Except for Friends, that was an absolutely life-changing show. It should be taught in every grade of school and university. Some kind of PHD program is necessary to capture how monumental that show was and is to society. I can't express how fantastic that show was. It makes Dostoevsky and Tolstoy look like charlatans.
These are the kind of videos that are so great to watch. Seeing old equipment that has been abandoned and left to rot being reborn and brought back into service is far better than watching some of the trash rod videos where a completely intact vehicle is chopped up and made into something fit only for scrapping. This old classic has many years of useful life left in her! Great job!
Well well, there it goes. A lot of things had to happen for a happy result. The high point for me was watching carefully to see if they shake hands. And there it was! Speaking in a way words cannot ! Well done you blokes!.... from West Aussie.
A few suggestions on the D2 if you will,, You may want to consider supplementing the fuel with a lubricant additive, the diesel in the states is almost devoid of sulphur, the old pumps depended on sulphur for extra lubrication, I use marvel mystery oil. Second, being a flat tappet valve train, modern engine oils are almost devoid of zinc, flat tappets need that for lubrication, I use STP engine oil treatment, it is high in ZDDP (zinc) Ive restored several old machines here on my homestead, most of them work every day. Glad to know Im not the only one doing this. Most of my friends cant seem to understand that eith some knowledge and the right oppurtunity, you can bring back these old machines, and if done well, they can work all day for you. When Im done with some of them, ill have no need, so ill probably sell and recoup money, maybe a little profit too. thx for video
I don’t watch tv haven’t done for years don’t even own one . This channel and a few others are all I watch ! This being my number one ☝️. If I win the lottery I’m sending Marty all the old machines and parts he needs and paying him . Be so worth it. Great job gents hat off to you again aswell as filming it blows my mind . Hope you find more gems in the woods abandoned chief .
That old dozer will pay you back ten fold for helping the old boy out. Not a huge machine but it does a lot of work... a sort of a thank you for having been involved in making the foundation for the world you have today... straight from Peoria Illinois, USA.
The guy that shut it off 13 years ago " this thing is a pos" 13 years later guys say " this thing is cool" . Just amazing the different takes on life. Very cool video. Thanks so much for sharing. Good job repairing too.Made my day.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
My late Paternal Grandfather was a mechanic on the Dawson Pipeline of the ALCAN Highway in WWII. He told me about maintaining these dozers and gave me a Hudsons Bay trade hatchet head that came up out of the tundra, caught in the track of a D2. It is great to see what my Grandpa John did.
Start to the perfect weekend, a glass of wine, wife out, and a Dozer rebuild. Just need Mustie, Peter Anderson and Project Binky and i am complete! Thanks for the first class entertainment. Congratulations!
The designers were pretty smart to run the exhaust of the pup engine through the intake of the diesel engine, who needs glow plugs. I really enjoy this series of videos.
i love to see these old equipment being brought back to life, they dont make this heavy duty anymore, sat for 17 years with a blown headgasket and a good mechanic brings her back to life, love it
I've owned a couple of D-2's (5J's) and have found them to be wonderful machines. Great for pioneer work. Capable beyond their size. Just keep her clean, greased up and change the oil often and you've got yourself a winner. Enjoyed the videos.
Congratulations! Great job, love the videos. You guys seem like some real good blokes. No fuss, no drama, just working on machines with mates and a camera. Love it.
Marty, I've said b4, it just amazes me how you just find equipment like this jus sitting abandoned. Great job my friend! I can't help but to watch your buddy struggle with drive and gear handles and not think of how far we've come, with it now being a couple of joysticks and push button operation. You guys are pure AWESOMENESS!!! 👍👍
Congratulations, this is a contrast, between usability, and restoration to perfection by Sasquatch. Both are acceptable to Old Cats that never die they just sleep in the brush until the likes of lovers of old machinery retrieve and revive them back to new life! Hats off to both methods🔧🔩⚙️🧨
Went to the back forty on Aunt's farm fifty years ago and pulled Four cylinder Wisconsin. Worked on it for a month but got her running. Don't think I ever felt so accomplished as when it ran. Great job gentlemen 👍👏
16:00 The "deadened" sound....when it's all running. For those who haven't heard one of these things in person. What you are hearing is VERY GOOD recreation of what it's really like after your ears become numb from the racket.
