We found an abandoned Dump Truck - but will it start?

So Lawrie had a tip off from a friend about an abandoned vehicle next to his local pub, so our interest was immediately raised! But we didn't expect it to be THIS bad...
Come join us for a day trying to get this abandoned piece of plant moving once more!
A video featuring:
Lawrie: Being overly optimistic,
Matt: As an unwitting aid.
A video edited by Matt
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[@eastunder55]

Diesel engines are amazing! They can sit for decades and with some priming and pre-lubrication, they will run. I admire your persistence in getting that antique to run.

[@lmm]

Thank you very much

[@SrWolf90]

Diesel engines are on another level, they are engines that can spend many years standing still and will always start without hesitation. Since I've been driving cars, I've always had diesel, they've never let me down. My father had a gasoline, and this misfired several cylinders in full overtaking, the engine almost stopped. Since that day, I have been disgusted by spark ignition engines, wherever there is a diesel, I don't want anything else.

[@Equiluxe1]

Having worked on Petter diesels since the mid 1960's (I was twelve when I got my first one) I can say fairly safely that virtually nothing stops them working, I have even seen one run with a broken crank shaft. I found that the easiest way to start them is bounce them off the compression ten or twelve times after you have heard the injectors squeak then pull the engine over TDC and they start saves all the cranking.

[@lmm]

With knowing for the future

[@rattusnorvegicus4380]

I picked up a Petter single cylinder diesel engine, ex dump truck by the looks of it. The exhaust port was totally blocked with carbon, so I scooped that out until I reached the valve/valve guide. Water got in through the air intake, so hoping bore is not toast. When I remove the head I`ll fill cylinder with mix of petrol and diesel for a week, to try and free-up piston/rings. Hopefully it`s going to power the saw-bench I also bought on the well known online auction site. Came with canvas belt.

[@lmm]

@@rattusnorvegicus4380 they're nice little engines.

[@rattusnorvegicus4380]

@@lmm Great news, i`ll crack on with it as a winter project. Got another bare saw-bench, so`ll get the lump up on there, it`ll make a decent workbench.

[@Ialston2000]

What if the piston is seized in the cylinder on a AA1 #askingforafriend

[@MikeTagg-kg1so]

The look of pure joy on Lawries face is worth every second of footage when it starts the first time 😁😁😁

[@theblubbered]

Spoilers!

[@thenightraven60]

Nothing like the face of joy on my face when it started i bet. And i wasn't even there.

[@MrTallwilly]

I see future videos of it being fixed. Get that water out of the dump box!

[@MikeTagg-kg1so]

@gina nothing mechanical there, better luck next time.

[@poprodder]

Lol at steering wheel coming off!!! Loved it. Need more like this. Thank you guys.

[@thetalesofdaneandco]

Lawrie: (Holds unknown gross bottle, looks to open it) Matt: "Don't open it, do not open that" Lawrie: (Starts to open bottle) Matt: "If you open that, you have to smell it" Ah, friends who make content together. Never change.

[@wikoview5357]

^_^

[@lmm]

It's good fun!

[@gbentley8176]

Still running my 1962 winget lads. Please watch your thumb on the starting handle, put it over the top.

[@djmarine4499]

Top tip lads mist a bit of wd40 into the intake as opposed to the evil easy start you can start and run a diesel on WD-40 safely and easily and also in my mind adds a little hint of lubrication to the top end too so win win 😀😀

[@johnrobbo69]

Easy start isn't evil. It is if you have to use it all the time but if it's a quick squirt of happy juice to get a long standing engine going again then that's fine. If there's a problem that needs easy start all the time then fix it. Perfectly acceptable to use on this occasion.

[@rimmersbryggeri]

WD is basically naphta so by that logic cou could basically use petrol aswell.

[@thepitpatrol]

@@johnrobbo69 I am amazed at all the folks that think that starting fluid is bad.

