Vintage JCB Excavator Abandoned by the beach for years.. Will it start and move??
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- Huge thanks to Author Marion Day for allowing me access to work on this lovely old machine, check out her website here - www.marionday.nz
Thanks Kenneth McNamara for telling me about it, it was worth the trip.
The longer Marty is on YT the rustier the machines get. Love it. Choice Bro.
That is because he has already collected all the "decent" ones.
Thankfully Marty, himself, has not rusted or corroded at all.
@@watersipper1116 lol yeah your right there, Marty has more iron in him than that machine had left on it.
@@Mayzan841 Good observation. We need to keep him away from strong magnets. Marty is an amazing guy with unbelievable talents.
Marty never disappoints. When I first looked at the cab, I said to myself NO WAY .... 20 minutes later Marty has it running .... NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE ...
Dude is a wizard with machines what can I say?
He's who I aspire to be ❤
The magic of editing.
Why would you assume the engine is bad because the cab has rust?
The engine is sealed up my friend
Your like the dude at the cinema talking about the movie ending as your walking out, probably should have just watched Marty before reading the comments hahaha
@@michealmcintosh3264 Ironic that it is you that you don't understand my comment refers to the commenter that thought it took him 20 mins to fix and that since I use a browser it doesn't put the commenter's name in my reply. I've been a fan since he was posting Angry Ram vids.
That scenery at the start!🤯
I agree, NZ is a spectacular group of islands.
@@maxnex7676 was gonna say the same thing, NZ baby!
I came here to say the same thing. What a dream come true
I can't wait to move there 🥰🥰🥰
You could post the full drive, and we'd watch it all.
I was chuckling when you began checking her over, thinking to myself that you might have met your match with this old girl. But, when she fired up soooooo easily, I was grinning and just shaking my head... I'd agree that this one is best left as a photography subject like the old Warner & Swasey excavator I found in Green River, Utah several years ago... Out to pasture, literally. Thanks for sharing the outing and the attempt, for I'm still grinning about the fact it fired up in the first place. This one makes the work on the one you pulled out of the woods mild by comparison. :)
It's good to see some of the machines are too far gone to restore, it adds a sense of realism to the channel, but also allows the viewer to appreciate Marty's skill in restoring the other machines.
Marty, you are making the right choice. That machine is too far gone.
Run away as fast as you can. Those things were mobile oil leakers.
Yeah, knew that it was going to be a nightmare when I saw the cab was rusted through, and I was surprised Marty got so far with it as he did, but he is more man than me, that's for sure.
Amazing Marty but you can't win them all. Hopefully it will be a good source of parts to some other project now you've got it to run.
Its so far gone..., it's gone back to nature
I'm surprised he even tried . I figured it wasn't worth the effort in the first 5 to 10 minutes
You never cease to amaze me. I'd bet that farmer was surprised to see it moving. Even if the machine was kind of a bust, that may have been one of the most beautiful places that I've ever seen. Heaven. Thanks for the video!
The lucky bastard that gets to live there
That smile of satisfaction at the first start .... 😊
yea i smiled to before he turned the camera on his face
Never bet against Marty to get a machine started, 99 out of 100 men would have walked away with one glance. Well done.
I love the look of that old excavator. The low profile body, the high stance, and that chunky arm; just looks so cool.
It's a shame how it's been treated
Whilst watching this I could almost hear the old timers sitting around recalling the time that young feller turned up with nothing but a soft drink bottle and a pocket knife and got the that machine running... Amazing effort Marty, it's sad she's probably a bit too far gone. That Case looked like a better proposition. Cheers from across the ditch. 👍
😂
That case looks to be in fair shape
You are a magician Marty, so great to see this old machine move again, fantastic job. Pity its so far gone
Some you win and sometimes you walkaway. To have lasted that long adjacent to the salt water is testament to ruggedness of the old JCB machines. Thank you for posting best from the uk.
That old girl looking quite majestic sitting out there, just waiting for that magic touch of your skilled hands !
I was amazed how easy she started...You gave her glory back for that brief moment 💖
WOW, IM IMPRESSED!! I would have thought that was for the junkyard!! The motor sounds awesome!! The bellowing through my TV speakers is enough to wake the wife, like she needs to actually get UP that early.. Im 23 minutes in so who knows how this will end, but anyway it does, those beautiful mountains in the back and that journey to get there was a fantastic treat! So many explanation marks I know, but this video was just beautiful to watch.
