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More New Workshop Appliances

18th September 1953
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I AST week The Commercial Motor

dealt with a number of workshop items designed to simplify and to speedup various maintenance operations. Here are descriptions of some further useful tools produced to the same end.

A saving of at least hr. when reconditioning the Na.lves of Ford fourcylindered engines is claimed to be possible when using the Lightning valve grinding and re-gapping outfit recently developed by Elms Garage, Rednall Road, Birmingham, 31. Reports have been received that the tool enables more than two hours to be saved.

Before the valve is inserted in the block for final grinding, a split guide of hardened steel is fitted to the stem and held in position by a threaded collar with a knurled head. The guide is pushed into the block from the top a

distance limited by a stop. Its use obviates the need for reassembling the original guide and valve spring for. the grinding and gapping operations.

After gauging the tappet clz which will normally bc less tha required, the valve is transferre jig and located on V mounts b twO measuring screws. • The .vah is then ;ground until the required ance is obtained, measurements

made with feeler gauges betwe foot and the screw. Replacem the valve in the block, for checl unnecessary.

The screws. which are held i posts that provide a spring grip threads, can be positively adios hand. The V supports are positic that they bear on the stern at which are normally unworn, a valve can be spun round in p 'to check for distortion.

A tool-set, including the met jig and two collars suitable for 10-h.p. engines, costs £1. The j be used for the valves of V8 engine collars for these units will later be iuced.

he Lightning wheel aligner, desed in The Commercial Motor for. ruary 17, 1950, has now been loped for the heavier types of corncial vehicle. It is particularly usewhen vehicles with two front axles being aligned.

he aligner comprises a beam with arms which are attached to clips the tyres. A dial reading of the k is taken with the clips lying horially behind the axle, and again r the wheels have been turned so the clips are in front of the axle. readings are unaffected by wheel de or unevenness of the ground, and alignment can be checked in a few utes.

P. Barrus, Ltd., 12-16 Brunel Road, yri, London, W.3, recently intro

a much improved version of the [raspeed giant-tyre remover, known 'oriel 600. It is a mobile unit which deal with tyres-of maximum dimens• of 18.00-24; with only one man

needed to operate it. Being mounted on castor wheels, it can readily be moved about. The Hydraspeed can be used anywhere on solid ground, and as no permanent connections have to be made in the form of ground ,anchorage, the remover can be stored in any space found convenient.

Amongst the desirable features of a spanner being handled by Witty and Wyatt, Ltd., 38 Commercial Street, London, E.1, are that the greater the torque exerted the firmer it grips, and that it can be used as a ratchet spanner.

It has one fixed jaw with a curved face in unit with the handle, and a spring-loaded pivoted jaw with angled faces to fit the hexagon of the nut. It has a snap-on action, and the pivot of the moving jaw is so positioned that, when leverage is exerted on the handle in one direction, the spanner tightens itself on the nut. .

Movement of the handle in the other direction releases the grip so that a ratchet action is available. It is made in two sizes, No. 1 to take 3/16 in.in. nuts and No. 2 for ;1 in.-11/16 in. nuts, Whitworth sizes in both cases. The respective prices are, 8s. 3d. and 10s.

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