What is this tool?

[Twosheds]

This was lying on the valve cover of a vintage racecar. No one was around. My brother said the car was a Crosley. The body looked kind of Devinish to me. See attachment.

The wrench looks like a Crescent adjustable with some kind of special jaws. A friend says that it is simply a form of adjustable wrench, but to me the jaws look to have a groove machined into them for grasping something important.

What is it?

Smart-aleck answers are welcomed, too.

 

[coldplugs]

Looks like a Crosley engine. The wrench is a plumber's strainer wrench. I suspect if you google "strainer wrench" you'll find some like it.

 

[BOXoROCKS]

It's some kind of dental tool,..those guys get all pinched up when you ask em questions.

 

[TRMark]

Adjustable spud wrench or slip & lock nut wrench, used for plumbing.

hmmmmm, looks to be metric.

 

[vping]

It's not metric! You can tell by the threads on the wing nut. Silly!

 

[Twosheds]

Strainer wrench! Thanks!

Does it remove a strainer, or does the plumber have to strain to remove a spud?

Does a Crosley engine use house plumbing?

 

[AweMan]

I could use that wrench! It looks like I could use it to hold walnuts while I whack them with a mallet! *SMILE*

 

[Guest]

It's some kind of dental tool,..those guys get all pinched up when you ask em questions.

You knew that I would see this post, you devil you.

In fact, we do have in our armamentarium such things as a pick, a spade, a chisel, a hammer, a hoe, pliers, a rake, and on.

 

[2wrench]

This is surely a dental tool. It is designed to keep the
patient's mouth open during surgery. Also, if they don't
go out soon enough from the anesthetic, it is used to
knock them out by banging them in the head while
asking: "Still okay?"

 

[anthony7777]

2wrench, dental tool? nah wrong end, seen one of those used in a gynecolgist office once. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif