Vintage Caterpillar tools

[Snaparxon]

I pick these up as I find them, always interesting to punch in the part numbers and see what the tool was for. Some are Vlchek, Armstrong and Proto. The extension I found buried in the dirt out in our old barn when I was a kid. Odd how it has a seam on the 1/2" dr female end.

1st pic top to bottom:
Vlchek 1A666 track nut wrench
Unknown maker 5S9567 10" 1/2" drive extension
Armstrong 4B7618 wrench
Vlchek 3B6283

2nd pic:
Top is a unknown maker, set of 9F22 wrenches
Middle right is a unknown maker and unmarked 5S9569 double tapered hex 1/2" drive socket
Middle left is a 5S9568 1/2" female to 3/4" male drain plug socket I believe made by Proto
Middle is a 1P5534 1/2" 12 point 7/8" socket made by Proto but unmarked
Bottom is a unknown maker, button head grease zerk adapter

3rd pic:
Close up of the Vlchek 3B6283

4th pic:
Close up of the Armstrong 4B7618 wrench

5th pic:
Close up of the Vlchek 1A666

6th pic:
Close up of the 9F22 wrench ends

7th pic:
5H5622 D6 track gauge

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Nice collection

 

[wrenchguy]

nice, let me know if any are available.

 

[4xdog]

...Odd how it has a seam on the 1/2" dr female end.

Looks like forging marks that simply weren't machined off.

 

[Provincial]

I have the fill and drain plug wrench (the big one at the bottom of the second photo) and I use it all the time.

I am developing a collection of Caterpillar Double Open End wrenches as I run into them at garage and estate sales.

 

[Snaparxon]

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I am developing a collection of Caterpillar Double Open End wrenches as I run into them at garage and estate sales.

Angle wrenches or just regular open end wrenches?

 

[Provincial]

So far I have only run into standard DOE wrenches. I just pick them up if I see the Cat part number system: number, letter, number, number, number (and sometimes a fourth number).

 

[johninct]

I plan on using the plug socket (top row middle) this week on my Cat D4D.

 

[Snaparxon]

Found this a few weeks ago, A Billings and Spencer made wrench # 5B780
5/16" - 3/8" DOE

 

[wrenchguy]

Found this a few weeks ago, A Billings and Spencer made wrench # 5B780
5/16" - 3/8" DOE

Came in tool kit for d4 and d6 tractors, during late 40's into the late 50's.

 

[Snaparxon]

Came in tool kit for d4 and d6 tractors, during late 40's into the late 50's.

Thanks for posting that!

 

[wrenchguy]

its bout the hardest 1 to find for those kits, i'd like to purchase it. again i don't make offers.

 

[Snaparxon]

Picked this up yesterday, a 5B782 9/16" - 5/8" DOE made by Armstrong

 

[Snaparxon]

1B7412 3-1/2" OE wrench with a 5/16"-3/8" wrench on top for size comparison

9F3869 2-3/4" OE wrench

 

[wrenchguy]

Picked this up yesterday, a 5B782 9/16" - 5/8" DOE made by Armstrong

same kit from tool box on fender.

 

[wrenchguy]

9F3869 2-3/4" OE wrench

1B7412 3-1/2" OE wrench

2 3/4" is d4 track wrench, i believe the larger 1 is for d7 and d8. nice finds.

a good fender mounted toolbox is worth a few bucks to a guy refurbing a machine.

 

[Snaparxon]

2 3/4" is d4 track wrench, I believe the larger 1 is for d7 and d8. nice finds.

Thanks !

 

[Snaparxon]

same kit from tool box on fender.

Can you tell me what came in that tool box on the fender?

 

[wrenchguy]

i'll have to dig out my parts books, it has drawings of everything in the box. it'll be awhile as i'm neck deep in lots of projects b4 cold weather. i ain't got a scanner either, will have to photo page. i ain't got all model parts books... would be like 30 or 40 books.

