Replacement skid steer engine DEAD on arrival! How did this happen?

[@marcosmota1094]

When Matt says "if you've made it this far"! Dude I've been here since the crawler. The engine comparison at the end was sweet.

[@bobferranti5222]

Matt, to be perfectly honest, once I saw the compression issue and saw the ring ridge in the bores, I would have gotten my money back. At least you documented everything you found. Thankfully the engine shop will make good on it. I'm looking forward to seeing how this project turns out.

[@_Otaku-kt8be]

He did get his money back.

[@craig162]

I would have stopped at that point and returned the engine.

[@snappingbear]

​@@_Otaku-kt8beWell he still has the engine and a lot of work and cost ahead to get it running. How much did he back? He didn't say.

[@Rickbearcat]

@@snappingbear ...I'll bet dollars to donuts the only thing he [Matt] paid for after the "refund" was the shipping cost to him from the orig. engine owner. It is the only fair way to go. Although, I hate that the guy he bought it from stated..."runs perfectly" on the paperwork. That was a lie. I'm also not confident that this was only a 1,000-hour engine either.

[@CarlAlban]

Content is content.

[@IdahoShawn]

Matt: "I'm not a mechanic..." Proceeds to to tear into the engine like he's done it for 50 years... Keep up the great work! It's always a pleasant surprise when one of your videos pops up in my feed...

[@chrislindquist2003]

Matt you are way easy going than I am. I would have been pissed!!

[@newsweathertraffic18]

How in the hell does a reputable shop mail this out? I can see a layman pulling an engine and selling it without checking it over or even testing it but this is just unforgivable.

[@tomtke7351]

@@newsweathertraffic18 could this supplier have relied upon another who FOR YEARS they trusted?

[@alanboyce8735]

Congratulations Matt on passing 100k subs! So very well deserved, best in class channel by far!

[@ritchieblackmore5204]

I would say that engine has done more than a thousand hours or very little to no maintenance, the good thing is we get another great video to watch. Matt wishing you and yours and Charlie a very happy Christmas from the UK

[@shadowbanned69]

More like 20k hrs

[@jstar1000]

I'm not a mechanic he said lol, and I'm not an air breather lol. If your not a mechanic I don't know who is.

[@shk2564]

Exactly what I was thinking! 😂

[@bulfin21]

Came here to say the exact same thing

[@twaunsaint001]

that's funny, I hear a lot of KZbinrs say that, I'm not a mechanic, but they're doing mechanic stuff, and they know as much as mechanics know.. lol..

[@giggitygiggitygoofg6069]

It's in case they screw up as so many commenters are so quick to jump on people's arses the second they do something they deem as in correct followed by "" Call yourself a Mechanic "" followed by their insults. It's a good way to cover their backsides. .

[@cliffbracken6422]

If he says he's not a mechanic, then that's because he's not a mechanic. There's no word trickery, or digging for some hidden message here...he's simply stating a clear and precise fact that he isn't a mechanic. Accept that and move on. Just because I can teach my child something, that doesn't make me a "teacher" as the common meaning of the word implies.

[@wizard8297]

Matt we both live in the same Metro area. We have very few Automotive Machine Shops left in the area and the ones left are aging out. Skills are being lost forever. It is part of the disposable society we now live in. Keep up the good work enjoy the videos.

[@chox2001]

I would have sent the engine back. I did enjoy the tear down though. Looking forward to next video. Thank you for taking the time to film this for us 👏🤞👍🙏

[@TYSuggested]

Been an equipment mechanic for over a decade, never seen pistons drop out like that.

[@shk2564]

You have such a great outlook and I am glad that you are getting reimbursed! I would say you qualify as a mechanic and probably better than most who do it for a living. I am looking forward to following the project.

