If there's only one or two guys out there this episode helps it's golden. They should download this so future generations have access to the info Toby is graciously sharing.
75 year old retired Marine Electrician in BERMUDA. Just discovered your site. Never tire of the .002 data. Can't wait to follow the series -- on ALL your, and Sr's projects !
Squatch. I don't find your talking about what your doing and the specks boring at all. It's very interesting and important for the intrest of the build. And I watched it twice to make sure I didn't miss anything. If i was going to rebuild one of these cats I would follow your videos methodically to the letter. You do top notch work. Thank you for that .😊🎃
Not boring to me Toby. Your talking is teaching/instructional and definately approiate! No apology needed. I like how you are basically "blue printing" used parts. As long as those tops don't start unscrewing, (which NOS could do that) they're gold.
This is what you call not just professional, but mastery work. They barely touch on this level of precise technical detail in school; yet for what are essentially junkyard builds, its mandatory to make the difference between a grenade and a survivor. Nice work! Don't worry too much about 'being boring'; this is the kind of detail and precision that is lacking in far too much of what we do.
Very happy you found pistons in your stash that are such a perfect match. 5J1113 has become special to all of us and I for one am pleased that you are going all in to find the very best parts available during the rebuild. I hope to one day meet you in person and shake your hand. Great job Toby!
These checks, and being adamant about having things be the best they CAN be, is what makes the difference between an engine that will run like new, as opposed to one that will be short lived. 100% right. Can't wait for the final assembly vids and first run !
you know watching your vids has sparked my interest in an old cat dozer setting back in a woods.....next time I am in those woods I am going to see just what it is.
Well, this is one of the reasons I like watching your channel. True you do alot of talking, but I'm learning while your talking, best part is if I feel like I'm missing something in your discussion, I can go back and restart the video and pick up what I missed or glazed over. So in my mind, you needn't apologize for talking to much, thats what make you an excellent instructor. You cover every aspect of the build process. Plus you give specs to prove your point and why this works and what doesn't work. Thanks for sharing and am waiting for the next video....
It matters not to me that you take the time to talk about the specs. You are taking the time to teach people how to do it right which is far more important than just slapping it together. Good score on finding two good pistons. It paid to take a chance on that scrap yard motor. Until next video thank you.
First off, thank you for producing informative, interesting and educational videos. Your dedication to detail is commendable and as the current custodian of this machine, will be greatly appreciated to the future conservator. It's to this, may I humbly suggest, that you record your logs in pen rather than pencil. In 50 years time your notes written in pencil would have fade to the point that they would be illegible. You are a very important part of this machine's history and should be remembered long after your contribution. Again thank you.
My job is clearances, tolerances, and specifications. Please do keep talking about this stuff. The technicality of your videos is what makes them some of the best on youtube!
Nothing boring about what you are doing . This is vital stuff especially on engines that are next to impossible to get parts for. My grandfather is 80 years old and a small engine mechanic and does the same thing on the old cast iron Kohler engines. Hard to get parts for them where i live. Great videos and keep doing you! Thanks for sharing your knowledge
THANK YOU for sharing your knowledge! I have learned for about engines in the last week than ever before. Also you have a fluid way of using words. When some people talk I get tired. No so here. Thanks again
I'm glad I'm not the only one thats got a pack rats nest of used parts sitting in a shed. I've got tons of Fordson parts here. My Mom was looking a few years ago she said why did I have piles of odd tires with no match. I picked them up when I saw them, but over the years I picked up enough tractors with odds on. I've matched sets and used them now, I guess i just got lucky and with other stuff to that was missing when i got tractors cheap like drawbars and 3 point hitch stuff that I had piles of it in stock !. What you are doing with those parts is fine, I've had some old low revving diesels I just went through found the best of the used parts, thrown new bearings on the crank and rings in decent sleeves and thrown them together as it wasn't a million$ rebuild project, As far as I know the ones I don't own are all still running or something else expensive was the reason they got parked when it went wrong. If it was a newer motor in a big cat or other machine it would be done to specs and perfect. Some of this old stuff just isn't worth big time and money or finding NOS parts over a few years, if a guy just wants it to run and drive a few hours a week, or run it at shows 4 times a year. Thanks for the video take care.
