Thankyou for your site! I am a retired gran living in a home unit in the town ( in South Australia) now that my husband and brother have passed away... miss the country, miss the men folk repairing things and managing the land so much... until I found your show. Now I can "go home" while I have a cup of tea in my reclining chair with my little dog. You are so resourceful, like my folks were. I love the mowing and clearing, and the forklift story has to have been the most enjoyable find. I would have like to have had a better look around that auction yard where you bought the crane truck (just to smell the air and imagine what I would buy!) so perhaps if ever you visit there again for something else you could take us all along for the ride. Thankyou again for such great You Tube content. There must be a lot of once strong busy farmers and country people who have been slowed down by old age, getting a kick out of reliving your working world. All the very best to you and your family!

My father was an Allis Chalmers forklift dealer starting in 1955. That is a G153 engine made by Allis Chalmers in their Harvey Illinois plant. It was a very good engine.

I don't mind seeing short videos every other day, keeps things going. This is a fun project.

Wow! Working in your garage. No special tools just your common sense. Well done sir!!

I don't know if it was already mentioned but you might want to look into the thermostat and put in a 180 at least to keep that condensation from forming. They always used 160 degree thermostats in the early years and a lot of people took them out altogether and this was the end result. The engine will run a lot better if it gets up to temperature also.

That looks like it's gonna be a pretty nice concrete forklift. I once ran a 1936 Clark at a tool and die shop I worked at. It had a Chrysler industrial 6 cyl. and a wooden steering wheel that could break your wrist if you ran into a nut or bolt on the ground. AC made very good products. That one is living proof.

Always fun to watch you resurrect these beasts! Thanks for letting us watch!

Yep, I think you come out pretty sweet on that deal, Matt! I love seeing old things being resurrected, given a new lease on life and being put back to work! Great job, my dude! 👍

The milky oil is normal for propane hilo's. The problem is 2 fold (1)burning propane actually creates water and co2 as a by product of combustion. (2) Hilos owned by people like you and me get run for 2-10 minutes at a time and never get up to full operating temp to cook moisture out of the oil. The moisture goes past the piston rings and collects in the pan building up every time its run. Change oil every 4-6 months regardless of hours used or let it run outside at wot for 30mins+ every 2 months

You’re a brave man holding that plug wire, I had a buddy with a old impala with a 307, we were trouble shooting a dead hole...and I grabbed a plug wire....tasted my fillings doing that...it lit me up, but found the problem.

Yea agree with post on pouring some diesel thru to wash junk out. You are quite a mechanic. Ole Yellow will be purring like a kitten in next video of her restoration!!! Enjoyed!!!

Congratulations with your forklift get running, thank you for sharing your amazing journey. God bless you and your family.

Mr. Creek: when changing oil with massive water and its milky, buy two oil filters before running full time. Take two gallons of diesel and pour it in after draining oil. Let sit for one hour. Dump it then after running for 1/2hr change the newly plugged up oil filter and then run sweetly for the next ten yrs.

Burnouts and drifting with a folk lift, now that's awesome!

Im a couple of years late to the party but I figured id throw my 2 cents in anyway. the oil looking the way it did does not surprise me. I would recommend putting some sea foam in the oil. Change the oil a few times in a row to get that all out. also let the ol girl get up to temp and just run for an hour or two every few months. if you ever need some parts feel free to contact me. id be happy to see what I can do for you. much respect for the work you did. Im impressed at your skills

Top tip, anything full of oil and water emulsion can be cleaned by filling it with diesel. The water stays in the diesel when you drain it out!!!

I will also confirm that my forklifts always have condensation in the crankcase. They do not get run as much as they did a decade ago. I have been using Lucas oil treatment which seems to help with the condensation lubrication problem. You probably benefit by buying a new set of solid wire conductor plug wires. The wires seem to be frequently over looked in routine forklift maintenance.

Loving this series on the forklift. Doing a great job.

