Adjustable Ford Auto Wrench Restoration
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Great job on that awesome wrench! Love the old sayings!
Thanks ScoutCrafter! The 100 year old humor was interesting.
Excellent job on the wrench, love how it turned out. Like the Ford joke book, best I’ve heard is “there is the Ford, then there is the rest!”
Thanks Terry! The 100 year old humor was interesting.
Hi Magdad. Nice Job 👍 . On That Bicycle Wrench. I Got A Nice Dremel Kit Today. #727-01 Sanding and Grinding. I Went to The Flea Market Both Days This Weekend. Still Trying To Keep Busy. I Did Get A Colonial Fish Knife. On Saturday. I Had One When I Was A Teenager. Two Blades A Filet Blade and A Fish Scaler/ Hook Remover. All Rusted Shut . 2.50 But She's Saved . Mint Almost Now!
Great job saving an old pocket knife Wayne!
@@357magdad Thank You. It Was in A Box Buried . I Think The Guy Cleans Out Storage Units. So It Could Have Been Just Thrown Away Easy!
Beautiful restoration and a great job restoring the "F" with JB weld and a steady hand. The book is fantastic and entertaining. Thanks Magdad
Thanks Michael! The lettering was tough!
Fun and comical history. Amazing job with the wrench MagDad. Revitalizing that Ford lettering with the J.B. weld must have been tricky but marvelous work!
Thanks! The lettering was challenging!
Great job on the restoration. Really impressed by the JB Weld trick on the lettering. I'm giving you an A grade on that.
Thanks! The lettering was a challenge!
That's a fantastic job Now looks amazing Thanks for sharing your time and skill 🍺🍺👍👍
Thanks Brian!
Good stuff, helluva job magdad! Hard to believe a simple wrench could look so good.
Thanks! Auto wrenches are fun to clean up!
I think you would have Henry proud of his wrench. Came out beautiful. Awesome job on the lettering. I’ve used JB Weld to build up and grind away as well, but you set the standard! Great job
Thanks David! Re-shaping those letters was a tough job!
That one was in great shape to begin with and came out great
Thanks Larry!
You gotta love those auto wrenches 😉. I have to say you did a great job and I did learn something. I always fought those pins and never thought about knocking them in. Thank You for sharing!
Thanks Jack! I've had good luck with the inertia trick.
This turned out great, as usual. I like restoring auto wrenches but I have to admit I only pick them up when they have a screw holding in the thumb-wheel. Restoring the Ford lettering was a nice touch!
Thanks Robert! I've had good luck using the inertia trick to get those pins out.
That wrench came out Awesome. Ford jokes were a nice bonus.
Thanks George! The 100 year old humor was interesting.
NICE !!! I have one like this. I've been thinking about "restifying" it, along these lines, and mounting it in a shadow box, for a wall hanger. Gonna give it to my Son, who is a big Ford fan.
That's a great idea Steven! See if you can find one of those joke books on eBay to go with it!
My last name is Ford. I’ve been restoring my great grandfathers and grandfathers tools for the past few years. One was a machinist the other a bus driver. We live in Boston so we have some of the oldest machinist hand tools because as you know places like greenfield, millers falls etc.. was the epicenter for manufacturing those in North America at that time. On the other end my grandfather has some of the earliest tools actually made in the greater Boston area, H.K Porter, Walworth etc.. Sadly I only have one “Ford” tool, it’s a model A open end wrench. Thanks for the vid!
Thanks for watching! Look into traveling to the Kent Antique Machinery show in CT. I bet you'll find some Ford script tools in their flea market!
@@357magdad thanks I’ll look in to it. There’s a flea market/show/auction going on in Nashua NH. this fall and that’s a bit closer to me so I’m pumped. Will be my first time at a large scale “tool” flea market.
Well Done! Beautiful work. Those jokes added some fun to the day. Funny that some of those jokes are still appropriate today.
The only Ford Flivver I'm familiar with was their airplane from 1927.
