1950 Cat D4-7U dozer rebuild part 1
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ค. 2024
- This is part 1 of this project. Here is the playlist: • Caterpillar D4-7U Rebuild
Full disclosure: I have no idea what I'm doing
0:00 Driving through the woods
0:54 Initial impressions and walk around
4:28 Engine checkout
5:40 More looking
6:51 Clutches + blade
10:11 Radiator +undercarriage
12:47 Winch full of water
14:53 Winch attempt 1
15:23 Winch attempt 2
17:58 Price negotiation - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
I did not remotely realize the scale of your undertaking, but so impressed to see you follow through to completion!! Congratulations.
Just found your channel and loving im goimg to binge watch all your content whilst im off on sick im a heavy recovery mechanic from UK 🇬🇧
I'm a parts & service guy for another US manufacturer of dozer. A few observations that I can make, for what they're worth are:
- A winch is a good sign, they're an expensive add on for a machine so when this thing was purchased, somebody cared about it.
- The sweeps and ROPS are also a good sign, somebody tricked this thing out and was also concerned about safety. This is assuming that the cage is actually a ROPS and not just a mad max style anti-branch system which is still pretty cool anyway.
- The hardest parts to get for this thing are probably transmission parts. Hopefully you don't need any because you might be making them yourself and/or reverse engineering them if you do.
You seem like a bright dude so you probably already knew this stuff but, if it helps, awesome. I'm looking forward to seeing your rebuild on this thing. I saw the finger/drill video already, I can relate. LOL! Good luck man!
A little bit of foreshadowing with the transmission parts! Great to see he got it back up and running though. And for less than $15k. I'd have said he could have at least doubled that estimate at the beginning!
The add on cyl on the left pussy are is a r
Till cyl, not angle. An yhecposition of the throttle lever did NOT let the fuel go into the crank case
This just popped up in my feed after watching the final Video in this series...... what a difference between this thumbnail and how it looks today. Hell of a job keeping this one out of the scrapyard.
What a diamond in the rough!
Ran a d4 army surplus in 1951 so this takes me back.
Also dates me .88 now
Thank you for your service sir. I served with a guy who could run the dog shit out of a dozer. I never even thought dozer's could do what Sgt Myers could make them do lol HOOAH!!!
it's awesome to look back a year to see where the project started. your a good guy PNWhillbilly.
what a great series.
I just watched your most recent videos where you were working on the D4's steering system, and I liked it so much I have come back to the start. Hi from Devon UK.
I am glad you did not use the "Will it start" wording to name this video. Tired of idiots trying to catch views and likes. You got a new subscriber in here!
Had your channel come up in my feed while watching Watch Wes Work video of him restoring a customers dozer type front loader.
It was your Episode 6 on this dozer I think.
Ya gotta have a slight masochistic personality to take on a restoration like this one but that's just a sign you have an old school "fix not trash" gungho spirit that made America great once upon a time.
My grandad had a 57 and I remember him explaining the pony motor to me,42 years ago.
That winch is a gem!
Squatch253 is proud of you..and i too, admire you rescuing an old warrior..
Wow, that is quite the project. You're awesome! I hope you get some footage of him loading it up....
After watching some of your recent videos, I went back to the beginning with this video. You've come a long way! I look forward to catching up with you as I watch all the videos up to where you are now (1/11/2022). John
I've just come across your channel and subscribed. This is going to be a great series.... can't wait!!! Hi from Dover in the UK.
Recently discovered your Channel. I look forward to watching the Dozer videos especially. I'm restoring a small case Dozer myself on my channel.Thanks for the videos.
Man, first, I'm really glad you are rescuing this vintage Cat, second, I hope & Pray you have some $$$ to put into this machine!! It's been many years since this machine has ran, $1500 is fair, $4000 is definitely out of the question....Best of luck to you!!
God Bless!!!
Those are usually just cotter pins that are the drains for the winch and both of the final drives under the bull gears. Better pull the caps off the bottoms of the drives and see if they are full. You can Clean the drives and the brake frictions by filling it up with diesel and driving it. Pulling on the brake levers.
Oops I started watching on the winch tear down then had to back up. You were so optimist on day one..Spoiler that might change. Lol. I just want to know how much you paid for it and what you thought you might have to put into it. I'll have to wait for the finish to find out how it all ends up and if you have a smile on your face. But I'm really enjoying the ride along. You do a great job with the camera and explaining it all . Thank you.
In a later episode he breaks down his costs so far including what he paid for it.
I give him a double thumbs up fir taking on this semi-masocistic restoration.
$1500
I think I first saw the D4 on episode 8 or so. Now catching up on the D4 series. Thx fellow NW neighbor.
nice work. job finally complete!
