We have been blessed with 3 videos in a week 😄

At 71 I can't swing a wrench like I use to, I worked at a car dealership and had a agreement with the used car manager, to buy cars taken in as trades that he didn't want to deal with usually 8 to 10 a year I'd fix them and flip them, now unable to do that I, and am sure like many others I live vicariously watching others, Matt's channel is my favorite.

There is NOTHING frustrating about your buying this stuff and dragging it home! That is what makes your work so interesting. Love watching whatever you decide to work on. Reminds me of when I was younger and I'd get calls from my dad. "hey boy, guess what I found? We have to go get it this weekend". I certainly miss those calls.

They run a Timken Taper bearing top and bottom of the knuckle, for the rear steer to pivot on. Good chance those bearings have collapsed. Been a while since we repaired ours, but think you have to pull the outer planetary hub off, then remove the driveshaft and pull the knuckle, so you can punch out the cone. The Rolling element can be replaced by undoing the external bolts. There's shims to set the drag right. Big rubber seal that goes on the knuckle, wipes the back of the 'ball' to keep the crap out. Ours has been pretty abused and also has a good bend in the drag link from the box to the rear bell crank. The outer tie-rods are exxy from CAT (ours is a 944) so you may have to substitute something there.

Matt, you are living the life that many of us would love to live BUT we either don't have the space, the time, the money or the understanding wife!! Keep doing what you're doing. Thanks

Why would we be upset? Your money, your choices. You are saving these things one machine at a time and its fun to watch. Good on ya!

These old rigid frame, rear wheel steering Cat loaders are special to me. From when I was 1, till about 9, in the 90's, me and my parents lived in the bottom floor apartment of a two story house almost as far north as you can get in Norway. All our windows pointed out towards the driveway, where the landlord had a loader like this parked. I don't remember if it was a 922, 944 or 966, and the thing looked huge to me when I was that little so I can't say too accurately. I *think* it was a 922A. Either way, the landlord put the machine to use after every snow storm, clearing our parking spaces, and often the parking spaces of our neighbours across the street, and I'd often sit on a dresser in front of my bedroom window and just watch him work that thing for hours. It was so much fun watching it. Pretty sure that's what sparked my interest in earthmoving equipment. Many pencil drawings, Lego sets, toy models, and an education within the field later, and these machines are still my passion. Later in life, when I (hopefully) have more space and disposable income, I want to get one of these loaders, fix it up, give it a nice paint job, and put it back to work. Glad to see you tackling one, as I'm sure you won't let it end up as scrap, but instead give it new life. It deserves it.

I swear this old cats don't want to be left for dead. Just got our 966A a few months ago after sitting for a unknown amount of years. Started right up

$500?!? That's awesome!

That’s a funky exhaust! The machine is very good condition and 500 bucks!

Sawmill setup. Short forks to put a log on the mill and simple bucket for sawdust.

Cat made a 920 model wheel loader at one time.....don't know when it was. It was an articulated machine and looked to be slightly larger than your 922. When I was a young teenager, I worked at a feedlot and we had a 920 setting in the weeds that didn't run and 930 that I ran daily loading feed trucks and also had a 950 that we used to clean pens and push manure with. They are good machines and when your 922 started up, it sounded just like the 920 & 950. Thanks for saving this one.

Matt’s excitement when something finally fires up is always the best!

Score! $500 and in great shape except for the bucket and it ran on a cold day. You find the coolest stuff to rescue. Thanks Matt for keeping old iron from the scrap yard. Cheers.

I haven't seen one of these in 50 years! I trained on the 922! Then moved up to 3 yard Cats and larger Michigan's. Worked in a sand mine. Drove dump trucks with 5x4 spicer trans, those were the days!

First machine i ran on railroad 45 years ago. Thanks for the memories

You can't do much better than Mike as a co-star/re-curring guest. Guy's a Gem!!

Best old iron revival channel on KZfaq

That old stuff is magnetic, it always attracts more

11/10 satisfaction seeing you bring these old machines back to life.

