Insley Dragline Crane Starts and Runs after Sitting in a Field for 20 Years! - Part 2

[@WatchWesWork]

Wow! This video seems to be taking off! The next step is to get the radiator patched up and run the engine for a while to clean up the valves. Hopefully we can get it firing on all 6 cylinders above idle. Then we have to work on the clutches and controls. More coming soon!

[@johnmolloy7177]

great look forward to see what happens with this big old machine and how controls work if you can unfreeze them see you soon... john.uk...

[@bubbal2080]

Maybe this channel can help Watch "Insley Dragline - Annual Pond Cleaning 2013" on KZbin kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYasonmartaeeLc

[@allentyree4457]

I'm not sure but can you braze the hole with a torch?

[@allentyree4457]

Or solder it?

[@12345NoNamesLeft]

@@bubbal2080 Plus there's a guy in the comments with two others

[@StansAuto83]

I love to see if you can get it to move on it’s own.

[@WatchWesWork]

Me too!

[@Freeknickers24]

So it only engine starts?

[@somebodyelse6673]

even if the seals are shot, i'd like to see one of the cylinders torn down to see if the metal survived well enough to justify a rebuild. if the Insley is a lost cause, Wes is just the guy to find a new home for those cylinders.

[@elesjuan]

@Benaiah Ahmadinejad Stuff this old uses chains, belts, and clutches instead of hydraulics. That's all the junk in teh cab between operator and the engine..

[@GrandsonofKong]

Keep posting and I'll keep watching! Love to see old iron brought back to life!

[@WatchWesWork]

It is satisfying!

[@scruffy6151]

Nice to hear it running now onto making it move and maybe play in the dirt some.

[@40yeartrucker25]

Me too

[@madusan1]

My vote is yes. Continue with the project. I would love to see it tracked out. Seems like a good project. Nice to tinker on and find how everything works. Great videos!

[@googacct]

Totally amazing to see something like this fire up again. I definitely would love to see you work on this more.

[@WatchWesWork]

Well I'm prepared to milk it for all it's worth!

[@treborupp]

Okay with me "Milk 'Man". Ran one of these in 70's as a drag line, spooled on the first day.

[@randygood3399]

#metoo 🇺🇸

[@verdantacres4460]

Thank you. Our fathers and grandfathers built our country with machines like that. You made my day!

[@imabubba2369]

I remember my dad and uncle had a K12 Insley when I was a kid in late 40s . It had a Cat D311 engine. Im 83.

[@michaelb.5345]

Wes, just started watching your channel. Don’t know your age or education but you are one of the smartest and logical I’ve seen. Very nice explanations in your work to learn from. My favorite utuber is Andrew Cammerata. Watched since about 75k subs, now near 400k, you will get there my friend, nice variety if videos and no whining for subs and likes. Keep it up and all the best to you. Thank You..Mike

[@richardjones5255]

It was good to see it lurch back to life. I remember hearing machines like that a long time back. It needs a great deal of TLC to ease it out of its retirement. Do not let it die now.

[@pixel288]

Wes: grab a weed sprayer with some used engine oil and diesel mixed. Spray all the linkages but be careful not to get any on the clutch/drums or you’ll have a bad time moving or working it. Also, that ol’ continental loves her fuel.... make sure you bring plenty with you when you plan on running it. Finally, get a can of carb cleaner and spray around where the intake manifold meets the engine block. It sounds like you have a bad gasket that is leaking. If it smooths out, you’ve found it. And just sand, flux and patch the rad hole with a bit of solder on the face of the tank. It’ll hold for now. Drain enough water out so as to let you get it hot enough to solder.

[@WatchWesWork]

I don't think it's a vacuum leak. I suspect the intake valves are leaking a bit causing low compression. We need to run it a while and see it if clears up.

[@pixel288]

Reasonable assumption....

[@GeorgeBobeck]

I'm looking forward to part 3 (and beyond).

[@peterfrazer1943]

For a non mechanic like myself, it is fascinating watching you fellas work. I love it when these old engines come back to life!!