It amazes me that a seller would not spend the time and effort to change the oil, fix the plug and points. So little investment and so much potential return. But stupid saves you and me money and gives us a great hobby. From the soggy banks of Underwood Branch in East Wampler, TX, thanks for the fun. 🤠

Only way to spend the first couple hours of my Sunday is watching Diesel Creek.

Good bit of progress on the forklift. I would not mind seeing more videos even if it was one or two parts that get fixed. Nice to see the evolution of a project, especially when it turns out good.

Matt thank you for the lesson with the spark plugs and the wires I’ve been around Mechanics a long time always had somebody else working on them now that I’m semi retired I’m getting fully involved in it just had a little bit more knowledge for me thank you,,, wants again keep up the great work...... FYI if you’re under something are you around something or you got a body up in the air !!!!!!! Take the extra time to put a block of wood just a reminder under the car or that truck,,,Town selectman from town in Connecticut die last week,, was working on a stock on his garage the car fell off the jackstands and it crush me to death,,,,,, sometimes we forget all about safety because were in a rush my FYI on a Friday you take care junkman do

A one wire alternator will solve your charging problems fairly cheaply. Just a thought. Really like the videos. Your get it done attitude is refreshing.

Good 'ol thorough troubleshooting, unlike several folks that fire shotgun parts. You're the man, Matt. Keep on sending these videos.

Great fun getting it going. I can see a new cement driveway in the future. That will definitely cost ya more than $200 though.

she ain't smoking and sounds solid think you got a good deal with her

Like your common sense approach to fixing the forklift. Reminds me of working on my old Volkswagen beetles pretty simple

I'm glad you fixed up the old girl I like the style.

A lefty that does research about the stuff he bought and likes history? Join the club ! Best YT ever ! ^^

Nice video. Would like to see you paint it once you have it mechanically repaired.

Its so awsome how your channel has taken off. I talked to you when you just was starting this thing. They way you explain stuff and know what your talking about is the best part. Keep doing what you do brother, i will always be there to see your next project.

Former Milwaukee/West Allis resident here, so I'm prejudiced. My first snowblower as a homeowner was my mother-in-law's old A-C. Ran it until we had a fuel leak that caught fire and burned it. My experience is they made very durable stuff that was taken over by Simplicity in 1987 when A-C went out of business.

I’d change oil and filter after a few hours to get rid of the rest condensation in that old oil.

If you have the time, leave the valve cover off and start the engine. Best to make sure the rockers arms are getting their lube

Backing up in time, I decided to re-watch this series. It amazes me, after seeing you do such good work, that you didn't recognize a dead cylinder right away. Bad plug or wire and run on 4 cylinders. Last episode I was yelling at the screen to fix the dead hole. You do eventually find it, but it took you way too long. Thanks for sharing

I did mention they do get stuck easy on uneven terrain. Lol. I have to say, I enjoy watching somebody do the work I used to do.

Giving the little guy a reach around to release the schmoo

Thanks for the video. I really like this content you produce.

I've run one of these Allis forklifts many moons ago. Allis was a leader in forklifts . They were extremely strong but a real pig if you take them off the cement. They just drop to the belly! Man she is a keeper! Great score son.

Yep the king of roadside finds

If you had any old oil lying around you could have used that to run the engine for a bit and then change that oil then adding the new oil

A half turn of play in the steering wheel is "normal". LOL

Learned something new today, thanks! Wouldn't mind seeing more of the repairs on this, but understand if you don't have time to video and edit all that. I enjoy pretty much any video you put out. Hope you get some nice weather soon, and you and yours are all healthy.

She's coming along. Don't mind the segmented videos at all and i saw the YZF but couldn't work out the capacity. Glad you ride as well BRAAAAAPMM ✊😁👊

Great video Matt really like the forklift ,get yourself a new condenser to go with your points they are cheap, and it absorbs excess energy and keeps points from arcing too much and burning.

Did you check the valve adjustments when you had the cover off? BTW, love your videos. Thanks for sharing!

