Spanner set

[Moneybox]

Can anybody tell me the purpose of this mini-spanner set.



Sizes range from A to H with a feeler gauge and a flat screwdriver. They came amongst a bundle of old tools I bought off a guy in Perth some time back. I found these while looking for a thread tap. They are sure to be old because they were amongst other tools from a deceased estate.

 

[mbasko]

8 leaved magneto spanner set with feeler gauge & screwdriver
https://www.retonthenet.co.uk/vinta...classic-car-motorbike-british-made-4329-p.asp
This one sold for $45aud
https://abcrauctions.com.au/past-auctions/2308/abcr-auction-36/845/rowen-409-magneto-spanner-set/

 

[Hilux]

My old man always referred to them as 'ignition spanners'.

 

[Manpa]

We use to still sell them in the late eighties. (ETC Tools, made in Japan)

 

[Hilux]

I vaguely recall using them to connect the wire from the contact points in the distributor that ran out from the points to the ignition coil.
The points had a little 3/8" (across the flats) or thereabouts nut. Back in the days when you had to lift the bonnet every couple of months and do a tune-up.

 

[kev205]

Can anybody tell me the purpose of this mini-spanner set.

View attachment 11823

Sizes range from A to H with a feeler gauge and a flat screwdriver. They came amongst a bundle of old tools I bought off a guy in Perth some time back. I found these while looking for a thread tap. They are sure to be old because they were amongst other tools from a deceased estate.

That is an old distributor/points set

 

[Hillbill]

Yes Mbasko is correct
My grandfather had similar tools, he was an aircraft mechanic during ww2

 

[David-Karratha]

Yep, probably still got one somewhere