Great Job Fellas! I have lost track of how many times my life I have drug home other peoples junk/throwaways and through a lack of personal common sense and some sort of sick determination been able to breathe life back into them. I was with you every step of the way but on the other side of the world. We think the same way and I believe only those who have taken on these tasks can truly appreciate the effort it takes and the reward it gives back. Congrats from Canada.
A big dose of Kiwi can do auto enginuity (deliberate miss spelling). That’s what Kiwis do, make sh!t happen while the rest of us sit around asking “what just happened” & “how did that happen?” I dips me lid to you boys, wonderful to watch.
About 30 years ago, I was president of a US heavy-equipment-maintenance group for a couple of years and edited a magazine for heavy-equipment fleet managers. Watching your videos reminds me that a) you always start with the basics, b) if you know what you're doing, it'll work and c) maintenance and repair can't always take place in a sterile work environment. Great work - and like one of the other comments - a big cheer when the diesel settled in. Time for you to teach some master classes. Side note: I was across Admiralty Bay from you, at French Pass with Danny Boulton, about 7 years ago - your scenic drive video brought back lots of memories.. Thanks!
Thanks mate, we don't claim to be experts but we can usually get the job done... Nice, Admiralty is one of my favourite spots in NZ, blue cod practically jump in the boat
You guys are heart surgeons to an an lady, good job guys, this reminds me of my days in the early 70's, I can still smell the oil, burnt out cylinders and diesel
Great job on that old D2! It was probably a bigger project than you first envisioned. You got really deep into the rebuild. My dad had a ~1950s vintage D2 on the farm when I was growing up (in considerably better condition though). Getting that pony engine started was a real exercise in patience (and significant cursing)... not to mention a great "upper body strength workout." :-) My brother still has that D2.
That is so inspiring for so many, no fancy tools, no fancy shop but just a can do attitude along with some knowledgeable willing mates and look what you accomplished. Brought the old girl back to life because you saw past all the rust and neglect put in the time, money and effort, well done fellows!
Man. What a set of videos. Congrats on the dozer starting!! That’s a major accomplishment. I’m in the middle of the same thing. I got a John Deere 1010 (actually three of them lol) and am rebuilding it. Trying to fix years and years of zero maintenance and abuse. Multiple cracks in the frame. Broken clutch housings. Shattered ear on the reverser. Transmission full of water. Sheet metal all cracked. No roll cage. The list goes on and on. But I can’t afford a running dozer. Here in the USA people want ridiculous money for an old beat up dozer. Plus the work is my way of winding down at the end of a day in the boat shop welding aluminum. Good luck with yours man. Keep up the good work and awesome videos!!!
Damn ol bush mechanic's could make a dry turd run they are a dying breed, My old man was one of these they used to drop him off way out bush to fix old timber jinker's and weird looking crap with his tool box and a few bit's and piece's and we always knew he would arrive home driving the bastard.
I’ve said it before & am gonna say it again, awesome job guys!!! Another great piece of machinery lives again because of your expertise, patience & knowledge!!! Great video’s boys, keep em’ coming!!!
Most don't really know how heavy and difficult dozers are to work on. It took 3 people to remove the front grille of neighbor's Cat. You two did an amazing job! Great save!
I am not that commenter but, as a master mechanic and machinist. I saw one intake seat that "really" needed to be replaced but, that is a low speed diesel and if they don't run it too hot or hard it will last a while. if it where a high speed diesel i'd give it a few weeks of hard operation before it started to blow smoke rings out the exhaust. FYI : An alternate good easy patch repair, you can build up the valve face, say .080 in. with nickel cadnium, reface it and cut the seat down the same and ended within the same valve adjustment spec. Cost would have been $ 75.00 - 100.00 u.s.d I've done this before on "no can find'um parts" and they haven't failed yet ! They did a good job of cleaning and repair for what they are going to use it for though !
