A delco remy 39mt or 42mt starter will fit it. 42mt are usually eaiser to find but you shouldnt have any problems getting one there i wouldnt believe they are widely used on heavy equipment youll just have to wire up a key switch to the solenoid as that stlye doesnt use the foot rod with contacts. Also definitely check youre fineal drive oil as they are to known to bust the rear housing if the drive pinion bearings go out. Engine should use straight weight oil instead of multi weight as it has different properties that detroits dont like and will make it smoke. Here in the us general gear and machine in Idaho is the go to place for parts for the older crawlers. I have acouple hd5s myself so if you have any questions feel free to reach out
@@ralgith yes very true didn't think to put that in there you can change the orientation to put the solenoid wherever it's not interfering with anything
4.am in Germany, infront of my fireplace haveing a smile like farmers son.. Marty, you transfer your knowledge to following generations worldwide. thats what keeps us all on the right trail... Thanks !
Back in the 70s, my brother needed a car to travel a couple of hundred miles to a new job. My dads old 170D (1954) Mercedes was sitting at the back of the yard for around 10 or 12 years. Changed the oil & filter, put the tractor on a chain & within 10 feet, dropped the clutch and away she went. Up to the garage, flew through its MOT and my brother drove it down to his new job that night👍🏻👍🏻 You can't beat old iron.
Simple diesel engine is one of the most valuable inventions of all time. No electronics, just dead simple made to get sh!t done. We could all take a lesson from that era. They can make them cleaner, but they can't make them better!
Marty T, from across the world, in the middle of Chicago, Illinois, I am in my home enjoying your videos. Thank you for your videos, please keep making content which brings us so much peace…
Lol I just drove back from New Plymouth via Awakino gorge and we saw an ol bully sitting in a paddock next to the rd, my son and I both said it at the same time.. there's one for Marty T, bit far away mindue. 😂
I'm an American gear head who greatly enjoys your videos as you keep it plain and simple as you get straight to work on these abandoned pieces of heavy machinery that are awaiting to be found and brought back to life again. :)
Nice wasp cannon Marty! That machine is certainly a testament to Allis Chalmers build quality. Happy New Year, thanks as always and cheers from across the ditch.
I bought an AC HD5 dozer a few years ago to work my newly acquired land. It is a beast. Every time I was on it my wife would start humming the theme song to Green Acres and laughing at me smile. Watching you start your HD5 has me heading outside to get some power to the starter and get it back in service. Thanks for the video.
Never ceases to amaze me what you're able to do with abandoned machinery-pretty much explains the 505k subscribers, and why your channel is one of my favorites. *Great content as always.* 👍
Another big grin here seeing her not only fire up but to see this pull-start... Never crossed my mind but makes sense after thinking about how the old ones were set up. That was one happy young man, too! Glad to see so many replies with starter tips... Thanks for sharing!
Well done Marty. I find it so strange even here in Tx when driving rural roads I see old abandoned tractors just sitting in the fields and I think, "man, I wish Marty was here"....lol
@johnmcanulty7341 yeah I agree, but I mean there's alot of machines in America, not to many here in nz. Definitely not that many up here in the north island
Those old Detroit Diesels are legendary here in the U.S.. A friend of mine in Minnesota just fired up an HD5 after it sat in the North Woods for 15 years. The old saying here about Detroits is: "If there ain't no oil under it, there ain't no oil in it" 😂👍👍 You fellas were lucky the rack wasn't stuck or she would have run away on you at start up. Nice work guys!
Marty, I have enjoyed your video's very much over the years that i have watched, and learned a lot from them (I refer to them often). I love how you always start with the basics. If it weren't for your video's, I would not know how to trouble shoot a Diesel engine as I had never done it before. I have done several since, thanks to you. My only complaint is that after you restore something, you never paint it to protect it. In many cases, you go to great lengths and expense to repair a machine but never paint them.
-23 C here in Alberta Canada and I'm watching you blokes mucking about in shorts and t-shirts! Love your channel Marty, lots of those old Detroit 2strokes kicking around these parts but we're a loooong way across the pond!
