In 1965 my parents owned a home adjacent to the right-of-way for the new Interstate Highway 94. Hours of entertainment for us small boys when they constructed this stretch of freeway. Saw lots of Cat "crawler tractors" pulling towed scrapers!! The smoke and noise from them then is nothing like it today! ALL the equipment barked loudly and left huge clouds of black smoke then!
Great video mate. Iv got a D4 30 A . They were much like the 7 U model but before the D 4 C model. It was made in Mexico in 1954 and less than a hundred were bought to Australia. Surprising how many little changes were made during a production run of a series. Ours dropped a tooth on the bullwheel in the final drives about 40 years ago and it split the whole backend in half and it took us nearly five years before we eventually found another that had the same pattern bellhousing. They look the same but they are just a little bit wider and won't match up with any of the previous serial numbered versions. Iv just spent the last two days welding and turning down all of the precombustion chambers on her, one had a pin hole in it and was blowing back thru the radiator. She had been sitting for nearly 15 years without running and all I did was put some fuel in the pony motor, it fired after turning over about two times and let the main motor spin for about a minute, cracked the throttle open and she fired straight away. She also has a genuine Cat blade, Cat tree arm and Cat three shank rippers. Spent hundreds and hundreds of hours on her from when I was seven years old up until she was parked up all those years ago. One time back in the mid seventies, my dad started the pilot motor, it fired up and the crankshaft snapped right where the flywheel bolts on. He reckons it ricocheted around the floor pedals then shot up over the tracks and off into the scrub. I also own a 17A D7. Without a doubt the nicest sounding motor Cats have ever made. 14 litre, 4 cylinder with a whopping great turbo charger feeding it air that you can hear whistle from two miles away. She also dropped a tooth on her bullwheel in her final drives and is now waiting for me to put her back together with another bullwheel and intermediate pinion which also got chewed. Was lucky to have found the broken tooth after changing the oils in the finals, stuck my finger up in the drain hole to see if there were any metal filings left over and that's when I felt something that moved. She hadn't been making any clicks or clunks or whining noises at all and had probably been like it for years before I bought it. It's motor was rebuilt in 1973 and it was parked in an old hayshed soon after and has less than 200 hours on it. It also has a cat blade but a three shank ripper set up made by Stanton. Very heavy duty and very heavy. All up weight she goes around 27 tonnes. She's a big, big heavy hunk of women.
...I earned an AAS degree in Diesel Mechanics a little over 40 years ago...our school had a matched set of manual clutch Cats...D2...D4...D6...D8...had a lot of fun working on and playing with those old Cats...
The very first Dozer I ever had a serious try on, was one of these. ( back in 1964.) Been a very long time since I saw one of these double ended ploughs...my late grandfather used to tow one behind his steel wheeled Fordson tractor.
Very nice, with tracks that look as if they've seen no rough ground! This was the ubiquitous crawler tractor when I was young. If you were lucky, you'd see a "huge" D6 clearing a housing estate with a Euclid pay scraper!
Hi, Folks. Sorry but I don't think it is a 1941 model. The larger round outer track frame bearings came in with the 5T series D4 in 1945 and the air cleaner was moved from under the hood to being mounted on the back of the firewall in front of the operator like that one is with the later 6U - 7U series D4s in about 1947 - '48. Nice video of a great crawler though. Thanks for uploading it. Just my 0.02. You all have a wonderful day. Best wishes. Deas Plant.
I was watching the operator and he is wearing out the steering clutches fast. I don't think he has been operating very long. It is the same with a car clutch, all the way in or all the way out. He was riding the steering clutches and over steering to boot. I would not let him run my dozer until he learned how to run one properly.
@@robertboyd3863 I honestly don't remember making these comments since it was over a year ago and to revise my post to be fair and watching the video again, I was a little hard on the operator but I still stick by not riding the main clutch and steering clutches. I have replaced them before on that vintage of dozer and it is not an easy job to replace them so I am picky about how the machine is operated. I have 40 years experience off and on with this equipment. You don't know me so you don't know what I know....
