Will it Run after 12 Years? Dad's Dozer | Flood Damaged John Deere 450B

[@BlueRidgeJ79]

Nothing feels better than helping your dad get something done.

[@christianmccollum1028]

Tell my lazy son that! (He's really alot of help...couldn't resist)

[@bambambundy6]

I would love to help my Dad again!

[@giggiddy]

​@@bambambundy6 there's not anything that I wouldn't give to help my dad on any project for 1 more hour. Miss ya pops..

[@lynnlutjen261]

Thanks Wes for letting us meet your dad. See where you received some of your knowledge and manners. You helped to give him something to do.

[@ladeseddy5994]

We have met his Dad before in a video. Wes and he went to a shop that was rebuilding a part for a machine. Pump maybe?

[@michaeld_68]

​@@ladeseddy5994 I believe they're is a video of Wes and his Dad at a Marina messing around with a dock as well!!

[@TsunauticusIV]

He’s been in vids before. Awesome fella.

[@slowride55]

He’s in the allis WD45 video too.

[@dblphotography]

Nice seeing your dad, especially how happy he was that you guys got it running.

[@d.sparkes346]

You just made a one legged Albertian so tight in the coveralls with all that Cosby sauce!

[@I-watch-at-2x]

"Nothing to lose, but the building" lol, perfect

[@Rein_Ciarfella]

All right! Wes back on they old, abandoned heavies! 👍🔧🔨

[@Military-Museum-LP]

I like your father Wes. Any future videos with this gentleman would be greatly appreciated.

[@coolstreetman]

So this is the Father that made you the amazing man you are today! God bless him

[@Mizman76]

My grandpa had this exact dozer(only he had a dump bucket on front and a 3 tooth ripper on back). Built us 3 big ponds, dug us a pool, cleared driveways,etc. Brings back awesome memories seeing it run.

[@ronniethompson2569]

I had that same machine in a landscape construction business. It was a great machine. In over 20,000 hours I had to go through the injection pump and injectors once do to water getting the fuel. I replaced the teeth on the bucket about once a year, I finally tipped it over off a big pill of topsoil and locked the engine up and ended up rebuilding the engine and that was a treat just pulled the cylinders out and slid new ones in. A little machining on the head and crank and it was good to go. I’m in my 70’s now and wish I had it and could restore it.

[@mdouglaswray]

Great to see you working with your dad! That's joyous.

[@TokyoCraftsman]

Nice to work with your dad, cherish the time, they leave us too soon.

[@benharmon4207]

Put a little pressure on him to get it fixed and take us along for the show. It would make great videos of you two working together.

[@gabrielgochenour8225]

Audio sounds fine to me! Thanks for putting in all the hard work to bring us this continent, and I hope you feel better soon. Happy Sunday, Wes!

[@louisnemick1939]

It was nice to see your Dad in the video.

[@bruno_lee]

Love to see this kinda stuff here. Reminds me of me and my dad tinkering around in the yard. These are the best moments.

[@andywalliams]

You Dad is a nice guy, and he seems very capable and knowledgeable like you Wes. Let's hope to see more of him. 😊

[@stevenlatham4397]

You should feature that antique cream separator in a video on your second channel. Those things are so cool. Your dad has excellent taste in equipment.

[@stxrynn]

My dad told me horror stories of taking those apart to clean them. Said they had more parts than you could keep track of.

[@larryskeeper1197]

@@stxrynn you just don't wanna mess with the cream screw!

[@EngineeringVignettes]

I remember my dad running one of those when I was young. Wind them up like an old air raid siren. I thought it was the coolest thing ever when I was a kid.

[@randyc4959]

We had a "fancy" electric one. Took cream to the creamery nearby. We always held our breath on the way to the creamery, the roads had so many potholes we were scared we'd have butter by the time we got there. Yes, they were a pain to clean. But once you knew what to look for, assembly wasn't that bad. Kind of like working on a Volkswagen bug ... if you knew what to do, they were easy. If you didn't ...

[@anthonydefreitas6006]

Wes your dad is cool 😎 . Kudos to him for taking this project on

[@zukowski2023]

Hey Wes, thanks for introducing us to your Dad. The man clearly, "fears not", the healthy deployment of either. I can see where you got a lot of your traits and mentorship from. I also see where you get your yard decorating tips from as well, modern 20th Century Steam Punk Iron. Very cool, thanks for taking us along. Yes, Children are petre dishes with little legs..lol Stay Safe! Cheers!