Squatch, I'm enjoying the spec checking/fit up series. These are important steps that most others just gloss over or just don't do at all. Nice to see them done.
I liked that 'NEXT TIME! Toby, old pal, sweat it not. If something is to be done right and you're showing everybody how to put a jigsaw puzzle together from multiple boxes, it'll get VERY interesting! And VERY complicated! And downright jaw dropping. So carry on. selling and swapping parts and plundering is good for the soul, among other things. And you make your own luck as witnessed by all the spare parts. We'll be here, Pal. And I can't read a micrometer but I'm not sweating it as long and you and Pop can. Hi to SEnior likewise!
You're not the first to run out of NOS parts. I'd check dimensions on parts fresh out of the factory packaging. It's amazing how close they can be on used parts from multiple sources. A testament to a time when "overbuilt" was the accepted standard.
It's always a shed. The place where all the for-the-moment-leftover-parts are. Good to have in the future. The Newer Throw Away Anything philosophy apply! When I bought my house I noticed it was a shed in the corner of the property. What a relief!
Little treasure trove you have stashed away in that shed. I love the attention to detail even with the crates. If a guy found that stuff 40 years from now, they would probably mistake those crates for a bunch of NOS parts. Great news for the pistons, and look forward to the next video.... And thanks again for the cliffhanger. "Always leave them wanting more".........
Your dark storage shed and its treasures, reminded me of the warehouse in the closing scene of Raiders of the Lost Ark, only yours is much better :) That treasure is not just old iron, it's old gold...
Nope, you are a lawyer-like mechanic. When I start on my Ford 352 big block rebuild, the info you've detailed will be priceless. Thanks for getting into the weeds. I, for one, appreciate it. You are explaining everything I need to know to do a good job.
Precision is what originally made these Cat engines run well in the past, and Precision is what will keep this one running on this re-build, nothing at all wrong with this.
Squatch I learn so much from your videos. To the point I do some tech support for some of my buddies. A good mechanic with a machinist ability is a rare find but you are one my friend. Keep up the good work and I'll always be back!!!
I appreciate the details on the tolerances. I have seen a lot of guys slap engines together only to have them fail in short order because they didn't bother to take the time and check tolerances.
Love the videography used for entering the dark shed. Great planning! Someday there is going to be one heck of an estate sale of your stash abut sadly, much of those treasures may be scrapped.
@@squatch253 ...and they are restoring those cars we thought were worthless. The Chevy Square body trucks are of course a hot item and now Ford and Chevy trucks of the 1990's and early 2000's are becoming a thing. I think it is about what was around during a person's childhood like you said. Cars and trucks from the 1970's that were around when my dad was in his 30's and 40's he considered worthless but I saw their classic potential as a teenager.
You may be able to get the pistons with worn ring lands thermo-sprayed ( metallized) & re-cut back to spec...something to investigate before disposing of them. I've had them done many times on larger natural gas reciprocation compressor pistons & they work just fine.
Learning a lot. Thanks for taking the time to film this. I just bet some university shop class is going to pick this up and use it to teach students. I see people resurrect old cars and reuse pistons probably in worse shape comparably. The cat probably won't be run a whole lot of hours and will turn much slower than a resurrected car engine. Looking forward to more.
