Flea Market in the Snow

[lptools]

Hello, All.Yes, it was snowing this morning in Syracuse, NY, buds on the maples, rake is outside next to the snow shovel, snow brush stays in the truck until July!!!!  Both tools are unmarked. The one at top works like a caulk gun. When you release the tab at the rear of the handle, the spring loaded rod goes back to the starting point. The little bit of a decal reads partially USE WITH 3/8 then it is blurry BUSHING? BEARING? Just wondering if the one at bottom is a body spoon , or a tire iron? Thanks, Lou

[Aunt Phil]

The "calk gun" is a tubeless tire plug inserter.
Looks like you got lucky and found one with multiple size inserting needles.

There are people who will pay $100- for that gun, possibly more with the collection of needles you have.

[humber2]

Bottom is similar to the AA Ford truck tire iron. Any numbers on the handle?

[Bill Houghton]

When the plugs first came out, the sales reps described them as The Solution for nail holes in tubeless tires.  But they tended to leak.  We used to plug the holes AND apply a patch on the inside, both, which made the plugs kind of redundant.

[lptools]

Hello, Aunt Phil. With your info I found a similar tool on ebay, here is the item number,  222075257917, I still can't figure out how to copy & paste the link on this new computer. Humber2, no visible markings, & thanks for the info, Lou

[turnnut]

Bill Houghton, yes, we had a tool like an ice pick that had a hook, the rubber plug would be inserted into the hooked end.

  "plug looked like a short piece of licorice candy."

1st we would run a very small round file thru the hole, then put rubber glue on the plug and push it into the hole,
then trim off excess,  then with rubber cement and a small tire blowout patch over the plug inside the tire, never
had one come back with a complaint.