That beast looks like it ran 29 hours a day, 9 days a week for 60 years, mostly underwater.

I don't know if it's worth fixing, but it's worth watching you fix it 👍

I am 75 and can hardly walk anymore. I used to enjoy working with oily pieces, butt now I just enjoy watching others do it!

The 62 dislikes came from new equipment salesmen, who don't like to see old stuff repaired and kept in service.

There's nothing more alluring to a mechanically-skilled person than a rusty ol' piece of equipment just sitting in a junk pile that needs a bit of diagnosing. I do not have any mechanical skills at all, but I sure do enjoy watching the folks who do. It's always amazing to me that, regardless of the equipment or state of 'not working', these gifted folks know just where to start AND figure-out a plan of action. Great find! Looking forward to seeing how this project comes along.💪👊👍😄

Just found this channel and seriously jealous! The truck and trailer, the heavy moving equipment, the countless pieces of construction equipment and 1,000 years of "it's gonna come in handy someday" stuff laying around. Oh, and the TONS of knowledge and skills! damn!

"Should we check the oil on the compactor?" "Nah, leave it for night shift..."

The floor in the warehouse I used to drive forklift would sweat on humid days. It was literally like driving on ice. Scary and fun at the same time.

We live in a throw away society, if something means enough to someone then it’s always worth fixing. I just picked up a full size drill press from the 40’s-50’s for free and it works great and I’ve been kicking around the idea of restoring it. Gotta keep these things going cause the new stuff is mostly crap.

Really enjoy your show. 25 years in construction and most proudest , 8 years from northwest PA. I'm impressed by what you have accomplished.

The first 15 minutes or so of this episode it seemed like you got a free 3,000 lb. boat anchor Matt. However, like others have commented it's great to watch someone like yourself dig into a motor that you are unfamiliar with, but you have the confidence to forge ahead to see if it's repairable. I love messing around with engines back in the day, but always with a person who had the same confidence and mechanical know how. I reckon if anyone can get it fired up and running, my money's on you Matt. Great to see "Forky" in a video doing what it's meant to do. I look forward to your next episode and I hope you and yours are healthy and safe. Cheers from an old retired coot living in Tennessee.❤️👍😷🍻✌️

One of the reasons I subbed is your grandfather wit. I've even started using some of your sayings such as "ain't nun to it but to do it". But that "what's behind door number 2, betting its not a trip to Hawaii" killed me

Love the "no fear" attitude of tearing things down, even if you don't know that specific model of machine 😁👍🤘

Ok, at 16:21 the old coolant/oil jug with its side cut open, being used as a drain pan/funnel is an awesome garage hack. I'll have to remember that one.

Low oil pressure made the bearing inserts ware fast. For me it was called swallowing an insert. This locked up the engine. When you remove the head the vibration shook the locked parts free. You may need to polish or turn to crank and use oversize inserts for the piston rod. I am only starting what know and have learned over time. Enjoyed watching the video today. This was my first time to watch your channel. 👍stay safe 😷😎

Faryman diesels are tough little engines, but the cost of parts is pretty sobering. The ones i've worked with are splash lubricated (no oil pump), which makes them VERY persnickety about lube oil levels. Too little yields the obvious results, but too full will give you a crankcase full of foam, which will also lead to no oil pressure, etc. Here's hoping you can get Hans and Fritz to send you a new bearing from the motherland without needing a second mortgage. The water cooled version of that motor is pretty popular for small marine gen-sets like the Panda-Fischer; maybe you can find a cheap parts motor that way. GL, and thanks for the vids.

Possible repower with a Lombardini diesel, still build them and you can get parts.

you should concrete a large area outside your workshop, for the forklift loading and moving stuff around.

You come out ahead even if you don't get it to run. A free motor, you learned something and you can sell it for scrap. I stick to the smaller stuff now, old motorcycles and scooters. I live in Arizona and when it's 115-120 degrees during the day, I go to my air conditioned shop, turn on some oldies (I'm 75 and a retired combat Marine and retired Calif. cop) and work on OLD stuff I understand. At present it's a1949 Cushman motor scooter I recently took it to an antique car and bike show in Phoenix. It placed pretty well. I enjoy whatever your working on.