Squatch 253... no need to tell you that you have OCD, you wear it as a badge of honor and rightly so, It took me a while but not really so much while... to appreciate the mine of knowledge here. I only wish I had done the same thing with one exception, I have one arm and leg working so those parts if mine would of been put away for good as I am, I can't pack water anymore. It hurts me in my mind. These are your Lamborghinis and corvettes or thing of beauty. If I had know about you just a few short years ago, I would of sent message to you that my brother who past in april this year (70) had property that he wanted clean to sell. It had cat parts enough that you would of brought your semi up to get them. There was a small total of them but most were thirties and forties... I know nothing newer than fifty two cause that was the year that Snuffy went to jail for growing pot and never accumulated any more and after he got out, he just wasn't the same guy who went away. That was my brothers father in law and when he got the property, he didn't gather anymore nor did he get rid of any as we can't just take stuff to the scrap yards as there just are not many of them and they are full of old irn but not the good iron. Most of the stuff here ran but this was the place that.... I have to explain, we don't have counties, we have boughors and they when they got rid of stuff hauled it here.Even I wasn't at the time allowed to just come and get but when he decided to haul thi off, it was because they had a ship here and we (state) hauled everything there. I know of a couple of fours that were used as yard art when you came here and you drove by them. They were complete and did run to where they were parked. Most were heavily repaired stuff but cheaper to buy new and bigger as life here in Alaska got bigger and better and the road system started connecting from fairbanks to the south central alaska. We brought everything by ship before that and that was very expensive.. as much as the piece you bought on some cases. So thats my story and I am sticking to it. It would of been free to you as he gave everything to scrapers to haul away and that took days with several semi's. About a week for just the area around the air strip. (small planes) I truly wish that it was yours instead of bullets being fired back at americans some place
Am sure everyone watching this is just as interested about the tolerances as I am, find it amazing that these used parts are so closely matched says such a lot for caterpillars attention to detail in the production process 💪💪 I really liked those piston ring pliers never seen anything like them before if you had a spare minute would dearly like to know who makes them please 👍 superb video series 👍👍
There is discussion on the subject on at least one of this previous series. In the comments section. Cannot remember which episodes,so you get to back up the series I guess. So to speak. Enjoy.
Another cool vid, but that cliff hanger though... lol made me chuckle. If there's no new supply for new pistons maybe you could do a collaboration with youtuber Olfoundryman. He has cast aluminium pistons before as well as other unobtainium aluminium parts. From his vids that I've seen he does good work, knows his craft, and has the setup to get it done. Give him the specs and I bet he could deliver some brand new pistons as good as any Cat made.
Good stuff and the explanations are superb. You’re edjumacating us which is a good thing. 👍 (Though I would appreciate a better look at your storage facility built out of two by sixes in the portable garage. Awesome use of space!)
Good job Squatch you lucked up my friend finding those pistons that close plus they were already yours. My luck wouldn't have near as good. Keep the videos coming.
Awesome find on the pistons! Sir, it it not like you will be putting the D2 back into every day revenue service... Keep talking, I love learning new things.
While I can’t duplicate the level of precision you put into these, I feel like the thought process I take away from your analysis will help me be just a little more precise on my next build (whatever that may be). Keep up the good work. Ps... love the drama of the flashlight under the barn door before you came in. Very cinematic. 👍🏻
Awesome, glad you were able to get some pistons! The only alternative if you couldn't source pistons (or any other part) would be to make them or have them made and that could get time consuming and or expensive.
Not sure if you know this or not but your 3J2219 D3400 tear down video with the beer can shims has an article on Bang Shift .com! You're basically a celebrity Squatch! I'm so glad that you had some usable pistons for 5J1113, it will be interesting to see how many serial numbers contribute parts to this machine by the time it's all said and done. I'm very excited to see what else besides piston pins came in the box! I LOVE NOS parts! I hope they're all slathered in cosmoline. Hope all is well there, my mom reports snow in Marquette.
With sample pistons. A lot of racing piston manufacturers can make new forged pistons if the have a raw forging the correct size. There is also egge machine in Santa fe springs ca that still casts piston using antique tooling. LA sleeve could probably create the top cast iron fire groove to align in dies if egge has them. It might be really interesting since no replacement pistons are available. If a piston forging die could be created to hold the cast iron fire ring sections while an aluminum slug is slid thru it. It would probably need to be tee shaped during a preforging.but it could probably be done. Or else contact a piston ring manufacturer out in the Los Angeles area and have thicker piston rings cut. Then have a talented machine shop recut the ring grooves over size to match the new thicker rings.
