Machines | Starting Up The Old Caterpillar Sixty
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This old 1929 Caterpillar Sixty started a lot easier than I thought it would. I guess not all old machines are cranky. The other crawler seen is a 1952 CAT D4. I didn't get there early enough to catch that one being started. These were seen at the Arizona Early Day Gas Engine & Tractor Assc. Show in Apache Junction, AZ on 3-10-12. I also shot video of both of these tractors hooked to the sled in the sled pulling competition, so check them out too.
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Unbelievable!
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Veri Nice historical caterpillar sixty
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would have been nice if the other engines in the background were turned off.
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What does the water do? form a vacuum break?
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Cool
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God damn widowmaker
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the soviets mass produced this model in huge numbers.............didnt pay cat anything lol
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would be a pain to get caught in the flywheel...
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Love that sound so much!
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I'd like to give my neighbor about 20 seconds warning before I drove this through her house.
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Is that Cleve Klankenschnorbler at the controls? He's lost a lot of weight since last time.
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i scrapped out 2 D4s and a D3 two of them ran
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Some serious hardware going on!
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Now that's what I call a real four-banger!
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gasoline engine here, compression release valves let you turn the engine. When it fires, its under very little compression. You then close the compression valves before it will pull much. With them open, the engine runs but lots of pressure comes out the open valves. Timing is retarded but it has a spring cocking and release mechanism which quickly fires or snaps and gives velocity to the coils to provide a strong spark even with engine turning very slow. Once engine is up to minimum speed, the cocking no longer occurs and spark runs normally. At that time, spark can be adjusted to give strong power. Kinda neat units!! Thanks
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The only "safety-sheilds" in those days was the training and how well you learned it. Plenty of folks learned the hard way, and some even survived. It took a lot of skill, respect and raw-nerves to work with these old timers.
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Built before lawyers. Geezuz put some grease on that old girl!
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Man, that guy should just close his mouth.
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yup the military hated these...fellas were using their guns to start them and bending the barrels
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It's all fun and games, 'til someone gets their wiener caught in the flywheel!