Load up the bucket and take a road trip to Illinois and meet up with Wes at Watch Wes work and have him CnC a new bottom for it. As a life time mechanic getting up in age thank you for taking time out of your life and to your wife for letting you spend the time away from from her. You have no idea of how much some of us appreciate what you are doing for us. Thank You

Thursday just got whole lot better Thanks Matt

Great to hear Mathew sing!!!!!! Of course it started, it's a CAT1!!!!!! As spoken by the Ole Caterpillar Cowboy! Good Luck Matt.

How could anyone be frustrated with you buying and showing off more equipment?! Keep doing your thing Matt! Best channel out there

That is a B model, it has the longer wheelbase and the arched rear fenders to allow greater rear axle oscillation. Only the 59A series had a turbo D320T engine, all the later series had normally aspirated D330 and D330c in the last couple of years of production.

Looks like a perfect sized loader! Hope it repairs easily for you. A great addition to your fleet!

Even before your wrap up comments I was smiling. Matt wins one! The engine fired up and you got her home easy-peasy! No drama! 😀

I love that you keep saving old iron then fixing it up.

Haha "that's not normally my preferred route" LOL I thought Matt purchased Ether cans by the pallet load 🤣

The rear axle will swing, that's its only suspension, that's why it looked cambered over!! Three videos in a week!! Great stuff! Cheers from UK Matt!

You buying more machines is not frustrating Matt, it’s sometimes exactly what I personally like to watch. Keep it up mate.

This video floods so many memories in. My great grandfather had a 922 don’t remember if it was a b or not. I spent countless hrs sitting next to him straddling the levers for the bucket and running the controls loading trucks as he drove. Thank you for bringing those back! One day I’d like to find another one. He’s got sold out from under us when he passed.

EVERYONE STOP WHAT YOUR DOING!! Matt uploaded a new video.

That was an awesome buy! Keep on keeping on Matt! Yup there will always be some that have something to complain about , but the fact is you have 743,000 subscribers so you are definitely doing something right. Personally I like all of your videos , no complaints from me. Thanks for taking us along and thumbs UP! 👍

I love this thing! It looks like a cute teen loader saying "wait till i grow up to a great big loader" 🙂

If you had to pick a bad thing for Matt, but a good thing for us. It's that he keeps acquiring more and more equipment. That means more work for Matt, but more videos for us. At the rate he's going he's going to need to clear more land to store everything .

She is a keeper.... you know it matt i saw your eyes in that morning coldstart!

Matt you are one lucky SOB. No-one in their right mind would turn down a buy like that. The steering/driveline issues sound 'Interesting', I'm looking forward to seeing what's wrong. Got to like a man with enough projects to be able to chose which one to work on today😀 Cheers from the UK.

"I don't need another fork loader" You certainly don't need another bucket loader EITHER 😂😂

What a sweetheart Matt she running well and the brakes work Heck yeah Nice old girl 13:31 @Diesel Creek

Have the same, my grandfather bought it brandnew. Still working here in bavaria.

Im excited to see what’s wrong with the steering it’s been that way for years while it was being used on the farm pretty much just as a large wheel barrow . Hope you have fun with the old steel and I can’t wait to see more videos

$500 is a great deal in my opinion, probably worth more in scrap. Not that it should be scrapped. Great video!

I would hate to loose the 3850 but if I had to loose one I would be keeping the CAT. Matt you are becoming the luckiest man in the USA with these crazy deals!

Perfect job with the horn blow! It’s gotta blow before the camera and thru passing over the camera for that classic awesome sound!

Our first wheel loader was a 922 and my dad still has it but stopped using it due to a massive transmission leak. Ours has an aftermarket fiberglass cab with a heater. The forward reverse knob had to be shaved down to clear the cab. As a young teenager, I had the pleasure to drive it too and from job sites. I discovered the rear steering made road travel quite sketchy while in 2wd second gear.

