Steiger Panther III ST 325 First Start and Drive

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Steiger Panther III ST 325 First Start and Drive

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Күн бұрын

Hello everyone, and welcome to a new video. In todays video we are going to start and move our Steiger Panther III ST 325 from the bushes and move it to a more clear and better spot to work on. It took a few days to start the ST because one day we either forget something or we found that it needed something else. In the end we got it started, running, and driving. The ST was eager to live again after some time sitting in the blackberry bush.
The ST seems to have an exhaust leak by the turbo which we will fix once we get home. This was a very exiting and stressful experience at the same time but we were able to pull through and get her where she needed to be. This is the pure raw footage that we took. Anyways thanks for watching I hope we see you in the next one!
#steiger #panther #rescue #restoration #tractor #farming #firststart #firstdrive #cat
Timecodes
0:00 - Intro
0:10 - Putting in Antifreeze and hooking up the batteries
1:16 - First crank
2:26 - No fuel in fuel filter
2:41 - Putting a new fuel filter and new fuel
3:08 - Fuel explanation
3:40 - Cranking to suck new fuel
4:17 - First breath
4:30 - First start
4:51 - First start walk around
5:44 - Getting the Panther ST out of the bushes
7:37 - First drive to stretch the wheels
9:48 - Engine shutdown and leaking fuel hose
10:20 - Walk around and explanation of engine leaks
13:02 - Moving the tractor to harder ground for easier lowboy access
17:52 - Trucker's humble engine experience explanation Cat, Cummings, and Detroit
20:13 - Outro
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Outro song is Crazy by Patrick Patrikios:
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@HFarms1955 3 ай бұрын

Id take that ole girl over any if this new crap they build today!! Nice find guys!!

@markmcmillan5728 4 ай бұрын

Be my dream hobby is bringing back old tractors to life. You guys have done well

@venkatsai561 4 ай бұрын

😂

@josephatherton2781 4 ай бұрын

Good going men , for getting the steiger 325 going , their a great tractor , and those CAT 3406 A model , as all the other comments , those engines pull and lug down , and sound great , and at night time in the cool air i think you get aprox another 50 hp , they come alive , i spent about 8500 hours on these steiger 325 panthers with the CAT 3406 A model . The B model is a great engine also . Good to see the steiger 325 come back to life , love these tractors .

@terriellis5145 4 ай бұрын

Congratulations!¡!@@ ran a 3208 in a white 4-180 in the mid late 70's in a White 4-180!! Awaiting your restoration!!

@aussiedirtmover 4 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤Great video these tractors are a good find. STEIGERS are still well used here in Australia.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@jonmiller8991 4 ай бұрын

That engine must be in good condition as it didn’t smoke much or for very long after it started! Good to hear it run!!!

@Thebestbassclarinet 4 ай бұрын

So this is Stiger, I apparently live in Doug Stigers old house. I always wondered why people asked me that question. And I randomly decided to look it up and it turns out he made these unique beasts. But he still is able to drive in his late 90’s and he still comes over on occasion to check up on the trees in the yard.

@TheSteigerChannel 4 ай бұрын

That’s incredible! What a magical piece of property.

@jorgesaavedra9158 4 ай бұрын

Congratulations on the rescue. Another Steiger for the stable. 👍🏻

@Almoekd1971 17 күн бұрын

I'm a Series III fan. Grew up around and ran a 270 Cougar.

@TheSteigerChannel 17 күн бұрын

@@Almoekd1971 I love the series III body style the most out of any tractor in that era. Definitely the best looking tractor of its time.

@adamgates9825 4 ай бұрын

Bet it sounds awesome growling with a load behind it.

@Jan_372 4 ай бұрын

Damn, that Cat sounds awesome. Reminds me of the Claas Xerion 3000s with their Cat 6 cylinder engines (they come with a large stainless exhuast pipe by default, which is a plus).

@miketaylor155 4 ай бұрын

Love this action. Nothing like tractors

@danielcadnum7214 4 ай бұрын

Listen to that Kitty Cat 🐱 purr…..😊

@caseybhargraves3696 4 ай бұрын

Such great looking tractors!!

@michaelsmith-dm3kb 4 ай бұрын

Excellent video.Well done for getting the st up and running and out of the bushes and doing some repairs already.She looks in pretty good shape exterior wise,just needs a wash and she will look pretty good.Looking forward to the next one.

@mleger2797 4 ай бұрын

Love watching old Iron come back to life, you can tell when she's going to fire. Hope you do full restore, make'r showroom.

@tjg1989 4 ай бұрын

Love the big Cats Stringers were the bees knees, awesome video lads

@douglasmedlin7159 4 ай бұрын

A little hint on priming crack the filter open just a little, now pump the primer or put air pressure on the fuel tank until fuel starts coming out the top of the filter and tighten it back up. It's primed with no air in the system and it will crank a lot easier.