Too bad its so far gone.. when it started right up I was shocked, to say the least. You have the golden touch mate and the brains to know when to walk away . Kudos.
You still gave it your best shot Marty . can't fault you for that . keep going with all the excellent videos . a pleasure to view . keep saving the old machines . top man . from northern GB . .
I love the smile on your face when you revive these old beauties! Pure Joy!
Magic😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
Sometimes they just have had their day. Everything wears out eventually. Great effort getting the old girl to make one more spin. C and c equipment would like their dozer back! Now that one would be worthwhile. I like it! G'day from Tasmania
Marty, about 25 years ago i got an old Cat excavator for scrap metal prices but she had good bones, cab, metal cowlings and hydraulic lines were buggered but I thought a nice 2-3 year resto, 17 years later finally finished her but I loved that old excavator more than anything and when I had to let the farm go due to health I sold her with the farm. I was really hoping you would have a crack but understand the logistics involved. That was a great crack though, and bringing life back into the old girl was monumental, those bloody diesels just won’t quit will they. Well done mate, you really know how to bring really great content to your videos and it’s a real credit to you.
My wife says my estimates of most jobs around the property are off by about that much!
@@glxxyz yeah well I have to agree with her I guess, I mean well but time just goes by, believe me it’s not because I drop the ball, I’m always busy, parts never arrive when they are promised and I’m planting or something else, it’s crazy I know and also now that I’m older I prefer to talk my time on projects, I’ve had my days of rip, shit or bust…..is that wisdom or just that aching of the bones. I think you wife, like my own, is very patient and understanding…..lol
Such beautiful country. Great video.😊
Kia Ora Marty just watching you tutu with machinery is very therapeutic,, Your problem solving and clear reasoning are great to watch. Even though I don't have any machines. Loving this.
Worth a try.. nice having got it running, anyone needing an engine etc, goodish one for Perkins..!
What a country and look at them views! Absolutely stunning.
Ooooooooooooooo! Now that dozer looks like some potential there! Great vid Marty. The fact the excavator fired right up is a true testimonial to how tough diesels are. Thanks as always for posting. I’m looking forward to the dozer video. Enjoy your Sunday
Brilliant video as always Marty. Couldn't believe the way that old doll started when I seen the mess it was in. Great job getting it running.
The back roads are the very same as the ones here in Ireland. The view of the sea amazing and the old jcb sounds beautiful. I see loads of abandoned jcbs on my travels. I'd love to get them going
Marty’s videos are like Jurassic Park- bringing old dinosaurs to life! Amazing!
Hello Marty: I was hoping you would get the old machine moving. I thought once you managed the boom & swing that you would rock the machine from 6 or 8 points around. To bad you could not conveniently throttle up to give the tracking motors a little extra omph. I expect the owner will be pleased, he should be able to sell the engine and maybe the big cylinders to offset the cost of scrapping the unit. Good video keep them coming.
Thanks Marty. That’s got to be the most beautiful setting for a “will it start” video in UA-cam history. I found it interesting… perhaps someone can use the Perkins engine out of that excavator but otherwise it will make a lot of great American beer cans. Thanks!
Whoa what a rust bucket! Loved the smile when it started right up. The engine might be worth saving...for someone. Loved the scenery on the way there. Thanks for another enjoyable video and greetings from Germany.
What a beautiful country you live in. I don't usually enjoy youtubers driving videos but i could have easily watched more of yours. Cheers from Eastern Canada! 🇨🇦
Excellent Video Marty. With the weather getting better, I'd love an old outboard general service video. Have a second hand 80s 85 and dont know what to check first
I'm willing to bet it was run down, kept alive to the end of the job, then pumped out and parked. That was a LOT of water in the fuel tank and some impressively clean hydraulic fluid for sitting by the sea like that. Same could be said for the drive chassis flake vs pitting. Given the state of the cylinders and rubber lines, it probably hasn't been sitting more than 5 years.
Kudos for bringing machines back to life and giving them purpose again. Its satisfying and carries a romance; not to mention how good the old stuff is compared to modern luxury.
