Caterpillar D4 New Old Stock Tool Kit - Opening Up a Vintage Caterpillar Time Capsule!

Let's open up the old wooden crate and see what's inside!
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[@garymorisoli3562]

If anyone deserves to have a NOS tool kit in a box it is you. Congratulations, you appreciate it.

[@thomastrieschmann2682]

Thanks for going through this. It was interesting for this old man that has no desire to acquire a Caterpillar tractor. I just love watching your channel.

[@junior1138]

This is an absolute joy. You’re right when you say time capsule: this could have left the factory just yesterday. Wonderful item, thanks for sharing.

[@allanrichards6448]

Fascinating. These vehicle tool kits can be very rare and very sort after. They rarely survive intact. A couple of years ago I had the miserable task of cleaning out my dads workshop and sheds after his death. I got a specialist guy in to do it as there were several large and heavy machines to move and dispose of. The guy found some BSA motorbike spanners and then proceeded to scour every corner of the workshop and sheds assembling the tool kits. Dad must have had them with his motorbikes back in the 50's. The guy said that if we had found the actual BSA cloth wrapping tool holder(s) in good order they are worth stupid amounts of money to serious collectors. Even that original wooden box you have could be very valuable.

[@allanrichards6448]

@@squatch253 Yes antique signage is very sort after here in the UK too but I guess way back then that the metal was worth more than the sign. I have a couple of signs for the Lister CS diesel engine and the Lister D petrol engine. They are what you may call barn engines. Unfortunately the engines are sold now thanks to marriage and kids but I held on to my 65 Mustang which is still going strong after 30 years of ownership. I would love a small crawler to restore but I just don't have the space for it or somewhere to run it or even the means to transport it anyplace.

[@benbusfield6498]

This popped up in my feet and is so hard to believe it’s been two years. It seems like yesterday when you open that box and went through it.❤

[@w.w.2restorations.vehicles698]

Let's take a moment and think about how many of these tool kits were made. Now let's think about how many are left and that are in this New Old Stock Never-Been-Used Condition. What an absolute treat to see these tools !!

[@joehovanec1985]

Somebody is getting a little too much joy from that Cat wooden box of tools. But, I understand completely. Enjoying vintage American manufacturing of good products is something we Americans can be proud of.

[@merlinsatrom6678]

What a great piece of Caterpillar history! Thanks for sharing it so professionally like this. I worked for Ziegler CAT for 35 1/2 years and love that billboard!

[@maddog2771]

I have the oil can , and the Greece guns shown in the book , funny because I found them all on a farm clean up I did years ago.

[@endoresu]

I love these supplied tool boxes. I work on mostly Japanese machine tools for a living and they all come with wrenches and screwdrivers from Japanese brands you have never heard of. I find them really interesting to look at. Some of them may have found their way in my box.

[@pinwizz69]

It's always exciting to find or come across old NOS stock parts. I did back when I first got assigned to the fixed wing shop at Coast Guard Airstation Traverse City Michigan as a Flight Mechanic on Grumman HU16e Albatross seaplanes and the Chief had me go thru abd weed out old parts for aircraft no longer in the CG inventory. I found a Grumman Goose throttle quadrant still in it's cosmoline package. I also scored 15 spark plugs for Goose R850 Pratt and Whitney engines as well plus other items I took down to my parents house I still had my own key to, tho we rarely actually looked the doors. I grew up in the first small farm town north of Flint Michigan. Later in life I was tickled pink when I'd come across parts for vintage pinball and arcade games, jukeboxes, pool tables and other coin op amusement vending equipment. It's funny how exilerating it can be part hunting and actually scoring stuff. It's why I love flea markets, yard sales and equipment related festivals. Ys never know what you're going to find. For years it was also Hess Christmas trucks.

[@clydeschwartz2167]

That's really cool to see all the stuff that was in the tool kit caterpillar actually wanted the operator to service and take care of the machine when it was new with the tool kit and basic knowledge of the tractors mechanical parts it could be kept running with out down time. Not like nowadays the operator just drives the machine and calls in the field service man or call the dealer service department

[@paulevasmith1082]

Just found this ad on Facebook market place-- D2 Cat Tractors $2,000 each Listed 3 hours ago in Paso Robles, CA-- I am sure you get down loads all the time, but I Thought. I just throw one more on the pile. Enjoy your video's learn a lot thanks Paul rust free!!! Calif.

