As an American, everything I know about New Zealand is from Lord of the Rings and this channel. So I'm assuming that your entire country consists of fantastic landscapes where magical creatures guard abandoned earthmoving equipment.
I've got some Marino wool from there! wow it looks so nice, -30c weather here the last week, dreaming of tropical Heavy equipment revives that are this easy.
Yes,yes! Everyone loves New Zealand but I enjoy Marty’s wide variety of projects and the length to which he will go to accomplish his goals. And my favorite thing is he never uses foul language!✌️
I used to operate its big brother the 7B. Great machine but a bastard when its bogged as you need two pairs of hands to get it out because there are no foot pedals for the tracks. When you've got the hydraulic pump sorted which might just need filters, i would pull the boom in to its shortest position and move the stick to its power position, tearout force will be massive. To get the Boom cylinders out, stretch the arm out at full reach with the bucket crowded in, knock the boom pins out, start the machine and pull the stick in. The Boom will go up leaving the cylinders behind. Great find.
How that started, ran done all that work and didn't blow a coolant, fuel or hydraulic hose is beyond belief. Great job boys a pleasure to watch the bones being dug up and walking again..
Sometimes these things just want to live... Also helps that a lot of the hoses are concealed pretty well from the elements, and it looks to be either relatively low hour or had very good care in it's past.
I really cannot explain how & why watching 2 dudes troubleshoot an old piece of machine is SOOOO friggin entertaining… Can’t say but man, I’m just locked on that screen the whole 28:39 minutes! As usual : very interesting. Thanks!
They say, on really still nights in NZ, you can hear abandoned equipment creeping closer to Marty in the hope he will find them. (which we all know, eventually, he will)
Marty is like the (not very) dark lord in his tower, all the lost machines are drawn to him. All their thought is bent on it. They are one, the machines, and Marty. Once they are reunited he will have dominion over all the dirt roads in the land.
This was a great video. Nothing like seeing an older machine brought back to life. It would be wonderful if you would do a follow up video on it. And if you did Marty, please let me know because I would like to watch it.
I think there is air in the hydraulic system. I repair harvesters and forwarders and the same sound your machine is doing is when pump is getting air with oil. Try to change hydraulic fluid and change filters if you can get those. Usually I hear this sound when I change hydraulic pump and first minute or so its making same sound. Air Bubbles in the pump is same like if you will put sand in it. It would fuck up the pump so fast. But similar sound can do lot of others things and it might be also normal for this Machine. Hope you will figure it out. Sorry for my bag English and Cheers from Czech republic.
Someones clearly had a crack at it before they just didnt have the ol "marty" touch..... i just love your work An age old testament to the saying "They dont die they just go nanai"s (sleep) And you my man are the one to wake them up
A missed bad ground has been the demise of many a good machine. Good catch on that. I've seen lights, gauges, switches act confused where the ground is gone or partial. What a great find.
I find your channel fascinating. It’s filling in the hands-on knowledge I’m lacking. Just a funny side note. I always watch with closed captioning on, which is not from you, but generated by my tv. And it interprets the whining of gears and engines as [Music], and general racket like grading or sometimes an engine, as [Applause]. Haha! Absolutely appropriate.
Gorgeous machine Marty. Your mate did well on that. Reckon it won't take heaps to get it into being a reliable price of equipment. JCB's have good reps and a long history. God that boom looks HUGE compared to the body in terms of reach. Love the style. Looks like something Matchbox woulda made for me to play with when was young (maybe they did!). I wish we had more JCB here in Canada. Way to help your mate out Marty. Nice to see you both excited!
I have JCB JS240 in Australia. My only issue is that they seem to rust pretty quick. The stop solenoid arm broke on my friends snd not long after mine broke too so this was issue too. Other than that, mine going strong.
Nice to see…brings back good memories for me as I used to work on and maintain a 6D amongst a host of other machines back in the 1970’s👍. The 6D was the most powerful excavator produced by JCB at that time.
I just watched an American version of your videos. The Americans always seem to want to be loud and obnoxious but Marty, you could teach them something. You commentary is just as you see it, quiet and factual.. There is a fishing show on Australian television and when these guys hook something they go loud and obnoxious, maybe to add sound and excitement to their broadcast but I was taught when you go fishing you be as quiet as possible. Keep up your commentary and you programs .. I really enjoy them.
