Ford Universal carrier pieces found today!

[B. Harris]

Kevin,

I am in search for a rad socket..Have been for some time now.

I will PM you...

With thanks,

Harris

[derk derin]

Kevin,
You would make Bruce a happy man,good luck Bruce!

Rob,
That's interesting about Craftsman.(I thought it was a Canadian tire brand!)

[rob love]

Canadian tire's house brand tools are Mastercraft.

[derk derin]

Found a few more items for my carrier in a shed Rob,Laun & I were in today.
The starting crank rod for my carrier.I had made one up but it always bugged me I didn't have an original one and now I do! I also found one more track pin to complete the 6 needed for my tool list.Another good find was the socket BB 17033 B that I needed for my carrier tool list.Thanks to Rob who identified it to me and made me realize I was still looking for that one.At the bottom of a pail was a brass cap for a flimsy and it just happens that I need one for a 2 gallon I have that was missing the cap!
I also found a jack that I believe is for the WWII jeep.Maybe a jeep purist can confirm this for me.I did an internet search and viewed the images and some show a rectangular base plate and some show the square base that I have.
Regards,Derk.

[Ron Pier]

Derk your Jeep jack looks right, although mine has a slightly different top? Your bras cap looks to be from a standard 2 gallon fuel/oil/water can. A Flimsy is a 4 gallon can (pre Jerry can). The cap would have a male thread. I've been looking for a Flimsy to add to my collection for over 25 years. Ron

[Ron Pier]

PS I had a feeling that the flimsy had a tear off cap (like a ring pull) This picture seems to confirm that at least some did. Ron

[derk derin]

Hi Ron,
I have a bad habbit of calling the 2 gallon fuel/oil/water can a flimsy even though it has been discussed on MLU the difference between the two.Thanks for the correction.
I assume that there was more than one company that built and supplied jacks for the jeeps during it's production.There seems to be a few different versions out there.I will assume mine is correct unless told different.Thanks for your help.
Regards,Derk.

[rob love]

Originally Posted by derk derin

Found a few more items for my carrier in a shed Rob,Laun & I were in today.
.Another good find was the socket BB 17033 B that I needed for my carrier tool list.Thanks to Rob who identified it to me and made me realize I was still looking for that one..

I had a look at the one I found on the same day and brought in the NSN tag from it. NSN for the wrench is 5120-21-109-0540. When I look up that part number in the old microfiche, it relates to Ford part number BB17033-C, so technically our wrenches were cataloged wrong. That said, without the Ford drawings, it is hard to know what the design change was from the B you have to the C the fiche lists.

Looking forward to more finds out there in the future. But we have to know the good times won't last forever.

[derk derin]

I was cleaning up the crank rod and found the part number.Sure is nice to have an original one!
Derk.