Mechanical fuel pumps rely on fuel for lubrication (and hydration if it has a diaphragm) on the fuel side of things, a bottle with a return line keeps the pump happy and can help bring them around if they're just grumpy.
...Dozer video too? 😁
Marty! You are The Man! I would have walked away the minute I saw the rotted out cab and controls! You are incredible! 👍
I'll have to say, with all that rust, I didn't think you'd get as far as you did.
You proved me wrong, should have known, you are a wizard when it comes to all things mechanical/ electrical, Marty.
Seeing her fire up was a shocker, it was fun watching you bring her back to life, well done!
Thank you for another fine video!!
You showed that salty old girl a bit of love and she got to have a bit of a stretch ... nice job!
What a drive in, so scenic. Wonderful location. Started easily, sounded good, rotates, boom grunts. That's 3/4. A lot of very expensive work. Body rust, hoses, seized levers/cables, rust on the cylinder shafts. Main issue are the tracks. But what a location, hills as a backdrop, sea at your doorstep. Must be springs or streams or even waterfalls nearby.
If the tv show Scrapheap Challenge was still going, you'd win it for sure. Nice video mate. Cheers from Thailand.
Marty the magician. It never ceases to amaze me how roust old diesel engines can be. I also thought no way but ….Marty. You do like a good project. Thanks for the Sunday morning entertainment 👍
Great video Marty! Always pleasant to see the New Zealand background views and the background bird noises when you work on machines. Thanks!
Marty you are my favorite UA-cam channel. You inspire me to get into projects myself once I get my own place. I’ve learned a lot from watching your videos, thanks bub.
Good day sir … I really enjoy watching you get these machine going … and I agree it’s to far gone … please continue finding these gems and even go as far as restore them.
Thanks for doing that looking forward to the next video
What some of us do for entertainment Marty, I used to love doing that sort of things with old wheeled tractors and old cars off farms around where we lived. A lot of them I'd get to run but the bodies and bits were so badly rusted I'd get them going then have to leave them. There's some sort of satisfaction just in that.
Great stuff.
Your video is very good, thank you for letting me watch and know about your beautiful country
Choose your battles wisely. Once you said sea + 10 years, knew right off that those tracks would be frozen up real good. Didn't expect to see one of the rails rusted to the roller. Impressive!
Amazing job Marty,
Keep doing what you're doing, it fills others with hope and inspires them.
The only thing i would say is I'd be a little worried about that temporary tank falling and dumping diesel all over a very hot exhaust manifold. Unlikely but still.
Anadded bonus of watching your great work is the beautiful NZ scenery
You never cease to amaze me in what you can get working again. I would've written that off just looking at it from a distance
Marty you're a bloody magician... That grin on your face when the beast first fires up.... Brilliant!
Incredible. I would have bet good money it wouldn't start without huge expense in parts and work. But Marty T? No problem.
Wow.. what a morning drive!!😮 Stunning views
Beautiful morning haze over the picturesque landscape ! This is in New Zealand ?
Yes Marlborough sounds NZ
Great that you got that lump of rust running ! Wonderful views of the countryside, thanks for a fun vid.
Good job👍
I've never been to New Zealand, but the way you photograph it it looks extraordinarily beautiful! I'd love to visit there someday.
Please do come sometime. You'll need at least 3 months to see and do all the good bits without rushing from place to place.
OMG! If you get this running your a frieking genius! When I saw it from the road I would have kept on driving!
It was surprising how quickly it fired up. For a moment it seemed hopeful. It would have been interesting to see a full skin rebuild on it, but there wasn't enough good left.
I am from Canada but I love the scenery of your country. This scenery reminds me of Northern N.B. where I am living. I wish I could go visit your country.
And a lot like northern Scotland wild country with very small population.And loads of rain.
This is what we call a "Subscriber Special". The only point in trying was to make us happy, not because the machine had any future use. So, in that respect, great success. A sledgehammer against the locked up rusted parts might've jarred them loose. Done a few granny trips around the pasture if she wanted to maybe, but never be put back into use.
Marty you never cease to amaze me , you are such an awesome mechanic !
