Pony Motor start Dad's ole #12 Caterpillar Grader
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- Опубліковано 26 жов 2018
- I wanna be a moto gwader opewaiter. An old friend of dad's used to put it like that. This video is more than what it seems. It has been a rough year on all of us. Dad had colon cancer surgery last November, he asked me to help him out getting ole #12 running so he could grade a neighbors driveway. Well take a look at the video. We gotter done!
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i retired from running heavy equipment last year and i do not miss those cold mornings getting those older machined to start. i could feel it in my bones watching this.
Yes Sir, that smile is priceless! You boys did a great job of honoring your Dad, that tells us your Dad raised you with love and respect..... I wish my ol-man was here to go to the shop with. I wonder if there’ll be Lathes and welders in Heaven or a 2 stick Kenworth
Enjoyed this.
Interesting my father is at Dr as I watched this. He is 87 & has lung cancer. He also was a Operator for the Army Corp of Engineers during the Korean War. They ran D-7 Cat Dozier's & Pans & Graders that had the same Pony start. They built runways in England. He ran the first D-8 that was sent them in England during this time.
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I don’t know how old this is but good for him on being cancer free. That, I know from experience is a incredible feeling. I hope he stays that way.👍
There are days I wish I had a pony motor to help me get started. Great smile from your dad.
So glad to hear your dad is cancer free. Enjoy every minute of every day he has as there are no guarantees. I lost my dad back in 1979 on his 70th birthday. I think of him every day.
Tell your dad you love him every chance you get.
Cheers!
Terry
Great shot of dad with a smile on camera! Thanks for sharing!!
Great news about your dad! Glad to hear it! Nice to see that old machine still in use.
What ever else happens, you got him back in the saddle and in his own heaven! Great job guys!!
Tony De Leo
Awesome video ...... tough old iron that built America right there!! 👍🇺🇸 love it
Fantastic news about your dad!!
Nice to see the old guy going, makes us happy, great job men!!!
My hometown in South Georgia had one of these graders but without the cab.There were still a lot of dirt roads in town when I was little in the 60's and they were still using it for ditch maintenance when I left after high school.Great piece of machinery.They had it parked at my elementary school one cold winter morning and at recess they were trying to start it and it took about as long as you guys and they had used it the day before.LOL!
I love watching these old machines start up this way. Glad it isn't necessary now, but I love watching it .
The good son. You'll remember this day forever. I'll bet this made him feel whole again, cherish you parents always as tomorrow is not guaranteed....peace my man, I enjoyed this thoroughly.
The small construction company I worked for bought a Cat 12 grader. I fixed it all up. Ran great for years. I was the only one who could start it.
that's a straight looking 12 keep up the good work
I always wanted to operate one of those. My dream machine next to a railroad engine.
Used to operate 2 old #12's 1950 with outside start on the pony motor then got a 1955 with inside start on the pony motor .Old knuckel and wrist busters they were .Went from there to the age of hydraulics wow what a difference.
I own one of these, but the starter motor and its controls are on the side where you have the camera. It looks to me like you started out with the injector rack engaged (fuel going to diesel) and the decompression lever engaged. On mine, a six cylinder model, you pull up a detent button on the throttle and pull the throttle back to disengage the injectors. Then you pull the decompression lever back under the hood near the pony motor so the diesel is cranking with no compression. This takes the load off the pony motor by turning the diesel with no compression. After you get it spinning good, you put the compression back into the diesel so that compressing air in the cylinders with no fuel starts warming up the cylinder. The pony motor also circulates coolant through the diesel water jackets so running the pony motor heats up the heads. Depending on the ambient outside temperature, let it crank under compression with no fuel until it has a chance to warm up enough to compress diesel to the heat of combustion. If you pull the throttle on and get white smoke without the diesel starting, disengage the injectors and keep cranking with the pony motor to warm things up some more. Eventually, you will get the diesel warm enough that it starts when you engage the injectors. In the summer, this might only take a minute or two, but in the winter, it can take a bit of time. Glad to hear your dad was doing better. This is an old posting, but thought you might still look at the comments once in awhile.
always good to see an old piece of equipment clatter to life ,,and that one definitely did not want to wake up
Cold outside caterpillar equipment sitting there long time Crank the engine running soon as possible but awesome video you did it congratulations gentleman take men power
Neat vid. Let the pony run a while before you start the diesel, it will start much easier.
Yaa Mike, I spent 3 years running one like that one in the summertime, when we built the Hwy 41-Prospect
avenue Interchange, the Hwy 41-441 interchange or Polish Connection, and the Hwy 41-Breezewood
Interchange. Them old graders are dependable, never had a breakdown, as long as you had gas in the gas tank for the pony engine. Once I had to rope start the pony engine, that was a job, but got'ter going. Good old
machines.
Plus it is good to see the Ol Boy back at'ter again.
Who were you working for?
See the Uncle Pete D7 walk around and start up video which shows the pony motor operation. It should be very similar to your Cat 12.
Sometimes the diesel grows algee, and always drain the water out of the fuel water separator
Damn right! Love it.
Only just seen this vid, and due to the time since it was put up on youtube, firstly would like to wish you all well, and hope that son of a b*tch cancer has still been beaten.... Love these videos as I`m way over In the UK watching them, and a retired factory worker, but now love the great outdoors.... may god bless you all.
