Absolutely, I just drop everything off with Stan and he lets me know exactly what we'll need to wrap up the engine builds! I'm sure he could tackle anything 💪
Every town needs a shop like that. I worry about the trade in this culture of just buying something new instead of rebuilding. Thanks for the tour and the videos.
When guys like Stan pass, the knowledge lost is tremendous. We are losing more knowledge by the day with the loss of these folks. The machines as well, once gone, are unfortunately gone. It's the last area of a golden age of mechanics and trades, and unfortunately, the local machine shop is disappearing. Thanks for showing a new generation the incredible fun and vital work of these machine artists. If I were I 20 with decent math skills, I'd be looking into training with a man like this and taking what the training process is to get going.
That guy has a million bucks worth of knowledge in his head.You should spend a day just watching him work, It gives a whole new meaning to Rebuilding an engine.
Great tour of the machine shop! My father worked in a very similar machine shop for 37 years rebuilding engines! He was well respected in his field and I remember many calls in the evenings and on the weekends of people calling him for advise.
That took me back to my early years of working in a automotive machine shop. I have ran all those machines in that shop as the shop I worked in had the exact machines but I never learned the crank grinder. That flywheel surfacing machine if ran wet gets super nasty. Looks like a clean shop to work in.
The machinist trade is a dying art. To those young people wanting to wright their own ticket Get into the machinist trade. There is a demand because there is not many of these guys left.
And in most case they would be happy to teach the next generation but there are very few ready to step up and learn as they are distracted by more modern stuff.
The dying part of the trade is the manual part, CNC has taken over, programmers are in demand but you can teach a novice to push buttons because there is usually a set-up guy.
What a cool guy Stan is, and practising a true dying art, the machine trade in my area is all gone in my younger days a old chap had a machine shop and built me a operated engine and head he’s past now but his work lives on and that engine is still pulling strong 20 years later
Really enjoyed this Video,especially the Shop Tour !Thank Stan for the Tour ,as a retired machinist I really enjoyed it!Thanks JR for taking the time to share,am looking forward to the 420 Crawler rebuild!
Another great video JR. You post some interesting stuff. Very cool visit to this guy’s shop. Really strange about that last set of pistons. Too small! A mystery. And you’re using the Rampage as a shop truck. Nice!
It will be a sad day when he shuts the doors, Here in Manitoba I used to drive 2 hours each way to a machine shop I trusted to do my customer motor work on tractors and trucks, He's been closed 3 years this Christmas. Unluckily i've now got a Perkins motor needs work and having a hard time finding a shop anybody local will recommend, they'd trust for me to put my name on when I reassemble that motor. I'm going to get blamed for the machine shop screw up's, and I've heard of and seen a few from these shops. Thats why I went further away to my old guys by recommendation. is that the correct block for that machine the bore seems way out even with a sleeve, maybe Deere had a smaller bore motor in something else 2 cylinder ?. Thanks to the owner and you for sharing the shop, I wish I could use that kind of stuff myself often enough to pay for it. New machines with crate motor replacement parts has kinda killed most of that work in lots of area's. The older generation restorers that used those and the proper make it Muffler/ rad shop guys are dead or dyeing off to sadly. The next generations are more interested in video games or don't have the money for these fun projects like equipment restoration or automotive stuff. Take care.
I haven't watched the whole video, yet, but compared to both sets of your hands, and the observed size, relative to the bolt holes and outside dimensions of the block, the bore, the pistons, and the length of the inside diameter mic, when set and locked, look like every bit of 4 inches. Did he make a mistake, reading, or zeroing the mic? It happens to the best of us. I would bet it got figured out, pretty soon.
Always enjoy a shop tour even though I've spent time in one in my youth. Sometimes think maybe I should have learned that trade rather than being a code monkey. But at 50 it's probably too late to even take it up as a hobby.
