Fixing up the Abandoned Vintage Tractor and putting it to work
14.02.2021
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The rescued David Brown-25 is in rough shape, the exhaust manifold is badly rusted, the oils are full of water and the filters haven't been changed this decade. So I'll do some maintenance / repairs and get it back to work
18:15 Droopy Eye Red
Much enjoyed...Thanks for sharing...
What a awesome little tractor and a good ending for it, but I hope to see more of it too
Spray wheels/ rims , wire brush, spray oil, then wheel bearing grease for ever
Tractors never seem to grow in my back yard
Please make more follow up videos on the work you do on this tractor. I'd love to see how you replace the water filled tires if you decide to do so
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Hey mate I noticed that you run a 78 Evinrude on your boat on previous video and was wondering what you think of it as I've just picked up a 77 115 V4 Evinrude
@Marty T cheers mate Ive been told that they're thirsty girls
I believe mine is 1991 model v4 90hp, probably much the same as yours. Its a guzzler as all those old 2 strokes are but It just keeps on going, waiting for it to die so we can buy a 4 stroke but it won't give up haha. You need to hold your tongue right to start them sometimes, push in the key to squirt fuel and pull the choke up till it fires
Need to get you some Kerosene (Diesel might work) to clean grease and grime off........Also EXXON/ESSO Varsol=Mineral Spirits=Paint thinner will too.
Don't have an ultrasonic cleaner....yet 😉. With your knack for finding things, you'll definitely get one soon im sure!
I see no issue with the exhaust being broken if anything it’s making more power
@Marty T Where I come from we do that to all of our motorized equipment you don’t need to worry about the fumes an the fire risk lol Also you’re a good FIstreamr because you’re read your comments like me good to see
Fire risk and fumes
this would be an awesome restore!!! all new paint etc would be sweet with a over haul !!
What is with New Zealand and abandoned equipment?
The old tractors are worthless for tax purposes...but farmers like to hang on to them "just in case the new one breaks down". Time passes...the owner loses interest...Marty says "I'll take that off your hands"...
Well done, M8! You got rather lucky that the engine/gearbox/hydraulics were all serviceable. I suspect it will clean up nicely with a walnut shell bead blasting, coat of paint, and some fresh rubber on the wheels. Projects like this are great fun and it's always nice to be able to salvage an old piece of history and put it back to work.
Onya mate, very proud smile at 16:27 👍🏾
Watching your wife drive reminded me of my young self driving one in the field during hay season.
really enjoy your videos do you sell what you have repaired or store the projects away
Have you considered draining the crank case and filling it with kerosene to clean it all up squeaky clean? Nothing gets gunk out of a motor quite like a few minutes of idle lubricated exclusively by kero!
Modern oils especially diesel oils with high detergency clean and lubricate. Just run it with a good oil, and change it after a short run...repeat until gunge has gone...
A tractor for the lady. Lovely. It suits her too!
Hi Marty please upload this amazing content to youmaker. Many people are leaving youtube.
What in the world do you do with all the tractors?
I plan to take this one to my water access property and use it to launch and retrieve the boat
Right to repair is such an great thing! So nice to see someone fixing and using abandoned machines. Good on ya! Love the old red tractor, such an amazing piece of history and built to last!
Best tractor made in Britain for the world export. David brown cropmaster 👍
professional scrap repairman :)
I'd like to see someone try and start a new John Deere after sitting outside in the elements for more than a couple years....better bring a laptop with new software!
How can anyone who turns a wrench not love an old workhorse tractor like this!!!
I never knew you could use gravy as a lubricant.
beautifull little tractor , good video
I would love a restoration series on this thing. New parts, paint, the whole 9. It deserves it.
What part of New Zealand do you live
Marty and family live in the Marlborough Sounds, Nelson Province, top of the South Island.
That's rusted pretty good welllll let's not look to hard at that lol
how much is it worth in this state?
Around $750 nzd
Such a beauty. Great work as always!
It must be so cool just knowing how to do all these things, just being able to fix up a tractor all by yourself, being able to diagnose and fix everything.. incredible!
not bad.. not bad at all.. mighty fine in fact .
Love your videos! What do you do with all the fluids you drain off?
Reasonable drained oil= chain bar oil for chainsaws, or fence preservative, or mix with diesel as a metal preservative/antirust; awful stuff goes to recycling.
Wow, worst oil I've ever seen. Your tractor will love the fresh!
Lovely too see your wife participate and learning,,, important if something happens too you,,, 👍🥀
What do you want red roses are red tractor
Them wheels are destroyed mate. LMAO
Develop some mad skills in your life, Like Marty, and you too can have free stuff.
