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| | | | | Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 1,101 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 1,101 | Very interesting. I have seen a lot of old tools but had no idea they would/could test the wiper arm pressure. One more item I am going to be looking for at the flea market before it is lost to history. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 1,361 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 1,361 | Dang! Another tool I didn’t know I needed. Good info.
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1951 3600 with Clark flatbed, T5, 4.10 rear
1970 340 Duster
1990 5.0 V8 Miata (1990 Mustang Gt Drivetrain)
1964 CJ5
| | | | | Joined: Nov 2021 Posts: 1,258 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2021 Posts: 1,258 | I could make a killing with that thing. Little advertising on FB and I am sure there would be 100's of idiots rolling in to have their WP pressure tested. I can upsell blinker fluid, muffler bearings, etc. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 4,095 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 4,095 |
Ron, The Computer Greek I love therefore I am.1954 3100 Chevy truckIn the Gallery 2017 Buick Encore See more pix1960 MGA Roadster Sold 7/18/2017
| | | | | Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,024 Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums | | Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,024 | It's like a scale to find fat fleas.  There was lots of cool old stuff back then. Similar to fan belt tension gauges.
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truckFollow this saga in Project JournalPhotos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2019 Posts: 2,242 Herder of Cats, Goats, and Sheep (moderator) | | Herder of Cats, Goats, and Sheep (moderator) Joined: Jan 2019 Posts: 2,242 | That is actually really cool. I feel like I need one now. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,272 Renaissance Man | | Renaissance Man Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,272 | It would be a cool tool to test the aftermarket wiper arm against a stock wiper arm. My impression has been the the replacement arms come with a way too beefy of a spring. That gizmo would confirm or disprove that assumption.
1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 250 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 250 | A fish scale might work too. | | | | | Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,591 Moderator | | Moderator Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,591 |
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1967 GMC 9500 Fire Ladder Truck"The Flag Pole"In the Stovebolt Gallery1946 2-Ton grain truck 1946 3/4-ton pickup, 1953 1-ton pickup 1957 1-ton flatbed dually, 1954 Pontiac Straight Eight Of all the things I've lost in my life, I miss my mind the most! | | | | | Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 4,472 AD Addict & Tinkerer | | AD Addict & Tinkerer Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 4,472 | I used the belt tensioning tool allot checking the tension on ventilation fans with multiple belts, at the power plant during my career.
I also have a couple of the fish gauges. They are used for threading on a lathe. They help to grind perfect 60° threading tools, set the tool perpendicular to the piece threaded in the lathe and give dimensions for the depth of thread for a particular thread count. Kind of like a carpenters square for machinist.
Phil Moderator, The Engine Shop, Interiors and Project Journals1952 Chevrolet 3100, Three on the Tree, 4:11 torque tube Updated to: ‘59 235 w/hydraulic lifters, 12v w/alternator, HEI, PCV and Power front Disc BrakesProject JournalsStovebolt Gallery Forum | | | | | Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 720 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 720 | I wish we had this for big aircraft, using a push/pull gage while hanging out the side window with one toe hooked under the pilots seat is getting old!
I do have a belt tension gage, for my Harleys drive belt. Wrong tension and they eat themselves and the pulleys, gets expendy!
1956 GMC 370 dump " 'Tater "1970 VW Volksrod "the Black Bomber" 2007 Chevy Avalanche 2020 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk, 2005 Harley Davidson FLHTCUI I dig all cars, old and new, whether they were hammered out of American iron, German steel, or Japanese tin cans. Being unable to appreciate them all is missing out on a world of great things.
But thats just MY opinion! :P
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