Cheers mate, I'm glad you're enjoying the videos. Yes plenty of these starter motors in the your neck of the woods, but postage to NZ costs more than the starter
@MartyT Surely Canadians want to tour NZ and meet other farmers to share a yarn. Just pop a starter-motor in your hand luggage; it will fit the overhead locker, no problem. 😊
@@BrassLock Haha, so true. My brother was on holiday in Canada and brought lots of spare parts back in his luggage for his Farmall H 😂😂 As Marty says, postage nowadays is prohibitive🥴🥴
Onya Marty, I think my dad worked at the West Allis factory when that thing was made there, he was there 50-60s, to think it slept in that paddock all those years, then fired up and drove, that's bloody good. Pretty cool stuff mate, love your work!!
I reckon that is the best example of yard art with that bush accentuating it, that I have ever seen. She's a beaut old girl and great that you got it going for them. Keep up the great vids.
I know a man who bought a hd5 brand new in 1950. Had to buy the blade separately and a whole whopping $7000 for both. Still running to this day used ALOT on the farm and the torque those little dudes have is amazing.
Hey Marty. What a fantastic machine to bring back to life. Bus Grease Monkey, an American RUclipsr who specializes in the 2 stroke Detroit Diesels just bought a 2-71 powered Alice Chalmers dozer. It took some work to get everything working, and they had to do a head gasket because it was dumping oil out of the back of the head, but it is now being put to good use on his rural property.
Marty, I'm up in Calgary, Canada, with an injured back an -18 C outside, and the vids are a highlight of my day. Can't do anything properly with a bad back and I have a 77 kawasaki z650 engine apart waiting on a gasket kit.
Wow Marty, your viewers and fans are second to none! Way to go folks! The best advise and info anywhere. This is the best video so far this year out of the hundreds I've watched on my Holiday break here in Virginia USA. Thanks Marty
Love to see old stuff brought back to life and used. Who knows how many others you have inspired to restore old equipment. And the rest of us just really enjoy watching. Thanks for the 25 minute vacation!
Hi Marty. Another top quality video. I've always been a fan of Allis Chalmers. In the early 1970s I operated a AC HD 6 with a bucket loading trucks in a limestone quarry north of Masterton , New Zealand . It had an Allis motor but earlier models I think may have had a Buda motor. It was not until around 2017 when I was working with cattle on a farm near Colville NZ that I saw in an old hay shed right near the cattle yards an Allis HD 5 powered by the Detroit 2 cylinder. The farmer owner did admit that it was underpowered but reliable. The HD 5 and 6 were very popular with agriculture contractors breaking in hill country during the 1960s in the backblocks of NZ. Along with the Cat D2 / D4 and the International BTD 6 they are still hidden (slightly) away all over the place. I'm retired now but I had a job for 50 years working with beef and dairy cattle all over the North Island NZ. Over the last 5 years I often recommended Marty's RUclips channel to farmers.
Recommissioned one of these on my friend’s farm. It had been sat 20 years or so. Had to take off the rocker cover and make absolutely sure the rack was free and the injectors unstuck. They have a tendency to stick flat out and the engine runs away. Can take the gloss right off your day when that happens. We didn’t have a CO2 extinguisher, but did have the air cleaner off and a flat plate to choke the intake.
My husband, Kim, is a long-time subscriber to your channel. He wants me to give you the following message. "In regards to your needs for a starter motor for the Allis Chalmers HD5, reach out to Matt, who has a RUclips channel named Diesel Creek. If anyone knows where to get a starter for your Allis Chalmers, he would know." I live in Florida and thoroughly enjoy watching your videos. I hope Matt can help you with the starter. Thank you
Your channel is a breath of fresh air, great camera work with no intro music, no cringey acting for the camera, no infomercials selling VPNs and dick pills halfway through. No pleas for the audience to like subscribe and buy some stupid product. Kind of like how youtube used to be
Are you serious!? Push starting a dozer? Now I’ve seen everything. Brilliant work guys, can’t imagine the look on the farmer’s face when you suggested that.
Amazing how quickly she fired up, and then everything worked fine with basically no issues. If that tree wasn't growing in the cab one might think it was only parked recently
Congrats on half a mil old boy, been here since the beginning. Hope your making some money out of these videos. You always put a lot of effort into it.
Allis Chalmers got its start around the time of the civil war and was a major force in the mechanization of American agriculture... It grew into an industrial conglomerate by the time of WW II. One of its subsidiaries built the blowers used by the Manhattan project for the gas diffusion process at Oak Ridge. Later, another subsidiary built the hydraulic turbines for the Aswan High Dam in Egypt. Allis Chalmers rotary kilns were used to process a large fraction of the world's taconite ore. But, after over 100 years in operation, the company went down the tubes due to mismanagement in the mid 80's. Some of its subsidiaries and brands live on but the company itself disappeared.
