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 😄
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.
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!
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.
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
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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! 😮
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.
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.
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!!!
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 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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 “
