Found a nice little D2 the other day.
Price was right and it was close to home so I decided to go ahead and buy it.

Machine was sitting for a few years, so I was concerned it would be locked up.

Someone took the carb off the pony motor so I knew the only chance I would have to start it would be to give it a push.
We drained the old fuel out of the tank and added 5 gallons of fresh diesel.
Gave it a little push and it started right up!

The undercarriage looked pretty good to me.
Someone added a 6 way blade to it.
Has a PTO
3 point hitch
A bucket
electric pony start
alternator

Not sure if this is 12 volt or 6 volt.

The serial number I found on the machine was 9965 I think it is a 1952 5U
The serial number on the engine is 404111

The problems that I have found so far are:
I am looking for a carb for the pony.
Need a fuel tank for the pony.
The steering clutches are stuck.

Here are a few pictures. Please let me know what you think and if you have any advice or information!

Looks like a very good D2. You sure made it with the attachments thats for sure.

I like it, looks really well built. Clutches might free up if not clutch job is pretty straightforward

Looks like another loader/blade unit mentioned about a dozen threads ago:

www.acmoc.org/bb/showthread.php?30306-D2-serial-5U-7072

I had never heard of them before reading the aforementioned thread.

The whole thing looks great and with an alternator I'd think the electrical system would be 12V.

S/N = 4U4111.

Daron

Looks like a very tidy machine!
It is a 4U (narrow gauge) chassis though, not a 5U (wide gauge 50" center of sprocket to center of sprocket)

Just looking at it i would guess it to be very nose heavy and hard to finish grade with. Even straight blade D2s are hard to finish grade without lots of oopie-doos. There are larger diameter front idlers that help some. Maybe yours has those but its a bit hard to tell.

Six volt system.

The basic framework is for a Trackson L2 loader (wide gauge is a LW2). I'm not aware of Trackson making the blade option. Production was pretty limited, 419 L2 units and 418 LW2 units built.

I might have some of the pony parts you need. You can send me a private message .

"d2gary" wrote:

I like it, looks really well built. Clutches might free up if not clutch job is pretty straightforward

Thanks d2gary!
Do you have a link to some instructions for that clutch job?
I was told it is not an easy task.

Pic of new D2 5U series with a LW2 Loader.