From your history recollection, I guess you can confirm that the SeaBees used Allis Chalmers heavy machinery to build all those coral airstrip in the Pacific islands campaign, or maybe Caterpillar contributed too?
@@BrassLock The US Army Combat Engineers built far more airfields than the Navy SeaBees but get far less recognition. My grandfather was an Army combat engineer who spent 38 months in the Pacific doing just that. And yes, a Caterpillar D8 was the weapon of choice, far more common than Allis.
@@BrassLock I have no special knowledge about WW II usage of construction equipment but a quick google found mention of Allis Chalmers, Caterpillar, and International Harvester bulldozers being used in both the Pacific and European theaters. US industrial production was fully mobilized during that war.
Haven't been on your channel in a while. Great that you got the old girl up and running. Nice to see a farmer and NOT a developer using a bulldozer. AC is a name I've only recently heard of. Proud to see the large GM face plate. I'm in NJ . Good one guys. Oh, got a kick out of the sheep in the valley. Yep, New Zealand, for sure.
After showing my (no interest in mechanical stuff) wife one of your amazing rescues from out of the bush, you come to life with this! A tree growing out of it and a fair bit of work later, its running! Simply staggering. Thoughts re finding another starter within NZ - often it is following contacts that lead from one person to another and so on until you find the person with what you want. . Quick thoughts without sleeping on it would the Vintage Machinery Club on MacLeans Island just out of Christchurch - someone may have some ideas of who to approach. The other thought would be Millers Tractors just out of Leeston. I know they are tractors but they have an incredible collection of old stuff lying around you never know, and again, they may know someone who knows someone... Also passed on to an old friend in Rolleston who is up with all this sort of stuff. Certainly a few HD6s around NZ over the years... but HD5s? I bet there is a starter lying around in something somewhere in the South Island. You know us New Zealanders, we never throw anything away :-) (My wife wishes I did!) Brilliant effort mate!
That old dozer is so cool!!! You find the best vintage equipment and it is very far and few between the ones that are too far gone..Keep up the great work..-John
The starter for that 2-71 is an 11 tooth 40MT, same for the 3, 4 & 6-71 series inline engines. Shouldn't be too hard to find. 15-W40 is a detergent oil & not correct for two stroke Driptroits, SAE-30 non-detergent oil is correct for your climate. Didn't look like anybody had given it that much love in a long time Mate!
Was looking for someone else to have commented on the oil. Better than no oil to get it going but won’t do it any good. Starters are cheap and available even back when the original failed and the machine parked up. Lucky having not checked the rack wasn’t stuck open with a seized or sticky injector
It doesn't get much more kiwi than that. A bunch of blokes out in the back blocks in tshirts, stubbies-style shorts, and gumboots. And to top it off, applying the #8 fence-wire mentality to rescuing an old piece of equipment!! Great way to start 2025 here in the cold northern hemisphere!
When you ask the question, "Can this run again?" I always think, "Of course it will! Marty & Co will get it going" 😊 Watching from Wolverhampton West Midlands UK 🇬🇧🙏🏾👍🏾
Its great that you brought that old worker back to life, and that you got a young generation of farmers excited about using it in their profession. I hope you're able to find a starter motor for that old Allis! GREAT WORK!
Hey Marty I got my Father in laws 1952 Fordson Major running again, all from things I learnt from your videos. It hadn't run in 15 years. When we tried the Hydraulics, the cylinder exploded oil all over his new Ute haha. Shot mate from Otago!
Had super major legendary strength in back end handles rolls Royce merlin no problem in tractor pulling me love uncle Henry's classic 6 cylinder in one preferably Dover out of ford cargo with marine sump oan it easily produces 600 horse and commonly use in marine spec at reliable 400 plus horse or an ex military 6v 53 t producing either 290 and 400 horse and revs to 3200 as standard alloy block asweel wi military 6v 53 t doubles top speed as 4 cylinder only revs to 1700 as standard and with Dover engine sky is the limit and can be used reliability every day for ag use or just fun for a run greetings from Dumfries Scotland cheers big ears
I’m always amazed at how you take on a challenge and make it run. I should think the majority of us are simply too lazy and ignorant to bring these old girls back to life. Amazing!
