Nothing feels better than helping your dad get something done.

Thanks Wes for letting us meet your dad. See where you received some of your knowledge and manners. You helped to give him something to do.

Nice seeing your dad, especially how happy he was that you guys got it running.

"Nothing to lose, but the building" lol, perfect

So this is the Father that made you the amazing man you are today! God bless him

All right! Wes back on they old, abandoned heavies! 👍🔧🔨

Nice to work with your dad, cherish the time, they leave us too soon.

My grandpa had this exact dozer(only he had a dump bucket on front and a 3 tooth ripper on back). Built us 3 big ponds, dug us a pool, cleared driveways,etc. Brings back awesome memories seeing it run.

I like your father Wes. Any future videos with this gentleman would be greatly appreciated.

Put a little pressure on him to get it fixed and take us along for the show. It would make great videos of you two working together.

You knows its a good day when dad says “we got nothing to lose here, except the building”

Great to see you working with your dad! That's joyous.

Audio sounds fine to me! Thanks for putting in all the hard work to bring us this continent, and I hope you feel better soon. Happy Sunday, Wes!

Love to see this kinda stuff here. Reminds me of me and my dad tinkering around in the yard. These are the best moments.

You Dad is a nice guy, and he seems very capable and knowledgeable like you Wes. Let's hope to see more of him. 😊

It was nice to see your Dad in the video.

the man responsible for making you the awesome dude you are today.

Wes your dad is cool 😎 . Kudos to him for taking this project on

You should feature that antique cream separator in a video on your second channel. Those things are so cool. Your dad has excellent taste in equipment.

Hey Wes, thanks for introducing us to your Dad. The man clearly, "fears not", the healthy deployment of either. I can see where you got a lot of your traits and mentorship from. I also see where you get your yard decorating tips from as well, modern 20th Century Steam Punk Iron. Very cool, thanks for taking us along. Yes, Children are petre dishes with little legs..lol Stay Safe! Cheers!

I always hit the thumbs up-button BEFORE actually watching the video. That's how much I appreciate your channel.

What a testament to the great engineering that went into these machines by JD, Cat, etc. to be able to run after a dozen years and a flood and only need some compressed air and either. I smiled when that little doser lit up.

Can see where you got your dry sense of humor , love seeing you turning wrenches with your dad 😄😄😄

This was great :D Your dad has a proper dad voice too

Enjoy your dad while you can. I lost mine when I was 22 and that was almost 60 years ago. When I work on projects with my two sons, we always have lots of fun and we learn from each other.

I know you know all the tricks of the trade Wes, I had a 450 that had sat for years too and when I got it the steering clutches were stuck just like your dads 450, it ran well and would move back and forth, the hydraulics were operable every thing worked but the steering clutches so I had my son move the dozer forward while I steered it with my skidsteer walking it over to a huge stump in the yard. Pulled the inspection plates for the steering clutches and poured diesel on them for a couple days then fired the 450 up pulled the steering arms back and secured them in place and put it in gear with the blade down, she walked to the stump and started digging about and hour went by and I hear this loud POP and one of the clutches had freed itself 30 or so minutes later the other one popped loose too... made a fortune with that old Deere 450 and sold it for what I had in it later.... Thanks for the look into the life of Wes brother, enjoy the day sir!

Good to see you Wes & Pup, Mrs. Wes and “The Boy” I certainly hope all is Well.

The injector pump will eventually need rebuilding. Replace any water damaged parts. But the steering clutches are a higher priority. It needs to drive correctly before rebuilding a pump. It was great seeing the beast wake up.

Great seeing you work with your Father, enjoy helping him time goes by fast.

I’m feeling all sorts of emotions right now. I remember working on old tractors and stuff with my grandpa. The last thing we did was work on his old ford tractor.

That was a good one. Your dad is hilarious. Love it when he guest-stars. Please keep us posted on that project.