[@richardsonwilderness]

Great videos. Great subject matter. Please continue with the dragline, we would love to see it track out of there and be complete again.

[@theodorewiltrout8770]

A true craftsman can keep any machine running or make a forgotten machine run again. Any mechanic can get a newer engine to run. But for old forgotten machines it takes a true craftsman. Wish I could be there helping you and learning from you.

[@Drew6709]

17:51 Awesome! Incredible! Brought tears to my eyes hearing that run.

[@amrosla67]

I always admired an individual who had the knowledge and determination to get something discarded running again!!! Very impressed with you and the video!!! Sounds/looks like a hearing and safety hazard and I’m sure osha would cringe, ... but just loved watching this video!!! Good luck and wishing you all the best!!! Art

[@WatchWesWork]

Yeah it would never be allowed on a job site. But I don't have to worry about that nonsense!

[@amrosla67]

Thanks and I hope you get it to move on it’s own power!!! Looking forward to another great video!!

[@spikeypineapple552]

Wes, been watching you a long time and this is by far the most polished video you've put out. I like the workbench bit, and seeing you on camera really gives a face to the voice. Thanks for putting all the time and effort in to making these videos!

[@highwatercircutrider]

Keep working on it and posting. When I was 36 years old in 1987, I rescued a 1940’s Hanson 35 dragline. I had to cut a tree out of the boom, rebuild the carburetor and redo all the ignition system. I built a set of ‘drop hammer leads and a 2,000 pound drop hammer and follower for it. My father and son helped me drive steel sea wall with it for 4 years on Lake Huron ( made lots of money with that old $1,200 crane). Eventually you will get all the drums and drives working ( use regular old brake cleaner on the drum’s brake bands ). Good luck .... Gary, sawmillin’ in Michigan

[@bostedtap8399]

Very interesting carburettor intricacies, first cast iron carburettor I've seen, never worked on farm or construction equipment of any age. Great vlog, and thanks for sharing.

[@WatchWesWork]

This carb weighs more than some small engines!

[@bostedtap8399]

@@WatchWesWork Indeed, 😀 the starter motor looks undersize for that engine, but I guess being a side valve, with low compression, it does the job.

[@WatchWesWork]

@@bostedtap8399 Yeah it's kind of puny. But it seems to do the job!

[@RichieCat4223]

Look at any model A Ford with a 4 cylinder and see an updraft cast iron carb.

[@bostedtap8399]

@@RichieCat4223 Interesting, I think most of European engines had Brass, then Aluminium-Zinc carburettor bodies. I have seen a Holley car in the US (later only made carburettors) it had a Brass item.

[@oz1vlh]

That is a huge step for that machine. Now she's alive ! Next step is a little dagerous, since there are wires on the winches, so if you don't know what you are doing it can be realy "interesting". Still a lot of work to be done, but in the end it will pay you out. I realy hope that it will work for you and 73DiamondReo want's to help you with the basic questions. Looking forward for the next video. (can't wait).

[@v8bmwboy]

I’m with these guys, would love to see it move! Maybe start soaking the control leavers in hot oil? 👍🏻

[@piratboss]

Love to see "normal" people fix old stuff, in the forrest with limited supplies and not on a huge budget..Knowledge is power! LOVE IT =D

[@WatchWesWork]

Well there is certainly no huge budget here!

[@DavoShed]

Well done! Loved the comment about when the battery was young and only you and your mum were watching. Stick to it. Would love to see you moving it!

[@Mad-Duk_Machine_Werkes]

You can make your own bulk penetrating oil for all the rusty linkages and pins on the tracks with ATF and thinner (lacquer or acetone) you'll need to slather it on heavy to get some things free'd up - I rescued an old Dozer that was rough like this one, was parked and became buried over the years, but I drove it up out of it's hole under it's own power -

[@nickknee3515]

"Dial back the Sketchiness" Legendary quote

[@lag0matic]

My grandfather was president of Insley crane when he was very young, like, 35. Such a neat piece of history!

