That drone footage of you dozing the hillside is seriously next level. Nobody else on youtube does it like you, Andrew. Really high quality stuff, as always.
@@lutomson3496 I don't even understand how all that works with the drones but it's pretty damn cool they can do all that because it adds so much to his and others videos.
@@Military-Museum-LP I'm not sure there's anything he's not good or great at.pretty amazing guy and if he's not a genius he rewriting the meaning of it.
I’m 68 years old. When I was a young boy, my Dad bought an old D7 and rebuilt the engine. The blade was cable driven. She was old, but very strong. Dad cleared a lot of our land with it and built several small ponds. Good memories! Thanks for sharing.
I am just a few years younger, 64 and have a similar story. I love the old D7.. a classic simple rugged machine which is relatively easy to maintain and will operate reliably for years. It is a shame that machines like this are no longer made. Now all the heavy equipment I see is chocked full of electronics that only makes them more complicated and usually more expensive.
Hi ray, i remember myfather also salvaging a used cat in the mid sixties and subbing a chrysler gas engine in it and riding in it with him to clear roads through land butnot much else about it. I watch this and it's almost hypnotic,
@@johnpalmer5131 That’s true John, But, they can do a-helluva lot more and, are far far more, Powerful. I know. I’ve did the homework in comparing model. At the end of the day, I do believe it boils down to what we like. I much prefer new equipment. New pickups. New cars. Old cars have never done anything for me. No I don’t do the old restored car shows. You can have it. And I’m 64. I know my dad always said this. “Lots of folks talk about the good old days. I lived them. Many things about them, flat-out-stunk. Riding in the back, in a rumble seat all bundled up. Still freezing to death. I’ll take this shiny new Ford F-150 4x4 my boys bought me any day. And when the cold Montana wind blew we froze if we got away from the wood cooking stove or away from the firewood burning iron beast in the living room or the one in each bedroom. And we made the ones we had. Ones today are 100% more efficient folks! Chinking the walls when the wind blew through on my families old log house.” And he said a-lot more. So many things back then did not, I repeat, Did not last long. Like so many people today flat out lie. And say they did. They didn’t. And farm equipment back then, and like this was far more DANGEROUS TO OPERATE. If you went to our old grange hall here in NW Montana on dance night, back in the 60s / 70s up through the 80s, you could and would have seen so many, old timers missing fingers, hands etc because of equipment. “Back-In-The-Day.”
Andrew, The piece that fell off is the one that supports in-place the cushions of the idler wheel. There are four cylindrical (4 inches ) rubbers that have a spring inside. That goes inside the idler fork. Hope it helps, greetings from Bolivia. You can find any parts that you need at CTP parts store. Oh and another thing you don’t need to open the track chain to replace that Grease track tensioner seal. 👍🏻👍🏻
I love how he just rolls the car off the side of the hill then just says “well, guess I need to make a guardrail here” classic Andrew Camatra right there….. lol great video
I love the fact that Andrew loves to save older equipment! The old stuff just works whenever you need it to! People have pushed dirt and rocks for years and never needed a computer to do it. This new 💩 they sell gets used for a week and some sensor gets tripped and only the selling company can fix it! What a racket!
Absolutely. One of his vids, he paid like $1400 for a controller for a skid steer, where the computer was all potted so you couldn't work on it. I can guarantee there's plenty of people who could build a similar controller using an Arduino and some relays and sensors.
Andrew, once the pressure and heat from the pup/pony engine is "good to go", shut off the gas and let the pup/pony run dry. If you leave gas in the carb bowl, the float and needle will open and close, from being bounced around thus, getting gas to leak in the cylinder and end-up in the small engine sump (Oil dilution). I hope it helps.
I think I know why you're dozing that hill down and out further. I'm pretty excited to see what you do with that building, also looking forward to the small castle build at the mountain property. Keep em coming! #TeamAC
I am perpetually amazed at the power and usability of these dozers. Andrew grading that rocky hill with ease, would have taken 30 men 6 months to complete just 100 years ago.
It’s even more impressive when you consider that the first D7 came out way back in 1939. We moved pretty fast from shovels and picks to heavy equipment.
100 years ago, it would all be cheap slave/prison labor, like the kind that say, “hot-tars the roof of the plate factory for a bucket of suds for a guy and his co-workers” ;) (I wonder if anyone gets the reference nod)
Lots of nice drone shots.....you are adventurous in approach to everything you accomplish... good to have confidence Andrew, happy for you. Wow, that was interesting what you did to the Toyota...can't believe it ran again.
Loved the drone footage following you cleared the hill. Thought that was a nice touch to the editing. Favorite part was the cameo of the Toyota. Those are hard to kill.
Andrew you know these dozers can be upgraded from the pony motor to a bigger better lighter 2021 electric starter.👈🤓😉👍Next for the drive a Rock Crusher make your own gravel.
If she don't move with a 2ft bar, get a 5ft bar, then you win! Nice dozer. When I was an apprentice, another apprentice was messing about with a D7 (might have been a D8) and started running it up the big tip but couldnt stop it. I had to run up to it and try to get on it which I managed by climbing up on the ripping arm. Got it stopped before it hit anything. Wouldnt want to try it now though. Thanks for the video.
With out yet knowing what it is you found, the first thought that raced through my head was "Whatever it is, it can't be good for it to be laying in the road"!
