We are fans of your amazing job and the work you do! Exactly because of that, I would really like to ask you for some help. Me and a friend live in Brazil and we are currently restoring a Caterpillar D2, which we believe to be a 1947 model. Restoring it has been probably one of the greatest challenges in our lives. We have been using all of your videos as guidelines and for that we are truly thankful! Now the problem is that we have come across some difficulties finding parts for it. Unfortunately in our region these tractors had no more usefulness and therefore have become scrap and raw material to the iron industry... If you could perhaps give us a hand in telling us stores that work with parts for these babies we'd truly appreciate.
Bob Ross came to mind when you were describing how to patina the fender brackets. "Happy little scuff mark here, little crimson yellow there, and it doesn't need to look perfect!"
@@jamesthompson8008 Squatch has a calm personality that when reflected in whatever he's working on. I believe that is what takes his channel beyond informative into entertainment. Never owned a caterpillar myself
5J1113 is looking better all the time. I feel like 5J1113 is a part of the family. 😁👍 I can see 5J1113, in slow motion, running across an open field of dancing wheat like it was a kid again.
Oh boy, I really enjoy this restoration, as I was a little boy here on the island of Curaçao, in Caribean, my grand father had next to the D6, D9, he also had a D2, and you can imagine that every detail you go over this project I remember and recognize all but all the parts. Thank you so much to put persons like me revive your fantastic job on this D2, you are simply the best of the best, no other words to describe your work. Look ahead for the next episode.
Coming along great! The "patina replication" is one of my favorite things I have learned from the last few episodes. As you age, you start to appreciate the originals more and more. And if you can replicate patina, you're ahead of the game! Looking forward to the next (as I sit here on vacation)!
Now that the machine is coming back together, I see your wisdom of keep the patina intact. To look at it, you cannot imagine that every single part has be touched by a human hand, every assembly and sub assembly has been overhauled and most of the internal components have been replaced with NOS parts. Brilliant.
I started watching this entire series at work, with zero audio, captioning only, starting with the beer can engine take down. This is the first video Ive watched with audio. It's really weird actually hearing you, extremely weird, but you've got a great voice for audio.
Let’s do it right correct and proper, the Squatch way. CDO…….compulsive disorder obsessive…….they HAVE to be in order. We’re all in this boat together with our fearless professor Squatch!
I started watching this a couple weeks ago. Began with the videos in the 30’s. I have now gone back to #1 and am up to 7. I don’t have, am not going to get and will probably never work on a dozer. But these videos are informative, entertaining and make me want to get one…
Wasn't a fan of your "Patina Plan" but it's growing on me. Mainly because of the level of effort you have put into creating and maintaining patina. I may let you live after all ( : < ).
That slight (very quiet) 60hz humming sound around the D2 could be from nearby light fixture or other eletrical equipment thats starting to lose its main filter capacitor. If you have any fluorescent lights (even with LED bulbs) made around 1990-2000 they could have the notorious RIFA capacitor that could explode/start to burn.. lol this is a bit of a longshot from just some humm but is worth a check
40 years ago I had a fluorescent with a plastic diffuser enclosing it above my work bench. I went into the house for something and when in there the lights flickered. Upon returning to my garage I saw the light fixture had exploded. I was lucky to have not been standing there. I’ve learned to recognize the odor those old fixtures give off before failing. I’ve decided best to get rid of them.
@@squatch253 18:15 when the camera angle changes i can hear it the best, and some at 19:15. seems like the 60hz hum is loudest around the top of the right fender :D
@@squatch253 Like my dad always said "That is enough fuel to run ten M's" when he would trouble shoot an engine issue and started with the fuel system.
This build i find particularly interesting. For some reason the like-new control feel on an old looking machine really appeals to me. Be sure to record when others drive it.There will probably be some amazed looks
i've been watching this from the moment it was pulled into the shop to start the rebuild. I think i watched you pick up this tractor from alongside the house if this is the right one. what you have done so far is simply amazing. if you sandblasted it and painted it cat yellow you would swear it's a brand new, off the factory floor, tractor.