[@phillipdean9879]

What a disappointment. I worked in a wreckers for years. All our second hand engines were hot run and comp tested before we sold them. If the comp was low we rebuilt or scrapped.. still it’ll make for some interesting videos! Merry Xmas! 🇦🇺🍺🍺

[@tonypaul2987]

You are a great mechanic. Love your videos. You are my favorite fixing everything you have. Bulldozer then elevator. Now a skid steer. Just wow. Good man and great mechanic

[@buckethead9861]

If it’s from the southeast, we have hard water: the white chalky stuff could be calcium/lime where the service person used tap water for coolant (particularly where a coolant leak was persisting, using hard water can exacerbate the problem)

[@yamahabasher1]

That was from mud dauber wasps. At least in the bolt holes.

[@raymondwaterman6520]

Thanks Matt. Merry Christmas

[@bobgsmith]

This was like an episode of "I do cars" except no extra ventilation holes and the dipstick tube came out without a fight. Lol

[@N1RKW]

I strongly disagree with one of your assessments: "I am not a mechanic" You might not do this for a living, but you are a very skilled machine technician/mechanic.

[@cliffbracken6422]

If he says he's not a mechanic, then that's because he's not a mechanic. There's no word trickery, or digging for some hidden message here...he's simply stating a clear and precise fact that he isn't a mechanic. Accept that and move on. Just because I can teach my child something, that doesn't make me a "teacher" as the common meaning of the word implies.

[@EricReed-x3h]

thanks Matt, after the used engine disappointment, your tenacity and determination will get you the end result you want I'm sure..... hope you and your family have a great Christmas.

[@TonyWilson-h6i]

I just love your ‘can do’ attitude. It is really refreshing 🇬🇧😊

[@cybersylo5786]

If the oil looks like wet JB Weld then you are going to have a bad day :)

[@horstszibulski19]

That thing should be advertised as "rebuildable core", some edges look more like 10k hrs, not 1k hrs... Glad you got some money back, so good luck on rebuilding it, at least the parts doesn't seem to be made of unobtainium... 😮👍👍

[@RobertFay]

*- The white "corrosion" deposits at **<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2038">33:58</a>** that you ask about is what I would call "hard water" mineral deposits such as calcium and magnesium.*

[@misanthropicprincipal9094]

Or, possibly, the dried tears of the previous owner?

[@RobertFay]

@@misanthropicprincipal9094 🤣

[@rickhaver5876]

Sorry you didn’t get what you paid for. Good that the seller is doing right by you. Great that you are going to make more videos! May be good thing with winter coming on, although still pretty stoked about the excavator going back together. Love you videos regardless of what you happen to be working on!

[@markdesanctis8688]

beside the work you stated, i would suggest you also have the block boiled, new freeze plugs and cam bearing install at the machine shop

[@snappingbear]

Why waste any money on it?

[@SuperMAZ007]

What a bummer. At least we all are now more knowledgeable in what happens when you let a diesel engine run without a air cleaner for a long time. Honestly I was expecting lot of shrapnel in the oil pan but only metal paste came out. Yanmar diesel parts should be plenty available. Any line boring job will be just a huge expense unless its one of a kind engine that has no analogs. Probably the Yanmar had the factory silicone that is very strong unlike the one they sell in the stores. In terms of entertainment and teaching 10/10 for the video

[@HorsleyLandy88]

Should have sent it back when you found no compression

[@krnsssdz]

YAYY finally update on the skidsteer ^_^

[@nickcody7257]

Great video, cool you took the time to diagnose it fully. As an aside, in your final "scene" I noticed the beams in your shop are monstrously large. Have you considered making a Unistrut trolley bridge crane between them? 600lbs capacity should be easy and 1200 not too hard. Over head lifts just seem so useful, especially as you get older.

[@PacificNorthwestHillbilly]

the original plan was to move the gantry from the excavator into the shop, but I don't know if it will survive

[@neilharvey3571]

Matt , If your going to install that motor into your skid steer , while you have the empty Core , use it to fab your engine mounts, less weight to sling around ... Might have to re-install front cover for width of front mounts ..