Hopefully we'll have a final number this week along with the recommendations, Jared measured it and thought it was already .050 over! You know I'll keep you updated 🍻
I'm following each John Deer video. Can't wait to see it go back together. I hope your plans are a restore and paint it like it rolled of the factory floor. Don't do like Mustie1 and just get it running, put some lipstick on that pig and call it done. That would be a waste for a piece of history.
Yup I know ! If I were 30 years younger I would jump at the chance ! It’s hard to get some kids to realize there is art in working with your hands like that and soon there will not be anyone around ( or very few ) to fix and repair the vintage machines ! That would be a sad day !
So I don't know if it's possible. I don't think there were many other uprights other than the ones mentioned in the comments, should know for sure sometime this week! 🤙
You'd be a fool not to put new sleeves into the engine. Didn't you say you wanted to keep that thing forever? At some point you'll need to rebuild it again and with so little meat left on the bone you might not be able to as your machinist of choice likely will no longer be around. Gotta think longterm, not short term.
It's not sleeved, we took a knife and scratched at the ring on the surface that looked like the sleeve. Turns out it's just carbon build up from the head gasket. The carbon was so deep and perfect that we all thought it was a sleeve (even though the specs show it's not a sleeved engine). Still a bit confused about the bore size as well. 🍻
i think he just read it wrong, you can see they are bigger than 3 inches i think he meant to say 4 inches maybe, but you aint gonna get 4 inch pistons in a 3 inch hole fow dam shure
It is. I measured with a bore gauge before he took it to Stan and I measured 4.3”. Easy mistake. Stan is an awesome machinist though! He’ll get it figured out!
You are lucky to know that guy, I can tell he is of the older generation of craftsman, I bet he really knows his stuff!
Absolutely, I just drop everything off with Stan and he lets me know exactly what we'll need to wrap up the engine builds! I'm sure he could tackle anything 💪
Every town needs a shop like that. I worry about the trade in this culture of just buying something new instead of rebuilding. Thanks for the tour and the videos.
When guys like Stan pass, the knowledge lost is tremendous. We are losing more knowledge by the day with the loss of these folks. The machines as well, once gone, are unfortunately gone. It's the last area of a golden age of mechanics and trades, and unfortunately, the local machine shop is disappearing. Thanks for showing a new generation the incredible fun and vital work of these machine artists. If I were I 20 with decent math skills, I'd be looking into training with a man like this and taking what the training process is to get going.
indeed.
OMG at that Sioux valve machine...
Memories... Grew up in my step dads machine shop...
That guy has a million bucks worth of knowledge in his head.You should spend a day just watching him work, It gives a whole new meaning to Rebuilding an engine.
Great tour of the machine shop! My father worked in a very similar machine shop for 37 years rebuilding engines! He was well respected in his field and I remember many calls in the evenings and on the weekends of people calling him for advise.
That took me back to my early years of working in a automotive machine shop. I have ran all those machines in that shop as the shop I worked in had the exact machines but I never learned the crank grinder. That flywheel surfacing machine if ran wet gets super nasty. Looks like a clean shop to work in.
The machinist trade is a dying art. To those young people wanting to wright their own ticket
Get into the machinist trade. There is a demand because there is not many of these guys left.
And in most case they would be happy to teach the next generation but there are very few ready to step up and learn as they are distracted by more modern stuff.
U r correct. A machinist is a very demanding trade and these young people know a days do not want to get there hands dirty
I trained along the machinist in the USMC, great trade. Any of the fabrication trades are very desirable right now...
The dying part of the trade is the manual part, CNC has taken over, programmers are in demand but you can teach a novice to push buttons because there is usually a set-up guy.
Very well, and precisely said!!!
Lovely seeing the workshop, getting to see some very different and in some cases very dedicated machines.
