Tool score!!! Need help identifying a few things.

[NYBODYMAN]

I was able to score a strange Facom tool box/stool and the guy threw in a bucket of tools for an extra $25. I rolled the dice and this is what I got. I need help IDing a few things. Some tools don't have any marks or identifiers on them. I'm just looking to identify the tools in the middle pics.

Here's the box.




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I'm not sure what these are. The driver handle says Bridgeport and the "pliers" say Miller.

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These are just a few cool things that were in the pile. A Sock-O-Matic nut driver. It has a spring loaded drive inside which can be used for a few different sizes. The tool second from left is a Screw Starter. I 'm not sure I understand the purpose other than the obvious. I just don't see the purpose. The punch is a brand called Blue Line. Anyone ever heard of it?

 

[NYBODYMAN]

Any help is appreciated.

 

[ducksface]

That's about the oddest conglomeration to pass through GJ in quite a while.
Too bad you're so far away. I'd love to trade you out of the weird box....

 

[NYBODYMAN]

It's funny because I bought a bunch of tools from him a few months back. I saw this in his garage and had too have it. He wouldn't budge because it was his uncle's. He just contacted me last week and told me I could have it. I ran right over and grabbed it. I have no idea what I am going to do with it but it is too cool to pass up.

Any ideas on the other tools?

 

[454ragtop]

Not the clearest post ever, might try asking about specific items and skip the stuff you know. Anyway, if you're asking about the stuff in the 4th pic down, the second item is for adjusting car door hinges as I recall, maybe S-10's and Blazer's? Item under that is a basin wrench, used to work on faucet retaining nuts.

 

[NYBODYMAN]

I'm trying to ID the tool in pics 4-7.

 

[jakemac]

Pic 4, item 3 (from top) is a Basin Wrench. Used under a sink to remove/install faucets.
Pics 5&6, item 1 is a spark plug socket. Missing a round bar that goes through the slots to turn it.

 

[ducksface]

The white painted six point socket with the through hole is a 13/16ths spark plug wrench that you slip a screwdriver through to use as a cross handle.
The yellow handled pliers is a type of wire cutter and stripper and has holes for (I think) cutting the bolts or wrapping an eye on electric receptacles. I have one, but use it too infrequently to remember why it has the adjustable know ish thing on the side.

I have a version of the sockomatic. I use it to blindly reach behind brackets and such. Just slip it on and it figures if it's metric or Sae....
Some people really really ***** about them as a gadget. I really really use one as a tool.

 

[pstemari]

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The yellow handled pliers is a type of wire cutter and stripper and has holes for (I think) cutting the bolts or wrapping an eye on electric receptacles. I have one, but use it too infrequently to remember why it has the adjustable know ish thing on the side.

The cam allows you to adjust for different sizes of wire. Generally I just gauge by feel when stripping wire with that sort of stripper, but if you are doing a lot of the same size it makes sense to set the stop.

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[928'er]

The top item in #4 is the key used to open the hood and spare tire compartment latches on a Triumph TR2/3.

#5 second from the top is a pilot shaft for aligning/installing clutch discs.

 

[Gmonkee]

The thing that looks like a trans input shaft is indeed a VW bug trans input shaft.

They are used like that to line up the clutch plate when installing a new clutch.

 

[NYBODYMAN]

Nice. We're getting somewhere. The driver below the clutch shaft tool has a domed end with the black rubber cap-Any idea what this is?
The tool below that I have absolutely no idea about.

 

[L.Cheapo]

The top item in #4 is the key used to open the hood and spare tire compartment latches on a Triumph TR2/3.

Also used to open the cargo doors under the bed of older VW pickups. Known in the VW community as a "church key".

 

[2oolhound]

I can't see the photo of the box fully opened...

 

[montanafordman]

the driver handle that says bridgeport looks like a tire core tool meant for removing the shrader valve from tires/inner tubes.

 

[ADSR]

That's a really cool box.

 

[ken w.]

The tool with the black cap look to be a diamond wheel dresser for truing up grinding wheels.

 

[NYBODYMAN]

the driver handle that says bridgeport looks like a tire core tool meant for removing the shrader valve from tires/inner tubes.

Yes. After looking at it more I agree with this. Thanks.

 

[NYBODYMAN]

The tool with the black cap look to be a diamond wheel dresser for truing up grinding wheels.

I'm not sure how one of those works but there is no grinding marks on this. Not sure if that makes a difference.

