Identify this from grandpas garage

[vmusch]

Old story cleaning out grandpas garage came across this. He worked on tractors. Contacted Storm Manufacturing, nope not theirs need to locate Storm Company- no luck.....so turn to GJ

Some sort of press just not sure what for

 

[daveroy]

If your G-pa worked on tractors, and you don't get any hits on here, you might try some of the tractor forums. Greentractortalk, or mytractorforum.com...

 

[vmusch]

Great thanks, had an old timer stop by and look at it he has been working on tractors his whole life, identified most of the tools and said mmmm IDK. Had a machinist look at it and said mmmmm IDK.....now its a mision

 

[FMC]

try here

valve spring and piston rod??

 

[vmusch]

Interesting my guess with the gauge it is used to measure the strength of springs? Guess mine is missing he gauge so the value will not be as high as the one sold.....

 

[WWShop]

Is that the entire tool? I know they had machines for boring cylinders.

 

[vmusch]

I did have a boring bar but different manufacture.......also had a rod conditioner.

 

[larry_g]

It has some features of a 'track pin press' that is used to press the pins out of the tracks on crawlers and such.

lg
no neat sig line

 

[Farmall 1066]

What does the lever on top do?

 

[Parabellum]

http://www.practicalmachinist.com/v...-mfg-boring-drill-machine-info-needed-227888/

 

[vmusch]

Brings the bottom cylinder up I am now assuming to compress the springs.

 

[nyrapscalion]

I'm thinking a spring compressor of some type.
Maybe something to put assemblies in to compress, install and release.

 

[Roberts210]

It has some features of a 'track pin press' that is used to press the pins out of the tracks on crawlers and such.
lg

I agree. Did grandpa work on crawlers?

 

[Bdgjr215]

Storm-vulcan made a bunch of machines geared to engine shops.It doesn't look like any
Thing we had in places i worked but, going on the lines of what some here have said,
How about a piston pin press?

 

[laser3kw]

Another useful link
Storm MFG Benchtop Hydraulic Press Valve spring, Piston rod Installation UV45

 

[wreckless]

Nothing like resurrecting a slightly dated thread.

It’s a connecting rod straightener! I just came across one in the wild, now mine, absolutely no idea what I’m going to do with it.

 

[larry4406]

Nothing like resurrecting a slightly dated thread.

It’s a connecting rod straightener! I just came across one in the wild, now mine, absolutely no idea what I’m going to do with it.

Better late then never!

 

[RTM]

Nothing like resurrecting a slightly dated thread

When you bring closure to a topic, always appreciate. Welcome, and nice first post.

 

[hobie18]

Can rods be straightened?
I doubt aluminum can.
High tensile steel? Iron?
Are the engines "low" rpm?


(No peyronie jokes)

 

[four.cycle]

^ con rods used to be forged... so... why not?

I had never heard of such a thing myself... we checked 'em for straight and round... I don't believe we "straightened" them, however... would have been too time consuming, and then you'd have to fish around and find an orphan somewhere that matched up (weight-wise.) The guys in back wired the sets together on the tear-down bench to keep them together as a set.