Spreading the Bonney affliction!

[d42jeep]

I found these two combination wrenches on Saturday.
-Don

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Those are in great shape! Here are some brake wrenches. They went to the 8 point with the bonaloy.

 

[Mikeske]

Found these Matco/Bonney metric wrenches, one 6 MM, two 8 MM and two 11 MM. anyone interested that is doing a Matco collection just private message me. The condition is fair as they have been used a lot.

I found a home for these wrenches they have been sent to a new owner

 

[Ricky Joe]

I found the original pictures of the broken 3/8" ratchet. Another person wanted this ratchet and I sent it on for just the shipping cost.

Looks to me like it accidentally met a torch. I guess that COULD have happened under care of the postal service, but I’m not buying it. Where is the rest of it?

 

[JjKk40]

Some new (old) additions !!!

 

[Username already in use]

@JjKk40 that Vi-Chrome set is real nice.

 

[JjKk40]

@JjKk40 that Vi-Chrome set is real nice.

Hey thanks man! It is in great shape! I think I'm missing 1 or 2 pieces, like an extention or a swivel? I found it on FB marketplace actually.

 

[genog]

Here's my contribution
I need to start going to Estate Sales, scouring CL, etc to find more Bonney

 

[consti2tion]

Picked this up a few months ago for a 2 dollars at an estate sale.

Need to find the ignition pliers.

 

[Mikeske]

Picked this up a few months ago for a 2 dollars at an estate sale.

Need to find the ignition pliers.

Something like mine

 

[consti2tion]

Something like mine

Yours is much nicer!! Very nice!

 

[Mikeske]

Yours is much nicer!! Very nice!

My set is all original to what I got in 1983 except for the folding ignition wrench and the 4” Channellock pliers. I found those on eBay.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

While I came home with a few other things from my trip to Twertsy's Tool Temple, the 1914-1915 C.E. Jennings made wooden chest with the BONNEY VISE & TOOL WORKS brass tag probably tops the list. I immediately made some space for it next to my Bonney wrench board and put some period pieces and other curios inside it. I am toying with the idea of lining the compartments with black felt, although I would not glue it.

 

[RTM]

Get some archival matte board, cut it to size, and glue your felt to that. Slides in and out without doing any damage, or making lots of work to get out. And you only lose <1/4”.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

While I came home with a few other things from my trip to Twertsy's Tool Temple, the 1914-1915 C.E. Jennings made wooden chest with the BONNEY VISE & TOOL WORKS brass tag probably tops the list. I immediately made some space for it next to my Bonney wrench board and put some period pieces and other curios inside it. I am toying with the idea of lining the compartments with black felt, although I would not glue it.

Ooohhh that is nice

 

[LesserSon]

That chest looks fantastic next to your wrench board. Congrats!

 

[leg17]

That box is a real treat.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Thanks, guys. "Treat" is exactly the right word, leg. Nothing reveals ones precious predilections like "retail" prices (albeit, friendly side of retail).

 

[c1504]

Wow that box is amazing! And the placement next to the flag and the wrench board make it even more cool!

 

[Shelbylex]

Does anybody knows where I can get a kit for Bonney V701 ratchet? I can possibly get one but the ratchet skips per description and will need a kit.

 

[bonneyman]

Does anybody knows where I can get a kit for Bonney V701 ratchet? I can possibly get one but the ratchet skips per description and will need a kit.

Can you post a picture of said ratchet? I'm not as familiar with all the older styles, but have some old rats sitting around and can look to see if I have one that matches. No guarantees.

 

[Shelbylex]

Sorry for cutting the edges - keeping the current owners privacy...

 

[bonneyman]

I have a 3/8" four-tang selector flex head ratchet that looks like that. Don't know if the guts design is the same as your 1/4" in question ( as sometimes manufacturers shift designs when going small) but it should give you a direction to head.

 

[Shelbylex]

Thank you, Bonneyman. I have different Bonney wrenches (later models - "mercedes shaped and line shaped directional changers).
How do you like this early one?

 

[Ricky Joe]

While I came home with a few other things from my trip to Twertsy's Tool Temple, the 1914-1915 C.E. Jennings made wooden chest with the BONNEY VISE & TOOL WORKS brass tag probably tops the list. I immediately made some space for it next to my Bonney wrench board and put some period pieces and other curios inside it. I am toying with the idea of lining the compartments with black felt, although I would not glue it.

Interesting obstruction wrench. Do you know anything about it; application, year manufactured, maker?

 

[JjKk40]

Does anybody knows where I can get a kit for Bonney V701 ratchet? I can possibly get one but the ratchet skips per description and will need a kit.

I doubt you'll find a kit for that 701. Have you disassembled it and cleaned it all the way down? Most times its just dirty and in need of some light oil. These style use a sliding pawl if I remember correctly and dirt will cause it to bind and skip. Post back results if you do it.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Interesting obstruction wrench. Do you know anything about it; application, year manufactured, maker?