Wow, that’s a long fuel line to bend, at least you have a partial channel. I loved how you did the sooty flame, that made all the difference, what a nice repair.
Excellent repair of the fenders. I'd change only one thing, instead of a square corner on the graft pieces on the braces, i'd put a round one. To force the stresses to go around, not through, and crack as they usually do. Tho, in your case, since you don't abuse your machines, and treat the fairly, that's not likely to happen. :)
Can’t go wrong with a transformer mig. The control board in my old Hobart Handler 135 pooched. Bought an inverter welder to replace it. Nope don’t like it. Analog is best. It just works.
Yeah and when they did not put a grease. Fitting in it made trouble my d8 did not have grease fittings in the park brake and it had ceased up to get the mechanical part out that was a job
I'm on my fourth viewing of this video. It still amazes me how much time and effort you are putting into this Cat. I think we should start suggesting names for it. If his other one is The Iron Mistress then he should have a name for this one because he has put so much into it that it's like a personal thing. Of course my wife thinks I'm crazy for wanting to name our cars. She doesn't understand the attachment that forms between a man and his machine.
@@squatch253 Great!!! I am looking forward to hearing about it. I also suggested naming the Super M. I called the M my father had Emma. On a side note, I can't think about the song, Dragging the Line without wanting to watch your plow day videos again. The Super M sounded like it was just playing with that 3 bottom plow. Wish I could have been there.
Mustie1 on TH-cam has an old VW pickup. He has an interesting way to seal the vehicle preserving its patina. He coated it with wax made from melting toilet seals. The other way I have heart of uses a an oil spray. a thin coating of wax seems the better deal. It is great seeing the Plan coming together.
The fender mounting screws into the side cover. Are you going to use a non hardening sealer on the threads to stop any wash down water from getting into the steering brake housings
Obviously you have done your fair share of fixing others mistakes in sheet metal. The medium machinists hammer was used correctly in concert with the 15in adjustable wrench to move metal and hold metal in place[ yet another time the adjustable wrench backed up a controlled move of metal]. Well done, looks like it should without any heavy handed hammer marks, don't smash it, finesse it. Needed power applied (ever with heat, when needed), you explained it well. Great stuff as usual look forward to each and every episode... did you notice the Sr. Squatch sighting in the back ground? He moves pretty good for a young guy... glad to watch along.
I really like the weathering technique on the fenders. I thought that was the domain of modelers to get a really worn and beaten up look on these plastic kit models. A long while ago I made the AMT 1/25th scale DH8 model and made it look really used. I had seen one in an auction that had been jet washed clean of mud but it had a really weathered rusty and chipped look that I copied. It was a lot of work to get right. Somehow I don't think the acetylene technique is going to work well on plastic models!!! Looking fwd to seeing it move under its own power.
Question? On the top cover and side where the bots my hit clutch drum do you use sealant on threads to stop water from working in to trans and differential areas ? And lock washers or not ,,, because I’ve had lock washer let in water to threads and wick into cases , blocks and transmission/ differential!
Just thought, I have some hydraulic cylinders which I’m sure could be used for a pin press. I believe they were used for leveling bridge decks. They have connections for a remote power source. About 10 inch diameter by 14 inches long. I have 3 and could easily be talked out of 1 or more. I can easily be reached thru Kyle.
Personally I love the original look, as has been said, they are original only once. I’m 67 and would rather spend my time and energy getting another machine running to the point that when I am gone someone will see the potential in it and save it from scrap.
These where some decent fenders compared to a machine that might have spend most of it's life in the woods by towing logs. Usually the fenders on thus tractors are very bend and mangled up beyond any reasonable repair. Also nice camouflaging work with the paint and torch. If you ever find the other missing brace for the umbrella you really should mount one cause I can say that based on my practical experiences. A umbrella over a old tractor turning a very hot day is like having coolaid man at your disposal.
