We have a saying in our country: "You can endlessly look at three things - how the river flows, how the fire burns and ... how another person works." It is very pleasant to look at your work. Good luck to you!

I'm a journeyman crane operator, there's a couple things that I highly recommend you do. the first thing is to replace that wire rope. it's rusted bad. which will reduce flexibility and can cause failure. the second thing I recommend doing is to make some outrigger pads. small light lifts they probably aren't needed but on heavier lifts or lifts at a long radius your outrigger can sink causing you to not be level and you can turn that crane over in a quickness. anyway just my two cents from someone who runs cranes for a living.

Fork Lift arms Is the best Body hammer i have ever Seen Matt 😂 33:39 @Diesel Creek

As a Ford master technician of 30 years, I must say your skills are much more than a do it yourself, her all of them not up to a master technician. Good job at what you do. The exhaust leak would bother me more than any of the concerns you’ve actually addressed. exhaust leakage is just a pet peeve of mine. I do look forward to most of the videos that you make so thank you for sharing.

I think Ford stamped those F-series floor pans out of soggy cardboard. Probably the same steel they used in the exhaust manifold bolts...

You're my Saturday morning cartoon replacement.. thank you

I love the sound of the turbo in the pickup, Matt at 16:53

set it up as you "Farm Service Truck" - the heavy version! love the vedio's.

21:35 Holley carbs don't like backfiring. The Power Valve are vacuum operated. A backfire pops the diaphragm and makes them run rich. It's a quick check with a vacuum pump. And your guess on the sight plug and float adjustments was spot on. Good for you and your logic skills.

The metal hoops on the top of the boom are there for a reason. If you are in a heavy lift and the cable snaps, they are there to "catch" the cable so that the operator doesn't get a face full of steel annihilating cheek pokers.

I'm too old to do a lot of these things myself, but for some reason, I get almost as much satisfaction from watching your videos as I would from doing it myself. Thanks so much!!

Nice work for your First Carb Rebuild There Matt 16:19 @Diesel Creek

*- Gotta love the "Subscribe" reminder in the Ford's hood dust/mud at **17:20* *- AND "Wash Me Soon" encouragement at **17:25* *- You have to remember, Matt, the truck came to like you because you brought it back to life.* *- It has feelings, and that is why it made you fix its carburetor, so it can do right by you.*

Love the “Subscribe” written into the grime on the hood of the crane truck at 17:17. Nice touch, also yeah a washing video would be satisfying. 😆👍🏻

My favorite fix for water dripping down onto the top of the engine is to make a gutter system using a split old big inner tube riveted from the firewall to the hood that spans the width of the engine. Diverting the water to the sides of the engine.

Damn Matt, you are a one man army with what you’ve acquired and capable of not only get working but working for you and making a profit from. You are the epitome of getting it done and at a fraction of the cost of new. There is market for what you do because of the exhorbitant rates of heavy equipment rentals or purchase. You are keeping it real for most folks that need things done without breaking the bank. I applaud you for everything that you do and the effort for making the vids that keep everyone watching.

Amazing transformation from a non-runner to a working piece of equipment.

Thank the Lord that belt squeal was driving me nuts good job Matt 👍

Making the crane truck work for its Used Old Stock Tires Love it Matt 😂 44:44 @Diesel Creek

MATT YOU ARE THE BIG BOY IN THIS BUSSINES.GOOD LUCK .WINNER,WINNER,WINNER..

Your willingness to jump into difficult projects that are new to you is one of the main reasons I watch your channel. At least you’re doing it right? Respect. Be well.

1:58 Crane truck: let me sing you the song of my people.

I know others have suggested using Jack Plates, extremely great idea. We use them on our 100 foot Aerial ladders, never can tell when the pavement will give way or the ground you must use, at least double the size of the plates attached to the outriggers.

700 dollars is a steel for this old 1989 Ford F800 crane Truck Very nice Rig Matt 6:51 @Diesel Creek

Another occasion where my wife and kids think I've gone crazy, as I shouted 'CONTACT' while watching the video with headphones one, that moment always makes me smile. Thanks for another really cool video.

You can never go wrong with a red, white, and blue color scheme! Keep up the great work Matt

Matt, nice to see your finally going to start on your shop. I would go with 16' high walls so you can have 14' high doors that would be good for any future bigger equipment and at least 1 door 14' wide. bigger excavators and dozers are 12' wide. also we put a 15K pound hoist in my son's shop that had 14' walls, we ended up framing out an area in the attic to accommodate the hoist it was 15' high.

