Looking for help

[Guest Unclefreeda]

I am looking for help to identify this item. I bought it at a yardsale. I have no idea what it is. I thought it looked interesting so I bought it. The lady at the sale thought it was an old bottle capper. A family member thinks it may be an old tester for fuel injectors. The gauge is from Stevens-Walden Worcester, Inc. I know Walden merged with Stevens & Co. in 1926. By 1928 they offered a wide varitety of sockets, wrenches, and automotive speciality tools. In 1929, due to a financial crisis, the company filed for bankruptsy. In 1930, they came back under a new name.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks

[rhb1999]

The correct name fails me, but this looks like the tool for testing valve spring tension. Anyone else?

[PONTIAC1953]

hi, i think rhb1999 is correct, that's the impression i got, valve spring tester.

[joe_padavano]

And just to be completely correct, the device tests valve spring COMPRESSION force. Basically you compress the spring a fixed amount and measure the force required to do that, which gives you the spring rate. To test tension, you would need to pull on the spring, which makes no sense for a valve spring.

[Rusty_OToole]

Yeah, a 1929 fuel injection tester lol. I like that one the best.

[keiser31]

I was thinking that maybe it is the tool in Dr. Frankenstein's lab that helped put the rivets in the monster's neck.....

[Dave Mellor NJ]

I think you can adapt it to test pressure plate springs as well. At least in the modern versions you can

[Curti]

I find a digital bathroom scale and a drill press works great for testing valve springs.