Kids are like walking petri dishes. They're so good at incubating all kinds of things to pass on to mom & dad!

I have to believe working on those clutches with your dad would be a lot of fun. You should ask him to let you help you because you "need it for the content."

I don't remember too much about the 1960's but one thing I do remember, in 1968, when I was 17 years old, I was admitted to a small town hospital in Sumner, Iowa to have a tonsillectomy. I was wheeled into the operating room and was administered a big dose of ether to put me to sleep in preparation for the surgery. Now when I think about it, it's kind of amazing that back in the day, the same thing used to start a diesel engine could be used as an anesthetic in a hospital operating room.

Thanks Wes for bringing use along . Always good to see what you have going on. Have a great week ahead 👋

Those 1960s and 1970s John Deeres are great tough little machines !

Awesome. Glad you helped dad. Mine is gone now. Cherish those days

Thanks for introducing your Dad! He made my day with the Jeremy Renner comment. These are priceless moments, making memories.

I hope you know and appreciate how lucky you are. My dad had hundreds of acres of land, all kinds of tools and equipment but, was not a family man. Being a mechanic by trade, I helped him all I could. Worked on all his equipment and kept it serviced. Tried to be the best son I could. In the end he said the hell with everyone. Had a big auction and sold everything. I have a shop and farm now and would love to have, oh so much, of the good old American made equipment he had. Most of the stuff today is overpriced foreign made junk.

Good for you Wes, spending some quality time with your old man. Hearing him saying "I'm happy" put a smile on my face..

That's freaking amazing! Little engine wants to run. Congrats to you and Daddio.

Appreciate you having us along, I was sure hoping there was going to be a part Two? More of Dad in the Videos wouldn’t be a Terrible Thing, I can see where the Sense of Humor comes from. Anywho, I’ll catch you on the Next One, Keep It Safe Out There Sir.

Wes thanks. Watching you work on the dozer with your dad brought back so many memories of doing the same thing with my dad it made me cry if you guys started yelling at each other I would have really lost it

Dozer didn’t have a fair chance. The force of Wes’s Dad and Wes was irresistible. Fun video. Thank you.

"Shouldn't take more than 12 years"...made me laugh with that final line. 😀

5 seconds into the video, and I relate! Had my cousin and her kids over for a visit and now I’m half dead in bed for the last 4 days. Thanks for the upload to distract me, Wes 😂

Its always good when you work with your Dad.

Nice to see you and your dad working together, good result too

'We got nothing to lose here, except the building.' I like your attitude dad!

Old girl finally started very cool 😎 @Watch Wes Work

Give that starter a medal.

Great seeing you working on old iron again.

It's nice to have the chance to work with ur dad so many are no longer with us I wish mine was its a great chance to do this hope u have many more 👍

Get well soon Wes! Seeing you and your dad working together is heartwarming! Greetings from far away Switzerland!

Priceless! Sitting here in Kentucky with a glass of bourbon 15:05 on a Sunday night remembering my dad. Cherish him and the time you have doing things with him.

Love this vintage of heavy equipment and always great to see a father and son making it happen! While I hope the super long form videos haven't disappeared forever, I often rewatch your older multi parters, I've been really enjoying the shorter form stuff lately!

Wes you really need to put your dad in your videos more often. He seems to be a great guy and shows where you get it from.

Wes I think this could be a really cool video series. Fixing and bringing you dads old equipment back to life.

Papa Wes is over the moon he got it running again but secretly he was hoping it wouldn't that way he wouldn't feel too guilty about buying another one! we have all been there. well done.

At this rate, you might consider preparing for inheriting this machine one day. Good luck to both of you!

He is probably really proud of you. Feels good to help your dad. I wish you both good health and much joy.

Your dad works on my time schedule! lol

Oh cool, finally get to see Papa Wes 😬

Good morning wes. I would love to be able to diagnose things like you,,

Need more of your old man! I bet he’s got some great story’s!

