#30 Clip Installation Tools-New

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I made 10 new #30 Clip Installation Tools in my spare time (right!) on the weekends. Since I had one backordered for a customer and had other inquiries as well, I decided to make a very limited run. Finally finished them today. These are available thru my website www.maynardarmsco.net under the products tab. All the ordering info is there along with pricing. I will also post them on GunBroker.  

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sirsaka Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Callahan's Auto Mag Joined: 06 Jan 2009 Location: Nome, AK Status: Offline Points: 828	Post Options Post Reply Quote sirsaka Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: #30 Clip Installation Tools-New Posted: 26 Feb 2012 at 1:06am
	I made 10 new #30 Clip Installation Tools in my spare time (right!) on the weekends. Since I had one backordered for a customer and had other inquiries as well, I decided to make a very limited run. Finally finished them today. These are available thru my website www.maynardarmsco.net under the products tab. All the ordering info is there along with pricing. I will also post them on GunBroker.

AUTOMAG Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Callahan's Auto Mag Joined: 08 Mar 2008 Location: Virginia Beach Status: Offline Points: 1046	Post Options Post Reply Quote AUTOMAG Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 Feb 2012 at 1:15am
	Very nice Brian!! I think I might even have one from your last run of them!!!
	"This is the 44 Magnum Auto Mag and holds a 300 grain cartridge and if properly used it can remove the fingerprints"!!!

tgt40 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Callahan's Auto Mag Joined: 05 Jan 2009 Location: Calgary Status: Offline Points: 501	Post Options Post Reply Quote tgt40 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 Feb 2012 at 1:32pm
	They work great, in fact it's almost inconceivable how to get that clip on without the too!

jw4570 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Callahan's Auto Mag Joined: 08 Mar 2008 Location: FL Status: Offline Points: 1334	Post Options Post Reply Quote jw4570 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 27 Feb 2012 at 11:42pm
	Oh you can get the clip on without one, with lots of cussing, and scratches around the frame where it goes on........ Brian's tool is the cat's ............ I never understood that saying. Jason

Auto Mag Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Callahan's Auto Mag Joined: 08 Mar 2008 Location: MA Status: Offline Points: 2091	Post Options Post Reply Quote Auto Mag Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 Feb 2012 at 1:06am
	Interesting, never had too much trouble getting the clips on myself, but the tool is a super easy no-brainer to be sure. And it looks COOL!

jw4570 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Callahan's Auto Mag Joined: 08 Mar 2008 Location: FL Status: Offline Points: 1334	Post Options Post Reply Quote jw4570 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 Feb 2012 at 2:34am
	GH, Are you serious? I'm pretty handy, and yes I have done it without the tool, and not scratching, but it wasn't that easy. The tool is what makes it easy. There are tools you don't really need, and then there are tools worth every penny but you still don't have to have. This is one worth every penny in my opinion. The tool to adjust points on a Delco distributer, I never found much use for because I could never get it in the window with all the stuff in around. There was one car I could use it on, and it was an AMC with a Delco distributor! I'd rather just use an allen wrench. Jason

Auto Mag Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Callahan's Auto Mag Joined: 08 Mar 2008 Location: MA Status: Offline Points: 2091	Post Options Post Reply Quote Auto Mag Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 Feb 2012 at 3:29am
	I fully agree buy the tool its way better than the way I used to install the clips. My brute force method using a dab or grease and the flat end of a metal drift always worked for me but you always felt like you needed another hand ;-) As for the AMC dist, I seem to recall them having Ford ignitions??? And you havent really had fun adjusting points until you have done a dual-point dist when the motor was hot and it was like 100 degrees outside in the Fla summer heat! Oh sorry, almost forgot you are still in Fla,,, Well send my Love to the boys in Clewiston, South Bay, and Belle Glade next time you pass thru there. I left about a million rounds of 22 brass on the ground there from youth and more tire rubber then I care to rememder when I discovered drag racing. Ah, the good ole days,,,

jw4570 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Callahan's Auto Mag Joined: 08 Mar 2008 Location: FL Status: Offline Points: 1334	Post Options Post Reply Quote jw4570 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 Feb 2012 at 3:40am
	GH, I never could get the rings to "jump" on the shaft that way. Maybe a used ring. You can send me one of those barrels for the bad advice you gave me..... Just kidding, I did try it, I think on my own, and it's still very frustrating to me. AMC used both on their motors over time. Usually Delco Points (but not all), and Ford Electronic Boxes which later even became Chrysler boxes (I think we had a Grand Wagoneer with a Ford made box with a Chrysler emblem on it.....Right after they bought the remnants of AMC/Jeep). And the AMC's you could have either a Ford or GM type starter, depending on year and car it was installed in. Down south, many would seek out and switch to the Ford style and remote mount a solenoid to stop the dreaded "hot start" issue with GM starters. The big AMC V-8's I liked, they had a lot of torque, and were built well (15 head bolts!). I think one of their downfalls was indeed sourcing parts from the competition. Makes it hard to compete. I've done dual points, but would proabaly just set one to stay open if I were in a hurry (that's what you did, right?-I can't remember.....)

Auto Mag Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Callahan's Auto Mag Joined: 08 Mar 2008 Location: MA Status: Offline Points: 2091	Post Options Post Reply Quote Auto Mag Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 Feb 2012 at 4:19am
	AMC's were just too weird for me,,, In my youth it was all Ford (65, 69 & 70 Mustangs + a Ranchero to fetch parts) and I broke down so often I used to carry my own tow chain so my buddies could tow me home. Then I got smart and got Mopar! Drove Chrysler products for over 25 years and have nothing but good things to say about everyone I had. Today its an Avalanche and I'm thinking Mopar again, maybe a Ram 2500 Megacab Hemi,,, Maybe,,, As for installing the clips, well I do have to admit to using them more then once, but the real trick is just to have the right size drift with a perfectly flat end and then start the clip at an angle and then with a quick snap it should pop right onto the end of the shaft and you carefully work the clip down using the edge of the drift to lock it onto the groove. The tool is the way to go for sure, just saying that I never had any real problem without it and truth be told I'll bet I have lost less that 2 or 3 in all my years with Auto Mags (the dab of grease helps to keep them from flying across the room - yup did that once and actually found it an hour later!)

omie01 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Callahan's Auto Mag Joined: 05 Feb 2012 Location: Minnesota Status: Offline Points: 635	Post Options Post Reply Quote omie01 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 Mar 2012 at 1:17pm
	OKAY, ordered one of your tools, hopefully this works!!!!