Fixing a bulldozer winch

Working on a Cat D7E bulldozer with a Hyster D7H winch. Installing a new winch hydraulic pump, hoses, filter. Then using the winch to rip a car in half.

This video is filmed and uploaded 5312 x 2988, 60fps, 100,000kbs bit rate. I am trying to make this my new standard video format.

T-shirts with art from this video coming soon.

Link to all of the Allied / Hyster winch service manuals:

[isaacrocksyay]

Don’t ever stop making videos like this in this format. So hard to find good videos like this on YouTube now.

[FrenziedManbeast]

I have been watching these videos for years now, and I'm still floored by the tenacity Andrew has with projects. Knuckles busted, constantly panting and huffing to try to do something as simple as run a couple hoses. Researching filters and ancient pump systems. You're like a necromancer wrapped in a bald eagle dipped in diesel. God bless you, legend!

[themauldens]

Andrew, your hard work is paying off. I admire your work ethic and determination to see things through. You are living life well and you have earned it.

[joat-man]

10 minutes of ripping a car apart and Andrew didn't even put it in the title of the video? The man knows how to reward his dedicated viewers! Thanks Andrew!

[realphilg]

hey andrew, i am a commercial boat owner and a tip i can give you with old hydraulic winchs or any equipment that have been sitting, you can just hook one side up leave the other side of the winch port open, start up the pump hit the proper arm for that direction and collect all the gunk on the other port with a bucket. Usually everything comes off in 2-3 seconds. shut it off and hook it properly. Good video thanks! cheers

[tillman]

Andrew, my entire life is different from yours. I will never do the things you do. Thank you SO MUCH for teaching me about engineering, repair, tools, physics, rock, watercraft, excavators, and retrievers!

[BakerCountyTrashPickup]

Andrew must have ran out of yellow paint. I always enjoy that part of the equipment repair process!

[RetreatfarmFarmvilleVirginia]

Even at 65 years of age, i'm still fascinated how a small device that pumps a tiny amount of liquid can build enough strength to move such a massive weighted machine. There are literally thousands of pounds of weight involved here but yet that little pump will pull that entire machine on angles and often even up hill with other weight attached sometimes. This generation is also fortunate to have modern machines that are so powerful that they can be operated with a little joystick and a few push buttons and even having such luxuries as Air conditioning and heat and stereo in a enclosed cab. When i started out, everything was still cable operated and motor driven with gear drive units and some push button starters instead of pony motors to start the main motors. From Primitive to almost automated in just a span of 30 years it seems. Amazing.

[stanleyflory]

That old dozer has had a very hard life, from the looks of all the battle scars it is sporting! Retiring to Andrews compound is just reward for it! That winch is impressive!

[freetolook]

With all the crap going on in the world, you don't know how much I need a video like this right now!

[DXT]

That was cool. I knew when it said" fixing a winch" meant he was gonna try it out and it would be awesome. Andrew never disappoints.

[dgb]

Out of all the hoses I have ever fitted in my whole life. I have never found these hoses so interesting including the voice overs of grasping for air as you tension each fitting. Rechecking that filter makes you an outstanding technician

[xspowar]

I'm an aeronautical engineer, I have never owned a heavy machine or even sat in one ... and i still find Andrew content is so interesting .. i always get excited when i see a new vid is posted

[bornsoon]

Andrew, look in the bottom of the hydraulic reservoir and see if there are sand dunes of metal shavings/filings. These will forever clog your filters. Our injection molding machines came from the factory with piles of shavings in the 1100 gallon reservoir. It looked like a friggin' beach in there.

[williambradford]

Andrew, although the Chainsaw Radio Installation will always be a sentimental favorite, this Hyster Stretch Limo Mod may well stand the test of time! Seriously, your videos always tell a great story end to end, and you include the right mix of education, entertainment, and personal courage to just get things done. I can’t count the number of times I’ve repeated to myself your excellent mantra that “cold weather is just an excuse not to work; just do it”. Looking forward to the next video!

[kedh]

This is by far the best and most wholesome YouTube channel out there. I could watch him all day. I’ve already watched so many over and over. Andrew deserves every ounce of success and wealth

[NoNonsenseKnowHow]

Solid repair. That winch has got some balls!

[gplusgplus]

Andrew always finds ways to test his repairs.

[neva]

You can tell Andrew is still a kid at heart. Glad to see the old girl working like she should. Can’t wait to see it with a new paint job!

[typgamer]

Id recomment putting some cable grease in the winchline, lubrication is very important and will make spooling way easier. Cable grease is also water proof and will penetrate into the cable fibers.