It's FINALLY time to see if "Dirty Turkey." our ABUSED Skid Steer want's to come back to life! This thing was neglected & abused in ways that are just cruel & unusual! That makes it a PERFECT candidate for a WILL IT START! Would it be ANY fun if it was EASY?!?

Do YOU think "Dirty Turkey" will run again?

Let's find out WHAT it'll take to get the Forgotten Skid Steer, "Dirty Turkey," to bark back to life!!

This is Part 3 of the "Dirty Turkey" Forgotten Skid Steer series, BUT this is also the Forgotten Skid Steer Will It Start Part 1.

Trying to get this old thing STARTED wasn't easy at all! I had to summon ALL of my backwoods mechanical abilities trying to bring this little beast back to life again! Will that be ENOUGH? I don't know, let's find out together!!

So instead of just cutting out all the UPs and DOWNs throughout this Will It Start, I decided to break it into three parts for your viewing pleasure!

ALL of which are posted NOW!

Here are the links for parts 2 & 3:

Will it Start? Part 2 ~ The FORGOTTEN Skid Steer
   • P.2 Will the FORGOTTEN Skid Steer STA...  

Will it Start? Part 3 ~ The FORGOTTEN Skid Steer
   • P.3 Will the FORGOTTEN Skid Steer STA...  

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Check out the Entire Playlist on this FORGOTTEN Skid Steer named "Dirty Turkey" HERE:
   • Rescuing a Skid Steer from Mother Nat...  

This machine is a mid 1990's Gehl 4625SX Wheeled Skid Steer with a 4 cyl V2203 DIE Kubota diesel engine!

When we rescued this machine from it's grave in part 1, Mike called this little skid steer a Dirty Turkey when it was stubborn & wouldn't move for us!

Since then, that name STUCK! So this little skid steer will forever be named "DIRTY TURKEY"

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It's going to take a LOT to get this thing back to usable condition. and just a quick look at it, I can tell it's going to need Wheels, Tires, a new Seat, all new Lights, probably an entire rebuild on the Engine, and that's what I can tell by just looking at it!

Who knows if the engine will even turn over, or the TRUE condition of the Diesel Engine, especially since it's was used for a LONG time without any air filter at ALL!! We also don't know if the Hydraulics are any good, if the Cylinders hold pressure, if it Drives, or if it will make enough Power to do any actual Work!

In this series we will go through this machine step by step evaluating it and figuring out what's wrong with it, & what we need to do to bring the old "Dirty Turkey" back to life!

I hope you enjoy the video as much as I enjoyed making it!

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0:00 Recap
1:47 Looking at the Kubots V2203 Diesel Engine
2:18 Fixing the Battery Cable
3:45 Walking around the Gehl 4625sx Skid Steer
5:40 Checking Fluids
7:45 Freeing up the STUCK engine
9:33 Draining COOLANT & SLUDGE from the oil pan
14:31 New oil filter & FRESH oil
15:38 Getting the Starter to TURN the engine over
18:42 Fixing my RC remote start trigger
20:52 Discovering a broken exhaust manifold
22:28 First START Attempt
24:53 Look at the AWESOME Start solenoid STICK!
27:28 Looking under the valve cover
29:57 Diving into the FUEL system
32:52 Checking the FUEL in the tank
34:29 SHOWING some of the KITS I take with me when Rescuing Machines
39:05 Changing the NASTY fuel filter!
40:41 Replacing the bad start solenoid
41:46 Checking the Hydraulic oil & filling it up
44:07 Trying to crank the engine from the CAB
45:00 Temporary fuel supply setup
45:20 Another START attempt
45:45 Trying to BLEED the fuel system
46:41 Investigating the fuel supply issues
51:03 Removing the Fuel Injectors
53:26 Inspecting the Glow Plugs
56:35 FOUND A MAJOR ISSUE!
58:49 Looking at the fuel injectors
1:03:29 ANOTHER START ATTEMPT
1:03:41 Replacing the Tappet Valve O rings
1:06:10 Adding an electric inline fuel pump
1:11:58 Filling & Priming the fuel system
1:13:25 Will it Start PART 2 is Ready to WATCH NOW!!

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