It's a Bonney No. 2573. I have a number of these wrenches from the Special Chevy tools page in the 1933 catalog, but this is the only one with the early fancy italicized full Chrome Vanadium name bracketing the (CV) logo, so it's probably earlier.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

The other oddball in that drawer is a No. 2588 for holding Ford V8 main bearing nuts. The only other one I remember seeing is HeelSpur's way back in 2017 (Page 21/ Post #817).

 

[Shelbylex]

I doubt you'll find a kit for that 701. Have you disassembled it and cleaned it all the way down? Most times its just dirty and in need of some light oil. These style use a sliding pawl if I remember correctly and dirt will cause it to bind and skip. Post back results if you do it.

Thank you, JjKk40
There is a person selling it, but I do not know him - thus would not be able to buy and then return.

I wonder if anybody has V701 and can post the picture of the insides...

 

[consti2tion]

Sorry for cutting the edges - keeping the current owners privacy...

That retaining ring and drive end look awful similar to SK. If you have an SK 40970 laying around you may just check and see. I am not aware of any cross-breeding between Bonney and SK but stranger things have happened.

Edit: disregard, a little search turned up this thread about it.

Bonney ratchet question...

Anyone know where this style ratchet belongs in Bonney history ? All I know is that it's before the Rozmus patent (1966). From 59 to 61 there were a couple of patents ( by Hare ) using those stamped cover plates. If it was after them and before Rozmus then they went through 3 ratchet designs in...

www.garagejournal.com

Not the same as SK.

 

[Shelbylex]

Thank you, consti2tion

 

[Oldtuleguy]

It's similar to the sk design but the bonney has a lower tooth count

 

[Mikeske]

I am thinning my herd of duplicates and I have a 1/2" drive set of sockets from 3/8" to 15/16" for sale. I would like to sell this set complete and around $5.00 each for all NOS except the 15/16". PM me if interested. These are Triangle era sockets.

 

[Ricky Joe]

The other oddball in that drawer is a No. 2588 for holding Ford V8 main bearing nuts. The only other one I remember seeing is HeelSpur's way back in 2017 (Page 21/ Post #817).

That Ford wrench is for Model A, not v8. Should be 9/16” square drive. It is not a necessary wrench, but nice to have. It holds the bolt heads while the nuts are torqued.

 

[Ricky Joe]

That Ford wrench is for Model A, not v8. Should be 9/16” square drive. It is not a necessary wrench, but nice to have. It holds the bolt heads while the nuts are torqued.

I checked: early v8s did in fact use the same wrench.

 

[LesserSon]

I wonder if anybody has V701 and can post the picture of the insides...

Here’s mine. As shown in the link to the earlier era discussion, this is the type where the selector slides a bar side-to-side to engage the teeth and provide ratcheting action.
Because it is so small (and mine is working), I hesitate to tear it down any further to reveal the spring and (possibly) pin or ball that must lie at the center.
I don’t know the patent, or I’d post a link to the drawing. I’ve had similar mechanisms apart on other (and larger) Bonney ratchets, and I know I don’t have the time to investigate and get it back together today.
While I have it open, I’ll just spray it out, which might be all the one you are contemplating needs.
BTW, I used eyebrow tweezers to get the retaining ring off.

 

[Shelbylex]

Thank you, LesserSon!

 

[RTM]

Here‘s one I don’t see in this thread. Found it at my first targeted stop yesterday, got it with a handful of other goodies. Will add to the GS sale later. Bonney 2126 carburetor and distributor adjustment tool. I don’t see it in any Bonney catalogs, but it shows up in the 1966 Herbrand catalog. I understand there was a buyout somewhere along the line, guessing about 1967. This thing is supposedly made to work on Holley carbs, something I never had the pleasure of owning. The nut downstream of the handle loosens to allow the handle to slide along the straight length of the handle. The knob at the far end turns, and turns the square drive on the far end. I did not get any of the official attachments, but there was a TM85 Snap-on centering flat blade screwdriver on it.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

I have seen the herbrand version. Cool tool!

 

[Ricky Joe]

Here‘s one I don’t see in this thread. Found it at my first targeted stop yesterday, got it with a handful of other goodies. Will add to the GS sale later. Bonney 2126 carburetor and distributor adjustment tool. I don’t see it in any Bonney catalogs, but it shows up in the 1966 Herbrand catalog. I understand there was a buyout somewhere along the line, guessing about 1967. This thing is supposedly made to work on Holley carbs, something I never had the pleasure of owning. The nut downstream of the handle loosens to allow the handle to slide along the straight length of the handle. The knob at the far end turns, and turns the square drive on the far end. I did not get any of the official attachments, but there was a TM85 Snap-on centering flat blade screwdriver on it.

That is a nice find. Blue Point made one, also.