Who's complaining? This is exactly how you collect enough stuff for us to know we will have videos for a long time! Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦

I would love to see another video, showing you service, your new toy, and the sooner the better

Runs and looks beautiful. In love with that down facing self cleaning exhaust.

Matt you crack me up with your undying enthusiasm for saving old machines and not letting a good deal past your door. Years ago I was the same, as you, but with motorcycles. Sadly I had neither the money or storage to keep the 30 plus motorcycles I've owned over the last 50 plus years.

The part we love about Matt is he said. "I dont need another forked loader Ill put the bucket on" and completely ignored the fact that he probably doesn't need another loader in general.

Dude.. You're turning into a hoarder before our eyes. Promise me you will complete 1 project this summer. I'm gonna make it easy on you. I want to see Christine with Windows and you can start her from the cab.

I think the bucket and fork combination gives you the option of slamming the fork against the bucket, which can be very helpful while unloading manure.

24:38 2nd time around on this episode! Instincts, it's all about instincts. Knowledge and experience play their part. Blessed with being very logical is helpful as an assist in adventures.

No need to apologize. We are as hooked on the latest find phenomenon as you are.

Buy what you want and fix what you want. I'll watch you dig in the dirt Matt. Have fun, be safe.

Matt: No one should negatively comment on you buying equipment like this for $500! That is far less than the scrap value of the machine. However you resurrected her! I only wish that I would be able find and buy such a piece of equipment.

Can’t wait to see you dive into fixing the issues with the Loader. Keep buying and fixing while we learn from you.

20:43 hey matt the levers on the left side of the seat are for 4wd or 2 wd the lever on the bottom is for 2wd and 4wd the other one is high and low they are definitely definitely a handful but they can dig and push

Introduced in 1960, the No.922 Traxcavator was the second Caterpillar wheel loader to be released for sale (the first was the No. 944). Caterpillar initially offered a choice of either a petrol or diesel engine for the No.922. Customers could choose between an 80 horsepower Continental M330 six-cylinder petrol engine and a Caterpillar D320 four-cylinder naturally aspirated diesel, also rated at 80 horsepower. Most customers chose the diesel and the petrol option was withdrawn quite early in the machine’s production run. A two speed powershift transmission with a high and low range shifter and separate forward and reverse controls made up the rest of the powertrain. Later, during 1965 the engine was changed to a turbocharged model D330T, still rated at 80 horsepower

Matt, you're a graveyard junkie. You salvage some cool stuff. Cat loader,ok. And Carter Schnabel spent 10 million on a new cat D11 dozer to push dirt up in the Yukon to mine gold with. Always nice when they fire up and you jump up and down like a little kid you're so happy. Just like I do. Its a great feeling to bring these behemoths back to life.

Nice looking old cat 922 Matt looks like it needs a little love 2:28 @Diesel Creek

Makes me happy to see a brother get a sweet deal, that’s a good looking loader , hopefully the fixes going forwards are not overly expensive , with a rebuilt bucket and lose that head frame she,ll be eating her keep in no time! Look forwards to seeing her coming along , needs the turbo engine!

HEY! Good morning Matt and thumbs UP! This is a nice surprise video!

Afternoon Matt , Brilliant video Matt watching from Edinburgh Scotland UK 🇬🇧 👏 👍

You lucky man. That tractor has many good years left😊.

Wow what a fast cold start she was air locked before now she works like a champ good find for 500 bucks just needs a little love Matt 17:32 @Diesel Creek

That’s awesome, those old 922s are sweet little machines and it’s awesome you got it for 500

Yes, I want to see you service the 922. Thanks, Matt.

Never apologize for doing and buying what makes you happy. Clearly what you've been doing thus far has been working out exponentially well.