[@transmitterguy478]

Matt, Mud Daubers plug every 1/4" hole on the East Coast in everything possible. I live in PA, and every hole in my Dewalt blower, the cooking Grill, and the ground holes in outside receptacles are plugged.

[@gregblanchard747]

your not east coast your north east I am coast the Atlantic ocean is my back yard Great job as always Matt keep it

[@leestokes6761]

Lifelong Utah resident (St. George till age 22, then Provo-American Fork.) Mud daubers or hard water were my first thoughts when I saw the dirt in the holes. Both are very common.

[@benjaminberger9629]

Very Interesting! Usually you see some oil starvation issues with totally grenaded internals on yt, very interesting to see what a bunch of dirt does. When I saw that piston wiggling around, my first though was - that thing ran??? Guess I never saw a video of a dirt-filled engine :) I totally understand you wanting to take it apart, even though its clearly dead. I would have done the same on a free, dead engine.

[@jefflary5457]

The white / tan dust you were digging out of the round holes are Mud Dauber Wasp Nests there is a larva in each hole. Sorry, this happened to you, but you will make the engine better than new. JeffinMaine

[@fundi_mike]

"I guess we are looking at a full rebuild" - this seems to be the way all your purchases are going. We all love your meticulousness and attention to detail so notentirely surprising for the viewers ;-) Maybe you should consider buying that crankshaft grinding tool that the shop had no-one to operate, this might not be the last engine you see that needs work. Also then you can add "I'm not a machinist" to your "I'm not a mechanic" tag-line

[@VadoVoodoo]

Great video thanks for putting it all together!

[@stefanczechorskidds8435]

Really glad to hear that the seller is working with you!!!!

[@brianelliot2719]

Thanks Matt, really enjoyed your video. Your camera, lighting and editing skills are superb. 😊

[@peteraldino3423]

Bummer for sure - I think with equipment like this the air cleaner came apart, and the thing was just run, and run, making "pay-dirt" until it wouldn't start. Great diagnosis, and very true about machining and master machinists getting harder and harder to come by. Great video editing to! Thank you for sharing ...

[@joefromga5458]

That engine was definitely dusted...IMO

[@charlesswanson1885]

Matt, you are totally a mechanic as you rebuilt the cat and redoing your excavator. You do well above what is required along with care you show it what you do. Keep up the great work.

[@jeffh5664]

Always a gamble buying a used engine on the owners word. 🤔

[@Benai-c]

Except if this engine was bought from a reputable shop they are fucking their own reputation over badly.

YES FOR SURE...GOOD RUNNING. ENGINE MY BUTT....WHAT A BIG DISAPPOINTMENT. IT IS GOING TO TAKE A FULL REBUILD. I THINK I WOULD HAVE SENT IT BACK AND LOOKED FOR A BETTER ENGINE. THAT ONE WAS HEAVILY USED AND COMPLETELY NEGLECTED.

[@how_to_hallagon1]

Something relaxing about wrenching videos. I had a crappy day today. This video makes the day more chill for me

[@dh-_1011]

Send all your machining to those JAMSI guys. That’d be a cool collab. Those guys seem like some nice honest guys.

Matt, sorry you got a dead engine...shame on the seller. All your subs are anxious to see you work in the excavator. With the great job you are doing on it so far, it will be better than new when you are done. Love your channel and great videos. Looking forward to see that lousy engine get rebuilt and installed in your skid steer. BTW you are a great mechanic. Few mechanics would take the time and be so meticulous as you.

[@ReaperRestorations]

hey, we've all been there. At least you know 100% it'll be done right and there's no surprises. keep up the good work Matt

[@jb_makesgames2264]

Too bad it didn't work out - glad you were made whole on it - Merry Christmas.

[@barryhorne7052]

Yanmar is one of my favourite engines . I have a JD 655 and 955 compact tractor , both with Yanmar power . I think you made the right choice .

