Will it Start? Abandoned tractor was under flood waters
In this episode we attempt to start up the Zetor 5911 tractor after it was submerged in floodwaters. I bought this machine for scrap price, taking a gamble on the possibility of it going. If it didn’t I could use parts off it including great tyres. We drain the engine oil out and change it, rebuild the starter motor and attempt to free up the rusted diesel injection pump. Come along with us as we attempt to run and drive it! #mechanical #oldtruck #tractor #diesel #willitstart #dieselengine #farmtractractors #zetor #australia #sydney #rust #abandoned #restoration #willitrun
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Hi Steve. I'm enjoying trawling through the back catalogue. I laughed when you said it should go 30 metres and made it .3 of a meter. I'm a points and condenser type of guy and normally mess with old flathead Fords. Take care and I'll find another gem to watch. Cheers!
Steve's place down Under Hope you Can get That tractor up And running Keep Up the good work Billy Lizza Uniontown pa USA
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Great buy that one Steve 👍
She'll be a good old work horse once the tank is cleaned out Steve.
Amazing that the starter still worked with all the wet gunk inside. Good work fixing the fuel pump and a nice running engine at the end.
Hurrey you get her started! Great job. 😁👍
you got some nice old vehicles mate , just found you . hope you got a spare beer , lol , i will be down there later😀
Really beautiful sunrise there in Sydney. I used to rebuild starters for a living for over 10 years. That starter kinda reminds me of the Ford starters I used to rebuild. There's a trick to pulling brush springs up. You make a hook out of a wire coat hanger and have it doubled where you make the bend. Pull up on the spring with the tool, use a pair of needle nose pliers and grab the brush and out she comes. The brush hook kinda looks like a "T" that goes between your fingers with the hook on the end of the "T". You insert the brushes after putting it all back together using left hand to pull up spring and right hand to use needle nose pliers to insert brushes. When you have 400 brushes to insert rebuilding 100 starters a day you learn all the tricks. Quota per day was 100 starters. My boss designed a long line of angle iron which I welded and made all the little carts out of angle iron and bearings from alternators. Welded the shafts with the bearings at the ends for wheels to ride in the angle iron. Each flat held 3 starters on a board insert with noses pointed down. I made the trays for the starter line also. Worked pretty well. The idea was at first have stations along the line like a workers line in a car factory each station putting on a part, but it didn't work too well. Had to change procedures. Cheers from eastern Tennessee
From USA, really enjoy your videos and sense of humor👍
Really enjoyed this episode Steve. It had everything, scenery, ups and downs and laughs. Keep up the great work! Do what you love, cheers 🍺
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Great video mate !The old Zetor is not dead yet ! 🌵
Steve , you do a much better job than the yanks at will it start videos mate , good onya .
Great job!! You never cease to amaze us getting old iron back in service when most would just scrap it out.
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Woo Hoo!!! She's alive!! Awesome video as you meticulously go through each obstacle one by one!! Love watching this sort of stuff, and the cherry on top is the successful outcome!! Well done!! 🙂
‘I’ve got to hold the stubby, the steering wheel and the gimbal’. Listed in order of importance I see? 😂 A great video again Steve. Your property looks amazing, especially with that sunrise. 👍🏻
Good old Zetor from czechoslovakia :)
Suprising how well old shit holds up, we had a big flood come through home in 2018, mf50h backhoe, mf2640, mf178 and a couple of little kubotas all went under, backhoe was so deep you were up to your chest standing on the roof.