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Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer)
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Been there- - - -done that!
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"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
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Good one Jerry. grin
I've gone through that progression as well. wink


Kevin
1951 Chevy 3100 work truck
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1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car)
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I have been known to just go to the last one and skip all the steps in between.
We called it the gas axe! Got pretty good at scarfing off big bolts, but don’t do it wearing frayed jeans, they tend to catch fire.

Don


1967 GMC 9500 Fire Ladder Truck
"The Flag Pole"
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1946 2-Ton grain truck
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1953 1-ton pickup
1957 1-ton flatbed dually,
1954 Pontiac Straight Eight
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Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer)
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We called it the "Victor Hot Wrench"- - - -works every time!


"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
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'Bolter
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That's my heat wrench. Before some idiot made it so I couldn't refill my big oxy/acetylene tanks I used it alot more. My plasma cutter is my go to now!


1941 Chevy YR 1.5 ton Dump Truck
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'Bolter
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I always called it my red and green wrench.


Brian
1955.2 3100 Truck
The older I get the more dangerous I am!!!!!
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Former Workshop Owner
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I've also heard it called the Blue Wrench.


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2006 GMC Envoy 4.2 I6
2023 Ram 2500/Cumins 6.7 I6
2010 Jeep Grand Cherokee (Wife’s)
2002 Silverado 2500 Gas 6.0
1941 Chevy 1/2-Ton
1942 Chevy 1.5-Ton SWB
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Don king we call it the gas axe downunder works a treat


57 3200 pickup 265 V8 with service tray
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In our plumbing shop it was the flame wrench


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I bought my Craftsman 2 stage smoke wrench set-up in my senior year of high school, that was in '74. I still have the same set and use it often, invaluable!


1957 Chevrolet 5700 LCF 283 SM420 2 speed rear, 1955 IH 300U T/A, 1978 Corvette 350 auto, 1978 Yamaha DT175, 1999 Harley Davidson Softail Fat Boy
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Originally Posted by 55shaker
I always called it my red and green wrench.
Could also be "The Red Green Wrench" Red Green should have found it handy!


1957 Chevrolet 5700 LCF 283 SM420 2 speed rear, 1955 IH 300U T/A, 1978 Corvette 350 auto, 1978 Yamaha DT175, 1999 Harley Davidson Softail Fat Boy
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Jerry - your picture is missing the 4 foot piece of pipe that slips over the end of the breaker bar. VERY useful for tightening carburetor screws!

Jon


Good carburetion is fuelish hot air
The most expensive carburetor is the wrong one you attempt to modify.
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