I am glad you saved it. i know i see all the videos on this , all out of order but i know you saved it. great job.

"We can rebuild it, we have the technology" "Yeah but do you have the six million dollars?"

If you look at 19:39, the piston is proud of the jug, the piston was in contact with the head surface and that is what was blocking the rotation. My guess is that it was stuck hard at TDC due to the bottom end failure.

It's definitely worth it, we also have a Rammax from an unknown year, it runs since years with no issues, these are great compactors.

So excited about this episode and project. Humbles me to watch another wrench head, like myself, to unravel the riddles of the unknown. Cool.

We had them in rental fleet for years. When they go down they usually go down hopefully the counterweight in the wheels that make the vibration are still in good shape but if it’s something you wanna mess with why not. Working on them will make you say things you’ve never said before just experience..

I worked for Allis-Chalmers for 17 years, those old forklift engines were really good, made on the South side of Chicago in Harvey at the old BUDA plant. The diesel engine is worth saving.

Was 18 when i for the first time walked behind one....great technique for compacting dirt in trenches and on surfaces!

Oh yeah...looks like a project! The remains of the bearing material can be removed with acid, they will solve before the crankshaft will be affected... Nice job so far, thx for showing us! :-D

Although my mechanic skills are just so so, I would vote to rebuild that diesel and get the compactor restored to working order. It has its own rewards when you can bring something that was DOA back to life. Good luck.

I love the sound of that forklift idling.

Congrats on acquiring just what you needed, another project. Easy fix, new bearings and send it. Thanks for sharing.

The later models of this trench compactor made by Rammax had a remote control this was in the late 1997 era..the ones i worked on ..fun machine to see it move and be controlled by remote control.The safety bar at the controls was to prevent you from being crushed against a fixed object like a wall as it reversed the drum rotation when you pushed the bar and the machine moved away from you saved a visit to the A &E or the mortuary.. lol

When I first saw that yellow thing I thought it was a Tonka truck but it wasn't being a compactor that size it looks cool the forklift came in handy nice

I guess I’m really missing out, I don’t even have a shop, not to mention a wobble socket. lol 😂

You need to tilt the forks back before it slides off then load it up and take it to scrape yard, my opinion. Good video and job!👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸

The sound tracks and your videos are a match made in heaven. Keep um coming.

If it was me, I would invest in the parts to rebuild it. It would possibly be cheaper than buying a working used compactor. Besides, it would be handy around the foundation of the church.

Be careful Matt you keep finding all these goodies at the getting spot and your wife might not let you go there unsupervised lol 🤣

Well hell yes it's worth saving and you may be able to substitute some parts for that you never know stay safe and stay well

Thats a ton of Metal shavings good video as always Matt 21:30 @Diesel Creek

Nice video. If I was lucky enough to get my hands on one of those beasts, I would turn it into a heavy duty work bench of sorts. Always wanted a semi-mobile overbuilt work bench with built in hydraulics, for SNG. (I'm sure you could figure out what that is short for) I love the look of it, bet it would have a few stories to tell if it could talk.

You get condensation on the exhaust when the engine shuts down usually it doesn’t cause problems unless it sits for a while.

You got a great peace of machine there. I worked with one and she's fun. One of the first ever.

Great video as always Matt 31:07 I think it's worth saving For sure @Diesel Creek

Contractor : accidentally runs over a small tool with 100t tank and then burns it DieselCreek: you still want that or can i take it?

Like you don't have enough to work on!