@@richardallison8745 As a kid in the 40's I first got to play with my Uncles Cat 10. in the 90's I had and used a D4 slightly older style than this one, also a couple D2's yes have changed steering clutches final drives etc, nothing worse to work on than a Cat. As far as I could see he was simply releasing a steering clutch to let it straighten up , something you do all the time . I had an old AC HD9 with the 4-71 engine, a much better machine than the old Cats, and so much easier to work on . My pony motor didn't have an elect start and it had a loader on it, that was a real joy to start LOL
Please do something , If your going to have anyone riding with you , especially kids , make a simple tubing grab rail . Nobody plans accidents , but in my past experience of owning and running cats for 50 years , Ive seen many , and some ended up it death . Its also more likely on small uncaged cats . Thanks, Paul .
Looks like an interesting hobby Does not cost much to get into this sport A magnet, a rope and a bridge and you got a days entertainment Looks like fun. Got to try this Great hobby for a few bucks Great fun from the water and you don't need boxes of tackle
That really doesn't make any sense to me. The main clutch (engine) has to be connected to the transmission. Are you saying to engage the main clutch and then use steering clutches? I don't know anything about Cats but aren't both tracks being engaged regardless when you have the engine clutch engaged and transmission in gear. The track clutches disengage each track individually when you want to turn. At least, i think that is how it would work. Or else you are saying have both tracks disengaged when you start the tow and engage during. Although what is the difference? Any other equipment with a manual transmission and manual clutch (no tracks) you would do it the other way so....???
Used a five hp motor I took off a chipper, got a long belt, held tension on the belt to start the pony when it was quite cold. Would still rather go to that trouble than hit it with ether.
I'm thinking I might own a 1947 d4 f after watching your video. Could you tell me where the compression release of located. And does yours have a generator? Is it 12 volt generator like your starter? I'm hoping to restore some of the electrical system but I don't have much info on my cat
Ou est situé ce labour ? D'autre part, contrairement à ce qui est dit, la charge de la batterie n'y est pour rien du non engagement du pignon du lanceur dans la couronne du volant, c'est le lanceur qui est défectueux.
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I spent many hours of my youth driving one of those with a rope starter and pony engine. Sounds like it had a knock or an exhaust leak. I’ve never seen a plow like that.
Drove a Oliver Cletrac for plowing much like this, end of day would have an inch of dust on me and tractor. Had a Perkins four cylinder non turbo diesel. Did not have that lady riding however.
This looks like it has a one cylinder starter motor? In the mid ‘60s two of us were working in the maintenance shop of a highway construction company when we were sent out to start a similar Cat but one that had a starter motor to get the starter engine going. “Whatever you do, don’t flip the switch,” we were warned. It must have had something to do with the ignition but I don’t remember. We cranked and cranked and cranked but it would not fire. We looked at each other then flipped the switch. On the next try it burst into flames and I had to rip off my shirt to cover the fire. After getting the fire out we returned the setting its original position and cranked it again. Fired up like a champ and we drove it to the shop. Didn’t look any worse than it had before.
le modele doit etre avant 1947 car c'est identique à ceux amenes en france en 1944 nous avons eu le meme avec un grader qui eatit aussi à moteur de lancement
In 1965 my parents owned a home adjacent to the right-of-way for the new Interstate Highway 94. Hours of entertainment for us small boys when they constructed this stretch of freeway. Saw lots of Cat "crawler tractors" pulling towed scrapers!! The smoke and noise from them then is nothing like it today! ALL the equipment barked loudly and left huge clouds of black smoke then!
Great video mate. Iv got a D4 30 A . They were much like the 7 U model but before the D 4 C model. It was made in Mexico in 1954 and less than a hundred were bought to Australia. Surprising how many little changes were made during a production run of a series. Ours dropped a tooth on the bullwheel in the final drives about 40 years ago and it split the whole backend in half and it took us nearly five years before we eventually found another that had the same pattern bellhousing. They look the same but they are just a little bit wider and won't match up with any of the previous serial numbered versions. Iv just spent the last two days welding and turning down all of the precombustion chambers on her, one had a pin hole in it and was blowing back thru the radiator. She had been sitting for nearly 15 years without running and all I did was put some fuel in the pony motor, it fired after turning over about two times and let the main motor spin for about a minute, cracked the throttle open and she fired straight away. She also has a genuine Cat blade, Cat tree arm and Cat three shank rippers. Spent hundreds and hundreds of hours on her from when I was seven years old up until she was parked up all those years ago. One time back in the mid seventies, my dad started the pilot motor, it fired up and the crankshaft snapped right where the flywheel bolts on. He reckons it ricocheted around the floor pedals then shot up over the tracks and off into the scrub. I also own a 17A D7. Without a doubt the nicest sounding motor Cats have ever made. 14 litre, 4 cylinder with a whopping great turbo charger feeding it air that you can hear whistle from two miles away. She also dropped a tooth on her bullwheel in her final drives and is now waiting for me to put her back together with another bullwheel and intermediate pinion which also got chewed. Was lucky to have found the broken tooth after changing the oils in the finals, stuck my finger up in the drain hole to see if there were any metal filings left over and that's when I felt something that moved. She hadn't been making any clicks or clunks or whining noises at all and had probably been like it for years before I bought it. It's motor was rebuilt in 1973 and it was parked in an old hayshed soon after and has less than 200 hours on it. It also has a cat blade but a three shank ripper set up made by Stanton. Very heavy duty and very heavy. All up weight she goes around 27 tonnes. She's a big, big heavy hunk of women.