Thanks! The book used "flivver" so I had to look it up.
Never heard the word flivver.. the psalms at the end was hilarious! 😅 wrench came out great, and the blue was a nice touch of class! Great Video!
Thanks Vic! Many of the jokes in the book used "flivver" so I had to look it up!
Another outstanding resto Magdad! The Ford jokes jokes were a great addition. The "Flivver Psalm" had me laughing out loud.
Thanks Rick! I wanted to save that one for last!
Beautiful job, and I loved the Ford jokes. I'm glad you explained what the square end of the wrench was for - it was bugging me throughout the video!
Thanks Chris!
Beautiful results! Too nice to use, wall hanger!
Thanks John!
Nice restoration Magdad. That old joke book is pretty cool.
Thanks Ivan! It was fun paging through the joke book!
Great style of video on this one and that wrench is a thing of absolute beauty. Nice job👍🏻
Thanks! It was fun paging through the old joke book!
Bonjour Magdad, vraiment une très belle restauration, la brillance superbe. Le bleuing et la restauration du nom Ford aussi. Pein en bleu génial ❤
Thanks! It was a fun project!
Another classic and meticulous restoration! Awesome job!
Thanks Steve!
Looks great! I think painting the letters really helped them pop after reshaping them!
Thanks! Reshaping those letters was a challenge!
@@357magdad well worth it!
Ever notice on this and other auto wrenches how the threads on the nut always go opposite to the thread on the wrench? Always wondered why but somehow they still work. Nice restore, Magdad!
Thanks! I never noticed!
Chuck must be crying out,"What!?! No Flitz?!?" I feel cheated!!😂😂
Chuck is gonna get to polish something soon!
A job well done on the Ford wrench, also nice touch with the Ford jokes.
Thanks! The 100 year old humor was interesting.
Better than new. Great job redoing the Ford lettering!
Thanks Mitch! It looks good from far...
Nice job on that flivver fixer. When I was a kid people used to joke that Ford was an acronym for Found On Road Dead. Guess a Chevy fan promoted that idea. I'd sure like to have a Model T Ford.
Thanks! I'd like to try driving one some day!
The auto wrench looks terrific now. Very well done.
I enjoyed the old Ford jokes. I had not heard the term Flivver before, but had heard Tin Lizzie, although not associated to a Ford.
Dave.
Thanks Dave! The book used "flivver" in a lot of the jokes, so I had to look it up.
@357magdad
Thank you for another Great Video 👍 I enjoyed watching tonight's video. As a Aircraft Mechanic I have a Ford Wrench that is part of my toolbox. Although mine doesn't have the plug remover. Sorry I forgot what you called it. I wish, I could have watched you work the Ford label. 😊
Thanks George! I had to have my face an inch away from that wrench when I was working on the lettering!
Magdad,Thank you for this as I have a similar wrench and wondered what to do with it. Kindest regards Tony 😀.
Thanks Tony! Check out my earlier auto wrench videos for more ideas:
ruclips.net/video/kTngnrIPRFw/видео.html
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Thank you, the earlier videos were pure gold !!
That turned out awesome thank you for the video
Thanks Joe!
I always like resto videos on these old vintage auto wrenches. They are still relatively common at swap meets and (sometimes) reasonable in price, although the Ford ones cost more. Previously you did a video about using inertia to free up the thumbwheel pin. Since I have a number of these wrenches this was a very useful tip for dealing with the most tedious aspect of these wrenches. It doesn't always work, but when it does, I'm happy. Your restoration looks good, and you get extra credit for highlighting the Ford script. BTW, some of these older non-Ford wrenches were so cheaply made and had so much built-in loosenes s, that I think they must have been barely useful. Thanks for a nice video.
I think all auto wrenches had built-in rattle!
Good for another hundred years. Dad jokes are our right.
