I had the experience of working on a piece of equipment with a gas engine-started diesel back in 1973; a Bucyrus-Erie drill rig. Pull start, no compression release. Just glad I didn't have to start it in weather like Jim was having 😄
So envious. I have loved old machinery and cars since I was three, but being a female back in the day, I wasn’t allowed to wrench on anything except my aunt’s 1941(?) Ford tractor. And she taught me!
I'm sure others have commented but..... The pinion latches have fly weights that disconnect the pinion once the diesel starts and the rpms come up. By revving the pony beyond it's governed limit your tripping the pinion latches prematurely. Let it warm up longer and lose the motor killing either. Just my 2c.
Also stop turning the pony motor off with the switch, always turn off the gas and let it run dry, then turn the mag switch off. That will prevent fuel contamination in the pony’s lubricating oil. It only holds about a quart of oil, so any gas in the crankcase from the machine bouncing around during operation is a killer for the pony.
Its been a long while since I saw one that old purr again. Practical... no but about as much fun as you can have with your clothes on! She is just crying for some real love in the shop to make it a trifle easier to get going and maybe spoil it with a roof in the winter. Not many know the way to make one go that old.. and its a year older than me
Your buddy Scott Newstead just sent me over here. Of course, Jim I have been watching you and your adventures over on CWM for years. I love your Ford Customline, and am hanging on the progress you and Scott are making on the Conti. I just subscribed based on Scott's recommendation.
Cool video, thanks Jim! Great to see the other trucks from your visits to Scott N. Best of luck to both you n Matt here in your business. One day maybe you'll show off that bumpside collection.
I thought That’s Jim’s voice and it is! I like your “new” car what an extraordinary find… it is new. I really didn’t think you’d get the old Caterpillar D2 to fire up so quickly, but there you go!
Do not use ether. Turn over the engine with the fuel off and the compression closed and you'll build some heat in the cylinders and it'll fire up easier.
Looks beautiful up there ,I 'gotta get out of jersey . I thought Jim was going to have the snow trampled down from walking back and forth before he got it started but it was pretty cool . Man that's alot of snow .
Gotta thank Scott at CWM for sending me to your Channel! I'm forwarding a link to this video to Squatch253. He has more than one old D2. He's working on getting a very early D2 back together. You probably already know that.
Dear "Agent" Jim ;-) That was definitely a bit torment wasn't it? Poor pony motor! 2) Great to see that you and your business partner Matt now have a utube channel too. I was always impressed to see all the stuff you work on when Scott N. visited you. Also if it happened the other way around. Best regards, luck and health to all of you.
Thanks, I enjoyed this video. The oldest machine I ever started was a 1949 CAT 977 tracked excavator. It is a bit bigger than a D2 but the pop engine did not have an electric starter. That was back in 1966.
First video on your channel I watched , pretty neat ! 50 years ago my industrial hydraulics teacher told stories about starting diesel logging equipment in Winter in Northern Minnesota . They set charcoal fires under the oil pans to heat the solidified oil before starting...
Same here in Michigan! makes you wonder how many of them were burned to the ground by someone not keeping an eye on the fire. They also jump started them with a welder! 😮
These things never need ether, start it properly, main throttle in shutoff, pony engaged, compression released, let it turn over, check for oil pressure, check fuel pressure in green range, then engage compression, go make a coffee as compression warms main engine. When engine starts to feel warm, crack main throttle, if it starts good, if not, throttle to cut ioff, let it warm some more. When it starts, pony pinion will throw out, pony fuel off, let pony run till it stops, mag off choke and throttle knobs in. Never needed ether on any of mine.
Way out in the woods here in Michigan there is some equipment abandoned and one of them is a bulldozer with the 10 guage shotgun shell start! (No shot in shell just powder)
20+ years ago I used to test drive and inspect tractors for Caterpillar East Peoria, Illinois plant building SS and I can tell you when it's -20F they all can be pretty hard to start even with glow plugs and direct either injection into the manifold. One of the hardest to start when cold was the D10 with the V12 engine.