Another good recovery of a machine nearly pensioned off before its time. A great, relaxing, watch on a day when even opening my eyes felt like going for a marathon run.
That machine looks great for its age . I posted your video on the JCB company page . I have worked on 5 C's , but not a 6 . Sounds like you got air in the hydraulics or a pump worn /valve issue. That is a bloody good find there .
I was going to say the same sort of thing. My guess would be water in the hydraulic system. It's been sitting for so long water would have found its way in or could be low even know they said it's got hydraulic oil doesn't mean it's enough
If it has condensed water in the hydraulic oil, it will soon turn to a milky fluid, as the pump mixes it up quickly. This should evaporate after an 8 hour day when the temperature of the oil in the tank gets hot.. My bet when I heard the pump noise ( possible cavitation.?) was that the oil level was low, or the suction filter is blocked. For what you paid for it, it is a bargain. Even if you spend lots on re-bushing the pins, it will still be a bargain. btw... Aren't you in the same country as Cutting Edge Engineering, they could help a lot.
It’s so cool to see older equipment rescued and be able to put it back in service, it will probably out last a lot of the new stuff that is built today because of all the computers and stuff, I definitely give this a 😁😁👍👍. Cool
iv driven one few years back.1975,on site the windows got smashed in first,your lucky to have glass,was frezzing in winter,winters were more cold back in them days,the heater in it was rubbish.bravo marty..
It seems like New Zealand is littered with old machinery that just needs a bit of know how to get going ! I couldn't believe you got it started after tightening a couple of connectors and throwing a pair of batteries on it and it was able to do half a days work after having some fresh oil and a bit of grease added !
I completely agree it's amazing how many pieces of big machinery are just lying around out in the jungle if that's what it's called in New Zealand. You're not dealing with a lot of surface area for these things to go missing
@@silasmarner7586 There is a *lot* of surface area. NZ is a young landmass that is being pushed up at the junction of tectonic plates. It is an active and relatively uneroded landscape. There is a lot of land that is perfectly fertile but is too rugged to even farm sheep. These well used diggers were being used to cut access tracks in order to develop rugged marginal land for agriculture. When they broke down it wasn’t worth the hassle of recovering them, and you couldn’t get a hauler anywhere near it anyway. There is a reason that NZers developed schemes like netting deer from helicopters, as vehicle access to round them up was impossible.
@@ianc4901 It is truly mad stuff. Deer were introduced for hunting in the colonial days but subsequently became feral pests in predator free NZ. In the 2nd half of the 20th C, the international market for venison exploded so plans were made to get deer from the bush to market, preferably via farms. It was lucrative enough for helicopters to become the vehicle of choice. The footage is some of the wildest helicopter flying ever recorded. NZ is still a world leader in tranquilliser dart systems too, through a company called paxarms. If you need to sedate any kind of beast or biopsy a whale, they are the people to call.
Another interesting find... Low on creature-comforts but it does have ac lol... We don't see many JCB excavators here in the US (compared to Cat, Deere, Komatsu, Case, etc.) though they're still around for the smaller stuff in decent numbers. Hauled a brand new little backhoe to a small railroad outfit in Texas a few years ago and it's the only JCB I've ever operated. The twin track controls look like they could be a potential workout when working with the arm but I guess it's not too much worse than the old dozers. Thanks for taking us along again.
Oh ! 6D I still have the scars on my knuckles from those (horrible) cable operated levers 😣 great machine though, moved muck, put in drainage, dug ditches, and cut roads with it in the late 70’s, the 6.354 dropped a valve, I peened over the damaged piston , recut valve seat, new valve, gasket and she ran for a few more years , you could change the bucket back to front too,
Those oil drain plugs are likely just a BSP iron plug. Only cost a pound or two, in England. Lots of things use them, industrial engines, pumps, my land Rover etc. etc.