[@Robert-to9zv]

Superb tear-down and analysis. Running without an air filter and not changing oil at specified intervals is destructive. I hope you get reimbursed for your work. Cheers! Will be looking for more of your videos.

[@Sasquatchadventures1]

I was like the bolts on top and bottom. I was there for that struggle ive done a lot with all the styles of engines you listed.

[@manolisgledsodakis873]

In my youth I made the mistake of running my car without an air filter, with similar results. The bore ovality could be measured with a tape measure. Curiously, it still ran OK but it only did about 100 miles to the gallon - of oil!

[@gordonagent7037]

Matt, I had exactly the same thing happen but they didn’t want the motor back as freight was too expensive so bottom line was I used the reimbursement money to get the rebuild kit and in the end I had a rebuilt motor for nothing and I am confident I have a strong motor in my tractor now. You do an excellent job of your engine work, you are very methodical in your approach so really I think this is a win win for you and the seller made things right. As you said, don’t expect roses when you buy anything used unseen cos normally it’s a bunch of weeds. This will be a nice little project to keep you out of mischief.

[@Sparcsmi]

I'm glad and impressed that you see it as a fairly even win in the end. Even though rebuilding engines can be fun I'd sure be tired of having to rebuild an engine that ideally should've been a drop in n go.

[@jazzerbyte]

Fascinating to see a blown engine reverse analysis of the failure cause.

[@danabbene6507]

Good thing you are smart enough to check it out before just accepting it was good and getting it installed!

[@Mee10792]

Junk engine, straight back for a refund

[@Frank-Thoresen]

Seems like they refunded his money and he kept the engine for a complete rebuild and he said he like the work for learning and knowing he will get almost a new engine after the rebuild.

[@chrisj2848]

Awesome Matt. Love your content, it just keeps getting better. Merry Christmas! 👍

[@FolM82z]

Your forensic analysis and conclusions are pretty good. I agree with your assessment in part. I also think that the engine was run many hours without an oil change. Then the lower bearings were all replaced and run for a very short while until it was removed and sold to the shop you purchased it from. Just my swag...

[@Thehomepros6221]

yes!!! ive been waiting on this vid!!

[@PiazzaWoodWorks]

I never clicked so fast mate keep em coming

[@iancarruthers4504]

Appreciate your time and effort making these podcasts, you make a great job of expalining your methodology and reasoning, I’m currently working on a similar project, Mitsubishi s4s, I’ll be watching with a keen interest if you decide to analyse this particular engine. I rate them as a reliable engine and are similar to what you’re looking at now, thanks again for all your hard work and efforts in sharing your experience. 👍

[@mikeschroer7829]

I have the same engine in a Takeuchi TL130 skid steer. It has an oil pan drain plug on the side. The manual shows different configurations for the oil pan. You should be able to find one. My TL130 was an auction buy (non runner). It turned out to have a spun rod bearing. A lot of metal in the engine. Replaced the crankshaft with a Chinese replacement. They are all made in China anyway. It looked like someone stripped the threads on the oil pan plug and it leaked and eventually was run without oil. It belonged to a bricklaying contractor so was used by different crews and no one took care of it. I just replaced the crankshaft and bad rod and cleaned it all out. It runs fine now except it blows white smoke sometimes. Seems to be mostly after sitting unused for a while. I should have rebuilt the head and replaced the valve guides. That engine is easy to work on. I had to put it together twice, the second time to replace the push rod that I bent putting the head back on and to replace the rear seal that I screwed up installing it. If I remember right, a piece of 3" PVC pipe works as a good tool to install the rear seal. I didn't discover that the first time around. Skid steers are a pain to work on because everything is packed into such a tight space.

[@RogerM88]

The hard part isn't disassembling the engine...but rebuilding it up to specs. Personally I'd opt to buy a running engine from a Diesel generator.

