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Wrench Forum => Wrench Forum => Topic started by: william_b_noble on September 23, 2015, 11:17:22 PM

Title: does anyone recognize this small wrench?
Post by: william_b_noble on September 23, 2015, 11:17:22 PM

(http://i1171.photobucket.com/albums/r552/william_b_noble/th_PICT0168.jpg) (http://i1171.photobucket.com/albums/r552/william_b_noble/th_PICT0169.jpg)

I would have thought this was an ignition wrench except for its odd size - the larger end is .458 inches, the smaller end is .219 inches, it is stamped "D.E.1 FOR DELCO", and that text is preceeded by a GB inside a circle. On the other side there is a partial symbol that looks like a shield near the big end, and a pair of interlocking circles near the small end. The shield has a symbol inside it that could be an 8 or a B or an E. The larger size is about .013" larger than 1/4 inch Wentworth heads, the smaller size ???

does this look familiar to anyone? In theory these are clickable images that will take you to larger photos.

Title: Re: does anyone recognize this small wrench?
Post by: Papaw on September 24, 2015, 09:34:17 AM

I googled DE1 for Delco and got this- https://books.google.com/books?id=mOI_AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA85&lpg=RA2-PA85&dq=D.E.1+FOR+DELCO&source=bl&ots=OZNZZnDLS8&sig=k75SOGmhi5zw-JeiNdrKS7hHMfU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAWoVChMI3_jq7fCPyAIVCNKACh09uA2G#v=onepage&q=D.E.1%20FOR%20DELCO&f=false (https://books.google.com/books?id=mOI_AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA85&lpg=RA2-PA85&dq=D.E.1+FOR+DELCO&source=bl&ots=OZNZZnDLS8&sig=k75SOGmhi5zw-JeiNdrKS7hHMfU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAWoVChMI3_jq7fCPyAIVCNKACh09uA2G#v=onepage&q=D.E.1%20FOR%20DELCO&f=false)

I think the chart says it is for a Delco starter.
The Motor World Vol 42 1915  Page 85

Title: Re: does anyone recognize this small wrench?
Post by: turnnut on September 24, 2015, 09:55:15 AM

if it is for the starters,  the small end might fit those long starter assembly bolts.

in the picture, the wrench looks thick, too thick for an ignition wrench.

at 1st, I had thought about being used on a magneto.

Title: Re: does anyone recognize this small wrench?
Post by: william_b_noble on October 03, 2015, 03:10:31 PM

Thanks - I don't think that Google Books link is relevant, it does turn up the word "DELCO", but nothing related to tools, I think it finds DE1 because the OCR of the text can substitute a "1" for an "l".  I have had suggestions that it is for fuel injection, starter is a good guess also - the fact that it says "for DELCO" suggests that it might have been in a kit with wrenches for other brands of whatever the kit was intended to work on.

Does the small end also come close to matching a Wentworth size?

Title: Re: does anyone recognize this small wrench?
Post by: Lostmind on October 03, 2015, 04:20:08 PM

I think it's for a Delco magneto or Generator

Title: Re: does anyone recognize this small wrench?
Post by: lauver on October 05, 2015, 12:42:39 AM

Quote from: Lostmind on October 03, 2015, 04:20:08 PM

I think it's for a Delco magneto or Generator

I agree with Lostmind, but would add Regulator to his list.