Do you know if that was regular starting fluid? or a diesel formula starting fluid? and do you know if brake cleaner is less volatile and therefore not as hard on diesels? though it also has no lubricant.
Better show up an hour before work with that girl lol what a beauty!! Jim! Invest in a microphone you can have on your person for filming vids makes the world of difference!!!
Still a tough little machine isn't it, yeah I say through a block heater on that baby. Especially on windy cold days wouldn't be such a struggle to get her going.
Great video. Can you get a blower attachment? 😜 Seems total overkill to be plowing with an actual bulldozer, but if it works and you have it, why not? You'll never get stuck. When I was a kid my neighbor told me "Men don't grow up, our toys just get bigger"
The block is heated by the pony motor using the same coolant. He just hast to run it long enough which will also help to warm up the oil when cranking the big engine under compression.
I love ve that dozer she needs either a R.O.P.S and temp glass to keep the weather out or a a temp garage and she could use a little paint show the lil girl off
Looks like ya got some haters, Jim! I wonder where they were when you rescued the ol' girl from the scrap heap and put in all the time rebuilding the pup motor. It'll still be alright when you get used to it. Looks like you had a gas! Cheers.
Was the starting engine turned off by turning the fuel off or by the ignition? I believe it's better to starve it from fuel so the gasoline doesn't work past the float and into the oil. Nice machine.
I hope he went back to shut off the ponys fuel. Also, he should have it in the run position with the diesel fuel off longer to build heat and make sure oil and fuel pressures are stable, seemed to me he rush it to much. With enough generated heat, it should fire up when engaging the diesel fuel.
Подсказываю!!! Снимается фильтр, плескается немного бензина во впуск. При начале прокрутки самого дизеля, бензин поджигается. Дизель схватывает даже с уже убитой поршневой или залегшими кольцами.
Does that dozer have a feature where the blade stays at a relative elevation even if say the nose of the dozer is moving up and down? Essentially self leveling. That’s kind of what it looks like in portions of the video.
The blade is attached to the track frames. The nose of the tractor is supported by a big leaf spring that goes between the track frames. Each track can pivot up and down independently and the nose can bounce. The blade will follow the track movement, not the engine.
People back then were just so much more mechanically talented .. Could you imagine watching most millennial hipsters try to explain what just happened? The kids today think crank up windows are “olden days “
Jim do you know what series it is, looks like a 5J? But there should be a tag somewhere if you do look close. Also if your diesel engine starts, shut down the fuel to the pony and let it run out if fuel. If you use the magneto kill switch instead it will shut off the engine but the oil in the pony motor will have gasoline in it. So it will start wearing the pony motor out really fast and destroying it. Go watch Squatch253 he has a detailed explanation and did also a pony engine rebuild so a great source of information.
Hey there, check out squatch253, hes a guru on these things, you need to make sure to run the pony out of fuel instead of turning it off with the switch, it can cause damage to it because gasoline will get into the crank case.
I had the experience of working on a piece of equipment with a gas engine-started diesel back in 1973; a Bucyrus-Erie drill rig. Pull start, no compression release. Just glad I didn't have to start it in weather like Jim was having 😄
So envious. I have loved old machinery and cars since I was three, but being a female back in the day, I wasn’t allowed to wrench on anything except my aunt’s 1941(?) Ford tractor. And she taught me!
Dear colleen U.
👍👌👏👏👏
Best regards luck and health.
God Bless gearhead ladies!
Sweet machine!
Get yourself a project and start wrenching,you’ll learn I did
How far back in the day?
Дедушка повредничал маленько и ожил! Респект механику!!!
Поначалу в снегу стоял металлолом, а оказалось рабочее чудо техники👍👍👍
он на нём недавно уже выезжал. Это видно по чищенному снегу
I'm sure others have commented but..... The pinion latches have fly weights that disconnect the pinion once the diesel starts and the rpms come up. By revving the pony beyond it's governed limit your tripping the pinion latches prematurely. Let it warm up longer and lose the motor killing either. Just my 2c.
