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Offline coolford

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Walden item
« on: April 03, 2020, 03:34:43 PM »
Although I know what it is, I though some of the younger crowd might not.  I had never seen this Walden item before, although I collect Walden.  The first picture is in its operating mode, the socket is 9/16" and there are two, so if you wear one out you can use the other side.  Inside is a screwdriver and it is held in the socket by a ball but can be moved up and down and turned.  Second picture shows the screwdriver removed.
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Re: Walden item
« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2020, 03:43:58 PM »
Is it a valve adjuster ?
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Re: Walden item
« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2020, 04:41:14 PM »
Quote from: Papaw on April 03, 2020, 03:43:58 PM
Is it a valve adjuster ?


X2 , overhead valve , Y block 8 ?
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Re: Walden item
« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2020, 05:37:58 PM »
That is what it is, and as I mentioned first Walden I have seen.
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Re: Walden item
« Reply #4 on: April 04, 2020, 11:51:10 AM »
interesting that it has both sizes built in, rather than a set of sockets  like snap on

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Re: Walden item
« Reply #5 on: April 04, 2020, 01:33:55 PM »
Hello, Skip. I think both ends are the same size, unless I read it wrong. Regards, Lou
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Re: Walden item
« Reply #6 on: April 04, 2020, 02:34:21 PM »
Yes, both sides the same size.
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Re: Walden item
« Reply #7 on: April 04, 2020, 03:45:26 PM »
I have had Snap-On, Proto and Plomb valve adjusters that used different size sockets depending on the lock nut size. On 235 Chevy engines I just used a 5/8 box end wrench and a screwdriver. Seemed to work better for me. Same with Slant six Chrysler and Early Ford sixes. Ford Y -blocks used two types of adjusters. Some models had jam nuts and some didn't. I was a engine mechanic for 32 years at my last job. I worked on modern engines. Growing up in the 1960's and 1970's I had old cars and prefer working working on old stuff. Never had a old car or truck that used a carb and points distributor fail to get me home. I do like Bendix / Eclipse brand electric fuel pumps tho.

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