Early Caterpillar Air Cleaner Tops

Cat did not make pre-cleaners. Most were probably installed at the dealers. There were several different styles and makers. Donaldson was a popular brand.

And what about the "duck bill" Wally? What is the interest in them, if any? It just struck me that possibly we could add that to the Club store if no one else is making them. I saw only one new one since I have been collecting other than those already installed on a tractor.

JanM

The Attachments Parts Catalog for the Sixty, form 3098, shows this precleaner:

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Cat did not make pre-cleaners. Most were probably installed at the dealers. There were several different styles and makers. Donaldson was a popular brand.

So i guess alot of Cat customers ordered them without the pre cleaner/top during that period?.Are the pre cleaners with the glass jar correct for the early Cats?

I believe they came out on the diesels. I have not seen them in any of the parts books for the early gas tractors. They will fit on the gas tractors ( 10,15 22 ) and I have seen them with this type of pre-cleaner.

Wally,

I don't mean to contradict here, but this is a Duck Bill type pre-cleaner out of the parts catalog for Caterpillar Tractor Attachments (TEN and FIFTEEN)
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It's not shown in the standard TEN Parts Book. But this book shows all the options available for the TEN and FIFTEEN. There was no glass pre-cleaner listed.

Respectfully,

Pat

Wally,

I don't mean to contradict here, but this is a Duck Bill type pre-cleaner out of the parts catalog for Caterpillar Tractor Attachments (TEN and FIFTEEN)
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It's not shown in the standard TEN Parts Book. But this book shows all the options available for the TEN and FIFTEEN. There was no glass pre-cleaner listed.

Respectfully,

Pat

Pat,

I believe Wally is saying that he has "seen them with this type of pre-cleaner" but that they would not necessarily be "correct." Both my FIFTEEN and TWENTY have the glass type for lack of anything else to mount. They are not "correct" but do the job. This is the reason I asked about interest in the duck bill being reproduced.

JanM