Thank you Ivor, dad has so far, kicked it's arse! Enjoy the videos and thanks for watching 🍻
Pony could use some work mabe fuil lines of fileters and good carb cleaning
Just lost my Dad at 99 in January. When I was a kid back in the 70s we had to start a shovel dozer that had a crank start pony. Crank ha been lost, gas tank and line was rotted. We made up a crank and a pop bottle and hose for gas and after much swearing it started and the dozer started right up. Good thing too cause I don't think that pony was ever gonna run again
He also had a 1967 D7 that he took the pony motor out and replaced it with a starter.... Just a starter, no wires, No battery, nothing. We would have to bring a 24 volt battery and then jump it with 2 pick up trucks. We still have it. No ones started it in 5 or 6 years
Tough old farmer had the cancer and all he thought about was his neighbors and family ..cherish that man...
We had an International doser that had that same feature. When it was cold it would always start. Just one thing, why don't you have your shorts and a t-shirt on. Lol. Have a great day.
Had an old d9 dozer this was a 9u with a pony. Sjould never need either. Not only ur heating the water coolent k ur also blowing the warm exaust into the main engine. Just let the pony run n haet things even if the main is on freewheel . relived compression itll serculate things. Nice vid though. Would have likeed a closer view.
Check the oil bath canister for exessive dust in the bottom that`ll make it run really rough ,It`s running like the choke is on all the time .
Watch what we did to it in my most recent video.
caterpillar says it's cold outside I'm glad my Kubota has good old glow plugs
I think I was more excited than you to see it going. After what he went through so far this is good. very good. And you say, "what you going to do"? well after he is gone you can go out and start it every six months. that is a wonderful machine. really otherwise the fuel in the pony motor will ruin the carb or become stale, in fact when you park it the gas should be drained out even if you can shut it off to the pony motor.
Thank you. I will probably learn to use it and keep it around
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Those ole pc cats can be alittle contrarry when cold sometimes especially if the glow plugs arent working too....hit the compression release let her spin over for 5 min or so get alittle heat in the cyls and ususallly wpuld kick off pretty good.....ole girl sounds good though
I had to get in and run the controls. That's what took so long. My dad can't articulate his fingers from chemo and I was trying to run it from the outside. It usually goes much faster. We got it done however.
Hey dum ass, no glow plugs on these
Should let the pony motor run the Diesel for about 20mins it will start don't need either I have a old 1950 cat d4 6u dozer with pony motor just let the Diesel warm up but othere then that's she sounds awesome can't wait to see it at work
As much trouble as that pony motor was having spinning that engine over, I was wondering if they had the compression release open. Should be able to start the pony, open the compression release, engage the drive pinion to turn over the diesel, then after several minutes turn on the fuel and close the compression release and she should start fairly easily. No ether required ( or recommended).
@@notajp you wanna close the compression first for a few minutes to warm up then open fuel bc it can kick up and pop put the pony clutch then gatta start over just let it warm with compression
My dad has a 68 cat grader in almost mint shape, also a 52 D4 in almost mint shape
Nice video of the old grader, where are you guys located?
T town Wis
Comrade berg! Gotta love the old irons with the ponying motor ya! It's almost like a song and dance to get em going after sitting. She just wanted a bigger sniff of the good stuff! How much property does dad have? Looks amazing. Perhaps when you have a minute a follow up vidja on the old girl, I'm very interested about how the live shaft runs everything. DRINK MORE VODKAS!!
I'll try to getter going one more time this year! And show how she works. You'll see what knuckle busters are 😋
Michael J Berg comrade I will be looking forward to it!
Knuckle busters- = crash gears to engage the worm to operate the equipment, operated a similar old iron myself
I can smell the ether just watching.
Doesn't the pony motor put heat through the engine, thus not "needing" ether? Really cool video, and I hope you guys are all doing well! What a cool old grater.
Yes, but there engine is 67 years old. It needs a little helper
@@MichaelJBerg Hehe, that's what I figured...We all need a little help as we get older!
Think they should still have a pony motor its if you only run them hear and their say u own big land and it sits for long times inbetween
how old is this caterpillar grader?
Why do we have to do this so early in the morning ???
Why does he have buckets over the exhaust? There are exhaust flappers in there so you don’t need buckets
esas maquinas se hicieron para durar para siempre
Motoconformadoras 8 T. Lentas. Pero bien efectivas. Y bien durables
The International diesels are a lot easier to start in cold weather than Cat or JD.
Allis Chalmers for the win
Jpaydirt would be real proud of you check him out
Already have, thanks
Wish the camera was on the other side, where all the action was.
Whoever disliked this needs punched in the face...repeatedly
I think I would have let the pup run a bit longer
What's the rush? If you let the pony warm up the diesel block for about 20 minutes, it would start with just
a whiff of ether.
That's how I do it when I start it alone. Really don't need the ether if done right. I guess the way my dad's always done it when he worked for bosses that pushed and pushed.
Sorry but this hurts watching. First start and warm up the pony. Then couple in the main. Let it turn until oil pressure then give it compression to warm it. After that give it fuel and the main will run.
Normally do that. Dad has no patience and was just out of hospital for cancer. Have to listen to dad.
If you have to use starting fluid on those old girls, your not leting the starting engine do it's full job. Slow down and give it a chance.
How NOT to start a pony motor big bore Cat.
Yep I agree, just told the last guy. Can't disobey the old man especially when he's dying
It tuck ages to get that thing started waste of video
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