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I'll have to see what my local dealer has to say about my Cat. At least in regards to parts, I already tried going to them once for a waterpump seal for this thing and they wanted $90... I ended up siliconing it after finding out that Cat was literally the only place that could get a seal that...
The SN is 7J8162SP. On the injection pump it says 7B1C40 and 19P4317 (I think both of those are only relevant to the injection pump). Between the transmission and the cable drums, a LeTourneau tag has "Power-" something and N11303 T4B- and fades out. On the front of the overhead cable frame...
I love this information and it would be great if you guys keep posting it! However, does anyone have suggestions or information relevant to the paint please?
It's sounding like a military cable blade is a big deal... Are they really that rare? It's even the manual angle blade and it comes with...
Here are a few pictures from after I got it going for the first time in over 10 years. I've done some cleaning on it since then.
Here's one of where it sat.
And here's the lettering I found too!
Also, anyone know where to post to try and find the history on this machine?
Hello folks! Long time no see...
Well, I recently picked up a 1942 Caterpillar D4 7J and I found out that it's apparently an old military unit. Underneath its numerous shades of yellow, it has fire red, and of course, olive drab (its SN is also indicative of possible military use). I had been...