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Old Sep 8, 2013 | 09:08 PM
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I bought it back in 1979 and used it during an engine rebuild but I just don't remember what it is, and there is no markings with brand, part number, etc.
 
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Old Sep 8, 2013 | 09:27 PM
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That's before my time but I would like to know what it is and what it's used for also.
 
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It kind of comical that you have had it so long you don't remember what it's for. You sound like me, I don't get rid of anything.
 
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Old Sep 8, 2013 | 09:32 PM
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Maybe if you asked a gynecologist.....
 
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it is used to clean the carbon out of the ring groves in the piston
 
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Originally Posted by wildchild2
it is used to clean the carbon out of the ring groves in the piston
That doesn't make sense- I bought when I rebuilt my 302 and went with new pistons, so I wouldn't need it.

It doe look a lot like some medieval gynecological instrument! I was 17 when I bought it (1979), so I was crazed over women. It's a perverse possibility.
 
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Yep, ring land scraper
 
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Originally Posted by QC
Maybe if you asked a gynecologist.....
I was an unlicensed gynecologist at that time (and still am)
 

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Originally Posted by DDuess
Yep, ring land scraper
You guys are right I just googled the scraper and there it was. I must have been given it by someone and just threw it in my toolbox because I was running new TRW 10:5:1 compression pistons.

How did you know? you guys have them too?

Great job, but lets get back to the gynecological theory since it is a hell of a lot more interesting
 
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Old Sep 9, 2013 | 07:13 AM
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Now U need to figure who loaned that tool to U so U can return it.





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