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Offline coolford

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Made in the USA, no other mark
« on: February 12, 2020, 05:06:36 PM »
These are both heavy duty wrenches, the shaft is 7/8" in diameter and other than a 3/4" difference in length are the same.  Each has a formed 1" hex socket at one end and a 1"hex plug at the other end.  One is 10 3/4" long and the other 11 1/2".  The plug can be put into the socket of the other to make a longer wrench.  They were given to me by a member of our car club.  Any idea who made them and what they were used on.

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Re: Made in the USA, no other mark
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2020, 09:12:48 PM »
So, are they a sort of 3/4" offset extensions, then?
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Re: Made in the USA, no other mark
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2020, 04:31:13 PM »
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Re: Made in the USA, no other mark
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2020, 07:25:31 PM »
Thanks jimwrench, as I'm not into tractor wrenches I appreciate the input.  Why would one be slightly shorter than the other?

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Re: Made in the USA, no other mark
« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2020, 09:19:04 PM »
Thanks jimwrench, as I'm not into tractor wrenches I appreciate the input.  Why would one be slightly shorter than the other?
Because the other one's longer?

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« Reply #5 on: February 14, 2020, 12:11:55 AM »
Thanks jimwrench, as I'm not into tractor wrenches I appreciate the input.  Why would one be slightly shorter than the other?
Because the other one's longer?

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Re: Made in the USA, no other mark
« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2020, 08:06:51 AM »
Thanks jimwrench, as I'm not into tractor wrenches I appreciate the input.  Why would one be slightly shorter than the other?
Different clearances on different engine sizes -- overall design is the same, but the sizes & spaces end up different.  Go to a "green power" John Deere show some time & see how the two cylinder engine evolved from the WWI vintage Waterloo Boy through the last two cylinders made in the 1950s.