Pack Nut Wrench

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Model T Ford Forum: Forum 2014: Pack Nut Wrench
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Larry Smith on Wednesday, September 17, 2014 - 01:52 pm:

For those who don't have a Ford pack nut wrench, I suggest buying one. I have never had one come loose in over 50 years of driving T's. They are made for the application, and by rocking the exhaust pipe while tightening the packnut it will never come loose. The suppliers have them, and they still show up on ebay, and at swap meets for $30-$35 for an original. If you have to use one of Texas T Parts jobber do's you have a problem!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By David Stroud on Wednesday, September 17, 2014 - 02:12 pm:

I found one a couple of years ago in a bunch of antique tools at a flea market. Got it for $3.00, the guy didn't know what he had. It pays to do your homework. Dave


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Fred Dimock, Newfields NH, USA on Wednesday, September 17, 2014 - 02:18 pm:

What is the dimension across flats?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Wednesday, September 17, 2014 - 03:33 pm:

Supposed to be 2", but that may be a hair too tight on some used ones. 2 1/16" should be OK.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Wednesday, September 17, 2014 - 03:44 pm:

After a little check of what's for sale online, it looks like $33 from one of the Model T parts folks is the deal of the day.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Thomas Mullin on Wednesday, September 17, 2014 - 03:53 pm:

I found a 2-1/8" wrench was perfect for the nut. Got a set on sale at Harbor Freight.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Willie K Cordes on Wednesday, September 17, 2014 - 03:53 pm:

Larry, I am glad your packing nut does not come loose. You are lucky, there are that many that come loose that a special clamp is sold by the venders to hold them in place.
There was a posting in the last day or so showing a broken exhaust manifold that probably was caused from the owner using to long a wrench to tighten the packing nut. (Or remove it)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By william louis rosenthal on Wednesday, September 17, 2014 - 03:56 pm:

33.00 is not obscene for a wrench, but I'll guess that many others have something in the toolbox that will adequately perform this task. I used a 15.00 Harbor Freight crescent wrench and neither of mine have loosened.
Regards,
Scott


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Will Copeland - Trenton, New Jersey on Wednesday, September 17, 2014 - 04:07 pm:

I tighten mine so that it just hitting the end with very little force then I put a hose clamp behind it so it can't back off. I've had mine come once on a trip. Once things cooled off I was able to hand tighten until I could find someone with a pipe wrench to give it just a very little torque and then I put the hose clamp on and its never bothered sense.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Kenneth W DeLong on Wednesday, September 17, 2014 - 08:09 pm:

I think 30-35 for a one use wrench is nut's!Swap meets/flea mkts a good usa 15-20 in adjustable $15 to 25.Bud.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dave Wells on Wednesday, September 17, 2014 - 08:26 pm:

I carry that wrench with me everywhere I go. I especially enjoy showing it to those who put fingerprints on my paint at car shows.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Royce in Georgetown TX on Thursday, September 18, 2014 - 07:24 am:

I bought an original KR Wilson T exhaust nut wrench during the Kerrville Texas T Party for $5. We were in an old antique store and Bud Scudder was behind me and Ben Hardeman in front of me!

Like Larry I have never had one come loose. The secret is to tighten the nut using the correct tool, with the manifold hot, and of course it must be loosened while hot too.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Larry Smith on Friday, September 19, 2014 - 10:01 am:

I don't tighten them hot, it burns! I do mine cold with no problems. I don't see how anyone could not have one. It's the offset that makes them so easy to use. Like Royce, I've picked them up real cheap at times, but recently I paid $30 for one because it was a mint early one, and I just had to have it.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Peter C. Strebeck on Friday, September 19, 2014 - 03:04 pm:

I had bought a reproduction one some time ago, but this spring I was fortunate enough to find this one in the bottom of a large box from a school auction.

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It wasn't a Ford wrench, rather it was a Stevens but either way I was happy. I sold the reproduction one for just a little less than what I paid for the large box from the auction.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dave Wells on Friday, September 19, 2014 - 03:53 pm:

So Peter, now you can tell people you always carry a Stevens for use against packed nuts.:-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Larry Smith on Saturday, September 20, 2014 - 10:46 am:

From the above photo, it appears the Stevens is very similar to the late Ford wrench.


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