[@libertyauto]

Congratulations on your progress. Enjoying the series and looking forward to more. Thanks for posting.

[@bowbailey69]

When I was a teenager, I used to set chokers for one of these Insleys that was set up as a small yarder. SOO many memories here.

[@stevenpierno9793]

Good luck Wes! Would love to see this thing moving, I remember my dad converted Linkbelt crawler cranes from draglines to a lattice boom style lifting crane for the barges.

[@brancarr1]

I am enjoying watching you bring old junk back to life again. I hope you continue to upload new videos like this one.

[@jeremydavis608]

Can’t wait to see the next episode! Turn on the notifications for this and the only time I’ve done that lol

[@steveh6106]

Same here - never turned on notifications before! Can't wait to see her roll.

[@73DiamondReo]

Thanks for the shout out! Definitely a model 63 carb. Had to rebuild the Insley one also. Lima carb has been running without any teardown needed. The controls aren't that bad to figure out. Ill put up a video showing you the controls tomorrow. atf/acetone mix, penetrating oil, grease and a hammer will get functional in no time.

[@WatchWesWork]

That would be awesome. Thank you!

[@edwardkosol8891]

That plunger thing is an enrichener it is an important part of the high speed mixture system. you will have a bad stumble above half speed.

[@TechGorilla1987]

like the accelerator pump in a VW.

[@oldamericaniron5767]

I have an Insley dragline, cat powered and I have the books for it. I love bringing old machines back to life and enjoy seeing it done. I hate seeing them scrapped because once they are gone they are gone forever, keep up the good work.

[@darrinmoneer8518]

I really like watching you bring these machines back to life!!! THANKS NEW SUB

[@christinamoneyhan5688]

Me too!

[@grizzlybeartechnicalservic8152]

Time well spent solving problems with the old iron! Great job Wes! Looking forward to the next installment.

[@charlienorton2337]

Definitely make this a series. Would love to see this thing driving out of the forest

[@tri-rrrservices7299]

That is a power enrichment circuit, works the same idea as an accelerator pump, but is to help with load / acceleration on governored engines, like a power valve works in a more modern carb.

[@WatchWesWork]

Right. I guess I didn't explain that exactly correctly. The plunger is an accelerator pump, then the valve at the bottom of the bore is the power valve.

[@JayJay-w8rd]

I’ve been waiting on this one, keep up the good work!! Thanks Wes!

[@andysaunders3708]

Neat! Accelerator pump, for sure. I can remember, (in 1982 or something), converting an ancient dragline to pneumatic control on the cable drive clutch. Took ages to figure out how to achive the result that they wanted, but in the end, we mad a special control valve out of this super-neat range of valves sold in NZ, with interchangeable spools and actuators. It worked and they were happy. So was I. That was a bloody good job, and I wish I still worked in the automation control industry.

[@johnonyoutube6914]

At this point I'm invested. I would at least like to see u move it out of there under its own power. A full restore would be cool af

[@WatchWesWork]

I'd like to see that too!

[@the_hate_inside1085]

Wes knows a bunch of stuff about crusty old carburetors also, who would have thunk. He is the ultimate man. Wes for president!

[@WatchWesWork]

Please no! I wouldn't make it 5 seconds in politics!

[@Volcker1929]

Great editing! I wish you would have left the maniacal laughter in at 00:43.

[@WatchWesWork]

Heh. Next time!

[@pegsgripsandgrins]

Dude you are awesome, I’m a qualified mechanic who was taught by a guy just like you over 30 years ago, I’m just tinker in my spare time as I fell into corporate work. I love watching what you are up to as it inspires my next tinker project and of course gives me another approach to solutions. Thanks for sharing 😁

[@daverayasr.6287]

Keep going on this, pretty interesting project! Subbed!

[@TechTimeWithEric]

I love watching this kind of stuff. It is so interesting watching people find old stuff like this and bring it back to life.

[@carmineriganti2333]

Shows ya how they built engines back 20 yrs , a little squirt and it starts lol

[@theoriginalt-paine3776]

20 years? Its a flat 6, try more like 50-80 years. Shit, even my lawn mower has overhead valves these days.