Hollywood couldn't write a script anywhere near as good as this. New to finding this, and the Angry Ram channels. Sub'd and bell set for the next installment. Top stuff :-)
I love your glass oil cup, its actually really cool for that. I have a tendency to collect glassware thats hand carved or useful, because that cup would clean up well after that oil. its really a nice material.
Nice one Marty, it's happy days from here on in, some old engine oil and a slash of diesel for the not so yellow bits and she's as good as New, gleaming in the sun light.
You have peace of mind there. With us, if you leave an abandoned dozer overnight, you will have it without fuel, or they will disassemble it into parts and take it to scrap metal and sell it. I envy you peace with you. Keep making such videos, I like and subscribe. Health Josef-central Bohemia.
Wow, nice work fellas. That main engine simply purrs, hey maybe its just so happy to be back in service after all these years, eh? Great video, thumbs up.
No the reason why these old machines end up on farms is the farmer might need a bulldozer a few times a year. Why hire a contractor when you can do the work yourself with the old bulldozer which in this case they pulled out of the bush and got working again. The dozer has issues but it wont be working everyday. It will be parked again when the repairs become uneconomical which hopefully wont be soon
You lads should scour the bush and see what else you can bring back to life. You’d have the best channel on RU-vid. Even now it’s mighty good watching. That’ll come in handy over the Holidays.
I am about as mechanically savvy as a potato but I still love watching these vidoes. bought a boat last year that needs some work and vids like this make me want to do stuff to itl
Hi Marty, have been watching your channel for some time and love your work but this has been an extra special one. Growing up in western NSW we owned a D4 7u series dozer which looked exactly like this one in arrangement etc, just a bit bigger. Our mechanic (an ex Cat guy) told us a coupe of things I can pass on. Always keep the pony motor fuel tank full to stop corrosion and every 5 hrs grease the bearings that retain the track frames under the transmission (near the drawbar) It they wear they will “splay” the track frames which will cause the axle seals to leak and is a hell of a horrible job to fix. Enjoy using it mate, cheers Leigh
Wow! I use to watch a bunch of other rebuild channels, but this is a crazy rebuild! My god!!! Btw, the things these guys did looks super dangerous, my fingers and limbs wouldn’t come close to the things they were touching on those things!!! Wow!
@@MartyT Now we uncover the reason behind the channel lol . Your going to have to use the dozer to make a big new pad for all the projects subscribers will find in their back paddocks .great work on the channel mate that was a truly sweet idle for a 1st start
@Kenny - Hey mate, Looking at the likes on your comment, I reckon my subscribers would like to see your d8. Sounds like you're just down the road from me. Keen to check it out some time
@@MartyT I'll send you a message, of course you'd be welcome to come along for a few beers and a tour at the very least, would be more than happy to have you along for the build too. It's been a while since I was with it but it's next to the old woolsheds so easy access and power... Just haven't had the time to get out there as I'm based in Motueka at the moment.
Have to admire you guys tenacity. I did a lot of that kind of work when I was younger and had dreams and aspirations. One good thing about working on what was someone else’s scrap is it hard to make it worse than how you found it. If it wasn’t for recycled scrap I wouldn’t have any of the machines I have now.
My father in law had a D2. It was an adventure every time you went to use it. The pup motor was very finicky and it only had one working steering clutch. The diesel engine ran good though.
Just a word of ⚠️ warning never tighten those injection lines with your hands while it's running. Once the high pressure fuel gets injected into your hand the doctor takes your fingers off at the closest knuckle. 40 yrs experience.
At the very end looks like the tractor is headed back into the forest to finish it's job from 13 years ago. Nice video series. Looks like you got it going with the bare minimum of parts. Really nice job. I like the drill and fan belt trick on starting the pony motor. I have a converted started with a pulley - will remember this trick.
Great video series and so pleased to see the old girl running again. I am now convinced of two things: - Old Caterpillars are basically indestructable! - in a future video, Marty will find an abandonded DC10 in the NZ wilderness and rebuld her with equal parts sheer determination and fencing wire :)
Does anybody else from the States, read these comments with the accent going on in your head? LOL Great job guys. Now I have to wait for it to warm up here, so I can tinker with my OC46.