Matt. I had forgotten something negative about the 3850 ( I might have previously told you this). The motor and transmission were fantastic. Extremely powerful for a small loader with difficulty keeping the tires from spinning, BUT the design of the lift arms to the machine was not spot on as in the angle was strange. It would dig in to easy and trying to counter the bucket position would over compensate causing a porpoise effect. I never had this problem with the 966 or 645, 745 or 644. Only the 3850 and after talking to other owners they complained about the same issue. The machine was a fast hard working loader but try to make an occasional flat grade you would find your self back dragging which was not the prettiest. Also the 3200 skid steer had issues not only with the V4 Wisconsin motor it to had difficulty obtaining a flat grade when used as a machine to make grade.

Thursday morning surprise … Good Morning Diesel Creek Kids!!

I love it! Thursday lunchtime and Matt uploads a new video! cool Greetings from Germany 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

It's your money Matt and you can do what you want with it. I don't see why anyone should be complaining about what you buy. It all makes for great video content. You keep buying, and we'll keep watching.

Sweet ….. for $500.00 running under its own power, fuel line system “QUICK” fix. Matt you are a joy to watch problem solve and DIESEL WHISPERER!

I have been restoring a 950 caterpillar wheel loader one of ther first when they interduced the line its number is 347. Your B looks to be in awesome shape matt!

This is a cool loader...would like to see multi part restore... More than just start and drive away.

I worked at Caterpillar in Aurora IL. Pretty sure we had a 922 on display. I know it was smaller than what you have with the 924.

She running with her own fuel Very nice looks like it just was fuel starved and left Matt 10:40 @Diesel Creek

Nice find! Interesting roof/maybe ROPS setup.

Matt you do what makes you happy no one else matters. Be happy Sir! love your content and always look forward to it. Thank you for your time.

Diesel Creek where old equipment come to be saved and enjoyed!

Great video! I'm looking forward to seeing the diagnosis and repair of the steering system and drivetrain issue.

Two videos on one week!?! I must be in heaven.

Thanks! Matt!

Greatest week ever!, Got a little Auto Car, got a little loader. You start building the house on the Farm I might just throw an RV out there and donate some time. LOL.

This guy loves loaders... I love these rescue videos.

I agree on your purchase, a good deal for the price for sure. Looking forward to the teardown/analysis. Nice to pick up something that you get running with minimal effort and then get it loaded under its' own power. Thanks

I am currently in America on holiday (Niagara falls at mo) from the uk. We driving across America and we’re only about 500 miles in and my wife so fed up with me saying slow down that might be diesel creek as we pass a pick up towing some junk… I mean saveable equipment 😂 peace and love Matt thanks for the vids!!!

Love the 922, good video Matt! Brought back memories of 2 old 920's I learned to operate as a kid and later young man. That machine of yours has potential for your operation and for video too! I can see digging into her guts and figuring our the drivetrain etc issues making for good watching. Gotta say always happy to see you put out a video.

Amount of construction vehicles without any cab or any weatherproof cab is amazing.

Really? Bleed the fuel system, battery, ether, start....again? C'mon Matt, start putting your toys to work out in your community.

Not frustrating at all. It's your money. As far as I'm concerned, it provides interesting content and your ability to dive in and make these old machines come back to life is good entertainment. Thx

Matt is basically the adhd version of a equipment buyer/ fixer 😂 one vid he's doing grading next he's buying old iron next he's at the auction or fixing something we forgot he bought 2 years ago 😂 I love it keep it up matt

I met your buddy Mike at Cabin Fever in Lebanon in January. He and his dad are really nice guys!

Curator? Archivist? or just a machine hoarder? Obsession is hard to explain to us "normal", folk, but I'm sure your family appreciates all the hard work. Don't ever stop Matt...

Tugs at the heart when you see a machine that at one time was the owner’s long time pride and joy, as demonstrated by the commitment to repaint and place new decals… and then one day it eventually gets abandoned.

When I started in construction 30 years ago, my boss only had to tell me once and I never forgot what key those old Cat loaders used... The Snoopy key.

The bucket on it makes me think of an old country song, My bucket's got a hole in it.

Started right up With ether good to see 7:30 @Diesel Creek