Love seeing this come back to life!

I have a 1986 Allis Chalmers pneumatic tire forklift, it has 3 stage with sideshift...I love it! I bought it from the original owner..

Hopefully it's longer than 20. Just getting comfy and the show ends

Well I have to say that after hearing it run. It sounds exactly like, the one my Dad had... The same put put put, I don't think it's misfiring. Either that or my dad's was misfiring for years. Lol

Boy, you're amazing. Always enjoy watching and learning from you.

Looking back at your old garage workshop, I really appreciate how u worked in there, considering what little space you had.

Great job “Musty 1”

200 american well spent

Nice little forklift. keep it for your dream shop. flat floor nice small unit

Great videos. Keep up the good work. Just a tip, the points break the 12 volt circuit to the coil and the collapsing magnetic field in the primary winding of the coil induces the high voltage to be generated in the secondary coil winding. I think you are very talented at all you do.

I like your videos so 12 or more 25 minute videos on the complete forklift rebuild is fine with me.

If I had to figure why your oil was so milky, i'd wager it has to do with the fact that any blowby from those pistons will be water vapor and co2. A running propane engine produces water and co2 as its emissions. Now being that this forklift probably wasn't run hard enough to get the oil reliably up to 100c, and the motor was only run short periods, water vapor just kept building up. I don't think it's a head gasket. I think it's a symptom of running propane and not running it long enough for the oil to dry. TL;DR - The exhaust of a propane engine is water vapor and co2. (Hence why it's allowed in buildings.) Any blowby will be water vapor, and co2. Not run up to temp to dry oil.

Hello Matt, you working on the fork truck,takes me back quite a few years, when I was younger I had a second hand MINi VAN the original type this was about 1964, a rust bucket. But you tracing duff spark plugs was just the same 👍👍👍. Best wishes Geoff Lewis, Wales, UK, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

I drove a lot of forklifts in my day, drove one just like that one and it was a great little forklift. Working on day four of binge-watching Diesel creek, is there no end to the videos? Great channel.

South paw

I have had nothing but awful experiences with "head gasket sealers" they end up gumming up your cooling channels and making everything worse in my experience. Even totalling the block

You were not kidding. Sounds sweet. Keep plugging away and it will be a great tool for you.

Looking forward to hearing it run after this. Change the oil again after a couple of hours and get the rest of the crud out of it and the filter. Love old gear! regards,

motor sound didn't change alot when checking compression on that cylinder either. I'm like alot of the other peeps I don't care if it's 20 video's about it more I will watch

When your drilling through metal, slow down the speed of the drill. You will find that it will make drilling easier That fact depends on the drill bits

Thanks Matt shows me how old I really am, I was working on old 3 wheel Hysters. I was screaming at my phone saying set the points 🤣 GREAT channel and new sub for life. Any HiLo questions give me a call.

this wouldn't be a Diesel creek video without a fun fact

Ok, when testing spark plugs, you have to touch the metal plug body to ground

Adapt a GM 1 Wire Alternator into it

Love driveing forklifts there right man for doing up Old forklift can’t see take some stuff of trucks this year! Some pallets stuff are awesome! Regards Chris

You could eliminate a lot of that condensation in your oil by converting from that road draft tube to a positive crankcase ventilation system, it's cheap and easy to do.

Burning liquid propane does also release some water vapor.

"Lubricity" = "Slicky"

A chopped top forklift, pretty sweet 👍💯

Thanks for filming

That’s definitely just condensation we see it all the time in trucks that never get up to temp.

Here is a measurement to check when setting the points, in addition to setting the timing because it varies with the gap. Your father may have an old dell meter in his shop that he will let you use. They are pretty much obsolete these days, but it is a more accurate measurement of the point system. That milky oil, while slick, will eat up babbet bearings quickly, not that is a concern in this project. www.howacarworks.com/ignition-system/checking-the-dwell-angle

Unbelievable that you're doing this next to your day time job. Have been binge watching. Keep up the good work!