Look forward to seeing a video of your machines one day Steve....
73 years young & still running great. Go Caterpillar.
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It’s good to see that old equipment being put to use. Thanks for sharing.
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I used to sit on the oil can too when I was a little boy. Later I operated long hours with no pay because I loved it and grandpa did too.
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The very first Dozer I ever had a serious try on, was one of these. ( back in 1964.) Been a very long time since I saw one of these double ended ploughs...my late grandfather used to tow one behind his steel wheeled Fordson tractor.
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looks like a winch plow, like they use for towing with two traction engines, one each side of the field.
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More likely an ag tractor, it has the fairly rare farm implement PTO.
It is a balance beam plough yes
But some were made to be towed behind tractors
Very nice, with tracks that look as if they've seen no rough ground! This was the ubiquitous crawler tractor when I was young. If you were lucky, you'd see a "huge" D6 clearing a housing estate with a Euclid pay scraper!
قبل شكد يتعب الفلاح في الزراعه
هساع المكائن حديثه وجراراة وتلكتراة
حديثه وعملقه الزمن والانان يتطور
بس حلو نتذكر ايام زمان الاحراثه صعبه
شكرا ذكراة جميل
My thoughts exactly. Lol
La première machine que j'ai conduit à. 14 ans les années 1967 de Bon souvenir oui la belle époque
Hi, Folks.
Sorry but I don't think it is a 1941 model. The larger round outer track frame bearings came in with the 5T series D4 in 1945 and the air cleaner was moved from under the hood to being mounted on the back of the firewall in front of the operator like that one is with the later 6U - 7U series D4s in about 1947 - '48.
Nice video of a great crawler though. Thanks for uploading it.
Just my 0.02.
You all have a wonderful day. Best wishes. Deas Plant.
Good to know, I guessing mine is 47. Do you have more info on the d4 6u? Are 47 and 48s identical or compression release is different
5:10 ...made me smile!
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Buenísimo...saludos desde el sur de Chile
curto de mais maquinas antigas gostei muito deste arado no BRASIL E CONHECIDO
Máquinas CATERPILLAR, Não Tem pra NGM.
Timeless Classic Machinery still doing the job better than the new computerized crap made today..🐎🥃😎👌
I was watching the operator and he is wearing out the steering clutches fast. I don't think he has been operating very long. It is the same with a car clutch, all the way in or all the way out. He was riding the steering clutches and over steering to boot. I would not let him run my dozer until he learned how to run one properly.
You don't know what you are talking about
@@robertboyd3863 I honestly don't remember making these comments since it was over a year ago and to revise my post to be fair and watching the video again, I was a little hard on the operator but I still stick by not riding the main clutch and steering clutches. I have replaced them before on that vintage of dozer and it is not an easy job to replace them so I am picky about how the machine is operated. I have 40 years experience off and on with this equipment. You don't know me so you don't know what I know....
@@richardallison8745 As a kid in the 40's I first got to play with my Uncles Cat 10. in the 90's I had and used a D4 slightly older style than this one, also a couple D2's yes have changed steering clutches final drives etc, nothing worse to work on than a Cat. As far as I could see he was simply releasing a steering clutch to let it straighten up , something you do all the time . I had an old AC HD9 with the 4-71 engine, a much better machine than the old Cats, and so much easier to work on . My pony motor didn't have an elect start and it had a loader on it, that was a real joy to start LOL
Thats got a hell of knock in the engine!