 

[NYBODYMAN]

Here's a pic of the box opened up. The square piece that is seen in the other pics actually comes off and goes in the middle when its opened up. I'm assuming to be used as a seat.

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[NYBODYMAN]

I don't really get it either. It's an interesting concept but I thing quite impractical for maneuverability. Nonetheless, I've never seen one and I think it's cool so I had to have it.

 

[Sam'sAutoParts]

Very Cool box! Blue Line Tools was a Philadelphia based company, I think Woody did a story on them a while back.

 

[ducksface]

Just a guess here:
Previous owner owned a VW hauler that had a heat exchanger problem. I bet that box lived in the hauler.
Seems to be a typical Vw box. I forget which size wrench to adjust values but I'll bet it's in that mix along with a screwdriver/valve cover bale tool.

 

[ducksface]

The blue striped long thing is a drift. The stripe might have signified how far to punch a drift pin.
I think the tool with the large loop handle is a screw starter.

 

[ken w.]

I'm not sure how one of those works but there is no grinding marks on this. Not sure if that makes a difference.

I have a similar one with made my Craftsman with the screwdriver handle. If you look at the tip it will have a glass like center. That would be the diamond to square up the grinding wheel on a bench grinder.

 

[Milton Shaw]

The tool next to the pipe wrench is a slotted screw starter. You twist the end till it catches then put screw on slot and push to release it. They work great.. The socket some have said was for sparkplugs also looks like plumbers faucet wrench. They came in sets of about 6-8 different sizes on both end. Used to remove the valve assy from shower/tub faucets to replace washers on faucet.

 

[disston]

In pic #4 second from the top has been identified as a door hinge alignment tool. I believe this is correct but have puzzled over how it is used for several years (I own one). I think now that the two ends are to match the size of the pins on the pillar that the door latches onto. The door is allowed to latch onto the tool instead of the pin on the pillar and the door can be held up by the other end of the tool while adjusting the hinges.

There have been other ideas proposed including smashing the door on the rollers to bend the door hinges, somehow. Who knows? Nobody that claims to actually have experience using this tool has come forward to date.

 

[NYBODYMAN]

Just a guess here:
Previous owner owned a VW hauler that had a heat exchanger problem. I bet that box lived in the hauler.
Seems to be a typical Vw box. I forget which size wrench to adjust values but I'll bet it's in that mix along with a screwdriver/valve cover bale tool.

The guy I bought it from said all of the tools and box were his Uncle's who owned a body shop from the 40's-90's.

 

[NYBODYMAN]

In pic #4 second from the top has been identified as a door hinge alignment tool. I believe this is correct but have puzzled over how it is used for several years (I own one). I think now that the two ends are to match the size of the pins on the pillar that the door latches onto. The door is allowed to latch onto the tool instead of the pin on the pillar and the door can be held up by the other end of the tool while adjusting the hinges.

There have been other ideas proposed including smashing the door on the rollers to bend the door hinges, somehow. Who knows? Nobody that claims to actually have experience using this tool has come forward to date.

I know I have seen one of these in the past and I heard it was for hinges but I can't figure out how to use it.

 

[unslow1]

801 Door Aligning Tool
801 Door Aligning Tool

Wedges within hinge to straighten jam
Universal use for all American or foreign cars and trucks
Designed for easy access behind both deep box and shallow well hinges
Hardened steel wedges are sharp-knurled for binding grip
Cuts work time, improves accuracy of alignment
Made for rough service . . . indestructible

I know I have seen one of these in the past and I heard it was for hinges but I can't figure out how to use it.

Still I don't know.

 

[unslow1]

801 Door Aligning Tool
801 Door Aligning Tool

Wedges within hinge to straighten jam
Universal use for all American or foreign cars and trucks
Designed for easy access behind both deep box and shallow well hinges
Hardened steel wedges are sharp-knurled for binding grip
Cuts work time, improves accuracy of alignment
Made for rough service . . . indestructible

I know I have seen one of these in the past and I heard it was for hinges but I can't figure out how to use it.

Still I don't know.
I'm guessing maybe it actually bends the hinge closing with this in between the two halves.

 

[Cope]

The tool next to the pipe wrench is a slotted screw starter. You twist the end till it catches then put screw on slot and push to release it. They work great..

The screw starter was really handy back in the days of points and condenser ignitions.

 

[beardog]

I think the top scissor handle looking tool in pic 4 is used to install faucet cartridges. It will be 4 sided if so.

 

[jrsulo]

Below basin wrench is a tool they supply with pull down attic stairs,,,,looks just like it but cant be sure ,,,,,for the springs