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I got hold of this little tool recently, described as a valve lifter. I'm assuming, on a side valve engine, it's put around the bottom of the stem and levered up to remove the collets? One side says VLC, the other YII 3. Any clues on what engine it was it made for or whether I'm completely off...

I'm really buoyed by the response to my query about a Hol-Set tool so I'm going to have look at another tool. This is a Frank Mossberg No 611 which I think is a wire twister for lock-wiring transmission and differential bolts, though I have no proof of that and a lot of people have looked at it...

I've got this socket, multi tool made by Hol-Set Mfg Co of Rochester NY between 1923 and 1930. Amazingly it's still got the valve lapping tool and valve lifter on it. The valve lapping tool is held in place by a split pin which is removed to access the sockets of which there are seven between...