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Old 02-02-2022, 05:42 PM   #1
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Anyone I.D. this KRW tool for me, please ? I have the T & A catalogs and this isn't in them - thought perhaps V8. Appreciate any information. The I.D. of the hole is 1 & 1/15".
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Old 02-02-2022, 06:17 PM   #2
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Anyone I.D. this KRW tool for me, please ? I have the T & A catalogs and this isn't in them - thought perhaps V8. Appreciate any information. The I.D. of the hole is 1 & 1/15".






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Just a guess , valve , spring and guide assembly tool ? Looks similar to a tool I used in a machine shop when I was a teenager.
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Yep; I made my own when I couldn't find a real one. I used a piece of water pipe and some miscellaneous scrap steel I had laying around.
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The KRW tool number for the bench service fixture for assembling valves for 85 hp engine in the April, 1938 service bulletin is V-130 and the one for the 60 hp engine is V-214.
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Old 02-02-2022, 09:11 PM   #6
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Thanks a bunch fellas - looked like it could do valve spring work !

Anyone venture a W.A.G. an estimate of value ?
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Old 02-03-2022, 03:03 PM   #7
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WAG = "Wager a guess" for those who don't know the code.
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I thought it was "Wild ass guess".

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I have one of those, its very helpful when using the modern straight valves to assemble them
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I thought it was "Wild ass guess".

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Old 02-04-2022, 11:12 AM   #11
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Correct gentlemen - "wild ass guess" - first heard that term years ago from a Boeing Aircraft flight engineer !
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Don't forget SWAG - "scientific wild ass guess"
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