This was a fantastic project to watch -- really cool that you got it so cheap and then rebuilt the engine to get it going again. Absolutely a great purchase.

Can't wait to see Christine being painted!

One important thing I've heard mentioned about Dayton rims is to leave the nuts loosely on the stud and then bang on the locker tabs because they sometimes fly off at high speed and become bullets. Oh and one other thing, make sure you retighten the lugs after driving it for a while (another Dayton thing).

The Florida pool pump motor bearing repair guy When Service Calls Longwood approved ! that was good info Diesel Creek

Yap is always a first time for everything Matt and you did it well.

I think Andrew would be proud of the arm rest / door handle repair matt also you should get a bigger sticker on the dash which states minimum height !!!!😂

AVE would be proud of you, the little laugh before you did the body work, the tapety tap tap to realign the cable hoop, you have learnt well!

Mat is the champ!

Well all right, if the frikkin crane truck don't move, get the dozier. Well done Matt. 🙂 Love your channel, you have a lot of patience. Boom should be red, with the logo.

I think the reason it cranked and worked fine the first time in months, then didn't, is because there wasn't much fuel in the lines, then it sat overnight near full pressure, and froze up. I've had this happen with vehicles that are winter only (my plow truck, my snow blower) and because of that, i've installed a fuel cut off at the fuel tank. Once i'm done with the machine, i'll shut it there, and let the engine die from fuel starvation.

As someone in the commercial tire industry, I recommend picking up a set of commercial tire bars. While not the best on hard-packed rock like your shop there, they make pulling off and putting on tires onto rims and trucks much easier. Worth the investment. Might take a few tire change-outs to get used to them if you haven't used them before, but I would not be able to do my job without them. They're a life saver. Also saw in mentioned in another comment, leave the nuts on the studs when banging on the cleats. Even on nice and clean Dayton trucks, they can still come off with a lot of force. Thankfully I don't do many Daytons, they're mostly on older container trailers. Really just do those for JBHunt and Norfolk Southern.

UPDATED = MATT me old mate, you need a couple of foot of very thin plastic tube, one end goes to the can of good stuff in the cab, the other end into the carb or air-cleaner, turn the key press the can engine gets good stuff while your cranking by the key - its so easy for a yard truck/Oh you can keep yer snow too/ we dont get much right by the coast BUT have been known to be cut off in the last few years thats why i got landrover diesels, always start, always get you where your going.. We are not a Jeep Island really, home grown will do for us.. thanks for the videos - Ian --UK.

Great video Matt really enjoyed it. Yes, you were right. A good power wash and paint the boom with your sticker on it would look awesome. Tiny Houston MS

Greetings from Western Australia! As a tyre fitter, I thought you might appreciate a tip or 2 when changing spider wheels or “Dayton’s” as a lot of Americans call them. If you’re ever in a situation where you’re struggling to get the rim off the hub, when the nuts and cleats are lose, lower the truck down and pop the clutch in gear. That’ll often brake them free without the use of a hammer. Another thing worth noting is to leave the nuts on the threads until all cleats are loose/free hanging. I have seen many cleats fly off with a lot of force when they’re hit with the hammer. I know those style of wheels aren’t very common in the US but it was worth the mention! 🤠

Well done Matt. As I sat here lisren8ng to the safety talk it reminded me of a guy in our structural repair department that took a crane truck like yours out to make a pick and ended up putting the boom into a high voltage line. The truck burnt up pretty well. He was nicknamed Sparky from that day forward.

While I was in the military, we often used the four F's: "Forget Finesse, just Force the F%&#er!" Good to see someone else that believes in that as a solution to some problems.

Watching the series on this truck was great Matt! You did this by yourself and it has convinced me over the winter to put an engine and trans back in my '01 S10 Truck. Thanks for the great video...

A maxim at Diesel Creek: “No truck left behind.”

Love the audible engine running squeal on this truck... makes it easy to tell when the quiet engine is running...

54:48 that “toy-tool” jump cut was great 👍

I can't get enough Diesel Creek.....yellow for the crane boom...and install some lights on the boom to illuminate the work being lifted and around the sides of the area where you're parked and working...a 24/7 truck..

