Homemade Water Pump Wrench

Very nice Tom! I agree will Will N, I think the screwdriver doubled as the WP wrench.
The right tool for the job!?
 
Cool Hand Lurker said:
Tom does nice work. But if any of you plan to do milling on a drill press be sure to have the part clamped down. It is amazing how quickly the milling bit can dig into a piece of hand-held aluminum and it is GONE in the wink of an eye! I have scars to prove it.
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Also, be aware that many of the better drill presses have a female Morse Taper in the spindle, and the chuck has a matching male Morse Taper shank-it is held in place by friction only.

This works well for axial drilling loads, as these tend to push the tapers together and make the connection tighter.

However, radial loads as will occur in milling, tend to loosen the fit, and the chuck/taper can come loose. This can ruin the work, the tool, and possibly your hands if it occurs!

Milling machines with a Morse taper spindle will have a drawbar that pulls the tapers together.


That is a very pretty wrench, and I bet it works great, too!
 
"J" head or "M" head? Round cross arm or Dovetail arm? 36" table? I once ran a machine that was a "m' head, 36 " table with a round cross arm that was ser# 13xx, 4 digits! Try an modern vari-speed "J" head with R8 colletts, readouts and dovetaill crossarm. Think you love your old machine? you'll really love one of them!
Terry








2manycars said:
I have the machine in the machine room of my shop, which is in my barn. It is a WW2 machine, with single phase motor. I would hate to install one in a cellar unless it had a garage door. It was a major project to get it into where it now is.
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Will N said:
The wrench came out beautifully. I think that Ford didn't include a water pump wrench in the tool kit because you can use the screwdriver to tighten or loosen the nut.
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Will,
They wanted to get you back to the dealer,$$$$, when you dripped!:D Henry should have put an H2O sensor under the packing nut & a "CHECK DRIP LIGHT"!:mad: Bill W.
 
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