Tearing Apart My Free Hummer... Found Something

Summary

The video follows YouTuber Cleetus McFarland as he attempts to repair and restore a bullet-riddled 2006 Hummer H1. After transporting it to his shop, he removes damaged parts to assess the extent of the damage. Despite hundreds of bullet holes throughout, Cleetus determines the engine block survived intact. However, the transmission appears destroyed. Working with friends, they continue disassembling the Hummer, believing that while extensive repairs are needed, the vehicle can be salvaged. Cleetus remains optimistic about restoring functionality and modifying the Hummer for off-road use on his ranch.

Takeaways

• 😀 They are going to try to get a damaged Hummer running that was used for target practice.
• 🚗 The Hummer seems mostly intact despite bullet holes. The engine may still run.
• 🔧 They removed broken glass, speakers, and TVs damaged by bullets.
• 🛠 The engine block seems ok but the transmission is likely ruined.
• 🔫 Most of the bullets were aimed at the engine but it was protected.
• ⛽ The Hummer has a Duramax diesel engine which starts far back.
• 🤞🏼 The valve cover is damaged but the block seems fine. The transmission needs replacing.
• 🛠 They will keep disassembling parts and order new ones as needed.
• 🚜 This will be a ranch/off-road vehicle when repaired.
• 🚗 They plan to upgrade it with big tires and make it a 'beast'.

Q & A

What kind of vehicle is the focus of the video?

A 2006 H1 Alpha Hummer.

What condition was the Hummer in when they found it?

It had been shot multiple times with .50 caliber bullets. It was abandoned and didn't run.

What is the goal with the damaged Hummer?

To get it running and driving again to use as a ranch vehicle.

What key components were potentially damaged by bullets?

The computer, transmission, engine block, and various hoses and accessories.

What name is suggested for the rebuilt Hummer?

The Holy Hummer or The Golly Hummer.

How will the rebuilt Hummer be different from stock?

It will have larger tires, probably 40 inch, to improve its off-road abilities.

Why do they think the engine block survived being shot?

It was protected by accessories and components in front of it that took the bullet impacts first.

How did the back half of the Hummer get damaged?

Bullets went through the passenger door and impacted the rear passenger area.

What aftermarket equipment was removed from the Hummer?

A TV and speaker system that was set up in the back.

Where will the rebuilt Hummer be used?

At the Desperado Ranch.

Outlines

00:00

🛠 Initial inspection and attempts to move the damaged Hummer

The Hummer has been sitting untouched since it was damaged. They try to remove the wheels to move it, but the lug nuts are locked on. After struggling with tools, they eventually get one wheel off and are able to move the Hummer slightly by pushing it.

05:04

👷‍♂️ Removing exterior panels to inspect engine damage

They start removing exterior panels like the bumper and hood to inspect the engine and see how much damage the bullets caused. The engine appears untouched aside from some accessory damage. They find bullets and bullet fragments throughout.

10:07

🔬 Further analysis of damage

After more inspection, they determine the engine block and internals were not penetrated by bullets, despite heavy damage elsewhere. The transmission was likely damaged and will need to be replaced. Overall the Hummer can be salvaged to drive again.

15:13

🏁 Plans for repair and future use

They will keep removing parts, order any damaged components, weld holes, and get it running again. It will be used as a ranch vehicle rather than restored to mint condition. The goal is to upgrade it with bigger tires/wheels to really make it sing.

20:16

🎥 Behind the scenes

Some joking around about cameras and closing remarks.

Keywords

💡Hummer

A Hummer is a model of large, rugged SUV originally based on the military Humvee. The video centers around restoring a damaged 2006 H1 Alpha model Hummer. The Hummer represents the theme of fixing up and 'renovating' a vehicle that has been wrecked.

💡restoring

Restoring refers to the process of repairing and refurbishing the damaged Hummer to working order. This is a central theme and goal of the video - taking a wrecked vehicle and fixing it up.

💡bullet holes

The Hummer is riddled with bullet holes from being shot at in a previous video. The bullet damage is a major obstacle to restoring the Hummer and many repairs focus on fixing components damaged by bullets.

💡engine

The Hummer's Duramax diesel engine. A key question is whether the engine itself is damaged by bullets. Inspecting the engine and determining it is OK is a major milestone.

💡drivetrain

The transmission and other components that transmit power from the engine to the wheels. The video notes the transmission is damaged by bullets and will need to be replaced.

💡repairs

The various repairs and fixes needed to restore functionality to the battered Hummer, like removing damaged components, welding bullet holes, replacing broken parts.

💡parts

Spare and replacement parts that will need to be ordered to fix bullet damaged areas of the Hummer, like a new transmission.