Hopefully it shows a bit of what goes on behind the scenes to get these engines back in spec! 🍻
What a cool guy Stan is, and practising a true dying art, the machine trade in my area is all gone in my younger days a old chap had a machine shop and built me a operated engine and head he’s past now but his work lives on and that engine is still pulling strong 20 years later
Please do a video of them machining the block and head. That would be an awesome video. Love watching machining
Really enjoyed this Video,especially the Shop Tour !Thank Stan for the Tour ,as a retired machinist I really enjoyed it!Thanks JR for taking the time to share,am looking forward to the 420 Crawler rebuild!
Stan did good job of explaining and wording and not citing weird with cameras
machining is great, I do it in house and opens up so many more opportunities to hoard cool things that need rebuilding.
Thanks for the tour, love seeing the machinery.
What an awesome shop! I would love to visit the shop, the smells must be amazing in there! Thank so you much, JR
Really enjoyed the shop tour! Haven’t seen a dial wall phone in decades.
Awesome video. Thank you for sharing
wow thats a nice shop Your block looks to be in good hands
True O.G . Machinist ... seems like a great guy ...
Awesome that you’re using the Rampage for real stuff!!
Love that little truck, it's the perfect size and the bed height makes it easy to load/unload everything! 💯
WatchJRGo It does seem perfect!
Thanks for the tour AND great new content!
That's a cool shop, looks like all the machines in there are older than I am. Also spotted a rotary phone on the wall.
nice tour of a machine shop
Great video mate🤙🤙
🥇 Thanks, glad you liked it!
Great video! Thanks for the tour of the machine shop. When are we going to get a tour of your shop?
Another great video JR. You post some interesting stuff. Very cool visit to this guy’s shop. Really strange about that last set of pistons. Too small! A mystery. And you’re using the Rampage as a shop truck. Nice!
The Rampage has been putting in work! Thanks for watching and I'm glad you liked the machine shop tour. 🤙
Got to love the machinist shop, definately a dying breed 😢
It will be a sad day when he shuts the doors, Here in Manitoba I used to drive 2 hours each way to a machine shop I trusted to do my customer motor work on tractors and trucks, He's been closed 3 years this Christmas. Unluckily i've now got a Perkins motor needs work and having a hard time finding a shop anybody local will recommend, they'd trust for me to put my name on when I reassemble that motor. I'm going to get blamed for the machine shop screw up's, and I've heard of and seen a few from these shops. Thats why I went further away to my old guys by recommendation. is that the correct block for that machine the bore seems way out even with a sleeve, maybe Deere had a smaller bore motor in something else 2 cylinder ?.
Thanks to the owner and you for sharing the shop, I wish I could use that kind of stuff myself often enough to pay for it. New machines with crate motor replacement parts has kinda killed most of that work in lots of area's. The older generation restorers that used those and the proper make it Muffler/ rad shop guys are dead or dyeing off to sadly. The next generations are more interested in video games or don't have the money for these fun projects like equipment restoration or automotive stuff. Take care.
Love his shop
Heck yeah, you can tell Stan stays busy! 🤙
Awesome shop! America....🇺🇸
Just like my buddy Joe 72 Mechanic all his life with a head full of the old school ways i watch listern a learn all hes willing to share
Nice!!!! ( great tour!!! )
420 blaze it
I like the Dm shirt .....👍
It's from Blipshift, good guys over there! 👕
I bet all of those machines Stan has cost a lot of money. Cool!
Superbowl Sunday.broke down here in whichita lol I'm a truck driver.
Well dang, I hope you at least got to enjoy the game... we all knew what the outcome would be lol 🏈
@@WatchJRGo yea I'm on my way back to California now..yea your right we knew outcome tho darn Patriots. AGAIN.
@@WatchJRGo Great video by the way your so lucky to have access to this guys wisdom.just a treasure of knowledge.
I haven't watched the whole video, yet, but compared to both sets of your hands, and the observed size, relative to the bolt holes and outside dimensions of the block, the bore, the pistons, and the length of the inside diameter mic, when set and locked, look like every bit of 4 inches. Did he make a mistake, reading, or zeroing the mic? It happens to the best of us. I would bet it got figured out, pretty soon.