That old girl fired up after 15 years as if it 15 days. Great call giving the young lad a go. I have been fortunate enough to have driven various bulldozers and there is nothing like the filling of raw power. Marty, I think you will have to provide a solution for the missing starter motor. You are the man!!
I bought a piece of mountain property in southwestern Montana last year. The first thing I asked the realtor was "Does the dozer come with the property?" It did! It's a 1949 AC HD-5B. Had a neighbor help me figure out how to start it. It started right up and I've been using it ever since. It needs some work on it, but nothing major, just adjustments. I love watching these videos on bringing old iron back to life! Thanks for posting.
A delco remy 39mt or 42mt starter will fit it. 42mt are usually eaiser to find but you shouldnt have any problems getting one there i wouldnt believe they are widely used on heavy equipment youll just have to wire up a key switch to the solenoid as that stlye doesnt use the foot rod with contacts. Also definitely check youre fineal drive oil as they are to known to bust the rear housing if the drive pinion bearings go out. Engine should use straight weight oil instead of multi weight as it has different properties that detroits dont like and will make it smoke. Here in the us general gear and machine in Idaho is the go to place for parts for the older crawlers. I have acouple hd5s myself so if you have any questions feel free to reach out
Cheers mate, good advice!
I came to give the same advice. If it doesn't fit, you can remove the nose cone screws to rotate it until it does fit.
One thing to note, the mt 42 is a solenoid starter, rather than using the push rod of the original starter. Good upgrade anyway.
@@ralgith yes very true didn't think to put that in there you can change the orientation to put the solenoid wherever it's not interfering with anything
I fully expected one or more experts to show up with all the info needed to find the needed part. Glad I was not disappointed!
The smile on the farmers son was worth all the effort to get the ole girl running
My thoughts exactly, he was a happy boy
@@MartyT And let's not neglect the grin of delight on *your* face Marty [@17:21] when that engine rumbled into life.
Yeah, that smile was awesome.
Yeap, happy as a pig in shit
F..K yeah
I can already tell it’s going to be a good year….. a MartyT video within the first 2 days
4.am in Germany, infront of my fireplace haveing a smile like farmers son.. Marty, you transfer your knowledge to following generations worldwide. thats what keeps us all on the right trail... Thanks !
Honestly Marty, WTF! After 20 years that machine burst into life. No starter, no battery, just a tow and away you go. What a joyous sight! Onya Marty.
Back in the 70s, my brother needed a car to travel a couple of hundred miles to a new job.
My dads old 170D (1954) Mercedes was sitting at the back of the yard for around 10 or 12 years.
Changed the oil & filter, put the tractor on a chain & within 10 feet, dropped the clutch and away she went.
Up to the garage, flew through its MOT and my brother drove it down to his new job that night👍🏻👍🏻
You can't beat old iron.
Simple diesel engine is one of the most valuable inventions of all time. No electronics, just dead simple made to get sh!t done. We could all take a lesson from that era. They can make them cleaner, but they can't make them better!
Why would they wait 50 years before trying to get it running not to smart
@@Randy-g1u Welcome, guessing you're new here?
You can't do that with any of the currently manufactured new equipment!
25 minutes of healty entretainment for a man across the world, i'm in.
😂😂
Sitting on a channel ferry from France to uk watching this...4 guys looking over my shoulder....i think you have more fans.
Marty "Fun isn't it?" Farmer's son "F--K yeah!"
That's Kiwi for Definitely!
Marty T, from across the world, in the middle of Chicago, Illinois, I am in my home enjoying your videos. Thank you for your videos, please keep making content which brings us so much peace…
Cheers mate, glad you’re enjoying the videos!
I love reading these comments 🫶🏾
Same we enjoy watching your warm videos in the middle of a Chicago winter
Hello from Metro Detroit. Happy New Year.
Hello from rainy Oregon! Love your videos!
I drove past this the other day and thought that would be right up Marty T's Street! Amazing to see you were already well ahead of me there!
Lol I just drove back from New Plymouth via Awakino gorge and we saw an ol bully sitting in a paddock next to the rd, my son and I both said it at the same time.. there's one for Marty T, bit far away mindue. 😂
great job Marty and the young mans face what a joy to watch thank you
Thanks, it was a fun project!
I'm an American gear head who greatly enjoys your videos as you keep it plain and simple as you get straight to work on these abandoned pieces of heavy machinery that are awaiting to be found and brought back to life again. :)
Cheers mate, glad you enjoy the videos!
