Jul 27, 2002 · The way I understand it, a pony motor is a small motor that gets the larger main engine started. How does it work specifically though? I have heard about vintage tractors with …

The pony engine is a 10 HP gas which originally was started with a pull rope. Latter electric starter motors were installed on some pony engines. The pony engine warmed up the diesel engine …

May 28, 2008 · The small engine used for a "pony motor" was typically gasoline powered. Heat from the pony motor helped the diesel attain starting temperature. Once started, the pony was …

Jan 27, 2021 · Known as cranking engines, pony motors, donkey engines, pups, or, more often, “that piece of junk,” probably no other Deere tractor accessory creates as much debate in the …

The pony motors were small engines used to start the big two cylinder diesel engines. The first pony was an opposed two cylinder used on the Model R. On the rest of the diesel tractors, …

Dec 8, 2016 · The JD 720 Diesel relied on a starting system John Deere used in their other two-cylinder diesel tractors: an auxiliary engine affectionately known as the pony motor. The pony …

Feb 7, 2019 · The D3400 was most often started by a 35.6 ci, 2-cylinder horizontally opposed gas pony engine making 10 hp at 3000 rpm. You can see one cylinder head at the back of the …

1959 John Deere 730 Diesel with cranking engine (pony engine). Found tractor in central Illinois and restored to present condition. 1960 was last year that...

The pushrods are different depending on what pony engine you have. So, the 70,720,730,80,820,830's used the V-4 basic engine but with different configurations of air …

Dec 7, 2002 · Many of the old IHC Titan and Mogul tractors used a pony engine with a friction pulley on the pony to start them and it works great. The pony is mounted on a hinged base …