Cold starts in the winter, jumping a battery, and of course getting stuck in mud , and snow . That’s “ No Bueno” . The teaser at the end , on Ol Christine was 👍

Ahhhh... another Sunday afternoon fixing old trucks with Matt. Does it get any better?

Andrew Camarata can fix anything. 👍 I like that you reference him. Fixing something doesn't have to look pretty, it just has to work. 😉

We always leave the lug nuts on a couple of turns before pounding on the wedges, Saves alot of pain in the family jewels when they fly off!!!!

the ignition switch fault could be the coil resistor if there is one fitted, some uk fords were fitted with a 9volt coil and when you turned the key to the start position it fed 12volts direct to the coil to get a good spark during cranking, and when you release the key, the coil feed is switched from direct to through the resistor, so if the resistor is faulty, releasing the key will cut the engine! Engine sounds much better now! Phil

Good gravy Man, get a timing light on that thing. It will probably fix most, if not all of the blowback through the carb, and the backfires.

Nice Uncle Buck reference! Candy was one of a kind!

That does it…. I’m officially exhausted watching this…. Great exercise….Thanks…James

Small pieces of rubber wrapped around the mirror bracket, then tighten them . Stops the problem. I have to say, you are a man with a big set of Brass Cahones, to tackle that carb job, never having done one before. Good Yob Mon.

Sometimes, I think that the best part of a Diesel Creek video is when something goes right and Matt gives his "laugh of triumph"... something I can completely identify with! I really enjoy seeing you come back to a project and give that laugh when you make it work again. Keep on posting... we'll keep watching!

If you haven’t painted the boom has to be blue to match the cab colors. Great series. Great work! Got my answers about water and headlights by watching complete series.

Matt, PLEASE show that Ford crane truck some love and attention. That exhaust leak does make it sound like a total s##tbox. A quick “ rattle-can paint job”, some decent recap tires on the ass end, some inexpensive new front tires, and its’ own hard pack parking spot. Don’t mean to get into your wallet, but you’ve done all the back breaking work, finish it out and you have a great heavy lifter for your needs around the yard. And it can sit for weeks, but still be ready for use when YOU need it. Love your videos, admire your work ethic, need more of that ethic in this Country right now. Thanks Matt.

Please tape the exhaust in order to hear the engine roar!!And for the boom, a beautiful CAT YELLOW! You've got plenty of it and it will match with rest of your toys.

Hey Matt. I've been watching your channel for a while now. I used to work in a quarry in Jamaica but I never really got into the heavy machine business. Since watching your videos I've had my eye on a cat 966 loader which has been sitting for atleast 7 years. I'm thinking I should try and get it. Who knows maybe I can get some work for it after restoring it.

Matt, a lot of us are anxiously awaiting your next video, hopefully on one of the tractors that you are currently working on. Your videos keep us occupied so we don't have to go and work on our own stuff. My list of home projects keeps getting longer but I'm about to retire and I'll have plenty of time for those. So please keep those videos coming.

Love your channel and the enthusiastic initiative you put into the old iron. Keep it up, young man. You're doing life right

4 mins in and you just KNOW the bulldozer is next. What I love about Matt's bench is it's just as full of crap as everyone else's - not a TV show bench👍

I really enjoy these video's thanks for taking the time to make us old folks something to enjoy.

I made a comment before watching the end of the video where you described some other more important issues than an exhaust leak. Ford Blue would look great on the boom especially with the Diesel Creek Logo.

making the old girl happy, one fix at a time! lovely! A kindness.... Giving this faithful machine a chance to be used again to enrich owners life is what it exists for. Good you have at last allowed the crane truck another useful life. All Happyness!!!😀😀 😅😅

I thought you might replace the gasket that caused the water to get in the engine. But all the stuff you did do to it was very interesting. I love the idea of the decal on a gray boom. Love this channel.

First thing that came to mind while you were changing the tires, was I love work, I could watch it for hours. Being a retired trucker I have changed my fair share of tires. Never fun or as easy as you would hope. Thanks for sharing your adventures.

Operated one at work 15 years ago. There is a balance site glass next to the controls. we had a extra jib.

MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR IN SAN DIEGO, DROVE A TRUCK SIMILAR TO THIS FORD...ALWAYS BREAKING DOWN...FINALLY THEY CHANGED IT TO A DIESEL...FIXED...FAR MORE HOURS BEHIND THE WHEEL...THE COMPANY HE WORKED FOR...YUPPER!!!