The scuffing on that second piston of the pair you didn't use looked like what I have heard of as "four corner scuffing". Yes, it's round so how can it have corners? If you connected the scuffed areas, you would have a square or rectangle which does have corners. The way it was explained to me by an even more technical Cat guy than Squatch, is that it's caused by over heating. The areas closest to the wrist pin bores gets hot but with the mass of the boss, it doesn't expand. The expansion occurs just outside of there as happened on that piston. Combine that with what he showed when cleaning the block, it makes sense. Plugged coolant passage to #4 and it overheats and it all ends in tears. And tears of metal. (That was wordplay with homophones, BTW)
What a relief! I'm so glad to see you found some replacement pistons! On the last video I wanted to ask about the viability of new custom made pistons. But with a trip to the shed I could tell you had something up your sleeve! I can't imagine custom new would be cheap, but an option none the less. Have you ever had to go that route? I may have to venture down that road with my TD-14A due to cyl #1but I hope not. Keep up the good work!
This ended in a cliffhanger!! Anyway, I don't know the English expression for it, but what about the the facing edge in a used cylinder when the top ring is in t.d.c. Usually we remove that with a cutter if there are an edge. No problem with that?
This is classic! You have replacement parts but they have different drawbacks and advantages. What shall I take? What is the best to use? It can take days to come to an conclusion.
If there's only one or two guys out there this episode helps it's golden.
They should download this so future generations have access to the info Toby is graciously sharing.
75 year old retired Marine Electrician in BERMUDA. Just discovered your site. Never tire of the .002 data. Can't wait to follow the series -- on ALL your, and Sr's projects !
Squatch. I don't find your talking about what your doing and the specks boring at all. It's very interesting and important for the intrest of the build. And I watched it twice to make sure I didn't miss anything. If i was going to rebuild one of these cats I would follow your videos methodically to the letter. You do top notch work. Thank you for that .😊🎃
Not boring to me Toby. Your talking is teaching/instructional and definately approiate! No apology needed. I like how you are basically "blue printing" used parts. As long as those tops don't start unscrewing, (which NOS could do that) they're gold.
This is what you call not just professional, but mastery work. They barely touch on this level of precise technical detail in school; yet for what are essentially junkyard builds, its mandatory to make the difference between a grenade and a survivor. Nice work! Don't worry too much about 'being boring'; this is the kind of detail and precision that is lacking in far too much of what we do.
There is nothing wrong with your videos. Your experience and explaining can I am sure help someone with less experience. Keep the videos coming
that would be me.
I never get bored listening to someone who knows what he's talking about. Great video again.
Thanks
With all the specs ,weight and balance checked , I say she out last all of us
Great job on the video. It’s not boring. It’s just part of the job of renewing.
I thoroughly enjoy seeing how you check all this and you informing us how to do it. Please don't stop sharing your knowledge. It's truly appriceated.
Honestly the most fun part is the numbers and specs talk .. so much knowledge to learn ... thank you sir
Very happy you found pistons in your stash that are such a perfect match. 5J1113 has become special to all of us and I for one am pleased that you are going all in to find the very best parts available during the rebuild. I hope to one day meet you in person and shake your hand. Great job Toby!
Nothing beats meticulous. You are the mechanic's mechanic--really enjoy your thoroughness.
These checks, and being adamant about having things be the best they CAN be, is what makes the difference between an engine that will run like new, as opposed to one that will be short lived. 100% right. Can't wait for the final assembly vids and first run !
you know watching your vids has sparked my interest in an old cat dozer setting back in a woods.....next time I am in those woods I am going to see just what it is.
I'm bored to death when I don't have a new video to watch from Toby.