I really appreciate all the trouble you go to bring these videos to UA-cam Marty. Aside from the recording I’m sure you spend hours editing them too. Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you and your family. Cheers. 👍🧑🎄
i Love watching your videos. Love the way you do things and your attention to the details. Love how you bring back old machines/stuff back to life. Please keep up the Awesome work! GOD' Bless you and your family. Amen :)
This is an absolute classic, please look after her, I guess there are not many left, looks like 1960's? She is complete and survived very well. Loving this 😍
Great watch never seen a jcb excavator before , good to see your mate out with you again having fun , what lovely weather and scenery for you to work in . Next level way better than the cramped uk
Being a huge JCB fan in the UK it was great to see the 6D starting and running if only we had machines in that condition in this country for their age keep up the good work Marty we should export it back to the UK for myself
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from me in Australia to you and your family hope you had a beautiful Christmas and New Year ...LOVE watching your videos, God Bless...
Love your videos mate. Good old kiwi ingenuity. I've been a mechanic coming up 30 years. Definitely sounds like a stuck injector due to water ingress. Easiest way to trace is draw chalk lines on each port of exhaust manifold and then as engine is running the cylinder which isn't firing the chalk line will be left and the firing cylinders will burn off the chalk. It's a great way to test gliw plug operation also. Keep the videos coming marty!
Awesome! Another successful recovery :) There's a local excavator that I have been thinking about saving. It's from the late 60's. I talked to the owner of the property it's located on about 6 years ago, but I didn't have the money at the time. Now I DO have the money, but I can't get in contact with him. Very frustrating. But I will keep persevering! :)
The styling on 70's plant is fookin lovely, my old gaffa still uses his power slide although it doesn't power slide anymore as it cracked so he welded the slide up.
I live is Staffordshire (home of JCB) and can confirm that Joseph Cyril Bamfords company is a major employer in this county to today. Some of their employees eat at my wife's Buttie Van.
Interesting how things can get confused in how something came to be abandoned, your mate got the story that it would crank and crank but not run but seems it was the other way round & it'd click and click, wouldn't crank but when you got that bolt tightened she was away like she wants to live. Love seeing you bring old dinosaurs like this back from the brink, specially when they come for less than scrap price even when you factor in transporting it home! Thanks for sharing, 73 from the UK
Marty, I really like the step-by-step measures you talk and walk us through, pertaining to anything you determine to repair or rebuild. I notice when you add any vehicle to your collection, it gets a thorough going thru. Please keep the vids coming. Greetings from Alabama USA. I'm one of your biggest fans, Bert.
Dug out of the bush, brought back to mechanical life nearly effortless, dug out pieces of her way on the go to be transported and did not blow a hose, pipe or seal ..... even the smokescreen thinned considerably over the work she did. Now that is a catch for sure, and a steal for that price, even with some more work to do to hydraulics and profound maintenance/rebuild. You could easily rake back in that money with one officially payed job taking a full tank of diesel.
Watching all your vids from across the world in the eastern US, I'm a mechanic myself and its great seeing all these interesting machines come to life. Keep it up M8.
You have given me flashbacks to the 70’s when I used to drive one of them. I remember I used to hate going to work. I don’t think there was a night I didn’t go home stinking of Diesel or Hydraulic Oil. What a nightmare. 😂🇬🇧
As an American, everything I know about New Zealand is from Lord of the Rings and this channel. So I'm assuming that your entire country consists of fantastic landscapes where magical creatures guard abandoned earthmoving equipment.
That’s uncanny, you’re absolutely spot on.
You should probably watch some Flight of the Conchords to broaden your view of New Zealanders...
I've got some Marino wool from there! wow it looks so nice, -30c weather here the last week, dreaming of tropical Heavy equipment revives that are this easy.
Hahah!
correct .... come and have a look, you are welcome.
Operated one of these in the seventies. Here in England we called them rocking horses. Great videos keep them coming.
The excavator revival vids are what got me here years ago. Lol. Keep em coming
Yes,yes! Everyone loves New Zealand but I enjoy Marty’s wide variety of projects and the length to which he will go to accomplish his goals. And my favorite thing is he never uses foul language!✌️
I used to operate its big brother the 7B. Great machine but a bastard when its bogged as you need two pairs of hands to get it out because there are no foot pedals for the tracks. When you've got the hydraulic pump sorted which might just need filters, i would pull the boom in to its shortest position and move the stick to its power position, tearout force will be massive. To get the Boom cylinders out, stretch the arm out at full reach with the bucket crowded in, knock the boom pins out, start the machine and pull the stick in. The Boom will go up leaving the cylinders behind. Great find.
