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. 😁

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. 👍👏✨😍❤

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

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

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

Those moments of Matt’s excitement followed by tools, jump pack, and cans of ether flying everywhere is awesome!

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.😃

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

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

Always looking forward to Saturday mornings with coffee and diesel creek

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.

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.

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

Oh! The sound of that mandolin reaching for the sky was sweet, this morning. Made me look froward to watching you poke through a couple of old ponies. 😎

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

My anxiety at the jump pack making its way slowly across the table was crazy, lol. When it fell, I twitched a little as if I could catch it, lol. Your excitement and getting these babies up and running is awesome. I have the same reaction. It never gets old.

I was just going out the door for groceries BUT not now. When a Diesel Creek Video comes out everything gets put on hold!

You are a wizard at getting those motors to run! Best wishes...... and be careful!

"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.

Can't wait to see what that big wheeled toy is in the background is gonna be.. Hope to see it soon.

Matt's manaical laugh is always a bonus...means things are barking off

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

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 !

I love seeing old engines come back to life. I guess I need to get busy on the many projects I have sitting in the shop 😁

Love the Saturday morning videos Matt reminds me of waking up as a kid watching the powerblock on tv!

Rest easy my friend, you couldn't do a bad video, or at least not from all I've watched so far.

Good deal. You got your two pony motors now. Set them over to the side. Great parts to have for free

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.

WOOHOOOOO!!!!! I am really excited to see the restoration videos. I sure hope it's worth saving. The D8 is mean!

Love these resurrections. Hey Matt, one little tool I always found handy was a push button starter switch with alligator clip leads. I hated doing that flashing the wire against the positive stud. You can stand back a little from the engine and see what's going on.

For those that are unaware, a wire brush/wheel is most useful to remove Teflon tape from fittings. I've cleaned many a fitting this way in a small engine shop I worked at years ago.

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

Love this old school big engine stuff. I had no idea they used a petrol pony motor to start a larger diesel engine. I love your genuine enthusiasm when the engine starts I had the same feeling it's alive ..... it's alive... Great content .

Looks like a job for your bridge crane! 👆

Great flyover! Love that new shop! I was yelling "JUMP PACK! JUMP PACK!" but I guess you couldn't hear me over the engine running. Nice guy to give you the pony engines. Not a lot of people like that around here. Thanks for taking us along! J.W. EDIT: Looks like you're going to float us a new video soon! OK...that was bad. I admit it.

Finding 2 of those pony motors in the same place, that actually run with a bit of work, is almost unheard of! Most of them have either been changed out for electric starters, or blown up for one reason or another. These are really the proper way to start a big Cat, especially in colder climates where you can spin the main engine slowly, to allow it to build oil pressure, and warm the block a bit before putting the fuel to it.😉 Nice work Matt!😄👍

Forget all that skill and all, I love Matts reaction when an engine actually starts up and lives!!! Matts laugh always has me cracking up! Keep up the good work Matt!

Don't ever change, Matt. Except maybe the scope of your projects to repair, lol

Fantastic results ! 🐴 Two Rebuildable ponys . Great Video. Thanks

Hard to kill those pony motors. Haven't run one since the mid 70's. Really nice of the viewer to offer those to you. I am sure that they will not go to waste. Thanks for sharing.

Watching these videos are really motivating me to try to fix stuff like this myself.

Very pleased when I got up today you had a new video. Needless to say, you have a vast audience for a reason, thanks and hope you continue. As a guy who loves anything mechanical and who got yelled at as a kid for taking stuff apart I sure appreciate watching and listening to you during your adventures.

You know it really amazes me just how many people absolutely love to watch people like Matt fire off old motors and equipment. The views and likes youtubers get from these type videos is mind boggling

Great score! Never have enough parts.👍

Congrats on a super find. Looking forward to seeing more. Man Wouldn't a crane be better than jury rigging with the fork truck. Lol Keep up the great work.

Gosh you’re new shed makes the old one look tiny another great video cheers

"It is easier to accumulate stuff than to get rid of it." Paraphrased from Henry David Thoreau because I couldn't find the exact wording-but you get the idea. Enjoyed the video, Matt.

Thanks for this have never never seen a pony motor out of a vehicle.

I wish I had a pony engine too! Oh, wait I live in a condo they might frown upon that! LOL Cool video so far!

I always enjoy your reaction when things go right.

That loader in the background has Indian River on it. I grew up not far from there and fished endlessly on Burt Lake right there!! Beautiful area!! Keep up the great work!!

Poor jump pack, couldnt bare being ignored any longer. R.I.P jump pack June, 17, 2023

Just watching you in your shop. Makes me think of how far you have come. Very nice to see.

I’m thoroughly convinced Matt can make anything run 😂!

I found it very comedic how the jumper pack scooted away ever so slowly, like it had enough of this.😆

Howdyyawl from the land down under.just watched your video. Being given those pony engines was a big bonus.getting them going is a bigger bonus. Fantastic, you've got the touch for mechanical units for sure. Thanks for sharing😊.

I'll be honest Matt you have some really great human beings as followers. To have saved those 2 beautiful pieces of artwork form the scrap man, really great of your subscriber to have called you to come get those. Man that's just great to see.. I'm 31 minutes in and the second one so far looks like she needs a little work, but man I'm SURE it's nothing you can't handle. Worst case it's FULL of parts to save any other Pony Motors you come across in life! Great video this is GREAT to see!

