Mystery Tool needs ID

['Soon's Garage]

Hi Folks,
Once again I have a tool that I simply cannot identify. There is no brand name on it, it is made of what appears to be an aluminum alloy of some sort, is gold in color, and the rest is seen in the pictures. Those of you familiar with Bob's BMW tool used to remove the exhaust nuts on old airhead Beemers will notice that this tool is much like Bob's in color, size, and metal composition. Anyway, you people have never failed to identify my mystery tools, so here's another chance. Thanks to all in advance.

Robert

 

[NinetyTwoFifty]

Maybe used to remove boat propellers?

 

[bobcatdan]

Looks like a bung wrench for barrels.

 

[Rogue1987]

Looks like a bung wrench for barrels.

my thought too

 

[Elroy]

Hi Folks,
it is made of what appears to be an aluminum alloy of some sort, is gold in color

Aluminum Bronze refered to as AMPCO

 

[metaldad]

Looks like a bung wrench for barrels.

my thought too

x3.....

 

[qdvuu]

I'd say it's a Starter Clutch Wrench for Briggs & Stratton engines.

See Fig. 10

 

[Charles (in GA)]

Wrench for removing the "nut" on auto fuel tanks, older ones, 1960's and '70's, possibly earlier, with the sending unit and pickup tube. That would explain the non sparking aluminum-bronze.

Charles

 

[KCM1582]

I'd say it's a Starter Clutch Wrench for Briggs & Stratton engines.

See Fig. 10

That's what I was thinking

 

[CaseyJoes.]

I'd say it's a Starter Clutch Wrench for Briggs & Stratton engines.

See Fig. 10

He is correct and beat me to it! As you can see the part numbers match up with tool in the pictures. That is the old style wrench they phased out long ago, new style tool for the same purpose is a "socket" as shown in the bottom left in the same picture.

 

[Outlawmws]

The Bung wrench guys have it.

Here is a Bung wrench out of BeCu...

 

[CaseyJoes.]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Briggs-Stra...963?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item256765065b

 

[PaulsGarage]

Seems this tool has multiple uses... even better!

 

[Outlawmws]

Seems this tool has multiple uses... even better!

After seeing the Briggs page, I agree. Some bright boy in the back room at Briggs probably needed to do the deed, had one handy, and presto, a "custom" tool without any need for special tooling costs...


I've used my BeCU version any number of times, and can you imagine anyone making one out of BeCu for Briggs? I always assumed mine came out of the military somewhere, or even the aerospace guys. It had to have cost about what a new Briggs engine would cost... (Shades of the $500 hammer)

 

[CaseyJoes.]

I have one of these Briggs wrenches (I work on small engines) and I always assumed it was common brass/bronze?

 

[Outlawmws]

I have one of these Briggs wrenches (I work on small engines) and I always assumed it was common brass/bronze?

Ordinarily brass or bronze would not hold up to the wear. This thing wears like steel against steel and that's what BeCe does. I have a couple of other BeCu tools and you could use them every day and get the same wear and life as steel tools. (None of the them have any appreciable wear anywhere...)

 

[CaseyJoes.]

Hmmm. I know that all of the briggs starter clutches that wrench will remove, they bodys were made of some sort of aluminum, and were pretty soft. After those wrenches, briggs went to a "socket" style tool to remove the clutches. It is similar to the later cast iron style (as shown in the link posted by another member) with the exception it had a female 1/2" drive to turn it and I believe the tool was made out of brass or bronze (I sold a couple several years ago, details are getting fuzzy). They all had the tendency for the 1/2" drive end of the tool to get real wobbled out since they were much softer than the ratchet used to turn it. Never really seen those style with much wear on the drive ends though.

 

['Soon's Garage]

Every one of you guys amaze me! Thank you all so very much. Robert

 

['Soon's Garage]

Every one of you guys amaze me. Thank you all so very much. Robert