OTC tool question ?

[EVILDR235]

I may have asked this question before. I have a new OTC wrench i bought awhile back and just recently found it hiding. It is a OTC model 7012. It is kinda C shaped with a 1/2 inch drive hole on one end a and a 19mm open end on the other. I believe it is a tool for adjusting the valves on a 2.0 liter pinto engine. I can't do a picture. Anybody got a older OTC tool catalog from the mid 1970s or a few years newer ?

EvilDr235

[mikeswrenches]

That sounds a little big for adjusting valves.  Maybe used to tighten the head bolts.  As I remember those were called obstruction wrenches and were used on torque wrenches.  It looks like there is a common centerline that would run thru both the 1/2" drive opening and the 19mm opening; a necessity for accuracy with a torque wrench.

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=129936

Guy posed the same question on GJ a while back and didn't get an answer.  The above link has a picture of the tool that I think you are referring to.  You have to scroll down a little way to see it.

Mike

[bill300d]

I may have asked this question before. I have a new OTC wrench i bought awhile back and just recently found it hiding. It is a OTC model 7012. It is kinda C shaped with a 1/2 inch drive hole on one end a and a 19mm open end on the other. I believe it is a tool for adjusting the valves on a 2.0 liter pinto engine. I can't do a picture. Anybody got a older OTC tool catalog from the mid 1970s or a few years newer ?

EvilDr235

I believe you are correct EvilDr235. No direct OTC info but the description for Snap-On's version says, for Pinto and Nissan 2.0L valve adjust.

bill

bill

[mikeswrenches]

Well I stand corrected...again.  A further search reveals that you do indeed need a 19mm crowsfoot along with a 15mm.  See reply 19 in the below link.

http://www.hotrodders.com/forum/2-0-2-3-ford-pinto-motors-205184-2.html

Mike

[eddie hudson]

Inventory shows I have a 1979 OTC Catalog. I'll look for it and let you know.

[Charles Garrett]

Neat but never adjusted the valves on my Pinto in many many milesd.

[EVILDR235]

It was i Gort the giant robot on G.J. who asked the same question.At first i also thought it was a torque wrench adapter tool except for the open end instead of a box end.A box end being much stronger. 2.0 Pintos had adjustable lifters and only early 1974 2.3 engines had adjustable lifters.late 1974 and later 2.3 had hydraulic lifters as did 2.5 engines used in mini Ford pickups.The two openings are not inline with each other or at the same angle, so it would not work with a torque wrench.When i was turning wrenches i replaced many Pinto / Bobcat / Ranger camshafts due to flat lobes and worn out followers.i don't remember having to use a special tool to do the job tho.I may have used one of my special ground wrenches to do the jobs.Thank you all for your replies.

EvilDr235 / Gort the giant robot.

[eddie hudson]

It must have been a real loser   There is no listing in the 1979 catalog.

[Bill Houghton]

It must have been a real loser   There is no listing in the 1979 catalog.

Maybe no one was working on Pintos by then - afraid to get too close for fear of catching on fire.

[EVILDR235]

like me, i think everybody figured out you really didn't need a special wrench to do the job. Once again, Thank you all for your answers.

EvilDr235