On 1/31/13 9:51 AM, Leon wrote:
On 1/27/2013 1:32 PM, Rob H. wrote:
I've gotten a few emails from people who own similar tools and who say
it is a distributor wrench, as well as people posting here in the
newsgroups who have said the same, so I went ahead and changed my answer
identifying it as such. I'm still waiting to hear back from Thorsen,
and will be happy to change my answer if they or anyone else has
evidence to the contrary.

Rob


Rob way back when I used distributor wrenches they always had 2 bends
and or a bend with an end to place a ratchet which would create the
second bend. The distributor wrench has to bend to reach under the
distributor and bend again to give you leverage to turn it.

http://www.google.com/search?q=distr...w=1333&bih=679


Check out these wrenches, samples of each.

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=79794


If I read you correctly, I'm not the only one who wants to bet on a
different horse. The right leg of the Cornwell starter motor wrench
looks functionally identical to Rob's.

1. 5/8"
2. 8" shaft
3. able to fit within a cylinder wall only 3/4" from the hex head
4. handle bends in same direction as box

The age looks similar to me.

http://home.comcast.net/~alloy-artif...-tools-p2.html