[@rdaw33]

Back on the ranch (mid 50's)......the only tool in dad's shop that I remember of that set for dad's D4 was the track adjusting wrench. To me as a little kid (5 to 8 years old)...........That wrench was HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!!.......I am sure he had other Cat tools, but that is the one I remember!!!!........Thanks for a trip back in time!!!!.........Would love to see what is included when you buy a new Cat tractor today!!!!

[@Riqrob]

My dad had a D2 which was sold when he died. BUT, I bought another. I see a couple of the tools in your kit scattered in the garage. Now, I'll have to finally clean out and organize the whole mess....

[@azenginerd9498]

A few years ago I bought a set of wrenches on ebay. Didn't pay much. I don't think they have ever been used.. I had no idea... but recognized them instantly when you pulled them from the box.

[@bobferranti5222]

I love seeing NOS kits like that, such a awesome item in the original crate too!

[@jazzerbyte]

Cool kit! Interesting that they had an exploded detail diagram of a standard 3rd party item such as the Lincoln grease gun.

[@heymakerphd1982]

@@squatch253 Or a strategy of making things that could be fully maintained by the operator. I bought a 1937 D4 at auction. The story was that it had been an Army crawler/loader (Trackson loader) that had helped build the Alcan Highway. It was in almost perfect condition! I came to love that beast!

[@heymakerphd1982]

Forgot. My Dad bought one of those Lincoln grease guns in '50 or '51. Still have it, still works great.

[@edwardconti9351]

What an absolute treasure trove! I love looking at this stuff it's amazing the parts book are so detailed they even break down with a cross section of the grease gun. Now a days the only literature you get is how to program your radio and gps system.

[@bobuk5722]

Just think folks, presumably one could have ordered just the wooden handle for the starting rope. What a different world. I'm knocked out by all the brilliant drawings that were done for these great machines. All by hand in a drawing office by highly skilled people and then engraved for printing in the user guides. Art comes in many forms ...... Take the wooden box, it is practical, going to get knocked around a lot, a metal one would get dented and likely rust. Bob.

[@farawayfarm2520]

Very cool. I have seen a few of the Cat wrenches over the years in random places. I also have two Alemite pumps that I picked up at an auction. They work nicely.

[@glennford8844]

Fancy coming upon that? What a treasure to have!

[@WeeShoeyDugless]

I have one of those old grease units in the yard in Scotland AND it works just fine. It was Ex-army stock and, knowing my dad, he probably picked it up just after WW2 when all sorts of militaria was sloshing around. Great tool. 👍👍

[@elijohnson182]

i found one of those in my great grandpas garden shed. its a kit just like that that i suppose he got when he purchased his D4 new.

[@davidschmidt1780]

Your video prompted me to find a 2H2873 Armstrong 9/16 Wrench in my toolbox never knew what it was for must have got it when I worked at the local Cat dealership

[@bobpaterson1845]

That kit is just such a thing of beauty 👌👌 makes me wish now I'd never used the tools that came supplied with most agricultural machines 😟 great video 👍

[@boB7710II]

Thats a nice kit. Probably not going to find another one like it.

[@Scrapy-ih7ob]

I have allot of these wrenches, and I think the grease gun. Got them from my pop's , I believe they where in the back of my grandfather's station wagon, he was heavy equipment operator worked every day till he was 50. awesome man loved his job. Cool awesome tool KIT

[@lukestrasser]

I really enjoyed this look back in time. Thank you good Sir!

[@l92375]

Thats awesome. On todays market that is several hundred dollars worth of tools. Unlike today if something comes with anything its the cheapest crap that can be found. That is a good set of tolls to do alot of stuff with. If I had that set it would be something Id stare at for hours on end.

[@michaelbaumgardner2530]

Sweet piece of history.

[@tractorhyatt7044]

Very neat, Squatch! Ahhh, the good ole days when tools were made in the USA with pride. You should start a Caterpillar museum with all the neat Cat stuff you have. 😃 Thanks for sharing this with us! 🇺🇸🚜👍

[@raycollington4310]

Good to have you back on Cat after your extended summer vacation playing in the outside Squatch. Nothing wrong with being in the sun but the shop is something else. I hope we have a long cold winter😀

[@johnbarham7718]

another fascinating film. Please keep them coming

[@kelvinrf]

Who else is mesmerized by some one quoting part numbers on a piece of history.