I've seen those umbrella poles on all different types of equipment. Is that optional equipment for most manufacturers, or was it a one-size-fits-all kit?
Hey squatch, what is your opinion on balancing the crankshaft when restoring an old tractor? Would it make a difference on the final "smoothnes" of the engine or are there enough vibrations from other assemblies that it wouldn't make a difference?
I was thinking Squatch, about the thickness and the metallurgy of the steel used on these old crawlers. They would have been prime candidates for the recycling in 1943. However, it would seem that Caterpillar and other farm implement builders did themselves a tremendous favor for themselves. They built their respective machines so robust and so well that farmers refused to part with their machine during the Scrap Drives during W.W. 2. Of course the farmers needed them to "feed" the nation and the troops, but farmers in my opinion tend to be a bit on the conservative side of things, AND YA JUST DON'T TOSS SOMETHING AWAY BECAUSE IT BROKE OR NEEDS TO BE RECYCLED. YOU FIX IT AND PUT IT BACK TO WORK. And that's why I think that there are soooo many survivors like 5J1113.....
Beginner welder here, is that straight MIG/MAG or gas less fluxcore you’re doing? Only ask because my teacher said don’t mig/mag outside because of the shielding gas blowing away.. Seems he was wrong if you’re using gas!
Mechanic Bob Ross, no damage just happy little witness marks
Fender bender 🤣
It reminded me that I still need to like the video👌🏻
We are fans of your amazing job and the work you do! Exactly because of that, I would really like to ask you for some help. Me and a friend live in Brazil and we are currently restoring a Caterpillar D2, which we believe to be a 1947 model. Restoring it has been probably one of the greatest challenges in our lives. We have been using all of your videos as guidelines and for that we are truly thankful! Now the problem is that we have come across some difficulties finding parts for it. Unfortunately in our region these tractors had no more usefulness and therefore have become scrap and raw material to the iron industry... If you could perhaps give us a hand in telling us stores that work with parts for these babies we'd truly appreciate.
Bob Ross came to mind when you were describing how to patina the fender brackets. "Happy little scuff mark here, little crimson yellow there, and it doesn't need to look perfect!"
@9:31 look look busy the boss is walking by!!!
Squatch Sr. Sighting @ 6:41 top left corner of the screen! Typical sighting, far away and not entirely in focus. Just adds to the mystery LOL
The welder, both the machine and you, really know how to lay the bead down. Nice sympathetic restoration.
Whenever he was blending in that paint and said "Whatever you feel like doing" I was waiting for "Happy little fender"
@Jason Stinson Haha -Bob Ross restorations is just about right here, huh?!
@@jamesthompson8008 Squatch has a calm personality that when reflected in whatever he's working on. I believe that is what takes his channel beyond informative into entertainment. Never owned a caterpillar myself
Love watchin panel beaters at work bendin stretchin teasing metal back to its original shape definitely a skill on its own 👌👍
5J1113 is looking better all the time. I feel like 5J1113 is a part of the family. 😁👍 I can see 5J1113, in slow motion, running across an open field of dancing wheat like it was a kid again.
I live in Northern Illinois I built a track press(Heavy Equipment Field Tech) If you have a way to get it your welcome to borrow it.
Oh boy, I really enjoy this restoration, as I was a little boy here on the island of Curaçao, in Caribean, my grand father had next to the D6, D9, he also had a D2, and you can imagine that every detail you go over this project I remember and recognize all but all the parts. Thank you so much to put persons like me revive your fantastic job on this D2, you are simply the best of the best, no other words to describe your work. Look ahead for the next episode.
Coming along great! The "patina replication" is one of my favorite things I have learned from the last few episodes. As you age, you start to appreciate the originals more and more. And if you can replicate patina, you're ahead of the game! Looking forward to the next (as I sit here on vacation)!
