Malleus
Far west of Siegen
Anyone seen something like this before and know what it is used for?
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used in labs for chemicals dispensing. Maybe also in Medical environments but the packaging looks way too affordable for that...
Long shot: pottery and clay sculpture but looks insufficiently artsy for that.
Long shot: pottery and clay sculpture but looks insufficiently artsy for that.
Malleus
Far west of Siegen
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Let me Google that for me...
A very odd thing to find in a pile of junk machine parts in a salvage yard. This thing has been sitting on my desk for a year, waiting for me to find out what to do with it. Now that I know what it is, I still don't know what to do with it. I'm certainly not performing surgery anytime soon.
A very odd thing to find in a pile of junk machine parts in a salvage yard. This thing has been sitting on my desk for a year, waiting for me to find out what to do with it. Now that I know what it is, I still don't know what to do with it. I'm certainly not performing surgery anytime soon.
looks like you could use it as a o-ring puller, slip it behind the o-ring and walk it off
I've got a collection of dental tools I use for all sorts of things. They come in handy for scraping and picking at things. Hemostats and scalpels are also pretty useful in the shop.
Kind of looks like one of these 
drum brake adjustment tool
RUSH55
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That’s what I’ve used them for. How they came up with the term “spatula” I have no idea, but they come in a number of shapes and sizes. We used to heat the ends and bend, curl, or flatten them out to suit the job. Even sometimes filed grooves along an edge to make them serrated.
I found one like your 1st and 2nd photos along with one or 2 with angled ends in a toolbox I bought at a garage sale and it has come in handy pullling O rings in brake calipers, sliding under and around rubber hoses to loosen them from their metal pipes, and used the hexagonal handle as a good leverage point as it had the right diameter and a flat side so it wouldn't slip to leverage against with a screw driver to pry up the spring loaded tab/clip when replacing the brake lines on the 80. You'll find it useful for something I am sure.
Malleus
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OK, my turn, again. This was in a box of transmission tools I bought, hoping I would get something useful for my 2000 LX470 A343F rebuild (the four sets of snap ring pliers did come in handy, but everything else was gearbox specific, apparently):
It appears to be cast aluminum. The pin is steel and slips into the hole, retained by the thumbscrew. I can't make out the (apparent) number on it, and there are no other markings on it at all.
It appears to be cast aluminum. The pin is steel and slips into the hole, retained by the thumbscrew. I can't make out the (apparent) number on it, and there are no other markings on it at all.
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Malleus
Far west of Siegen
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2 (of 2, for today):
This is what I believe is a clutch spring retainer compressor. I had hoped it either would work, or could be modified to fit, the A343F center support, but alas, no.
There are a pair of feet that should be attached to the lower slotted bars, and have curved forms, to match the spring retainer form(s).
Any general automatic transmission repair specialists out there know what transmission this was designed to be used on?
I'm not a transmission repair expert, so I don't have any experience with any automatic transmissions that don't belong in a Land Cruiser.
This is what I believe is a clutch spring retainer compressor. I had hoped it either would work, or could be modified to fit, the A343F center support, but alas, no.
There are a pair of feet that should be attached to the lower slotted bars, and have curved forms, to match the spring retainer form(s).
Any general automatic transmission repair specialists out there know what transmission this was designed to be used on?
I'm not a transmission repair expert, so I don't have any experience with any automatic transmissions that don't belong in a Land Cruiser.
RUSH55
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Whatever it is, there was someone in desperate need of one yesterday.
My turn. Inherited these several years ago in a drawer full of tools from my dad. No idea what these are for. They are not very strong, so snap rings are out. Says "K. MILLER T. CO." on it, which I think are no longer in operation.
Malleus
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@KLF
Found it (image search failed, but the name search worked):
K. Miller Tool Co. Springfield MA is now Ripley tools.
And I found the tweezers I've been looking for all my life:
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Odd. These things are definitely not what I would call "precision". And they feel pretty weak to me.
I looked at these pics a while back and I knew I had seen something like these in my past.
The old brain cells finally fired and I think they are pliers made to remove broken light bulbs from lamps. To remove the broken screw in socket. The two notches by the handles are what keyed me to these. Also, they spread apart when squeezing, so they are either snap ring pliers or O-ring pliers.
I made something that looked about like these when I was in a HS shop class 40+ years ago.
Then I started searching and found many of the same references as @Malleus .
But below is the final one I think that is what it is, but doesn't specify its exact use.
Mr. Pinocchio Pliers K. Miller Tool Co. 85 Series Long Nose Spring Loaded Pliers | #3774154122
Excellent. Will pack with care and ship fast.
www.worthpoint.com