[@super6954]

That's a real nice thing to own and not something you'll see supplied with a new machine now from any manufacturer. The last time I saw a modern tool kit like that was about mid to late 90's. When we sold new Belarus tractors they came with a comprehensive tool kit, and also a service kit that contained filters and things. I wish I still had one complete for old times sake. there are tools in that kit that you think are useless like a 32mm open end wrench that's less than a foot long. Thing is there are certain bolts/nuts and fittings on that tractor if you don't have it a regular combination or socket won't fit in the space, so you're stuck repairing the tractor . I'd bet those 2 smaller wrenches are the old days equivalent to 10mm wrenches or sockets everybody but me seems to loose, when I'm reading comments or watching video's here. Thanks for the video ,Take care.

[@jerryhammack1318]

Rare find! Have seen pieces but never a complete set ! The 11/8" is for cable winches on the older machines . To adjust the winch clutch. FYI. Love the video and keep up the great work and history of the wonderful old cats!

[@mattthescrapwhisperer]

Can't get enough of vintage tools!

[@iskandertime747]

That oil can is a perfect jewel. Just a thing of beauty.

[@richardmassoth8237]

Squatch, that's the same cord that used to be in every double-hung sash window made in the USA. So, it's sash cord that was also often used for clotheslines and many other uses!!!

[@jdcastillocastillo3492]

You sir are a tool nerd of the highest order.................And I love it.great video!!!!!!!

[@tommcmillan3143]

Excellent collection and time capsule, thanks for sharing!

[@mattcanfield6384]

That's holy grail type stuff there

[@garyfeltus9801]

That was really cool to see. Bet they don't put out a kit like today. Thanks for sharing that.

[@robertquast9684]

The fact that that has made it this many years is amazing

[@melsplace4007]

Could you imagine a company sending tool kits with their products now? Wow. Thanks for sharing. You have the coolest toys, for sure.

[@billhayward955]

Impressive!! That is enough to make any vintage Cat fanatic drool. I have the later serial number book as I have D4 7U30577. And some of the tools that don't show up on your diagram are listed on mine. That set appears to be tool kit number 6H9832. The double ended 9/16" "L" wrench is 2H2873. The track nut wrench is not shown nor is the large 1-1/8" "L" wrench. The fuel pump bleeder is a 9F22. There is one tool missing, 6F3703 plug wrench which is the double hex used on the engine and transmission plugs. there is one other spark plug wrench listed too as 3B9082 3/4"-13/16". I really appreciate you taking the time to show this kits contents as I am watching for these components to show up anywhere due to having the D4. Thanks Toby!

[@Thecowboy1950]

Awesome find

[@billhayward955]

@@squatch253 Your welcome. I was reading in another page on the ACMOC forum that the pliers weren't stamped with a part number and the makers mark was so vague it wasn't much of an identification to know who made them. I think having that brush however is the icing on the cake. like you said. it was almost a consumable and not a tool to most people.

[@ncktbs]

@@squatch253 id put good money on plain ol cee tee pliers

[@kevintheilen9643]

@@squatch253 Since you have never found them, are you well-assured the pliers ever 'existed'? Conceivable they were on a list that went to the printers but were never order from a tool supplier?

[@neilshep50]

Fantastic find. Just needs a NOS D4 to go with it.

[@nickslistm246]

Saved this video in my RD4 video file. Thanks for posting it up for everyone.

[@KennyKizzleRustyNutzRanch]

Very, very cool man! I always like seeing the old tools and have a few myself - but to find them NOS as a kit... Now that is cool!

[@PacificNorthwestHillbilly]

They didn't stamp the part numbers to the pull rope and wooden handle? Cat was really slacking off back then 😂

[@gakali123]

As usual, very entertaining watching you demonstrate!

[@shaneharrison4775]

Always a joy bud thanks for the well planned video very nice.

[@blindmango69]

That is way too cool to find one of those still intact

[@stumpy2816]

That tool kit was very interesting to look at. Thanks👍👍

[@richardcavalloro8355]

Wow, what an amazing piece of history. Tool kits seem to be items that never stuck around long. Military tool kits also used similar manufacturers and wrenches. I've accumulated some by searching bins of rusty tools at flea markets

[@anibalbabilonia1867]

Wow! What an amazing find! Great collection of perfect cat tools!👌😎👍great stuff!

