I Got Two FREE 1960s Caterpillar Pony Engines. Will they Run??

Watching that jump pack slide across the pallet at 23 minutes while watching Matt ignore it made me want to jump for it to keep it from falling. 😁

You can tell how long he’s had those 2. Shop empty when they showed up. Shop almost set up when he “ fired” them.

It's a Cat allright, it pushes everything of the table. 😊

We all watched that battery pack going "is he going to notice, is he, well is he.....?"

I enjoy every one of your resurrections and the smile when they first fire up. It must be far nicer in your dream shop than working under a tree.😃

What a generous gentleman to gift you the pony engines! You have more than loyal subscribers, Matt. You have subscribers who support your restoration work by giving you hard-to-find parts and equipment. A big BRAVO to the gentleman who gave you the engines and other bits and pieces! Great video! Love, love these. Looking forward to the next videos. 👍👏✨😍❤

‘Contact!’ My favourite part, we need this on a merch item.👍🏻

"...under no circumstance should all four valves be open..." I Laughed!

As someone else mentioned, you need to get that crane installed in the workshop.

Matt is back on his Saturday morning schedule NICE!!!

"Did you guys see that flame ball....That was great!". Oh man, that's such a guy thing to say, absolutely classic. We like loud noises , small explosions and flame balls. We also much prefer to put out a fire by blowing on it. Also, if we cut our finger, the very first thing we do is put it in our mouth, for some bizarre reason, and then fix it with a chunk of paper towel and some duct tape. Wouldn't change any of it for the world.

2 for 2 great to see both of them bark into life. the fire show with the starting fluid on number 2 was impressive :D one of these days i want to grab up a old tracked dozer/loader project.

Always looking forward to Saturday mornings with coffee and diesel creek

You have the Best intro, outro, and bumper music of any YouTuber! I look forward to your videos each week. Keep up the outstanding work!

What you called the "venturi tube" as actually called the emulation tube. Spend and extra 15 minutes and clean the mating surfaces of the carburetor halves and make a new gasket !

Back in 1985 while attending the Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics, we were testing our 9 cylinder magnetos. Our group connected to the test board and watched the late great Joe Connors start spinning our magneto. At first you could see every individual spark. As it came up to speed there was nothing but a solid blue line of 9 continuous sparks. It was a terrifying sight to see. Just as we were being impressed with ourselves, one of the wires jumped off and attached itself to a guy's belt buckle. You should have seen him jumping around like a monkey, hollering at the top of his lungs. That's a day none of us will ever forget. Especially Mark B.

Love the fact that people wrote these engines off as scrap, and Matt reaches into the grave and drags them back out.. “You’ve still got some life left in you yet!” Even the engine he doesn’t need, and is partially locked up gets fixed and forced to run once more.

Getting those 2 pony motors made my day and by the look on Matt’s face his too. Another great video.

I like the proper terms: crank, start, run, !!

What a lovely gentleman to donate two pony engines to the cause. Even better. two working pony motors. You have to love these old engines. They used to say all you need is fuel and spark. And pretty much true for these old things. Today that is a fraction of the story. All kinds of sensors. And the computer to run them. I know which I prefer.