3/8 Special Sockets and Sets

1929 Chevy oil pan screw socket F-9l

Specials 

Description

Date range

F-9

Chevy oil pan screws

1929

 

3/8" Drive F-9 speciality sockets

3/8 Zerk-Alemite Socket

3/8" Drive zerk socket1

Catalog drawing 

Alemite fittings are for lubricating rotating shafts and bearings. It is a way to pressure grease into tight fits that are impossible to reach directly. These are pin- and button-type fittings that temporarily sealed to match couplings on the end of pressurized grease guns. They were introduced in 1916 and were used in White Army trucks. In 1929 an improved fitting called the Zerk fitting was patented. These are grease fittings with a nipple or Zerk. They match a grease gun fitting

Specials 

Description

Date range

F-13

Zerk-Alemite Socket

1929 – 1933

 

3/8 1932 Ferret Tap Chuck socket

3/8" Drive tap socket

Catalog drawing 

Pretty simple tool it adapts a 3/8 inch ratchet to a reamer. The original stated use was for Buick to ream out door hinges. Obviously quick, but there are tools made for this job that are much better and this trend did not catch on 

 

Special Sockets

Description

Date range

F-15

Ferret Tap Chuck

1929-1932

3/8 1933 Essex cars oil plug socket

3/8" Drive Special for Essex oil cap on fly wheel 7-16

Catalog drawiing 

Apparently the 1933 Essex cars have a fitting on the flywheel that is the oil filler plug. This socket fits that car. 

Special Sockets 

Description

Date range

FH-14

Special for Essex oil cap on fly wheel 7/16

1933

3/8 Pipe plug sockets

3/8" Drive ppm and PP pipe sockets catalog drawings 1960

Male is the PPM series and Female is the PP series 

Male pipe plug set

 

 

Pipe Socket 

Description

Date range

PPM-406

3/16 inch

1995

PPM-408

¼ inch

1978 – 1995

PPM-410

5/16 inch

1953 -1995

PPM-411

11/32 inch 

1967-1995

PPM-412

5/8 inch

1955-1995

F

Female pipe plug set

Pipe Sockets

Description

Date range

PP-409

Piping plug socket 9/32” square for drains on cars

1942-1955

PP-410

Piping plug socket 5/16” square for drains on cars

1948-1955

PP-412

Piping plug socket 3/8” square for drains on cars

1948-1955

3/8 RS-4 (Ratchet Speeder) progression

3/8" Drive valve clearance adj tool

Catalog drawings 

Valve Clearance Adjusting Tool
Adjusts rocket tappet adjusting nuts for early cars predating hydraulic lifters

Tool

Description

Date

No. 21

Valve Clearance Adjusting Tool

1927-1929

V-21H

Valve Clearance Adjusting handle

1931-1935

V-160

½ socket

1931-1935

V-180

9/16 socket

1931-1935

V-200

5/8 socket

1931-1935

 

3/8 S-9540A Windshield Wiper Socket

3/8" Drive S-9540 1959

S-9540A 1959

S-9540A 1959. This is a windshield wiper socket for 1955 – 1958 Chevy and Pontiac 

3/8 Weather Head Socket progression

3/8" Drive weatherhead FD-6 1947 FD-10 1948

1947 and the 1948 socket style change

Weather Head sockets are use for hydraulic fittings common in the aviation industry

 

Weather head Sockets

Size

Date range

FD-6

3/16

1941-1965

FD-8

¼

1941-1965

FD-10

5/16

1941-1965

FD-12

3/8

1953-1965

 

Weather head

 

Date range

FD-120

3/8

1970 – 1995

FD-140

7/16

1970 – 1995

FD-150

15/32

1970 – 1995

FD-160

½

1970 – 1995

FD-170

17/32

1970 – 1995

FD-180

9/16

1970 – 1995

FD-190

19/32

1970 – 1995

FD-210

21/32

1970 – 1995

FD-220

11/16

1970 – 1995

FD-240

¼

1970 – 1995

FD-250

25/32

1970 – 1995

 

3/8 Allen Head Sockets 1929

3/8" Drive FA 1948 Allen Head

Allen Head socket

There was a Mr. Allen and an Allen Manufacturing Company in Hartford, CT that promotes the Hex bolt and screw heads and the wrenches to turn them. The female bolt and screw head existed for many years before this company, but they popularized the tool and the name. The Allen Head requires less space (diameter) and can be used in recessed areas. The tolerances are tighter than normal bolts as well. This is more importance in places where weight and limited access space are the norm – In plane and aviation applications

Allen Sockets 

Description

Date range

FA-6

Allen head 3/16

1948-1953

FA-7

Allen head 7/32

1948-1953

FA-8

Allen head ¼ 

1941-1953

FA-10

5/16 Allen head

1941-1953

FA-12

3/8 Allen head

1941-1953

FH-6

Allen Head 3/16

1937

FH-7

Allen Head 7/32

1937

FH-8

Allen Head ¼

1937

FH-10

Allen Head 5/16

1937

FH-12

Allen Head 3/8

1937

Snap on Special Sockets

Description

Date Range

FA-4.5A

Allen 9/64

1967-1995

FA-4A

Allen 1/8

1967-1995   

FA-5A

Allen 5/32 short

1958-1995

FA-5L

Allen 5/32 long

1960-1995

FA-6A

Allen 3/16 

1955-1995

FA-6L

Allen 3/16 Long

1975-1995

FA-7A

Allen 7/32 

1955-1995

FA-7L

Allen 7/32 

1960-1995

FA-8A

Allen ¼ 

1955-1995

FA-8L

Allen ¼ 

1975-1995

FA-10A

Allen 5/16 

1955-1960

FA-10B

Allen 5/16 

1962-1995

FA-10L

Allen 5/16 Long

1960-1995

FA-12A

Allen 3/8 

1955-1995

FA-12L

Allen 3/8 

1975-1995

FAL-6

Allen 3/16 long

1962-1995

FAL-8

Allen ¼ long

1962-1995

FAXS7

Allen 7/32

1995

FAXS8

Allen ¼

1995

FAXS10

Allen 5/16

1995

FAXS12

Allen 3/8

1995

Power Hex Sockets 

Size

Date range

PF-100

5/16

1955-1960

PF-110

11/32

1955-1960

PF-120

3/8

1955-1960

PF-140

7/16

1955-1960

PF-150

13/32

1958-1960

PF-160

½

1955-1960

PF-170

17/32

1958-1960

PF-180

9/16

1955-1960

PF-200

5/8

1955-1960

PF-220

11/16

1955-1960

PF-240

¾

1955-1960