Also known as the bouncy castle.
So they were those 2 brake levers beside the seat?
A classic Marty T. operation. Thanks for this treat.
Hello from Tennessee... Your videos are among my favorite. I never miss watching when you post. Thank yoy
How that started, ran done all that work and didn't blow a coolant, fuel or hydraulic hose is beyond belief.
Great job boys a pleasure to watch the bones being dug up and walking again..
Sometimes these things just want to live... Also helps that a lot of the hoses are concealed pretty well from the elements, and it looks to be either relatively low hour or had very good care in it's past.
There's something about watching a digger work that doesn't get boring , even the dog
had a fun time . A good video to watch , again .
I really cannot explain how & why watching 2 dudes troubleshoot an old piece of machine is SOOOO friggin entertaining… Can’t say but man, I’m just locked on that screen the whole 28:39 minutes!
As usual : very interesting. Thanks!
Same here, beats TV these days.
They say, on really still nights in NZ, you can hear abandoned equipment creeping closer to Marty in the hope he will find them. (which we all know, eventually, he will)
wasn't there a scene like that in the lord of the rings!?!
no wounder they did the hobbit mov over there!
✌😁
Marty is like the (not very) dark lord in his tower, all the lost machines are drawn to him. All their thought is bent on it. They are one, the machines, and Marty. Once they are reunited he will have dominion over all the dirt roads in the land.
Lol, right on
must be his massive magnetism
I love watchin these Marty, thank you! 😁
This was a great video. Nothing like seeing an older machine brought back to life. It would be wonderful if you would do a follow up video on it. And if you did Marty, please let me know because I would like to watch it.
Love how you save these old actually durable machines from eventually rusting beyond repair
What an absolute darling. Poking at the right place and she get all worked up!
that old girl been sleeping for a while, its fantastic to see it running again welldone guys
awesome, looks like a Perkins 6.354 six. Good solid honest hard working machine. perfect for our environment.
What a funky looking excavator👍
Nice sleek design too.
I think it deserves to be restored to it's former glory.
After a stressful day at work I love to just chill out and watch your vids. Its great watching you get old machines working again.
A little older, a little slower but with some love and a change of oil, the old iron keeps on digging. Bravo. Great film.
Guy seems to be genuinely happy to have the JCB and is having the time of his life.
Good Guys getting old treasure to work again !!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
These are your best types of video!! Seeing that old beast move again after all those years!! Thumbs up mate
Good to have friends to enjoy the work.
I think there is air in the hydraulic system. I repair harvesters and forwarders and the same sound your machine is doing is when pump is getting air with oil. Try to change hydraulic fluid and change filters if you can get those. Usually I hear this sound when I change hydraulic pump and first minute or so its making same sound. Air Bubbles in the pump is same like if you will put sand in it. It would fuck up the pump so fast. But similar sound can do lot of others things and it might be also normal for this Machine. Hope you will figure it out. Sorry for my bag English and Cheers from Czech republic.
I'm not a Mechanic but what you do is so cool to watch you go through and fix them to running order is fantastic.
Man, I don't know what it is, but the aesthetic design of that old girl just SCREAMS late 60's/early 70's.
Someones clearly had a crack at it before they just didnt have the ol "marty" touch..... i just love your work
An age old testament to the saying
"They dont die they just go nanai"s (sleep)
And you my man are the one to wake them up
Marty brings all the old toys to the yard 😁🤣
A missed bad ground has been the demise of many a good machine. Good catch on that. I've seen lights, gauges, switches act confused where the ground is gone or partial. What a great find.
She smokes like a trooper but seems to function well overall. A good buy I would say.
From one Marty to another. Staffordshires finest. Built just up the road from where I was born.
I find your channel fascinating. It’s filling in the hands-on knowledge I’m lacking. Just a funny side note. I always watch with closed captioning on, which is not from you, but generated by my tv. And it interprets the whining of gears and engines as [Music], and general racket like grading or sometimes an engine, as [Applause]. Haha! Absolutely appropriate.