[@isaacdamm9142]

You would not believe what I just found 5B784 wrench! I had no idea what that was for. Thanks great videos!

[@suzylarry1]

very nice to see the old tools of the ERA in great shape and together. great display.

[@markbehr88]

Great Cat accoutrement.

[@ramosel]

Amazing piece of history. Thanks. It had to have been late 80s, early 90s, there was a swap meet held under the raised freeway sections in downtown Sacramento. There were always a few tool guys there. Most were selling trays upon trays of old worn out, greasy hand tools or new Chiang Kai-shek craptacular stuff. One of the guys had two boxes like that of Caterpillar tools. I have no recollection of the model they were for, but I remember they were the same. Meant nothing as I was 20 years away from owning any equipment. They sat there every Saturday that I was there for a few years. One weekend both were gone. He said some guy from a tractor business bought them both. Now I wonder if they went to Florin Tractor?

[@tomkurtzhals7369]

Oh thats awesome, i got two of those greasers, one painted red, the other green with a unit #. I picked them up at an auction years ago for a old well company liquidation. I figured with all the other military stuff it was military. Good to know, and i also use them and they work great.

[@shadowbanned69]

Absolutely priceless artifacts!!!! Beautiful box of goodies...

[@johnwythe1409]

Great video. Now I know what some of those tools are that are around around the shop. Some I knew were for the D2. Some I didn’t. Going to look for those cat numbers. I imagine most of these tools are same for D2. Keep up the great content.

[@twistertechnology9367]

That was interesting. Thank you for doing that. I’ll be checking the tool box on my d2 for factory tools.

[@thomasbailey8306]

That tool set is AWESOME...And the Lincoln Grease Gun in box. Is probablythe best grease Guns they ever made. Though they still make a pretty good one. But nothing like that one you have.Awesome Find Sir.Cant believe its all there and unused.Amazing..Great Video Sir..

[@ironman3406]

Awesome so awesome - I have an almost complete set of tools for a D4 also, still in the original wooden crate. I can only assume that the W.G. Is for a wide gauge tractor, that assumption only comes because my lid is marked with D4 N.G. which I have to assume stands for narrow gauge tractors. Where the heck did you find a complete NOS tool kit? Way to cool, these are the things that make collecting antique Caterpillar stuff even more fun. Sure having the old tractors is great, but the old tools, books, and service literature is what completes is all.

[@stevenm3141]

When I was in the service as a "Tanker" in the early 1970s we had a box of these very similar tools with every tank . Also had a set of ratchet wrenches. And a few cotton duck tarps. Although the tanks were made by Chrysler it seems they went the same way as Cat with the tools.

[@chrisowen9378]

That's better than a train set on Christmas morning !!!

[@MikeBaxterABC]

LOVE to see NOS unboxings ... I've never even sat on a dozer and was excited to watch .. great video!!

[@art1muz13]

COOL A NEW D4 VID. NO WONDER IT'S RAINING!

[@abraxasracing]

Some of these tools were floating around my grandfather's garage and farm when I was a kid. I actually used the suction tool. Of course the big grease pump for the tracks. D4 with short tracks and pony motor. 1948 I believe. Bought brand new. I think my uncle sold it to a scraper a couple of years ago along with a 1950ish Super C also bought brand new.

[@rickyjessome4359]

Now that is a cool piece of history to have! Thank you for sharing squatch253

[@hughperkins707]

That tool kit is Priceless.

[@aserta]

19:39 it's common in stuff of that vintage and previous, to put stuff that's pertinent to the use of the machine inside the toolbox. I've seen some really old car tool crates, we're talking ancient Chase vintage, and they came with quite a few things you wouldn't place in a tool box, like leather snaps, extra lenses for the running lights, some of the bolts for the driving gear, those mahoosive brake shoes they used to have back in the day. Today, those wouldn't likely come with anything, but back then, they just considered them part of the plating arrangement.

[@keithwarkentin]

Hey that was so cool unpacking that I really enjoyed it especially the oil can it looked like the pump was engineered on an angle so if it was tilted it would still pump if all the oil went to one side that is neat! I thought it took a lot of guts to open the box for the fuel stops! I hope the Caterpillar Police let that slide! Really cool thanks 😀

[@vernonrosene7309]

I wonder if the "W.G." stamped on the crate would = Wide Gauge? Not sure why that would matter to a tool kit, but...Cat always differentiated wide or narrow gauge, so, maybe? Wonderful bit of history.

