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Offline amecks

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Champion Miloset Gap Tool
« on: October 01, 2015, 08:31:54 PM »
I saw this on eBay and had to have it.  You can go on the Bay and see what I paid for it - I'm not tellin'.
I decided to post this because after searching the forums there is only one post by dimwittedmoose and his was stuck at the time.

Champion Miloset Gap Tool Pat. No. 2439363 Made In U.S.A.

The patent date from DATAMP is April 6, 1948.
The 8 wire sizes are 0.015, 20, 25, 28, 30, 32, 37, 40.

The adjustment tool at the other end is movable. When the collar is retracted the tool can be rotated freely and set in any of four positions.  There appears to be four different size adjusters.

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Re: Champion Miloset Gap Tool
« Reply #1 on: October 01, 2015, 08:50:21 PM »
Very well preserved example!
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Re: Champion Miloset Gap Tool
« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2015, 08:45:20 AM »
Great tool , never saw one , would definitely bring it home if it was at a sale
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Re: Champion Miloset Gap Tool
« Reply #3 on: October 02, 2015, 09:18:09 AM »
Quote from: Lostmind on October 02, 2015, 08:45:20 AM
Great tool , never saw one , would definitely bring it home if it was at a sale
i agree with roy.....that is one cool piece.
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Offline turnnut

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Re: Champion Miloset Gap Tool
« Reply #4 on: October 02, 2015, 09:46:17 AM »
looks lke a mechanic kept it in his pocket to keep it from walking away.

sure looks real handy.

nice find. I also would have bought it.

yes folks, there are still treasures out there, you just have to keep looking.
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Offline bonneyman

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Re: Champion Miloset Gap Tool
« Reply #5 on: October 02, 2015, 09:47:59 AM »
Quote from: turnnut on October 02, 2015, 09:46:17 AM
looks lke a mechanic kept it in his pocket to keep it from walking away.

sure looks real handy.

nice find. I also would have bought it.

yes folks, there are still treasures out there, you just have to keep looking.

^ This.

And yes, that is a beautiful vintage tool. 

Who adjusts spark plugs anymore? Every time I buy them the counter person remarks how the gap is already set by the factory. lol
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Offline turnnut

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Re: Champion Miloset Gap Tool
« Reply #6 on: October 02, 2015, 09:55:39 AM »
WHO ADJUST SPARK PLUGS ANYMORE ???

good question;  short answer, I do, everyime I  clean the plugs on my 1941 Farmall-A

and on the one lunger engines.   
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Offline amecks

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Re: Champion Miloset Gap Tool
« Reply #7 on: October 02, 2015, 10:18:40 AM »
Don't forget - I'm basically a small engine mechanic.  This rental store has at least 30 one and two cylinder air cooled engines.  And new spark plugs do need to be gapped on installation.
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Offline Bill Houghton

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Re: Champion Miloset Gap Tool
« Reply #8 on: October 03, 2015, 02:21:52 PM »
Man, that's a way fancier version than the wires-around-a-sheet-metal-handle tool that I've got.

Yes, I adjust mine.  I don't care what the factory says, I find they're often a bit off.
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