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| 1.     | I      have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K and all reports on Form 10-D      required to be filed in respect of the period covered by this report on      Form 10-K of Caterpillar Financial Asset Trust 2008-A (the “Exchange Act      periodic reports”);                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
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| 2.     | Based      on my knowledge, the Exchange Act periodic reports, taken as a whole, do      not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a      material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the      circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with      respect to the period covered by this report;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
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| 3.     | Based      on my knowledge, all of the distribution, servicing and other information      required to be provided under Form 10-D for the period covered by this      report is included in the Exchange Act periodicreports;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
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| 4.     | Based      on my knowledge and the servicer compliance statements required in this      report under Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and except as disclosed in the      Exchange Act periodic reports, the servicer has fulfilled its obligations      under the servicing agreement in all material respects;  and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
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| 5.     | All      of the reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for      asset-backed securities and their related attestation reports on      assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed      securities required to be included in this report in accordance with Item      1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 have been      included as an exhibit to this report, except as otherwise disclosed in      this report.  Any material instances of noncompliance described      in such reports have been disclosed in this report on Form 10-K. |

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|         |                |                  By: | /s/      Steven R. Elsesser                                                |
|         |                |                                                                        | Steven      R. Elsesser                                                    |
| Dated:  | March      27, 2009 |                                                                        | Chief      Financial OfficerCaterpillar      Financial Funding Corporation |
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