What is it? Set 477

Nope, it's a distributor wrench..

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Flight case for a golf bag and clubs.

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woodchucker
2773 2774 Golf club mailer / airplane shipper?? 2775 Water shut off / turn on wrench. 2776 2777 Part of a coffee grinder?? 2778 All I can f> This week's set has been posted:
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Noooo.... 10mm om most small foriegn cars, 7/16 or 1/2" on most older domestic models. 10mm or 12mm on most modern metricized US cars.

And I guess you haven't worked on many different cars. The brake bleeder fitting is often stuck up around where a control arm connects, or is hidden in a stiffening pocket in the brake dust cover. A lot of them are not easy to get to, at all!

LLoyd

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Thanks for telling me that you know my life better than I know it. Hey, what did I have for breakfast?

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Noooo.... 10mm om most small foriegn cars, 7/16 or 1/2" on most older domestic models. 10mm or 12mm on most modern metricized US cars.

And I guess you haven't worked on many different cars. The brake bleeder fitting is often stuck up around where a control arm connects, or is hidden in a stiffening pocket in the brake dust cover. A lot of them are not easy to get to, at all!

LLoyd

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crow. LLoyd

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Lloyd E. Sponenburgh

2778: I _thought_ it looked awfully familiar... Now I remember. It was used for marking thin sheets manufactured from wood pulp. I used to own one!
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j Burns

Still looks like a distributor wrench, to me.

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2778: I _thought_ it looked awfully familiar... Now I remember. It was used for marking thin sheets manufactured from wood pulp. I used to own one!
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Stormin Mormon

I'm going to go with this answer for now, I haven't been able to find another one just like it on the web. The rest of the answers for this week can be seen here:

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Thanks to everyone who answered the two unidentified items this week.

Rob

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Rob H.

I thought it might be a distributor wrench, but when I enlarged it I noticed the pocket clip, just like mine!

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j Burns

With 12 points and 2 boxes, it must have been made for situations where it could be turned only 15 degrees or so. I'm trying to imagine something with 5/8" screw heads and so little room to turn a wrench several inches above.

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j Burns

Since I haven't been able to find one like it on the web, I just changed my answer to:

"Haven't been able to verify any of the guesses yet for this wrench"

Hopefully we'll be able to nail it down in the near future.

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Rob H.

I just sent Thorsen Tool Co. an email asking about the wrench, with any luck they will provide the answer.

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Rob H.

I think thats a good call... I've been working on cars since the 60's, and never recall seeing a distributor hold down bolt that large.

I bet it turns out to some special application wrench... will be interesting to see what Thorsen says!

Erik

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Oh, man, weisenheimers. Yuk, yuk, yuk.

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I thought it might be a distributor wrench, but when I enlarged it I noticed the pocket clip, just like mine!

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Stormin Mormon

It looks like they are canted at an equal but opposite angle in addition to the 90 degree bend. Perhaps for mirror obstacles on both sides of an engine or machine.

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aasberry

"Rob H." scribbled:

could it be a spark plug wrench. spark plugs are 5/8"

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usablevirus

I like the image of a hexagon in a well, like some spark plugs! There must have been a need for spark plugs or fasteners in wells before they had socket sets. A wrench like the mystery item would have been the solution.

It reminds me of situations with a 3/8" ratchet and a 6" extension where I switched to a ratchet with smaller teeth because I couldn't move the handle very far at all. The alternative would have been a wrench like the mystery item, with two 12-point boxes. Once the fastener was untorqued, a tool to spin it out would have been a lot quicker.

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j Burns

Correction: socket sets wouldn't have made this wrench obsolete. Until ratchet drives had enough teeth and little enough backlash to click on a

15-degree swing, a wrench like this may sometimes have been necessary.

My usual ratchet seems to have 44 teeth. Because of backlash, it takes about 15 degrees to get a click. I switch ratchets when I don't have room or 15 degrees.

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j Burns

I've found something similar.

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Fourth item from the bottom. It has only one box, so you'd need room to swing the handle 30 degrees.

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Fig. 93 shows a Cornwell [BW]94 5/8 specialty box wrench for starter motor applications, stamped "11 Cornwell" and "94" on the shank.

The overall length is 10.2 inches, and the finish is plain steel, with extensive pitting due to rust.

The Cornwell catalog 21A of 1941 provides our earliest catalog reference for this model, where it is listed as a BW94 starter motor wrench, recommended for Pontiac, Oldsmobile, and Chrysler applications. The catalog also notes its use for holding the eccentric bolt on 1939 Chevrolet steering systems.

The markings on this example suggest a mid 1930s origin, in particular the use of the "94" model number without the "BW" prefix, and the lack of a "USA" marking.

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