Fixing the Impossible - Antique Backhoe Rebuild Continues
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- Опубліковано 18 вер 2024
- They said it was impossible. But I finally figured it out. Check out as we take this antique backhoe and bring it back to life!
DISCLAIMER'. this is not a how to video and I am not responsible for any actions you take on your equipment or property
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Mike wins! You need an "Easy button." If only it didn't take that many hours. I applaud your persistence. That 555 is lucky to have you as an owner.
MIKE, there's nuthin BETTER than the feeling you get when you push thru an obstacle REPEATEDLY to reach the goal of achievement! The pain, stress and frustration in the process is forgotten! Great job!
Carry on Capt'n!!!
no doubt!
Your success is as much ours as it is yours, that's how invested we are with you. Great job.
Mike, you've been fighting to keep the 555 viable since the day it was delivered by Clint. The 304 makes SO much more sense for your application. Good choice.
That moment, you solve a complex problem and the associated look. We all have experienced that, and I can ultimately connect with your look of joy and satisfaction! Well done, sir, well done!
All the way to the result, the tension was building and building and I was almost literally on the edige of my seat with a heart rate of a marathon runner and...... 💐💐💐👏👏👏
YOU DID IT MIKE!!!! YOU DID IT!!!! I'm so proud and happy!!!!
Agree!
Eureka!!! He’s Done it Again!!! Just love it when it happens that you accomplish what you wanted.
Oh the satisfaction of figuring out that pump!!! Well done Mike!
my last comment said you could get it if you had time WELL you found the time and voila you figured it out and learned even more. When you got it working I believed we were at the same level of excitement and satisfaction and now you have a updated manual as well
You did it.Brilliant to those of little faith. HA ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 we are all as happy and relieved as you are.👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
WELL DONE!! The smile on your face when you succeeded. Congrats on the new purchase of the 304. Hope that goes exceedingly well and all your renters are kind to it. Earn its money but not abused. Those you mentioned are certainly on the good guys list. Cheers.
Well Mike your skills of deductive reasoning and persistence have turned you into a gremlin slayer 😉. Congrats on the accomplishments !!!
I am loving it. Watching You figure it out. It's like "Watching Wes Work". I would have given up a long time ago. So happy You figured it out.
I love your choice of using a leaf spring for a tire iron.😂😂
Excellent job explaining the steering valve and showing the determination to fix it. Carry on Captain
Glad you snagged the 304. That also means a new item on that other channel probably. Thanks for letting us know 6 months early. Glad you out smarted the pump.
Very good to get accomplishments no matter how big or small. Then adding a new piece of equipment is something to be proud of. No guts no glory captain!
Your patience and determination paid off!!! Great video!!👍😃
Well done, you stayed amazingly patient throughout that process and looked like a very satisfying day. 😊
We do it nice cause we do it twice! Learning by doing it wrong first, makes the lesson last longer. Been there many times !
Cap’n I once spent a whole evening trying to get 26 stories high on a Jenga tower. Since the wife and kids were gone… I had the perfect opportunity to study it and try over and over again to my hearts content.
After numerous attempts and failures. I finally got 25 & 2/3 stories finished… just one block left. I knew exactly which block to remove to fill the slot.
As I stepped back to move around the table to get into position… my daughter’s beloved cat decided to lay down right where I was stepping. So engrossed in my study… so confident in my ability to complete the move… I failed to see that her tail was right under my heel.
However, the cat was not as invested in Jenga as I was… just as I was stepping, she jumped and cried out like she’d been hit with a club.
And, just like that two hours of learning, concentrating, trying over and over again… turned into a pile of wooden rubble.
You see… all along, I thought the obstacle to completing my 26 story tower was just understanding how to be steady in my moves and getting the geometry perfect. When in fact it turned out to be that I forgot to let the cat outside!
Once I figured out how that worked I built my dream tower in just a few moments!
Congrats on figuring out how to build your tower… Feels great. Doesn’t it???
Now that's a great accomplishment!! 💪
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Congrats Mike, your determination paid off
Capt'n, the look you had when the steering problem was solved made me smile! I think you could have hugged the world! Well done!
Patching the tire reminded me of something that happened to me when I was on Temporary Duty (TDY) to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia in 1982 when I was in the USAF. One day in the radar system shelter (rubber ducky as we called it) I heard an air leak in the air inflated side wall. When I found the leak, it was a slit someone had "patched" it by stuffing a rag in the slit. Not good or right. Somehow us computer repairman were tasked with repairing these leaks. I had plenty of experience as a farm kid patching bike tubes so no problem. I had the side wall deflated for my next shift and patched the sidewall properly. No more leak! Just part of the job of a computer repairman!
Persistences pays off! Congratulation on the 305 (opps 304) purchase! That will be a great addition to the homestead!
That's gotta feel good. I love moments like that. Congrats on figuring it out.
Even a blind squirrel gets an acorn once and awhile! Good problem solving!
I'm glad you got the 304. DP was not getting much use of it and he is thinking about buying the 140. So for both of you guys it's a great deal. First thing I want you to do is fix the loose bucket on your 304. You need something ready to go to work. I never get tired of the 555 videos.
