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.

Going back over the videos that you posted before I subscribed , GOOD GOD, THANK YOU FOR FIXING THAT BELT!!!! Ford's are like girlfriends, weather she needs the attention she demands it.

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...

*- 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.*

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!!

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.

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.

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

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.

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..

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.

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. 😆👍🏻

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

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.

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.

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

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

I bought a 1970 John deer 350 dozer and have been using it to build a road through 5acres! Thanks for the trip

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

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 !

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.

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).

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

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!!!

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

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

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.

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.

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!!!!

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!

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! 🤠

Got an 81 f700 dump truck. 8.2 Detroit diesel. No turbo, no glow plugs, Cranks in an instant, even when cold. Would have been a treasure if yours had come with one of those running.

My brother and I are really enjoying these videos. I would like to encourage you to fix the exhaust on the crane. It would add credibility to your projects. It would make it safer from a respiritory standpoint. I agree nice paint isn’t the priority. Form follows function. There are lots of people watching who might not understand all of the risks. It may help show a professional side of your clever engineering. Otherwise, this is like watching videos of things we see in Farmshow magazine.

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

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.

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.

THAT SCREAMING VBELT IS DRIVEING ME CRAZY LOL LOL LOL

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 !!!!😂

Can't wait to see Christine being painted!

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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!

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

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

Hey Diesel Creek. Not many people will tackle these carbs, but I've found out you never learn anything just throwing on new parts. Likely that thread in power valve was cracked and engine vacuum pulled the gas straight through. I've done probably 150 of the holley 4 bbls through the years. Just did one last monday. The thing to note about these carbs with the governor is to re latch the hooked throttle linkage. The throttle will work but poorly if this isn't latched. Follow the arm that the return spring hooks to, and on the bottom you'll see a set of hooks. Rotate throttle fully and re hook the spring lever. Now is when I wire things together so it can't come unhooked. If you dont wire it and push the spring lever to rev the engine it un hooks again. I'm not sure why it hooks this way, but I get 2 or 3 trucks a year that are un hooked and the foot pedal is way hard to push.

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👍

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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 👍

Black boom, with yellow safety accents or strips and a sharp red Diesel Creek logo in the middle of it.

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

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

The "sustainable tire farm" made for many LOLs.

His excitement saying "Haha no belt squeal" in 30:21 made me laugh more than I was expecting.

Mat is the champ!

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Decades ago we used to swap motors, trannies and rear ends in the driveway but the local government doesn't let us do that anymore. It almost makes me want to consider getting a bigger spread of land with a nice 4 Bay garage, heated of course

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

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

I personally would move the cable replacement up to top of the list, they tend to rust from the center out so even a "decent looking" cable could be a ticking time bomb. There is a machinist on youtube that dropped his radial arm drill from his crane because of a decent looking cable failure.

Really easy way to fix the belt squeals is rub a tire crayon on the belt when it's running. It should make the belt grip and be quiet for awhile.

Hey Matt, I like your version of the “ ole claw hammer”!!! Lol!!! It’s got the best persuasion force of any claw hammer I’ve seen yet!!! 😂

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.

We’ll Matt what you had was an exercise in the two P’s ! Patience and persistence, I’ve learned a lot from you over the last year, and grown in my confidence to try bigger projects. Thanks for sharing 👍😁

“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

Crane trucks are like having another hand. I have an F600, with an all hydraulic crane and I don't know what I would do without it. It's on propane, and that is good and bad.

SO nice not to hear that squeal anymore! Love watching you get these old machines running again! Love the new logo. When will we see the metal one that was made for you in a 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.

I literally laughed out loud at the "ol body hammer" comment when you panned down to the forks on the skid steer. Hilarious

Matt you need crabbing for your outriggers it well help with the mud around the farm . Make them 2 ft. X 2 ft. Square and around 4 ply of treated ply wood . . And the mirrors try and rap a piece of old rubber around the bracket .

That evil laugh after looking at the "body hammer" was the best

Ignition timing is why flames were coming out of carby

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

Matt, I saw "Christine" lurking in the background of several of your videos. Hope you have time to do another segment on her revival in the near future. Enjoying your channel, Keep up the good work.