I love that set and used it a lot for flare nut work. One the best and even IMHO better then any other companies tools and I have tried the other brands and they all could not do what that set did in not damaging lines and nuts. I at least have the set and if I had doubles in it I would have tried to help you complete the set but I have only the single wrench in each size on that set.
I appreciate that. You seem to be really good at sniffing them out on the auction site. If I may ask, next time you see one pop up, shoot me a pm? I seem to miss them, which might be a good thing, because I might have run you up on them if I had seen them.
Sure no problem but there is a E12FC right now in good condition.
I don’t recall whether the big V and dots is always oriented the same as the date code (so Jan1938), or whether it could be upside-down (Oct1944). Same era, either way.
Yep hammer it on apply heat back the nut off
When got my initial set of Bonney 1/4" sockets in the early 1980's I got from 5-13 MM with a skip at 5.5 MM. It never bothered me as I never found anything until a couple years ago that required a 5.5 MM. I guess after I bought Bonney must of done a limited run of the 5.5 MM's.
As far as I can tell Bonney never produced a 5.5 MM deep well socket. I checked the catalogs from 1977, and 1981 that I have stored on my computer and few other areas and that socket was never offered in these two catalogs. In my 1986 catalog is the first time I saw the 5.5 MM regular socket listed. If I could find later catalogs I still check but for now it appears to be a dead end. The 1977 and the 1981 catalogs both start at 6 MM for the 1/4" drive sockets and the 1986 catalog starts at 5 MM in the deep well sockets but no 5.5. That seems to match why I never got a 5.5 MM in the sockets as I got my set in 1983. I did get a 5 MM in regular 1/4" then and my deep well set started at 6 MM.
OK here goes.
I can see why less then .003 of a difference and the 7/32 socket likely would get the fastener off anyway. I probably did remove 5.5 MM with a 7/32 often and not even realized that they were actually 5.5 MM
Ah-ha; yes. Gotcha. I should have picked up on that from context.
Just fire the parts cannon at it.But who re-greases wheel bearings anymore? Aren't they all "lifetime lubricated by the manufacturer"?
Yeah!Just fire the parts cannon at it.
It does both. Marked "Battery Terminal and Grease Cup Pliers" and described and illustrated in use for both in the catalog. See pics again.
Actually we had similar pliers when I was in Air Force and they were handy for multiple uses. The teeth were aggressive enough to mill down the lead spot of battery’s, pull various rubber caps and metal caps. I never had a real use once I left the Air Force and never even thought of them since. But a lot of military spec vehicles had a need for them. The commercially available vehicles did not really use them.
