Anybody know what this tool is?

[agentcolt]

Was in a box of gun tools I recently bought at a sale

 

[Bucky623]

That looks like a valve spring compressor.

 

[Will317]

Pretty sure that is an old spring compressor tool for the springs on car doors.

 

[Will317]

Actually further searching looks like Bucky is right. Valve spring compressor for flathead engines.

 

[agentcolt]

Thats it. Thanks

 

[femurphy77]

It's used for adjusting muffler bearings.

 

[d.kaufman]

It's used for adjusting muffler bearings.

Squeegee sharpner

 

[marvin02]

@Bucky623 was correct I believe. I have actually used one of those on a 1954 Kaiser.

 

[Mij]

Probably just my eyes but they look like two different tools. The top looks like it stretches. Do the jaws open or close when squeezing the grips? I’m probably mistaken.

 

[marvin02]

 

[printcraft]

Squeegee sharpner

Muffler bearing race puller.

 

[femurphy77]

Muffler bearing race puller.

Just had to throw that card didn't you?

 

[Mij]

View attachment 218969

Got it now. For you.

 

[Leo]

I have seen valve springs worked on in both inline and V8 Ford flat head engines with tools like that and just now had a thought.

Having had serious engine damage on overhead engines where a valve or part of a valve was not where it was supposed to be when the piston came up was a problem. Also having all the intake valves hit the pistons in an interference engine when a failed cam chain tensioner pulled the cam out of time was bad too.

None of those problems are possible with a flat head. If the keepers let go, the valve stays where it is. If the cam goes out of time, the valves cannot touch the pistons. If you look past horrible flow characteristics and low compression pressure because of huge chambers, flathead valve system is the way to go. Henry Ford thought so.

 

[Mgderf]

Don't know what it is, but it's the best one I've ever seen.

 

[rlfrye]

Looks like a good nut crusher.

 

[marvin02]

Here is an engine similar to the one I worked on as a teenager.

Flathead 6 Continental style

The Frazer's engine is coming along. The crankshaft I bought on ebay is the right one, and I had similar good luck with the main and rod bea...

www.dogwalkfinds.com

This is the car my Dad had, ours was blue.



Seeing that tool brought back memories of the coolest car my family ever owned.

I apologize for the thread hijack.

 

[BiscuitsandGravy]

Here is another one... Any idea what this is?

 

[EPeter213]

That’s for straightening the barrel on your AR after a bayonet charge with a hot barrel.

 

[printcraft]

Looks like a good nut crusher.

Oh I hope not.