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Ron Lachniet · 07-26-2016, 04:24 PM

I was at a consignment shop today and saw what looked to be a tool that would compress the spring on a model a transmission shift tower. It had an upper and lower set of fingers that would separate with a turn knob on top and was about 1.5 in. in diameter. If such a tool was made I would like to see a picture of it.

Mike V. Florida · 07-27-2016, 03:43 AM

do you have a picture of the one you saw?

Ron Lachniet · 07-27-2016, 06:22 AM

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I did not get a picture of it, but it is not a valve tool. The fingers that capture the spring are in line with the knob that compresses the spring. The knob is about 4 inches in diameter and maybe too small for the amount of tension on the tower spring. It also looks like it has about an inch and a half and that may not be enough travel. It is stamped K-R.

07-26-2016, 04:24 PM	#1
Ron Lachniet Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Lowell MI Posts: 167	Transmision Tower tool I was at a consignment shop today and saw what looked to be a tool that would compress the spring on a model a transmission shift tower. It had an upper and lower set of fingers that would separate with a turn knob on top and was about 1.5 in. in diameter. If such a tool was made I would like to see a picture of it.

07-27-2016, 03:43 AM	#2
Mike V. Florida Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: South Florida Posts: 14,054	Re: Transmision Tower tool do you have a picture of the one you saw? __________________ What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them. - Henry Ford II

07-27-2016, 06:22 AM	#3
Ron Lachniet Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Lowell MI Posts: 167	Re: Transmision Tower tool Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) I did not get a picture of it, but it is not a valve tool. The fingers that capture the spring are in line with the knob that compresses the spring. The knob is about 4 inches in diameter and maybe too small for the amount of tension on the tower spring. It also looks like it has about an inch and a half and that may not be enough travel. It is stamped K-R.