Spring conditioner

[skipskip]

NOT a hair product.


Renson spring conditioner, used to pry leaf springs apart and inject grease between them.



NOV 155 by skipskip, on Flickr


more pics here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/skipskip/sets/72157631998936831/


Skip

[Lostmind]

That's a first for me , thanks for posting it

[rusty]

I use summer conditioner myself, it leaves my hair all soft and fluffy..um..*I mean..*cough* ..uh, where was I?

Oh, yeah..Very nice :)

I have seen that design somewhere, I think it is patented....

They spent 50 years trying to figure out how to put grease in between the springs before they figured out it just makes the dirt stick in there and wear away the springs....(And they still squeak a week after you grease them )

[OilyRascal]

Interesting tool.  Looks like work thinking about those rear overloads on the 1965 F350.  I had no idea there was such a practice to resolve squeaky springs.

[johnsironsanctuary]

One of the restoration tricks with Model As is to pull the springs apart, blast every leaf ,paint them and reassemble with teflon tape between the leaves. I painted mine with a nylon based powder coating.  I don't know if that works yet.  Old timers used to grease leaf springs thoroughly and the wrap them with heavy webbing or tie on leather gaitors with laces. Some of the high end classics came that way from the factory.

[1930]

Spring covers was a common aftermarket item back in the teens up until at least the mid thirties for any make of car. Grease em up and cover them up

[mvwcnews]

The MVWC Newsletter had several spring greaser patents a few years back after one of the members had a display of them at a Spring meeting.   The big one here is patent no. 2,120,031  from June, 1938. 
The KNOWLSON & TOMAHAWK greasers were the most widely advertised back in Model T days.

[Lewill2]

Skip, I like your feed bag. I have several on display on my living room wall. One has my Great Grandfathers name stenciled on it and another has a local farmers name on it. Good stuff from days gone by.

[HeelSpur]

I've seen some feed bags at auctions bring a pretty penny.

[skipskip]

A lady had a pallet of these bags, I took one home to see if it would clean up.

When I went back a few days later, her husband had thrown them all away.