1956 Caterpillar D9 Bulldozer

[@gradyyokeley9930]

Pop gave it a little smelling salts and it came to life. I love to see people bringing old iron back to life

[@brianw4068]

What a nice piece of old iron. Love the sound of the turbo. Lucky you!!

[@tolstory]

Watching these two men sit and chat reminds me of that ole commercial of Bartle and James, Thank you for your support.

[@segomatu7063]

Not too bad for a "young rookie" ! And that ol' niner is still so powerful, nice !

[@chele-chele]

I guess if you are gonna learn, you may as well start out big! What a great old gal you got there, congrats =)

[@noelwarner1235]

Wow that d9 is clean.And with a cab,!

[@RobertWilliams-mk8pl]

Beautiful machine

[@ralfie8801]

Like the other guy said, on the first start of the day, get the pony motor running and warm enough to roll the diesel without stalling the pony out. Roll that diesel at a fast clip for 5 minutes or longer the put some heat in the diesel, the pony heats the coolant and a lot of them have their exhaust ducted through the intake manifold on the diesel to heat the air. After it’s run a decent amount of time, give the diesel some fuel, it should smoke white and then start after a minute or so. Turn the gas to the pony off and let it run dry to prevent gas from getting in the oil and ruining the pony. Never turn it off with the mag switch.

[@glennowak6785]

Clean oldie

[@wayne-oo]

Well done fellas !!

[@gradyyokeley9930]

I'm 75 years old and cut my teeth on equipment like C Pull scrapers

[@thepubliceye]

Wow such a cheerful fella.

[@johnsheeran1908]

One sweet kitty cat!

[@matthewbruchholz1443]

Also them fan blades you can push them in and turn on the other way there should be a spring on the shaft they are bi-directional

[@benniebarrow348]

How sweet it is !!!!

[@JakeWarwick2410]

Boys and their toys!!

[@richardwalters1803]

Magnificent

[@Dog.soldier1950]

Man,dog, man. All look alike

[@sallybrokaw6124]

D9's are rare. One with a cab more so.AL B.

[@arthurdeknegt5109]

mooie hond

[@OsvaldoPiras]

iL pony a benzina, serve per riscaldare le precamere del motore diesel essendo motore a iniezione indiretta. Quando s'inserisce il pignone per l' avviamento del motore a gasolio, e fuma bianco e segnale che le precamere sono ancora fredde, quindi bisogna con il motorino pony continuare a riscaldare le precamere ancora per qualche minuto, per poi riprovare e si vedra il fumo dal tubo di scarico uscire di colore nero, quindi sta partendo. Poi se abbiamo un motore giù di fasce la partenza e un po' più lunga, a quel punto una spruzzatina all' aspirazione di starter si può dare.

[@LNC4P]

Never, ever, EVER use starting fluid on a diesel engine that has a pony motor. The pony motor is there to warm up the diesel engine and start it. If the diesel engine wont start with a pony motor, there IS something wrong and no amount of starting fluid will get it running anyway.

[@joginns778]

Your right never ever use easy start to a engine it's like a drug when your engine gets addicted to it ,it cause all kinds of problems in the UK the small engine to start the cat is called a donkey engine,😊,

[@shanemcdonald4956]

That old girl sounds and runs like she just came off the assembly line.

[@alangobel8513]

You, Sir are doing a Fine Job! Tell ALL nay sayers to go get a Life!

[@ryanfreeman9684]

Yes get yourself a dandy

[@ArnoldSyer]

No a 318 is a d6 engine, also cat 12 graders, I don’t know the number of a d9 engine 2:14

[@jimthayer9837]

D 353 runs about 1200 rpm. Same engine as a 36 A or 46 A D-9, but they run1-2 hundred rm faster. Thus more hp. Looks like a direct drive making it an 18A. We had one we used farming . It would pull a train of implements at 4 mph.

[@localcrew]

That old girl is mint! Look at that undercarriage.

[@Fatamus]

So that’s a D318 in that as well

[@ArnoldSyer]

No a 318 engine is a D6 engine or a Cat 12 grader engine. I don’t know the number of a D9 engine

[@timhund5914]

D353

[@Fatamus]

@@timhund5914 thanks 🙏 I had figured out my mistake a little later.

[@PaulaOwens-v4k]

what a toy

[@davidsandberg7631]

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[@johnrooney2496]

Stop using fast start ,it'll remove all the carbon build up, not good for engines

[@normanhacker3588]

Put straight Lucas in the oil