Very good restoration. I have a variety of Ford and non-Ford vintage auto wrenches, and one of the best tool restoration tips I have found is your tip from an earlier video on using inertia to move the thumbwheel pin. I can't always make it work (due to rust, I think) but it sometimes does, and it is a big help when dealing with the most tedious part of restoring these wrenches. These old wrenches are still reasonably priced at swap meets, although the Ford ones have gone up more. Some oldies are so cheaply made with so much looseness that I think they must have been barely usable. Very good restoration. You deserve extra credit for the way you highlighted the Ford script.
Thanks Pat! I'm glad my inertia trick works for you!
The 100 year old humor was interesting.
Nicely done!
Thanks!
Absolutely terrific restoration Magdad, you gave great attention to details. The Flivver commentary was an interesting bonus.
Thanks John! The joke book was fun to page through!
Your attention to detail is always inspiring MagDad - beautiful job. The jokes were great!
Thanks Bill! The joke book was fun to page through!
Another great clean up, the only time one heard flivver is on and old Aurora plastic model kit, Frankensteins Flivver”
Thanks! That is a cool model!
That was a beautiful restoration of a genuine Ford wrench. I couldn’t believe that you got that pin out. I thought that you might tap the hole and make a new pin.
Thanks Larry! I've always had good luck using its own inertia to knock it out.
The wrench looks great! I like the bluing and the Ford logo painted blue. Thanks for sharing this.
Thanks John!
Nice work, Magdad. The stain finish looks good. 😀👍
Thanks Joseph!
That was an amazing restoration. You did a great job reshaping The Ford logo.
Thanks Frank! It wasn't easy!
You da man! Hey to Chuck.
Thanks Chuck! My polishing partner will be making an appearance this Sunday!
I've restored a Ford wrench similar to that and an old Ford oil can one of my first restorations, with some help from Scout Crafter. And I'm still working on my " putty knife-knife" got stopped for a siding job on the kids house. Great video Mag Dad
Thanks! Auto wrenches are fun to clean up!
The Blue is a nice touch. The wrench looks great. The jokes, I'm a little on the edge. Great video and history.
Thanks Dale! The 100 year old humor is that little book was interesting.
Looks good! Thanks
Thanks Tony!
You should pick up a bore brush for cleaning interior recesses
Thanks for watching! Bore brushes work well on bores. It is very difficult to get complex hollow castings like the dynamic jaw on this project completely free of rust with brushes. That's why I prefer Evapo-Rust.
Great job Magdad
Thanks!
Thank you.
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Good job‼️‼️👍
Thank you!
Nice,thiese are still manufactured for Aviation use.Easily found at estate sales,most do know what the are for.......
Thanks for watching Andrew!
Hilarious ending mate! Loved the video and the work on the wrench.
Thanks! I wanted to save that joke till the end!
FORD ,- First on Race Day or Found on Roadside Dead LOL .. Nice Restoration everything came out great .. As for the Ford Jokes that were a little bit interesting hearing jokes about Ford model T almost a hundred years ago i am sure there were other jokes about the Ford model T that had much more colorful language LOL .. Hey have a great Sunday is Wednesday video a mystery ???
Thanks Roger! Wednesday will be a flea market haul and an update on last week's mystery tool.
Nothing like a good Flivver Joke eh!!☻
The 100 year old humor was interesting!
I started collecting Ford wrenches with that model and now have many odd wrenches from various manufacturers of cars and tractors. I passed on an original paint Fordson toolbox once, still kicking myself for that one
I found a couple Nash wrenches and sent them across the pond to Nash Rathbone.
That Ford joke book is gold!
It was fun paging through it!
Very nice
Thanks!
Nice job Magdad! How were you able to restate the pin? Would like to see more detail on that. 😊👍
I used a punch to put a dimple near the hole in three places.
Sometimes I think you grind too much away with your 80 grit belt. Maybe ease off on the lower grits and leave a little natural pitting . Goodness knows it wasn’t that shiny when it was new. It was probably covered in packing grease.
I was careful not to remove too much metal on the hook where the dynamic jaw rides to keep it from becoming too loose fitting.