I agree.
Also stop turning the pony motor off with the switch, always turn off the gas and let it run dry, then turn the mag switch off. That will prevent fuel contamination in the pony’s lubricating oil. It only holds about a quart of oil, so any gas in the crankcase from the machine bouncing around during operation is a killer for the pony.
I think it deserves a little more love than it gets.
@@ralfie8801 It even will start much easier with fresh gasoline in the carburettor when running dry every time.
You guys need to show that tractor a little more love than what you show here.
some need to be back up and working rather than a showpiece
I have been waiting for this one since it appeared on CWM. What a cool machine!
Good looking Ford sitting there too.
I was born in '47. Seeing that D2 makes me feel like an antique.
That's cause you are an antique Rob. LOL couldn't resist bud. lol That's ok I'm not too far away from you either. And I feel like an antique.
@@fonhollohan2908 It's good that antiques go up in value. At my age, if it's too cold for a diesel, it's too cold for me.
You guys need to get restored by Jim. You’ll be like brand new in a few years
@@shakeme3290 only original once.
Something is to be said for youth.....but Something is to be said for EXPERIENCE! And experience pays larger dividends IMO
Its been a long while since I saw one that old purr again. Practical... no but about as much fun as you can have with your clothes on! She is just crying for some real love in the shop to make it a trifle easier to get going and maybe spoil it with a roof in the winter. Not many know the way to make one go that old.. and its a year older than me
* Just watched this one ... Fun vid Jim ! That old gal is a Beast aye ?!! 👊😎🤜
gotta love the bark of those diesels when they take over from the pony motor.
What a beautiful machine. Work of art.
Good mix of old and older there Jim!
Your buddy Scott Newstead just sent me over here. Of course, Jim I have been watching you and your adventures over on CWM for years. I love your Ford Customline, and am hanging on the progress you and Scott are making on the Conti. I just subscribed based on Scott's recommendation.
I as well Jim! You and Matt are doing a great job keep it up!
I did, too !
Samers!
Here and Shop Kat both.
Me too
Nice to see the old girl running and getting some work done
Another convert here from Coldwarmotors, glad to see you boys get a channel up and gathering steam! Best of luck!
Cool dozer, Jim! I really enjoyed this video a lot more than I first thought I would.
I love that little CAT
В конце очень мягко работает. - прям песня для ушей.
Cool video, thanks Jim! Great to see the other trucks from your visits to Scott N. Best of luck to both you n Matt here in your business. One day maybe you'll show off that bumpside collection.
I thought That’s Jim’s voice and it is! I like your “new” car what an extraordinary find… it is new. I really didn’t think you’d get the old Caterpillar D2 to fire up so quickly, but there you go!
Do not use ether. Turn over the engine with the fuel off and the compression closed and you'll build some heat in the cylinders and it'll fire up easier.
Really dig your guys show.
You need to give that old girl a bit of love & build her a shed to keep her out of the elements.
Very neat Jim. I also lke the 64 Ford pickup! Todd the retired trucker.
That has to be the best running pony motor that I've ever heard.....cranked over the big one no problem!
Американская техника лучше всех CAT Super 👍👍👍
Absolutely love it. My dream machine.
Love seeing that old iron still going at and getting it done today, thanks for sharing.
That was a real good little Caterpillar ! Nice footage ! :-) Thx for sharing ! :-)
It is a good little Doze!!!
Looks beautiful up there ,I 'gotta get out of jersey . I thought Jim was going to have the snow trampled down from walking back and forth before he got it started but it was pretty cool . Man that's alot of snow .
Gotta thank Scott at CWM for sending me to your Channel! I'm forwarding a link to this video to Squatch253. He has more than one old D2. He's working on getting a very early D2 back together. You probably already know that.
