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The 2end part of the video is very poor and stupid............................................. poor Martin!!!!!

You did a great job buddy. Make a video of you trying to find the other blades

8:23 the coolant flowing through the pony motor and back around the cylinders jackets also heats the main engine. The third way the engine gets warmed up is with the half compression setting.

Always glad to see a young man interested in old iron

Wondreful ol' Caterpillar! I do marvel ( if not, wonder ) at how seemingly tight those tracks are, is this normal?

That pony motor is only running on one cyclinder most of the time

Very good

Good sounding old dozer that sounds pretty tight.

Good old Ford.

The old dozer is the same age as me, but in better shape, lol.

It is the first time I have seen a startup video of a Caterpillar (1951) D8 that is in that exceptionally good condition. Even through my own experience with old Cats, there was always something that was on it's way out. My family was part of the Alaska Highway post construction and there were a lot of Caterpillar surplus equipment scattered throughout the North Peace River Country. That one is brand new as the under carriage, track rails and rollers show no signs of wear. The main diesel engine doesn't even smoke. What a prize, sir.

lol let me try?

(…AND hear…!!)

Great job bringing it back to Life…if one has the patience and admiration for these remarkable machines, you can go a very long way with such sturdy engineering, regardless of modern day progress. Imagine 1951?!? Helluva accolade for Cat…👊🔥⁉️(thanks for sharing, it is a real journey over time past. GREAT to see, thanks again!)

I was told as a youngster that you had to let the oil pressure build up on the big engine before you thew the compression lever...so I asked how did that work on an electric start engine?...never heard about it again

Old Cat's never die!!!

That’s disking.

Where’s your place?

Enjoyed watching! Thanks

man this video would of been so much better if you had of had the camera showing the big engine exhaust when it was starting for the first time ffs? and then you started it the second time and didn't show it again, wtf?

I think George would be Very proud of you getting that old Dozer going. I hope the family will do good bye it. I didn't know him . Only a good hearted Cat Skinner/ Dozer operator would care so much.😁

I've seen mechanics including family run from wasps and Bees for the oiler truck or any truck . Glad you got a Bee keeper buddy . I love Honey and the Bee's that make it. Nobody likes getting stung . Like I said sometimes it a worth waiting for including the winter . Sometimes it's go get it or loose it.

Go get them blades 😁

Great stuff. Not a situations allow for it because some people just want things gone out of the way. My buddies Grandpa said if it's been sitting. Lube it before you try to move it. You came out pretty good. 👍

That's old school 🏫

Thank you very much for the video Great job explaining all that did to get it going again.

Very clever, well done!

Mag tune up plugs and plugs and wires maybe a carb overhaul

I drove a RD 8 cable machine in the fifties, it was about twenty plus years of age, or about ten plus more than me. I built roads to our mine with it and pulled huge logs with it. Seen some old cars and trucks on the place??? any chance that your going to save one?

Engine coolant also circulates through the pony so it'll warm the diesel up eventually.

What a beast! This is exactly what I remember as a "Very Big" bulldozer from my childhood; a regular dozer was a D4 and the "Big" dozer was a D6. If you were lucky, you'd see a very big dozer pulling a pay-scraper. Happy memories, as when the driver took a smoko, he'd not tell little boys full of questions, to go away. Try that these days. Col, NZ

Should have just pull started it

My Dad was a Foreman for Caterpillar. I miss my Dad!

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good job. i rescue old cable shovels

Remarkable it even started after 30 years. Then to see the tractor move under it's own power . The Cat runs like it did when parked..

More videos please

Runs Beautifully

I need ur help cranking my d7

I need u guys to give me instructions on cranking my d7 17a or sell it to yaw

He's actually doing a great job of burying that much trash.

I love this video my buddy has a truck and equipment shop and a old guy had his equipment parked at the shop for years then he passed away and the equipment sat forever then it came time to sell it his son asked us to get it all running and we had a piece of equipment was just like what u got and we did a drag start because the pony motor did run and we were waiting on parts but it worked out great ...it took days but we got it all up and running before the bids started...I can feel your pain but great job

Looks like the tracks on that old Cat are about as tight as the picture you had at the end!! Doesn't look "worn out" at all !!

Good video, them old critters are just cool

Personally I blame squirrels

Enjoyed the video, really like the old style dozers not the high tracks now days. What you have is a real dozer, bet you can't find a dozen pieces of plastic on it. Let one of those new high tracks sit for 20 or 30 years and you would have to buy a whole new computer to run it. You have a real jewel.

I'd say that pony asking for a valve job.... Pop pop............pop ..........pop..........pop........

I like this video - simple, explanatory, and with a nice story too.

did you find the other blades? that'd be a cool video

You got it running, it's yours.