[Tigers] valve extractor for tool kit

[David Sosna]

All:

Schrader valves on the wheels?

David Sosna


On 1/3/19 8:06 AM, Tom Witt via Tigers wrote:
> You must be talking about this: 
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sunbeam-Tiger-Alpine-Plastic-Valve-Stem-Extractor-for-tool-kit/332984724770?hash=item4d876fad22:g:r9wAAOSwFSxZ~Mb5:rk:1:pf:0 
> as an item of the exact name is on Ebay now.
> The term itself seems confounding. I can only think of two types of 
> valves in a Tiger. The 16 valves in the engine and the heater control 
> valve. Given the engine valve stem and head are one you would not be 
> “extracting” one from the other and surely not with plastic.  I’ve 
> never had the heater valve apart but from its appearance this device 
> seems to have little or no purpose.  Could it be that the word “valve” 
> has an expanded British meaning?  I know they often call vacuum tubes 
> “valves.”  Frankly it looks like a shaft for a radio knob..., or a 
> tool for adjusting old style potentiometers , capacitors etc..
> image
> *From:* Stu via Tigers <mailto:tigers at autox.team.net>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 02, 2019 3:52 PM
> *To:* James Armstrong <mailto:rollright at aol.com>
> *Cc:* Tiger Net <mailto:tigers at autox.team.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [Tigers] valve extractor for tool kit
> A quick flip through TBON revealed a picture of a Mk II tool kit, and 
> nothing there resembled a valve stem extractor.
> Stu
> On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 3:00 PM James Armstrong via Tigers 
> <tigers at autox.team.net <mailto:tigers at autox.team.net>> wrote:
>
>     Hello all and Happy New Year,
>
>     For all you original Tiger owners with original tool-kits.  Did
>     the tool-kit contain:
>     Sunbeam Tiger Alpine Plastic Valve Stem Extractor for tool kit
>     I'd appreciate a definitive answer please! (especially for my car!
>     Best New Year regards,
>
>     Jim Armstrong
>     Mk 1A
>     382002083 LRXFE
>     Code 86
>     TAC #....
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