Dear "Agent" Jim ;-)
That was definitely a bit torment wasn't it? Poor pony motor!
2) Great to see that you and your business partner Matt now have a utube channel too. I was always impressed to see all the stuff you work on when Scott N. visited you. Also if it happened the other way around.
Best regards, luck and health to all of you.
Cool old tractor. Just got turned on to this channel from CWM love all of Jim's Ford &VW as tuff. Right up My allie. 🤟😎
Thanks, I enjoyed this video. The oldest machine I ever started was a 1949 CAT 977 tracked excavator. It is a bit bigger than a D2 but the pop engine did not have an electric starter. That was back in 1966.
That looks fun. I could easily have an unhealthy addiction to equipment like that.
Супер! Це говорить про одне - якість продукції Caterpillar!! Через 70 років! Взимку!!! В рекламу Caterpillar! Премія - власнику!
A little brute this thing is!💖
What a fine runner
Runs like a million bucks.
First video on your channel I watched , pretty neat !
50 years ago my industrial hydraulics teacher told stories about starting diesel logging equipment in Winter in Northern Minnesota . They set charcoal fires under the oil pans to heat the solidified oil before starting...
Same here in Michigan! makes you wonder how many of them were burned to the ground by someone not keeping an eye on the fire. They also jump started them with a welder! 😮
These things never need ether, start it properly, main throttle in shutoff, pony engaged, compression released, let it turn over, check for oil pressure, check fuel pressure in green range, then engage compression, go make a coffee as compression warms main engine. When engine starts to feel warm, crack main throttle, if it starts good, if not, throttle to cut ioff, let it warm some more.
When it starts, pony pinion will throw out, pony fuel off, let pony run till it stops, mag off choke and throttle knobs in.
Never needed ether on any of mine.
I bet Frankers would really enjoy a nice plowed path like that. Of course she would play in the snow pushed off to the side.
Way out in the woods here in Michigan there is some equipment abandoned and one of them is a bulldozer with the 10 guage shotgun shell start! (No shot in shell just powder)
Pretty cool machine . The old Cat can still get out and stretch its tracks a little bit 🍺✌️
Nice old leviathan. It's about 41C in Texas right now and I just want grab my bathing suit and roll around in that Canadian snow field. Cheers.
@2:20 - Wrench in the back pocket. Gold.
20+ years ago I used to test drive and inspect tractors for Caterpillar East Peoria, Illinois plant building SS and I can tell you when it's -20F they all can be pretty hard to start even with glow plugs and direct either injection into the manifold. One of the hardest to start when cold was the D10 with the V12 engine.
Do you know if that was regular starting fluid? or a diesel formula starting fluid? and do you know if brake cleaner is less volatile and therefore not as hard on diesels? though it also has no lubricant.
that old girl needs a nice shed C.W.M and Frankers sent me here
The internet geniuses are losing their minds over starting the Cat.
You and Jim are clearly the opposite of geniuses
That is a cool old Cat.
40s stuff was well engineered built to last unlike modern machines.
Супер! Но можно было и закрыть от снега!
Lovable ol' dozer!
Great fun to watch. Tank plow :)
Freedom is fuel, fuel is freedom.
Great old girl indeed
Молодец, мужик!💪🏼👍🏼
Good job!
Love the old dozer
Need to let the big engine turn over on Compression to build heat for a few mins then give it fuel no starting fluid
Every Squatch 253 viewer knows this clown has no clue how he's destroying the poor D2, but he's damn good at it.
love that dozer!
Nice unit.
impressive!
Hope you do well Jim, You guys from Canada are tough and you will do well with your channel.
Really good. 😎👍🍺
Hyvaa on tracktor!👍
Better show up an hour before work with that girl lol what a beauty!!
Jim! Invest in a microphone you can have on your person for filming vids makes the world of difference!!!
Yea sure that little engine warm up!!!!!!! Sheesh!!!!!!!! Next time will be....WAAAAAHHHHH.......BANG!!!!!!
cool toy!