Well, this is one of the reasons I like watching your channel. True you do alot of talking, but I'm learning while your talking, best part is if I feel like I'm missing something in your discussion, I can go back and restart the video and pick up what I missed or glazed over. So in my mind, you needn't apologize for talking to much, thats what make you an excellent instructor. You cover every aspect of the build process. Plus you give specs to prove your point and why this works and what doesn't work. Thanks for sharing and am waiting for the next video....
I agree 100%.
@@scruffy6151 Me 2!
I didn’t think it was dull and boring at all, can’t hardy wait for the next episode!
I don't mind you talking as long as learning something. At least I did not fall asleep. Lol so that said I love all your videos. Thanks for sharing.
It matters not to me that you take the time to talk about the specs.
You are taking the time to teach people how to do it right which is far more important than just slapping it together.
Good score on finding two good pistons. It paid to take a chance on that scrap yard motor.
Until next video thank you.
First off, thank you for producing informative, interesting and educational videos. Your dedication to detail is commendable and as the current custodian of this machine, will be greatly appreciated to the future conservator. It's to this, may I humbly suggest, that you record your logs in pen rather than pencil. In 50 years time your notes written in pencil would have fade to the point that they would be illegible. You are a very important part of this machine's history and should be remembered long after your contribution. Again thank you.
Not boring at all, just another video showing the care and attention to detail which I really enjoy seeing. Keep it up.
Not dull at all. This is all fascinating for those of us who are not familiar with vintage diesel practices. Love the store shed!
I don't think it's boring to listen I find it refreshing you a so thorough when re assembling the engine. And the cliffhanger endings are .....
My job is clearances, tolerances, and specifications. Please do keep talking about this stuff. The technicality of your videos is what makes them some of the best on youtube!
Never throw anything away...Good plan on buying the scrap engine for parts!
Nothing boring about what you are doing . This is vital stuff especially on engines that are next to impossible to get parts for. My grandfather is 80 years old and a small engine mechanic and does the same thing on the old cast iron Kohler engines. Hard to get parts for them where i live. Great videos and keep doing you! Thanks for sharing your knowledge
I love all the talking! You actually show us a in-depth explanation about anything you do! That's what makes you stand out from other TH-camrs!
If you don't go into the details, don't bother building it! Keep up the good work, Love the videos! :)
THANK YOU for sharing your knowledge! I have learned for about engines in the last week than ever before. Also you have a fluid way of using words. When some people talk I get tired. No so here. Thanks again
Never dull, Never boring!!! Thanks for the great info!! Love specs!!!
I'm glad I'm not the only one thats got a pack rats nest of used parts sitting in a shed. I've got tons of Fordson parts here. My Mom was looking a few years ago she said why did I have piles of odd tires with no match. I picked them up when I saw them, but over the years I picked up enough tractors with odds on. I've matched sets and used them now, I guess i just got lucky and with other stuff to that was missing when i got tractors cheap like drawbars and 3 point hitch stuff that I had piles of it in stock !.
What you are doing with those parts is fine, I've had some old low revving diesels I just went through found the best of the used parts, thrown new bearings on the crank and rings in decent sleeves and thrown them together as it wasn't a million$ rebuild project, As far as I know the ones I don't own are all still running or something else expensive was the reason they got parked when it went wrong.
If it was a newer motor in a big cat or other machine it would be done to specs and perfect. Some of this old stuff just isn't worth big time and money or finding NOS parts over a few years, if a guy just wants it to run and drive a few hours a week, or run it at shows 4 times a year. Thanks for the video take care.
Squatch, I'm enjoying the spec checking/fit up series. These are important steps that most others just gloss over or just don't do at all. Nice to see them done.
I liked that 'NEXT TIME! Toby, old pal, sweat it not. If something is to be done right and you're showing everybody how to put a jigsaw puzzle together from multiple boxes, it'll get VERY interesting! And VERY complicated! And downright jaw dropping. So carry on. selling and swapping parts and plundering is good for the soul, among other things. And you make your own luck as witnessed by all the spare parts. We'll be here, Pal. And I can't read a micrometer but I'm not sweating it as long and you and Pop can. Hi to SEnior likewise!