[@simonjones7785]

wd 40 does not step up the comp like aerostart/also lubs the rings in the bores

[@russellking9762]

@@thepitpatrol the the thing is with easy start…they get that addicted to it that it will get to the stage where it will not start without it…get it fixed!

[@kenjohnson3436]

I worked on diesel engines 16 years in the Navy. When a Diesel engine sits for sometimes it needs all the air taken out of the fuel line. Bleed the fuel line of all the air in it. Until you get nothing but fuel coming out of it.

[@Crocs4cats]

Amazing! I have so many memories of my dads old little dump truck he used on his small holding when we were kids. Forgot about that little silver lever he raised before hand cranking it. Me and my sister would fight over who had to sit on the engine cover because it was so bumpy and you had to hang on for dear life!!😅 Fun times!

[@oldgamerstudios425]

Another piece of evidence that they really don't make 'em like they used to. Would love to see this old machine get a proper restoration. Well done, guys!

[@lmm]

We'd love to get stuck in on it!

[@andysaunders3708]

Pre-soaking everything that needs to move, (with CRC, WD-40 or similar), would make your job SO much easier...

[@onarandomnote25]

That reaction at 23:40 genuinely made me smile, second video I've found of yours and I have to say that was great to see :)

[@kylehenline3245]

29:00 fellas it's a tapered pressure fitting of course it's gonna leak til you actually get the threads on enough to apply pressure. Some modern Brake lines are still flanged like this, modern hydraulic lines are often this style. Oldschool fuel and water lines almost across the board compression flanges. Getting that thing started is one of the most bad ass things I've ever seen

[@jbear4910]

Had me laughing all the way. The prickers and whacking your knee with the starter handle. I probably enjoyed this video the most. Keep up the good work and hope you have a good medical plan.

[@chrisclose7793]

I helped a mate of mine to get a old abandoned jcb 814 powerslide out of a old disused barn at first I thought it would be a pointless exercise but it was a surprise with a bit of easy start and hydraulic fluid and diesel it worked a dream all it needed was new windscreen seat upholstered and thats it. Great video as always

[@snowflakemelter1172]

I wouldn't run any old engine until I knew there was oil pressure, you can start it but while you're dancing about congratulating yourself it could seize and be written off.

[@muff72mz]

Yes, very cool! The old dumper is running again. I was also very pleased.😍

[@lmm]

It was great to get it fired up!

[@Wonlongpong]

Great job but I was worried about it kicking back and you losing your thumb, particularly when the handle pawl is stiff/siezed. I was taught to keep my thumb on the same side as the fingers when hand cranking.

[@lmm]

I keep being told this and I keep making the same mistake

[@briansmythe3219]

I had that exact motor in a Boat Bro , The Ol lister 2 cyl Air cooled hand Crank motor Love em miss that boat it was cool , brought the motor second hand in was under some Marinas Bench for years Spotted it and they sold it for buggar all , and wacked it in

[@johnshufflebottom7907]

Is the decompressor not both cylinders on compression one way but only one cylinder the other side and both cylinders on decompressed straight up, we had a four cylinder Gardener generator that did two to start then flip it to four to run.

[@chazzyb8660]

Just found a one Lawrie-powered engine in a field. And it works…

[@stefanschneider3681]

Did anyone else hear the bird singing constantly? It must have been sittiung just above the two heads! I know it‘s name only in german (Mönchsgrasmücke I guess), a fluffy nervous little „nothing“ almost impossible to spot, but with a beautiful melody!

[@lmm]

I didn't even notice and I was there!

[@shazizz]

THAT WAS INSANE AND AMZING AT THE SAME TIME !!! Now get the dump bed working and the steering :)

[@bob5074]

In the U.S.A., this is called a Georgia Buggy…used mostly on concrete construction sites.

[@lmm]

Oh really?

[@Lee-At-Green-Pheonix-Rc]

I'm designing a 1/16 RC hydraulic /electric version of a similar site dumper but mines gonna be based on a twaites 10t

[@errorsk2188]

And there goes my hope for modern machines. Olies jus fire right up after some love. Astounding.