[@fbh31118]

That is incredible! What an amazing tool kit.

[@thinman8621]

Finding a complete, unmolested set of tools like this is like finding an unopened bottle of German unicorn tears. Nice find!

[@bigmikeh5827]

What a find! Thank you for sharing

[@tacticalrabbit308]

Very nice to see all those tools

[@chincha805]

my grandfather was Cat dealer in the 50's and 60's, i ended up with a shit load of NOS stuff but non of these tool kit's were in the shop.

[@d4v3tm]

damn, he must have been super good this year that Santa came to him so early

[@tutekohe1361]

I have seen a lot of these tools floating around here in New Zealand in farmer’s sheds and old toolboxes, but I never realised they were originally Cat tools. I will keep an eye out from now on!

[@bruceneece3636]

Christmas in November Awesome

[@matty2helpfull]

Thats a very cool tool kit thanks for sharing

[@JA-ux7dd]

Priceless

[@andrewklahold2880]

Yes i would love to have a tool kit for a 1957 d8 cat it has the wrenches for bleeding the injector lines it can be very difficult to use regular wrenches all most have to heat and bend a wrench to get in tight places

[@henrikjorgensen1614]

Nice video and good quality lasts forever

[@michaelwright6742]

Really cool! Thanks for sharing.

[@brenterickson1695]

So cool .....I've got 3 of those tools and didn't know what I had....

[@RomeKG471]

I believe the track nut wrench is made by VLcheck

[@jonjohnson6653]

Very interesting show !!!

[@Mighty-Quinn]

Amazing, absolutely amazing. I was able to follow along somewhat with the parts book for my 6U D4, and thought I'd throw my two cents in: In addition to the Lincoln grease gun, they offered an Alemite gun as well. The large, angled "socket wrenches" are in both tool groups (5F4178 group and 6H9832 group) listed in my book, one is a 6H6909, and the other is a 5F9322. I've never seen that bar stock wrench before, but it is listed here on my end. An important wrench I didn't see in the kit was the 6F3703 wrench, for final drive oil fill plugs, and all the drain plugs. I have a few of the tools that came with the machine: - The grease gun (large and small) - The Compressor (bit used though) - The track wrench. I actually have another that is larger, and of the same shape. Never looked for part #s on either, but I know they came with the D4 - The venting tool for the injectors (gotta have that to start the diesel) - The clutch adjustment wrench - I think I have at least one of the large dual end hex wrenches - I am almost certain I have a couple of the regular wrenches, but I'd have to look to be sure - The pliers listed in the kit are still in the toolbox on the fender - I may have the screwdriver, but the handle is so worn I can't tell - The hammer head is around somewhere, but we have a lot of ball-peen hammer heads A lot of this other stuff looks like something I've seen before, but I'd have to do some digging out in the shop to see if I actually have it. Our farm bought the D4 back in the 50s, after the county had it for a few years. Been here on the farm ever since. Between my grandpa and great uncle, it's hard to tell what came with it, and what was lost or "repurposed" over the years. Very cool video Squatch, this stuff is of great interest to me. Maybe an obsession, I haven't decided yet.

[@markr478]

good stuff- neat old tools 👍

[@tangydiesel1886]

That's nice that they would give you all the tools needed to maintain your equipment. Now the owners manual won't even tell you what transmission fluid to use on a new car.

[@kylechrist]

Would the W.G. be for wide gauge? I don't know why it would be different though 🤔

[@nickslistm246]

It makes sense

[@charlesward8196]

Too cool for school. Awesome video of history.

[@stunnedatsunset7649]

Thanks Toby. Very educational. Enjoyed the presentation.

[@SuperMAZ007]

That is a very interesting tool kit. A lot of the tools look very familiar to me, specially the grease guns. The standard Soviet crawler track adjustment wrench is 46mm that should corresponds to 1 3/4" inch? The starting engine rope was also standard in almost all Soviet tractors that had a two stroke starting engine until the very mid 1990s. The hardest things to find are the small pieces the larger things tend to survive over time.

[@jamesrobinson1022]

Caterpillar capitalized on sales to the Soviet Union during the 1930s for large grain operations. The sales kept Caterpillar alive during the Great Depression.