You're not the first to run out of NOS parts. I'd check dimensions on parts fresh out of the factory packaging. It's amazing how close they can be on used parts from multiple sources. A testament to a time when "overbuilt" was the accepted standard.
It's always a shed. The place where all the for-the-moment-leftover-parts are. Good to have in the future. The Newer Throw Away Anything philosophy apply!
When I bought my house I noticed it was a shed in the corner of the property. What a relief!
All your videos are enjoyable
Little treasure trove you have stashed away in that shed. I love the attention to detail even with the crates. If a guy found that stuff 40 years from now, they would probably mistake those crates for a bunch of NOS parts. Great news for the pistons, and look forward to the next video.... And thanks again for the cliffhanger. "Always leave them wanting more".........
Your dark storage shed and its treasures, reminded me of the warehouse in the closing scene of Raiders of the Lost Ark, only yours is much better :) That treasure is not just old iron, it's old gold...
Paul Hammond and everything is nice and neatly arranged; it’s great!
Okay now I feel like I'm watching Lifetime Movie Network the drama the suspense
Just like the old times, leave them with a cliff hanger. Keep them coming back for more. 😊
Cheers
Nope, you are a lawyer-like mechanic. When I start on my Ford 352 big block rebuild, the info you've detailed will be priceless. Thanks for getting into the weeds. I, for one, appreciate it. You are explaining everything I need to know to do a good job.
Really enjoyed this. As an engine rebuilder in a previous life it's just so good to see someone doing it properly.
Nope, didn't scream put it together. I like the details as it helps understand the work being performed.
Precision is what originally made these Cat engines run well in the past, and Precision is what will keep this one running on this re-build, nothing at all wrong with this.
Thank you for the video.This being near Halloween I expected a Piston Monster to come out! Looks like it did!
Squatch I learn so much from your videos. To the point I do some tech support for some of my buddies. A good mechanic with a machinist ability is a rare find but you are one my friend. Keep up the good work and I'll always be back!!!
"Next Time" That's just wrong! Well done, I've really enjoyed the whole series!
NEVER dull and boring - love it as it is!
I always admire a man who could open up a parts store with his own collection 👍🏻 very nice stash of parts
I appreciate the details on the tolerances. I have seen a lot of guys slap engines together only to have them fail in short order because they didn't bother to take the time and check tolerances.
Incredible attention to detail! Not boring at all, great upload Squatch253
Love the videography used for entering the dark shed. Great planning!
Someday there is going to be one heck of an estate sale of your stash abut sadly, much of those treasures may be scrapped.
@@squatch253 ...and they are restoring those cars we thought were worthless. The Chevy Square body trucks are of course a hot item and now Ford and Chevy trucks of the 1990's and early 2000's are becoming a thing. I think it is about what was around during a person's childhood like you said. Cars and trucks from the 1970's that were around when my dad was in his 30's and 40's he considered worthless but I saw their classic potential as a teenager.
An ADHD attention to detail, lovin it.
BTW, I really enjoy all the details you're sharing. This information, and the line of reasoning, behind it is gold.
You may be able to get the pistons with worn ring lands thermo-sprayed ( metallized) & re-cut back to spec...something to investigate before disposing of them. I've had them done many times on larger natural gas reciprocation compressor pistons & they work just fine.
Those old pistons, it is worth checking with military surplus stores. They might have this sort of hardware, as the military used a range of engines.
Much to be learned watching how you record and store stock and your record keeping.
Precision assembling is what they call that well done
Next time, you dog you. I am willing to bet Rick's parts room doesn't look as neat. Little old number Ten looking for some love.
Learning a lot. Thanks for taking the time to film this. I just bet some university shop class is going to pick this up and use it to teach students. I see people resurrect old cars and reuse pistons probably in worse shape comparably. The cat probably won't be run a whole lot of hours and will turn much slower than a resurrected car engine. Looking forward to more.
