Stopped in Auburn 2nd hand shop on way home

[amecks]

Nothing too exciting but inexpensive.  An S-K 1/4 drive box with 3/8 drive sockets.  Tool marked "VLCHEK" (with quotes) and CLEV"D.  Is this a brake tool?  If so for what vehicle?
Thanks
Al

[john k]

Brake adjuster tool for about any car or light truck, 60s on back.  However if one end is pointy, it is probably a cotter pin tool.  The pointy end to pull the cotter-key, the blade end to spread the legs of the key once installed.

[amecks]

Yeah John, it's pointy but worn a bit.

[d42jeep]

Al,
That's a very cool S-K box. Prewar, probably around 1942. If the sockets are 12 point they may be original to the box.
-Don

[wvtools]

Those cotter pin tools are one of those tools in the box you hardly ever use, but they are handy when you need them.

[amecks]

Thanks Don.  They are 12 point, so I have half the sockets needed.  Can you tell me what sizes I'm missing?  I have 3/8,7/16, 1/2 and the big one is 11/16.  Maybe new member Jim Bowie has the decal for the lid.

[d42jeep]

Al,
They should be 3/4", 11/16", 5/8" longs and 9/16", 1/2", 7/16 and 3/8" intermediate length. I have an extra 5/8" intermediate in my set just so it looks full but it's not original. The 12 point sockets are quite early so they are harder to find.
-Don

[amecks]

Don,  You have an extra 5/8 socket in the set.  So which are you actually missing?  I will be looking at a couple places soon and maybe I will find the correct one.
Al

[d42jeep]

Al,
Thanks for the offer. I'm not actually missing any. The original set didn't come with a 5/8" intermediate length socket so there is a gap from the factory.
-Don

[amecks]

OK.  I see now.  I'm making a list of sockets I need and planning a stop at Tom's Bargain Stop where they have bins full of (mostly junk) sockets, (but hoping to find some good ones}.  I need a few for the shop's toolbox as well, and those don't need to match anything.