Enjoy working with your dad all you can!! Time is to fast.

What a fantastic fella your dad is.

That was a great idea! It's great to see that your dad seems healthy and energetic. What a guy!

The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. You can see where Wes got his mojo!🎉

Your dad went ‘full-Peg’ with the cosby sauce!

nice seeing you and your dad enjoy it while you have him

Thumbs up 👍 good that it’s inside. Father and son time. Good to see.

Great to see you working together! I didn't get to do that with my Dad. 🖖👍👊😊

Hi Wes, it's really nice seeing your dad. Glad to see you got the old girl started. Hope you make another video on this dozer. Thank you again. Hope you feel better soon.

Happy Dad, nice to see him smile.

Alright great video! Would love a video series on this, with you and dad, and your brother too… Would be awesome. Thank you sir.

So awesome wrenching with dad!

We already have a bulldozer at home. The bulldozer at home:

Thanks for sharing your Dad with us. Lost mine Christmas day 2 years ago,so o definitely appreciated getting to know yours a little. Seems like a nice man. Really enjoy your Videos. Have a great day to the both of you.

Sometimes I wonder why WWW's Channel isn't growing faster. What an awesome video! He's the best on KZfaq IMO.

I have seen lots of will it start videos and usually it's painful to watch the amount of brake cleaner used, we used to use an old carburettor on a plate placed over the air intake fed with petrol and ATF / 2 stroke mixture when it starts lift it off when it's warmed up, the carburettor mists the fuel lube mix as that's what it's designed to do, that gets carried through lubricating as it goes, we also used to add old engine oil to the fuel, just keeps the wear down in the first few minutes really when it's bone dry

Nice! Spent many nights tinkering on my 450-C that I picked up for free. I hope you and your dad wrench on it together soon!

what a neat dozer! also I hope you get to do more videos with your pa, He seems like a fun guy :)

Nice to see a nice piece of equipment back up and running and getting the attention it deserves.

I have forced steering clutches in the past when they were rusted frozen up. It was successful. Trying to remember what I did. But it worked .

I realize your dads words apply to every project I work on, “well we’ve got nuthin to lose”!!!

Thanks for sharing!! Your Dad was happy that it started !!

Works better than expected for being in a flood. Nice work.

Hi Wes this viewer would enjoy some dozer content. Don't shy away from some time with Dad and help getting the machine back to operational condition. Dad will enjoy it, you will enjoy, and your viewers will get to see the transformation.Good luck hopefully the disassembly will not be too difficult.

Here it is! Happy Sunday!

I truly enjoy how you pull out the diagram(s) and explain what is happening. That cut away drawing of the pump is something else.

I swear I started smelling unburned diesel about 10 minutes into this video. (Oh, maybe that's from my old blue Chevy truck out in the garage with another bad PMD, or the old beat-up dozer I ran this morning.) Thanks for the video, lets me know I'm not the only Dad with more projects than I can even remember.

Always nice to spent some quality time with your father.

Wes, your dad is cool. Treasure him and learn. Thanks for sharing.

Nicely done Wes! Storing a project for twelve years before he begins repairing it, your daddy is pretty funny, and I’d say you are a chip off the old block 👍❤️🔧

That's awesome you got it running sounds good ,getting the steering brakes working is major work as anyone will attest to who has done it once they rust up their done for .That was a cool idea of shooting brake kleen in the inlet to the injector pump then pressurizing it with air to force it through the pump to get rid of the varnish and free it up I'll put that in my bag of tricks need to show that one to Hank and Wiley of Hamiltonville farms .I love old Dozers

Great video Wes - and thanks for the intro to your Dad. I’d say that we can all see how you became such a fine person. Pete

Your dad seems like a really nice person. Probably a great neighbor. Listening to him it's clear where you got some of your wit from.

15 years will go by in no time Thank you ALL stay safe

Gotta love workin' with your Dad, good luck.