I Got Two FREE 1960s Caterpillar Pony Engines. Will they Run??
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Back in 1985 while attending the Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics, we were testing our 9 cylinder magnetos. Our group connected to the test board and watched the late great Joe Connors start spinning our magneto. At first you could see every individual spark. As it came up to speed there was nothing but a solid blue line of 9 continuous sparks. It was a terrifying sight to see. Just as we were being impressed with ourselves, one of the wires jumped off and attached itself to a guy's belt buckle.
You should have seen him jumping around like a monkey, hollering at the top of his lungs. That's a day none of us will ever forget. Especially Mark B.
You can tell how long he’s had those 2. Shop empty when they showed up. Shop almost set up when he “ fired” them.
Watching that jump pack slide across the pallet at 23 minutes while watching Matt ignore it made me want to jump for it to keep it from falling. 😁
Same! I'm like "oh god, that's gonna totally walk off the....yep, it did."
IKR...I was like that thing is gonna walk right off the table...LOL
the battery... the battery... Matt the battery... the bat... THE BATTERY, THE BATTERY, THE BAT... amen...
Oh yeah 👍... I was watching that and thought: 5... 4... 3... 2... LOL! 😂
I laugh because we've all probably had things vibrate off a bench, etc; from just a wrench, to a phone, etc. (And once saw a pancake compressor fall on a job site, which could've ended really, really, badly).
Cheers! (Great vid. I love it when old motors fire off again!)
I see I wasn't the only one. Anxiety level went through the roof. How about that palm hickey trying to starve the engine of oxygen
"It is easier to accumulate stuff than to get rid of it." Paraphrased from Henry David Thoreau because I couldn't find the exact wording-but you get the idea. Enjoyed the video, Matt.
I enjoy every one of your resurrections and the smile when they first fire up. It must be far nicer in your dream shop than working under a tree.😃
It really is!
@@DieselCreek Matt! The shop is finally built! It looks great. But remember you promised as soon the shop was completed you would bring Eva to fix 57 autocar. Good job👍👍👍👍
Poor jump pack, couldnt bare being ignored any longer. R.I.P jump pack June, 17, 2023
It's a Cat allright, it pushes everything of the table. 😊
😂😂 how right you are
What a generous gentleman to gift you the pony engines! You have more than loyal subscribers, Matt. You have subscribers who support your restoration work by giving you hard-to-find parts and equipment. A big BRAVO to the gentleman who gave you the engines and other bits and pieces! Great video! Love, love these. Looking forward to the next videos. 👍👏✨😍❤
Well said!
"You have subscribers who support your restoration work by giving you hard-to-find parts and equipment.", 🤨, IS THAT WHAT'S GOING ON HERE,?, 🤔, I also heard a rumor that Matt was doing sexual-favors for some of these items he needed, Matt's friend Watch-Wes-Work said Matt was escorted from the last Richie-Brothers auction, for repeatedly making inappropriate gestures at the auctioneer,✋😘🤚, Skinner-Back Mathew!.🤭
I totally agree! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻
So many good people around….and we spend most of our time talking about the bad apples
@@timinclt7895 🙂👍
You need to get that crane installed before you go filling that workshop full of crap they are unbelievably useful plus I'm really looking forwards to seeing how your gonna get it up though apparently you can use those cranes to actually help install themselves. . . I want to see someone install one of those ponys into a go kart
As someone else mentioned, you need to get that crane installed in the workshop.
agreed!
What you called the "venturi tube" as actually called the emulation tube.
Spend and extra 15 minutes and clean the mating surfaces of the carburetor halves and make a new gasket !
‘Contact!’ My favourite part, we need this on a merch item.👍🏻
Send pony motor.. “ oh she loves it!!” Classic. Cheers my friend!
We all watched that battery pack going "is he going to notice, is he, well is he.....?"
As Peg would say yoooou ain't gotta worry about a few flames just spray some more Cosby sauce on it
Matt is back on his Saturday morning schedule NICE!!!