@LukeLong-oi4uc 4 ай бұрын

She sounds pretty good. That old girl would look good with a new set of matching shoes all the way around. But I realize that it would take quite a bit of money to do it. I remember when I could buy bias ply 18.4 x 34”tractor tires in the eighties for 3-400 a piece and that was mounted with new tubes and fluid in them. I think that old Steiger is going to clean up nicely! Blessings!

@TheSteigerChannel 4 ай бұрын

Yea looking at shoes for them two and not able to find good tires for a decent price. 🙁

@aaronsanborn4291 4 ай бұрын

Love my Cat motors and I've driven the 3406B, C and E and I love me a C15-6NZ, although the Detroit 60 series is a damn good motor too.

@chuckh.2227 4 ай бұрын

Very interesting what that truck driver said

@grzes1610 4 ай бұрын

Super pozdrawiam z polski

@jrhendershot1936 4 ай бұрын

That tractor sounds good and ready to be back to life

@nicksissom5028 4 ай бұрын

Good ol b model

@trkfarmer4926 4 ай бұрын

You think that tractor is loud now, wait till you work it out in the field. Pure music to the ears. I know where there is a stieger bearcat that hasn't run in years. Its a perfect match for my 440 allis. I think the guy is ready to sell it to me. I dont need it, but I sure want it! There are just fun tractors to drive and easy to work on. Great video 👍👍

@TheSteigerChannel 4 ай бұрын

I hope you get that Bearcat! I love parking our Bearcat next to our AC-440.

@josephatherton2781 4 ай бұрын

Yes you are right their , thay sound great .

@SouthernFarmingTV 4 ай бұрын

The ONLY time cat ever painted engines black were for Steiger. Usless facts..

@nodaklojack 4 ай бұрын

Interesting

@ericmelton607 4 ай бұрын

Such great tractors!!!! Brings back the best memories ever, in the mid to late 80's, I spent just about every late afternoon and evening, and every day off from work, helping on my neighbors big farm, in central New Jersey!!! He had a nice used Cougar, in pristine condition, and used it for all major tillage on his roughly 1000 acres, scattered across 20-30 miles or so, in the very diversified central NJ area. I got to spend many hours, early mornings to well after midnight when I had the chance to chisel plow, or pull a disk and roller harrow with that beast. These tractors are so great, so much better in getting in tight small fields, even better than a large two wheel drive tractor could. Nothing looks better than going down a busy two-lane highway than this machine with the fold up disk and roller harrow behind that, going 20 MPH or so. The biggest issue was always you had to watch when you came up to stop sign or traffic light, as these tractors, at least ours, had lousy brakes, so you had to be real careful about planning to stop!!! We always tried to plan the moving of this rig down the main roads, for an early Sunday morning, as most drivers in that area, were very prone to not paying attention to just how much road these beasts with their trailing equipment, ate up the road lanes!!!

@TheSteigerChannel 4 ай бұрын

Steiger memories are the best! 😄

@dorse72 4 ай бұрын

set your white balance to auto, reason why ur video is blue, gnarly video of that old Steiger rolling thru the mud, good stuff, love these old guys

@clarencetrice4442 4 ай бұрын

some of the fuel pumps U can rebuild 😊😊 and some U can't it depends on which 1 it has / I never did see none of those tractors around here 😮😮 OMG 3 24 2O24

@maymocvanongnghiep1123 4 ай бұрын

Xe to quá ❤

@ciaranconeely8579 4 ай бұрын

👍👍👍.

@lyleswavel320 4 ай бұрын

You run that a summer with straight pipes I guarantee your ears will ring inside from then on, we had a 3208 cat in a Massey Ferguson 1805 with straights and windows open, just cackles wide open

@tctoytractors9325 4 ай бұрын

This is awesome. Old green Steigers are some of my favorites next to AC 4W-305 and WHITE 4-270

@MichaelTJD60 4 ай бұрын

Nice job bringing the ole Cat back to life! Sounds like a strong runner. I agree that there's no engine like a mechanical 3406 - And having one in a farm tractor makes them so much cooler. The ST325 is a wish-list tractor of mine, for that exact reason.

@lyleswavel320 4 ай бұрын

Drove a 87 peteerbuilt with a cat 3406, I just kept gaining speed, those engines have endless winding capabilities

@loganrodrigue9746 4 ай бұрын

6NZ all the way 💪

@jacobbuckley8232 4 ай бұрын

Man theres all kinds of old tractors back in there. Could do alot of will it starts

@tennysoncason772 4 ай бұрын

Nice work.

@JonDingle 4 ай бұрын

The beast sounds great. Plenty of other tractors around there need rescuing too!

