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Wow.... I'm hearing crickets here now..... Gonna have to dig up some other odd tools I guess.

Alright, you bums..... Since no one can help me with that last one,... we'll move on....

I have an odd tool that IS VW Specific..... How many of you guys have one, and/or know what it is? That's a 1/2" hole in the middle.

For hand turning or starting a very old VW engine?

I still think tha the other tool was for sheet metal layout work and could go in a compass used for that.

Lee

Ol'fogasaurus wrote:For hand turning or starting a very old VW engine?

I still think tha the other tool was for sheet metal layout work and could go in a compass used for that.

Lee

There was a tool for Hand Starting at one time I think.... May be wrong on that, as I'm not an officianado on the pre 70 stuff at all.... This tool is definitely not that anyway. This tool is pre-70 however. Pretty sure. It's also Stamped "MATRA" as the tool mfg.

You could be right on the layout tool concept. I think I'll start a thread over on the H.A.M.B. for ID of that one.... it's a machine shop tool I feel certain.

since its too big to be a dash knob retainer remover, it COULD be the wrench for the oil filler, but I think the MATRA one looks different from that. came up so you could use a wrench on it. I have seen aftermarket ones that look like that, but maybe I am switching em around in my head.

fusername wrote:since its too big to be a dash knob retainer remover, it COULD be the wrench for the oil filler, but I think the MATRA one looks different from that. came up so you could use a wrench on it. I have seen aftermarket ones that look like that, but maybe I am switching em around in my head.

This is indeed the MATRA tool for the older Oil Filler Nut... (that's inside the oil filler "bowl" where you pour oil in). This nut actually holds the "bowl" to the neck from inside. this is the only one of this type I have ever seen too, hence the "name that tool" entry.

stamped in the side is "Made IN Germany 10677" "MATRA- VW170". I got this tool in a big box of VW parts at an auction about 15 years ago. It doesn't fit the later model Oil Fillers really well.... but it does give me a pattern to make my own (Which I already have done) out of a deep socket 22mm 1/2" drive. I used the deep socket in case I didn't get the cross in it quite right, but did OK the first time around. I also use the same socket for other purposes, including a good Park brake tool for an old Fiat Rear Disc Brake set-up.

This particular tool needs some attention to the inside of the 1/2" square, to allow for the keeper ball on most ratchets and extensions to hold onto it... it falls off pretty easy since it's a heavy Bit of Steel.

Good call on the Tool ID - Who's next?

Here is one for you, I have had this tool for many years and have yet to find out what it does, maybe some good guess but nothing certain.




the interesting thing is the jaws open parallel to each other at all times. there are little raised nubs all around the cone. It has me stumped ED

Ed ke6bnl wrote:Here is one for you, I have had this tool for many years and have yet to find out what it does, maybe some good guess but nothing certain.
the interesting thing is the jaws open parallel to each other at all times. there are little raised nubs all around the cone. It has me stumped ED

That there's a Bulb Planter I bet.... Judging from the dirt on it, that makes good sense. It's an odd one though. Very cool.

SCOTTRODS wrote:Alright, you bums..... Since no one can help me with that last one,... we'll move on....

I have an odd tool that IS VW Specific..... How many of you guys have one, and/or know what it is? That's a 1/2" hole in the middle.

For removing the "nut" than holds oil filler to generator/alternator stand...

Dale

Yup!

I use a 1" internal pipe wrench for that job:

...works even on the ones that're chewed/broken.

gotta remember that pipe wrench trick, It always bugged me when i was puting mine together that I could't get it clean in there and paint the parts sepearte. not a fun piece to mask. i am a sucker for fresh paint on crap parts.

as for that mini post hole digger, I am going to say o-ring installer. you slip on the oring and spread the jaws till its big enough to pop it into place? i can't see the nubs, but are they there to stop the oring from slipping down as hyou stretch it?

yeah that makes no sense to me either, you can't butt the tool against hte part ot be ringed. really old scool cylinder hone, you apply pressure by hand while you spin the cylinder with your feet. the taper gives the air extra velocity half wau thru the stroke, and helps to mix the gas and air for more effeceint combustion.

Tool #6?
This one is a tool I've had for a long time. I have no idea what it is or it's intended use. I think either end could have been a handle, but suspect the flat end was. The Flat end also has signs of being hammered on the edge. I don't know, but there may be some reason for the uneven shape as one side is slightly different than the other. The edges of the pointed end are not sharp, yet the very point of it is close to looking like it could have been sharp.... The pointed half has also been painted red at one point in time, not sure if that means anything either. It's about 3/16" thick, and the bend looks roughly to be 30 degrees or less. No names, no Numbers, No maker, No patent.... plain tool steel.


Happy Guessing (Or educating me).....

You named it already when you said it had been hit on one edge. It is for splitting stuff that may have a gasket holding it together or spot welds. Old tool!

Lee

Ol'fogasaurus wrote:You named it already when you said it had been hit on one edge. It is for splitting stuff that may have a gasket holding it together or spot welds. Old tool!

Lee

That simple huh? I thought maybe a body tool to get in tight spots and put an edge back on things that had been dinged on a proud edge..... I guess it could be a splitting tool.... have you seen or used one similar before?