Typical with these old CAT engines, the problem is that the iron piston ring land comes loose (unscrews).
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Fuel knock that's all!
Please do something , If your going to have anyone riding with you , especially kids , make a simple tubing grab rail . Nobody plans accidents , but in my past experience of owning and running cats for 50 years , Ive seen many , and some ended up it death . Its also more likely on small uncaged cats . Thanks, Paul .
Outstanding job and videos 👍👍👍👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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The best tractor was caterpillar in Middle East country , my father he had international chain tractor , was nice tome ,
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Essa era nossa tqnologia muito bom gostei
My 1949 Cat D2 is still on the job and getting er done.
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Caterpillar Is a legend!
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Спасибо за видео, я, и мой отец работали на т 100 м аналог замечательная техника, очень надежное
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What a beautiful machine!!!
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CATERPILLAR GRANDI
MACCHINE ,SONO UN POMPETTA E IN NORD AFRICA QUANTE POMPE E INIETTORI HO RIPARATO
X TUTTI I CAT E NON SOLO
BEI RICORDI
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Looks like an interesting hobby
Does not cost much to get into this sport
A magnet, a rope and a bridge and you got a days entertainment
Looks like fun. Got to try this
Great hobby for a few bucks
Great fun from the water and you don't need boxes of tackle
I know someone who is liquidating his d2s in California. They are all a blast and very useful
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god i love the sound of the d47u
Ну ребята вы молодцы шедевр восстановили, удачи в жизни вам
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Inprecionante isso que é capricho de saber cuidar de uma máquina dessa, parabéns 😎
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She is a beauty...
Yeah and the D-4's not too shabby either.
Me emocioné tenía 22 años cuando subí a uno de esos ,fue mi escuela, de esto hacen 34 años aún trabajo en ellos más modernos si
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I was always told that for pull starting, you should use the steering clutches, not the main clutch.
John M I was too.
That really doesn't make any sense to me. The main clutch (engine) has to be connected to the transmission. Are you saying to engage the main clutch and then use steering clutches? I don't know anything about Cats but aren't both tracks being engaged regardless when you have the engine clutch engaged and transmission in gear. The track clutches disengage each track individually when you want to turn. At least, i think that is how it would work. Or else you are saying have both tracks disengaged when you start the tow and engage during. Although what is the difference? Any other equipment with a manual transmission and manual clutch (no tracks) you would do it the other way so....???
No idea why, if a wheel tractor you wouldn't have steering clutches to use, I never used the steering clutch to start one
Nice pair 5:10
Nice jiggle!
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Так вот с чего сделали Сталинец С-65!
руского нет не чего все из заграницей
@@виталькачерный Дай Бог чтоб было все как у китайцев
Nice old tractor.....needs a little maintenance. Sweet
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Not sure the Pony motor switch was in the on position?
Used a five hp motor I took off a chipper, got a long belt, held tension on the belt to start the pony when it was quite cold. Would still rather go to that trouble than hit it with ether.
Muito bom!!! Infelizmente aqui no Brasil não se ver mais esse tipo de maquinaria
Infelismente o Brasil mata suas boas memórias,tem uns D2 por aí tambem ,esse D 4 é lindo.
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Wow! Beautiful 😢😢
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@@fahimakhan7561 i love you fahima , aap bahut khubsurat ho 😘😘😘
@@balaramvishwakarma3253 thank you 😊 watch this
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I'm thinking I might own a 1947 d4 f after watching your video. Could you tell me where the compression release of located. And does yours have a generator? Is it 12 volt generator like your starter? I'm hoping to restore some of the electrical system but I don't have much info on my cat
only 12 volt system
@@rr18989 thanks
70 years old, might need an oil change ))))
The girl looks like she really does not want to be there...
Hangi fi tarihinden kalmış bu katerpillar
بلدوزر السميه
حبي ياجمالك روعه
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Ou est situé ce labour ? D'autre part, contrairement à ce qui est dit, la charge de la batterie n'y est pour rien du non engagement du pignon du lanceur dans la couronne du volant, c'est le lanceur qui est défectueux.
Fête des moissons, chaque dernier week de juillet à Nueil les Aubiers 79 France, OK pour le diagnostique
Built to last.
Auckland NZ.
