white halftrack
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Hello again. Here is a follow up on the D2 we found and this was also posted on the acmoc.com site. I received lots of comments and help there and here so wanted to follow up. Thanks again.
My father and I picked up the D2 on Saturday. I brought my loader and we pulled it out of the shed. It popped out like it wanted to go and it almost jumped on the trailer. Loading went very easily and the steering clutches were working very well. We pushed it on and locked it down. When done, we helped the previous owner move some brush piles around and spent some time helping him get some firewood moved around. He was great old guy and we wish him the best.
We made it home late in the afternoon and pulled it off the trailer with a JD 3010, but were having a hard time figuring out how to get it in the shop. After some consideration, adding some antifreeze, checking fluids and scratching ourselves, we put some fresh diesel in it and we decided to drag start it. My father pulled me and I left the engine in decompression while checking to see if oil pressure came up. We drug it around a while, I added compression for a bit and then fuel. It pulled about three feet and sprung to life like it had ran yesterday. No smoke, sound great, and we were thrilled. We unhooked and drove it in the shop. Steered great, brakes well, all good so far. Called it a night and watched Nebraska beat a hamstrung Michigan team. What a day.
Sunday we dripped some oil into the pony motor and spun it over. Felt great. Put a new battery in it (6volt) and spun it some without gas. I pulled the gas tank, air cleaner, and we cleaned them up. Both the pony and main air cleaner were at full and in good shape, so it must have been well cared for. After replacing all parts, after cleaning, we turned the fuel on and spun it over with the electric start. It fired right off and after burning through the oil, idled and ran great. Wow. We are getting pretty luck. We then went through the starting sequence for the first time and it spun the main engine well, got oil pressure, compression and it fired right off. (note to self, replace bare plug wire to plug socket. Holy cow that hurts) Wow. We shut down, spent a few hours checking the rest of the fluids, using the alemite pump to grease track pulleys, etc. We followed the manual for checking lubricant, changed the main and pony engine oil greased and were ready to play. We spent the rest of the afternoon driving it everywhere we could and up down hills or whatever we could climb. What a fun time for two guys messing with an old machine. The wiring on the old beast is in good condition with exception to the battery cables we replaced. It is the old braided fabric wires and it appears this thing was kept inside. After running it a bit, we pulled on the light switch and both the front and the worklight shine. The amp gauge shows it is charging.
I took a picture of the tools in the box, and in a can covered with a rag, were those neat old goggles.
Again, thanks for all the comments on my prior post. Weekends don't get much better.
My father and I picked up the D2 on Saturday. I brought my loader and we pulled it out of the shed. It popped out like it wanted to go and it almost jumped on the trailer. Loading went very easily and the steering clutches were working very well. We pushed it on and locked it down. When done, we helped the previous owner move some brush piles around and spent some time helping him get some firewood moved around. He was great old guy and we wish him the best.
We made it home late in the afternoon and pulled it off the trailer with a JD 3010, but were having a hard time figuring out how to get it in the shop. After some consideration, adding some antifreeze, checking fluids and scratching ourselves, we put some fresh diesel in it and we decided to drag start it. My father pulled me and I left the engine in decompression while checking to see if oil pressure came up. We drug it around a while, I added compression for a bit and then fuel. It pulled about three feet and sprung to life like it had ran yesterday. No smoke, sound great, and we were thrilled. We unhooked and drove it in the shop. Steered great, brakes well, all good so far. Called it a night and watched Nebraska beat a hamstrung Michigan team. What a day.
Sunday we dripped some oil into the pony motor and spun it over. Felt great. Put a new battery in it (6volt) and spun it some without gas. I pulled the gas tank, air cleaner, and we cleaned them up. Both the pony and main air cleaner were at full and in good shape, so it must have been well cared for. After replacing all parts, after cleaning, we turned the fuel on and spun it over with the electric start. It fired right off and after burning through the oil, idled and ran great. Wow. We are getting pretty luck. We then went through the starting sequence for the first time and it spun the main engine well, got oil pressure, compression and it fired right off. (note to self, replace bare plug wire to plug socket. Holy cow that hurts) Wow. We shut down, spent a few hours checking the rest of the fluids, using the alemite pump to grease track pulleys, etc. We followed the manual for checking lubricant, changed the main and pony engine oil greased and were ready to play. We spent the rest of the afternoon driving it everywhere we could and up down hills or whatever we could climb. What a fun time for two guys messing with an old machine. The wiring on the old beast is in good condition with exception to the battery cables we replaced. It is the old braided fabric wires and it appears this thing was kept inside. After running it a bit, we pulled on the light switch and both the front and the worklight shine. The amp gauge shows it is charging.
I took a picture of the tools in the box, and in a can covered with a rag, were those neat old goggles.
Again, thanks for all the comments on my prior post. Weekends don't get much better.