[@bborkzilla]

That accelerator pump is described in detail in a textbook on internal combustion engines I have from 1944. Pretty cool to see it in the wild!

[@TWLML420]

I saw part one of this series a few days ago I’m just here now because I want to drink beer and avoid replacing the U-joints on my truck like I’m supposed to be doing right now

[@texaskidzuk]

Me too ! I need to replace the right front wheel bearing on my car and install 4 new tires but this Lone Star beer is just too good.

[@WatchWesWork]

I hear that!

[@danjennings6817]

Love seeing these old steel creatures come back to life! Nice work and thanks for saving it

[@psl54rsniper]

You need to tie butterfly for governor open, it is lever above throttle butterfly or take carb. off and remove butterfly valve off shaft their should be two screws make sure to leave shaft in place or plug holes of shaft. sum times you can remove the hole housing and move car, up, it should bolt right up, hope this helps!

[@GuyinWY]

This is great. It's nice to see old equipment that seems to want to come back to life.

[@davidsstfarrelltighe]

Love the vids keep up the great work Wes how's moving into the shop going nearly settled in yet ?

[@WatchWesWork]

I'm getting there. Slowly.

[@ferrelljohns720]

The reason I like watching you work is because I learn something new every time.

[@bobderprock9077]

Second never even been that before either lols 😂 Do you have another channel man because you seriously sound like another youtuber I watch and he says things like “that’s more Leinen kugel‘s than I’m willing to spend”

[@WatchWesWork]

No. Just this one. Sounds like a good guy though!

[@themajority5716]

Haha!

[@willford8475]

AvE?

[@mattcurry29]

Excellent video Wes! It is so cool to see the old girl run and to learn old carburetors that I have never played with. Keep them coming love the series. Matt C.

[@Highlordratick]

First time I have ever been first to comment.

[@WatchWesWork]

And you are!

[@gaffer6846]

I’m really enjoying bringing back old machinery. Keep going on it.

[@barryhenson8226]

My dad had an old link belt speeder, world war 2 surplus machine. I think it had a continental originally, but it was replaced with an international ud9. the ud9 cranked on gasoline and ran on diesel. He attempted to teach me to operate it when I was about 12 or 13. He failed to tell me to keep the brakes on the drums. I swung and let the brakes go and cable began flying back (kinda like a backlash on a baitcasting reel). I jumped of the machine. We spent the next day cutting cables out of the gears and etc. Lots of memories.

[@thomaswissmann9073]

You have to keep moving forward on this. You brought it back to life, and now you need to fine tune it and get it to move under its own power. Put together the original throttle bar and linkage, get the drag line all untangled, install the the rest of the boom, and put her back together again so we can see how it operates!! Makes for some great videos. You’ll get a lot of support from your viewers to see you go all out on this. I’m enjoying it, that’s for sure.

[@WatchWesWork]

I'll keep working on it as long as people are interested and the weather holds out!

[@peternicholsonu6090]

How did you guess you could get it going? You were right! We are all there with you with dreams of what could come next. Oh the beauty of the internet and ability in Australia to see you in your country’s country doing fascinating things....pls keep going.

[@nferraro222]

Nice catch on the blocked vacuum passage! I just saw this vid and haven't watched the previous videos, but if you're going to keep going and if the transmission is actually functioning, you're going to want to get that carb rebuild kit. You've probably got a giant vacuum leak around the chewed-up power piston and if the replacement needle doesn't match the seat, you're never going to get it to idle. With a working governor, it'll be even worse. If that radiator only has a couple of pinhole leaks, don't even bother grabbing a torch - just clean the area and JBWeld it. It will absolutely work.

[@GNelsonFarms]

Love seeing you get an old Continental going again! Those were always great engines. Cant wait to see what else you bring to us!

[@WatchWesWork]

They are crude, but very reliable!