[@alfredomarotta6604]

Well at least it made a great video. Congratulations on your 100K subscribers. Merry Christmas to you, your family, friends and viewers. P.S. Thank you for our present a year of great watch, cheers my friend.

[@MichaelDebalski-mk6bt]

I've seen you work so this should be an easy one for you ! However I think the shop you purchased it from should get the entire bill for the rebuild. You may not have experience on this particular equipment but your ability always serves you well and brings you success !

[@milt7348]

Stay safe and we'll see you next time.

[@Thehomepros6221]

those yanmars are the best!! i love all the tnv70 series......i just started watching....i hope it runs...i guess ill see

[@Thehomepros6221]

well dang that sucks man well at least you got to make a cool interesting video out of it so thats good

[@mikecore1637]

RTV makes a great gasket .The install is the hard part . It glues to both surfaces ,oil can't get under it , it flexible and does not absorb oil . Just need clean dry metal . It works .

[@dennisrobbins5451]

For a person that claims to, "Not be a mechanic"! You have figured out quite a bit of obscure information about these engines! Besides anyone that can disassemble and reassemble an old 50s caterpillar dozer. And make look as good and run as good as you did! You're at least an honorary mechanic!

[@cliffbracken6422]

If he says he's not a mechanic, then that's because he's not a mechanic. There's no word trickery, or digging for some hidden message here...he's simply stating a clear and precise fact that he isn't a mechanic. Accept that and move on. Just because I can teach my child something, that doesn't make me a "teacher" as the common meaning of the word implies.

[@jstogryn1]

Thank God, you checked it before you put it in the machine

[@mikesalm5053]

That crank must absolutely be ground! You definitely got shafted on this one. Someone did a bearing roll on it a 1000 hours ago, but that engine has probably has many times more hours on it.

[@MegaNikola1982]

Brother bathe and blow that block well before assembly, be sure to buy a new oil pump and o-rings around it and take it easy wrenching around aluminium...love your content...

[@jamescole1786]

12/18/24..discovery of 'dusted' Yanmar engine on recent purchase to replace Perkins 4cyl (with Spun Brgs) SkidSteer engine. Wow Matt, you have persistance & great attitude! Still have more to do on yur Excavator renovation ( looks great) & here we dive into this SkidSteer engine replacement...ok..lets continue..sounds like you have done significent research on aquiring new parts..oh boy..lots of nuts/bolts to keep track/ accounting etc. Stsy safe & carry on!👍👍👍⚙️🔩🔧💪🍺😊

[@somerandomguy3868]

Merry Christmas to you and yours, great video as always, this engine is a bit of a mystery, seems like it got a new lower not too long ago and that was it

[@Will-No-Co]

I said it right before you did. That looks like it’s turning over pretty easy.😂

[@danielyoder5928]

Matt, it looks like there were two issues that contributed to the demise of the engine poor air filtering and no oil changes. A friend bought a Kubota tractor that had a similar issue with really thick oil. Luckily he went to change the oil once he got it home. He got about a quart out of it. But the dipstick showed oil still in the pan. Ended up taking the tractor half apart to get the pan off. The oil was thick enough it would not drain.. He did four oil changes on it before it quit plugging oil filters. The hose from the air cleaner to the intake manifold had several cracks in it. Good luck.

[@johnhughes8563]

Excellent video thank you so much .

[@bennieb1466]

You might want to take the block put the crank in with a couple bearings, bell housing, front pulley, oil pan etc and put it in the machine and fab up the mounting before you reassemble the whole engine. Will make lighter and easier work.

[@kingyankee69]

Glad they didn't say you voided the warranty taking it apart.

[@Thedudeabides803]

“It’s a runner.” Like run away. Sorry man that stinks.

[@dheritage9728]

That brown stain is when the s**t hit the fan .

[@mikeboring1293]

Yanmar is a great engine had one in a older tractor, it was beat up by it previously older I did minor work to it and it ran great till the day I sold it. Your going to love it once it’s fixed

[@peterparsons7141]

I like your videos. Look forward to seeing the project.