You need to pick up some grouzer bar for the tracks it is a hardened bar that you weld on to the pads to extend them as I see that their wore down quite a bit shouldn't wait too long or you will have to do the pads and that could be expensive compared to the bar you can get it from cat weld it in the summer and use 7018 to apply it burn it in hot
It maybe old but it can take out any camera on a tripod without breaking a sweat and liked the way Cody was showing the D7 he can go faster than it does..🐾
I always know it's some interesting content when I see a new post from Andrew and that when he's not posting for some time, usually he has a big project on hand following a long popcorn flick! Can't wait for some rain to start replacing some culverts! 😎👍
One thing you do is not muck around, you start of with a small crowbar but then levee to a crowbar that maybe move the world. Also on top of this you are not scared to find out how to fix something. Good on you!
Netflix has to spend $10 million to get me to watch a hour long movie. Andrew just records his day while teaching me stuff for free and I watch the whole thing no problem.
Good purchase a very good purchase slack adjusters like you said but man all around good bulldozer I work for Waco machinery and parts they've been around for 60 years we work on those kind of bulldozers the old analog bulldozers and I love them actually like them better than the new hydrostatic bulldozers that last longer but anyway love the video
a real vintage Cat, made in the 1960ies? i think these machines are usually indestructible with good care and they don't have any superfluous electronics which is an advantage. Everything is wonderfully analog.👍🏻👍🏻
Nice "new" toy. As I have said in a past posting, you should invest in a rock crusher. With all the rocks you encounter in your daily jobs, and around your shop, might not be a bad investment.
With the D7E 1960's or 70's weld cleats onto the tracks, make sure to stagger them. Unlike the high track Cat dozers these ole boys have tendency to slide side ways then oops roll over. Been there done that...lol
If the D7 had a ripper you probably could have ground that hillside down to dust. Both of the D7s on the other hand could pull that Castle up the hill without a challenge. Give or a take a few pulleys of course.
I have been watching Andrew for several years now. Someone posted a link that we should check him out and I did. He was just doing small things back then. boy has he moved up in a few short years. Thanks Andrew for sharing you life with us over the years. Keep it going and I can't wait to see you repairing that cat. I laughed so hard when the car rolled down the hill and the dog ran over!! The look on its face was just priceless.
Try letting the pony motor spin the diesel for several minutes with the throttle closed. Doing this will create heat in the combustion chamber and bring up oil pressure (prelube) on the main engine. Then open the throttle to give the main engine fuel and it should start alot easier.
If the pony motor uses the same coolant as the engine, run the pony for 20 minutes before trying to crank the diesel. It will warm up the block. There should be a compression release to hold to crank the diesel to get oil pressure then release it to let the diesel start. It should be in the manual.
Pony motors have to have the fuel shut off then run out of gasoline once the main engine is started or the vibrations will overflow the pony carb and dilute the pony engine oil and destroy the splash lubed bearings costing you a boat load of money to rebuild the pony motor with almost impossible to find parts. They dont hold a lot of engine oil. A few seconds will save you thousands and months of downtime.
Andrew, just a heads up, there is a de accelerator pedal by your right foot. So when you pull the throttle lever back, leave it there, full throttle. Then use your de accelerator pedal to control, your throttle. That way when you are pushing dirt it’s always full throttle. Love what you do
like a jake brake sorta ran d-7 d-8 us army d-7 had the rops (roll bar) with 1/2 perforated metal scabbed onto it to keep debris like tree limbs from hitting you went we were clearing woods definitely i nice find not ever cheap to fix but looks like it's ready to go to work as is
The piece you found goes under the Idler yoke, the 2 round pieces push the springs up. You are missing an air cleaner cover I front of your right foot is a decompression lever, When cranking you should have oil and fuel pressure before you turn the compression on. Turn the pony motor off by shutting off the gas, the gas drains down to the crankcase, change the oil to save pony. Youcan flip the cutting edge and lower the end bits Its a good machine it will move alot of dirt Good Luck Bill V
On the older cats the air cleaner looks like it’s missing a cover but the filter has a rubber lip that seals on the inside of the filter housing. So the filter is it’s self the cover. Jpaydirt has a good explanation of the filter typed here at 36:40 ruclips.net/video/774g0_piBzk/видео.html
The piece of metal that was found is the idler slider pad. In order to reseal the track adjuster cylinder, the dozer frame and the track need to be removed. The idler can then be removed which will allow access to the adjuster cylinder. I can't wait to see how you are going to push out the track pin to break the track.
@@kennyirish5021 while that is true it would be nice to see an update video as there are pieces of equipment I saw in this video that don’t have there own video yet, unless videos for them in the works already lol. In any case this is another quality video from an awesome video creator. Keep up the great videos Andrew
This was a great old-school style video. I particularly enjoy your own personal camera work and time lapse style of editing. So relaxing and satisfying to see the roadway take shape and get smoothed out. These kinds of videos are why I subscribed. To see you living the dream now tops it all off. Come on Cody, let's go roll the car off the cliff again!
That winch drives off a pto shaft that comes form inside the rear-end case, You have to pull it off the machine to see it. The controls for it are operated by hyd oil you must have oil flow to the valve under the cover you had off to put the winch into gear and operate the brake. You are correct by saying it seems to have endless power, it will pull that cable apart in a blind of an eye. Also you will get a smoother shift if you use the pedal on the right foot rest to slow the engine down when changing gears. May keep ya from being ejected onto the hood someday.
It’s great to see Andrew buying stuff he needs for work around his place! It’s refreshing to see someone creating content that is meaningful and useful. Keep up the great work Andrew.
