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AveryD12 ![]() Bronze Level ![]() ![]() Joined: 05 Mar 2018 Location: Foxworth.MS Points: 127 |
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I have a 12” adjustable wrench, Crescent brand, that belonged to my dad. The pin and spring that holds the knurl in place are missing. I have seen these “repair kits” for these wrenches in days gone by but have so far been able to locate one. Does anyone have a source for these items. I would like to fix this wrench….just because it was his.
Thanks in advance. Avery |
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jaybmiller ![]() Orange Level Access ![]() Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Greensville,Ont Points: 24415 |
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"Crescent makes it simple, if your tool fails, use our NO B.S. Warranty Form or contact Customer Service and we will replace it for free per these warranty terms. " No harm is asking !!! I got a PROTO 24" breaker bar for free as they'd bought out the company that'd bought out the company that made the one that broke that'd had a 'lifetime warranty'. I've also got a new set of WARN hubs for my Willys pickup ,since they coundm't be repaired.
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AveryD12 ![]() Bronze Level ![]() ![]() Joined: 05 Mar 2018 Location: Foxworth.MS Points: 127 |
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Thanks,
I looked them up on the net. From what I understood, the original purchase receipt is needed since I don’t have that IDK if they would replace it. I sent in an email inquiry and got a computer generated response stating their Memorial Day weekend hours. Maybe I can speak to a person next Tuesday. Thanks again Avery |
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Hubert (Ga)engine7 ![]() Orange Level ![]() ![]() Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Jackson Cnty,GA Points: 6417 |
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If they could furnish the parts to repair the one you have I would think that would be of more value to you than getting a new replacement. Hopefully you will get in contact with someone who believes in customer service.
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Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God.
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AveryD12 ![]() Bronze Level ![]() ![]() Joined: 05 Mar 2018 Location: Foxworth.MS Points: 127 |
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I got an email response from Crescent Tools today. They no longer supply replacement parts for wrenches as of 2020. However I did have a bit of luck today. There is a really old Hardware store in town and by chance I found what I needed there. The store clerk said he had found what I was looking for a few weeks ago in an old wooden cabinet that had a bunch of small drawers (4”x4”). I went with him and after going through several drawers we found what I needed. Still had original packaging and price on the part 90 cents. And I got the last one he had for a 12” wrench. I couldn’t believe I was so lucky.
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Michagman ![]() Bronze Level ![]() Joined: 18 Jan 2023 Location: Michigan Points: 17 |
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I'm glad you were able to repair your dad's wrench. Was it on clearance since Crescent Tools no longer supplies replacement parts? I'd say they saw you coming if you had to pay more than 45 cents.
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Steve in NJ ![]() Orange Level Access ![]() ![]() Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Andover, NJ Points: 11950 |
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Dad used to call an adjustable wrench a "Fits-All"....... "Hey, hand me that Fits-All over there will ya?' LOL! Man, what we remember as kids..... Steve@B&B
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39'RC, 43'WC, 48'B, 49'G, 50'WF, 65 Big 10, 67'B-110, 75'716H, 2-620's, & a Motorhead wife
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steve(ill) ![]() Orange Level Access ![]() ![]() Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: illinois Points: 86191 |
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My dad bought a Craftsman 10" table saw in 1956... Made by King Seeley. I inhereted it about 1985... The threaded LIFT SCREW wore out 8 years ago and and i "made" one to fit..( kind of worked).... Was looking on e-bay last week and thought i would CHECK to see what parts were available for "old saws".... i was amazed to find a guy in NY had dismanteled a couple saws and was selling "parts".... found just what i needed for a Complete Rebuild !! ... 70 years old !!
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Like them all, but love the "B"s.
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AveryD12 ![]() Bronze Level ![]() ![]() Joined: 05 Mar 2018 Location: Foxworth.MS Points: 127 |
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The old hardware store opened in 1901. Moved to its current building in 1912 when fire destroyed the original building. I guess they saw me coming because I gladly paid the 90 cents.
I too have a lot of fond memories of “working”...or so I thought as a kid, with my dad and grandfather. I have several hand tools that belonged to both of them. I hang onto them because of the memories. Thanks to all Avery |
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BuckSkin ![]() Orange Level ![]() Joined: 12 Sep 2019 Location: Poor Farm Points: 740 |
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I see that you found the parts needed to fix your keepsake wrench. For the next person who stumbles upon this thread for similar reasons, a good option is to find another wrench at a swap meet or such that has the parts you need and sacrifice that wrench to fix the one you want to keep.