DP actually got some pretty good use out of that old 304, its alot easier to haul around with a 2500 than any of his other machines.
Victory for the captain, hooray!!!
I think the mini excavator purchase was smart good job on the pump.
Once again, I'm inspired, and as soon as it's daylight, and I get through moving irrigators, I'm going back to working on mine. Even the "wiring" part. (Of course, when I wire something on a tractor, and you flip the switch, the light doesn't come on, but the toilet flushes, at the neighbor's house.) Thanks for the video, take care!
This video series is your best yet! Really enjoyed seeing the troubleshooting process and bench test method.
Mike the 'MAGIC MAN' does it again!!!
Never give up, that’s what separates you from most other UA-camrs! Well done ! Thanks for letting us learn along with you.
You got to love it when you dissect something, learn how it works and reassemble. And boom, it’s fixed. Persistent is key!
The Ford 555 is giving you a Happy Place along with a good piece of equipment 😊
You’re spot on. The tires have a lot of life!
Love the new "This Old Tractor" channel. :) That service manual is worth every penny!
Yaaaay Kleeman!!! Way to go on the orbital valve!!! Thanks for sharing.
Glad to see you get it done without paying excessive money, nice work, job well done .
Really was a great video beginning to end. Nice reverse engineering. Pretty simple fix when it came right down to it. Big shout out to the fella for supplying the pump manual could have avoided all this sooner. Nice way to encourage others to drive to completion.
Always a great feeling when you take the WIN over somthing you have been struggling with. Glad you got it working, and DIY!
For rear end weight my dad used two 55 gallon drums filled with concrete. He had the drums fastened together and mounted to the three point hitch. Then he took the weight off the three point hitch with some heavy chains. The tractor was a Massy Ferguson front end loader. We used that tractor for everything on our dairy farm and it had great traction.
Love your thought processes and problem solving skills. Well done.
You're a power steering technician now congrats.
I'm glad you got it right, Mike!
Cheers
Terry
Congrats on the steering box!!! Had my head spinning!
Well done Captain, we do love our old iron
Your joy is infectious!!!
Perseverance I'd an admirable trait!
I would say that less hydraulic leaks and less air leaks is considered progress in repairing the ol backhoe , keep up the good work 👍🇺🇸
Tip for tire patches cut a disk out as big 8 x bigger than the hole of an aluminum can but keep the curve modify the curve to the tire cement glue it over the hole then cement your patch over it. Then clamp a curved piece of wood to the tire over it over night. This will keep the patch from pushing out the hole over time. I did this to my truck over 5 years ago and it’s still holding.
Adding the 304 makes a huge amount of sense for you, especially with the way you are able to do it, nice work there. Lots of things fixed in the episode, nicely done. I would think that after removing the thumb and bucket from the backhoe, I would look at adding a plate in place of the bucket that you could use to either pull or push some material around would be handy but more importantly be there to be able to pull or push the machine around when things get messy or things gone slightly wrong and the 2wd isn't enough to get you back to moving. Anyways, enjoyed the video, have a good one!! 👍
Love your persistence, great job bud.
I had the biggest smile (I'm pretty sure we had the "ah-hah" moment at the exact same time) when you figured out the timing. I'm telling you, I was right invested in this with ya. Glad to see it's fixed. And great idea with the track width! Awesome video and the best way to start the day! Thanks Mike!
Great job figuring out the steering motor. Love your videos!
Such awesomeness! Massive smile on my face. Thanks Mike!
Congrats Mike!! Thanks for going after it! Your determination has now helped me understand the magic in orbital valves.....its really just a excavator center pivot that moves up and down....with some extra pieces.
Good job Captain! Bet that was a good feeling getting that pump figured out 🎉🎉
Very good instructions on how and why Mike. So happy this part of your trials of getting it done are so close to reaching a happy point. I also commend you on getting a proper machine for this challenging job.
Congrats on the CAT! DP hated it anyway! Great video! And, congrats on the problem solving with the pump! Great detective work! Thanks Mike! Lee
I’ve had a truly crap day but then I came home to a new Captain video. The worlds all good again for me ( for 33.49 minutes anyway ) The new camera for quality close ups is paying for itself, real improvement on detail 👍 Excellent problem solving, excellent video, thanks Mike. Best wishes to you and yours, from Britain 😁👍🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸
Nice work Mike. Love the tire tool 😂😂
Nice find on the steering valve. The tyre went back on even better then the bicycle tubes I replaced recently. Those where a fight to get on the narrow rims.
Bigger is better I guess.
The mini-x will be a good investment for sure. As for swapping those tires around, every guy’s looking for an extra 5” somewhere. Am I right?!? 😂😂😂
You are awesome, just keep on working at it and this is going to be a very reliable machine!
I am just so proud of you and happy for you too.
One more on the plus side for Mike ❤
Great job Captain 👏👏👏
Every step brings you closer to perfection (or at least fully functional) Mike.
Great progress, and congrats on the 304, that will be very useful.
Nice Tshirt, Messicks knows where their bread is buttered.