@Chris-ts8oh 4 ай бұрын

Wow I haven't seem one of those since 1980 something

@joneyjimms1598 4 ай бұрын

Cat is a proven motor. Driven a nd pulled with virtually all. But my go to motor of choice is Cummins. In my steiner or logging truck. Pull it down then give it diesel and away you go.

@paulpence8895 4 ай бұрын

Every farmer wants a Pete with a CAT....

@user-kg4eb7nl5b 4 ай бұрын

She hasnt givin up on life, were they parked in a pond lol such a BEAST Ya need a bigger cat ... we had a 15 lb tomcat that brought home rats the size of housecats on the farm

@379insk 4 ай бұрын

I have a 6NZ c15 in my 379. Incredible power!

@TheSteigerChannel 4 ай бұрын

I love the 6NZ Cats. I hear they have the best power and torque.

@379insk 4 ай бұрын

@thesteigerchannel9956 And they are so simple. Wish i would have bought a few old 379s with 6NZs when i bought the one i have!. Years ago i used to run a Stieger Cougar with a 3306 Cat pulling a Rome breaking disc.

@TheSteigerChannel 4 ай бұрын

@@379inskHow did you like the 3306 Cat? We love ours, it not only sounds tough but it also pulls hard!

@379insk 4 ай бұрын

@@TheSteigerChannel it was a good match for that Rome breaking disc

@darrelschulte6214 4 ай бұрын

👍👍

@janstahl9589 4 ай бұрын

Most of the Swedish import's they throw scanica eights in from 350 to 450 hk

@TheSteigerChannel 4 ай бұрын

Yea I have seen those on the youtube. From what I see most where the Cougar ST 250 or ST 270's with the 3306 Cat swapped for the Scania V8. I think only 2 Panther ST 325's went to Europe area.

@janstahl9589 4 ай бұрын

@@TheSteigerChannel oh that you know more than me. I just know the steiger is popular work horses. And they do engine swap, but i think there was one dude that swaped out an cat V8. But i note to sure.

@elroyelblander6277 4 ай бұрын

👍👍have got a PTA280 cougar 3 Auto with an A model from a 325 panther like you've got there... don't know much on the swap or why they did it when the tractor had 5,000 hrs ..we bought it this way more than 15 year's ago...use it to pull a scraper... works great..also got a series 2 cougar/ 3306 or D333... Rerired that thing... but anyway...👍👍👊

@TheSteigerChannel 4 ай бұрын

Nice PTA. I always hear people that pull scrapers say they love the PTA's and I can see why. Whoever upgraded the cougar from 280 to 325 had a good eye. I bet that PTA sounds good and pulls hard! . I've only ever seen one series II Steiger. Very interesting!

@elroyelblander6277 4 ай бұрын

@@TheSteigerChannel 👍👍👊

@lewiemcneely9143 4 ай бұрын

Pop is RIGHT! A 3406'll hold a low r.p.m. and not heat like the old Macks would. The old Dog 237's operating range was from 12/1300 to 21 with 237 at 12/13 r's and 235 at 2100. The 1st Dog I ever drove has a 6-speed overgear tranny with the lo shift point at 12 to 1300. That was IT! Even splits all the way up and the last one from 35 to 70 m.p.h. No use to try and downshift till 1300. Just had to wait. PULL it! The one in the Pete was a 'B' and it was solid. A C-15 is solid but I'd just as soon have a 'B'. SWEET engine and they can have their Cummins. Not for this old boy. Glad she's going. Waiting on the next!

@AnthonyRivieccio 4 ай бұрын

Nice !" sometimes oil overfilled due to coolant from the jacket leaking through cylinder sleeves or rain into the exhaust manifold ? up the guides or rings in a worst case. just wanted to comment so that ppl don't run something like this too long. it the oil gets all milky after 15 mins ya know it's water or coolant.

@TheSteigerChannel 4 ай бұрын

Yea, after we ran it the oil was at the normal level. Im thinking that all of the oil just drained and sat at the bottom but now when the engine ran the oil went where it was supposed to go. Either that or the previous owner overfill the tractor on purpose because the front main seal leakes oil. Oil was not milky.

@AutoCrete 4 ай бұрын

325 HP 3406? That tune is so mild it ought to last about 4 human lifetimes, 3 if they are health nuts. I've driven a 475 HP 3406 and it wasn't tuned to the nuts, still it was pretty funny with 5 axles in the mountains.

@Blakebrash 4 ай бұрын

It’s a cat of course it’s gonna start

@russelmanary2501 4 ай бұрын

Ran at graders &scrapers w/ 3406 & 3408 and 24M w/c18 and dozers W/3408 & 3508’ none of them started as easy as that thing: Everyone was good mosquito control when you started them, used to get 40000 hrs out of them; or more

@framfull 4 ай бұрын

Damn I regret selling my Panther☹

@johnnyholland8765 4 ай бұрын

I can't believe someone would just let a tractor go to pot that way. I would give anything to find one and be able to buy it. No computers or electronics and no emissions crap.

