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W New York | Nuday bought by OTC, bought by SPX, bought by Bosch. Each company kept the historic tool lines they purchased. The tools you have are probably for series in the 50”s, 60”s and 70’s as the components used were carried over quite a bit. I remember the axle nut wrench you might have used for many years. In early 80’s, Ford Tractor Operations started the “Service Excellence” program aimed at improving workshops. They wanted Dealers to clean up the shops, organize tools etc. at that time, OTC had their tool supply business and sold generic blue tool boards you could by to organize the tools. Probably you have one of those boards. In the 80’s the 10 Series came out and along came new tools as the transmissions got more complex and the old tools would not work, each series from there brought even more tools. The tool boards evolved to include a silhouette of the tool and the tool # on them. I don’t remember that happening before the 10 Series, but maybe I am wrong. If Bern reads this he will know. Deere was always more organized with tools that I remember with good boards and tool # stamping. Shortly after Ford started the Service Excellence program, Deere started something similar. If you met their criteria you got a boost in reimbursement rate of labor and parts for warranty claim repairs. Over 40 years later OEMs have very similar programs today.
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Old Ford Tractor guys......Service tools with questions
