@Rome K/G, thank you for confirming the lights. I happen to already have a couple of the correct Guide lights so I'll likely change them. Just for kicks, I might put these on the D4 D, they would be closer, but really, I'd probably run a branch into them anyway. I am chuckling because you are right, the flapper is redundant on the rain traps, I think that a lot of people think the rain trap for the starting engine is a muffler. I chuckle because I am surprised I didn't notice that detail! Thanks for commenting!
Hehe - yes the magic of editing. It actually does start quite easily. Both the starter pinion and clutch work properly. The pony carb needs a cleaning and I’ll get to that this winter most likely.
Just liked and subscribed. We have a 1940 D4 7J and a 49 D4 7u. The 7J is a narrow gauge like yours the 7U is a wide gauge. Our D4 7U is a POS we have a video of it on our channel.
Something I've always wanted to know about the toolcarrier setup those had: can the blade be mounted on the rear of the machine? I know there'd be absolutely no reason to, but can it be done?
Anything that someone wants is a possibility but there are things to consider like center pins for the blades push point, how this blade is controlled... as in hydraulic or cable, type of drive system as in a planetary or a solid axle where the power to the track system is driven. Like the rear end in say a truck and its rear driven power is through a pinion and so driving it over a reverse power drive would take some real doing and not bust the housing
My friend I have one exactly like that only problem is it has a D6 blade on it for some reason talk about tricky to doze with anyway yeah those old tractors man you can't beat them torque easy2start well as long as the pony Motorworks haha anyway cool video
@@froghairfarm I have a 1945 Cat No.12 9K Motor Grader with a D4600 6cyl. your 1947 6U dose have the early D315. I had to go to ACMOC to look it up and make sure, I found another significant modification in 1951 for the 6U.
Thanks, and yes the picking up is a fun part of it. Typically it’s enjoyable to have a conversation with the seller or buyer depending on the circumstances.
Ha ha ha 😁 yup, best intro EVER on RU-vid but it was in slow motion 🥺 I've NEVER done anything like that, today 🤣😂🤣 1139🙄... Nice D4 with lots of cool extras
Love the old machines that are basically my age or a fraction older... I am from the forties/LOL. I used to park mine in the shed after working in mud an such... let it dry well and then take it out of the loft, start down the gravel road an when feeling confident it had warmed up enough, plunk it into high hole an let it shake like no tomorrow for a few feet. Once satisfied that what was loose enough... park in the roadway and get my rock pick bar out and dig out the tracks, sprockets, etc, and then drive again for a few feet to see what else would find earth again. Once satisfied it was the last of easy clean, just run it across the pit and hit it with a fire hose to finish cleaning it up. Once it had quit dripping all over the place, find all the loose nuts and bolts to retighten or replace as a few always come up missing. Every few years hit it with some yalla paint as we called it to bring back a bit of the feeling of what it looked like thirty or more years before. I only worked it enough to keep it loosened up and have any dry bearings get some oil splashed around inside those cases, plus make sure every grease fitting was a working unit. I would even replace any belts that were dry rotted an some hoses that were showing old rubber peeled off. Always after changing oil an such, throw some diesel on some of the used oil, and then pour it on the winch cables. I liked to run all the cable off again, rattle it around enough to get most of the rusty stuff shook off of it and then winch something light enough that I could spool the line back on an it have some flexibility to it. It was a life saver a few times when nothing would run but it would, push snow or mud out and park it up again... clean right then or very soon as its the part that killed most machines... leaving mud on metal was just asking for a shortened life of some different parts. I'm in my seventies an so found a man old enough to appreciate this machine, charged him enough to have some skin in the game and then moved back to edge of town closer to hospitals. Just like old machines, we get too old to enjoy some of this stuff, and so passed it on just to have a lot of remorse over getting rid of it, kinda like what my own kids did with me as we don't ever communicate.... fine little machine you have and by the salt and pepper hair on you, still many years of fun left for this machine and yourself
Thank you for your thoughtful comments. I always like hearing the stories and recollections around old machinery there often are a lot of emotional ties the them and appreciation of simpler times.
:) Reverse on these is a bit faster than 1st and a bit slower than 2nd. The gear ratios are pretty closely spaced until you get to 5th. Thanks for watching!
Thanks! Is your cab a wood one or metal? 6370 would put it in the early to mid 1950's the U series started in 1947, mine is a late '47 and it is SN 1139.