[@smallbustboy]

We had one of those wingets on site in the early 80s, we quickly noticed that if we filled the skip right up , it would not tip.

[@alaneggleston8680]

I love your enthusiasm in getting these relics started and running again! I wish I could find things like these and get them going. Keep up the good videos!

[@lmm]

Thank you very much! We were lucky to find this one in truth.

[@larrylane6512]

Wow cool that you got it to run

[@DOCTORDROTT]

cold start on the pump rack , that block that moves out with a bolt in it Lawrie

[@SoSoOscar]

i dont upvote much but this "will it start" was great, well done :)

[@jonsharman6853]

The bit where the steering wheel comes off was priceless, it was worth watching to the end anyway but that was the icing on the cake, good work lads

[@lmm]

It was pretty amusing

[@michaelmayo3127]

Yes, an interesting garden feature!!

[@lmm]

That's basically what it is 😂

[@chrisatty]

Magic well done guys. Great fun to watch, keep them coming.

[@lmm]

Thank you very much

[@MyFabian94]

37:50 as a Train Operator that shouldn't be a problem.

[@Fatspurios]

Good as new. Be well and stay safe.

[@shilohgardner]

How can you watch this and not smash that sub button!

[@lmm]

Thank you very much!

[@stevenbest6408]

Okay, now THAT's impressive! Congratulations!

[@alasdairvincent6248]

The engines on these old dumpers are indestructible.

[@lmm]

Especially if they're air cooled!

[@richardw64]

I was cheering for you boys when it started. That was so exciting to watch.

[@lmm]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@screwsnutsandbolts]

Great job ! 👍

[@lmm]

Thank you! 👍

[@screwsnutsandbolts]

@@lmm You're welcome !

[@Imperial_Enjoyer]

It mindestens blowing how These year old engineering still manage running aber a long time of not bringt used

[@lmm]

It's amazing isn't it. Not like today's vehicles!

[@GenMaster124]

Well done guys ….now can you tip the water out 👍🏻👍🏻

[@ebikeliverystable]

Make a NICE rolling hot tub some day if a man put his mind to it hard enough. Use the heat from the engine? If not a small solar hot water canopy or a small wood stove. Either way good job on getting the old girl running again.

[@lmm]

Portable hot tub! I love it

[@carsongeye1462]

Oh it’s gonna go, for sure. As far as pruning, I’ve never had anything much buried.

[@donaldconnolly220]

Been a mechanic for 55 years ... You have more sheer determination but I do by far . But I'll tell you what.... As I am a Scot...... I would have built us electric starter for it. .

[@lmm]

If we'd had any idea what it was we were going to faced with, we might well have!

[@anthonysimonhough9691]

What a cool little truck you lucky beggars.

[@majranawake4240]

Lovely and Fun!

[@pm1104]

Get it sorted !

[@jasonz7788]

Solid work Sir thank you

[@lmm]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Nanuks_Fun_Zone]

i love the fact that you can just find abandond vehicles and just take them. its like gta but in real life and alot more work

[@lmm]

That's not how this works...

[@markusglaser3479]

Really great video! Finally, when the steering wheel dissolved, I got a laughing cramp. Thumbs up for the video!

[@lmm]

Thank you very much!

[@gregemmerson9611]

Fantastic video as usual Lawrie 😀😀 another future purchase 😉😉😂😂

[@txomaster6448]

Great work Lawrie now you should save it

[@lmm]

I have made enquiries

[@abidababida7096]

that’s a cool old truck!

[@Chiavaccio]

"Very green" 😆👏👏👏

[@lmm]

Isn't it just 😂

[@FM60260]

31:55 If you want to burn the starter motor out? LOL

[@garrymartin6474]

I've seen a threshing machine that was entirely over grown by brambles and other such vegetation, just liberating it from the growth would be a feat.

[@loshuertas9737]

Haha nice work but when the steering wheel came off I was cracking up 😂

[@lmm]

I was amused at the time 😂

[@SUROBLEDEKchannel]

Nice share

[@ershvv7567]

Класс!!! Завели древнюю технику, заросшую кустами!!! Респект!!!