Sunday mornings with coffee is so great 😂
Heads up its mornin Mat 😅
Midnight over here in Nz can't wait to see more over the D8
Thank the maker he's regular again!
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Thank god you changed the intro, for many years I have to pick
myself and dust self down after a variety of vehicles appeared
to want to hasten my demise!
Cant wait to see the D8 running.
Great vid Matt, interesting and entertaining as always.
Rest easy my friend, you couldn't do a bad video, or at least not from all I've watched so far.
another fun afternoon with Matt !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Always looking forward to Saturday mornings with coffee and diesel creek
Enjoy!
lol, tension and drama in this video is watching the battery box slowly vibrate off the work surface while the engine is running, and mat doesn't notice... =)
You have the Best intro, outro, and bumper music of any TH-camr! I look forward to your videos each week. Keep up the outstanding work!
Thanks! Will do!
You should make some sort of miniature cat machine use it as a go buggy and use the not-so-good pony motor to power it. I would love to watch a build series on that
Love the fact that people wrote these engines off as scrap, and Matt reaches into the grave and drags them back out.. “You’ve still got some life left in you yet!” Even the engine he doesn’t need, and is partially locked up gets fixed and forced to run once more.
I have said it before. You have the best intros on TH-cam. Cheers from 🇨🇦
Thanks 👍
Oh! The sound of that mandolin reaching for the sky was sweet, this morning. Made me look froward to watching you poke through a couple of old ponies. 😎
Glad you enjoyed it!
You know it really amazes me just how many people absolutely love to watch people like Matt fire off old motors and equipment. The views and likes youtubers get from these type videos is mind boggling
One of the culprits of the second pony engine smoking so badly is because you put quite a lot of penetrating oil in the cylinders. It'll probably run less smokey once all of that is burned off.
I would like to see you do some projects in the old shop so we can relive the past. What’s over there again? Auto car etc. whatever you do I like it.
Great score! Never have enough parts.👍
You got that right!
It's lovely when an old engine comes to life I am the same as you 👍
I was just going out the door for groceries BUT not now. When a Diesel Creek Video comes out everything gets put on hold!
I like the proper terms: crank, start, run, !!
WOOHOOOOO!!!!! I am really excited to see the restoration videos. I sure hope it's worth saving. The D8 is mean!
You and me both!
@@DieselCreek Before you restore the d8 remember that poor old 1957 autocar project. Pls make the 1957 your priority . Thanks
Forgot to mention.....I noticed the hydronic floor heat manifolds behind you. When you get a boiler connected you are gonna love the warm floor in the wintertime.
2 for 2 great to see both of them bark into life. the fire show with the starting fluid on number 2 was impressive :D one of these days i want to grab up a old tracked dozer/loader project.
Do it!!! They need saving!
Good deal. You got your two pony motors now. Set them over to the side. Great parts to have for free
Getting those 2 pony motors made my day and by the look on Matt’s face his too. Another great video.
Glad you enjoyed
@@DieselCreek Any update on the 1957 autocar? A lot of want you to start working on it. Now you even have a shop
Ohh can’t wait for a junk boat vid! And to see what happens with that MONSTER gray motor in the background.
Those moments of Matt’s excitement followed by tools, jump pack, and cans of ether flying everywhere is awesome!
Can't complain about free. That's awesome. I was a little concerned when the starting fluid lit up from several points, lol. Atleast they both ran.
Looks like a job for your bridge crane! 👆
So many cat pony motors ended up in scrap piles when direct start conversions became available. Most pony engine gear drives have overrun sprag clutches in them.
All of the magnetos used on older small engines must be copper core wire, if you use carbon core wire you will have harder starting along with points issues. I learned that after having problems with wico magnetos on many of the Wisconsin engines.
Not sprags! That’s a typical direct electric starter drive technology. Caterpillar always used centrifugal latches to kick the pony pinion out of engagement with the diesel flywheel ring gear.
I agree on the copper core wires, BUT I’ve had pretty good luck with the mags on CAT engines with whatever you can find laying around! Surprisingly, If you don’t pick up a bad one, most anything will work on them.