Watching from AUS love it been following from the start 👍

42:16 That appears to be a made in the USA StarCraft boat, from the 60s. If it is, I had one them, they're good little boats.

I have said it before. You have the best intros on KZfaq. Cheers from 🇨🇦

WOW that was great very good of buddy to give you them and now we know they are runners .Well done sir Matt thank you for sharing

Love your videos Matt ❤ Hope you make more video about your draglines

What are those big wheels that I caught a glimpse of Great job getting those ponys running

I've always loved this setup. Using an electric starter to start the engine that's the starter for the big engine. It's like a Russian nesting doll.

Those are some cool little motors and they sound strong. I bet one of those would be a beast of a motor to use on a homemade tractor project or something similar to that. From the scrap heap to Diesel Creek, two more cast iron creatures have come back to life! Two thumbs up Matt! :)

I enjoyed watching your face light up when anything works. Great job on the pony motors😊

Always nice to have a spare on the shelf. You can install one and then rebuild the other at your leisure. , either for future use or to sell to someone who desperately needs one.

We always stood with our pony motors. A diesel with a pony will start in just about any temp or weather conditions while the electric start machine always had issues in deep cold and long sitting. If its got a pony it will run.

you must not have heard me i was yelling to watch your jump pack was going to fall🤣

Congrats on two motors. Good job!!

I like the pony engine on my D7E. I rebuilt it several years ago and haven't had to do much to is since besides keeping the points in the mag cleaned up. I think it saves money in the long run without having to have huge batteries on the dozer that would only last a few years with the lack of running hours and sitting around most of the time.

Send pony motor.. “ oh she loves it!!” Classic. Cheers my friend!

Another great revival, nice to have folks that will donate pieces to keep your old iron fresh and usable!! Great video man!!

That would make a nice gokart engine not gonna lie.

I couldn't or can't wait to hear those old engines fire up. Especially when there is so much prep work to get there and hear no knocking from the bottom end. You were lucky on that last one after it was in the scrap heap. "One mans junk is another man's treasure".

I became a lot less concerned about debris in the cylinders when I learned Ford’s procedure for removing broken plugs in the 3 valve.

Matt u bringing those old pony motors back to life is awesome....it shows that someone still cares about the old equipment and making it run and operate like there new again thanks for the awesome video

Matt, another great video. Even though I don't do much mechanical work anymore, I really enjoy your channel and content!

Hello big Matt, “ poofed out everywhere “ has a different meaning in Glasgow lol 😂

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

One good thing about those 'L' head engines is if the valves do hang up they don't punch through the pistons. I cracked up when I saw all 4 open....yup, they were stuck all right!! I admire your persistence and ability to see worth where others see scrap metal. Although I don't blame people for scrapping things, there is a point where the cost of repair is prohibitive, its better to recycle the metal than have it laying around, slowly being reclaimed by our earth and looking sad and ugly all at the same time. That being said, I've Got to go...my 454 IH is needing some doctoring.

What A BARGAIN! Nice video Matt!

Good job Matt. Thanks for sharing.

WOW, Matt !! That pony engine started up instantly !! Good job, Buddy !! Love your reaction when something works right away !!

These engines are sooo well designed. Can you determine based on serial numbers how old these engines are?

wow only 1 min and 27 views showing Lets start the Saturday morning BOYZ !!! by the time i finished watching it had almost 13 K views

Shop floor looks nice and clean... Maybe Peg at Zip Ties is jealous? 😁😁

Love your content Matt,a young guy with a old school heart 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Awesome awesome job u did Matt on getting them running can't wait till the next video be safe and always be careful doing what you do each and every day buddy

Maybe somebody else has already mentioned it, but having witnessed your fabrication skills on the work bench, I wonder why you haven't designed a portable, customizable engine test stand so you would always have a reliable source of spark, cooling, fuel, and an exhaust hose. (possibly to the outside?) Add a couple of handy shelves and all those parts/supplies that fly off the pallet when the engine fires off would be a thing of the past. Love your work, envy your vocation. Keep it up. Al in Socal (Came to San Diego with the Navy a million years ago and now I'm trapped here!)

It's lovely when an old engine comes to life I am the same as you 👍

Well that was quite satisfying and well worth spending part of a lazy Saturday morning watching. Well done, Matt, and thanks to the fellow who hooked you up with these ponies. I'm sure with a little TLC that the second one will one day be ready to go to work.

One of the culprits of the second pony engine smoking so badly is because you put quite a lot of penetrating oil in the cylinders. It'll probably run less smokey once all of that is burned off.

Matt, i really enjoyed watching you revive these two pony engines. Been lurking alone time so I thought would finally through my hat in the ring. Great videos, keep up the good work!

SOooo excited to hear any news about the possibility of the D8 moving forward !! I was HEARTBROKEN to hear, at the end of the last D8 video, that there was even a thought of converting to electric start. D8 moving forward + with a pony motor = Woo Hoo !!

I had no doubts that both engines would work, considering your skills and luck. Thanks for great content Matt! Best wishes from Russia!

Can’t get enough of your content Matt!!!!

Can't complain about free. That's awesome. I was a little concerned when the starting fluid lit up from several points, lol. Atleast they both ran.

Thank god you changed the intro, for many years I have to pick myself and dust self down after a variety of vehicles appeared to want to hasten my demise! Cant wait to see the D8 running. Great vid Matt, interesting and entertaining as always.

We call them donkey engines here 👍🏼🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