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Thank you, I am familiar with gassers, never came across the early WD. Pete Larson in NY had to restore and fix. I wonder if my 1948 gasser OS4 will turn, then turn over. Thanks.

MAN THATS FREEKING AMAZING!! So simple, it’s what I thought it was but the two I just bought had been sitting for 20+ years and only had Diesel running out! I wasn’t able to find it anywhere in the original manual. THANK YOU!

What oil would you use in the pump

Funny what you said about the heads cracking. That happened to me on the WD9. I was 10 and I didn’t know any better when I smelled something funny (coolant) and didn’t shut it down. I felt horrible!!

I have a md. I’ve got good pressure at the gauge but when I crack a line on top no fuel comes out. Any ideas? Thanks

I hope you are still checking these comments. I had my WD-9 pump rebuilt. There is a different gauge on it now. Can I change out the gauge to an IH gauge without having to bleed the fuel system?

When I was young I was told to idle down any diesel for 10 min. before shutdown. Gas motors too.

Very few of these in our country. Iowa. Most of these were sold out west. Wheat farms mainly.

My dad had 1. Wish i could find 1

I have thé same traktour and l am looking for the séparé part

Hey how do u prime the filters my Wd-9 won’t prime the filters so when u put it under a load for a minute it runs out of fuel

Thanks for this video. We had a WD-9 when I was growing up, today I remembered my dad crank starting it and I wondered if there were videos about it. Sure enough! If I have to move that thing someday, your video will no doubt be very helpful. It was really neat to hear the same sound of the WD-9 running from many years ago, from wherever you are instead of northern Alberta, Canada where I was. Cheers!

Thats great, I thought the level plug was the screw driver type plug to the right of pump, thanks

That sounds sweet!

dad always switched back to gas as a shut down. one crack head. almost 9000 hours. 3 pilot et shafts.

when switching over to diesel it immediately dropped two firing cylinders. I would suspect two of them are not spec.

Is a TD9 crawler the same principle?

Is the diesel injection pump then engaged by the lever when it is switched over to diesel or how does that work? That lever operates decompression valves to start on gas??

sound pretty sweet old girl and thanks lol yup I know about the cracking head on them

Thanks for the video. It brings back memories but I still don't know how it decompressed to start on gas. My dad had a WD9 on his farm. It was one of the first tractors I drove and I remember it was a real beast to steer for a young kid. Dad could start it with a hand crank because the 6 volt batteries didn't seem to last long. It usually started immediately once you got the knack of doing it . I remember more diesel rattles when it was switched over than when you switched your tractor to diesel. Also, I was told the opposite for shut down. Always shut it off in diesel mode to avoid burning the valves and cracking the head because diesel runs cooler than gas ignition. I recall not liking it because of all the waiting to let it warm up at starting and cooling down before shutting it off but now I would really like to see one up close again. It could pull a 10 ft cultivator and was considered a big tractor in its day.

how do you remove the starter?

I know it's an old video but thanks. I have an MD and didn't know what that flip cap was !

flat country ...sweet tractor

C'mon--let's see some more of your tractors! You haven't put up a video in 3 years!

You need to warm them up good before putting them to work. You need to let them cool off good on diesel for 5 minutes under no load before switching them on gas to shut them off and keep the radiator full. This will prevent head cracking. Make sure your temperature gauge is good.

The later tractors the levers go the opposite way. Make sure when you shut it off to leave it in high compression. Otherwise your starting valves may warp. We had to fix that before.

Do you know how to remove the water pump belt?

Love watching those old girls starts. That one seems yellow in color. Is it an industrial?

video helped me a lot thanks for putting it out there.

that is a cool toy you have there. So the lever is the compression release i take it and the gas motor turns the diesel all the time, that is there is not clutch to engage the two together? or does that handle do all of that in one motion? never been around one of these old girls

Ya we would cooled her down then shut her down on gas. Watch the brass fuel filter. Can disintegrate on some models. ours was a super WD9 and blew the pilot shaft out of the clutch every 6 years or so. Would send ya right out of the seat to the muffler if it went when you where plowing. Saw Dad crank start this thing once in the 60's hell of thing and hell of a tough guy to do so. Crank laid in the cast belly pan. Nuts so 5 th gear for roading... you where really living high gear on that thing. Strong arm steer and black hands at the end of the day. Steer wheel just wore out to your hands. Dads was down to the steel in a lot of places. Just about 10 K hours with one head and 3 pilot shafts. Otherwise fine tractor for the era.

nice tractor

any tips on doing the rear crank seal on a wd9, ours runs well but is loosing the oil raidly out the clutch drain now

You did your "Change over" properly. I HATE seeing people go to "full throttle" when changing to diesel. I used to always turn off the gasoline valve when the engine was warm enough so the engine was never stored with gasoline left in the carb. As soon as the gasoline ran out, I just switched to diesel and the transition was SEAMLESS and smooth!

Good video, very instructional. I am storing one of these for a friend, and they are a rare beast here in Ireland. The one I have also starts on petrol with the left handle down, and the right hand one about half way up. Good to know about running on petrol to cool down the engine after running. Will do this in future. Nigel in Ireland.

Doing my 1968 Ford Lehman 120 engines this week! Thanks for the post!

how do you prime that pump? I have a 1953 I H td6 with what looks like the same engine and pump. thanks

For the WD-9

I was wondering if you could do a video on how to tighten the compression discs on the compression lever to switch it from gas to diesel. Much appreciated

Can you do a start up and overview of the W6? Also a video on how you put duels on the WD-9

Nice video! you have some nice old tractors, nice to see them in there work clothes!

Have you got the old W6 going again? Looks like a nice tractor. I have an old W6 going to try and get it going some day. Hope to see an update video!

Man that brings back the good ole days with my granddad. Super video.

Great video! Very informative! The "Gasoline Start Diesel" was unique to IH tractors from the pre-war WD-40 through to the 650 Diesel which was built until 1958. It was used on many IH crawler models too, from the pre-war TD-40 to the early series TD-15 & TD-20 of the early 1960s

WD-9 = Wheatland tractor WDR-9 = Rice Field Special

ok thank you! just curiosity, but does the R stand for rice?

If you're gonna look keep an eye out for a Super WDR-9. They are harder to come by even up here. Worth more too. I think I was wrong on my years. 1953-54 was the last year for letter series tractors. 54 was when the number series began.

i would love to get a super wd9! and i'm from western nebraska it's mostly row crop here so i dont come across many dry landers. but i managed to get the w6 and w9 and wd9. two out of the three came from wyoming, i live right on the border of nebraska and wyoming lol. and yes i too have ran in to the mouse nests in the bell housing, and you are right, it's a pain

Not sure the year they switched oldest one we have is a 51 and gas is up. Made supers and super wdr9's until 56 i wanna say then 600/650 I'm from ND also. Lots of these around. I guess they are more rare in the row crop states. Watch out for mice in the clutch housing. Biggest PITA about working on these. Every single one I've messed with has been full to the top.

thanks! i checked yours out and that is pretty cool.. i'm glad to see another one out there running as well!!.