I used to work on these. Something that will help immensely is there’s a counterweight that sets on and pins to the foot platform.

i saw that in marketplace. pretty neat to see the video of it. was spewing when i missed it.

Good work Mr. Please tuck your hoodie strings in while running lathe😮

your amazing how you can remember all the parts you took apart and able to put them back together always baffles me about great mechanics.. congratulations on your new purchase

You got one heck of a deal, super handy machines for tight quarters, easy to transport!

That was a good industrial engine. It had more than just an oil leak. It was taking on water and being run before it gave up. I would pay the premium to put another Kohler back in.

For 2 grand and a bit of time and effort - you have a dandy little machine that will certainly be fit for anything in a normal residential yard... Fantastic job, m8!!!

On that Knick on the bucket cylinder shaft, I have seen many youtubers get that JB Weld steel stuff, and apply that to the Knick, and then when its good and hard, sand it smooth. Just stops the seal getting caught on it. Its by no means the right way to do it, but to get you started and prevent you having to tear it down immediately, worth a shot. Nice work getting it working

Insane deal, got a slightly larger and older ramrod unit and built a BMG style grapple for it to drag brush and firewood. It genuinely muliplies efficiency by 3x or more for the work I do

Great job!. I like the way you modified the new engine to make it work.

Really nice to see that there is someone that will take care of it bought it. Really nice work.

I bought myself a real old 610 Bobcat a while back and it's great but I sort of want that Dingo now, Great rebuild and improve on that machine. Cheers

i would have fired up the "Chinesium motor" before cutting the shaft but thats "confidence" that you got it all installed before you fired it up. 🙂

2 inch lift and a staino snorkel next!!

Nice video, thanks. Your hoodie strings meeting that lathe would have made a good video also, 😉! Stay safe, and have a great weekend.

If you lightly file the damage to the cyliinder rod you can apply some jb weld and sand it, this will stop damage to the seal, I have done this to several machines with great success

Another awesome video Jaydn. Making old stuff. Good again. 👏👏

Ok great job on the muffler I was skeptical

Mate you can lock the Milwaukee drill chuck by turning it back 1 click after tightening it, hole saw will never fall out again.

Great video, nice to have a machine shop!

Great job bringing back to life. I would've rebuilt the Kohler.

I've never seen an engine that buggered up before. 😮

I know that this is an older video. But I can see the trouble with the exhaust already. Because it's still going to heat up the hydraulic lines? Because you still have to cap off the end of the muffler. And by the time you finish the end of the muffler you are still going to be in the same situation? I probably would have gotten a different style of muffler? Or maybe make more modifications to the one that you have

A bit of muck around to fit the new donk.I did similar engine EFI conversion on my mates stump grubber.Persistence pays off Great job mate. TIP Those fuel lines will go hard on the Chinese special

What a steal mate! Hanging to see the next vid on it! Be a very handy machine on the job site etc

I like your work man, very enjoyable to watch.

Really enjoyed the video. Thank you very much

The Dingo took my baby

I could only wish of finding something like this for that sort of money, bet it’s the best thousand bucks you’ve ever spent haha

Spend time to fix bucket. In the US cheapest 4&1 bucket is around $1200. Dingo bucket is around $2000

Good job mate. Turn the engine mounting plate around and move the engine forward. It will give you more room on the step

Great video, really well done.

As someone that is always looking for these little machines, you got a great price. As you got it in my area it would go for 3-4k with the bucket.

Great job.

Stoked you got heaps of views on this one. An update on the bmw Troopy would be good. Well done on good content .

nice little machine perfect for small jobs and tight spaces

These things are probably 12K, 15K, or more?? Yeah, you got quite the score. Anything with a large hunk of steel and hydraulics is worth good money!

Another option is to mount the air intake on its side on the on the outside of the machine like a big truck, if you have enough intake hose to get there..

👌👌👍👍 Well done! Thanks for the video.

When the water comes out of the engine and you could drink it. It’s the worst because you know there’s a chance it will run again. Not for long in most cases.

Nice "Mucker" $1500+. Your on Top all the way!.. getRdid!.. good job 2all Bsafe 🥶 🐲

9:00 my inner monologue : "turn the pump, turn the pump!"

I think that I would have used the drain hose from the other engine? For draining the oil, the next oil change?

Hi Bud good video when you have run it a bit take the oil out and refill not to the top leave room for Lucus oil stabiliser it's a think sticky stuff but Really make the engine very quiet and last a lot longer I've used it for years noises deisel engines go very quiet it works fantastic on petrol as well

2 part epoxy, full the holes in the ram. 1000 grit wet and dry, wet sand smooth.

I wonder if you can get tracks for it, like the ones for the full sized skid-steers that go over the tires? Nice buy, it should work well for ya.

In the short term, you could fill the small divots in the rod with jb weld and sand smooth. Would stop the seal tearing in them. Great find, these usually end up junked thru abuse.