@nodaklojack 4 ай бұрын

For those reasons, I hope more Steigers are restored.

@markward6076 4 ай бұрын

That looks almost identical to the ford steiger from back in the 70s.

@TheSteigerChannel 4 ай бұрын

It is similar but not quite. Ford bought the rights to produce the series III PT or PTA model (Not sure which one exactly but it could have been both). To my knowledge they did not produce a ST series Ford model. The ST Steiger is similar to the PT and PTA models but the ST has a wider frame and it is noticeably stubbier looking. It is super identical but not quite the same. 😃

@elroyelblander6277 4 ай бұрын

Wish we had an ST like you've got..the extra width looks like it would handier...idk..but anyway 👍👊

@TheSteigerChannel 4 ай бұрын

Yea I think the ST's wider frame is wonderful. It makes working on it much easier. We can almost stand up fully in the tractor due to more free space, to get around parts in the trans/transfer box area as well as engine bay.

@elroyelblander6277 4 ай бұрын

@@TheSteigerChannel I see... definitely would make a difference..wish we had one...wish we had a lot of things...lol,but anyway 👍👊

@ihguy2113 4 ай бұрын

the C model came mechanical or partical electronic i live in southern Ontario i have a friend that has the same tractor yes its loud and it is a pulling beast

@lyleswavel320 4 ай бұрын

4 and a quarter cat, 3406

@TheSteigerChannel 4 ай бұрын

It would be the best if it where 4 and a quarter. It's 3 and a quarter. Still good!

@Military-Museum-LP 4 ай бұрын

WHO in their right mind would abandon a Steiger???

@TheSteigerChannel 4 ай бұрын

You could call it abandonment but I forgot to mention in the video that the previous owner retired from farming which is why these Steiger’s just sat.

@JasonShipley1979 4 ай бұрын

Nice rescue! How long has it been sitting there and how long has it been since it was last started and last ran?

@TheSteigerChannel 4 ай бұрын

I am not sure but my guess was they where parked in 2015. The farmer retired.

@dominicdahlheimer6861 4 ай бұрын

Any idea how long this sat waiting to be fired up again?

@TheSteigerChannel 4 ай бұрын

I don't have the exact time but I would say it was parked in 2015.

@eveningstar3230 4 ай бұрын

why do they let the kit in bushes?

@TheSteigerChannel 4 ай бұрын

They retired in farming.

@tr165eaglebsa4 4 ай бұрын

Isn't that a cougar series 3 SC? Not a ST, because the ST had the Cummings and the SC had Cat?

@TheSteigerChannel 4 ай бұрын

I don't think so. The series III where all ST. the 310's where the Cummins 855 and the 325's where the Cat 3406. Their where also the 270's which had the 3306 Cat. You are confusing it with the series IV. The series IV had KM for Cummins, CM for Cat and SM for Komatsu. Swap out the M for an S for power-shift according to tractor data. I have never seen a series III been called anything other than PT, PTA, and ST. Also its not a Cougar its a Panther.

@whiteeagletrans9850 4 ай бұрын

Here a little in fo for you. I been a drive and own of 3 caterpillar engines he talks about pullthe engine runs down 1300 1400 well my last one was the accent engines and with 1.9 million no overhaul yet and I pulled down to 1100 only run it high ofr 1500 so to many guys use too the Cummins and Detroit which are not good for that lower rpms cat is. Cat does not like the high rpms the a b c was a high rpm engine they not last like the e models at a lower rpms if you like to know get around a 1693 tta that is torque for pulling

@SouthernFarmingTV 4 ай бұрын

That's truck specs. Not tractor specs. My 3406 b in my 325 was not set anywhere like truck pump. High idle about 2650. Pull full load down to around 2250to 2300 at WOT

@SouthernFarmingTV 4 ай бұрын

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@leejohnson6173 4 ай бұрын

An accert with 1.9 and no rebuild, yea okay lol

@outinthesticks1035 4 ай бұрын

Back when I was still farming a lot of small four wheel drives used a 3208 . They had a rep for not lasting, but some guys with high hours said if you never run above 2600 they last good , even being governed for mid 3s

@outinthesticks1035 4 ай бұрын

@NHRA_FREAK 4 ай бұрын

Before DEF & after treatments. When diesel engines were fun.

@pepejuan781 4 ай бұрын

👌🏻👍🏻

@NHRA_FREAK 4 ай бұрын

Cat engines are just torque monsters. Newer diesels are more refined for sure. They don't have the power like older diesels do. They're so choked up with emissions bullshit. Plus, all the new tractors are switching to automatic transmissions. Graduating new drivers only automatic transmission endorsements.