Vintage Snap-on ID help please.

chadster1 · Mar 10, 2010

I got this pic from another dealer wanting help with a tool id.

Here are the part numbers.

TK428
TK439
TK419
TK440
TK444

crewchief888 · Mar 10, 2010

they look like OEM tools for a motorcycle,
one looks like a spoke wrench, one resembles a bicycle tire iron. :headscrat

i gotta know what they're for

the suspense is killin' me

:beer:

petty4243 · Mar 10, 2010

here, some one had same set on jalopy jouranl... heres link

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=4323033

petty4243 · Mar 10, 2010

aparantly a points distributor adjustment tool kit for sun anaylazer

J.A.F.E. · Mar 10, 2010

It's a points alignment set. Used to align ignition points and voltage regulator contacts (the old relay style not the solid state variety). Originally it was four pieces in a plastic pouch. The flat T shaped was not part of the set. I bought one new and still have the pouch as well as all the pieces.

I can post some pics but it might be tomorrow before I can take and post them.

chadster1 · Mar 10, 2010

J.A.F.E. said:
It's a points alignment set. Used to align ignition points and voltage regulator contacts (the old relay style not the solid state variety). Originally it was four pieces in a plastic pouch. The flat T shaped was not part of the set. I bought one new and still have the pouch as well as all the pieces.

I can post some pics but it might be tomorrow before I can take and post them.

Any idea of the years of priduction?

J.A.F.E. · Mar 11, 2010

There is a three piece set listed in the 71 catalog but the Collecting Snap on site has no catalogs that are newer. I could kick myself because not only did I have catalogs from the 70's and 80's I had the price lists. Had is the operative word.

If I recall correctly I bought the set off the truck in 73 or 74. I will check to see if there is a date code.

ears · Mar 11, 2010

Here is a scan from the 1950 catalog, with a tk426 instead of tk428. List price $3.90

I checked my '73 catalog it doesn't have it. Sounds like it had a pretty good run though.

Bruce Lancaster · Mar 11, 2010

The flat tool has a D-shaped hole for the spring posts in the Holley Loadamatic distributors used by Ford from 1949 through about 1956. Other stuff is pretty nearly universal for points in distributors and regulators. A BUNCH of these sets in plastic pouches turned up at car shows just a few years ago, presumably ressurected from some darl corner of a forgotten warehouse aisle.

Vintage Snap-on ID help please.

chadster1

Well-known member

Attachments

crewchief888

Well-known member

petty4243

Well-known member

petty4243

Well-known member

J.A.F.E.

Well-known member

chadster1

Well-known member

J.A.F.E.

Well-known member

ears

Well-known member

Bruce Lancaster

Well-known member