My Old snap on set is almost complete!!

[wrenchr]

Chad got me started and I have almost completed this set!!
Chad has been great on showing me links on stuff I need.
The speedwrench is locked up so I still need one and I'm missing a few sockets and a swivel and I think that is it!!

 

[wrenchr]

The box is not finished, the hindges need replaced and the color is wrong, I primed it so it would not flash up on me.

 

[eschoendorff]

I really like those smooth handles on the old ratchets. Kinda like Matco handles on Snap on ratchets...

 

[rsanter]

the hinges need replaced?
how bad are they and how close are the replacements

by the way, I have a spot welder if you need them spot welded on

bob

 

[wrenchr]

Thanks!! I'm going to plug weld em on!! It will not be perfect but it will work!!
I have some original one's!!

 

[wrenchr]

The ones on the tin were replaced years ago with **** one's!!

 

[old salvage]

Chad got me started and I have almost completed this set!!
Chad has been great on showing me links on stuff I need.
The speedwrench is locked up so I still need one and I'm missing a few sockets and a swivel and I think that is it!!

whats wrong with the speeder ? What have you tried to get it going?
It looks awfully nice to give up on.

 

[wrenchr]

whats wrong with the speeder ? What have you tried to get it going?
It looks awfully nice to give up on.

The handle is locked up. I have soaked it with oil and there is no movement.

 

[billymade]

What are you missing from your set? I have quite a few older Snapon odds/ends might help you complete it.

 

[old salvage]

The handle is locked up. I have soaked it with oil and there is no movement.

Damn. How bout clamping the handle in your bench vise but sandwiched between two pieces of soft white pine (so you dont mess up the knurling) then try spinning it that way.

 

[fourfeathers]

The handle is locked up. I have soaked it with oil and there is no movement.

Try tapping the bottom of the handle with a soft mallet, and see if that does it.
What socket sizes and year do you need?

 

[wrenchr]

Try tapping the bottom of the handle with a soft mallet, and see if that does it.
What socket sizes and year do you need?

I have tapped it with no luck either!! I just bought a set on ebay!!
I have the fever
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/e...ame=STRK:MEWNX:IT&viewitem=&item=380054461904

 

[wrenchr]

Now that I have another one coming I will warranty this and sell it

 

[wrenchr]

The speeder, not the set!!

 

[wrenchr]

I acted to quick, the speeder I just bought in missing the ball,

 

[chad s]

I acted to quick, the speeder I just bought in missing the ball,

The speeder in my set is fairly stiff, but not seized. I dont know how these were secured on, maybe an internal snap ring? The early speeder handles were secured with a friction fit pin that went through the knurled handle, and into a grove that was turned into the speeder round stock. I recently removed one from a common 20's speeder that was in bad shape, to instal it on a 1921-22 "4 pinch" speeder, and made a new pin on my lathe.

I have a 1934-35 version of this set that I'll post pics of soon. Interestingly, the box is identical, but has a mid 30's era decal on the lid, under the embossed logo.

 

[billymade]

wrenchr, what pieces are you missing from your set? What drive size is it?

 

[chad s]

wrenchr, what pieces are you missing from your set? What drive size is it?

Its 3/8, he needs an F-8 universal (the long one, not the compact), F-2 extension, F-9 extension (I need an F9 as well!) with 1946-47 date codes.

 

[billymade]

I have the F-2-E short extension but the code looks like a upper case "E" after the F-2(1944)? Is that the code or is it somewhere else on the extension?

 

[WOOS1]

That is a neat set, with the box and all. I am sorry for the hijack and dumb question, but how do you tell the difference between the older Snap-On tools and the newer ones?

 

[billymade]

The Snapon logo is different but you can look for date codes on the tool itself: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14884

 

[chad s]

That is a neat set, with the box and all. I am sorry for the hijack and dumb question, but how do you tell the difference between the older Snap-On tools and the newer ones?

The old ones aren't as shiny!

 

[eschoendorff]

I have tapped it with no luck either!! I just bought a set on ebay!!
I have the fever
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/e...ame=STRK:MEWNX:IT&viewitem=&item=380054461904

With that locked up speeder - if it were mine - I would leave the locked up handle sitting in a cup of ATF for a month.

 

[WOOS1]

The Snapon logo is different but you can look for date codes on the tool itself: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14884

Thanks for the link, billymade. I went thru my son's toolbox (he is six) and most of his stuff is the early 1950's thru the late 1970's.

 

[pirana]

The handle is locked up. I have soaked it with oil and there is no movement.

Try putting a little heat to it. I recently got an old S-K speeder with a froze up/rusted handle & heat did the trick & didn't discolor it.