💡functionality

Restoring basic functions like being able to start, run, drive, brake etc. Getting the Hummer to a state where it can be a usable functional vehicle again.

💡off-roading

Plans to use the restored Hummer for recreational off-roading activities. This provides context on the intended final state of the vehicle.

💡project

The overall restoration project to take the wrecked Hummer and fix it back to a functional state. The video represents one episode in this long-term project.

Highlights

The Hummer was shot up and dumped, but we're trying to get it running again

The engine might be salvageable since it was protected by accessories in front

The transmission has bullet holes and was leaking fluid, so it's likely shot

We think the engine block itself avoided getting pierced by bullets

The valve cover and some internals may need replacement from bullet damage

Lots of accessories like the computer got shot up but hopefully didn't hurt engine

The passenger door is not armored so many bullets went through it

Took out the TVs and speakers that were just for show since we won't need them

Plan to lift accessories off and order any parts we find with bullet holes

Want to turn it into a cool ranch/off-road vehicle and not fully restore it

Will put big tires on it and really make it sing once we get it running again

Naming ideas include Holy Hummer or something else unless you all have ideas

Will keep stripping it down and replacing damaged parts to get it going again

It will be a beastly off-road machine once we revive this bullet-riddled Hummer

Thank you for watching this Hummer revival and renovation episode!

Transcripts

well I was thinking like you know it

would be really cool to have a Hummer

and I was like wait I have a Hummer all

we need to do is get it running that's

it but it went through a bit of a rough

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just got out here we're going to put new

wheels on it so we can roll it but these

are all keyed lug nuts and we don't have

a key I have Holden Bros here got Willie

and Steven nothing what up now shoot

everything's harder we also they came

this morning to learn how to edit I was

going to teach them how to edit their

videos so they could crank more out but

we brought a potato their potato

computer doesn't work you guys just want

to go to the bar or something yeah let's

go all right LLY is really

cool we have not done a single thing to

this thing since we brought it back here

so it was shot up couple days later we

loaded on a trailer and dumped it right

here we just haven't got to it so that

was been on my to-do list was to try to

see if this thing is salvageable or not

I think it is because junkyard digs got

the motor to turn over and we don't see

any motor oil underneath it but

everything is so shot up in

here so this is like a damaged lug

extractor

oh shoot those are on tight you want

those to impact well or it will it lock

it in there with an impact I got it

sweet interesting work for one just uh

yeah like 39 more fake horns I guess so

yeah some aftermarket like fake carbon

fiber stuff Predator high output e it's

got a dino graph on it s back to

predator and be like uh this thing under

warranty it's not working it's got any

oil in it yeah dude it's

full right tire that's somewh

promising oh hang on that thing's going

to looks like it just stopped that's

what I was yeah I think they must have

blown SEALS or something yeah

crap why do we not Park this by the

building I don't know um will you stick

that right under that arm and see if

that lifts it

up this is how car work goes it's like

let's just take the old wheels off easy

and it's the already taking forever all

right we found a jack that works sweet

it's harder to get the socket Back Off

full

power and how do you get it off scalpel

scalpel

jeez yeah let's ground off the uh teeth

a little bit on this

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thing sweet make sure you're looking

right get back on

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there you going the wrong way running oh

