Jay,
Well, one day I'll learn to go home and research before replying to an
e-mail from work. Last night I pulled out the tool kit. It had been packed
up since '92.
My faulty memory had made one tool out of two. The Lucas distributor tool
and the three bladed feeler gauge. All I can add to your description of the
Lucas tool is that "012" and "014" are stamped into each side of the key. I
guess they are that thick and could be used as a feeler gauge.
The feeler gauge has three blades. The middle blade is thickest and has
"PLUG" stamped into it. On one side of the case it has "EXH 014 825"
The other side was harder to read. I think it reads "INL 012 P62"
I did find something that I had completely forgotten. There was a little,
yellow, plastic tool to adjust tire valves. It is about an inch long and a
bit thicker than a wooden kitchen match. I spoke with my father and he
confirmed that all three came with the tool kit.
Robert
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jay Laifman [SMTP:Jay_Laifman(at)countrywide.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 14, 1999 4:09 PM
> To: Robert Bailey
> Cc: alpines(at)triumph.cs.utah.edu
> Subject: RE: Tool kits
>
> Robert wrote:
>
> >My father gave me the tool kit from his Sr IV when I bought my Sr V in
> '86.
> >His IV came to a bad end and he no longer had a use for it. It has a
> three
> >blade feeler gauge. It is key shaped and has "LUCAS" stamped into it.
> Dad
> >said that it came with the kit. If memory serves me, two of the blades
> are
> >for rocker arms and one for the spark plugs.
>
> There are two things here you have mentioned. First there is the LUCAS
> distributor tool. It is in the shape of a key and has a feeler guage
> rivited on to it. I believe the point of the key is a screwdriver blade
> for twisting and adjusting the point gap in the distributor. Then there
> is
> a separate tool in the shape of a rectangle with two or three gap blades
> on
> it. (Bob has written that it has two blades, but his picture shows three.
> Is the third simply a thicker metal piece of the same size as the blades
> to
> protect the blades when they are pressed together?). The blades slide
> together and into a rectangular holder made of steel.
>
> As an aside, I do not understand the distributor tool completely. Next to
> "LUCAS" it has two gap sizes stamped. Yet the key I have received only
> has
> one feeler guage on it. Was there one on the back at one time?
>
> Jay
>
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