Your forklift needs the entire propane fuel system cleaned and rebuilt it's all plugged up with tar from the propane. I rebuilt the carburetor and regulator and vaporizer for a customer last summer it was acting just like your forklift parts are available online and replace the shutoff solenoid for the propane if it has that. The little diesel is worth fixing and good engine rebuilding shop should be able to turn and re harden the crank and fit bearings to it. I rebuilt a yanmar diesel for a customer with a missing rod bearing it turned out good. Great videos I enjoy them 👍👍👍👍

Can't beat free. Means you're not losing any money if you decide to just toss it. But on the other end it also means you can afford to invest a little bit more cash into it before it becomes unworthy. Can't wait to see the follow up after you price some parts. My younger brother was given a late 70's Ford 1700 series diesel tractor with a locked up engine. Even investing in a new rotating assembly and various other odds and ends to get it running it was still very much worth investing the cash into. As have been several other little projects he's undertaken over the last few years. Like I said. Can't beat free.

There is a 1403 and a 1403E. It is a vibratory compactor. I believe you can still get a manual and parts list on Ebay.

"Don't pay the Ferryman, until he gets you to the other side". Ahhh! 😀

I loved the Hawaii quip also. Instantly thought "The Price Is Right"- Bob: "Rod, show us what's behind Door #2…" Rod: "A NEW CAR!!!" LOL! No such luck here!

now that is totally awesome video about diesel trench compactor I like to see restored that diesel trench compactor it will be totally awesome .. can't wait to see more totally awesome videos

Even if the journals clean up and are within specs, I recommend having a crank man check the crank, and make sure it isn't sprung. Odds are they had a newer guy (like the boss' son, Mr. KnowItAll) that loaded it up with ether while trying to get it started, and it got a severe hammering. If it did get bend, they should be able to easily correct it. I've seen a few connecting rod bearing end up that way from too much ether.

Need to give Forkey some attention. She needs to purr to make using her easy. She is a piece of critical help so her health is important!! Good find again. I’d say you will repair engine. If not you mention finding other on Internet. Enjoy watching channel. Did you ever fix Forkeys wheel bearing/bushing. Yea those machines like flat dry card surfaces to operate on

After watching like 5 different project series from you this is the first one to have something pretty catastrophic but man your like mustie1 but for diesels. Pretty informative so keep it up.

Gosh Matt.... I love your channel. Another great upload. Now onto Part 2!

need some offroad tires for that fork lift! lol

Dude, do you find dollar bills every time you take the dawg for a walk? Kinda wish I had half your luck in finding tarnished gold! Good luck with this one. I guess it will be hard to notice an engine vibration when it's working properly lol

The mast on the forklift definitely flexed a bit picking that thing up.

I'm 59 years young, mechanically gifted and would love to stop in with some coffee and spend an afternoon helping to tear down the motor while you're out working on something else. Unfortunately I live in Canada on the west coast. Looking forward to the next installment. Thanks for bringing us along.

I have to kill cable and internet for 3-6 months due to financial problems from medical bills. I will sorely miss your videos.

Yes, That southern boy"s music

Never had any Diesel engines of that make and model but I do say any small engine that’s diesel powered is worth saving if it isn’t completely trashed or wrecked. Great video man, really enjoy watching your content... Keep it up brother and also looking forward to more content on this project 👍🏻

Started watching with the grader. Keep up the good stuff 👍. Ps your wife is hilarious (funny and hard working with the basement vid).

I have seen them in different applications and its apples to raisins as far as rebuildable. It was considered a throw away instead of building as the parts twenty years ago were unobtainium... just too high to justify and when the crank is tortured like that, I don't know this for sure but heard that they break while running again. So its your call as those seemed popular enough to get running condition and not mess with, just throw on and go. I have seen them with ungodly amounts of hours on the engine meter but still running. I seen one stop with no warning and it sent the side of the block lose from the cylinder... a fairly easy remove at that point. Diesels run so much lower and have the torque missing in same size gasoline engines. You don't need high rpm's in something like that. We have used everything from the handheld compactors to those size under house foundations.

yes it is worth saving

Boy,that would make a nice little nut n bolt restoration project. Not too big n not too small. Just invest in a sandblasting cabinet from harbor freight. Nice little job for the winter.

wow its really cool definitely keep it even for decoration if you cant fix it it amazing never seen one

Hey Matt, any updates on this Diesel Trench Compactor? Asking for a friend.