[@jasongardner6533]

Amazing

[@brucedavenport1324]

Well done lads , a most entertaining film .

[@paulcooper2897]

Ok .. that earned a subscription! Awesome guys!!! 🇨🇦

[@raylarkin5004]

Thst was great!!!!

[@formdog9861]

great job

[@dannyforry2355]

First time I've run across you guys I'm impressed it was good

[@Endfloat]

I enjoyed this one, lads! Well done!

[@lmm]

Thank you very much!

[@freyalewington7743]

I hope it starts up

[@majordisappointment8692]

Hey guys you need a pair Vise Grips for a steering handle that would have made it complete. Thanks

[@lmm]

If the shaft wasn't completely siezed, I would

[@kevindavidson6715]

Brilliant!

[@KenwayJoel]

"The hole wasn't as big when I started" We've all been there pal, i feel you ;)

[@AdrianoFTrindade]

Surely deserves the like! Good work!

[@lmm]

Thank you very much

[@leslieaustin151]

Winget’s of Rochester. Looks like a good project! That steering wheel looks like a Land Rover part too. Les

[@lmm]

Steering wheel was landy, but no more

[@MrAdamchat]

brilliant

[@combatvolta]

Really enjoy these videos bro

[@afberglund2764]

If you crank it manually for 2 hours? :)

[@benholroyd5221]

Ice cold in Alex.

[@X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X]

Great job, boys!

[@andrewstartek5846]

Now that's cool

[@lmm]

Thank you!

[@gavinbainbridge6512]

2 cyl lister diesel Never not no doubt it would run........old listers NEVER die..........they just like a good long sleep😁😁😁

[@tonyday7233]

Excellent, i want one.

[@lmm]

So do I!

[@bryceread1]

Brilliant lads!

[@garyhardwick8489]

So the Austin Metro steering wheel gave up,I'm not surprised!

[@skolkongchatree2183]

I love your effort

[@lmm]

Thank you very much

[@SelinicaHarbinger]

1: I assume it will start 2: No but I can think of a few things I've seen that I'd happily prune out if I got to keep the decaying vehicle after as a project

[@waynegardner2495]

Well dun loved that video

[@HAMZA_VIDEO-1]

23:40 good job

[@lmm]

Thank you

[@kevinisaac9139]

Great video 👍

[@lmm]

Thank you!

[@anthonytate2988]

Brilliant 👌👏

[@dansterland1824]

Pure look on your face of it better bloody start first-time well done chaps it's alive it's alive 😂😂

[@areyouavinalaff]

Landrover... indestructible.

[@bradprescott6674]

I want that dumptruck... Wat is it called , wats the info about it

[@davidcoleman7674]

Great work!

[@siddhantbatra4369]

Congratulation., Make Rebuilt again..

[@lmm]

We'd love to

[@miken3260]

I like your gloves, exact same kind I use here in the USA.

[@lmm]

Oh really?

[@petersonsizwe9838]

Lol it was trying to die in peace and you guys showed up

[@lmm]

It seemed happy to fire up... Eventually

[@colinedward3147]

Sweet 👍

[@artreed8098]

The thorn will always find the hole in the glove.

[@planitmc1204]

Lawrie good vid i liked it

[@benholroyd5221]

So most diesels have glow plugs. But this doesn't so how do you start it on a cold winter's day? Is there an official way of preheating it??

[@samshanks8313]

Purely the heat of compression in this instance, can be quite hard to start in the cold, some have oil pots that can be filled to push some thick engine oil into the combustion chamber and increase the compression on a cold day.

[@DMJ52]

There is a cold start feature on the fuel pump rack. It’s a small steel block with a set screw and you pull it towards you allowing the rack to travel further giving more fuel. P.S. I used to work at Winget in Gloucester 😀

[@samshanks8313]

@@DMJ52 nice, yeah I forgot about that, listers have a similar set up