Nice wasp cannon Marty! That machine is certainly a testament to Allis Chalmers build quality. Happy New Year, thanks as always and cheers from across the ditch.
I bought an AC HD5 dozer a few years ago to work my newly acquired land. It is a beast. Every time I was on it my wife would start humming the theme song to Green Acres and laughing at me smile. Watching you start your HD5 has me heading outside to get some power to the starter and get it back in service. Thanks for the video.
The "best" and easiest retrieval of an abandoned tractor / dozer you had done Marty... well worth watching it..Beautiful area there also.
I just love the planter boxes you see in rural areas
These old machines are just built to last. Shouldn't be too hard to find a starter. Thanks for saving it and posting a video. Enjoy your weekend.
Aww - it made such a nice planter!
Never ceases to amaze me what you're able to do with abandoned machinery-pretty much explains
the 505k subscribers, and why your channel is one of my favorites. *Great content as always.* 👍
Another big grin here seeing her not only fire up but to see this pull-start... Never crossed my mind but makes sense after thinking about how the old ones were set up. That was one happy young man, too! Glad to see so many replies with starter tips... Thanks for sharing!
Amusing Marty,
Without fail, you manage to redefine OPTIMISM every episode.
Well done Marty. I find it so strange even here in Tx when driving rural roads I see old abandoned tractors just sitting in the fields and I think, "man, I wish Marty was here"....lol
He mite have to do a tour of America starting old machines
@@jimbobkirkwood828 Texas would welcome him with open arms.
@johnmcanulty7341 yeah I agree, but I mean there's alot of machines in America, not to many here in nz. Definitely not that many up here in the north island
I keep looking here in NC, but don't find 'em. Or if I do, they want a mint for them.
You did it again, keeping this old man entertained; it's totally relaxing watching you restore old tractors.
Wow - Turning beautiful yard art into a productive machine - Your the best!
Those old Detroit Diesels are legendary here in the U.S.. A friend of mine in Minnesota just fired up an HD5 after it sat in the North Woods for 15 years. The old saying here about Detroits is: "If there ain't no oil under it, there ain't no oil in it" 😂👍👍 You fellas were lucky the rack wasn't stuck or she would have run away on you at start up. Nice work guys!
They aren't newbies! He had a block of wood ready to choke the air intake.
I was hoping she didn't scream! Always check the rack inside the valve cover on a detroit.
@Catyella he had a piece of wood
"I had me a job in the Great North woods
Working as a cook for a spell
But I never did like it all that much
and one day the axe just fell"
What a lovely respectful style you have for the machines and the people ( but not the wasps!)
Pure genius. First puff of smoke always brings a smile. Great work guys.
Marty, I have enjoyed your video's very much over the years that i have watched, and learned a lot from them (I refer to them often). I love how you always start with the basics. If it weren't for your video's, I would not know how to trouble shoot a Diesel engine as I had never done it before. I have done several since, thanks to you. My only complaint is that after you restore something, you never paint it to protect it. In many cases, you go to great lengths and expense to repair a machine but never paint them.
You never cease to amaze me with all of the old iron you get up and running again.
-23 C here in Alberta Canada and I'm watching you blokes mucking about in shorts and t-shirts!
Love your channel Marty, lots of those old Detroit 2strokes kicking around these parts but we're a loooong way across the pond!
Cheers mate, I'm glad you're enjoying the videos. Yes plenty of these starter motors in the your neck of the woods, but postage to NZ costs more than the starter
@MartyT Surely Canadians want to tour NZ and meet other farmers to share a yarn. Just pop a starter-motor in your hand luggage; it will fit the overhead locker, no problem. 😊
@@BrassLock sir whats the 200 pound chunk of metal in your carry on, and where are your travel clothing?😁
@@BrassLock
Haha, so true.
My brother was on holiday in Canada and brought lots of spare parts back in his luggage for his Farmall H 😂😂
As Marty says, postage nowadays is prohibitive🥴🥴
Im always so glad finding your videos restoring these time forgotten machines :))) they are such a delight to watch.
I had a 1955 HD5G with the loader bucket, no cab or ROP., used it for logging. Oh well, those days are gone now. Thanks for the memories.
I have a 1956 hd6g loader. Still runs ,loud as heck though when you’re in it people can be hollering at you and can’t hear them at all. 😊
Onya Marty, I think my dad worked at the West Allis factory when that thing was made there, he was there 50-60s, to think it slept in that paddock all those years, then fired up and drove, that's bloody good. Pretty cool stuff mate, love your work!!