Congrats on a super find.
Looking forward to seeing more.
Man
Wouldn't a crane be better than jury rigging with the fork truck.
Lol
Keep up the great work.
You got that right!
I became a lot less concerned about debris in the cylinders when I learned Ford’s procedure for removing broken plugs in the 3 valve.
Forget all that skill and all, I love Matts reaction when an engine actually starts up and lives!!! Matts laugh always has me cracking up! Keep up the good work Matt!
Glad you enjoy it!
@@DieselCreek I enjoy when you bring your wife along with you and fix the 1957 autocar project that we have been waiting on
@@Dirt_mountain-earthworks
Repeating yourself so many times might make Matt a touch, 😡😡😡😡🤬. We don't want to see Matt 😡😡 as might blow a Head Gasket 🤯. It could create a Domino effect with supporters of Diesel Creek! 😉😉😂🙏👍
Saving these putt-motors, as we call them up here, is a good deed!
I wish I had a pony engine too! Oh, wait I live in a condo they might frown upon that! LOL Cool video so far!
both engines was runing, saved from scrap nice 🤠
Watching from AUS love it been following from the start 👍
Cool seeing those engines start up after sitting for a while
Love your videos Matt ❤
Hope you make more video about your draglines
More to come!
Good to see them saved from the scrap yard and both runners as well
Matt's manaical laugh is always a bonus...means things are barking off
From the angle on startup I kept thinking "Exhaust meet fuel line" but then I remembered that Matt runs an OSHA approved shop and everything is going to alright.
I always like watching this ole' boy, he reminds me of my brother. Always wrenchin' on something, dragging broken stuff home just to make it work again.
A real nice guy...
For a yankee😆
Hard to kill those pony motors. Haven't run one since the mid 70's. Really nice of the viewer to offer those to you. I am sure that they will not go to waste. Thanks for sharing.
We had a guy at work who hooked 24v machine up to the 12v side of the jump box and it blew up with a huge bang soon as he unplugged it after realizing what he did.
Just watching you in your shop. Makes me think of how far you have come. Very nice to see.
That open station Wheel Loader sure is a long way from home.
Love the Saturday morning videos Matt reminds me of waking up as a kid watching the powerblock on tv!
THAT is exactly what Im going for!!!!! I loved powerblock!!! hahaha
Yep another one here with Diesel Creek bringing back the Saturday morning sitting in front of the TV vibe though showing my age a bit it was the animated Beatles, Wacky Racers and first season Scooby-Doo.
@@DieselCreek you just need a hot co host like Courtney Hanson 😂
Yup, fond memories for woofing down Sugary Cereal to Road Runner Cartoons!!!
@@DieselCreek When are you going to start restoring the autocar can u pls start soon
Matt, i really enjoyed watching you revive these two pony engines. Been lurking alone time so I thought would finally through my hat in the ring. Great videos, keep up the good work!
My anxiety at the jump pack making its way slowly across the table was crazy, lol. When it fell, I twitched a little as if I could catch it, lol. Your excitement and getting these babies up and running is awesome. I have the same reaction. It never gets old.
Thank you! With 600,000 subscribers I’m taking that house is not too far off! Just as the overhead crane which I’m sure you’re working on behind the scenes.
For those that are unaware, a wire brush/wheel is most useful to remove Teflon tape from fittings. I've cleaned many a fitting this way in a small engine shop I worked at years ago.
Shop floor looks nice and clean... Maybe Peg at Zip Ties is jealous? 😁😁
Of the floor and both my legs
I always enjoy your reaction when things go right.
Good on you Matt , put it in storage,you never know when you’ll need one 🤙🤙
What A BARGAIN! Nice video Matt!
That loader in the background has Indian River on it. I grew up not far from there and fished endlessly on Burt Lake right there!! Beautiful area!!
Keep up the great work!!
Very cool!
These engines are sooo well designed. Can you determine based on serial numbers how old these engines are?
Don’t think the ponies ever had serial numbers. But the castings should have NUMERALCOD casting dates on them.
