHEDANKEST]

I know it sounds like BS but I swear it's true: wasps *love* the colour yellow (or anything really bright and flower-coloured), and will happily lurk around big old pieces of yellow equipment as a result. So there ya go, that's why they want to be your friend this time of year.

[@collinmc90]

Watching this video took me back to my first job maintaining equipment for a construction company. I was19 and no clue what I was doing but learned fast lol. When you were changing those filters I was having flashbacks of dropping filters and taking oil baths haha. Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure we had a Bomag compactor there may be a reason that filter scene gave me flashbacks haha.

[@dkprotek]

I always assume that with any big equipment bought at an auction there’s gonna a be a $600-$1000 initial ‘startup’ cost to fix someone else’s problems they neglected or caused. Glad to see that just an oil change, new filters, starter, alternator and belts plus some wiring made it a workhorse again. Good job👍🏽 *ps. the instructions for dropping the starter on the ground is only applicable to the Limited Edition version 😉

[@yoyo762]

Heck, any vehicle at auction will need a grand in repairs at least.

[@blackfox2885]

@@yoyo762 correct, I'm a LV mechanic and have a customer that buys from auctions all the time. Just finished his last purchase and it ended up costing him about $6k and there was still issues but at least driveable. Not sure what he paid for the car originally but hopefully he got a good deal.

[@marcocasillas5023]

I love no intros and I think that's a good deal for that size thanks for all the information

[@danobrien155]

I'm going to be buying a mini excavator hopefully a kobota not looking forward to the increase in prices 😕

[@stevehorvath3604]

Awesome video. I like the fact that you somewhat explain what and why you are doing things. I'm a trained but novice equipment operator. I will be doing stuff for myself in the future (retired veteran) so I'm looking to learn from others.

[@williamadams2236]

Hey Matt this is Billy.. Just wanted to let you know that I am sorry I have not been watching to many of your videos here lately. I just got out of the hospital from a major surgery and am still having complications however I am trying to catch up on all of your videos and enjoy them as always

[@GuysPlayingWithTools]

Hope you heal up well!

[@DieselCreek]

Sorry to hear that!! Hope you are back to 100% soon!!!

[@samster395]

It always amazes me how easy it seems to be to get parts for these old machines, it's really good. Is it because the US is so big and loads of people are still using them or are modern machines still using the same parts? great video as usual.

[@G33RTJEH]

This is because these 40-50year olds keep running with minimal maintenance and can be serviced by a horse-shoe technician :)

[@j.sargent9172]

Both reasons you named, newer stuff uses a lot of the same components and also a lot of people keep older equipment because it runs better, less technology more mechanical, and emissions on the newer shut keep people from buying new stuff. No one wants emissions on equipment, it's terrible for engines

[@Iaintwoke]

Also those engines were used in so many things for so long there's still loads around...

[@lonpearson2134]

It’s the yellow color. I have a yellow f-250 I bought from Peter Keweit construction company in 1975 and bees have always been attracted to it. The brighter the yellow, the more attraction to the bees. Now that it’s half rusted out, it doesn’t get as many bees in the summer.

[@85Studios]

Hey Matt. When you are wrenching on things, press with you palm, do not wrap your knuckles around the tool on the downward motion. It's saved me hundreds of busted knuckles over the years trust me. It's hard to remember at first, but once you get used to it, it will make you a lot happier. @Diesel Creek