Cheers mate! That's pretty cool.
Geez Louise! What are the odds odds of that old girl starting that easy..... Great job!
In leu of a starter just make sure to park it on a steep hillside. What a rugged old machine. And not a transistor anywhere. Another great save.
I reckon that is the best example of yard art with that bush accentuating it, that I have ever seen. She's a beaut old girl and great that you got it going for them. Keep up the great vids.
Awesome old dozer Marty.... Great job once again my friend...
This is the only channel I have notifications turned on for. MartyT is unbelievable at fixing these old units.
Here in Minnesota, it's well below freezing. Thanks for the warmth. Happy new year Mate!
I know a man who bought a hd5 brand new in 1950. Had to buy the blade separately and a whole whopping $7000 for both. Still running to this day used ALOT on the farm and the torque those little dudes have is amazing.
such a nice change of pace from the daily grind to watch Marty bring these classic machines back to life out in the beautiful countryside.
Wow, that was amazing! That old Detroit started up like it was parked yesterday. The grin on the farmer's son's face said it all.
Hey Marty. What a fantastic machine to bring back to life. Bus Grease Monkey, an American RUclipsr who specializes in the 2 stroke Detroit Diesels just bought a 2-71 powered Alice Chalmers dozer. It took some work to get everything working, and they had to do a head gasket because it was dumping oil out of the back of the head, but it is now being put to good use on his rural property.
Marty, I'm up in Calgary, Canada, with an injured back an -18 C outside, and the vids are a highlight of my day. Can't do anything properly with a bad back and I have a 77 kawasaki z650 engine apart waiting on a gasket kit.
Cheers mate, I hope your back gets better soon.
Wow Marty, your viewers and fans are second to none! Way to go folks! The best advise and info anywhere. This is the best video so far this year out of the hundreds I've watched on my Holiday break here in Virginia USA. Thanks Marty
Went looking for the ROP video and ended binging your channel older videos for several hours pretty cool stuff.
Cheers! I'm glad you enjoyed them.
Amazing how quickly this thing woke up and crawls really well!
Great to see the old Allis brought back to life! Got to love those GM diesels!
Dozer "will it run " videos are the best! Thanks!
Great video. The smile @ 20:50 was priceless. Every kid's dream fulfilled.
That made it all worthwhile
Splendid. Well done.❤ Thanks for all you do for our entertainment.❤
Love to see old stuff brought back to life and used. Who knows how many others you have inspired to restore old equipment. And the rest of us just really enjoy watching. Thanks for the 25 minute vacation!
Thanks mate, that's what it's all about!
Another great day
Hi Marty.
Another top quality video.
I've always been a fan of Allis Chalmers. In the early 1970s I operated a AC HD 6 with a bucket loading trucks in a limestone quarry north of Masterton , New Zealand .
It had an Allis motor but earlier models I think may have had a Buda motor.
It was not until around 2017 when I was working with cattle
on a farm near Colville NZ that I saw in an old hay shed right near the cattle yards an Allis HD 5 powered by the Detroit 2 cylinder. The farmer owner did admit that it was underpowered but reliable.
The HD 5 and 6 were very popular with agriculture contractors breaking in hill country during the 1960s in the backblocks of NZ.
Along with the Cat D2 / D4 and the International BTD 6 they are still hidden (slightly) away all over the place.
I'm retired now but I had a job for 50 years working with beef and dairy cattle all over the North Island NZ.
Over the last 5 years I often recommended Marty's RUclips channel to farmers.
That's a great story, thanks for sharing!
Another project from Marty makes for a relaxing Sunday afternoon here in Thailand. Thank you kindly and Happy New Year.
Love seeing these old machines come back to life.
After 2 hours in traffic with people who think driving cars is a contact sport I needed this!
Recommissioned one of these on my friend’s farm. It had been sat 20 years or so. Had to take off the rocker cover and make absolutely sure the rack was free and the injectors unstuck. They have a tendency to stick flat out and the engine runs away. Can take the gloss right off your day when that happens. We didn’t have a CO2 extinguisher, but did have the air cleaner off and a flat plate to choke the intake.