[@tomb.1972]

Great to see the ol, girl run, but those 2 missing cyjinders on throttle up drove me crazy! Excellent time spent to watch the restart. Thanks

[@Fredrik3626]

Hi Wes, I am so impressed that you were able to get the engine going. Please keep at and I look forward to you getting this. Old beast going again. Best Regards Fred Thomas in Skokie IL

[@kenburner]

Great project, Wes. Thanks for posting your progress. The video quality is noticeably improved with the higher but rate.

[@Crewman2770]

You have just got to complete it, get the tracks going and drive it out of there and then get the rest of the boom done too. Excellent video, thanks from the UK.

[@gayle4804]

Great job I love seeing old machinery brought back to life the older the better they work better

[@LKSimbalvr]

would love to see this old girl working fully again. stuff like this is just too awesome to leave rust.

[@JP-kk5vw]

Wes, that pushbutton remote starter reminded me of my friend who "fixed" his 1976 Ford Granada's remote starter solenoid. Instead of replacing the solenoid, he rigged up that remote switch thru the firewall and turned it into his "pushbutton" start. AHEAD OF HIS TIME!!! 😁

[@MoparNewport]

Sounds like that old girl *wants* to come back to life. Best of luck getting her rolling again!

[@tonydeleo3642]

Great start, cranes like that are a labor of love, but it sure felt good to hear her run!!

[@Aengus42]

More please! I'd start soaking everything in some cheap easing fluid. Everytime you come & fiddle with the engine give everything a good squirt & you'll be surprised what some time will do to those frozen controls. I'm following from the UK & would love to see this beast working again!

[@rustybum2]

Well done young man! I'm an old guy, much more at home with this kind of basic mechanical stuff, don't have much affection for the modern-throw-it-away-if-it-stops-working-computerised stuff. I felt the same "buzz" as you did when you got this old girl back to life as I did when I managed to fire up and move a really neglected and abandoned 1949 Ferguson TVO 20 tractor which I bought last year for just €120. Thanks for sharing from an old Yorkshire "Geezer" in Ireland.

[@WatchWesWork]

It's amazing that people from all over the world watch these videos. I have to say, this rusty old machine is growing on me.

[@bugrobotics]

Enjoying the repair-a-thon Wes. Thanks for taking us along.

[@ranchdog7920]

There are a lot of “will it run” videos for Chevy stuff , not too many for drag lines. That’s why I’m watching. Plus... there is no shitty music, just tools, machines and enough narrative to keep us in the loop. I appreciate your work.

[@WatchWesWork]

Thanks. It's definitely not a cool old muscle car, but people seem to like it.

[@CrazyPetez]

I really like how you got that old engine running.

[@gregd931]

Your videos are great!. You are a sharp cat. I'm a newbie and spent all Saturday afternoon going through some of your material. Keep up the good work Son. You have the patience of a saint with some of these old buckets of bolts.

[@ronosga5072]

That piece above the carb is the governor, I think there was linkage between the upper butterfly and the carb. Then the throttle cable hooked to the upper butterfly shaft with a slide so you set your minimum rpm and as the engine loaded down it would it would give it more throttle probably had a light spring on it. My Continental 6 has a mechanical governor driven off the front gears of the engine to the right of the carb, there is a block off plate on yours. It also helps to give it some throttle when starting to kick the starter drive out or it will stay engaged and them starters are hard to come by, because of this.

[@clifffiftytwo]

I want to see this machine crawl out of the woods. You do a great job of producing the video. Thanks!

[@df-fc9un]

I put many hours in a Bantam Crane similar to that one. I believe that the lever all the way to the right is the boom up /down lever. The two in the center by the foot pedals should be for the hoist and fairlead , and the pedals are for the brakes for those. The Bantam also had a continental engine and yes you need the governor for it to work right. They were a good motor for their time.And yes, the big case next to the motor is the main chaincase. You are correct there is a small gear off the motor and a large gear on the other side.

[@gtfkt]

Nice work, I do enjoy watching you bring machines back to life. It is both entertaining and informative, I'm learning many things and it's obvious you have a lot of experience and know what you're doing.

[@WatchWesWork]

I have enough to be dangerous. I certainly have many things to learn.

