Back in the early '80s I worked for a British auto mechanic named Roy
who owned an independent service shop specializing in the higher-end
British makes (he was a factory trained Jaguar mechanic), as well as
European exotics, etc. The shop was maintained so clean that you
could eat off
Hey guys
I purchased something that the seller wasn't able to identify - but I figured
it out right away. It was a T-handled rod with a socket on the end and the
words 'THOMAS A. EDISON INC.' stamped into the metal of the handle. It is an
Edison spark plug wrench I had never seen one,
Hey Andy
That is about what I assumed, given the name stamped in it. I thought maybe
even fifty, but that is starting to seem a bit high.
Still, it is an interesting piece of automotive technology. The only other
thing I could think of was a tire iron, but it doesn't seem like there would be
I thought of tire iron too and ruled it out for the same reason. I
don't think that $50 sounds unreasonable. If you have an age-
appropriate car and the Edison Splitdorf plugs, then it's not too
hard to talk yourself into paying the cost of a tank of gas for the
tool with the famous name
If I had the car and the plugs, I'd sure go for it! Time will tell...
Andrew Baron a...@popyrus.com wrote: I thought of tire iron too and ruled it
out for the same reason. I
don't think that $50 sounds unreasonable. If you have an age-
appropriate car and the Edison Splitdorf plugs, then it's
In a message dated 7/9/2007 6:13:33 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
john9...@pacbell.net writes:
If I had the car and the plugs, I'd sure go for it! Time will tell...
I don't know why you guys think that its a spark plug wrench--or even a tire
iron--looks like a lug nut wrench to me with
The hand-holds are too short to give much torque for a lugnut wrench (I've had
to STAND my fat self on the handle of lugnut wrenches, to get the nut to move)
,
and why would Edison even make a lug nut wrench??
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Yeah, I am starting to think that too. The handle and the rod are only 5 long
- and the depth of the socket is not that long either. But did Edison make
automotive tools??
aph4...@aol.com wrote:
In a message dated 7/9/2007 6:13:33 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
john9...@pacbell.net writes:
If
Art Heller wrote: I don't know why you guys think that its a spark plug
wrench--or even a tire iron--looks like a lug nut wrench to me with the
shallow wrench head.
I know that Edison used to sell little glass jars with his name in raised
letters filled with oil so that the water reservoirs of
The seller thought it might be for unscrewing battery poststhis is getting
to be a mystery!
Dan Kj ediso...@verizon.net wrote: The hand-holds are too short to give much
torque for a lugnut wrench (I've had
to STAND my fat self on the handle of lugnut wrenches, to get the nut to move)
,
In a message dated 7/9/2007 8:44:57 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
a...@popyrus.com writes:
Tire iron was really the wrong word. Lug wrench was what I meant,
but this appears too light for that function. Also odd that it would
say Edison for that function. I agree that it looks too
I believe this is an Edison Storage Battery wrench,
used to secure the batteries.
As mentioned, it's a bit too shallow for spark plugs,
but just the right depth for the hold-downs.
They are not that rare, IMO.
Dennis
--- Andrew Baron a...@popyrus.com wrote:
I thought of tire iron too
In a message dated 7/9/2007 9:50:36 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
back...@yahoo.com writes:
I believe this is an Edison Storage Battery wrench,
used to secure the batteries.
As mentioned, it's a bit too shallow for spark plugs,
but just the right depth for the hold-downs.
O.K. you
Tim, I doubt that it's anything like a dynamo wrench, First of all, I
don't think there are such wrenches, and I'm in that business (I work
for GE). But more importantly, Edison didn't make any equipment like
that (motors, generators, lighting, etc.) after the GE company was
formed in
It is called a Pole-Nut Wrench for a Edison Nickel-Iron-Alkaline
storage battery. I have a catalogue from Thomas A. Edison Industries
that show it and it came in three different sizes.
Carl Wright
On Jul 9, 2007, at 11:00 PM, john robles wrote:
Yeah, I am starting to think that too. The
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