The fact that it fired up so quick is amazing. If you could take the engine and scrap the rest, thats probably all it is worth
Great video, so pleased to see it running but definitely the right decision to leave it 👍
🤣🤣 your jumper tells a lot about you buddy, you do like your welding 😉👍🏻
This machine looks very good. The tracks : necessary to spread fuel on the chain, lift it using boom. And it should un seize. But looks like a problem in swing motor or rotary seal ? Maybe swing brake is not triggered?
And I say this every time I watch your videos....its beautiful there
If earth is paradise then New Zealand is the dead centre, magnificent scenery just jaw droopingly beautiful. Nice fix too for a freebie excavator!😃👍
Onya Marty, beautiful day at the office! That thing is more rusty than the swamp tractor! Ohhhh maaaan I gotta see the CASE!!!Love ya work!
Absolutely love watching you at work Marty,nothing seems to phase you Congratulations 👏
When I see a new Marty T video pop up, I literally think in my head: 'Oh Boy!'👍😁
👍👍👍👍👍👌Great video to see how you got it partially operational, but just to much decay your decision definitely you are making the right choice “Know when to hold them, and know when to fold them”
As a fully certified JCB engineer (I've watched a load of UA-cam videos on JCB) I can in my considered opinion say that this JCB could be used as an anchor.
But remove the Perkins first!
Yeah he should just strip the engine imo.
Self propelled anchor
At least for a little while...
@@maxnex7676 done and dusted ! er... I mean rusted ..
I am always amazed to see these machines fire up after such a long time. Just shows how with good regular maintenance, they could have lasted even longer.
It was great to see the scenic drive in! It's gorgeous!
Amazing, I remember working with it's cousin the 6D in my HyMac 580B in 1974. Great days.
wow mate top marks for even getting that thing going ,, I absolutely love how you think outside the box to try and make things work ,,, top man ,, great watch as always 👍👍👍👍
Nice you now have scouts looking for prospects for your talents of restoration!
Stunning countryside! I always love watching your videos! Thank you for bringing them to us!
Worth spending some time sussing out the Case 850.
Wow that drive at the beginning, your a seriously luck man leaving amongst that scenery, stunning.
JCB build some fantastic machinery 👍
There 360swere dreadful
Wow, you got this rig running quite swiftly, showing persistence to go forward with the idea, when I had already dismissed any thought that this rusty beast would start and run--so well. Good job.
Good decision leaving it....would be a big can of worms getting this ol girl working correctly again Marty.
Cheers from Texas. 🤠
Good to see ya Marty....................thanks for your time
Another great video! :D I'm always blown away by how beautiful NZ countryside is. Especially so in this area you've been to!
you are a genius and an inspiration for many young humans
Low key flexing that gorgeous landscape in your intro. Cheers
Amazing job getting it going - I never doubted you. The right call to walk away though, she’s too far gone. That dozer on the other hand…
Brought back memories as my dad a simular jcb, he left it in a field whilst doing a job, went back two weeks later and it had simply gone... took him months until he admitted he lost it, was never found. Maybe it was this one, although it was lost in Midlands, England so not sure 😂
Built to last, Stephen.
New Zealand is so so beautiful.
Great video, really great to see the old girl start up! Such a shame she couldn’t be moved. Thanks for sharing buddy.
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻THUMBS UP👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Anthony, UK
Beautiful part of the world you are in😁. Shame she had been left by the sea, think you are right to walk away. Everything would have been a problem🙄. 😀👋🇬🇧. P.s like the look of the bulldozer 💪
Marty T definitely a rust bucket, but with you a couple batteries and a make shift fuel tank. She fired right up, I was shocked it ran. And that you were able to move her a little bit, so job well done. I can't wait to see that dozer project. 😊 Thanks for also showing us how beautiful New Zealand is, you live in a Paradise. 🤯
I like the design of the excavator!
Looks like a 354 Perkins like in our 1850 Oliver tractor and many Massey Ferguson tractors and combines
I have to give it to you..I think Id look at that for 5 minutes - get back in the truck and walk away...that seems amazing.
Dozer looks posative.
That's 4 and a 1/2 minutes longer than I would have and that's why were not on UA-cam. That being said I loved the video.🍻
Great outing for the day. Beautiful area and pretty quick work getting it started, but definitely not worth any more time. Maybe the dozer? Anyway..thanks Marty
Wow amazing. Some stunning country side in NZ 👍