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Post by jakesrocks on Jul 19, 2012 23:03:03 GMT -5
Nope, Nope and nope, mostly
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Post by mohs on Jul 19, 2012 23:14:14 GMT -5
when was the last decade this tool was used?
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itsandbits
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Post by itsandbits on Jul 19, 2012 23:17:51 GMT -5
valve spring compresser to remove the valve retainers. I know I know clutching at straws but I know I've seen one and its driving me nuts cause I can usually get them.
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Post by jakesrocks on Jul 19, 2012 23:20:28 GMT -5
Ed, they're still used by people who work on these things.
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Post by jakesrocks on Jul 19, 2012 23:22:46 GMT -5
valve spring compresser to remove the valve retainers. I know I know clutching at straws but I know I've seen one and its driving me nuts cause I can usually get them. Getting hot. :cheesy: :cheesy:
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itsandbits
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Post by itsandbits on Jul 19, 2012 23:29:27 GMT -5
brake spring installation tool TADA!!!!!!
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Post by jakesrocks on Jul 19, 2012 23:39:57 GMT -5
Nope.
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Post by jakesrocks on Jul 19, 2012 23:42:27 GMT -5
I'll give another hint. It would have been originally used from Oct. 1927 thru late 1933. But for people working in a certain hobby, they're still used today.
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Post by manofglass on Jul 20, 2012 0:01:46 GMT -5
a camshaft for a windmill walt
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Post by jakesrocks on Jul 20, 2012 0:06:52 GMT -5
What does Walt's crank have to do with it ? Nope.
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Post by jakesrocks on Jul 20, 2012 0:37:41 GMT -5
So far, only one person has entered the ball park. I've seen 2 related words by 2 people. I know we have a few members older than me. (Very few), and thought by now that one of them would have jumped in with the answer.
New hint. --- Think Ford 4 cylinder Models A, B & C engines.
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Post by jakesrocks on Jul 20, 2012 0:41:29 GMT -5
Good thing I don't have a certain part from my first car to confuse you with. Ford only used the part for 6 months.
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Post by NatureNut on Jul 20, 2012 0:53:03 GMT -5
The hand crank?
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Post by susand24224 on Jul 20, 2012 0:53:45 GMT -5
Did it start the darn thing? I.e., a "key" of sorts?
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Post by jakesrocks on Jul 20, 2012 1:09:30 GMT -5
Nope and Nope.
Going to bed. I'll check first thing in the morning to see if we have a winner.
Last hint for tonight. It's a tool.
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Post by helens on Jul 20, 2012 5:01:32 GMT -5
What a fun contest!
Based on your hints, I'm going to guess an old Ford prybar.
2 guesses for use, a prybar used for changing something with fluid, because the angular shape of the twist, so whatever fluid could run off it to the side without soaking your hand as you use it, or to pop up something round that fits like a ball joint into a socket, because that U would give great leverage once the head was wedged into something rounded, and you can just push the straight end down to pry the other end up.
Hubby thought maybe the old Ford hoods were very heavy, so this could help pry the hood up. I didn't think that was it tho. Other thought I had was to pry a solid rubber tire off of the wheel to break the seal.
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grayfingers
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Post by grayfingers on Jul 20, 2012 5:31:34 GMT -5
I'm guessing it's a Model A Valve Guide Tool. I'll have to look in my dad's old toolbox, I think I remember seeing a similar tool in there. He bought a T model from a farmer for $5 when he was 12. He had it fixed up by age 14. He home-built the cab on it.
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Post by helens on Jul 20, 2012 6:12:20 GMT -5
No fair! He googled!!! So I cheated and googled too... LOL! It's actually a: Model A valve guide knocker tool
By brand: Plomb Los Angeles Model A Ford Valve Guide Knocker Tool
or also called: Ford A & B Valve Guide Driver Tool
Oh... is that your dad Bill??
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grayfingers
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Post by grayfingers on Jul 20, 2012 6:17:27 GMT -5
Yeppers, that's my dad, Don. He drove it during the war years when he worked in Yellowstone Park as a fishing guide on the lake.
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Post by helens on Jul 20, 2012 6:21:26 GMT -5
If you go to the Edison Museum (Thomas Edison's old house) in Ft Meyers, he's got I think 4 of those Ford's in the garage, fully restored, that you can climb all over:).
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