I love how the equipment keeps getting bigger. I look forward to the 10yr progression when the video pops up in my feed of “I bought a used Bagger 293, lets use it to level this mountain in 10mins” Lol, I love this channel, always good entertainment, and fun content
Nice find Andrew. I used to run one of those way back when. I believe there is a lever on the bottom right of the dash that operates the compression release for the big engine. Switching that over to the right will release the compression. As you already know, pulling the lever on the left will engage the pony motor and allow you a little time to bring oil and fuel pressure up. Then, cracking the throttle and kicking the compression lever over to the left will bring the big engine to life! Good luck with the old girl!
yea it runs but that's about all i can say for it look's like it was raised from the dead from some scrap pile i want Andrew to get rich and buy one of those fancy new dozer what are they I'm guessing about $143.000 ? this antique needs a funeral in the steel mill
I was an operating engineer local 12 for 30 years only ran one dozen with a pony motor and actually saw a drop cable doze that hauled around to job sites for a Tax write off it never was used
@@stevenherrold5955 Andrew has plenty of money, thus his growing collection of antique iron, but he has stated many times that he hates electronics and refuses to buy anything that has them.
Andrew you are the best channel available by far! I can’t wait until you perform the service on the D 7. Great addition to your equipment family! Awesome video!!!
Im 57 and i got my mom who is 90 watching your videos Andrew for the past 3 years!!...mom loves Cody and watching you and thinks your a handsome young man!! We always look forward to your videos👍👍just thought i would share this as i dont leave comments very often have a great day!!
Love your content Andrew, as far as your winch goes, the filter you saw on the top is the suction screen filter for the system, the winch is mechanically driven by the pto but is controlled using a small low pressure hydraulic system(only around 220psi to run the foreword and reverse clutches). So on the right side of the winch should be your oil reservoir, hyster recommends either 10wt hydraulic oil or atf. There should be a small gear pump on the converter housing behind the engine that the suction hose and pressure hose goes to, hopefully this helps you start to get winch working. These old hyster winches are the best, hyster was bought out by allied winches and some parts are still available for some, that’s where I have picked up some parts for mine. Also there should be a pressure line filter under one of the covers on the left side of winch good luck 🍀👍🏻
Right on. Oil spec has updated to oil that uses a friction modifier that works better. And the winch is always running when the tractor is on so no oil probably didn’t help the winch. Good call Cumminschevy
Rubbish all older diesels , trains here in U.K. i e deltics , class 50s all run bit rich few seconds, not suprisingly older Cats and diesels need a helping hand to get the first hiccups outta there systems and run great, btw we are a carbon dependant planet, more carbon more fuel for green trees plants all convert co2 to oxygen rich air every night , , seems balanced to me btw watch Brit Rail Deltics start up 3 banks of injectors 18 cyclinder 36 pistons opposed 2 stroke cylinders just bit canterous ? nice smog induced foggy bits . Andrew go forward
Andrew, thank you for this one. brings back memory's when they were building I-84 from exits 6 down to 1 State line and thru Brewster,Ny. My dad use to drive us over too the cliffs and watch them blow up the mountains and dig out the debris then bring in those dozers and steam shovels. Amazing what Cats, capability's were for that time.. I 84 and I684 only been built since 1958 to 1963 from Danbury thru Newburgh. A lot of blowing up went on. They took the dirt from most of the farm fields in and around Danbury and Brewster to use as the base.
As old as this Cat is, it’s a workhorse and watching you test al the parts before you start tearing it down, great job and videos as usual! On to the next job if approved by Cody.👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
pretty sure the fan blades will flip around on that model,. Flip them and you will get some heat during the winter. There should be an access hole in the side of the radiator cowl, just push the blades inwards and turn them. A 1" socket with a slit in it, mounted on a 1/2" extension works well
Chalk up another new toy for Andrew. He’ll have it working better than new in no time. Amazing at the deals he finds and gets them to work well. Andrew is certainly an individual not afraid of work and willing to tackle repairing machines he has no experience working on, yet makes them better in the end. A very talented fellow. But we got to hand it to Cody for being the true boss. Just don’t let Andrew drive any Toyota vehicles. Otherwise they will end up at the bottom of a hill.😱
Its amazing what some TLC does for a neglected machine. I love how you dive in to sort out anything you buy. When you have finished it wil be a fine work horse to add to the AC stable. Some of the comments about starting the main engine seem like they know what they are talking about.
@@AndrewCamarata will there be a "digging a hillside" video ? From up close, i only see freshly exposed rock, but i cant really tell how much material you have removed over last year with all your new toys, but im curious 😁👍
"fixing things" ... or not! (29:19) Maybe a guard rail along here... oh well, the left headlight needed replacing, anyway. It'll be easier with the bumper "removed"! 😜
The guardrail test was epic and totally unexpected! Way to go! Loved it! From what I understand, the D7 is basically bullet proof and I bet you will have thar winch working in no time!
Yikes you got me, I for real thought you were still in the car when it went off the hill! I often wonder how much of the heavy equipment built in the past ten years will still be around able to work like these old dinosaurs. New equipment is really nice to operate with all the creature comforts and technology but once that becomes outdated and the manufactures stop supporting them (at least from the electronics side) your probably going to be left with a pile of scrap. Is it going to be the equivalent of trying to use a computer with windows 95 today? My old 955 may not be the most comfortable but it still gets the job done after over 50 years of hard use.
Well it's just like the vehicles these days too with all their fancy electronics. They can be a pain to deal with and get fixed. Meanwhile older vehicles were built to last and they won't have electronic problems other than battery and alternator haha
Great video, you know if these machines were alive they would feel like an animal being adopted by a good home. Fresh fluids and some maintenance make for a happy machine.