Marty I think your wife might keep it for herself
On the next episode of This Old Tractor, Marty will be fashioning from reclaimed steel a pair of matching foot plates and a battery tray for Old Red. Stay Tuned!
It's never good when your hydraulic/ gear case oil looks like white latex paint.. Lol!
What about the rusty wheels?
@Marty T Marty, you will have a variety of options. Your wheels are the earlier ones similar to those fitted to my Cropmaster. The 25 was more commonly fitted with the larger 6 bolt centre and 28" rim. They were used on David Browns from about 1953 to 59 on models such as 900 and 950. The later ones could also have wider rims. The 6 (outer) bolt rims were standardised so Ford and IH may have the same bolt pattern. If you wanted to go the other way, and find rims to fit your centres, I think you would be looking at Cropmaster wheels.
I will keep an eye out for a parts machine with better wheels..
And tyres
Parabéns você e muito bom no que faz
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Tractor earning it's keep, nice .
your little shed addition is really coming in handy, keep up the great work.
The ole tractor is earning its keep already!!! Nice Job!
I trinken i found my new favorite FIstream channel
I was just wondering if in Australia if you see something just sitting there can you just go get it? I'm afraid in Oklahoma USA you would have to find the previous owners and get permission or they could come back and get it after all the work you put into it. There is no such thing as abandoned.
@Paul Hitchcock sorry about the location, don't think bad of me I am ignorant and thanks for the reply, I kinda thought that might be the case since he had the location but had to find it with a drone
As far as getting permission is concerned, he did just that. Actually this is New Zealand not Australia hence the lack of hazardous wildlife such as Funnel Web spiders.
Unpopular opinion: I hope he doesn’t restore it fully, they are only new once🙋🏻♂️
I doubt it will be restored. This is a working tractor besides there is no-one about to see it apart from the new owner, and Marty. There is a FIstream clip of a TVO model 25C being restored in the UK. That one will get the full treatment.
Thank you for sharing your videos they’re GREAT reminds me of my projects.. I’m your neighbor in the Pacific Ocean 🌊 located in Hawaii. Hope to make it out there where you are sometime. Keep up the great work and be safe 🤙🏼ALOHA!!
I mean the filters probably havent been changed in this century.
To think - David Brown went from making tractors to running Aston Martin, with the DB series of models named after him, such as Bond's famous DB5 and the current DBX.
greetings Marty from Phelps KY USA
Not rusted out like the farmall
it was so poor, but now it looks amazing! I'm imressed:)
How’s that old camping trailer you got coming along?
all these places you go to look like prime weed growing land, Have you ever found anyones crops?
@Marty T haha nice. beautiful place nonetheless, reminds me of tassie.
Yes I can smell it a mile away on a hot day
Amazing that this stuff gets abandoned but how easily it can be brought back to life.
@Paul Hitchcock having salvaged a few boats I can't agree with you more.
Only ''easy'' if there is someone around with a deal of flair.
3:55 - And now we know where nougat comes from.
Lovely!
It's aaalliiiivvveeee!!!!
Makes his own gaskets? Oh be still my beating heart!!..lol
Oil filter was the best!!
The master at work...love it !!!!
I’m 14 from Israel after seeing your Videos you give me the desire to learn Mechanics and now after yer of hrs work ie finally complete to fix moped by myself thanks to you ( now in the corona home study ie work on engine mor then I learn sometimes ween I learn 😜)
Isn't it a crime to cut down trees where you live? This video won't be good if forest officials see it.
@John Smith My tractor fiat 55 46 87 model. And the girl you're 😍
@John Smith Thank you for the answer. You enlightened me. Thank you for the follow-up.
Marty has planted all those trees you see in his forest...all 20,000 of them. He owns them. He cuts them. He plants more trees. These trees are like a crop...3 crops in 100 years in NZ climate...
Take a car from today put it in that situation and in 6 months you won't be able to open the door much less start and drive it.
What oil did you use for the gearbox
iso46 hyd oil, I will give it a few hours on that to flush it then drain and add multipurpose tractor oil
thinking of replacing the bottom of the fuel tank to carry a larger volume ?
Awesome mate
great job marty... good to see her indoors getting involved...bit of an on/off clutch hey? was a pleasant surprise to see a video from you...
Thats a nice looking tractor. Great job as usual, you make everything look so easy!
so the water in the tyres was there for ballast? im guessing thats how it got it there?
Yes, and the tyres were almost completely filled with water which is why the tyres kept their shape...
Love your work. Always excited to see new videos from you. I don't own a tractor, have never driven a tractor and will probably never service a tractor, but I can't look away.
You only need the right tool when the wrong tool has failed....
She’s a keeper that one. Tractor is nice too. 💨
if you should turn the frontwheels inside out...in its original you get a much better tractor and save the bearings.