A box full of parts show up. Christmas time in the shop !
Lucky you found some basically exact match pistons. I doubt the way you use and care for your machines those multi piece pistons will ever come apart.
I can't wait to see the machine run again.
Squatch 253... no need to tell you that you have OCD, you wear it as a badge of honor and rightly so, It took me a while but not really so much while... to appreciate the mine of knowledge here. I only wish I had done the same thing with one exception, I have one arm and leg working so those parts if mine would of been put away for good as I am, I can't pack water anymore. It hurts me in my mind. These are your Lamborghinis and corvettes or thing of beauty. If I had know about you just a few short years ago, I would of sent message to you that my brother who past in april this year (70) had property that he wanted clean to sell. It had cat parts enough that you would of brought your semi up to get them. There was a small total of them but most were thirties and forties... I know nothing newer than fifty two cause that was the year that Snuffy went to jail for growing pot and never accumulated any more and after he got out, he just wasn't the same guy who went away. That was my brothers father in law and when he got the property, he didn't gather anymore nor did he get rid of any as we can't just take stuff to the scrap yards as there just are not many of them and they are full of old irn but not the good iron. Most of the stuff here ran but this was the place that.... I have to explain, we don't have counties, we have boughors and they when they got rid of stuff hauled it here.Even I wasn't at the time allowed to just come and get but when he decided to haul thi off, it was because they had a ship here and we (state) hauled everything there. I know of a couple of fours that were used as yard art when you came here and you drove by them. They were complete and did run to where they were parked. Most were heavily repaired stuff but cheaper to buy new and bigger as life here in Alaska got bigger and better and the road system started connecting from fairbanks to the south central alaska. We brought everything by ship before that and that was very expensive.. as much as the piece you bought on some cases. So thats my story and I am sticking to it. It would of been free to you as he gave everything to scrapers to haul away and that took days with several semi's. About a week for just the area around the air strip. (small planes) I truly wish that it was yours instead of bullets being fired back at americans some place
I love watching the steps you take to ensure the best possible outcomes for your projects, keep up the good work Toby 👌👍
One has to love restoring old equipment to do this much to rebuild an engine. Next question is will it last another 50 years.
Am sure everyone watching this is just as interested about the tolerances as I am, find it amazing that these used parts are so closely matched says such a lot for caterpillars attention to detail in the production process 💪💪 I really liked those piston ring pliers never seen anything like them before if you had a spare minute would dearly like to know who makes them please 👍 superb video series 👍👍
There is discussion on the subject on at least one of this previous series. In the comments section. Cannot remember which episodes,so you get to back up the series I guess. So to speak. Enjoy.
Those details took me back to my college days as a mechanic! Stuff that I haven't used for years coming back to me!
And 'Next time'! Brilliant! :-)
Another cool vid, but that cliff hanger though... lol made me chuckle. If there's no new supply for new pistons maybe you could do a collaboration with
youtuber Olfoundryman. He has cast aluminium pistons before as well as other unobtainium aluminium parts. From his vids that I've seen he does good work, knows his craft, and has the setup to get it done. Give him the specs and I bet he could deliver some brand new pistons as good as any Cat made.
Whew!
The seemingly endless specs we’re ALMOST too much, but the methodology was enjoyable.
Nest time LOL you scoundrel. Keep the good news coming. I like that RR lantern.
Damn it! Another cliffhanger! I want to see what's in the box lol
Ahhhhhh! The suspense is killing me!
Good stuff and the explanations are superb. You’re edjumacating us which is a good thing. 👍 (Though I would appreciate a better look at your storage facility built out of two by sixes in the portable garage. Awesome use of space!)
Well done. Thank you for all of the hard work!
Good job Squatch you lucked up my friend finding those pistons that close plus they were already yours. My luck wouldn't have near as good. Keep the videos coming.
Great ending!
Awesome find on the pistons! Sir, it it not like you will be putting the D2 back into every day revenue service... Keep talking, I love learning new things.