I've always been compelled to fix and build stuff too...must be some sort of illness! That overlong tangle of plug wires is bothering the crap outta me! Nice video!

Making it so tall ppl can’t play on lifting of forks

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Always fun to see how you try to repair a machine.. tks. 2.9.24

Solid tire hilos on anything but nice pavement are gonna get stuck...a lot. Pneumatic tire conversion would be nice, but probably pricey. Putting some weight on the forks when you get stuck sometimes works.

$200 is a cheap buy, once you fix the engine and that exhaust, getting closer to a $1000 forklift..

I had the same forklift during the eighties. Worked well but had problems with the gas valve turned out to be poor water flow through it. Look for frost to form on it in the cold weather usually means low coolant.thanks for the memory.

Forklift burnouts and "hill climbs" are COOL! I worked in a warehouse with these Allis Chalmers and some Towmotor rigs. Forklift drag races are fun too!

Back when I had cars with points and a mechanical distributor, I'd replace the condenser when I'd replace the points... The cap and rotor don't look too bad on this machine, but they get worn / spark eroded, and sometimes they'll crack and no longer have the right geometry. On some distributors, only the OEM cap & rotor will work - I learned the hard way about aftermarket parts not quite fitting... The other thing that you've been mentioning is those plug wires - they look like a cut-to-fit kit that never got cut, and the boots may not have been installed properly on the ends... Your coil looks to be good, so there's not too much to look at with regards to getting a spark. Oh, and if one plug is bad, you might as well buy a full new set...

Condensation can definitely put that much water in the oil. How many years has it been treated to start, run for 5 min or less and shut off for hours? If not days? Without running long enough to get the oil hot enough to purge, the condensation will continue to accumulate. Either run it for at least an hour when in use, or due extra maintenance and oil changes. Obvious find on the bad plug. Funny how you started with #4 for the compression test and #3 for spark test. Well done Captain Obvious. Good job getting it running on all 4. Thanks for sharing

I like the heavy equipment myself to, always working on something so many projects 👍

Try advancing or regarding distributor by turning and get those plug leads cut down to long and could be shorting somewhere, check in the dark.

She's a runner! Grab some carpet scraps. Gives your forklift a little extra grip. Learned that from some riggers working in the rain.

Ha love the AvE reference, I do not think that is condensate either, it looks like it took a load! I have a Komatsu FG15, old as shiiiit but good enough the girls I date! Keep on keeping on brother

Thoroughly enjoying this stuff Matt. You must have been well-pleased when she fired-up so easily. I've never had any dealing with a propane machine but, for once, I can actually follow what's going on. It seems like a nice, simple machine, with way fewer things to go wrong than a modern version. I'm guessing the word "electronic" won't be included in it's manual. Only thing I noticed; I would have put a squirt of paint on the bottom of the rollcage pipes after you cut them ~ no point in adding *more* rust to the picture. Are you planning to finish the job with a coat of paint, or are you going for the "patina" look? Cheers for now. Stay healthy, wash yer hands.😁 Dougie.

What a gem, look forward to more updates

Thanks to you Matt great video

I used to work in an RV plant around 2006, on the property we had an old Allis-Chalmers forklift that probably came over on the Ark, had a Continental flathead inline six in it. Guy that I worked with had been a lift truck mechanic in a plywood mill and he was the only one in the shop that knew how to work on it, it had to be from the 50s or possibly older (Under the yellow paint it was olive drab so I imagine it was military). Someone had named it "Alice" and of course one of the other guys wrote "IN CHAINS" under it :P

Fun and interesting, Sure would like to see another one as you finish the job. Kinda like seeing half a movie. Haha.

That's how the oil on my generac would get with only doing weekly runs, every so often I would put it in manual override and run the house with it to get the moisture boiled off.

Funny you mention kindergarten repairs! I brought a knob to school because the play kitchen was missing one! I had forgotten about that one!