I love how the 3rd Gen has just gotten more and more beat up as time has gone on. And it’s not even normal wear and tear. The whole underbody of the cap is bent up. And then rolling the yota to top it off. Great video as always Andrew. Been a fan forever!
Sweet old cat. The stories I bet it could tell. Man it had been years since I have been into a hyster winch. I believe the rotation for the winch is pto driven but the controls for spool in and out are hydraulically operated. Otherwise you would have one winch speed. I know there is a seal that can get leaking pretty bad on the pto output shaft. Sheesh folks it's been 40 years. Time does fly when you are having fun. I think you have a pretty capable machine there. A D7 is big enough to intimidate the toughest job but can be hauled with minimum fuss. What year is the old beast? Cheers
The whispered "oh my god," had me dying lol. I had the same exact response when seeing the milky milk... Love seeing your fixer upper content with these old machines.
That drone footage of you dozing the hillside is seriously next level. Nobody else on youtube does it like you, Andrew. Really high quality stuff, as always.
follow me function and away function on the DJI drone does that for you not the mini though
He’s always been very good with drones.
@@lutomson3496 I don't even understand how all that works with the drones but it's pretty damn cool they can do all that because it adds so much to his and others videos.
@@Military-Museum-LP I'm not sure there's anything he's not good or great at.pretty amazing guy and if he's not a genius he rewriting the meaning of it.
Not taking anything away from the video because I enjoy them too, however, the drone footage is super easy to do for a few hundred.
I’m 68 years old. When I was a young boy, my Dad bought an old D7 and rebuilt the engine. The blade was cable driven. She was old, but very strong. Dad cleared a lot of our land with it and built several small ponds. Good memories! Thanks for sharing.
I am just a few years younger, 64 and have a similar story. I love the old D7.. a classic simple rugged machine which is relatively easy to maintain and will operate reliably for years. It is a shame that machines like this are no longer made. Now all the heavy equipment I see is chocked full of electronics that only makes them more complicated and usually more expensive.
Hi ray, i remember myfather also salvaging a used cat in the mid sixties and subbing a chrysler gas engine in it and riding in it with him to clear roads through land butnot much else about it. I watch this and it's almost hypnotic,
I just bought a early 50's D7. I gave 4k for it. Runs and drives.
@@johnpalmer5131 That’s true John, But, they can do a-helluva lot more and, are far far more, Powerful. I know. I’ve did the homework in comparing model. At the end of the day, I do believe it boils down to what we like. I much prefer new equipment. New pickups. New cars. Old cars have never done anything for me. No I don’t do the old restored car shows. You can have it. And I’m 64.
I know my dad always said this.
“Lots of folks talk about the good old days. I lived them. Many things about them, flat-out-stunk. Riding in the back, in a rumble seat all bundled up. Still freezing to death. I’ll take this shiny new Ford F-150 4x4 my boys bought me any day. And when the cold Montana wind blew we froze if we got away from the wood cooking stove or away from the firewood burning iron beast in the living room or the one in each bedroom. And we made the ones we had. Ones today are 100% more efficient folks! Chinking the walls when the wind blew through on my families old log house.”
And he said a-lot more. So many things back then did not, I repeat, Did not last long. Like so many people today flat out lie. And say they did. They didn’t.
And farm equipment back then, and like this was far more DANGEROUS TO OPERATE. If you went to our old grange hall here in NW Montana on dance night, back in the 60s / 70s up through the 80s, you could and would have seen so many, old timers missing fingers, hands etc because of equipment. “Back-In-The-Day.”
@@matthewerwin4677 nice
Andrew, The piece that fell off is the one that supports in-place the cushions of the idler wheel. There are four cylindrical (4 inches ) rubbers that have a spring inside. That goes inside the idler fork. Hope it helps, greetings from Bolivia. You can find any parts that you need at CTP parts store. Oh and another thing you don’t need to open the track chain to replace that Grease track tensioner seal. 👍🏻👍🏻
You sure know your Catershitia all right!
Let shitt her road? 😳
Andy, Andy, Andy. We worry about you. You've got to get your old heavy equipment habit under control !
I love how he just rolls the car off the side of the hill then just says “well, guess I need to make a guardrail here” classic Andrew Camatra right there….. lol great video
Should have cut to you crawling out of that Toyota. I thought you were driving it!
I love the fact that Andrew loves to save older equipment! The old stuff just works whenever you need it to! People have pushed dirt and rocks for years and never needed a computer to do it. This new 💩 they sell gets used for a week and some sensor gets tripped and only the selling company can fix it! What a racket!
Absolutely. One of his vids, he paid like $1400 for a controller for a skid steer, where the computer was all potted so you couldn't work on it. I can guarantee there's plenty of people who could build a similar controller using an Arduino and some relays and sensors.
@@IBWatchinUrVids you might be on to something there 👍
WELL SAID!!!!!
Andrew, once the pressure and heat from the pup/pony engine is "good to go", shut off the gas and let the pup/pony run dry. If you leave gas in the carb bowl, the float and needle will open and close, from being bounced around thus, getting gas to leak in the cylinder and end-up in the small engine sump (Oil dilution). I hope it helps.
I think I know why you're dozing that hill down and out further. I'm pretty excited to see what you do with that building, also looking forward to the small castle build at the mountain property. Keep em coming!
#TeamAC
I am perpetually amazed at the power and usability of these dozers. Andrew grading that rocky hill with ease, would have taken 30 men 6 months to complete just 100 years ago.
Not only that, but we are able to watch it all on a tiny little device in the comfort of our own homes
6 Irish navvy's, a fortnight.
It’s even more impressive when you consider that the first D7 came out way back in 1939. We moved pretty fast from shovels and picks to heavy equipment.