Yes we had a block ready for the air filter
My husband, Kim, is a long-time subscriber to your channel. He wants me to give you the following message. "In regards to your needs for a starter motor for the Allis Chalmers HD5, reach out to Matt, who has a RUclips channel named Diesel Creek. If anyone knows where to get a starter for your Allis Chalmers, he would know." I live in Florida and thoroughly enjoy watching your videos. I hope Matt can help you with the starter. Thank you
Your channel is a breath of fresh air, great camera work with no intro music, no cringey acting for the camera, no infomercials selling VPNs and dick pills halfway through. No pleas for the audience to like subscribe and buy some stupid product. Kind of like how youtube used to be
Nice video Marty, I bet your missus breathed a sigh of relief knowing that one wasn't coming home
Getting the farmer's son hooked was a good idea.
I don't think I've ever seen a caterpillar jump started, you're getting good at this Marty T. ;)
Great video Marty.
Thanks mate
"Kiwi can do". Nice one Marty. Cheers bro from Sydney.
I agree,the smile on the lads face was well worth the price of admission.Your reputation is really starting to outrun you Marty,well done.
Lincoln old 😊welder 300 amp with Detroit 2-71 used the same starter
Are you serious!?
Push starting a dozer?
Now I’ve seen everything.
Brilliant work guys, can’t imagine the look on the farmer’s face when you suggested that.
I agree, nevert thought that could be possible.
Actually, pull starting.
What a superbly beautiful machine! And you Marty brought her back to life! You’re awesome mate!
Amazing how quickly she fired up, and then everything worked fine with basically no issues. If that tree wasn't growing in the cab one might think it was only parked recently
Congrats on half a mil old boy, been here since the beginning. Hope your making some money out of these videos. You always put a lot of effort into it.
Thanks mate, yes RUclips income covers my expenses and lets me buy more interesting projects.. best job in the world 😉
Allis Chalmers got its start around the time of the civil war and was a major force in the mechanization of American agriculture... It grew into an industrial conglomerate by the time of WW II. One of its subsidiaries built the blowers used by the Manhattan project for the gas diffusion process at Oak Ridge. Later, another subsidiary built the hydraulic turbines for the Aswan High Dam in Egypt. Allis Chalmers rotary kilns were used to process a large fraction of the world's taconite ore. But, after over 100 years in operation, the company went down the tubes due to mismanagement in the mid 80's. Some of its subsidiaries and brands live on but the company itself disappeared.
From your history recollection, I guess you can confirm that the SeaBees used Allis Chalmers heavy machinery to build all those coral airstrip in the Pacific islands campaign, or maybe Caterpillar contributed too?
@@BrassLock The US Army Combat Engineers built far more airfields than the Navy SeaBees but get far less recognition. My grandfather was an Army combat engineer who spent 38 months in the Pacific doing just that. And yes, a Caterpillar D8 was the weapon of choice, far more common than Allis.
@@BrassLock I have no special knowledge about WW II usage of construction equipment but a quick google found mention of Allis Chalmers, Caterpillar, and International Harvester bulldozers being used in both the Pacific and European theaters. US industrial production was fully mobilized during that war.
Having owned and maintained a HD5B for 30 years this unit is a very original good unit worth repair and some tlc .
Haven't been on your channel in a while. Great that you got the old girl up and running. Nice to see a farmer and NOT a developer using a bulldozer. AC is a name I've only recently heard of. Proud to see the large GM face plate. I'm in NJ . Good one guys. Oh, got a kick out of the sheep in the valley. Yep, New Zealand, for sure.
Marty and Jamie = Legends - Sweet little dozer, great job... 🙂
After showing my (no interest in mechanical stuff) wife one of your amazing rescues from out of the bush, you come to life with this! A tree growing out of it and a fair bit of work later, its running! Simply staggering. Thoughts re finding another starter within NZ - often it is following contacts that lead from one person to another and so on until you find the person with what you want. . Quick thoughts without sleeping on it would the Vintage Machinery Club on MacLeans Island just out of Christchurch - someone may have some ideas of who to approach. The other thought would be Millers Tractors just out of Leeston. I know they are tractors but they have an incredible collection of old stuff lying around you never know, and again, they may know someone who knows someone... Also passed on to an old friend in Rolleston who is up with all this sort of stuff. Certainly a few HD6s around NZ over the years... but HD5s? I bet there is a starter lying around in something somewhere in the South Island. You know us New Zealanders, we never throw anything away :-) (My wife wishes I did!) Brilliant effort mate!
That young man's grin tells a great story!
it's always beautiful to see an old piece of machinery start that easy after years in a field, great video
That was a great looking flower pot to be honest.