From the heat to the hammer I thought I was watching a Camarata repair video. Lol
The more I watch this D2 come together the more I want one for my self
"aaannd let's just put a scuff over here, yeah a happy little scuff lives right here! Just whatever you feel!"
Squatch had a Bob Ross moment!
Now that the machine is coming back together, I see your wisdom of keep the patina intact. To look at it, you cannot imagine that every single part has be touched by a human hand, every assembly and sub assembly has been overhauled and most of the internal components have been replaced with NOS parts. Brilliant.
I started watching this entire series at work, with zero audio, captioning only, starting with the beer can engine take down. This is the first video Ive watched with audio. It's really weird actually hearing you, extremely weird, but you've got a great voice for audio.
Fender bender... GROAN. I love it.
Man 5j1113 is coming Along beautifully! Amazing job on those fender’s Squatch!👌😎👍
I laughed a little too much at Senior walking Squatch style across the back of the scene at 9:33
Great work again, thanks for sharing, keep it coming 👍
You're the Bob Ross of vintage heavy machinery.
You’re the Bob Ross of Caterpillar restoration work :)
Adam Savage would be proud of your weathering techniques!
I was about to type the same thing, word for word.
Cool patina job on the fender braces
«good to see you back once again» .... what? Do I have to get dressed to watch these? You see me butt naked on my toilet?
Geez, thought I was watching a lost Bob Ross painting episode on PBS. I laughed! Have a good day.
Loved the pho-patina technique. 👍🏼
That angle on that left rod always gets my OCD going.
Nice work on the fenders.
Let’s do it right correct and proper, the Squatch way. CDO…….compulsive disorder obsessive…….they HAVE to be in order. We’re all in this boat together with our fearless professor Squatch!
You sir are the Bob Ross of caterpillar patina! Very nice 👌
Turns out making a tractor look like it is a mint used tractor is more work than just making it a mint tractor. 🙂
I really like the camo job you did hiding the repair, it looks great.
Pretty sure he channeled Bob Ross
She’s lookin amazing.
Good Video. I appreciate seeing the metal work
Nice job Squatch!
Fenders were Squatched,,,now they're cooler!!
I started watching this a couple weeks ago. Began with the videos in the 30’s. I have now gone back to #1 and am up to 7. I don’t have, am not going to get and will probably never work on a dozer. But these videos are informative, entertaining and make me want to get one…
Squatch, again a fantastic video on 5j1113, honestly if TH-cam had awards for documentaries you would win hands down
Way to channel your inner Bob Ross! Well done Squatch!
Wasn't a fan of your "Patina Plan" but it's growing on me. Mainly because of the level of effort you have put into creating and maintaining patina. I may let you live after all ( : < ).
make it look like it just came across the assembly line
13:20, that’s a niiiiiiiice bead.
That slight (very quiet) 60hz humming sound around the D2 could be from nearby light fixture or other eletrical equipment thats starting to lose its main filter capacitor.
If you have any fluorescent lights (even with LED bulbs) made around 1990-2000 they could have the notorious RIFA capacitor that could explode/start to burn..
lol this is a bit of a longshot from just some humm but is worth a check
40 years ago I had a fluorescent with a plastic diffuser enclosing it above my work bench. I went into the house for something and when in there the lights flickered. Upon returning to my garage I saw the light fixture had exploded. I was lucky to have not been standing there. I’ve learned to recognize the odor those old fixtures give off before failing. I’ve decided best to get rid of them.
@@oldamericaniron5767 blinking tubes heat up the ballast, i had few lights where the paint has burned off because of this
@@squatch253 18:15 when the camera angle changes i can hear it the best, and some at 19:15.
seems like the 60hz hum is loudest around the top of the right fender :D
Thanks for sharing. That looks like pretty large fuel line.