@@jimallen9442 Haha nice
100 years ago, it would all be cheap slave/prison labor, like the kind that say, “hot-tars the roof of the plate factory for a bucket of suds for a guy and his co-workers” ;) (I wonder if anyone gets the reference nod)
Lots of nice drone shots.....you are adventurous in approach to everything you accomplish... good to have confidence Andrew, happy for you. Wow, that was interesting what you did to the Toyota...can't believe it ran again.
I would love to see some more snow plowing videos, I really enjoy watching ur videos pal always makes my day
He usually does one really long snow plow video of the entire season when we get closer to spring.
yeah for sure
@@Spacecadet0730 yes ik but personally I would prefer more threw out the year.
@@etaled Maybe a few update videos through the winter and then at the end of the season do a long video like usual
@@NuggetGames1 u could of not said it any better
Loved the drone footage following you cleared the hill. Thought that was a nice touch to the editing. Favorite part was the cameo of the Toyota. Those are hard to kill.
Dam nice to see an old Warrior live again 🤟
Great Job, Well Done. Excellent Road. Great find on Bulldozers. Old equipment worth doing repairs. Even if you have to manufacture the parts.
Rock: "I've laid here for millions of years undisturbed and I'm not moving."
Andrew: "We'll see about that!"
Car: Please treat me gently, my body is made out of tinfoil.
Andrew: Oops, I guess I need better guard rails.
Never a dull moment watching Andrew's videos LOL
Nice. Good to see someone getting after the maintenance.
Andrew you know these dozers can be upgraded from the pony motor to a bigger better lighter 2021 electric starter.👈🤓😉👍Next for the drive a Rock Crusher make your own gravel.
He likes to save money
If she don't move with a 2ft bar, get a 5ft bar, then you win! Nice dozer. When I was an apprentice, another apprentice was messing about with a D7 (might have been a D8) and started running it up the big tip but couldnt stop it. I had to run up to it and try to get on it which I managed by climbing up on the ripping arm. Got it stopped before it hit anything. Wouldnt want to try it now though. Thanks for the video.
With out yet knowing what it is you found, the first thought that raced through my head was "Whatever it is, it can't be good for it to be laying in the road"!
You need to pick up some grouzer bar for the tracks it is a hardened bar that you weld on to the pads to extend them as I see that their wore down quite a bit shouldn't wait too long or you will have to do the pads and that could be expensive compared to the bar you can get it from cat weld it in the summer and use 7018 to apply it burn it in hot
Dual shield flux core works best and will shorten the welding time by half
It maybe old but it can take out any camera on a tripod without breaking a sweat and liked the way Cody was showing the D7 he can go faster than it does..🐾
Nice find! Good to have a couple of D7's. The Toyota is still a good runner after the tumble, just like new lol.
I always know it's some interesting content when I see a new post from Andrew and that when he's not posting for some time, usually he has a big project on hand following a long popcorn flick! Can't wait for some rain to start replacing some culverts! 😎👍
One thing you do is not muck around, you start of with a small crowbar but then levee to a crowbar that maybe move the world. Also on top of this you are not scared to find out how to fix something. Good on you!
Netflix has to spend $10 million to get me to watch a hour long movie. Andrew just records his day while teaching me stuff for free and I watch the whole thing no problem.
Thanks Andrew for all your videos
Those old D7's were the work horse of the oil field in WV in the early 2000's
Oh man do not skip the last two minutes. Gold in the last
D7 sales pitch:
Buddy: Wanna D7?
AC: Just bought one yesterday.
Buddy: Good things come in pairs.
AC: You’re right.
The ending though 😂, Andrew your never fail to entertain, haha.
I wonder what that is? Probably off of that. Continues using that..... Andrew is a beast.😎
Andrew my man, can we expect some snowplowing videos when snow arrives?
Ficou muito bonito a encosta, as rochas separada por sedimentos.
Good purchase a very good purchase slack adjusters like you said but man all around good bulldozer I work for Waco machinery and parts they've been around for 60 years we work on those kind of bulldozers the old analog bulldozers and I love them actually like them better than the new hydrostatic bulldozers that last longer but anyway love the video
Living the dream Andrew livin the dream
a real vintage Cat, made in the 1960ies? i think these machines are usually indestructible
with good care and they don't have any superfluous electronics which is an advantage.
Everything is wonderfully analog.👍🏻👍🏻
Bwahahahaha the car was hilarious wasn't expecting that at all...
Back in the day, my boss would have kicked my ass if I didn't check all the fluids prior to operating that machine.
I'm looking at a 69 d7e ...I remembered now that you had one
Gramps hand a couple of these on the farm to plow and pull the combines out of the mud
Nice "new" toy. As I have said in a past posting, you should invest in a rock crusher. With all the rocks you encounter in your daily jobs, and around your shop, might not be a bad investment.
With the D7E 1960's or 70's weld cleats onto the tracks, make sure to stagger them. Unlike the high track Cat dozers these ole boys have tendency to slide side ways then oops roll over. Been there done that...lol
The maintaining of this thing has to be why it was up for sale lol
Watching Cody run around has me thinking…maybe time for a new brother or sister? Thoughts?
Them things are so powerful
We needed a pilot motor to start the pilot motor to start the main motor lol
Lol the start of the video. Classic crazy stuff
Hey! Did you get a new drone or camera? The picture quality is very good. I thought your old videos were good. Nice job
that ending with the car HELL YEAH hahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahah
Engine sounds good. Good oil pressure. Seems to drive and steer/brake. Old girl just needs a little attention. Bargain.