[@douglastalbot8031]

Can see where you got your dry sense of humor , love seeing you turning wrenches with your dad 😄😄😄

[@eriktorp-olsen1706]

I always hit the thumbs up-button BEFORE actually watching the video. That's how much I appreciate your channel.

[@jerryhammack1318]

Those 1960s and 1970s John Deeres are great tough little machines !

[@donsurlylyte]

the man responsible for making you the awesome dude you are today.

[@mito-pb8qg]

This was great :D Your dad has a proper dad voice too

[@paulbush7095]

What a testament to the great engineering that went into these machines by JD, Cat, etc. to be able to run after a dozen years and a flood and only need some compressed air and either. I smiled when that little doser lit up.

[@BobJones-pq4th]

Don't forget the legendary John Deere. When Russia stole every piece of farming equipment and took it back to Russia John Deere was able to disable it permanently so it wouldn't work through a satellite somehow. I thought you would find this interesting. (Only eligible equipment was affected)

[@JimNichols]

I know you know all the tricks of the trade Wes, I had a 450 that had sat for years too and when I got it the steering clutches were stuck just like your dads 450, it ran well and would move back and forth, the hydraulics were operable every thing worked but the steering clutches so I had my son move the dozer forward while I steered it with my skidsteer walking it over to a huge stump in the yard. Pulled the inspection plates for the steering clutches and poured diesel on them for a couple days then fired the 450 up pulled the steering arms back and secured them in place and put it in gear with the blade down, she walked to the stump and started digging about and hour went by and I hear this loud POP and one of the clutches had freed itself 30 or so minutes later the other one popped loose too... made a fortune with that old Deere 450 and sold it for what I had in it later.... Thanks for the look into the life of Wes brother, enjoy the day sir!

[@jimlong527]

Great seeing you work with your Father, enjoy helping him time goes by fast.

[@rayvoorhies7180]

The injector pump will eventually need rebuilding. Replace any water damaged parts. But the steering clutches are a higher priority. It needs to drive correctly before rebuilding a pump. It was great seeing the beast wake up.

[@lamestuser]

That was a good one. Your dad is hilarious. Love it when he guest-stars. Please keep us posted on that project.

[@ron827]

Enjoy your dad while you can. I lost mine when I was 22 and that was almost 60 years ago. When I work on projects with my two sons, we always have lots of fun and we learn from each other.

[@davidcolesr.8628]

Good to see you Wes & Pup, Mrs. Wes and “The Boy” I certainly hope all is Well.

[@alsaku33]

Nice! Spent many nights tinkering on my 450-C that I picked up for free. I hope you and your dad wrench on it together soon!

[@leecarter9525]

I hope you know and appreciate how lucky you are. My dad had hundreds of acres of land, all kinds of tools and equipment but, was not a family man. Being a mechanic by trade, I helped him all I could. Worked on all his equipment and kept it serviced. Tried to be the best son I could. In the end he said the hell with everyone. Had a big auction and sold everything. I have a shop and farm now and would love to have, oh so much, of the good old American made equipment he had. Most of the stuff today is overpriced foreign made junk.

[@moebeddah2288]

Thanks for introducing your Dad! He made my day with the Jeremy Renner comment. These are priceless moments, making memories.

[@phooesnax]

Awesome. Glad you helped dad. Mine is gone now. Cherish those days

[@chillywilli]

Always nice to spent some quality time with your father.

[@Houndini]

I ran & worked on them before. Small dozer they hard to beat. Pretty good 1 lane off road maintenance dozers too with 6 way blade. Back when they made equipment to last.

[@Houndini]

Remind me we had a reclaiming operator great at his job. But 3 or more times a week he roll that JD 450 B. I flip it back on its tracks check & refill fluid levels. It would crank right back up and away Mr. wild guy go again.

[@WatchWesWork]

My dad said the same thing about loggers. They would roll a dozer or skidded almost every day.

[@paulaspinall919]

Dozer didn’t have a fair chance. The force of Wes’s Dad and Wes was irresistible. Fun video. Thank you.

[@wallysprint]

Good for you Wes, spending some quality time with your old man. Hearing him saying "I'm happy" put a smile on my face..

[@The_Home_Pros]

Man I love your dad! Just a good, happy, honest, genuine hard working man if we had more people like him then this world would be a much better place!! Congrats on getting it going it’s a nice dozer! 👍

[@WatchWesWork]

Be careful what you wish for!

