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Was looking around the two forums (hamb and barn) and see Vergil of the hamb posted this nifty little tool for tightening the belt.
Anybody else have some flathead homemade tools? http://www.vergils.com/31/adj2.jpg http://www.vergils.com/31/adj1.jpg |
Re: Home made tools I like that. Yes: I made a clamp for getting the rod caps on with out dragging on the studs and a little do-hickey to that screws into the drain plug hole in trans case and allows you to mount it in a vise while working on it.
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I was always hoping a thread would start here on tools or gadgets that members have made to work on the early Fords. I have made a number of tools while working on my cars. Some of these tools could have been purchased but I enjoy designing and making tools when I have the time. I'll post pictures when I can get back to my computer.
OK, here are some of the tools I have made......I have more but can only post 15 pictures at one time here by this method. |
Re: Home made tools Not really anything you can't buy, but I made my own early Ford spring spreader, that by using a combination of inserts, brackets and different length threaded sections, will do all the springs that I have needed to so far, including reversed eye ones. If I ever have to do a Model A spring I'll have to come up with a joggled centre piece, though :rolleyes:
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Re: Home made tools Two ways to hold a transmission (bed frame angle iron)--
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Re: Home made tools The tool for tightening the belt is nice but only works on 8ba and later blocks. The wire looms are in the way for earlier engines.
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I guess you'll recon' this one
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http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/w...e/DSC_7447.jpg http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/w...e/DSC_7448.jpg Tool for removing the oil pressure sender. Works great. http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/w...DSC_7444-1.jpg |
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Frank, I'm guessing that's a paperweight for the dollar bills you are making :eek: ;) LOL!!
I know it is actually a neat tool made to remove an oil pressure sending unit that is screwed into the back of a block :) Hoop, I give up :) What is your tool creation used for :confused: Ah ha, now I know what it is based on the latest pictures you have added. That's slick! Here are a few more pictures of tools I have made that could not be posted above..... |
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Re: Home made tools About the dollar bill . I I learned many years ago that a bill is exactly six inches so when you take a photo for reference or need a quick ruler use a bill IE three bills equal 18" . Works great.
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Re: Home made tools Nice tools guys, very ingenious.
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Powervalve circuit blowerouter tool and hand-held spot facing tools for gasket surfaces on jet wells and fuel inlet.
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distributor tester,tried for ages to buy an old ford one ,gave up and made one.
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Re: Home made tools "distributor tester,tried for ages to buy an old ford one ,gave up and made one.
Lawrie" ... or you could have done it the hard way. http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...nMachDirty.jpg http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...chrestore1.jpg |
Re: Home made tools Some really good tools in here, some of which I can see that I am going to have a use for, hopefully in the near future. I do have a question about the one in post #9 by ventilo from Germany, what is it? Does it by chance have something to do with valves, or valve and guide assemblies? Or could it have something to do with straight axles? Or am I just so far off that I need to start at the very beginning again? Probably, Huh? I can see that the sleeves slide on and hold it together, or that it slides into the sleeves. I can't tell from the pic what size it is, although the rock looks like small peagravel to me.
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Re: Home made tools It's a drum puller. Similar to a krw.
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Re: Home made tools I thought it was much smaller than it is, I guess. That's what I get for guessing. Thanks a bunch,
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This tool is used to remove the Oil Pressure Sending unit from a flathead V-8. 3/8" extension fits into the square hole and the "C" device fits over the sending unit and captures the square above the threaded portion of the unit.
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Re: Home made tools Here's a nice tool I bought that was made by Bill Wzorek for removing oil pressure sending units. Even had an attached brass plate with the previous Fordbarn logo. This tool is so well made that it could take a direct bomb hit and still be functional :). Bill was making and selling these as a fund raiser for Shelly's Fordbarn. I'm not sure if he is still making and selling these, but you could always send him a pm to find out.
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Re: Home made tools Few year old thread, but I thought I'd bring this back up to the top.
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Re: Home made tools I really like Tinkers belt adjusting tool. simple but efficient.....
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Re: Home made tools I like Franks tool made for "Stretching a Dollar"
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Re: Home made tools Thanks for starting this thread Tinker.
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Re: Home made tools I'm leaving on vacation. When I return, I'll post some pictures of the tools I've made.
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Re: Home made tools I ported flathead blocks on a waist-high workbench for nearly ten years before I figured out a better scheme – a two-axis gimbaled fixture that allows me to position a block exactly as I want it, and quickly alter its position, in small or large increments, in almost any two-axis global orientation. Designed to fit a conventional engine stand, it also fits nicely into a socket welded to a steel post in my porting area. In the X axis, the fixture indexes at 45-degree increments for a full 360 degrees of rotation, and in the Y axis it indexes infinitely through all 360 degrees of rotation. The big plus for this type of fixture is that tool application is always in the most-effective direction, which is generally in the 3 to 9 o’clock positions. As a consequence, tool control is excellent, critical cuts and surface finishes are optimum, and fatigue is greatly reduced.
http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL64/.../409736601.jpg I could have built the fixture with chamfered and welded corners, but Art Morrison Enterprises was starting to do neat hot rod and racecar frames with their new mandrel-bending gear for rectangular tubing, so I figured why not? http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL64/.../409736602.jpg A full-size Ford/Mercury block is positioned in the fixture with the camshaft centerline lined up with the Y axis axles. This corresponds with the longitudinal CG – or nearly so; the block can be held with very little drag on the drag bolt and is easily rotated when the drag is loosened. A V-8-60 block sits just a taste higher to feel neutral. http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL64/.../409736603.jpg A year ago a pal asked me if I would port a set of Chrysler Hemi heads for a vintage dragster he was restoring. Sure, I just needed a couple of angle plates to bolt to the end plates in the fixture that a head could sit on and be secured with bolts. http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL64/.../409736604.jpg Suddenly, several aluminum cylinder heads from Yamaha SR500 singles showed up, needing porting, of course. (These motors are popular and successful in AMA dirt-track racing.) This time a simple bridge of 1/8-inch stainless, with a 45-degree break on each long edge to stiffen it, neatly supports a head. http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL64/.../409736605.jpg Finally – or maybe not – Vern Tardel showed up with a big ’49 Lincoln flathead block destined for another vintage dragster. Longer extension plates supported the big block which is secured with bolts in the main-bearing saddles on the ends. This monster sits lower in the fixture; lined up on the camshaft centerline, as I originally did it, it was an unwieldy pendulum. Dropping it about an inch did the trick and it rotates as easily as the smaller blocks. http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL64/.../409736606.jpg |
Re: Home made tools Just to be clear I did not make that one. Just appreciate the thought and skill. All thanks go to Vergil, the creator of the tool. Not me.
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Re: Home made tools Awesome, Mike. Very cool.
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Here is a tool I made to put flathead valve assemblies together. I couple of pieces of angle iron and a piece of pipe. Looks bad, works good.:)
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Re: Home made tools Hey JM that's that Black & Deckerism showing through. :) Zeke
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Re: Home made tools Excellent job on the porting fixture Mike.
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http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL64/.../409741523.jpg . . . but after doing one in this primitive fashion . . . http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL64/.../409741522.jpg . . . I made a simple fixture from rectangular tubing that was a bit better, but it still danced around on the bench. The porting fixture could turn the arduous crank-carving chore into a relatively pleasant task. The changes available in the X axis would be even more beneficial than they are for porting a block.:) Mike |
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Spring shackle removing and installing tools
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tools for removing transmission pilot bearing & pinion perload adjustment, torque check and hand rotation tool
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