I don't think it matters that you post photos of that one here, but you'll absolutely get some praise on ACMOC/ACME. I'd love to see more photos of it.
I don't even think you know what you have there, as far as a find. That D2 is likely in pristine shape if those track pads are any indication of its use from when it was new. Its very likely that upon measuring(only real way to determine this)the undercarriage that its got very little wear, and is original since new. This appears to be a very nice 1 owner, low hour, kept under a roof, unrestored original D2 5U series, wide gauge, looking at the track pads again. Center of track to center of track will tell you, also the serial number tag which should be on the back side, lower left or around there, and on the engine block, left side.
I would imagine, with some fluid changes, careful cleaning, lubricating per the lube chart, that would be of high interest to collector given the condition, plus you have the light kit, battery box, rear work like, wonder if it has a PTO kit on it too ? Has a hydraulic reservoir on the front, maybe a rear pto drive pump on the back ?
One of the things common with these when sitting idle outside is the steering clutch packs bonding together from moisture, hard to free up and requires a substantial tear down if you cannot get them to unseize. Its very likely you may not have that problem.
Being set up for Ag work, likely it never saw a dozer kit, I don't see any trunions on the track frames, it may have the smaller idlers on the track frames for easier steering when doing ag/drawbar work.
One thing to be highly cognizant of on these caterpillar tractors with starting engines is the care of the starting engine itself. Some of these were notorious to have carburetors that for some reason will leak gasoline down into the starting engine crank case and thin/contaminate the oil, which will cause it to fail and require major work, its good practice to keep the oil clean, changed what have you, turn that fuel sediment bowl valve off once the diesel fires, and run it out of fuel. I'm not that familiar with these on D2's, but I've experienced it on D7's and have heard of it one D4's which have the same or similar starting engine arrangement. I always mention this to new caterpillar owners, of tractors from that era, because this old knowledge is becoming forgotten, absolutely imperative you take care of that starting engine, gas thinned oil will cause a catastrophic failure, not something you want on such a great find. Another thing worth mentioning, is while the starting engine is running, if the diesel is not spinning, there is no coolant circulating to the starting engine, so while I am NOT sure if the D2 is like that, apples and oranges here LOL, my D7's are and if you run the starting engine too long without spinning the diesel, you will overheat the starting engine.
With such a nice find, I'd go over it thoroughly before attempting to start it, service, lube, clean and check the oil bath air filters, pre-cleaners, and see if the diesel fuel system, like the injector pump and related components need to be checked over, lubed, checked to see they operate like say the rack, just hinting around about what you may want to consider, all likely once looked over, it will fire right up, just such a nice specimen of the last series of D2's that Caterpillar built, thats an awesome find and I can almost guarantee if you post that on ACMOC or ACME, it will get a lot of attention, I'd love to own one like that for that price, that gentlemen gave you a very nice deal given its condition and some of the extras on it, awesome little tractor with lots of collectible interest.
As a side note, D2 undercarriage wear parts, tracks etc., are no longer offered aftermarket, so you have to find good used or convert to D3 which is some extra work, its been done and posted on ACMOC some years back, with one in this condition, you'll never even have to consider it, has to be one of the cleanest, straightest, complete and most original paint intact I have ever seen, which may or may not mean much, but it reminds me of ones used inside on factory floors with the rubber blocks on the pads, never saw a drop of rain, or military surplus with very low hours, unused, my D7 is like that with 1000 original hours or so.
Always pays to see what else a seller has tucked away and might part with, this was well worth your time hope to see and hear more about it !
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