If the D7 had a ripper you probably could have ground that hillside down to dust. Both of the D7s on the other hand could pull that Castle up the hill without a challenge. Give or a take a few pulleys of course.
allright.. so i did notice in videos you being a bit hard with your machines, but i did not expect that stunt with toyota.. lol
Who would want to see a tour of all the equipment you have now? That would make for a fun video!
I guess we could use a better guardrail after the Toyota rolls off the side, that was unexpected and entertaining.
that was very unexpected, but i can't lie, i really enjoyed it.
It still ran!!!!!! 😂😂😂
And Im guessing most people will miss it since its at the end
Drive it like you stole it and..., roll it off a cliff. Why not?! LMFAO
I don't think it beats him taking chainsaw to his truck dash, but it's up there with his all time greatest scenes
Casually rolling that car off the hill and wasting no more than a minute of the video on it is why Andrew is iconic
And then saying he would add some boulders along the edge of the new road was just priceless!!
One video he ordered a Tesla Cyber Truck in like the last 30 seconds of the video and said nothing about it in the title haha
@@adkadk4476 which one tho
@@pandoxno3 The one that he was fixing his white dodge pickup
@@pandoxno3 this one ruclips.net/video/l-Nu4bvOFjk/видео.html
I have been watching Andrew for several years now. Someone posted a link that we should check him out and I did. He was just doing small things back then.
boy has he moved up in a few short years. Thanks Andrew for sharing you life with us over the years. Keep it going and I can't wait to see you repairing that cat.
I laughed so hard when the car rolled down the hill and the dog ran over!! The look on its face was just priceless.
Cody was probably thinking I’m sure glad I wasn’t in there when he let it go over the cliff!
@@Hoaxer51 Cody is one smart dog!!! Levi taught him well!!
Try letting the pony motor spin the diesel for several minutes with the throttle closed. Doing this will create heat in the combustion chamber and bring up oil pressure (prelube) on the main engine. Then open the throttle to give the main engine fuel and it should start alot easier.
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@@AndrewCamarata Also, don't try to open the throttle until it has oil pressure, they are blocked from going much above idle without oil pressure.
@@AndrewCamarata never planing on buying a stone crusher setup and make youre own gravel?
If the pony motor uses the same coolant as the engine, run the pony for 20 minutes before trying to crank the diesel. It will warm up the block. There should be a compression release to hold to crank the diesel to get oil pressure then release it to let the diesel start. It should be in the manual.
I think the pony motor exhaust preheats the big engine too, so just running the pony motor longer will make the main engine start better.
Eventually, people in the future will point to where Andrew lives and say "There used to be mountains there".
😂
That is funny And true
yep.. mountains that came down on his head
@@involvedbystander66 what's your problem
Good video! I like the sound of that big four cylinder turbocharged diesel engine. How much do cheap cat D7E dozers sell for?
A D7E project can be found for less than $10k, but that's something that's going to need some work.
Pony motors have to have the fuel shut off then run out of gasoline once the main engine is started or the vibrations will overflow the pony carb and dilute the pony engine oil and destroy the splash lubed bearings costing you a boat load of money to rebuild the pony motor with almost impossible to find parts. They dont hold a lot of engine oil. A few seconds will save you thousands and months of downtime.
I'm glad you said that. hope he reads this. squash253 always talks about that important factor.
You know it's a badass piece of equipment when the motor needs another motor to start up🇺🇲🤘🏻
Also you have enough land and rock to start buying some used quarry equipment and playing around with making big rocks smaller rocks lol
That's how they all started on earlier Dozers, with a ponymotor.
To be fair, every bigger engine uses another motor to start it, but they are nowadays electrical.
....and the ponymotor does need a (electric) motor to start!! 😉🤣
@@Guust_Flater Earlier ones were crank start and most of the later ones had a crank for a back up starter in case of dead batteries.
Andrew, just a heads up, there is a de accelerator pedal by your right foot. So when you pull the throttle lever back, leave it there, full throttle. Then use your de accelerator pedal to control, your throttle. That way when you are pushing dirt it’s always full throttle. Love what you do
like a jake brake sorta ran d-7 d-8 us army d-7 had the rops (roll bar) with 1/2 perforated metal scabbed onto it to keep debris like tree limbs from hitting you went we were clearing woods definitely i nice find not ever cheap to fix but looks like it's ready to go to work as is
@@dangates3022 I was a wrecker operator in the Army. Had to recover a D7 that was buried over the tracks in sticky red clay. Sure was fun to get out.
@@shadymaint1 me too, drove an M62, 1957 international harvester, it had a 650ci straight 6 gas engine, i loved that wrecker..
Isn’t that just a feature on CAT dozers? I’ve ran a Deere 650 and it didn’t have that. Our d4 most certainly has that
Some Deere dozers have a decelerator, just depends on the dozer, some have a clutch pedal.
The piece you found goes under the Idler yoke, the 2 round pieces push the springs up.
You are missing an air cleaner cover
I front of your right foot is a decompression lever, When cranking you should have oil and fuel pressure before you turn the compression on.
Turn the pony motor off by shutting off the gas, the gas drains down to the crankcase, change the oil to save pony.
Youcan flip the cutting edge and lower the end bits
Its a good machine it will move alot of dirt
Good Luck
Bill V
You can't beat real information.
I was going to say the same thing, but figured I should check to see if another genius posted it first. Lol
On the older cats the air cleaner looks like it’s missing a cover but the filter has a rubber lip that seals on the inside of the filter housing. So the filter is it’s self the cover.