"Did you guys see that flame ball....That was great!". Oh man, that's such a guy thing to say, absolutely classic. We like loud noises , small explosions and flame balls. We also much prefer to put out a fire by blowing on it. Also, if we cut our finger, the very first thing we do is put it in our mouth, for some bizarre reason, and then fix it with a chunk of paper towel and some duct tape. Wouldn't change any of it for the world.
Great flyover! Love that new shop! I was yelling "JUMP PACK! JUMP PACK!" but I guess you couldn't hear me over the engine running. Nice guy to give you the pony engines. Not a lot of people like that around here. Thanks for taking us along! J.W. EDIT: Looks like you're going to float us a new video soon! OK...that was bad. I admit it.
07:00 new Zealand time, Sunday the 18th. Let's go 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
Can’t get enough of your content Matt!!!!
Hello big Matt, “ poofed out everywhere “ has a different meaning in Glasgow lol 😂
WOW that was great very good of buddy to give you them and now we know they are runners .Well done sir Matt thank you for sharing
Howdyyawl from the land down under.just watched your video. Being given those pony engines was a big bonus.getting them going is a bigger bonus. Fantastic, you've got the touch for mechanical units for sure. Thanks for sharing😊.
You are a wizard at getting those motors to run! Best wishes...... and be careful!
As soon as I start his videos I do two things, click closed captioning (if it's available) and the like button.
Love this old school big engine stuff. I had no idea they used a petrol pony motor to start a larger diesel engine. I love your genuine enthusiasm when the engine starts I had the same feeling it's alive ..... it's alive... Great content .
Thanks for watching!
Old Soviet crawlers and dozers of the same era used 2-stroke pony engines. It's neat watching someone in Eastern Europe getting one started, the pony engines sound like big weed whackers/trimmers. :)
@@DieselCreek Can you finish the 1957 autocar truck before moving on to the D8 because we have been waiting for that project for years. Pls make your next video on the 57 because that truck is sweet!
Like Frankenstein with the monster lol.
I wonder if you have a serious infatuation with Auto Cars😂😂😂😂 not that it's a bad thing.😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😉
Pony motors such as these were notorious for having fuel contaminated motor oil because historically they were not given the most love (periodic maintenance) and hence were often run with the choke on to keep the engine running just long enough to start the “big engine.” In the case of the Cat pony engine in general they were not the best designed engine and were fairly inexpensive back in the day as a result more often than not if the piece of equipment was part of a company’s fleet of equipment the pony motor maintenance was run it until the thing either physically broke (a fairly often occurrence) or refused to run regardless of how much ether the thing was sprayed down its throat hole. A neighbor of mine who is a spry 92 and can outwork still today most people in his gardens was heavy equipment operator until he retired at age 82 has told me the first big company he worked for used to replace the pony motors on their equipment yearly as a maintenance item. He said they would sell the ones that were still running good and scrap the ones that weren’t. I really didn’t understand why they did that until I watched Squatch’s series of videos on Cat pony motors and say what junk they were design wise and much less production wise. My neighbor said they still ran equipment with pony motors on them instead of converting them to electric start because they did a lot of work in remote areas and drug addicts, bums, and thieves would steal batteries almost instantly so equipment with pony motor were desirable because they didn’t need a good battery. He said they used to stick junk batteries in the equipment so the animals had something to steal. He also said they they would leave cans of bad fuel around job sites for them to steal along with a other “prank” to screw with the A, B &T as he said they called them in polite company
Watching these videos are really motivating me to try to fix stuff like this myself.
24:37 that's why you ALWAYS have a fire extinguisher on hand even if there's no fire, you can starve an engine of oxygen with one if it won't shut off
I’m thoroughly convinced Matt can make anything run 😂!
That D9 pony motor is actually quite the testament to Diesel engines. That pony motor probably only has 1/100th the hrs the Diesel engine it came off of and it no longer has cross hatching in the cylinders. To think they managed to put that many hrs on the starting motor, just imagine how many hrs the engine it came off of must have had.