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DaveKamp ![]() Orange Level Access ![]() ![]() Joined: 12 Apr 2010 Location: LeClaire, Ia Points: 5997 |
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The year of my eleventh birthday, I was doing my 2-weeks' duty helping out at my grandparents' farm (it was somewhat of a 'treat' to do this)... We'd gotten the last of the bales of that cutting put up, and no fences to mend, so I went down to grandpa's old machine shed to explore. I found tools scattered around the benches, and some buried in the dirt, others in the tractor and combine toolboxes, that were all rusty/crusty. i found seized pliers, jammed adjustables, oil cans that were hung up in the down position, screwdrivers with no good flat edge, a few hammers that needed handles, and an axe that had a split one. I started up the old International three-quarter-ton pickup, raked out all the crud, put away the fencing supplies, gathered all the tools up, got myself a half-gallon tin can of diesel fuel, and started soaking all the jammed tools. I cut off the old hammer handles, the axe handle, freed up the pliers and vise grips, got all the rust and crap dirt out of a useable wire-brush, and used it, and some diesel fuel, to scrub the leadscrew and sides of the old bench vise. Once I had that vise free, I begged an old candle from Grandma, and rubbed wax into the joints. Then I proceeded to disassemble each tool, scrub it clean, wax it, and reassemble. One was a genuine Vise-Grip, that was missing a spring. The other was a medium sized Crescent like you had. I could have asked Grandpa to take me to town to get parts, plus some handles to fit, but before doing that, I made certain to show him (and grandma) all the tools I'd gathered up, cleaned up, and had back in operable circumstance, of course, in what tool boxes I found (filled with mice nests and dirt) in the sheds and barns. Grandpa took me to the town hardware store, and they had the exact same spares kit as what you found for YOUR Crescent- as if that company actually knew what really happened to their tools in the real world. That stuff jams up, and once removed, is either unserviceable, or dropped into a dirt floor, never to be seen again. Then I drove the old International, with a tool tray in the back, down to the levee valve, where an old Briggs 10hp engine with a centrifugal water pump sat, encrusted in the mud of a recent flood. It was all I could do to heft that thing up into the pickup, but I got it there, drove it back up to the house (about 2 miles through the field, and across the road, in granny gear...) to the machine shed. I laid out newspaper and tore that old B&S down, scrubbed mud out of the cylinder and valves, freed it all up, lightly scrubbed it with some steel wool, cleaned up the magneto, freed the points (and that little pin), disassembled, cleaned, and reassembled the starter recoil then scrubbed MOST of the carb. The gasket was shot, but I got it 'close enough'. Cleaned out the pump, and got it started up and running. It needed carb gaskets, air filter, and a new spark plug. Again, Grandpa drove me into town, and we got those parts. The next day, that pump was ready to work again. Didn't seem like it at the time, but fast forward to my 18th, and I'm driving my Grandpa to the sale barn in his little D50 pickup. He had me pull off the road for a 'farmer's conference' with a neighbor, and he introduced me, and noted to 'em all I did... when I was ELEVEN.... I figured mebbie he'd forgotten I'd done that, but what I really found out, is that he most certainly hadn't... he'd just forgotten that he'd never mentioned how much it meant to him that I did all that...
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Ten Amendments, Ten Commandments, and one Golden Rule solve most every problem. Citrus hand-cleaner with Pumice does the rest.
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BuckSkin ![]() Orange Level ![]() Joined: 12 Sep 2019 Location: Poor Farm Points: 740 |
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I enjoyed your story - DaveKamp
Of course you wouldn't want to do this with your grandpa's favorite antique Crescent Wrench --- I found an old non-Crescent Crescent Wrench that the worm-gear and adjuster was so worn out that it would not hold adjustment; I think this one is a 14-inch, maybe bigger. I adjusted it to fit the big nut on a 2-inch hitch ball and then welded it solid. I keep it in one of the tool-boxes on my daily-driver 1985 F-350. It may no longer be adjustable and may only ever get used every two or three years; but, it is way more useful and serviceable than it was in the state it was in before I welded it solid. I have killed a few snakes with it; and, if cornered or molested, I might knock somebody's brains out with it; so, it's definitely more useful than no wrench at all.
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Steve in NJ ![]() Orange Level Access ![]() ![]() Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Andover, NJ Points: 11950 |
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After Dad passed away (at 97) my brother and I were cleaning out Dad's garage and getting the house ready to sell. Mom was still with us at the time (also at 97) but suffering from Dementia. She was being taken care of in the local Nursing Home. As we were cleaning out the cabinets in the garage, my brother came across a bunch of tools with "Ford" on them. I told my brother they were probably from the couple Model A's Dad had when he was courtin' Mom. My brother and I split them up, and being we're both Car guys, and we each have Model A's, we both have them hanging in our garages. Funny how long you hold on to stuff. Dad never threw anything out. I even found the couple of coffee cans that my brother and I as kids used to straighten out bent nails for Dad so Dad could use em' again. Parts and pieces of lamp cords. You name it, we found it. We laughed and we cried that day. ... Steve@B&B
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39'RC, 43'WC, 48'B, 49'G, 50'WF, 65 Big 10, 67'B-110, 75'716H, 2-620's, & a Motorhead wife
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Ray54 ![]() Orange Level Access ![]() Joined: 22 Nov 2009 Location: Paso Robles, Ca Points: 4689 |
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Good to have several happy ending stories here. Sad to know Crescent has gone away from service.
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DanWi ![]() Orange Level Access ![]() ![]() Joined: 18 Sep 2009 Location: wttn Points: 1906 |
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I have Ford wrenches in the toolbox of my Grandfathers 8N Tractor is semi retired but still runs around the farm. I have an old crescent wrench that has a fine threaded bolt screwed in the side to hold it together. That was one problem with those wrenches the set screw would back out and lose it. best to use it for a hammer one time and bugger the edge so they didn't come out.
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steve(ill) ![]() Orange Level Access ![]() ![]() Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: illinois Points: 86191 |
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Funny how long you hold on to stuff. Dad never threw anything out. I even found the couple of coffee cans that my brother and I as kids used to straighten out bent nails for Dad so Dad could use em' again. Parts and pieces of lamp cords. You name it, we found it.
Father in law died about 10 years ago.. I cleaned up the 32 x 40 garage and outside "storage area"... hauled 3.5 TONS of BROKEN JUNK to the scrap yard.. I kept anything that was somewhat useable.... anyone need 10 gallons of used 90wt gear lube he drained from a D17 in 1985 ?
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Like them all, but love the "B"s.
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