Jpaydirt has a good explanation of the filter typed here at 36:40
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He ain't got time for all that. Good video though. Doc
The ending was classic, push that roller skate over the edge. Love the videos as a 50 year old guy I get excited to see new ones pop up.
The piece of metal that was found is the idler slider pad. In order to reseal the track adjuster cylinder, the dozer frame and the track need to be removed. The idler can then be removed which will allow access to the adjuster cylinder. I can't wait to see how you are going to push out the track pin to break the track.
I believe that he did one on his other equipment, great information tho,👍👍
Pretty simple
@@dalejohns2758 It sure is if there is a shop with substantial tooling and cranes and lots of experience working on Cat machines.
@@chrisluttor2275 he has all that
@@dalejohns2758 No he doesn't.
I would love to see an equipment tour of all your machines
Yes, how good would that be.
just watch the many previous videos
@@kennyirish5021 while that is true it would be nice to see an update video as there are pieces of equipment I saw in this video that don’t have there own video yet, unless videos for them in the works already lol. In any case this is another quality video from an awesome video creator. Keep up the great videos Andrew
This was a great old-school style video. I particularly enjoy your own personal camera work and time lapse style of editing. So relaxing and satisfying to see the roadway take shape and get smoothed out. These kinds of videos are why I subscribed. To see you living the dream now tops it all off. Come on Cody, let's go roll the car off the cliff again!
That winch drives off a pto shaft that comes form inside the rear-end case, You have to pull it off the machine to see it. The controls for it are operated by hyd oil you must have oil flow to the valve under the cover you had off to put the winch into gear and operate the brake. You are correct by saying it seems to have endless power, it will pull that cable apart in a blind of an eye. Also you will get a smoother shift if you use the pedal on the right foot rest to slow the engine down when changing gears. May keep ya from being ejected onto the hood someday.
Thats what I thought and just posted a comment to the same effect
Andrew back to his old days, kicking the camera over at least once😁
Rolling a junk car off a hill was also a great homage to the good old days
It’s great to see Andrew buying stuff he needs for work around his place! It’s refreshing to see someone creating content that is meaningful and useful. Keep up the great work Andrew.
I love how the equipment keeps getting bigger. I look forward to the 10yr progression when the video pops up in my feed of “I bought a used Bagger 293, lets use it to level this mountain in 10mins” Lol, I love this channel, always good entertainment, and fun content
Maybe The Boring Company will sponsor his next video.
Would love to see bagger getting restored and used that would be an epic video series
With the quarry sized loader in mind this comment aged well.
Nice find Andrew. I used to run one of those way back when. I believe there is a lever on the bottom right of the dash that operates the compression release for the big engine. Switching that over to the right will release the compression. As you already know, pulling the lever on the left will engage the pony motor and allow you a little time to bring oil and fuel pressure up. Then, cracking the throttle and kicking the compression lever over to the left will bring the big engine to life! Good luck with the old girl!
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yea it runs but that's about all i can say for it look's like it was raised from the dead from some scrap pile
i want Andrew to get rich and buy one of those fancy new dozer what are they I'm guessing about $143.000 ?
this antique needs a funeral in the steel mill
I was an operating engineer local 12 for 30 years only ran one dozen with a pony motor and actually saw a drop cable doze that hauled around to job sites for a Tax write off it never was used
@@stevenherrold5955 Andrew has plenty of money, thus his growing collection of antique iron, but he has stated many times that he hates electronics and refuses to buy anything that has them.
Andrew you are the best channel available by far! I can’t wait until you perform the service on the D 7. Great addition to your equipment family! Awesome video!!!
Im 57 and i got my mom who is 90 watching your videos Andrew for the past 3 years!!...mom loves Cody and watching you and thinks your a handsome young man!! We always look forward to your videos👍👍just thought i would share this as i dont leave comments very often have a great day!!
When Andrew’s first words are,
“so this is what happened ”
you know it’s gonna be a gem! Thanks for taking us along brother!! Much appreciation! 🙏🤙🏼❤️
This guy is definitely living the life! Loving your videos Andrew :)
with no women
@@involvedbystander66 But he got plenty of old milf iron
Love your content Andrew, as far as your winch goes, the filter you saw on the top is the suction screen filter for the system, the winch is mechanically driven by the pto but is controlled using a small low pressure hydraulic system(only around 220psi to run the foreword and reverse clutches). So on the right side of the winch should be your oil reservoir, hyster recommends either 10wt hydraulic oil or atf. There should be a small gear pump on the converter housing behind the engine that the suction hose and pressure hose goes to, hopefully this helps you start to get winch working. These old hyster winches are the best, hyster was bought out by allied winches and some parts are still available for some, that’s where I have picked up some parts for mine. Also there should be a pressure line filter under one of the covers on the left side of winch good luck 🍀👍🏻
Who the heck are you? Sweet!
@@dickmeisterling3924wouldn't it be funny if he's totally making it all up and just escaped from Bellevue...
@@Samlol23_drrich die hard 3 lol
Right on.
Oil spec has updated to oil that uses a friction modifier that works better.
And the winch is always running when the tractor is on so no oil probably didn’t help the winch.
Good call Cumminschevy
@@thomsonequipmentdozerwinch good to know thanks👌🏻👍🏻
3:32 This eco-friendly design grows it's own trees to offset its carbon footprint!
