Handy back in the day.

charlie n

Well-known Member
If you didn't have one on the first points job,you did for the second one.


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Yep, probably still around somewhere.

And there was another tool for the screw terminal through the side of the Stove Bolt Chevy distributors. Haven't seen it in a while...
 
Yep, got one about 35 years ago. Now buddy has one. Did the points on
his tractor (he was just out of hospital). Asked how I got it done so
quick. Showed him that and he said it usually took him a half hour to
keep fishing the screws out of the bottom of distributor. Mine is a
Craftsman with a magnet on the back and pocket clip. Worked in a
motorcycle shop about the time points went away but most of the stuff
we worked on still had them.
 
I also have one that's only about 1 1/2" long. I used to use it to install the lower brush in VW generators back in the day. As you can imagine, it's been incredibly useful but only occasionally.
 
I have one too. If you are ever without one, take a little piece of paper and put it over the screw driver tip. Then wedge it into the screw. This also works if you wrap paper around a nut and wedge it into a socket.
 

I got one of those with my first set of Snap-On tools purchased in about '71. Still have it. Still use it. Picked up a second, identical one at a flea market. The seller didn't have a clue as to what it was. Think I paid $1 for it.
 
How does the Phillips one hold the screw ? I have the one for slotted screws and it sure can be helpful.
 
One set of the cross teeth were split with the other spring loaded set perpendicular to the first. So spring loaded tooth was twisting against the split pair which kept the screw from turning and the reaction of the two forces held it. Similar to how the slotted screw version worked. Don?t know if that will make any sense without seeing it.
 

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