[@jdretiree2433]

I don't remember too much about the 1960's but one thing I do remember, in 1968, when I was 17 years old, I was admitted to a small town hospital in Sumner, Iowa to have a tonsillectomy. I was wheeled into the operating room and was administered a big dose of ether to put me to sleep in preparation for the surgery. Now when I think about it, it's kind of amazing that back in the day, the same thing used to start a diesel engine could be used as an anesthetic in a hospital operating room.

[@ender_slayer3]

I’m feeling all sorts of emotions right now. I remember working on old tractors and stuff with my grandpa. The last thing we did was work on his old ford tractor.

[@ksokie63]

Thanks Wes for bringing use along . Always good to see what you have going on. Have a great week ahead 👋

[@bborkzilla]

Kids are like walking petri dishes. They're so good at incubating all kinds of things to pass on to mom & dad!

[@ginobragoli1448]

Papa Wes is over the moon he got it running again but secretly he was hoping it wouldn't that way he wouldn't feel too guilty about buying another one! we have all been there. well done.

[@almclean4835]

Nice to see you and your dad working together, good result too

[@thomaslockard9686]

Great seeing you working on old iron again.

[@Rigrocket]

Need more of your old man! I bet he’s got some great story’s!

[@paulatkinson2849]

It's nice to have the chance to work with ur dad so many are no longer with us I wish mine was its a great chance to do this hope u have many more 👍

[@hackfabrication139]

'We got nothing to lose here, except the building.' I like your attitude dad!

[@danaitch3880]

I truly enjoy how you pull out the diagram(s) and explain what is happening. That cut away drawing of the pump is something else.

[@davidcolesr.8628]

Appreciate you having us along, I was sure hoping there was going to be a part Two? More of Dad in the Videos wouldn’t be a Terrible Thing, I can see where the Sense of Humor comes from. Anywho, I’ll catch you on the Next One, Keep It Safe Out There Sir.

[@Okanagan48]

That's freaking amazing! Little engine wants to run. Congrats to you and Daddio.

[@claycaudill5347]

Priceless! Sitting here in Kentucky with a glass of bourbon 15:05 on a Sunday night remembering my dad. Cherish him and the time you have doing things with him.

[@wizzlefits]

That 450 brought back some memories! Mostly nightmares. Ours end up in the scrap yard because it was so worn out that the steering clutches couldn't be adjusted..not even close enough to slightly work.

[@OcotilloTom]

Good to see you working with your dad, I lost mine many years ago. Miss those days of working on stuff together. El Mirage, Arizona

[@BobJoyce-vw2xf]

Its always good when you work with your Dad.

[@mickreid7153]

Great to see you working together! I didn't get to do that with my Dad. 🖖👍👊😊

[@robertreisner6119]

Wes I live near Seward, Alaska and I have a 1979 John Deer 450C track loader with a model 9300 JD backhoe, also a JD 550c bulldozer from 1981. I use them and work on them when they have issues.

[@bradyb2233]

You knows its a good day when dad says “we got nothing to lose here, except the building”

[@bcbloc02]

Your dad works on my time schedule! lol

[@WatchWesWork]

Glacial pace!

[@johntremain8403]

I have to believe working on those clutches with your dad would be a lot of fun. You should ask him to let you help you because you "need it for the content."

[@danbartolini27]

Wes thanks. Watching you work on the dozer with your dad brought back so many memories of doing the same thing with my dad it made me cry if you guys started yelling at each other I would have really lost it

[@mattmatney3015]

Wes I think this could be a really cool video series. Fixing and bringing you dads old equipment back to life.

[@gonzgarr1592]

nice seeing you and your dad enjoy it while you have him

[@ianwilson4666]

What a fantastic fella your dad is.

[@AntonioClaudioMichael]

Old girl finally started very cool 😎 @Watch Wes Work

[@KStewart-th4sk]

The old cream separator sitting in the garage caught my eye and brought back memories. The part i hated was washing the discs out daily, after doing its job. I remember too Mom making butter until she started buying it from the store. Getting something running again is always interesting, plus it made Dad really happy after the dozer sat for 12 years.

[@Jcoburn134]

Cool to see your dad again. I think last time we saw him was when you were working on your red truck. Thanks for another video.

[@francislahey7981]

What a fantastic video! Now I know why you are a good man. It's because you obtained your substance from a great man. And mother, no doubt. He's a great guy. You should include him in more of your videos. Well done, boyos!!!!

[@charlesschneiter]

Get well soon Wes! Seeing you and your dad working together is heartwarming! Greetings from far away Switzerland!