[@jimm2099]

Nice work on the Insley. I haven't seen a cast iron carb or points for that matter in quite some time. Thanks for the old time iron videos!

[@WatchWesWork]

Yeah it's a blast from the past!

[@jesterr7133]

Wow. That thing did run pretty well once you got the carb dialed in.

[@henrikjonsson4340]

Thanks for doing this vids. Learing alot about the carberator..if you have time please make another part on it....

[@super6954]

Wow I think you just took off with this series, over 16.000 views in 7 hours is good for a guy with 28.6 k for subs, i hope that rises for you to. I'd of been here earlier myself, if it wasn't for working on product flow pipe upgrades for a seed cleaning plant. It's a nightmare every single piece is custom fabrication as there was no actual engineered drawings when it was built. They literally built it as they went and used what ever was laying around that came with the used machines to pipe it.. Glad you got it running better, it's encouraging that you might be able to do more with this one with some extra time. Thanks for sharing take care.

[@WatchWesWork]

Sounds like classic facility engineering. "Field cut". "Field Weld". Done. Actually, according to my analytics, it has over 31,000 views in the first 8 hours. That's pretty wild. Most popular by far!

[@super6954]

@@WatchWesWork See we told you you'd be on to a winner with these old iron rescues ! Yeah thats about how that plant was built, it's had I don't know how many tons through it in 30 years. I put in over $500 of heavy pipe and weld fittings today. And took out a $1000 of duct tape that was stopping the scrap stuff leaking L.O.L

[@bryansnewandused]

A metal roofing screw with rubber washer has worked for me before sealing a big truck radiator.

[@philipmccabe6163]

Super cool! It really sounds great for sitting that long, but obviously it needs some serious adjustment

[@merrittderr9708]

Glad to see the resurrection of this old beast. I'd like to see it move on it's own, but maybe going the full route of getting the boom and so forth is more effort than the machine is worth. Great work in any case.

[@neilgelinas9926]

What an absolutely beautiful sounding engine.

[@queenofspadz]

Absolutely want to see part III. I have a deep burning desire to see this machine track under its own power. MAKE IT SO! :)

[@MRrwmac]

Big Congratulations on getting her to run! Excellent troubleshooting on that little internal pump, the air passage and you moving the plate so the passage wouldn’t be obstructed. Some more fine tuning and she will be a great engine to have whether in that machine or another. I would like to see you get her to roll herself out of there!!

[@WatchWesWork]

I'd love to track it out of there!

[@MRrwmac]

Watch Wes Work I could see your excitement in part 1 when she turned over for a few seconds. And then in part 2, it seemed like you almost did the happy dance when you got her to run on her own till the temp tank went dry! (I know I would have). I know I heard you say to yourself, “Oh yea, that’s what I’m talkin bout”!!! I can only imagine your excitement (and that you might be a little scared) when you first get her to move. (And I know you will)! Knowing you, there is no “I think I can I think I can”. It’s “I know i can I know I can”, with a lot of “c’mon baby, c’mon baby I know you want to move”!!!

[@carlebeling5256]

love watching old abandoned equipment resurrected from the dead. keep it up

[@usb2714]

i had one of thes old bad boys across the street form me as a child. Many memories playing on it and trying to figure out how it worked. Great video and a subscription added

[@mjmcomputers]

Nice fix on the carb. Engine does sound good.

[@ralfie8801]

I'm all for you seeing how far that old machine can go towards operating again.

[@larrymatsumoto7730]

Resurrecting that old girl back to life is awesome, great job Wes .

[@rvninnorthcarolina3377]

I vote to keep going with it...see how far you can take it!

[@IncahootswithChrist]

It's pretty amazing that (A) You're able to resurrect an engine that has sat this long. (B) That the engine is so well made, that is wasn't seized. It would be amazing to see this dragline operate again but the amount of work involved may not be worth it. It would be a nice feather in your cap though.

[@junglejonny1000]

I've seen where you can take some valve seating compound and a cotton swab to fix the seat if it isn't replaceable.