we got the transmission in backwards

that's why oh look the brakes

work you can hear him trying I'm trying

to work it's probably good all right now

we go forward pull her in in a minute

we'll go forward and pull her in I think

we're good there's no check engine

lights on or anything

right here really and through the

interco pipe it's like a

tunnel that went through a bunch of CH

dude it's pretty Gnar it started right

there through there through there we

need to get along something that's

straight and stab it through there

that'd be pretty cool what I thought you

were talking about something else so did

I this glass on my steering wheel is

great and if that rope snaps it'll just

slap me in the

face

turn oh hold on w w w w come back bued T

the you lock that bad boy down look good

feel good man I'm arold

schwarzeneger it's the same kind of

Hummer he drives too get to the chopper

I'm ducking in case it cable snaps we

did it I'd put a parking breake on but

that doesn't exist all right we are

going to take the bumper off take the

hood off and then just start seeing what

is trash taking pieces off the top of

the engine to try to make it down to the

and see what we got I'm also going to

clean out the interior try to get the

glass out just so the thing isn't like

like I just sat in it glass in my butt

ideally we'd like to not have that gety

up dropping glass

everywhere got beauty rings though

pretty

nice yeah

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buddy

what would a 110 cord and a CAT 5 cable

be

for a few Cat 5 cables cameras is it Cat

5 or is it they they also do what's

called like uh nine wire for car stereos

where it's got a remote power and then

yeah that's what it is probably yeah

weird this is a radiator overflow tank I

want to keep it just cuz that piece of

metal still

good just in case how how thick that is

some thick plastic

not going to hold much water right now

I've come a really long way yeah from

the days whenever I used to do this in

the front

yard like it's not it's not necessarily

a great memory but memory

nonetheless before I had power tools we

got a a brand new crescent wrench no

bullet

holes paying off we're going to need

that it is yeah you're making out it

still blows my mind that somebody would

take something that's like $150,000

Duramax powered four brand new tires and

they're like hey let's shoot it for

Content yeah it doesn't run and then

y'all put a battery in and it fired up I

was going to turn the winch on but the

ca's busted bullet right through there

and

there shooting up bullets everything

gets hit new

belts with no bullet holes the Box got

hit but the belts are good oh

nope we took a bullet how long you uh

it's going back together go like

that ow oh yeah dude oh dude check it

out laying yawn dude oh that's what you

get when you touch it tetanus tetus me

yeah these are those are good little

ruers yeah and they are there are

hundreds of those see it this is

fiberglass body's all aluminum and a lot

of Steel around it yeah Sten be careful

what you're

grabbing there's some right there next

to the I'm not going to move from here

the old whole family jewels are down

there yeah imp no more kids still over

here out of the way yeah just don't

touch the holes

they're here is why they had 110 power

cuz all this this TV and all these

speakers only runs when you're parked so

you plug into a

house but all this stuff we're not going

to

use there's a lot of wires in here the

heck are these middle of the speakers oh

yeah got shot

out they're like Turned aluminum hood is

off right there looks like 50 c to me

jeez and I mean this is why we think the

engine might be good cuz the engine

doesn't start until right here like 5 ft

back from the front of the car yeah so

there's a good chance well there's a

chance that all this stuff stopped it

what's under the radiators and all these

cores here it's got like a gear box that

drives a fan and some other stuff

there's a bunch of stuff to protect the

front of the engine

uh as well there's like a the crankshaft

has a drive gear I think it runs through

a gear box up to the fan doesn't it yeah

I think so sweet so hopefully it's

looking good that only one big bullet

two two bullets looks like they hit this

at this angle yeah yeah so so the yeah I

think the worst spot would be right in

here where's that spring oh yeah yeah

the spring is spring gley totally cut in

half right there with a big old 50 cal

so we'll need to do one of those are

these portal axles fine they are how the

heck are they fine I don't

know crazy you can see all these

accessories start here which means the

engine starts like right here it's going

to be pretty crazy to see this thing run

like Mad Max like you you can make it

run but I think it needs a thick them

and a little bit of wires fix and it

might definitely needs a computer

because our computer is very shut

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somehow I thought the was voltage right