Cover your exhausts kids
Always enjoy a shop tour even though I've spent time in one in my youth. Sometimes think maybe I should have learned that trade rather than being a code monkey. But at 50 it's probably too late to even take it up as a hobby.
I live in Hastings mi where they make Hastings piston ring
i liked the tour, did you go today, is that why they're closed?
Thanks! And I went Friday, he's always closed on weekends 🍻
If the bore is that small, I wonder if someone swapped a model M (or MC) block? It was the earlier version of the 40, 420, and 430
Hopefully we'll have a final number this week along with the recommendations, Jared measured it and thought it was already .050 over! You know I'll keep you updated 🍻
the M engine is a 4 inch bore and a 4 inch stroke they call it a square engine because of it being 4x4
@@johnseavey6622 thanks. I'm a Case guy. Wasn't sure on the specs
About damn time lmao
I'm following each John Deer video. Can't wait to see it go back together. I hope your plans are a restore and paint it like it rolled of the factory floor. Don't do like Mustie1 and just get it running, put some lipstick on that pig and call it done. That would be a waste for a piece of history.
Planning on doing this one right, waiting on the research to come back. Two cylinder club is about the slowest organization on the planet 🚜
I think ya left her in good hands ! He should take on an apprentice to pass on his knowledge!
I bet he'd be open to it... tricky thing to do when you have quality standards you have to maintain! 🍻
Yup I know ! If I were 30 years younger I would jump at the chance ! It’s hard to get some kids to realize there is art in working with your hands like that and soon there will not be anyone around ( or very few ) to fix and repair the vintage machines ! That would be a sad day !
Is it possible the block is not from a 420?
So I don't know if it's possible. I don't think there were many other uprights other than the ones mentioned in the comments, should know for sure sometime this week! 🤙
You'd be a fool not to put new sleeves into the engine. Didn't you say you wanted to keep that thing forever? At some point you'll need to rebuild it again and with so little meat left on the bone you might not be able to as your machinist of choice likely will no longer be around. Gotta think longterm, not short term.
It's not sleeved, we took a knife and scratched at the ring on the surface that looked like the sleeve. Turns out it's just carbon build up from the head gasket. The carbon was so deep and perfect that we all thought it was a sleeve (even though the specs show it's not a sleeved engine). Still a bit confused about the bore size as well. 🍻
hey you should check out www.steinertractor.com they will have just about everything you need to rebuild the motor and carb and other misc pieces
Right on, I'll see if they have the parts we'll need! 🍻
4.25 to 3 inches what happened to that engine when it was rebuilt, those are some thick sleeves eh
i think he just read it wrong, you can see they are bigger than 3 inches i think he meant to say 4 inches maybe, but you aint gonna get 4 inch pistons in a 3 inch hole fow dam shure
@@gtametro I agree with you, it looks way bigger than 3". Looks like it was sleeved at one time already.
It is. I measured with a bore gauge before he took it to Stan and I measured 4.3”. Easy mistake. Stan is an awesome machinist though! He’ll get it figured out!
@@watchjaredwork1487 maybe we just misheard him say the 4 first. We need people like him round my way.
Nice shop. His knowledge is not in any books or on any computer so instead of buying another POS invest in HIM!
3rd lol nice video
🥉 this released while I was on a mission with Hoovie yesterday, I couldn't give out awards 😂
Yeah that dont make sense... the mc crawler was a 4 in bore
Weed farmers would pay top dollar for it. 🤔
Haha, I've got a piece of ag equipment those farmers might be interested in, it's fire 😂
probably not the original motor.
What happened to your hair cut 😆.. Hope didn't pay for that 😭 jar head
Gotta keep it short... when it's longer you can tell I wear headphones all day 😂