Gorgeous machine Marty. Your mate did well on that. Reckon it won't take heaps to get it into being a reliable price of equipment. JCB's have good reps and a long history. God that boom looks HUGE compared to the body in terms of reach. Love the style. Looks like something Matchbox woulda made for me to play with when was young (maybe they did!). I wish we had more JCB here in Canada. Way to help your mate out Marty. Nice to see you both excited!
It all went downhill after the 6D Travis , believe me 😅, they got left behind
Nice big Perkins too, I'm sure this chap will end up changing every bit of rubber but after that she'll be good for another 60 years!
I have a JCB in Canada. Its a small 8014 but its a good machine from 1999!
@@JunkyardJosh my dad has a JCB that’s likely around that age, it’s a 530B-4HL telescopic forklift
I have JCB JS240 in Australia. My only issue is that they seem to rust pretty quick. The stop solenoid arm broke on my friends snd not long after mine broke too so this was issue too. Other than that, mine going strong.
Thank you for letting the world into your world.
Lol! That dog keeps on it's toes around you two! Marvellous video Marty! Thank you for sharing the crack with your mate and yourself. :)
Many many thanks Marty. For taking us on your journey. 👍
Nice to see…brings back good memories for me as I used to work on and maintain a 6D amongst a host of other machines back in the 1970’s👍. The 6D was the most powerful excavator produced by JCB at that time.
Nice fine! Enjoyed watching. Thanks.
I just watched an American version of your videos. The Americans always seem to want to be loud and obnoxious but Marty, you could teach them something. You commentary is just as you see it, quiet and factual.. There is a fishing show on Australian television and when these guys hook something they go loud and obnoxious, maybe to add sound and excitement to their broadcast but I was taught when you go fishing you be as quiet as possible. Keep up your commentary and you programs .. I really enjoy them.
As an American, I can confirm.
As an ambulance driver, I always pull over to watch Marty when he uploads a video.
Marty is so relaxed even when the going gets tough, (unless he deletes the cussing lol) that it's a good de-stresser.
Another good recovery of a machine nearly pensioned off before its time. A great, relaxing, watch on a day when even opening my eyes felt like going for a marathon run.
Waaaaa! You're making me homesick.
Your videos are never long enough, Great channel 👏 👍 👌 🇬🇧
30 minutes to watch the video, an hour to read all the comments from around the World.
What a great find, it’s testimony to the engineering that went into it that it started and worked relatively easily. First produced in 1967.
That machine looks great for its age . I posted your video on the JCB company page . I have worked on 5 C's , but not a 6 . Sounds like you got air in the hydraulics or a pump worn /valve issue. That is a bloody good find there .
I was going to say the same sort of thing. My guess would be water in the hydraulic system. It's been sitting for so long water would have found its way in or could be low even know they said it's got hydraulic oil doesn't mean it's enough
If it has condensed water in the hydraulic oil, it will soon turn to a milky fluid, as the pump mixes it up quickly. This should evaporate after an 8 hour day when the temperature of the oil in the tank gets hot.. My bet when I heard the pump noise ( possible cavitation.?) was that the oil level was low, or the suction filter is blocked. For what you paid for it, it is a bargain. Even if you spend lots on re-bushing the pins, it will still be a bargain. btw... Aren't you in the same country as Cutting Edge Engineering, they could help a lot.
@@hiscifi2986 CEE is in Australia. New Zealand is close, but not that close...
@@hiscifi2986 CEE is in Australia.The distance from Australia to New Zealand is 4155 km or 2581 miles.
@@hiscifi2986 lol. I wouldn't worry about rebushing the pins.
I'm always amazed of these old equipment. Sitting forgotten for years then give them some good old maintenance and keep on trucking.
Marty, your previous experience, your calm attitude makes those around you confident that it'll work out successfully . Thanks.
It’s so cool to see older equipment rescued and be able to put it back in service, it will probably out last a lot of the new stuff that is built today because of all the computers and stuff, I definitely give this a 😁😁👍👍. Cool
It's amazing how many of these old machines just have minor problems and can so easily be brought back to life.
iv driven one few years back.1975,on site the windows got smashed in first,your lucky to have glass,was frezzing in winter,winters were more cold back in them days,the heater in it was rubbish.bravo marty..