Great work sticking with it. It was inspiring to watch the progress. Now I need to take that inspiration and turn it into motivation and get my 2.7L sebring engine rebuilt. top down summer is coming😎👍
Looks like a lot of work! I believe the end results would be awesome!👍
I paid $2500 for my D4-7U about 12 years ago.... it was running and driving but with pony motor and hydraulic pump problems... and other small problems but all the parts are there and it has the same winch. I have been told that these were common with the winch up here in the PNW because they were used in logging. Mine was about 50 miles west of Spokane. It has sat unused/unrepaired because of personal health problems but I'm going too get it going this year. Need to use it. Mine has a different blade setup with manual tilt and left to right angle and different (I think) up and down hydraulic cylinder setup. All my hard lines look just like yours but my winch is hard lines too (pretty sure). An old friend who sadly passed a year ago was very well familiar with these and he said that the weight from the winch on the rear makes them plow out level road cuts better. How does the hydraulic pump come off/out? Thanks for the videos! LOL I'm glad you haven't seen my property! I'm the definition of "Hoarder" I would like that old car that was sitting to the left of the driveway... lol as if I don't have enough already... but I would like to talk to the guy.
My guess is the blade looks to be off a D4C model. I have never seen a factory blade on a D4 7U series. They weren't built with an external frame so the blade mounts and cylinders were put on the track frames, rather than a "hardnose" radiator surround. The electric start option is interesting as the flywheel housings on the ones I have been around were not bored for a starter.
Never. Seen. A 50 cat D4. With out a pony starter
Lol I'll take the winch for my dozer said it was worth nothing lol I got a 4d 6u with pony motor
Came over from Squatch 253. Love the old iron. Think I'll see how this ends.
Watching again
You call that weed whacking all respect it don't even look like you did anything when I go around vehicles or equipment I take a rake and pull everything away again wish you the best of luck God bless you and you're calling the guy a hoarder in the video
This has been a interesting process ! And so it began !
Hyster is off 217. 73rd st exit. Use to rebuild starters, alternators and winch motors for them. That winch is big money. Been a while but think we use get 3-4 k to overhaul one.
I beleave the D4 7u. Was created to pull the
Old cable cans. Scraper. . The back wench is a give away .
This. Damn stroke. I had back in April.
Has slowed my memory.
They didn't use the hyster winch for scrapers,they used a double drum made by caterpillar.
10,000 hours is a hell of a lot. That's almost 500 Days of non-stop use
Most expensive $1500 you'll ever spend =)
Hello, I'm formally from Eugene and we enjoy your channel .
reminds me of a place in marysville I visited in the 90s. Hundreds of card in the bush
love your shed
Great video!
Very positive Guy "OH WELL THE SEATS NOT RIPPED"
Why do you care what words he uses?
@@JonahNeff why does it get your panties in a bunch?😂😅😂😅
@@JonahNeff same as u care commenting!!
I suspect that the tractor is newer than the engine. It has the curved steering clutch levers. It is confusing to me because the D4 I have had for 30 years is 7U18xxx and has the curved levers. The D4 I bought at an auction recently is 7U22xxx and has straight levers like the early ones. My rear serial is accessable and matches the engine.
Anything is possible, it definitely has a few other retrofits on it so it could be a newer machine, or it could just have replacement parts slapped on. The tilt blade is definitely not original I think. The plate on the winch does say 1950 though. Thanks for watching and for the comment.
I Have a 49 D4 7 U 5382 and a 1940 7J narrow guage. That maching with the seat tank and curved levers looks like a 55 to me. The lever on the far right is the winch controls.
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If it's not a new T model you're still way ahead in the game!
The broken spring is under engine running to each track frame.
I am from the future episode in August...... Don't buy it..... it has a few issues............ going back to the futurrrrrreeeeeeeee............
comecei a assistir em 13janeiro de 2022
At 9:24 Looks like the winch brake.
So any time you're using a tree like that put the strap as close to the ground as you can get it. You loose leverage real fast the farther up the tree you move it.
get a flat bed. that is how a moved a big forklift last month. they will hook up a wench and load it up. not hard at all
I just picked up a 39 7j cat d4. Cool vid.
subbed
I have 40 7J mines a narrow gauge with a homebuilt cab and a tree pusher. Really tight old rig good undercarrage and no leaks. I would like to have that winch! I also have a wide gauge 49 7U its not any good I paid $2000 for it in 78 and its never been any count money pit I worked on it more than I ever got to use it.
Hyster was founded in 1929 as the Willamette-Ersted Company in Portland, Oregon. It sold in the 1980's to NACCO Industries. Did you hear banjos playing through through the trees as you drove into that location?