She's a mean machine
It's a runner!
Вот что значит качество.
Still a tough little machine isn't it, yeah I say through a block heater on that baby. Especially on windy cold days wouldn't be such a struggle to get her going.
Как часики. Хорошая техника. На трубы выхлопных надо крышки поставить....
Уважение старику
Great video. Can you get a blower attachment? 😜
Seems total overkill to be plowing with an actual bulldozer, but if it works and you have it, why not? You'll never get stuck.
When I was a kid my neighbor told me "Men don't grow up, our toys just get bigger"
I liked the "driver's view" view over the left track!
Would not a block-heatee be easier?
The block is heated by the pony motor using the same coolant. He just hast to run it long enough which will also help to warm up the oil when cranking the big engine under compression.
Nice.
I love ve that dozer she needs either a R.O.P.S and temp glass to keep the weather out or a a temp garage and she could use a little paint show the lil girl off
Forte mesmo
Beautifull 🥰😇
Squatch253 would probably cringe if he saw this
Трактор необходимо отмыть и покрасить.Сделать хотя бы тент от дождя или солнца на лето
Looks like ya got some haters, Jim! I wonder where they were when you rescued the ol' girl from the scrap heap and put in all the time rebuilding the pup motor. It'll still be alright when you get used to it. Looks like you had a gas! Cheers.
Haters because Jim's a fool for not doing it the right way. The information is out there.
@@erik_dk842 So is therapy. Go get you some.
@@LegendsWorkshop FU2
Was the starting engine turned off by turning the fuel off or by the ignition? I believe it's better to starve it from fuel so the gasoline doesn't work past the float and into the oil.
Nice machine.
I hope he went back to shut off the ponys fuel. Also, he should have it in the run position with the diesel fuel off longer to build heat and make sure oil and fuel pressures are stable, seemed to me he rush it to much. With enough generated heat, it should fire up when engaging the diesel fuel.
If you put gasoline in that diesel engine you will ruin it.
@@RR98guy gasoline is only for the pony motor, which is used as the starter motor for the diesel engine.
Good Good I like
Подсказываю!!! Снимается фильтр, плескается немного бензина во впуск. При начале прокрутки самого дизеля, бензин поджигается. Дизель схватывает даже с уже убитой поршневой или залегшими кольцами.
Does that dozer have a feature where the blade stays at a relative elevation even if say the nose of the dozer is moving up and down? Essentially self leveling. That’s kind of what it looks like in portions of the video.
The blade is attached to the track frames. The nose of the tractor is supported by a big leaf spring that goes between the track frames. Each track can pivot up and down independently and the nose can bounce. The blade will follow the track movement, not the engine.
Зачетный старичек
People back then were just so much more mechanically talented ..
Could you imagine watching most millennial hipsters try to explain what just happened? The kids today think crank up windows are “olden days “
😎👍🇺🇸 that's American made
Jim do you know what series it is, looks like a 5J? But there should be a tag somewhere if you do look close. Also if your diesel engine starts, shut down the fuel to the pony and let it run out if fuel. If you use the magneto kill switch instead it will shut off the engine but the oil in the pony motor will have gasoline in it. So it will start wearing the pony motor out really fast and destroying it. Go watch Squatch253 he has a detailed explanation and did also a pony engine rebuild so a great source of information.
It’s a 4U. Narrow (or Standard Gauge) and rear mounted air cleaner are the tells.
@@TJAkin Oh thanks I had no idea you could distinguish it by that feature.
Wonder if we are related as I am a Strong as well . Where are you from .?
Good job всем фермерам планеты 👍🇷🇺🖐️
💪💪💪
Hey there, check out squatch253, hes a guru on these things, you need to make sure to run the pony out of fuel instead of turning it off with the switch, it can cause damage to it because gasoline will get into the crank case.
man this boy dont need this D2 at all what a shame dont know how to start it without killing it with laffing gas