As always a good watch Marty T. Thanks.
It seems like New Zealand is littered with old machinery that just needs a bit of know how to get going !
I couldn't believe you got it started after tightening a couple of connectors and throwing a pair of batteries on it and it was able to do half a days work after having some fresh oil and a bit of grease added !
I completely agree it's amazing how many pieces of big machinery are just lying around out in the jungle if that's what it's called in New Zealand. You're not dealing with a lot of surface area for these things to go missing
@@silasmarner7586 Out in the bush, that's what it's called here.
@@silasmarner7586 There is a *lot* of surface area. NZ is a young landmass that is being pushed up at the junction of tectonic plates. It is an active and relatively uneroded landscape. There is a lot of land that is perfectly fertile but is too rugged to even farm sheep. These well used diggers were being used to cut access tracks in order to develop rugged marginal land for agriculture. When they broke down it wasn’t worth the hassle of recovering them, and you couldn’t get a hauler anywhere near it anyway. There is a reason that NZers developed schemes like netting deer from helicopters, as vehicle access to round them up was impossible.
@@nicbrownable "netting deer from helicopters" ? Blimey, I've not come across that before, I'm gonna have to look that up now !
@@ianc4901 It is truly mad stuff. Deer were introduced for hunting in the colonial days but subsequently became feral pests in predator free NZ. In the 2nd half of the 20th C, the international market for venison exploded so plans were made to get deer from the bush to market, preferably via farms. It was lucrative enough for helicopters to become the vehicle of choice. The footage is some of the wildest helicopter flying ever recorded. NZ is still a world leader in tranquilliser dart systems too, through a company called paxarms. If you need to sedate any kind of beast or biopsy a whale, they are the people to call.
Another interesting find... Low on creature-comforts but it does have ac lol... We don't see many JCB excavators here in the US (compared to Cat, Deere, Komatsu, Case, etc.) though they're still around for the smaller stuff in decent numbers. Hauled a brand new little backhoe to a small railroad outfit in Texas a few years ago and it's the only JCB I've ever operated. The twin track controls look like they could be a potential workout when working with the arm but I guess it's not too much worse than the old dozers. Thanks for taking us along again.
Beautiful piece of British 🇬🇧 engineering right there
Good interesting film, thanks for sharing
Great to see this, I work for JCB in the United Kingdom and have personally loved to see this video. 👍😉
Oh ! 6D I still have the scars on my knuckles from those (horrible) cable operated levers 😣 great machine though, moved muck, put in drainage, dug ditches, and cut roads with it in the late 70’s, the 6.354 dropped a valve, I peened over the damaged piston , recut valve seat, new valve, gasket and she ran for a few more years , you could change the bucket back to front too,
What a bargain!!!!😮😮😮
That machine is awesome!!!💯
It would be fantastic to see it restored!!
Cleaned up,fresh paint,put some new glass in....✔✔✔👍👍👍
Lol, Marty doesn't believe in paint. Just plasters it in a diesel mix..
And Marty is seen here sharing his magic and love for rusted antique machinery with a good mate! ❤️👍🏼 Thank you for sharing.
We need more of these type videos. Love watching you diagnose and repair.
When your mate stuck his finger in the radiator I half expected him to lick his finger and go "she's almost done cookin"
Great video, Marty, always interesting.
I love seeing these great old beasts brought back and put to work again. Great stuff
Those oil drain plugs are likely just a BSP iron plug. Only cost a pound or two, in England. Lots of things use them, industrial engines, pumps, my land Rover etc. etc.
I really appreciate all the trouble you go to bring these videos to UA-cam Marty.
Aside from the recording I’m sure you spend hours editing them too.
Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you and your family. Cheers. 👍🧑🎄
Glad to see you changing the fluids, mate. Nice video. Thanks for bringing us alone.
Drone shot was brilliant!
Great video, as always 👍.
A classic British machine and it is great to see yet another grand old work horse rescued from an ignoble end as scrap!
i Love watching your videos. Love the way you do things and your attention to the details. Love how you bring back old machines/stuff back to life. Please keep up the Awesome work! GOD' Bless you and your family. Amen :)
GREAT video,loved it Marty 👍
give that old Perkins a overhaul and good service on the Hydraulics and That would be a hell of a machine.
that's a bit a piece history right there. awesome find boys!!