Hurray. Mike you won't believe this, but I am just as happy as you are. Best of luck.
Love that you’re able to work something out on the 305. Good progression. Way to go on figuring out the steering too!
Hey Cap!! Congrats on the RTO of the 304 and figuring the steering on the triple 5 out. Keep up the great work and videos!!
Shout out to the individual who sent you the manual for the pump! Amazing how simple the steering valve is with so many different pieces. Having that one piece in the right position made all the difference. I was hoping you were going to swap sides with the tires to ensure the directional tires were properly oriented.
As for the 304, that was quite the investment. It would be nice if you could invest in the 120 when DP pulls the trigger on the new Case, but I'm pretty sure that will be way outside your budget.
I do recommend that when you do replace the tires on the 555, those wheels are desperately in need of some rust proofing! When you broke the bead and pushed the tire down, LOTS OF RUST! Vice grips for mounting the tire always came in handy when the rim clamps weren't available! That leaf spring came in handy for the dismounting and mounting of the tire!
That was terrific
You are such a sleuth!
What a great job in trouble shooting that pump.
You are the MAN!!!
Congrats on another job well done!
Good morning sunshine! I knew you could fix it! Just try a few times! Lol! Much love and respect from Henderson Ga USA
Excellent job, new side gig job, fixing Ford 555. Stay safe.
Captain, it seems like, sometimes, everything comes out great. This was the time. I very much enjoyed this video. Problem solving. Thank you for sharing 👌 😊
Good job captain and great work
Excellent! Glad you stuck with it on the hydrostatic steering unit and solved the problem. It was probably good you took it completely apart anyway to clean up everything and replace any seals/o-rings in that part of the assembly. I learned something about these type steering units. Also, glad to see you fixed the leaky tire, although my OCD would have forced me to clean up the inside of the rim and paint it to keep it from rusting through later. The extra width on tire spacing is a good idea as well. Look forward to your videos - keep up the good work.
Good that you worked out the steering issue. I remember the first time repairing back tire on a Ford 8N that was water filled.
Thanks Mike! Fun and successful video. 😊
Expert steering pump man
Glad the steering cylinder worked, I know you must have been really happy!
It’s nice to see you having time to get some of the maintenance done on your backhoe while you’re not too much in a rush! Getting some problems solved too Mike! Power steering, blower heater, windshield wiper and finally getting that tire repaired! Good progress my friend and good video! Thanks for sharing and Kirk from Louisiana always sending prayers and positive energy to you and your family Mike! Yall take care and I know everything is going to work out for you on the mini excavator deal and it’s well needed on your homestead brother! Maybe in the future, you will be able to work out a deal on a used skid steer too Mike! As always see ya in the next one my friend! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻👍🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙋🏼✌🏻✌🏻💯💯💯
Captain you get that backhoe in tip top shape and that 304 you can have yourself a nice little side business to really bring the dreams on your farm to fruition
Ah Cap’n, you got it sorted great to see.
Your working all the bugs out of the 555 your gonna have a good tractor when done Mike
A bead seater (chetah tank) would be easier to bring to the job, or some starer fluid and an ignition source... you're a fireman you know what I'm saying LOL
Captain !!! what a great video !! I have followed your progress and I have a 1980 ish, Case 580D, your videos help me as I take on repairs and I enjoy your progress. Keep those videos coming.
Well done on getting the power steering behaving, very well done.
For the wheel width thing I was surprised the 555 does not have the standard type of rims where the centre section is separate from the rim itself. On the three tractors I have owned you could flip the centre section or flip the rims or both to give you all sorts of track width adjustments.
Wheel weight wise the cheaper option is of course to fill the tyres with fluid. Water if you don't care about rusting the rims through (or blowing the tyres in freezing weather, ethylene glycol or propylene glycol antifreeze if you want to reduce the rust and stop the freezing issue. Ethylene glycol works better but is pretty toxic.
To fluid ballast the tyres rotate the wheel so the valve stem is at the top then using the appropriate adaptor fill to the valve stem height, releasing the air pressure multiple times as you go. When full refit the schrader valve and inflate with air to your desired pressure. Bonus is it's easy to find a leak if you get a puncture :-P
I patched a rip I had in my 555 tire and when I put air in it, it just opened up more. I ended up buying a set of tubes off eBay for around $75. Hope this helps. Enjoy watching you fix the 555. I’m about to repack the swing cylinders and replace bushings in my knuckle. Good luck and keep it up!!
Nice..that 304 will help out alot
You fixed it! Great job Mike! One possible option for tire weight is to load the tires. I have beet juice in my tractor tires and it really keeps the back end planted. The 555 has much larger tires than mine, but I gained 420 pounds per side with liquid ballast. Wheel weights are potentially more effective than loading tires for taking load off the front axle if that's a concern for you.
Well done Mike
Good job not giving up on the steering valve 👍
Keep up the good work perseverance wins
People that say you need to get a better piece of equipment but I think it’s good for the channel! And it is good content!
304 good choice and local rent may pay have the tab ,your still the most fun to watch
Great job Mike!