[@Oldmane-420]

My guess on the engine history is, it was not serviced properly, eventually the crank bearings gave out so crank and bearings were replaced, engine reassembled and machine was sold. All that crud you were finding is the “tell” for that scenario

[@andrewklahold2880]

I just got done rebuilding a Perkins, for an 1980s cat forklift, the person picked it up for pennies, however when we took the engine apart that the engine had a fresh rebuild, and very low hours, but what we did find was three broken pistons nothing metal got in to the bottom end, but but three of the pistons were totally destroyed, it even distorted the top half inch of liner, came to the conclusion that they tried to start it with either or some accidently put gas in it , the owner of this forklift thinks it was either

[@RogerM88]

They probably forgot to add a zero on those engine hours.

[@carlthor91]

Matt, some Yammar engines cannot be dry sleeved, as the sleeve doesn't match the fire ring in the head gasket. Fair warning. Best wishes all.

[@dalebailey1844]

I hope you find a better ENGINE than that one. HAVE A GREAT MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR!

[@josephkitchel6259]

Looks like all you bought was the block! Sorry to see that, but if anyone can fix it, I would count on you!

[@johncooper4637]

I know it is not close by but check out Jim's Automotive Machine Shop in Gill, Colorado. He has the equipment to fix up all most any block and does a lot of diesel work. Watching him change the centers on a Pontiac crankshaft convinced me he knows his business.

[@sloppystooly5439]

Lol sure hope it fits, cool video even still.

[@baroja5303]

buen video pero la voz que le pusieron asubtitulos jaja suena a sudamericano saludos y pasa buenas fiestas matt

[@president2]

Love it so much keep it up as always 💘

[@slypig24]

I hope you got the seller to watch your tear down, of that supposedly working engine. He should either give you your money back plus your labour or a full rebuild kit & all parts for free. But at least you got some free channel content.

[@bchdsailor]

You should get it "baked" to clean the block properly

[@michaelrosanske3277]

Dude your luck just sucks with engines. But like you said it will make good content. Love the channel, look forward for the next video. Keep up the good work.

[@kstricl]

Well... I was going to suggest that even though there would be shipping involved, send that Perkins to JAMSI as a collab, but the issues with crank placement make way too much sense - they don't line bore either, but they do grind cranks. I'm sure the cleaning guy would have said the same things as your local shop. On the other hand, when you have a shop local to you that you trust, definitely worth sticking with them. Looking forward to the next videos, sounds like you set yourself up for success (as much as you could.)

[@robertmcbee4671]

Howdy Matt, I know that you are into rebuilding these things yourself but if you need some professional help I might suggest you look at Dave's Auto Center in Salt Lake, UT. He does do line boring, he does have a complete machine shop, he does have a baking facility to cook all the grease and oils out of the parts and then he puts them into a wash machine to clean them up. He also does a simulator test run on the engine before it gets fired up. He does have a very impressive business and his You tube videos are informative and well done. At least check out his videos and if you have questions you could always call and ask. Just thought you'd like to know. Looking forward to the next video! Keep'em coming!

[@giggitygiggitygoofg6069]

A 1.7 Isuzu Turbo Diesel or the 2.2 Isuzu turbo diesel from a thermo king refrigerated truck trailer are perfect engines to swap into any skid steer. The dimensions are spot on for most make & model engine bays. The 2.2 litre motor is in alot of freezer/refrigerator trailers but none turbo. The 1.7 litre Turbo Diesel is around 110BHP so has plenty of power and is great on fuel . .

[@dalebailey1844]

I hope tat shop is paying you for doing their job. GOOD GREIF CHARLIE BROWN.

[@timberhole1303]

When everything you buy is broken you end up overhauled engines in all your equipment. I can relate!

[@dandunlap8638]

I was about to suggest thread locker was used, seeing how easily they came out with heat. You beat me to it.