This is an absolute classic, please look after her, I guess there are not many left, looks like 1960's? She is complete and survived very well. Loving this 😍
Always see the JCB skid steers, and never knew they were a British company!!!
Great watch never seen a jcb excavator before , good to see your mate out with you again having fun , what lovely weather and scenery for you to work in . Next level way better than the cramped uk
Being a huge JCB fan in the UK it was great to see the 6D starting and running if only we had machines in that condition in this country for their age keep up the good work Marty we should export it back to the UK for myself
Thats a superb find. Those vintage JCB excavators are very rare and highly sought after here in the UK.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from me in Australia to you and your family hope you had a beautiful Christmas and New Year ...LOVE watching your videos, God Bless...
Love your videos mate. Good old kiwi ingenuity. I've been a mechanic coming up 30 years. Definitely sounds like a stuck injector due to water ingress. Easiest way to trace is draw chalk lines on each port of exhaust manifold and then as engine is running the cylinder which isn't firing the chalk line will be left and the firing cylinders will burn off the chalk. It's a great way to test gliw plug operation also. Keep the videos coming marty!
LOL that thing looked like a Dinosaur waking up after being in hibernation for millions of years.
the mechanical Necromancers strike again way cool guys cheers
I love those old Perkins engines. I had a 5.8 liter Perkins 6 retrofitted into a 72 Ford pickup. Drove that truck for years. Regret selling it off.
A treasure hunt every time you go into the bush not a bad days find. Most of your yard is full of brush finds ? Or most of them.... Great job guy's
..good to see old iron out of retirement and back to work,,,nice job..
Awesome! Another successful recovery :) There's a local excavator that I have been thinking about saving. It's from the late 60's. I talked to the owner of the property it's located on about 6 years ago, but I didn't have the money at the time. Now I DO have the money, but I can't get in contact with him. Very frustrating. But I will keep persevering! :)
Any luck mate?
I really enjoy the way you go about explaining everything you are meticulous keep on going with your presentation
The styling on 70's plant is fookin lovely, my old gaffa still uses his power slide although it doesn't power slide anymore as it cracked so he welded the slide up.
I live is Staffordshire (home of JCB) and can confirm that Joseph Cyril Bamfords company is a major employer in this county to today. Some of their employees eat at my wife's Buttie Van.
Interesting how things can get confused in how something came to be abandoned, your mate got the story that it would crank and crank but not run but seems it was the other way round & it'd click and click, wouldn't crank but when you got that bolt tightened she was away like she wants to live. Love seeing you bring old dinosaurs like this back from the brink, specially when they come for less than scrap price even when you factor in transporting it home! Thanks for sharing, 73 from the UK
Drone footage!!!! Nice addition!!
Spot on marty . Well done on getting an old bit of kit back to work . They dont make em like they used to !
Marty, I really like the step-by-step measures you talk and walk us through, pertaining to anything you determine to repair or rebuild. I notice when you add any vehicle to your collection, it gets a thorough going thru. Please keep the vids coming. Greetings from Alabama USA. I'm one of your biggest fans, Bert.
Dug out of the bush, brought back to mechanical life nearly effortless, dug out pieces of her way on the go to be transported and did not blow a hose, pipe or seal ..... even the smokescreen thinned considerably over the work she did. Now that is a catch for sure, and a steal for that price, even with some more work to do to hydraulics and profound maintenance/rebuild. You could easily rake back in that money with one officially payed job taking a full tank of diesel.
Marty, you are amazing at finding good used equipment
Great styling whoever designed it and lovely smooth old six. Nice.
Watching all your vids from across the world in the eastern US, I'm a mechanic myself and its great seeing all these interesting machines come to life. Keep it up M8.
My first though was "Where do you put the coal in?" 😁
Wood fired.
Great little machine it seemed to be in good shape👌especially after treatment from new owner and Rig Dr. Marty supervising👍😇.🗽🇺🇸
You have given me flashbacks to the 70’s when I used to drive one of them. I remember I used to hate going to work. I don’t think there was a night I didn’t go home stinking of Diesel or Hydraulic Oil. What a nightmare. 😂🇬🇧