Make sure the plugs are good in the pony. Use Champion UD16 or hotter. Cross it to Autolite or AC for better plugs. I prefer AC

These old birds can be very tempremental, usually because the compression is lower because of wear. Try giving the pony air cleaner just a breath of Starting Fluid before or during cranking. Be quick on the trigger......just a VERY small amount.

Make sure the plug wires are good. New plug wires and new plugs every other year should be considered.

Be very careful with Mag cover and make sure the gasket is in one piece and in good shape. The tiniest bit of moisture will keep you cranking with no luck of starting it. Also inspect the inside of the cap for cracks. If there is ANY moisture on the inside of the cap, it won't start.

Make sure there is no crap in the line between the sediment bulb and the carb. If you're acumulating rust, take off the pony gas tank and put some nuts and washers into it and shake it to clean it. That will loosen any rust acumulated over time if the Cat has been sitting. Then flush it with solvent or gas several times and drain acumulated rust.

Hope this helps also

Chris

Hi all

Chris, the mag is being reconditioned, and I've already installed new spark plugs. I hope to have the mag back next week.

I still had to replace the conical spring that holds the brake adjuster in place. While doing that I noticed this brake was very loose, so I took of the cover on the back to investigate. It turned out the bracket was broken off the brake band! So took the top cover off today and welded the bracket on. While I had the cover off anyway, I decide to have a look at the transmission and took this cover off as well. You can see in the picture that one part is missing - the shaft that connects the winch with the transmission. Luckily, I had disassembled the same winch from another D8 that we have parted out, so we'll have to take the winch off as well to fit the shaft.

Anyone knows why the bracket could have broken off? The only thing that I can imagine is that the brake was operated without releasing the steering clutch.

Hope to drive her off the lowloader within a few weeks...

Best regards
Marcel

That's just normal wear & tear. They will brake under regular use. Catskinner

YEEHAW!!! Just got the D8 running! After some problems with the pony, and bleeding out the air, the big diesel burst into life straight away:cool: . Checked the clutch and that looks to be OK (she is still on the low loader). I will drive her off the low loader tomorrow evening, pictures will follow.
Best regards
Marcel

Congrats!!!!!

Took a drive yesterday, everything is working OK, only the RH steering clutch seems to be sticking. We'll see how that will work out. Anyway, it was a great feeling driving the D8 for the first time! The blade still has to be painted before installing.

Best regards
Marcel

Cel, that is an impressive looking tractor, and a fine project to post on the bb. Thanks for sharing with us. GWH

Why is it that so many of you drive your old cats TOPLESS ( no hood ) ?
Even pictures of restored cats at shows lots have no hoods on. They are not fully restored without a HOOD.

D.K. in S.K.

There's got to be a lot of reasons for no hood, but one good one is that it has to come off again whenever you need to do much to the engine, so until I think it's really done, I normally leave it off.

Of course a good hood isn't always available

I hope to make my d8 2u lood that good some day. Nice picture