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Offline dowdstools

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WhatsIt?
« on: January 30, 2016, 02:41:30 PM »
I'm thinking piano tuning tools, but I don't know.

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Offline turnnut

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Re: WhatsIt?
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2016, 08:33:38 PM »
are they carbon scrapers for automobile blocks and heads ???

any name on them ???
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Offline bill300d

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Re: WhatsIt?
« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2016, 08:50:33 PM »
Goodell Pratt made 3 carbon scrapers nearly identical to those.
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Offline dowdstools

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Re: WhatsIt?
« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2016, 01:17:33 PM »
ID confirmed. They are carbon scrapers, also called cylinder scrapers, used to remove carbon from the top cavity of an engine cylinder.

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Offline Bill Houghton

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Re: WhatsIt?
« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2016, 03:45:01 PM »
Quote from: dowdstools on August 07, 2016, 01:17:33 PM
ID confirmed. They are carbon scrapers, also called cylinder scrapers, used to remove carbon from the top cavity of an engine cylinder.

Lynn
Something that, back in the days of inefficient engines and lower-quality gasoline, was a regular maintenance item, sometimes as much as every 1,000 miles of use.
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