I love seeing old engines come back to life. I guess I need to get busy on the many projects I have sitting in the shop 😁
Matt - your child-like enthusiasm every time you get something to run the first time is so infectious!!!! Do yourself a big favor, either buy or build yourself a remote starter button, it will make these starting tests so much easier,,,,,
I'll be honest Matt you have some really great human beings as followers. To have saved those 2 beautiful pieces of artwork form the scrap man, really great of your subscriber to have called you to come get those. Man that's just great to see.. I'm 31 minutes in and the second one so far looks like she needs a little work, but man I'm SURE it's nothing you can't handle. Worst case it's FULL of parts to save any other Pony Motors you come across in life! Great video this is GREAT to see!
Mason bees love any little 5/16”hole to lay their eggs. Good pollinators but good saboteurs too. 😊
Gosh you’re new shed makes the old one look tiny another great video cheers
Lol.... I had that exact same thought when I started to watch the beginning of the video! It does look so tiny compared to the big, shinny new one! 😅🛠️🚜📐✏️
The excitement when any motor starts is as much fun as watching the video in general.
Love these resurrections. Hey Matt, one little tool I always found handy was a push button starter switch with alligator clip leads. I hated doing that flashing the wire against the positive stud. You can stand back a little from the engine and see what's going on.
Maybe somebody else has already mentioned it, but having witnessed your fabrication skills on the work bench, I wonder why you haven't designed a portable, customizable engine test stand so you would always have a reliable source of spark, cooling, fuel, and an exhaust hose. (possibly to the outside?)
Add a couple of handy shelves and all those parts/supplies that fly off the pallet when the engine fires off would be a thing of the past.
Love your work, envy your vocation. Keep it up. Al in Socal (Came to San Diego with the Navy a million years ago and now I'm trapped here!)
Another great revival, nice to have folks that will donate pieces to keep your old iron fresh and usable!! Great video man!!
Thanks 👍
@@DieselCreek You know what would be nice to take to the steam show??? The old 1957 autocar! Pls get to work on it soon we all want to see that thing restored!
There's nothing I like more than seeing old iron resurrected! Rock on!
Hey! Don't make fun of us guys who need labels on things. I have to have my ame on my shirt so I don't forget my name.😂
Thanks to the organ donor for providing this mornings patient, and thanks to Matt for performing the operation.
Is it sewed on upside down so you can look down and read it?🙃
If it was upside-down, but not mirrored, he's,spent his entire life thinking he's called mit. 😂😂😂
@@timfagan816 That's an M? I always thought it was an sh because that's what everyone says when I walk into the room.
@timkaldahl they must be speaking russian to you. Ж means sh. They probably say shit when you walk into a room, because they're like "shit" our day is about to get so much better because ɯᴉ┴ is here! :)
The spare engine would be cool built into a yard kart for blasting around the farm 😂
I had no doubts that both engines would work, considering your skills and luck. Thanks for great content Matt! Best wishes from Russia!
That pony motor has an electric starting motor on it. Talk about crazy town! I wonder if Matt has ever thought of taking the electric starter off the pony motor and replacing it with another pony motor that of course has an electric starting motor on it. So diesel with a pony starter that is started with a pony starter that is started with an electric starter motor. Sounds about right for Diesel Creek. Best wishes from 'merika, home of the africans.
@@thinkcasting3182 The machines needed all that because of the high compression of the diesel motor is hard to overcome otherwise. We have electric motors that are high torque now, and just plain way better all around nowadays. Imagine how big of a lever would be needed to turn that big diesel over to start w\out these other starting engines/components. 🛠️👍🤔
One good thing about those 'L' head engines is if the valves do hang up they don't punch through the pistons. I cracked up when I saw all 4 open....yup, they were stuck all right!! I admire your persistence and ability to see worth where others see scrap metal. Although I don't blame people for scrapping things, there is a point where the cost of repair is prohibitive, its better to recycle the metal than have it laying around, slowly being reclaimed by our earth and looking sad and ugly all at the same time. That being said, I've Got to go...my 454 IH is needing some doctoring.