Tool Talk

General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Yadda on October 30, 2021, 07:51:02 PM

Title: Estate Sale Buy - Oct. 30, 2021
Post by: Yadda on October 30, 2021, 07:51:02 PM

I picked this up for $5 today.  The wrench is marked Fiat.  The rusty sledge hammer head is a 6 pounder, but after rust removal will be more likely 5.5 pounds. The clamps are Craftsman malleable and a  Brinks & Cotton.

Title: Re: Estate Sale Buy - Oct. 30, 2021
Post by: amecks on October 31, 2021, 07:42:55 AM

I have a couple of the Fiat wrenches.  The 8mm - 10mm sizes are useful especially because the 8mm will work perfectly on 5/16 hardware.  Great for a motor or bicycle tool kit.

Title: Re: Estate Sale Buy - Oct. 30, 2021
Post by: Bill Houghton on November 01, 2021, 06:21:05 PM

Quote from: amecks on October 31, 2021, 07:42:55 AM

I have a couple of the Fiat wrenches.  The 8mm - 10mm sizes are useful especially because the 8mm will work perfectly on 5/16 hardware.  Great for a motor or bicycle tool kit.

AND they'll work beautifully on 8mm hardware  :grin:

Title: Re: Estate Sale Buy - Oct. 30, 2021
Post by: lptools on November 01, 2021, 07:34:14 PM

Good score!!

Title: Re: Estate Sale Buy - Oct. 30, 2021
Post by: OilyRascal on November 02, 2021, 07:00:01 AM

I picked up a FIAT wrench myself over the last week.  It seems they are not much different than the "Ford" wrenches - where the tool in the tool kits have long outlived the vehicles.

Title: Re: Estate Sale Buy - Oct. 30, 2021
Post by: Bill Houghton on November 02, 2021, 01:24:49 PM

Quote from: OilyRascal on November 02, 2021, 07:00:01 AM

...where the tool in the tool kits have long outlived the vehicles.

Probably not a difficult goal to reach with an older Fiat.

Title: Re: Estate Sale Buy - Oct. 30, 2021
Post by: d42jeep on November 02, 2021, 08:49:24 PM

With the amount of oil typically leaking from an old Fiat, the wrenches should never get rusty. Mine looks like it has Permatex on it which somehow seems appropriate.
-Don