Caterpillar D4 7U with HT4 Traxcavator- Will It Run?
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- I rescue this Caterpillar D4 7U with a HT4 Traxcavator loader from a pasture and attempt to get it to run again after many years.
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This Week With Cars - Episode 0072
Het Steve, I served a five year engineering apprenticeship with Caterpillar in the UK in 1963. They gave four of us a 1927 D2 dozer to restore. When we finished it they had it on show in the foyer. It had a petrol start which once running switched over to TVO paraffin.
Landoll is the Cadillac of trailers ! That's one really nice ole Cat D-4. She sounds great after sitting all these years !!! Good luck with her
First, Please adjust those tracks. Place a straight 2x4 on top of the track from the support roller to top of front idler 1.5”- 2” from top of track to bottom of board. You almost lost the left one when parking look at the right inside sprocket see it jump and pop back in. You put that thing back O1 condition and it work for your grandkids. ChiefD
Kudos to you!! Finally someone who actually wants to see what they are working on. A clean machine is so much nicer to open up without crap getting in and on everything.
Hi Steve, on all the Will It start videos I have watched, the use of a "starting hammer" sometimes helps - Not the Ideal way to move a froze starter - seized In UK talk (see I`m learning American) lol, but the best way is the way you chose I guess.. I love watching big `ol diesels coming back to life - Thank you for the video - Ian - UK
good to see old iron and young man taking interest in them they are history and they are what helped build AMERICA
That has to be one of the coolest trailers I’ve seen!
You got a rig like that you will have a whole lotta friends. bet he feels manly when he drives it around with lots of shit on the back. I have a bit of envy going on here.
lol that part of the preview got me to watch this vid
Well,that was very satisfying to see the D4 come back to life,cheers.
Gotta love the old stuff. Cheers bud
I needed your buddy when I bought my 2 stroke Detroit Diesel Firetruck. I ended up driving it home but would have been nice to trailer it.
This has been the best channel RUclips has ever suggested!
I thought the old shack was going to go as well... lol 👍
Me too lol I was a little disappointed that it didn't lol
Well l wasn't expecting that! That trailer was nearly as impressive as my 12v ninja that l use to pull my "e" type into my garage!😂😂😂 ....Very impressive ! Sounds like a 4cylinder and started pretty easily all things considered. Take care and stay safe.
That was a great video, thanks. I thought the shack was coming with the Traxcavator as well!
I have seen old tracked vehicles starters helped into life after bashing them with a hammer - stuck contacts or brushes perhaps, but yes, a different project to show us all, so thank you for that.. Well, thats it, I want to see more now..lol good luck. = Ian = UK
I got a starter on my boat built in 1938 and the starter is just like that but i get down and massage the starter and coax the mechanism with a screw driver and usually she starts just fine, then when it is warm will start on command without the massage and sweet words.
I enjoyed the video! 🙂👍 nice machine. My dad had a D4 a few years ago. They are definitely handy! Big enough to get the job done but small enough to haul without needing a permit
I am always amazed at how much of a track machine runs in dirt. You know they are the most expensive of all machines to run because of the grit wearing away at so many parts. A small leak on an oil seal on a wheeled tractor that serves the same purpose is an annoying problem but when that leak is in the dirt all the time the part is getting ground away just like sand blasting it. When you need them nothing else will do but if you can do it with a rubber tired machine it will be cheaper to operate.
Nice find Steve. Old Cat diesels are simple to work on. Nice to see it run with only a starter and solenoid.
On these older Cats, always check the engine oil level with the engine running.
If the engine is warm yeah you can check it with it running, if it is cold, it has a cold check on the dipstick, without the engine running!!
Mom, can I go to Steve’s house? He has better toys than we do.
Perfect trailer for hauling heavy equipment.
Unbelievable- Just can’t keep those old Cats down.
It's going to be interesting seeing what you do with this Steve.
Do you change the oil and filter before starting it up?? As well as the fuel and filters??
I had one of those a long time ago.
My first dozer but had a cantankerous pony engine on it
Dug many a basement with one .back in 68. Yup thanks for the memories.
Amazing! New sub, love watching old equipment saved!
The loader was not an attachment don't think...was purpose built as a track loader hence the heavy A frame design..missing your pony motor though but probably best...those were big headaches. ..I know lots bout em being an ht4 owner myself
These were high end models that always came with the electric start instead of the pony motor.
Ok..well interested in a video on the starter mechanism..would be a real treat to us Cat owners stuck with pony motors!
hey buddy i like truck loader classic nice video 👍
@1:42, that back -up alarm just let all the neighbors you are buying the old dozer.
The cows in the bg liked the show too.
What year is the tractor?
Very cool truck but an *outrageously cool* trailer !! 👌👍🏆
How long since that dozer moved? I've seen folk have more trouble loading a Mini on a rollback. It fired up so easily too. You're making quite the mess in the carpark though; does the Cat have a yardbrush attachment? 😁
Just subscribed! Please post more of the d4 specially of any maintenance and or repairs you do to it from filter replacement to track adjustments etc!! Would help out alot!