I am sure that will be a happening thing when the wheels get the treatment. The track adjustment on these older tractors was only achievable by the combinations of rim and wheel centre positioning. Having the front wheels so wide is not at all common, the previous owner may have been a reason.
Go to bed Dave Kinding!
The David Brown tractor was a petrol Kero motor, started on petrol then it had a curtain that pulled down at the front over the radiator to speed up operating temperature, once up to temp, switched to cheaper Kero for the days work. The tank in front of the steering wheel is a twin tank... the tractors are that good aston martin named their famous cars after the designerDavid Brown aston Martin DB. I think aston Martin bought the company for their skills at gear manufacturing..
As another commenter stated (and he has two) this was only ever a petrol motor, not TVO. Marty right at the start of this video pointed out the bottom of the main tank which showed no signs of 2 exits/pipes. So there were 3 models of the DB25; the diesel engine, the straight petrol engine, and the one that had two filler caps on the main tank, started on petrol and then when warmed up, ran on TVO (tractor vapourizing oil) Marty's one is a special model with Briggs and Stratton lawn mower engine petrol tank.....😉
We have any number of comments here on this being a Petrol tractor. It is not a TVO/kero version. It was David Brown that owned Aston Martin for a period. There is a similar video on a 25 restoration in the UK. That is a TVO model and they also mention the car connection. fistream.info/work/videot/arWsqru8ZZCVmKc
Put diesel in a container and usea palm sander to vibrate the part,works treety good for a poor mans ultra sonic cleaner. You could fabricat a manifold pretty easily.
I would hazard a guess and say that the last time that filter saw the light of day was the day it was installed at the factory. It is great that you can get the old tractor running, any use of it is better than no use. Of course the cost of a set of replacement rims and tires would make the cost of getting the tractor working again cost prohibitive.
Never get tired of watching, and listening to, Marty fix stuff. He has such a good “way” about him. 😊👍👍
My jaw dropped when that thing fired up and pulled itself out of the brush. My little brother loved this video as well, nice work man.
I am surprised that the manifold bolts didn't cease or snap off.
In the old days when manufacturers prided themselves on good quality, but also took into account the need for maintenance...the English manufacturers used to pay an extra penny for brass nuts to put on exhaust manifold studs. Brass doesn't rust; brass undoes easily...which Marty commented was the case here to his pleasant surprise. OEM today is a tight-arse, bean-counter led process...good engineering is frowned upon if it costs money....and if it lasts until the warranty runs out...it's good enough...
So great! Love it!!!!
Also use hose clamps on the shifter boots. Those plastic zip ties will eventually break, allowing more water into the gear box.
One piece of advice I can give you on a vehicle like this. When you drained the hydraulic fluid out, I would have put diesel fuel back in it, and ran it for a few minutes and cycled the cylinders to try to get as much of that nasty fluid out of them as possible. Then drain it again and fill it with hydraulic fluid. That way you have a much cleaner system. After seeing the oil filter. I'd have done the same thing with the engine. Filled it with diesel, and ran it for a few minutes and then drained it. I'm betting the oil pickup has pieces of the filter stuck in it, & the diesel would have helped clean all that out of there.
Marty commented that he filled the gearbox with clean second hand ISO46 hydraulic fluid (probably drained from the excavator) and ran that as a flush. The engine oil was new; I don't know if Marty took the sump off and cleaned it...he had to cut 25 hours of fixing and filming back with 30 hrs of editing to produce this vid...he may mention at the start of his next vid how he tackled the sump/engine sludge...I'd like to see how thick that was......
Aye right!
The wife operates better than you do.......Kidding...
,,,,,,,VERY NICE,,,,,,,
She’s a keeper and the tractor is nice too.
Excellent upload - as always. While running the tractor down to the tree, did you have to top up the fuel tank to get the job done? (Seems the size of the engine would burn all the fuel in that small aux fuel tank quick). Will you look into repairing or replacing the main fuel tank? Thanks for sharing!
I had just enough to get the job done
that model 25D is exactly the same as the one i learnt to drive a tractor on at 5! in 1965. Got a lot bigger since, both me and what i drive! The hitch is the rare floating hitch, which makes it easy to offset chain harrows etc, you are missing the bonnet side panels, mine was the rarer diesel model worked on our farms fromapprox '55 to '78, we kept it for haymaking as my mum liked driving it and it was brilliant for hayturning and bale hauling. we had a supermajor and a 990 DB for all the heavy work, the 25D got put in bed for the winter;0) nice vid
Awesome video as always Marty. It’s nice to watch a Family orientated video. God bless you and your family Marty.
Some farmers in the US will put water in the tires to add weight to the tractor.
Or calcium mix, or beet juice both of which are far heavier than straight water
Very lovely