Starting up and running these old junks are like a smaller ecological catastrophe :)
Rubbish all older diesels , trains here in U.K. i e deltics , class 50s all run bit rich few seconds, not suprisingly older Cats and diesels need a helping hand to get the first hiccups outta there systems and run great, btw we are a carbon dependant planet, more carbon more fuel for green trees plants all convert co2 to oxygen rich air every night , , seems balanced to me btw watch Brit Rail Deltics start up 3 banks of injectors 18 cyclinder 36 pistons opposed 2 stroke cylinders just bit canterous ? nice smog induced foggy bits . Andrew go forward
@@BloodnGutz43 ah yes balanced...
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18:20 Greta would scream "How Dare You!!"
Andrew, thank you for this one. brings back memory's when they were building I-84 from exits 6 down to 1 State line and thru Brewster,Ny. My dad use to drive us over too the cliffs and watch them blow up the mountains and dig out the debris then bring in those dozers and steam shovels. Amazing what Cats, capability's were for that time.. I 84 and I684 only been built since 1958 to 1963 from Danbury thru Newburgh. A lot of blowing up went on. They took the dirt from most of the farm fields in and around Danbury and Brewster to use as the base.
I remember going with my grandfather walking along the railroad to watch all the construction of I-75 at SR 36 many years ago.
As old as this Cat is, it’s a workhorse and watching you test al the parts before you start tearing it down, great job and videos as usual! On to the next job if approved by Cody.👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Just when you think you’ve watched a great video, Andrew rolls a car off a cliff and makes it even better . Bravo Andrew
just sends the car of the cliff what a legend
pretty sure the fan blades will flip around on that model,. Flip them and you will get some heat during the winter. There should be an access hole in the side of the radiator cowl, just push the blades inwards and turn them. A 1" socket with a slit in it, mounted on a 1/2" extension works well
Chalk up another new toy for Andrew. He’ll have it working better than new in no time. Amazing at the deals he finds and gets them to work well. Andrew is certainly an individual not afraid of work and willing to tackle repairing machines he has no experience working on, yet makes them better in the end. A very talented fellow. But we got to hand it to Cody for being the true boss.
Just don’t let Andrew drive any Toyota vehicles. Otherwise they will end up at the bottom of a hill.😱
My Transmission on my Toyota Sienna went out at 160000 miles.
Its amazing what some TLC does for a neglected machine. I love how you dive in to sort out anything you buy. When you have finished it wil be a fine work horse to add to the AC stable. Some of the comments about starting the main engine seem like they know what they are talking about.
haha! Sooo close to hitting the shed post! That was epic
Yes, should do more stuff with that car, still drives fine.
@@AndrewCamarata will there be a "digging a hillside" video ? From up close, i only see freshly exposed rock, but i cant really tell how much material you have removed over last year with all your new toys, but im curious 😁👍
Loved the video, the nonchalant rolling car off the edge just made it that much better!
@@AndrewCamarata That car is incredible then!!!!!!
Bombing thru countryside on snowmobiles soon!
Always great to see Andrew fixing things.🏴
"fixing things" ... or not! (29:19) Maybe a guard rail along here... oh well, the left headlight needed replacing, anyway. It'll be easier with the bumper "removed"! 😜
Hallelujah, Andrew finally using WD40 to make life easier for himself!!!!
The guardrail test was epic and totally unexpected! Way to go! Loved it! From what I understand, the D7 is basically bullet proof and I bet you will have thar winch working in no time!
Yikes you got me, I for real thought you were still in the car when it went off the hill!
I often wonder how much of the heavy equipment built in the past ten years will still be around able to work like these old dinosaurs. New equipment is really nice to operate with all the creature comforts and technology but once that becomes outdated and the manufactures stop supporting them (at least from the electronics side) your probably going to be left with a pile of scrap. Is it going to be the equivalent of trying to use a computer with windows 95 today? My old 955 may not be the most comfortable but it still gets the job done after over 50 years of hard use.
Well it's just like the vehicles these days too with all their fancy electronics. They can be a pain to deal with and get fixed. Meanwhile older vehicles were built to last and they won't have electronic problems other than battery and alternator haha
Great video, you know if these machines were alive they would feel like an animal being adopted by a good home. Fresh fluids and some maintenance make for a happy machine.
I love how the 3rd Gen has just gotten more and more beat up as time has gone on. And it’s not even normal wear and tear. The whole underbody of the cap is bent up. And then rolling the yota to top it off. Great video as always Andrew. Been a fan forever!
The car and the hill. Classic Andrew, love it man!
always testing things.. lol
Poor Toyota!
That Toyota is a piece of junk, broke for no reason.
Sweet old cat. The stories I bet it could tell. Man it had been years since I have been into a hyster winch. I believe the rotation for the winch is pto driven but the controls for spool in and out are hydraulically operated. Otherwise you would have one winch speed. I know there is a seal that can get leaking pretty bad on the pto output shaft. Sheesh folks it's been 40 years. Time does fly when you are having fun.
I think you have a pretty capable machine there. A D7 is big enough to intimidate the toughest job but can be hauled with minimum fuss. What year is the old beast?
Cheers
The whispered "oh my god," had me dying lol. I had the same exact response when seeing the milky milk... Love seeing your fixer upper content with these old machines.
Always excited seeing a new video coming from you
That old D7 is a beast, dumping the car over the edge was a laugh, Andrew and Whistlin Diesel together would be carnage.
Props to Toyota for the car still running after getting flipped over.
Also, don't you hate it when your vehicles flip over for no reason?
I love when he sneaks something funny into the video and never see it coming. Neither did Cody!
Andrew Camarata ....... the king of RUclips .
29:19 Was not expecting that! Instant classic... "our toyota got messed up"