Boy, that popped off easier than I thought it would! Good work getting it going for the young fella Marty, great video.
That old dozer is so cool!!! You find the best vintage equipment and it is very far and few between the ones that are too far gone..Keep up the great work..-John
We don't get content from Marty every week but when we do get it,. It's always quality. Happy New year mate from all in the uk👍
The starter for that 2-71 is an 11 tooth 40MT, same for the 3, 4 & 6-71 series inline engines. Shouldn't be too hard to find. 15-W40 is a detergent oil & not correct for two stroke Driptroits, SAE-30 non-detergent oil is correct for your climate. Didn't look like anybody had given it that much love in a long time Mate!
They have them on eBay and even Amazon. The prices range between $350-$700 USD.
11-tooth yes, but a 39MT or a 42MT would be a better choice. Might have to clock the nose cone due to where the solenoid is on a 42MT.
Was looking for someone else to have commented on the oil. Better than no oil to get it going but won’t do it any good. Starters are cheap and available even back when the original failed and the machine parked up. Lucky having not checked the rack wasn’t stuck open with a seized or sticky injector
Amazing the old weather girl was able to run again. Machines built in the past were made to last.
I'll sleep well tonight with another of Marty T's bedtime stories for old guys. Happy New Year Marty.
It doesn't get much more kiwi than that. A bunch of blokes out in the back blocks in tshirts, stubbies-style shorts, and gumboots. And to top it off, applying the #8 fence-wire mentality to rescuing an old piece of equipment!!
Great way to start 2025 here in the cold northern hemisphere!
Yay! Mr. T saves another bit of Old Iron.
When you ask the question, "Can this run again?" I always think, "Of course it will! Marty & Co will get it going" 😊
Watching from Wolverhampton West Midlands UK 🇬🇧🙏🏾👍🏾
What a nice old dozer.American and built to last. 👍
Its great that you brought that old worker back to life, and that you got a young generation of farmers excited about using it in their profession. I hope you're able to find a starter motor for that old Allis! GREAT WORK!
Love seeing the old heavy metal resurrected , and creative relocation of wasps is just a bonus .
Hi from whanganui,nice video...could be used for clearing foxgloves...lol
Hey Marty I got my Father in laws 1952 Fordson Major running again, all from things I learnt from your videos. It hadn't run in 15 years. When we tried the Hydraulics, the cylinder exploded oil all over his new Ute haha. Shot mate from Otago!
That's classic, sounds like a good time!
Had super major legendary strength in back end handles rolls Royce merlin no problem in tractor pulling me love uncle Henry's classic 6 cylinder in one preferably Dover out of ford cargo with marine sump oan it easily produces 600 horse and commonly use in marine spec at reliable 400 plus horse or an ex military 6v 53 t producing either 290 and 400 horse and revs to 3200 as standard alloy block asweel wi military 6v 53 t doubles top speed as 4 cylinder only revs to 1700 as standard and with Dover engine sky is the limit and can be used reliability every day for ag use or just fun for a run greetings from Dumfries Scotland cheers big ears
I’m always amazed at how you take on a challenge and make it run. I should think the majority of us are simply too lazy and ignorant to bring these old girls back to life.
Amazing!
Probably not a lot of fellows left that worked these machines right off the production line. Cool to see it running!
That old girl fired up after 15 years as if it 15 days. Great call giving the young lad a go. I have been fortunate enough to have driven various bulldozers and there is nothing like the filling of raw power. Marty, I think you will have to provide a solution for the missing starter motor. You are the man!!
Each time I see a Marty T video that says "will it run again?" I say to myself "Of course it bloody well will...it's Marty T for cryin out loud"
Well there was one that he gave a pass on a year or so back......
The gods of old iron smile on Marty again. 😁
Now...THAT was a proper Revelation !!! The best video to start the New year Marty.. Thanks mate..Best wishes for a Happy New year from Greece !!
Man there was something really special about seeing there with all the flowers growing on it.
Very cool. 😎
I bought a piece of mountain property in southwestern Montana last year. The first thing I asked the realtor was "Does the dozer come with the property?" It did! It's a 1949 AC HD-5B. Had a neighbor help me figure out how to start it. It started right up and I've been using it ever since. It needs some work on it, but nothing major, just adjustments. I love watching these videos on bringing old iron back to life! Thanks for posting.
Nice, they are tough old machines