brake adjusting wrench

Wow, all this over a brake adjusting tool. Brent said it well as did a few others. One of the things I worry about when buying a car, not just model As is how many hack repairs have been done to save money. Sure not everyone can afford to throw money at model As like some do but doing a proper repair and having proper tools should be the goal. Losing Brattons as a supplier will have a lasting affect to the negative. I don't knock farmer fixes, people did what they had to do in the era of the car as everyday transportation. That was then, this is now. Using the proper brake adjusting tool allows you to find that detent. If you need a longer lever your adjusting wedge is jamming on the threads or the rollers or other parts need work. The wedge should rotate easily and snap from detent to detent.
 
Richard Knight said:
Losing Brattons as a supplier will have a lasting affect to the negative.
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It is a reflection of the waning hobby. Yes we lost 1 but their customers are now boosting the bottom line of the survivors. It's all about supply and demand - too many suppliers and not enough demand.
Blindly throwing aprox $30 at a tool that you can do the same job for $9 is not the way to keep people in the hobby. You don't need to buy a separate tool to turn the socket - you probably already own one. Spend the $20 you saved enjoying some time on the road for gas and ice cream. That's how the hobby will survive.
 
One of my favorite quotes:

"It's unwise to pay too much, but it's worse to pay too little. When
you pay too much, you lose a little money - that's all. When you pay
too little, you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you
bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do. The
common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a
lot - it can't be done. If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well
to add something for the risk you run, and if you do that you will
have enough to pay for something better."

John Ruskin

We all enjoy this hobby at different levels. I also collect vintage tools. I don't give a hoot if I ever use said tool...it makes me happy to have it. I didn't buy a Model A to save money or as an investment. It is my "old man" toy. If I ever run across an original brake tool, I'll probably take it home. Whether I use it or not, who cares?
 
4 pages and not one mention of the factory tool included with the car
 

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I answered my own question. “Some” of the tire irons included the brake adjustment wrench but not all. So not all Model As got the brake adjustment tool.
 
Brent said:

>>"Model-As today is in worse mechanical condition today than what they were 50+ years ago"

This was when Argentina was making repo stuff.
You could buy a whole boot/trunk load of parts for !00 bucks here.
Not fantastic quality tho.
Also, not much information was available to do things properly.
You will probably find this out if you buy a vehicle restored in the seventies.
 
Sometimes I buy something from one of the Model A Parts dealers when I could buy it cheaper at the auto parts, however we should try to help these dealers because they carry parts that one cannot get at the auto parts. Being able to order after hours and get it delivered to my door is usually worth more than the price of shipping.
 
Perry said:
Being able to order after hours and get it delivered to my door is usually worth more than the price of shipping.
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My thoughts exactly. At my age, my time is worth more than the price of shipping. The closest Model A Parts Store is 1 1/2 -2 hours away. Not to mention the price of gas...
 
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