You can watch all my D4 videos here: ruclips.net/p/PLRMQ-ShmnWOaCZn5Q278RMRGfN_lVz0m5
The undercarriage on that machine is very worn It needs to be replace. nice machine otherwise. Go to ACMOC to find out all about your machine. Please get all the manuals for your serial number(Located on the block right by the solenoid and on the left rear case).
Whew, yeah the sprockets are done.
@@Ma_Deuce_338 Lots of info and knowledge at the ACMOC site Best place to find parts and repair information Still it is a nice machine, I had one just like it 40 years ago.
I'm a little disappointed that you didn't show the power washer in action, that stuff is very relaxing to watch.
Watching or sandblasting steel is also therapeutic
Hey that's cheating, no pony motor! I have the same exact 7U Cat but mine still has the pony motor. Haven't run mine for about 15 years.
Bull dozers have flex able tracks they can pivot up and down, tracavadors do not they have a ridget tracks that is so the bucket does not dip to one side if loaded heave to one side
That was cool! Thanks.....
Curious, but is it an American thing about the thought with the flat track pads? In the UK they are known as construction or road pads, and not fitted to make it turn better, rather than to not tear up tarmac/asphalt and or damage the machine by it digging in on turning like agricultural grousers would, nice machine but like I said, I'm curious about your thoughts on the track purpose.
That’s cool seeming Dave’s crane out there
Thanks Steve, I enjoyed that. I did think the old building was going to end up moving with the D4 :-)
We had no idea what was going to happen when we moved it from underneath the building.
@@ThisWeekWithCars do you still have this cat?
Love your channel!! Great work!
Very cool
Now that's a tilt tray!
The track shoes are 3 bar like that to run on asphalt. Excavators run the same 3 bar shoes. The 3 bar shoes don't tear up the asphalt.
I have the same machine. Yours is in very good shape except for the rails. It looks like you are already out all the way on your adjustment. If not you don't have much left. My machine has been well used but has new undercarriage. Kind of the exact opposite of yours.
I will have a new video on this out soon I have been doing a lot of work on it but not the undercarriage yet. I am leaving that for last because I know that could become a mess to sort out. Luckily I have a track rebuilder locally but I have not talked to them yet.
I bought a Komatsu D75S bucket machine a couple years ago and it also has the 3 bar shoes and I wish it had the 2 bar type but I'm not gonna gripe to much because the tracks , chains and sprockets were brand new when I bought it.
Your D4 looks like it will make a nice little machine for you to restore and play with and your friends hauler was a pretty nice piece also.
that's one interesting trailer, never seen one here in Australia...
Yeah, a lot of the big tow companies have them, Claytons, Barnes Auto ect.
Nice job.
You've just got worn out triple grouser track pads is all. In no way ment for any kind of pushing. More than likely just what someone had or could find
Those old Cats definitely have nine lives.
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Love old Diesel engines, unless they've had water entry and rust has victimized a cylinder, they'll fire up and run on 10+ year old fuel.
So is this a gas model? It's the first d4-7u that I have seen without a pony motor.
No it’s the same CAT 315 but with factory electric start.
Okay, you got it running; Now what? is this going to be a restoration project? The name on your channel would suggest otherwise. In my opinion there aren't enough channels on RUclips that rescue these old dozers and fix them up and give then a new lease on life. I would love to see that dozer restored and would subscribe if that is going to be your plan going forward.
I have several video on this Cat including me using it. ruclips.net/p/PLRMQ-ShmnWOaCZn5Q278RMRGfN_lVz0m5
I have a 57 tracacavator. Where did you get your starter rebuilt?
you can change them to delco 40 or 42 mt 24 volt that starter is hard to get parts for and if found are higher than newer 40s
Check the oil with the engine running.
How can I get ahold of you ,would like to discuss your D4
where did you get that starter? good to see that baby saved from scrap yard
That is the original starter rebuilt.
Nice!!!!!
Great roll back and what a find on the Cat.Now we know it runs, is what will it crush is next?
I'd love to crush a Suzuki with it!
That was fun but I can't believe you didn't explain how the dead dozer was holding up the shack. It felt like opening a book and the first chapter is missing.
That is how I found it, don't know why it was parked holding up that shed. Previous owner had been passed away for many years.
Here is a theory. The shack was being raised up onto the barrels when the tractor broke down. Movie rights anyone?
That tele handler looks huge compared to the cat
That telehandler is an amazing machine!
@@ThisWeekWithCars love it old and new like a kid and his great grand uncle old and new
Glad your showing it some love , Will you be restoring it or selling it ?
Will be putting it to work.
Use to drive a ww2 CAT WW2 GRADER BOBCAT
Oh man, when you get a trailer, you get a TRAILER! When you get a forklift you get a FORKLIFT! Same with the pressure washer, correction, make that PRESSURE WASHER!
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Steve what year is that D4? Can't wait to see part 2. Take care man
It is a 1955
@@ThisWeekWithCars ok cool. Thanks
Lots of grass was harmed in the making of this video
Don't quit your day job
Dozer's have blades,, loader's have bucket's
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