there yeah you have to undo that bolt

those two yeah thanks Matt good job Matt

these guys I thought they were real

mechanics they act like they've never

seen something like this before I

thought you guys seen everything we

thought wrong I hope this isn't your

first Hummer that's been totally shot up

I hope this is first of

many yes so

fun he already cut himself there's sharp

metal everywhere there's glass

everywhere I only have tetanus I think

that I think worth it right here try try

oh I see it they're vertical right here

that's what it is looks like there's one

yeah there's one on a bushing the middle

and then that thing will come up there

free oh dude look at the

fan fan might need to be

replaced that's the angle it sits at huh

yeah think it has a there's a box

there's a little deal that drives it

really off the crankshaft yeah yeah like

here's your brakes yeah brakes inside

and then it's got a little gear driven

deal off the front of the engine right

there the crankshaft it runs into

another little that's crazy it is dude

that engine is not touched is that the

liad from the battery dudee if that's

the bullet that would be sick I found

some bullets in the interior it is I

need a hammer sure somehow this engine I

think is going to be kind of fine at

least rebuildable fine not like it'll

just crank up someday and go

but I think we may be able to use the

same block watching those videos I have

no idea how the 50 Cals were aiming

right at the engine block he was trying

to kill the engine block with ap50 cows

and I think he didn't do

it that's literally amazing the part of

the frame that comes up over there he

got a bullet hole through it you know

what these things are

for oh yeah for like uh bring them in on

like helicopters right like they like

yeah they and they they put parachutes

hooked to those and throw them out of

planes and they carry them on giant

helicopters buy this bro how sick would

it be to drive one of these out of the

back of a plane and like the shoots go

off and ride it all the way to the

ground and then you have a little button

on the inside soon as you hit the ground

you just release it and drive off that

would be and kill all the bad guys it's

going to be great what we

got that's a steel core from a 50 cal

that is ridiculous that's nuts and I

mean see how it's all still whole it's

not been up cuz that's an armor

penetrating round and it went ding ding

and stopped in our accessory bracket

right there so like after it ricocheted

around a bunch it still was strong

enough to break through the aluminum on

that thing it's not deformed at all man

it's it's armor penetrating it is

tungsten magnetic is that like tool

steel like what is it made

out know it doesn't like it doesn't even

have like burs on it right I mean it's

got surface rust on it maybe it's just

steel does the really pointy end go

forward yeah so it has a it has lead

around it and then it has a copper

jacket around it and so all that got

shaved off and this is the steel

penetrator core that just goes deep and

takes out the

armor you found it thanks that's your

pay for the day yeah need to make a

necklace that's your pay for the day

little duct tape that bo be fine and

then this one also you you just won't

spool quite as good so maybe what do

they normally boost at what pressure you

get 30 35 so we're probably looking at

20 25 now yeah yeah with a little tape

and some little massaging on there yeah

yeah I just want to get it back up to

high 20s yeah why we got that no big

deal put some gum on there yeah shoot a

dog right there that's going to be a

problem well that no that P pie that

broke right there that's the fan stand

it might just need a sensor dude it's

definitely worth trying without

replacing it just to see if you make

some quick and a sensor cuz to replace

it do you have to pull the engine or

what pull the lower and upper oil pan

cuz it's got bolts that come in through

the bottom of it it's just a pain shot

through the oil breather okay but it

didn't go through the thermostat housing

so it makes me think the bullet fell

down in here unless it I mean there's

just not much room for the bullet to

come out right there could have been the

fragment too yeah that's crazy so that's

worth looking at fired up and run a

piece of lead through the gear train

yeah it was working fine until that yeah

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yeah so these look like some pretty

expensive amplifiers let me actually

look them up see what they cost when

you're wrong you're wrong they're

actually very cheap uh that's like 300

bucks worth of amplifiers total

get

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out this is a shot up

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battery

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a

we've done some pretty good

investigatory work here as far as we can

tell we did not pierce the block now we

still need to take all the accessories

off and get past the computer and all

that stuff there's like four bullets

that hit the computer theoretically none

of them went through with enough power

to hurt the block uh Stephen did say

that one of our valve covers had a hole

in it he could see the internals there

possibly we'll have to get oh well

definely have to get new valve cover

possibly have to get some new uh

components inside that valve cover but I

think our block is totally fine what is

not totally fine is our transmission you

can see we got a nice little hole right

there these Hummers are cool just like

the Humvees that the engine is so pushed

back that they actually have a little

door that covers them up right here so

that's the back of our engine right

there but yeah there's a hole in our

transmission another bullet hit that

line L that is the filler another bullet

hit that bracket there and this thing

was leaking transmission fluid so we

kind of expected that that wasn't a

surprise so I think our transmission was

totally shot uh literally and

figuratively um and I think it took more

bullets it was leaking transmission

fluid so I bet there's some other holes

down low so we need a new transmission

for this thing but I think our block is

good um this is like heater core and AC

components and stuff lots of bullets hit

that thing too they went straight

through this door this is not armored

door and this was the side that we were

shooting at obviously so right through

this door you can see how many bullets

just this seat took but that also took a

whole lot of bullets so really our

engine was the most protected thing it

had all of this stuff blocking it you

know we got some big holes like that in

the frame we got totally broken spring

and some big bullet holes in random

spots all over this thing

but I think none in the engine block

which is crazy cuz that's what everyone

was aiming for uh we also just cleaned

out all the broken glass took out all

the TV they had like a TV and speaker

system I think I mean this was World of

Warships Hummer and I'm sure they like

played video games and stuff back here

and took this two events and shows and

they would set it up and have the back

of the Hummer all jamming out but we

don't need that where we're going so I

took all that out plus it holes all in

it so man I think this thing's going to

run and going to drive and going to live

to see another day we do need a name for

this thing The Only Name I got right now

is Holy Hummer which I like but it's

kind of copying PB Bar garage he had a

GTO and he named it the holy goat uh I

think he would let me use that name so

with his permission I'll call it that

unless you guys got anything better I

like the holy Hummer golly this thing is

going to be a beast freaking Duramax

diesel 2006 H1 Alpha that got riddled

with

bullets on one fine

day but I think it will ride again So

the plan is to just keep taking parts

off and getting deeper and deeper into

this thing and then ordering parts that

we know are broken so when we see a

piece with a bullet hole in it we'll

order a new one of those or we'll weld

The Bullet Hole up if it's a structural

thing that just needs a patch but yeah

this is just going to be a ranch vehicle

out at the Desperado so it's not going

to be turned back into mint it's

actually just going to be pretty pretty

awesome we want to like you know turn it

up put some 40s on it or something make

this thing freaking sing it's going to

be great thank you guys for watching

this episode of renovating a holy Hummer

I love you and I'll see you next

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time woo oh

I'm on

fire hey what camera is that number shut

up don't tell

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there