 

[Snaparxon]

i'll have to dig out my parts books, it has drawings of everything in the box. it'll be awhile as i'm neck deep in lots of projects b4 cold weather. i ain't got a scanner either, will have to photo page. i ain't got all model parts books... would be like 30 or 40 books.

I was able to find a pic online of a parts list for a D4 and a picture of a NOS kit that a guy picked up. Pretty cool! I know I have passed over some of those tools at sales and didn't bother to pick them up and look. The pliers, screwdriver and hammer for sure. Would a cat number be on most or all the tools?

 

[wrenchguy]

I was able to find a pic online of a parts list for a D4 and a picture of a NOS kit that a guy picked up. Pretty cool! I know I have passed over some of those tools at sales and didn't bother to pick them up and look. The pliers, screwdriver and hammer for sure. Would a cat number be on most or all the tools?

yes.

 

[Snaparxon]

Found this in one of my other tool boxes. Not numbered but I think it is a 1B9660 set of feeler gauges, .005" thru .010"

 

[wrenchguy]

yep, for setting valves and magneto points.

 

[Snaparxon]

Some Caterpillar ratchets made by Snap on

1/2" drive 15" 8H8557
1/2" drive 10" 8H8557 ( odd that it is the same number as the 15")
3/8" drive 8H8572
1/4" drive 9S1723

 

[Stillgottimefor1]

The Caterpillar socket identified by Provincial


Sent from my iPhone using The Garage Journal mobile app

 

[Snaparxon]

Thanks for posting that Stillgottimefor1 !

 

[Snaparxon]

A couple of short and thin wrenches under 8" long

3B5864 1-1/2" made by Armstrong
1B4718 1-13/16" made by Vlchek

 

[wrenchguy]

water pump packing nut wrenches.

cat tool collector now? how come? u got ol'cats too?

 

[Snaparxon]

water pump packing nut wrenches.

cat tool collector now? how come? u got ol'cats too?

The only catalogs I had were 1973 tool catalogs from Pape Cat, a dealer in the PNW. I scanned the tool section and then sold the catalogs to two members on here years ago. I have been leisurely collecting them as I find them for several years. Mainly because Snap on and Proto made their hand tools.

 

[misterbill]

I found this 4.5" Billings 3/8" x 5/16" 5B780 DOE today. Anybody have an idea when it dates from?

Bill

 

[snapmom]

8H8557 made by Snap on date code 1970

 

[wrenchguy]

I found this 4.5" Billings 3/8" x 5/16" 5B780 DOE today. Anybody have an idea when it dates from?

Bill

Its the smallest DOE included in practically all equipment tool kits late 30's to late 50's. Also made by armstrong with same p/n. Its hard 2 find now and i can use a couple for kits i'm putting together.

 

[wrenchguy]

Here'a a parts book page showing a kit from 1958 d8. Your wrench is on there.

 

[misterbill]

... Its hard 2 find now and i can use a couple for kits i'm putting together.

Someone inquired just before you did but I'll keep you in mind. Thanks for taking the time to post the catalog info.

Bill

 

[Provincial]

wrenchguy, do you know who the supplier was for wrench L2303 in post #33? I have one like it but no Cat number on it.

 

[wrenchguy]

1 from a kit i have. I imagine Fairmount tool and forge. I seen unmarked too.





If i could get into old apple hard drive i have a great spreadsheet with year of cat equipment and tools included in its kit. I need a worm.....

 

[Snaparxon]

Found this one awhile back in the scrap yard 6F3703

 

[Provincial]

Found this one awhile back in the scrap yard 6F3703

Drain plug wrench. I found one in my wife's family's barn. Many mechanics welded two nuts together and used a socket to turn them. That is what I used before I found this one.

 

[Snaparxon]

Found a couple more tools today. A 6H5801 drain plug wrench extension like Stillgottimefor1 has, and a oil filter strap wrench 2P8250.

 

[Snaparxon]

Added a few more to the collection today.

Vlchek 1A1442 tappet wrench
Armstrong 5B782 9/16"- 5/8" DOE wrench
Fairmount? L-2303 T-handle wrench
Unknown 7B8975 scraper?