I appreciate your reference to the famous ch measurements. While wrenching on hot rods in the late 50’s,60’s it was an rch….nice video

That bug you flicked off the crane are called brown marmorated stink bug. They are all down the west coast areas as well. Thank you for another great video.

A lot of respect for your tenacity and patience with very difficult projects. Amazing videos. I have watched almost all of them already.

BLUE WITH THE RED DIESEL CREEK ON THE BOOM!!!

I'll tell you one of my cheap old man tricks for those hood gaskets. Just clean the gasket off good and take a razor blade and slit it down the center of the top of it all the way across and open the hollow part up. Then take a new tube of 100% silicone and fill it up all the way across, then make sure it squeezes back to it's original shape, then put a 1/4 inch bead across the outside of the top and smooth any high spots and just close the hood down to keep moisture off but not allowing the hood to touch the gasket and let it set for at least two days or more if cold out and you'll have a better gasket than the factory. $7.00 Bucks is much better than $35.00.

Even broken, that's a lot of truck for 700, nice catch.

45:00 ALWAYS, ALWAYS smack those rim wedges with a hammer BEFORE REMOVING THE LUG NUT! Good way to save a gunshot 1lb hunk of steel! Loved the series; I went back and watched every sinlge one start to finish. Great project. You WILL love having that crane at your beck and call !

Love you saving the old stuff and keeping it useful. Keep up the great work.

The "sustainable tire farm" made for many LOLs.

Love to see a 7.3 in that F800! I will make a Ritchie Bro's account this weekend. Just delivered a generator to the one in Atlanta yesterday and saw a bunch of light towers there. Didn't get to tour the lot to see what else they had though. When you enjoy fixing things that other people kicked to the curb it only makes sense to go that route, especially if it's just for your own uses.

you never know how useful a boom truck is til you don't have one anymore... my dad bought one, for WAY too much, from the rental company... started to rent it, then they made an offer to sell it or something, he bought it... had some big jobs to do where we really needed it at the time, and was just easier since it could sit on a job and be ready whenever.

Your enthusiasm when even the smallest projects comes to fruition is great. The "BAND" needs a raise with all the great music. You have definitely got your money out of it. Everything else I'd money in your pocket. Yes a nice big sticker would dress it up nice.

Thanks for another great video Matt. The crane isn't going to win any beauty pageants but I'm sure she'll be of huge benefit to future jobs where you need to lift heavy stuff. Replacing the winch rope is a great idea the last thing you want is for the rope to part when you've got something heavy on the end that you don't want to drop.

Ignition timing is why flames were coming out of carby

Old piston airplanes, when operating in cold climates (or just winter); before shutting down, would add fuel to the crankcase. Called a Dilution valve, and holding it down for a few seconds (based on experience). this would thin out the oil and make it easier to turn over in the morning. The fuel in the oil would eventually flash off as the oil temp would rise and the vapor would go out the crankcase vent tube. Easy peasy. I have a 1965 310 with the dilution valve still on the instrument panel.

“Man, i really hate gas engines” and “Watch me spend several days getting used tires off an old diesel truck!” Uttered by the same person, unironically, in the same breath. Great job

"Meanwhile, the Autocar looks on forlornly in its corner and weeps gently". Great video though Matt.

Ahhh great to see the grader coming up......maybe paint the boom yellow, same as grader and "hulk loader"? Yes, definitely diesel creek decals. Stay safe Matt, you and your family.

Thankyou for the straight forward videos not extremely edited but honest

Nice rebuilt, Matt

Matt almost had a 11'8 bridge moment!! lol.

Well done Matt it’s great that you have brought new life to an old truck. Keep up the good work and stay safe out there.

I love your cheerful optimism, yes safety is #1 being in machining, I still have all my fingers & looking before we move is so important, head forward Matt !!!

Always a kick to watch your shows!

Like the logo!! Also, minimum overhead clearance sticker is a nice touch :) Cheers!

I think you need a new sign on the shed Matt. Something like: "Low Clearance 13'" or maybe "No Crane Trucks Allowed!".

I have added two lines with quick disconnects to mate with some equipment used during cold weather. My service vehicle can heat an engine while charging the battery. My M35A2 starts quickly.

you are truly courageous. for a person with limited gasoline engine experience you did fantastic work from diagnosis to final turn of a nut. Congrats. . thank you for sharing