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Title: Second hand store in Auburn, NY
Post by: amecks on February 28, 2021, 11:52:22 AM

Stopped on my way home from work yesterday.  Found these Champion Spark Plug wrenches.  CT-403 with 13/16" and 7/8" hex. Also got a bicycle  wrench and a galvanized handle I need for an access panel.  I put the plug wrenches on ebay.  If they sell they'll pay for the other two keeper pieces.
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Title: Re: Second hand store in Auburn, NY
Post by: lptools on February 28, 2021, 06:12:32 PM

Nice!!

Title: Re: Second hand store in Auburn, NY
Post by: gibsontool on February 28, 2021, 10:48:12 PM

Those are kind of cool, I've never seen them before. Any idea on when they would have been made?

Title: Re: Second hand store in Auburn, NY
Post by: amecks on March 01, 2021, 06:10:48 AM

No idea when they were made.  Not finding any info online.  Perhaps a look thru some older Champion plug catalogs could yield results.
Al

Title: Re: Second hand store in Auburn, NY
Post by: john k on March 01, 2021, 03:40:51 PM

Would guess pre WWII, when most cars had flathead engines   or lawn mower engines  only things these wrenches would work on.  Kind of neat looking,  never seen them before.   Have a set similar,  held together with a screw and wingnut.

Title: Re: Second hand store in Auburn, NY
Post by: amecks on March 02, 2021, 05:53:49 AM

Hi John,  Maybe not that old.  I have a 1958 International Cub tractor with 7/8" spark plug.  Very limited access to the top of the engine (unless you remove the fuel tank/hood, but there's a saying in the Cub forum - "Never remove the hood", because if you do you'll find 6 other things that need fixing besides the reason you removed the hood!).

Title: Re: Second hand store in Auburn, NY
Post by: Northwoods on March 02, 2021, 11:46:30 AM

Quote from: john k on March 01, 2021, 03:40:51 PM

Would guess pre WWII, when most cars had flathead engines   or lawn mower engines  only things these wrenches would work on.  Kind of neat looking,  never seen them before.   Have a set similar,  held together with a screw and wingnut.

Ronson?

Title: Re: Second hand store in Auburn, NY
Post by: john k on March 02, 2021, 10:34:15 PM

Romson?  Dunno ,  will require an hour in the shed to locate them