You've come a long way
I just watched the video refitting the hydraulic pump. Did you know when you bought it that you were going to strip it down to every single bit and bolt?
No, I was hoping to only have to fix the engine lol
Idk about the dozer but you're truck has neat dash cluster.
I don't catch that poison stuff, Oak, ivy, sumac and I don't know why. I don't think my grandmother did either.
HELLO FROM VENEZUELA GOD CHANNELL I LIKE IT.
What did you find the similarity to be in the old undercarriage and those of today?
Honey I'm home , come out here look what I bought ! Lol !
Can anyone confirm the trail jack did anything??? Not discounting the trail jack by no means but didn't look like Matt jacked it up too far and it looked to me like the winch got it rolling pretty easy. I have to get a 1960 D4C rolling that has been sitting 22 years, on rail-road ties, that have slowly sunk into the ground. I feel good about it and believe it will roll with a little help from a winch.
Gday PNH, a sump full of Diesel is not a bad thing for a machine thats been sitting out in the open for years.
I would think the cowling and radiator guard may be one part
0:05 what is the mid 50's car on the left of the drive as you went in?
THANK YOU.
Kaiser
And so it began..
10k hour wow ,thats like 300km + in a car
Hey! I have the same dozer and am looking for a starter for it, would it be possible for you to get the numbers off the starter? That would be a huge help since I’m having a hard time finding one. Thanks in advance!
Good luck
When will we see the engine reinstalled and the D4 run again?
Заебись аппарат.
The right spring looks broken near the rear end
It small machine can set back 1
month/the spare path a lot only
ask you ready for pay/easy man
13 MPG. !!😮
We’re is this located I love the woods from New Mexico it’s all desert here love watching your video just found your channel
I love cat 4 dozer my favorite one I can work it with you my
Want let me man I should try those
Just keep driving. Don’t even hit the breaks!
Imagine you could go back in time to this very day... Knowing what ya do now, would you still be interested?
yup, no regrets
Is going to need a bit of work done to it
Marty T sent me here...
Hope you have a healthy bank account! Look to spend up to 30K to get it like new.
Or it is going to be a very long series.
$30K??? Please explain this as I have just bought one myself. Like Matt though, I don't plan to do a complete restore, just get it running and what is broken repaired or replaced, and obviously catch up on maint. items.
@@sheepdoglogic Yea thats what I thought, just fix up a few things, but I wanted it in good working condition and went through the whole machine and it just went $$$$$ from there.
G'day just found your channel mate and subbed.
Of course you can.
:-)
U didn't get hurt on that price
Those blade angle cylinders are not factory. They were all hand turn.
Came off a newer series cat .
The ones on my 1960 are hand turn. He definitely got a Frankenstein. lol
thank God for Hoarders I tell ya *
DIG THEM OLD KITTY CATS
g, day mate love old dozers any make & size, check out marty t channel in new zealand his mate got a cat d4 inthe bush over there, lam a new sub keen to watch more on it. cheers from Australia
Belly springs
5/1/2024 = 65.1k
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헉..아깝다
Tank masters environmental is a newer channel if your into that kind of stuff
It is pronounced HI ster not hister Why would the fuel go into the crank case?
You should get payed to take it away.
Hey, I know that dozer…
Run away.
I live in Cottage Grove, OR and am wondering how far away from me you are. Would love to meet you! I have a running 1948 Oliver tractor I hope to begin restoration down the road.
Going back over your old videos - I wanted to see how this project started:) I've met a few guys like your Hoarder - they're not hoarders. They've got enough room to keep this crap around, then they stick a ridiculous price on it, just waiting for some kid or idiot who just HAS to have it, with no f**ks given as to what it's worth, how much it's going to cost to repair, or how to get rid of the damn thing if it's a pile of scrap.
I was one of those suckers myself! Bought an old dozer for $8k, put $5k into it before giving up and selling it for $4k to a guy who was going to use it for spare parts.
@@joelx77 Yeah, I burned some cash on a "diamond in the rough" in my younger days - I'm still pissed about it:)
There are a million used bulldozers for sale. So fixing this piece of scrap could not possibly make financial sense. Maybe the TH-cam traffic pays the bills. Who knows?
I'm guessing you are correct, I bought a case dozer 25 years newer for less then that and all i have into is fuel, fluids,filters cylinder seals and batteries
I was here from the beginning! What? I didn't upvote...bad Marcos.
Good way to ruin your pickup
I really dislike judgemental buzz words like "Hoarder" or "Eyesore". Used far too often resulting in scrapper and demolition of historical items and buildings.
Im a collector. there is a difference. A collector you can walk around their stuff. A hoarder you must climb over piles of garbage to find the buried stuff.
I agree. At least be wearing appropriate shoes if you’re gonna judge...