@@squatch253 Like my dad always said "That is enough fuel to run ten M's" when he would trouble shoot an engine issue and started with the fuel system.
Another enjoyable video update👍🏼Some nice metal working in this episode! You would have been very good at body work about 80 years ago!!
Wow, Bob Ross Would be proud of the patina!
One awesome job from start to almost finish, you definitely know what you are doing.
Wait for it... Wait for it... Waaaait... 24:05 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I always enjoy watching you work sir! Awesome as always!
Great work as usual. I like the umbrella holder.
This build i find particularly interesting. For some reason the like-new control feel on an old looking machine really appeals to me.
Be sure to record when others drive it.There will probably be some amazed looks
Excellent video the fenders turned out really good
The braces look like they been there since day one....nice job.
Fantastic video squatch253! 5j1113 is coming along great.
Man that patina is sooo cool.
i've been watching this from the moment it was pulled into the shop to start the rebuild. I think i watched you pick up this tractor from alongside the house if this is the right one. what you have done so far is simply amazing. if you sandblasted it and painted it cat yellow you would swear it's a brand new, off the factory floor, tractor.
Wow, that’s a long fuel line to bend, at least you have a partial channel. I loved how you did the sooty flame, that made all the difference, what a nice repair.
Boy Squatch it sure is shaping up and coming together.
Excellent repair of the fenders. I'd change only one thing, instead of a square corner on the graft pieces on the braces, i'd put a round one. To force the stresses to go around, not through, and crack as they usually do. Tho, in your case, since you don't abuse your machines, and treat the fairly, that's not likely to happen. :)
Thank you for the video.
I'm curious as to how much those track pads weigh? Wonder how much a complete chain and pad setup weighs.
good sounding arc on that mig setup.
Can’t go wrong with a transformer mig. The control board in my old Hobart Handler 135 pooched. Bought an inverter welder to replace it. Nope don’t like it. Analog is best. It just works.
Yeah and when they did not put a grease. Fitting in it made trouble my d8 did not have grease fittings in the park brake and it had ceased up to get the mechanical part out that was a job
It's beautiful, I love it
Threw in the dad joke at the end. Lol.
I'm on my fourth viewing of this video. It still amazes me how much time and effort you are putting into this Cat. I think we should start suggesting names for it. If his other one is The Iron Mistress then he should have a name for this one because he has put so much into it that it's like a personal thing. Of course my wife thinks I'm crazy for wanting to name our cars. She doesn't understand the attachment that forms between a man and his machine.
@@squatch253 Great!!! I am looking forward to hearing about it. I also suggested naming the Super M. I called the M my father had Emma. On a side note, I can't think about the song, Dragging the Line without wanting to watch your plow day videos again. The Super M sounded like it was just playing with that 3 bottom plow. Wish I could have been there.
Nice work on the fenders!
Mustie1 on TH-cam has an old VW pickup. He has an interesting way to seal the vehicle preserving its patina. He coated it with wax made from melting toilet seals. The other way I have heart of uses a an oil spray. a thin coating of wax seems the better deal. It is great seeing the Plan coming together.
The fender mounting screws into the side cover. Are you going to use a non hardening sealer on the threads to stop any wash down water from getting into the steering brake housings
Thank you for posting
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It's starting to look like a Caterpiggle again! Yay!
Obviously you have done your fair share of fixing others mistakes in sheet metal. The medium machinists hammer was used correctly in concert with the 15in adjustable wrench to move metal and hold metal in place[ yet another time the adjustable wrench backed up a controlled move of metal]. Well done, looks like it should without any heavy handed hammer marks, don't smash it, finesse it. Needed power applied (ever with heat, when needed), you explained it well. Great stuff as usual look forward to each and every episode... did you notice the Sr. Squatch sighting in the back ground? He moves pretty good for a young guy... glad to watch along.
I thought I was watching Bob Ross for a moment .
Super episode Toby!
