No-Fail Way To Start Cat Tractor

No-Fail Way To Start Cat Tractor ENGINES Engines 18-2-39 "We found a never-fail way to start our older model D-6 Caterpillar tractor, which is normally started with a side-mount `pony motor' that's difficult to maintain and often hard to start itself," says Tim Prestin, Wenona, Ill. "We simply back a small utility tractor up to the Cat amt connect a standard pto shaft to each tractor. Then we use it to turn the Cat engine until oil pressure is up then we open the throttle about a quarter of the way to start it. We also start a Cat D-8 this way and have used the method successfully in temperatures down to 50? below zero wind chill. "Most people say the idea won't work but they don't understand that the Caterpillar's rear pto runs counter-clockwise, looking at it from the rear. "One caution is that you should be sure to fully shield the pto and use an overrunning, slip clutch when trying this." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Tin Prestin, Prestin Farms, Box 697, Wenona Ill. 61377.

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