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The pictured stand is the later Ford aluminum engine stand which uses a splined shank on the adapters. You can search on www.fordtoolcollector.com. I have uploaded most of the K.R. Wilson catalogs including the 1940 issue. There should be a picture of it. I believe though that the B engine 4...

When were the round slotted coil nuts used on coils and was a tool other than a slotted screwdriver used to drive them?

Tom Endy, Some years ago a friend of mine who tore down his rear end and trans to replace the clutch decided to also replace the throw out bearing when he did the clutch. Was he upset, because the new throw out bearing holed. He tore apart and put back the old bearing. After returning from a...

Razkid, I have most of the Barrett brake manuals for the various Barrett pieces of equipment. Just tell me what manuals you want and I will email the manual pages. Harry Barrett's quality produced are a keen interest of mine. The B500 was later equipped also with a rotor turning attachment when...

There was a pair of these this year on EBay and they sold for big bucks as I remember, $70 or $80.00. Tobrin was a company in Connecticut as I remember and they were the forerunner of the Perfect hand tool company. Tool with wooden handles. They are rare indeed.

I do know from watching T blocks fitted with valve inserts that they can come close to hitting the intake and exhaust ports so it is recommended that you reduce the thickness on the inserts you might use in a T block.

I use a K.O. Lee valve seat cutter on Model A engines. I check the finished diameters and use the stainless seats sold by Brattons or Snyders. The valve seats come in about .005 oversize to what my K.O. Lee cutter finishes at so I polish the seats for a .003 diameter press fit. Throw them in the...

What everyone states here is true. I attended a high school which had a woodshop, electric shop, machine shop, and an automotive shop. 10 years after I graduated no more shops and the school became a college prep school. I retired in 2017, but continued working part time because tool makers are...

Rick Black, I watched several times in the video where a long jig is levered down into the block and a workmen with two ladles leans over the jig and makes three pours of the liquid babbitt. How quick could it have solidified? Would have like to have seen how they align bored the mains and if...

Whats the reason that these two items are not available from any of the Model A parts vendors. Everyone says out of stock.

My Avatar photo has that tool pictured. It was made by Rinck-McKilwaine of New York. You can usually find them hunting on EBay for Rimac tool or nail puller.

Those are a mix of Storm Vulcan main bearing molds and Kwik Way molds.

Dennis Bensavage has nice copies of the K.O. Lee seat cutter instructions. He is on ebay. The K.O. Lee seat cutter sets come two ways. One with a hand cranked spindle cutting arbor and a set which has a motorized slow rpm driver. I tried getting some xtra R103 cutters which I use on Model A...

Brent, I had hoped for many years to be able to attend Chickasha, just never made it. I had gone for many years in the 70s, 80s, and 90s to Hershey and have been an attendee to Iola, Wisconsin since 1975. I've seen many things that have in one way or another affected the appearance of good parts...

In regard to the NuRex wrench having been formed 90 degrees off when placing possibly in the forming or bending jig, I informed Bob Gary of the issue and he immediately told me he would send out out a new wrench and to destroy the bad one. I can't say how many wrong formed wrenches could be out...