Great work 😍😍😍😍😍

Good job🎉

So I watched this video when it first came out, and then I went and watched all of your videos, from the very beginning to now, and rewatched this one. That Vitara has definitely become a dream vehicle of mine. You have hundreds of hours of work into it, and the thing is so sweet now. I'm looking forward to more videos of it, and all the rest of the things you've worked on over the years. Did you and your dad ever get the cabs switched on that flatbed truck at your farm?

"It ain't got no piston in it!" :D

Rotate the hole intake tube to the left 90° then mount the intake to the right side of the body.

good show old mate

Those are good engines. That's definitely due to a bad owner. I can tell you theres a demand for the crank and cam if there not damaged. With kohlers I always find the quick release oil drain is lose. Just today on a nearly brand new cub cadet with 42 hours on it. There was a small oil leak that trickled and collected on the double pulley (instead of making a puddle on the ground). Its now a knocking 25 hp twin. Im glad i stumbled on your video. Thanks

good job .

Would have loved to have found it 😊😊😊

Smoking deal my friend!

What’s the link to the website you use to buy the engine?

Hes half way through building the trailer for it!😂

I had an angle grinder climb my shirt and chew my face up pretty good. Please get some gloves and a face shield.

Very cool..

Fuse blown. Replace fuse. Fuse blows . Never mind bridge fuse with wire . Oh it's very hot . What was the fuse there for again?

farmcraft 101 has repaired chips in his cylinders with epoxy

Give it a hydraulic service next mate remove the tank cover at the front and clean the tank and replace the filter. Also there are bushes in the bucket they are a brass bush tho they wear quick

Try a smaller air filter off a motor cycle, a smaller version of a standard car one

I’d fix the bucket, not a very hard job. Fix the hydraulic leaks and she’ll be good to go for a long time. It would have been worth 5x what you paid if the previous own had bothered to fix the oil leak instead of just shoving towels in there to soak up the oil. His loss is your gain👍.

Clean the rust spots with some Scrappy pad then put some epoxy over them

I'll give you a tip young fella. Stop using your hands as hammers. Use a rubber or wooden mallet or a breaker bar to loosen tight bolts. You'll thank me for it in 20 years time. Regards, Old Tradie. 😉

I would have bought a new bellhousing or machined a spacer instead of cutting the motor shaft that short. There was barely any keyway left. I hope I'm wrong but I can forsee that keyway being an ongoing issue.

"I'm going to have to use the grinder", grabs the saw instead.

Hey mate. Why don't you just piss off that airbox altogether and run a pipe up and out the side or front. A good K&N filter on the end and you're good to go. 👍

I would’ve tried the old exhaust so it isn’t pointing towards the hydraulic lines

I don't know why you rotated the air cleaner when you even said it came with a cap and actually put it on at one point.

I suspect that the machine was used to repair a swimming pool - without draining it first😮

That might be the coolant drain hahh

"Fixing"? More like replacing.

Mad deal on that

Get a 670 or a 196 diesel and give her some juice also you could have just extended the headers in my opinion it would have been faster easier and neat

Selling the log splitter?

That’s too much to do on a new motor…. Isn’t just supposed to be a swap?

Good show, eh what!

Here ya'll have someone who replaces a motor with a like horsepower machine who is not at all western, but seems to be from another vintage.

It's to bad you had to cut the muffler, and buy a different size. But ya got'a do, what ya got'a do. Needs chains on the wheels, if they will fit!

hired one of those, (not a dingo) about 18 years ago in Scotland, TOY. could not carry much weight before tipping could not dig or level, got bogged down. maybe lifting loose material on a hard surface. but absolutely NO GOOD for landscaping.

Why not put tracks on it

yeah buddy. you gots a dingo, you could be a miner.

We Could use that!

1000 buckaroos ? You was robbed mate! Maybe tops 300 dollars .My opinion only from across the pond!🇨🇦😂

You got a breed of cat that goes on that area and take that's one of the first things you showed when you showed the new motor so why are you worried about water getting down in that hole put the breather cap on it instead of turning that thing every which way you can

Do you have fireworks going off in the background or something?

Would have been way better off to and probably cheaper to have rebuilt the kholer than reinvent another engine to work

3:19 there’s your piston

Awesome man, nice change of pace from the zook. Love the small side projects aye ahaha and what a deal ! my uncle had a blue one unsure of brand but i loved it. great little machines and you got that one going good fast!! keen to see the next vid on the hydraulics ahaha just had a look online aswell and 4 in 1 buckets go from like $1500-$4000 !!!! at least from what i can see. bit of hard work on the bucket might save you loads? or keep a lookout for a better condition second hand one lol

That looks lethal. Imagine standing on the ground behind it and pulling the reverse..

Jesus Christ do you know how dangerous it is to operate a lathe whilst wearing a hoodie man!

That thing was never taken care of. That oil was so thick and white, most likely never been changed. People that treat their equipment like that shouldn’t own equipment

When you learn camera view, and all the work done, muffler, coupling, engine mounting, fuel line. Etc. no voice discerption until choke cable? Otherwise your video was interesting.

Watch out with baby's, heard strange things about these.....

Appears to be like one of those child toys. Go slow until you learn how it works.

1000$ for new engine 1800$ in time and modifications..