It looks li,e the tapping to remove the pin caused a bit of a bruise on the corner of the jaw. Either that steel is pretty soft, or you are pretty strong! Or probably a little of both! 😂
The dynamic jaw is a soft casting and the pin was tight.
The wrench was cast if I'm not mistaken, many cars used individual cast cylinders because of voids in castings they wouldn't have to scrap an entire bank, just the single.
I think the hook is forged and the dynamic jaw is cast.
Lmao 😅 looks great Magdad!
Thanks! I'm glad I made you chuckle!
'27 was the last year of production for the Model-T. That's 19 years of people traveling at 40mph using gasoline, kerosene, or ethanol.
Ford made 15 million of them!
Did you know you could get tin lizzy in any color as long it was black.
I read that Henry Ford preferred black, because it dried quicker than other colors, so he could produce more cars per day.
It is tremendous to be the first viewer for one of your segments.
I have a similar wrench which I use to take the cupped wire brush off my 4-1/2” grinder. It is not as nice as yours.
Auto wrenches are still useful today!
How would you get leverage to open the drain plug?
I'm guessing you would have to put a wrench on the wrench...
What happened to your fingertip?
I don't remember. That footage is several weeks old.
Any color as long as it’s black?
I read that Henry Ford preferred black paint because it dried the quickest, allowing the factory to produce more cars per day.
Is the conditioning belt the same as a fiber wheel?
The Red Label conditioning belts come in coarse, medium and fine. I prefer the finish I get with them over the fiber wheel. Check out my product review:
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@@357magdad Thanks so much
I need help from my fellow tool friends. I just found an early 1944 airborne dagger, US M3 CASE. I just want a fair price with zero drama. Ideas????? 357magdad, great video. Thank you.
Only worth as much as someone is willing to pay for it. Recent CASE pocket knive's fit & finish sadly have been wanting.
Thanks for watching!
You'll pay more than a fivver for a Flivver! And you'll probably need more than a RUclips channel to keep it going 😅
I think it would be fun to try driving a Model T.
@@357magdad Double-declutching... I remember my Grandad's Austin A40, and his original Issigonis Mini. He even nearly bought a bubble car. I doubt any bubble cars exist in Britain now.
Ford = Fix Or Repair Daily.
Found On Road Dead
That's a MODEL A monkey wrench 😇🙏
Like I mentioned in the video, Model T's had a hollow drain plug at the very end of their production. The hollow plug was used on fords up to 1948.
First!🎉
Thanks for watching!
No offense, but I preferred the look of the original.
No offense taken David! Old tools are fun to clean up! Check out my "choose your own ending series" where I clean up the same tool multiple ways - from patina preservation all the way to full bling:
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I don’t like the blue. Just being honest
Thanks for being honest! Old tools are fun to clean up and there's lots of options for how to do it. Check out my "choose your own ending" episodes where I finish the same project multiple ways and let the viewer decide:
ruclips.net/p/PL2LUCgmdqpXPwLdAznzSFVUUTGXrgNBD2
Look man, people watching all you did was jack that tool up and throw your time and effort away next time go buy a product called Rustmort from an auto body supply shop. you spray it on and its a very powerful acid that also neutralizes rust into a gray goo its used in the auto restoration industry for decades it will literally lift up and off all that crap you used a Dremel on and you wont destroy your tool like ya did. The goo then just wipes off with a towel and then you can just run it under water to nutralize the acid and then treat the bare metal with a preservative of your choice. This stuff will make rusted degraded metal look newly raw form again and it only take 10 min of soaking on a toll that size and as badly decayed as it was. Side note i have 2 of the exact wrench to the detail but they are not stamped ford that area is just blank on the ones I have, found them in a metal scrap pile 20 years ago.
Thanks for watching! Evapo-Rust does a great job removing rust. I'm gonna stick with it.
He did an awesome job. I know people that would pay big bucks for a wrench that was finished and looked like that. You might have missed the point of the video.