[@JayCollins2013]

Good morning wes. I would love to be able to diagnose things like you,,

[@Shagnasty]

Hi Wes, it's really nice seeing your dad. Glad to see you got the old girl started. Hope you make another video on this dozer. Thank you again. Hope you feel better soon.

[@thomaspollock4274]

Happy Dad, nice to see him smile.

[@kwinterburn]

I have seen lots of will it start videos and usually it's painful to watch the amount of brake cleaner used, we used to use an old carburettor on a plate placed over the air intake fed with petrol and ATF / 2 stroke mixture when it starts lift it off when it's warmed up, the carburettor mists the fuel lube mix as that's what it's designed to do, that gets carried through lubricating as it goes, we also used to add old engine oil to the fuel, just keeps the wear down in the first few minutes really when it's bone dry

[@FeralPreacher]

Wes, your dad is cool. Treasure him and learn. Thanks for sharing.

[@keyera1378]

Works better than expected for being in a flood. Nice work.

[@jeffburdess2237]

Here it is! Happy Sunday!

[@jimburgess9205]

Memories with dad. How wonderful.

[@greggb1416]

Alright great video! Would love a video series on this, with you and dad, and your brother too… Would be awesome. Thank you sir.

[@Zupdood2]

Oh cool, finally get to see Papa Wes 😬

[@makemeafirewall]

He is probably really proud of you. Feels good to help your dad. I wish you both good health and much joy.

[@intraterrestrial69]

That was a great idea! It's great to see that your dad seems healthy and energetic. What a guy!

[@jamesbruno5896]

So awesome wrenching with dad!

[@RPike-bq3xm]

Nice to see a nice piece of equipment back up and running and getting the attention it deserves.

[@aj5434]

--at 11:41 , "what we don't want here is the J Renner situation ... whatever we do we want to stay away from the tracks" . ... great line. ,, yr Dad is a wise man.

[@clarencewiles963]

Thumbs up 👍 good that it’s inside. Father and son time. Good to see.

[@assessor1276]

Great video Wes - and thanks for the intro to your Dad. I’d say that we can all see how you became such a fine person. Pete

[@jonathanvoigt2690]

Love this vintage of heavy equipment and always great to see a father and son making it happen! While I hope the super long form videos haven't disappeared forever, I often rewatch your older multi parters, I've been really enjoying the shorter form stuff lately!

[@TheFurriestOne]

"We got nothing to lose here. ...except the building!" I like your dad, I see where you got your sense of humor from! He can still jump pretty good, going for the throttle there. Dozer runs pretty good once it gets going! Good project.

[@garybrugone433]

Thanks for sharing your Dad with us. Lost mine Christmas day 2 years ago,so o definitely appreciated getting to know yours a little. Seems like a nice man. Really enjoy your Videos. Have a great day to the both of you.

[@timmybob4871]

Wes you really need to put your dad in your videos more often. He seems to be a great guy and shows where you get it from.

[@sudd2685]

You have a cool dad, I lost mine at Christmas, thank you for sharing.

[@99andrianmonk]

Your dad seems like a really nice person. Probably a great neighbor. Listening to him it's clear where you got some of your wit from.

[@richardphelan8414]

That's awesome you got it running sounds good ,getting the steering brakes working is major work as anyone will attest to who has done it once they rust up their done for .That was a cool idea of shooting brake kleen in the inlet to the injector pump then pressurizing it with air to force it through the pump to get rid of the varnish and free it up I'll put that in my bag of tricks need to show that one to Hank and Wiley of Hamiltonville farms .I love old Dozers

[@IronRiviera]

I did a steering brake on an old international t5. I made the band myself because it was unobtainium. Worked for years, then sold it for a tidy profit. Great video.

[@stuartwood34]

Awesome work Wes, I would never of questioned your hammer. What a really generous subscriber to give you all those power nailers, absolutely loved the palm nailer. Can’t wait for the next instalment.

[@popmccoy3454]

Gotta love workin' with your Dad, good luck.

[@bambambundy6]

Enjoy working with your dad all you can!! Time is to fast.

[@beyondmiddleagedman7240]

That cream separator in the background brings back mixed memories. I loved the cream on cereal and in carmels. I despised cleaning and sterilizing it before and after use!

[@swallowinn4410]

Hi Wes this viewer would enjoy some dozer content. Don't shy away from some time with Dad and help getting the machine back to operational condition. Dad will enjoy it, you will enjoy, and your viewers will get to see the transformation.Good luck hopefully the disassembly will not be too difficult.