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American made English wheel. They aren't produced any more.

Hey Gary is that EWheel aluminum? Iv'e seen you hanging out @ Metalmeet,Man those Swedes sure can do some amazing things with sheet metal !

Originally Posted by pro70z28

American made English wheel. They aren't produced any more.

English Wheel----I've seen some amazing stuff come off one of them Never tried one but would not hesatate if the oppertunity came along

Thats gotta be the most amazing creation I've seen..Its beautiful...

Stevie inspired me with his comment about rusty bolt removal, so this may be more than just "a" tool, rather a group of tools for similar situations.

In the attached picture on the right is the age old favorite that almost all of us have: the cold chisel and a bfh. I've seen newer chisels that have a handle on them I guess intended to protect the hand from a misaimed hammer blow, but I still have the old fashioned kind.

At the bottom of the picture is a nut splitter. Basically a chisel point and a screw to tighten it through the nut. These come in handy when there isn't room to swing the hammer or line up the chisel. You need enough room to fit it over the nut and to be able to get a wrench over the screw portion so it too has limitations.

Upper center is a 'bolt out", useful for bolt heads that have been rounded off. These have a spiral tooth configuration inside that is intended to bite into the rounded head so that you can turn the bolt out.

The other day I had to take a Model A trans off it's bell housing. One of the bolts had a rounded head and none of the above bolt outs was large enough to fit over the head. So I dug out the Blair Rotabroach kit on the left side of the picture. These are more intended for making nice, round holes in sheet metal, but the cutting heads are very tough and sharp, and with the use of a good cutting oil will cut a bolt head fairly easily. Just drill down slow and straight. I chose the cutter size to match the bolt shank, center punched the head, and basically machined away the head around the shank, then got the stud wrench and backed out the remaining portion of the bolt.

If you haven't used these rotabroaches they're a real delight for clean holes in sheet stock. And the smaller ones work for drilling out spot welds as well.

Uncle Bob you left out the most important tool of all when working on this rusted STUFF

Yeah Charlie, I thought about adding the plasma cutter to the mix as well....................but that might have seemed ostentatious.

You know you can scarf with a plasma cutter if you take your time

Here’s one for you guys. Ever try to get one of those quart squeeze bottles up in the transmission tunnel to top off the old 4 speed or rear end. Ever try to fill up a differential with the little pump that comes on the gallon jugs of gear lube.

This makes life a whole bunch easier. It’s called a suction or siphon
gun and is used for transferring fluids. There are a couple of ways to fill it, either stick the tube in the gear oil bottle and pull the handle back, or as I prefer, just pull the handle back, unscrew the end cap and pour the gear oil in and screw the cap back on. It holds about a pint, and really makes life easier (and cleaner), especially if you’re working on a car on jack stands.





Oil Suction Gun - Save on this Suction Gun at Harbor Freight

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I keep a few of those conical bottle tops hanging around, slide on a piece of 3/8" tubing. Squeeze it in.

Many years ago Fram used to give the the suction guns out to garages as a bonus for using their products - my last one finally died at about age 50 a couple years ago when the flexible snout broke off. These were used for the old bypass oil filters that were on many American cars though the '60s, at least on the 6 cyl engines. Next time I'm in Harbor Fright, gotta look at a replacement

Bob those are pretty cool. I've never seen a stripped bolt/nut socket set.

Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

Stevie inspired me with his comment about rusty bolt removal, so this may be more than just "a" tool, rather a group of tools for similar situations.

In the attached picture on the right is the age old favorite that almost all of us have: the cold chisel and a bfh. I've seen newer chisels that have a handle on them I guess intended to protect the hand from a misaimed hammer blow, but I still have the old fashioned kind.

At the bottom of the picture is a nut splitter. Basically a chisel point and a screw to tighten it through the nut. These come in handy when there isn't room to swing the hammer or line up the chisel. You need enough room to fit it over the nut and to be able to get a wrench over the screw portion so it too has limitations.

Upper center is a 'bolt out", useful for bolt heads that have been rounded off. These have a spiral tooth configuration inside that is intended to bite into the rounded head so that you can turn the bolt out.

The other day I had to take a Model A trans off it's bell housing. One of the bolts had a rounded head and none of the above bolt outs was large enough to fit over the head. So I dug out the Blair Rotabroach kit on the left side of the picture. These are more intended for making nice, round holes in sheet metal, but the cutting heads are very tough and sharp, and with the use of a good cutting oil will cut a bolt head fairly easily. Just drill down slow and straight. I chose the cutter size to match the bolt shank, center punched the head, and basically machined away the head around the shank, then got the stud wrench and backed out the remaining portion of the bolt.

If you haven't used these rotabroaches they're a real delight for clean holes in sheet stock. And the smaller ones work for drilling out spot welds as well.

Well since we'er diging up old tools ....How many of you remember these. Found this at an antique store and just couldn't leave without it. Used one like it MANY years ago

Originally Posted by cffisher

Well since we'er diging up old tools ....How many of you remember these. Found this at an antique store and just couldn't leave without it. Used one like it MANY years ago

Sure do recall that battery filler. We filled ours directly from the water faucet with the local "best" distilled water

Originally Posted by IC2

Sure do recall that battery filler. We filled ours directly from the water faucet with the local "best" distilled water

Same here! And one opening held the bulb filler thingy and the other side held a hydrometer!