Track jacks

[B. Harris]

Rob,
Nice score off of Epay. This is the place to go once armed with the knowledge and finances as well. Hopefully this "nugget" does not cause the price of the handles to blow thru the roof now.

Regarding finding them in the cabs of old Ford trucks...I think the only thing to be found now is mouse dung, rusty seat springs and spagetti strainers (FSM).

Perhaps when my tool book is complete, this will make the ident and search for tools easier. Thats the intent any-hoo.

Harris

[rob love]

Here is a nice clear photo from another link: http://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/629728-tool-kit.html

I checked my 41-47 Ford Master parts catalogue, and it shows the handle as being supplied with 1941, 1946 and 1947 trucks with 112" comm, 114", 118" as well as 122" 3/4 ton trucks. Note this is a Canadian Catalogue so it may not include production during the war years which continued for a while in the US, nor the slightly militarized commercial Fords produced for DND. It also doesn't cover years outside the scope of the catalogue

The manual lists it as being used with jack 51a-17080A

[Jim Burrill]

Now we need someone to make the two lift horns as a "kit" to sell to all of us who find these civy jacks!

Real ones cast, but flat stock welded to steel hollow-stock?

Any one with the shop and time to fab these up???

[rob love]

I can put it to John Bizal and see if he would be interested. He had the track tensioning cam tools cast, and it came out very well. His prices for them was quite reasonable as well, especially when you consider how hard and expensive it is to find originals.

Rob

[Jim Burrill]

That would be great!

As I have said earlier, grind off the one horn from the ratchet part, drop a movable horn over the rod, add the length of spacer, then cap the end with the second horn, and, what? Pin it? Weld it on"

The one I just bought uses a round stock for the handle, not flat, so I just need to source some rod stock to length.

With the grind marks, I don't think it would fool anyone as an original, but it should function the same and be easier to use than the more modern square things I posted the pic of.

All the best,
'Jim