Oh yeah.. can feel a build comming on! So stoked about it! Great content!
I hope he uses beer cans for shims
While I can’t duplicate the level of precision you put into these, I feel like the thought process I take away from your analysis will help me be just a little more precise on my next build (whatever that may be). Keep up the good work.
Ps... love the drama of the flashlight under the barn door before you came in. Very cinematic. 👍🏻
you made the same choice I would have
now now I didn't think all the spec talk was dull and boring ,, I would be way more leaning to it being Boring and dull , that is just me though😋
Good old RR lantern.
@@squatch253 thought so i have a couple myself. As an engineer now conductors joke they can lead me anywhere with a little white light. Sad but true.
Awesome, glad you were able to get some pistons! The only alternative if you couldn't source pistons (or any other part) would be to make them or have them made and that could get time consuming and or expensive.
Not sure if you know this or not but your 3J2219 D3400 tear down video with the beer can shims has an article on Bang Shift .com! You're basically a celebrity Squatch! I'm so glad that you had some usable pistons for 5J1113, it will be interesting to see how many serial numbers contribute parts to this machine by the time it's all said and done. I'm very excited to see what else besides piston pins came in the box! I LOVE NOS parts! I hope they're all slathered in cosmoline. Hope all is well there, my mom reports snow in Marquette.
I really like you giving the specs and where they need to be checked because I have a pretty big project coming up next with my caterpillar D2
That's why a man always has a secret stash.
Looks like Santaclaus' reindeer has dropped some new pistons on a test flyby.......we'll see!. 🤔
With sample pistons. A lot of racing piston manufacturers can make new forged pistons if the have a raw forging the correct size. There is also egge machine in Santa fe springs ca that still casts piston using antique tooling. LA sleeve could probably create the top cast iron fire groove to align in dies if egge has them. It might be really interesting since no replacement pistons are available. If a piston forging die could be created to hold the cast iron fire ring sections while an aluminum slug is slid thru it. It would probably need to be tee shaped during a preforging.but it could probably be done.
Or else contact a piston ring manufacturer out in the Los Angeles area and have thicker piston rings cut. Then have a talented machine shop recut the ring grooves over size to match the new thicker rings.
oh no! a teaser for next time! Somebody is learning bad habits from other channels.....luv it...
Love your videos, can’t wait till next one
Im not bored and screaming yet!
More suspense than the ending to the Soprano's!!
You're getting really good with the "To be continued ..." shtick :)
The scuffing on that second piston of the pair you didn't use looked like what I have heard of as "four corner scuffing". Yes, it's round so how can it have corners? If you connected the scuffed areas, you would have a square or rectangle which does have corners.
The way it was explained to me by an even more technical Cat guy than Squatch, is that it's caused by over heating. The areas closest to the wrist pin bores gets hot but with the mass of the boss, it doesn't expand. The expansion occurs just outside of there as happened on that piston.
Combine that with what he showed when cleaning the block, it makes sense. Plugged coolant passage to #4 and it overheats and it all ends in tears. And tears of metal. (That was wordplay with homophones, BTW)
Squatch253, giving hoarders a good name since 2019. :)
What a relief! I'm so glad to see you found some replacement pistons! On the last video I wanted to ask about the viability of new custom made pistons. But with a trip to the shed I could tell you had something up your sleeve! I can't imagine custom new would be cheap, but an option none the less. Have you ever had to go that route? I may have to venture down that road with my TD-14A due to cyl #1but I hope not.
Keep up the good work!
This ended in a cliffhanger!!
Anyway, I don't know the English expression for it, but what about the the facing edge in a used cylinder when the top ring is in t.d.c. Usually we remove that with a cutter if there are an edge. No problem with that?
@@squatch253 Stupid of me, Now I remember that!!
This is classic! You have replacement parts but they have different drawbacks and advantages. What shall I take? What is the best to use? It can take days to come to an conclusion.
Thumbs up. Thanks.