Una maravilla en su tiempo😮....Ni k decir de sus operadores,mis respetos 👌👍me tocó trabajar en ellas y de verdad,otro pedo.pero la verdad me resulta mucho más cómodo trabajar en las más modernas,solo es cuestión de actualizarte😎🤗
Nice .Machine .Incredible Catterpillar.
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Muito TOP... desse eu nunca tinha visto. 👏👏
Has an engine knock- ? main bearing.
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1000 years may pass and that machine continues to function properly
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sehr imposant robust, wie man eine erstaunliche Sache bauen kann dickes Eisen
У нас это Б10М...на таком в Бодайбо Валера Замора до сих пор гоняет))))
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Where the fingertip steering. ...over center clutch? No power shift. ..
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Greetings from Argentina 🇦🇷 @vida serrana
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Does it has a petrol engine
I spent many hours of my youth driving one of those with a rope starter and pony engine. Sounds like it had a knock or an exhaust leak. I’ve never seen a plow like that.
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I would say that engine has a noise in it. Could be just a valve adjustment but could be worse
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that plow better be in farm sim 19
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Do tempo do meu avô. Mais e catrpilar.
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That 2 cylinder engine is called a " pony motor ".
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I am looking the girl on the picture but i don't see her again. Can you reverted it.
не плохое качество видео для 1947 года👍
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Johny got tail alright !!!
Onw que a hora que a loirona pegou carona até o trator funcionou mais rapido!
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Drove a Oliver Cletrac for plowing much like this, end of day would have an inch of dust on me and tractor. Had a Perkins four cylinder non turbo diesel. Did not have that lady riding however.
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Кто зашёл чтобы увидеть женщину с заставки???
Вот нашлись 2 дурака -ты да я.
@@udets5845 И не говори ка)))
Cool rig
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Essa máquina ja trabalhou tanto que merecia uma aposentadoria diguino
اللهم صلى على سيدنا محمد وعلى آله
This looks like it has a one cylinder starter motor? In the mid ‘60s two of us were working in the maintenance shop of a highway construction company when we were sent out to start a similar Cat but one that had a starter motor to get the starter engine going. “Whatever you do, don’t flip the switch,” we were warned. It must have had something to do with the ignition but I don’t remember. We cranked and cranked and cranked but it would not fire. We looked at each other then flipped the switch. On the next try it burst into flames and I had to rip off my shirt to cover the fire. After getting the fire out we returned the setting its original position and cranked it again. Fired up like a champ and we drove it to the shop. Didn’t look any worse than it had before.
Peppino proncipe
Nice tractor beautiful girl.
MR. FIX-ALL INC. exactly
Una joya mecánica""
Ok
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le modele doit etre avant 1947 car c'est identique à ceux amenes en france en 1944 nous avons eu le meme avec un grader qui eatit aussi à moteur de lancement
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@@fahimakhan7561 bien reçu ton commentaire mais desole je ne comprends pas bien le sens de cette reponse
I thought the plow was more interesting than the dozer... never saw a plow like that one before!
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Isso é um trator ou é um bagaço
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@@fahimakhan7561 oi
@@davireis6123 oi veja isso
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QUANTE POMPE E INIETTORI HO REVISIONATO IN AFRICA D4 D6 D8 D9
Esse é mais velho que a serra.
Sounds really nice
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Vintage Beauty Machine
bone journéé
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Nice easter egg 😉
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the best part was the french girl, lucky man
Ver y Good tractor but mostly ni ce a girl by side him Goin up never boring
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Тот плуг, что у них, это уже не годится, производительность труда низкая и расход топлива будет огромен с таким плугом. Но техника зверь!
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Belo.D4.parabens
Neat! 😉
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@@fahimakhan7561 ;;;;;;--;ooilpopppoppooo
ههههههه
@@arnaudgomes3571 .
ISSO É UM TANK DE GUERRA DA ALEMANHA .
Marcos Antonio era.do.hitlle.ele.usa.em.suas.passeatas
Que hermoso tractor. !
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How tf does this video have 3.7m views and only 395 comments?
Keep spirit hard working, 🦾🦾👍
The gas engine for starting is called a pup engine.
Or pony motor in the states.
Caterpillar calls it a Starting Engine
Old things made to last simple no sensor computer no electrical u see a little pull to start thats it
That's for starting the pony engine, the pony then starts the main engine.
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Vi um desses... em 1962... eu tinha só 10 anos...
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47 год. электростартер на пускаче.!!!!!!!
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