New member, old Cat

Welcome Rustbucket, looks like a nice straight D2 to me, well done, you will have a lot of fun with that tractor for sure, plus you are obviously no dummy like me and can upload pictures and youtube movies easily so that is always impressive.

When you get a chance put your approximate location in your box so folks know where on the planet you are.
Good luck
Mike

good job on saving the old cat as she looks like she still has some work left in her. you get bonus points for have video and pics both. hears to lost of fun to come.

Good advice so far, and I will add my two bits worth!

Its easy to get wrapped up in all the pony motor issues and when you finally get it to turn the diesel, just throw the decompression lever to run and give it some fuel.........and have it overspeed because the rack is stuck!

Before you start that process think about what you will do to stop it if it doesn't respond to the governor. The quickest way is to pull the decompression lever back to the start/decompressed position, but on other engines without decompression mechanisms you may have to cut off air or fuel. Fuel can take a LONG time to run out when you are standing next to a potential grenade! You don't want to have to use your hand to cut off air so have something at hand and the precleaner already removed from the air filter stack etc.

Thanks!

I thought the gas tank was empty as there was no flow out of the inline filter when I pulled it off with the fuel tap open. Unfortunately this turned out not to be the case, there was some nasty old fuel in there and a solid layer of crap on the bottom of the tank and solid deposit all the way down the line to the tap. Working on clearing it all out but I broke one of the lines near the tap trying to remove it.

The carb is a 5F3527 but has the horizontal high speed adjustment of the 5F8248, cleaning up ok in the ultrasonic cleaner, I'm not going to drill out the solder plugs to clean the passages at this point.

I tried to pull the heads off but there's not enough clearance between the studs and the fenders/brackets. I was able to see a layer of rusty residue at the lowest point of each cylinder, I think it will clean up with a flex hone but this scuppers my plan to just clean things up this week to see if it will start this weekend.

Draining the oil I got approx 1 cup of clean water out first.

I'm torn now between removing the head studs to get the heads clear, clean the cylinders and at least get the pony crank turning, or just pull it off completely and get the pistons out and clean the ring grooves so as not to cause more damage.

Hi Rustbucket, My advice is if you have the carb off the pilot motor then clean those cross passages, it will only add 30 minutes to the job and you will thank me later, particularly if your fuel system has been full of crud, don't forget to clean the gas tank really well too because those pilot motors will drive a man to drinking too much when they play up which can be often. Check that flywheel on the pilot motor for slop, they all have a bit, too much will suggest pulling the pistons out is a good idea but if the pulley is pretty snug I'd be tempted to leave the heads on and go for a second crankcase oil flush after you have run the pilot motor for a few minutes and got it warm, keep it simple right now because opening a engine up can open a Pandora's Box that didn't need opening.

I suggest you service the magneto too while you have the carb off, most those maggies need the bearings greased and yours will not have been done since the 1950's I'd suggest, the grease will be long dried up and if you plan on using the crawler regularly you don't want any headaches with the pilot motor, go the extra yard now for 10-20 years trouble free service. Those pilots will run happy as a clam on 30 lbs compression and burning a pint of oil a week, but they will not even start with a crap magneto or blocked carb passages.
Good luck
Mike

Hey Rustbucket,

I am about 2 miles from Venersburg. I would be happy to stop by and offer any advice, or at least admire your new toy, and meet a fellow local cat fan!

Dan22

Hey Rustbucket,

I am about 2 miles from Venersburg. I would be happy to stop by and offer any advice, or at least admire your new toy, and meet a fellow local cat fan!

Dan22

[quote="Dan Pratt"]Hey Rustbucket,

I am about 2 miles from Venersburg. I would be happy to stop by and offer any advice, or at least admire your new toy, and meet a fellow local cat fan!

Dan22[/quote]


Hi Dan and Rustbucket

Maybe the three of us should get together this weekend. I'd be happy to lend A hand.

Ty