I really like the weathering technique on the fenders. I thought that was the domain of modelers to get a really worn and beaten up look on these plastic kit models. A long while ago I made the AMT 1/25th scale DH8 model and made it look really used. I had seen one in an auction that had been jet washed clean of mud but it had a really weathered rusty and chipped look that I copied. It was a lot of work to get right. Somehow I don't think the acetylene technique is going to work well on plastic models!!! Looking fwd to seeing it move under its own power.
You could have bevelled the bottom edges with a grinder of those weld in fillers so the weld would fill in & wouldn't stand out as much.
Question? On the top cover and side where the bots my hit clutch drum do you use sealant on threads to stop water from working in to trans and differential areas ? And lock washers or not ,,, because I’ve had lock washer let in water to threads and wick into cases , blocks and transmission/ differential!
I'm gonna have to remember that acetylene flame trick
Don't butt metal right up but leave a 1/32nd gap for metal to flow into and you will have a much stronger weld.
@@squatch253 perfect!
Just thought, I have some hydraulic cylinders which I’m sure could be used for a pin press. I believe they were used for leveling bridge decks. They have connections for a remote power source. About 10 inch diameter by 14 inches long. I have 3 and could easily be talked out of 1 or more. I can easily be reached thru Kyle.
Awesome job 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Hey love the videos, would be interesting to see how you keep track of parts and bolts over time cheers
Starting to come together now!
Personally I love the original look, as has been said, they are original only once. I’m 67 and would rather spend my time and energy getting another machine running to the point that when I am gone someone will see the potential in it and save it from scrap.
If nothing else you're saved a heap on paint , and prep time
Video titled, Are we farming in 1975 or 2022 by PNW Hillside Farmer has a demonstration with a D5 Cat.
These where some decent fenders compared to a machine that might have spend most of it's life in the woods by towing logs. Usually the fenders on thus tractors are very bend and mangled up beyond any reasonable repair. Also nice camouflaging work with the paint and torch. If you ever find the other missing brace for the umbrella you really should mount one cause I can say that based on my practical experiences. A umbrella over a old tractor turning a very hot day is like having coolaid man at your disposal.
I'm sort of torn between patina and a nice thick Cat Yellow paint job. But, it's not mine.
I've seen those umbrella poles on all different types of equipment. Is that optional equipment for most manufacturers, or was it a one-size-fits-all kit?
Some of both. Some manufacturers had their own factory ones, but you could also buy generic ones almost anywhere.
I use two hammers, one either side of the plate .
Hey squatch, what is your opinion on balancing the crankshaft when restoring an old tractor? Would it make a difference on the final "smoothnes" of the engine or are there enough vibrations from other assemblies that it wouldn't make a difference?
@@squatch253 Thanks man, preciate the answer
I can unstand your keep it looking that way, but that Cat, if I owned it have factory fress paint job
I was thinking Squatch, about the thickness and the metallurgy of the steel used on these old crawlers. They would have been prime candidates for the recycling in 1943. However, it would seem that Caterpillar and other farm implement builders did themselves a tremendous favor for themselves. They built their respective machines so robust and so well that farmers refused to part with their machine during the Scrap Drives during W.W. 2.
Of course the farmers needed them to "feed" the nation and the troops, but farmers in my opinion tend to be a bit on the conservative side of things, AND YA JUST DON'T TOSS SOMETHING AWAY BECAUSE IT BROKE OR NEEDS TO BE RECYCLED. YOU FIX IT AND PUT IT BACK TO WORK. And that's why I think that there are soooo many survivors like 5J1113.....
Nice video 😁👍
Looks good!
Good video good content
Beginner welder here, is that straight MIG/MAG or gas less fluxcore you’re doing? Only ask because my teacher said don’t mig/mag outside because of the shielding gas blowing away.. Seems he was wrong if you’re using gas!
Thanks, that all makes sense! Always learning from you..