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Dozer Doug
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To me, if a cat machine is advertised for sale that originaly had a pony motor, and has been converted to direct electric start, makes it worthless.
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Mon, Oct 16, 2017 2:36 AM
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Hmm . I like original unmolested but i don't think it renders them worthless , plenty of original tractors to buy , horses for courses as they say...
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Mon, Oct 16, 2017 3:41 AM
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Especially if it was done half ass with wires and cables strung everywhere, and with no glow plugs, "oh i just give it a little either", ya right.
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Mon, Oct 16, 2017 3:43 AM
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Especially if it was done half ass with wires and cables strung everywhere, and with no glow plugs, "oh i just give it a little either", ya right.
The good news is that since the pony is seemingly the most hated and most replaced item, there should be plenty of take-off pony engines for sale cheap or give away. Get one, fix it well, and bolt it on.
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Mon, Oct 16, 2017 3:57 AM
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The good news is that since the pony is seemingly the most hated and most replaced item, there should be plenty of take-off pony engines for sale cheap or give away. Get one, fix it well, and bolt it on.
If there even still usable after the idiots blow em up.
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Mon, Oct 16, 2017 4:16 AM
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If there even still usable after the idiots blow em up.
If Cat hadn't come up with direct electric start and oil clutches they would have gone out of business long ago.
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Mon, Oct 16, 2017 4:19 AM
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If Cat hadn't come up with direct electric start and oil clutches they would have gone out of business long ago.
I agree with you O.M. But in their day it was genius, and I think those models should be kept that way.
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Mon, Oct 16, 2017 4:21 AM
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I agree with you O.M. But in their day it was genius, and I think those models should be kept that way.
Thats true if these new owners want a key or push button start they should get a newer machine rather than screw up an antique.
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Mon, Oct 16, 2017 4:34 AM
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Reply to Rome K/G:
Thats true if these new owners want a key or push button start they should get a newer machine rather than screw up an antique.
Hi, Folks.
To me, it doesn't make them 'worthless'. as they are still capable of doing what they were originally designed to do. What it may do is make them less desirable as a collector's item. I guess there must be some people who like direct electric start to the extent they are willing to convert machines 'cos there is an almost never-ending stream of queries about how-to on this BB.

I guess it mostly depends on what you want the machine for.

Just my 0.02..
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Mon, Oct 16, 2017 4:54 AM
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Reply to Deas Plant.:
Hi, Folks.
To me, it doesn't make them 'worthless'. as they are still capable of doing what they were originally designed to do. What it may do is make them less desirable as a collector's item. I guess there must be some people who like direct electric start to the extent they are willing to convert machines 'cos there is an almost never-ending stream of queries about how-to on this BB.

I guess it mostly depends on what you want the machine for.

Just my 0.02..
Exactly, If you on and off the machine regular and working by yourself and don't want the machine idling forever electric start or both is the way to go.
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Mon, Oct 16, 2017 5:04 AM
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Exactly, If you on and off the machine regular and working by yourself and don't want the machine idling forever electric start or both is the way to go.
That is just my opinion on the old cats, and I respect what everyone else thinks. What is not worth much to me might be worth a lot to someone else. Did not mean to offend.
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Mon, Oct 16, 2017 5:27 AM
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