This is the stuf i subscribed for Love It !

Great FIND!! I'm thinking the compactor is probably repairable with a little TLC and a beer or two Best case it gets repaired and SOLD and then the fork lift can get repaired with the profits.. Good Luck best wishes!! GB!

Any FREE equipment that you have a use for is worth saving. Even if you don't really need it, if you can fix it and flip it for a modest profit, it was worth the time.

Could one of the pieces of metal you pulled out have been jammed against a moving part? I guess it being worth it depends on how much you will use it, or how much you could get if you sold it. I like that you are turning it into a learning experience. "It is already dickered, lets rip it apart!"

I thought you would just get an engine off Craigs List or Market Place and put it on I would have done that. The original engine can then be rebuilt as and when you feel like it. :)

Love your videos so much. Please show us more cold starts of the forklift it’s such a cool rig!!

Great video, not all Freebies work out easy peasy but total faith in you..

....GOOD ONE, STAY SAFE..

Your forklift sounds like a muscle car LOL

Love trying to guess whats up too whilst you undo stuff - New to channel and working my way through your vids, talented guy!

"I don't know how they put it together, because I doubt it was the way I just took it apart" - What an epic quote!

Please share your/wife’s laundry secrets for all that oil and grease on your pants. My wife and I were watching and wondering!

Collapsed bearing, can cause temporary locking. You have giggled it free. I'm suspecting.

Maybe you need some other tires to your forklift, it’s a very interesting project you fund. Thank you for sharing your amazing story. God bless you and your family.

I don't know anything about that engine, but it looks like an interesting project. In my younger days, the first engine I dealt with was a 2 stroke motor-mower engine. The next was a 1955 Rover 2.something litre Inlet over exhaust engine for a Rover 75. Engine and gearbox totally reconditioned successfully and it then ran like a dream. You learn by doing. Have fun.

Put some sand one ground whenever you're navigating wet plates. Helps with traction. Doesn't need to be much, just enough to give the wheels grip.

The brand is named RAMMAX it could be RW1403 from early 90's weight 1,36 ton metric.

I think to rebuild it is a good idea because it will be beneficial for any project that you have in the future. Great video as always cheers

After a quick look it is always best to clean the project so you can see. A once over with a power washer and air jet ends up saving time. You have the experience and smarts to do so much with the tools you have access to, just a suggestion from a lifetime of fixing and solving.

The answer to the question "is it worth saving?" is the sum of the answers to the following... Do you need a Trench Compactor? & Will fixing it present greater value to you in money saving and/or satisfaction than purchasing a running, working machine? (along with a little spritz of bloody-minded self-sufficiency and cool YT content). :) I feel/hope the answer will be yes.

If you need to refer the crank, ask "abom" here on KZfaq! He's here in FL and an excellent machinist. It would be cool to see a video of him referbing your stuff

Thank you Matt always good. Now for part two.

I kinda liked your previous, posts but seeing that Evo Springer in Your Garage made my Panhead Proud!

Did you make a follow up video on this, Matt?

Am I the first to comment? I am the first to view. Now thatis a first.i love that creek in the opening.

Hello fellow Pennsylvanian, if your crank isn't scored and is still usable, if you can't find parts you can mic the crank and call Erie Bearings, they can fix you up with a new set. I did that with a single cylinder Perkins motor that I couldn't find a rebuild kit for. I was surprised at the data base that Erie Bearing had. Good luck!

Spinning main bearings, nice!

You need a proper entrance ramp into the garage.

Sounds like the fork lift isnt getting enough lpg through at idle to me cuz when you pick the revs up, she sounds ok but at idle it starts loping

I had a similar scenario to your plate tamper with a small chipper. Guy said it was locked up. I took the chipper off and there was a stick in the drum. Pulled stick. And motor spun. Then got bit running and chipping. Good score.

Forky is a great name for a forklift. It is quite unique and appropriate.