battery cable puller

[Hawklover]

So how many of you have a puller in your tool box?...........is it a "chinsy" piece made in China?.........does the handle bend when your encounter cable head resistance? I bring good news!!!!!!!!! Purchase an actual "tool" to accomplish the deed........................OTC P/N 4611. Now this is a tool!!! Over engineered?...............you bet, and you'll be glad it is:-)

[doug]

Mine is over40 years old, not made in China and probably used twice.

[Silverplate]

Mine is also over 40 years and either Snap-On or Mac I believe.

[tcabman]

Not to be a wise Guy, but I'm not sure why One would need a puller. I was taught to loosen the nut,use a good size straight blade screw driver and it kinda just about falls off . oh and I use the screw driver for many other tasks !

[Colgate Studebaker]

Not only do I have one, about 45 years old, but I also have an actual battery cable pliers and a cable end spreader. All from Snap-On and have been used dozens of times, still do use it occasionally. Bill

[Hawklover]

Not only do I have one, about 45 years old, but I also have an actual battery cable pliers and a cable end spreader. All from Snap-On and have been used dozens of times, still do use it occasionally. Bill

Bill I have to say that I need to purchase a head spreader as I lost the one I used to have in the late 60's. I realize everyone has their own way of removing the cable from the battery post, but prying with a flat screwdriver seems bit "bush league" IMHO. I know its hard to fathom but in the last month I needed a puller about six times, due to work undertaken on the Avanti and the Grand Marquis. Even if I use the puller one time in a year I want to have a device that is going to do yeoman service to that end.

[Hawklover]

Mine is over40 years old, not made in China and probably used twice.

Then I "assume" its a quality tool made in the United States.

[Hawklover]

Mine is also over 40 years and either Snap-On or Mac I believe.

Excellent!

[Silverplate]

Excellent!

You made me look, it was made by KD.

[greyben]

I have a Cornwell probably 50-60 years old. It dosn't take up much room and is convenient.

[Gunslinger]

I’ve had mine since the ‘70s. I assume it’s US made…not sure of the brand…maybe K-D?

[Hallabutt]

When I was 13yrs old I took a Metal Shop class in Junior HS, that was 1957. One of our projects was a battery cable puller. We milled the pieces of steel, fashioned the arms by cutting them out and filing them, used a drill press and tap and die to make and fit the mandrel. It seemed to be a bit labor intensive at the time, especially since I wasn't yet sophisticated enough to know what it was for.

I'm not prone to throw much away, so I just hung on to it. It would be 5 or 6 years before I experienced an epiphany of sorts, when the need to work on my own car and my rediscovery of the tool came together. I immediately knew what it was for. I still have it in my toolbox after 66 years. I have occasionally misplaced it over the years, to whit I bought a cheap tool to fill in when it went missing. The backup tool kind of works, but when I have the choice I always choose the one I made almost 70yrs ago.

[skyway]

Nice!
My father in (born 1927) law’s Junior HS project was to build a fully functional 25 inch, single masted, wooden sailboat; hand made fittings, leaded keel & all. It had a prominent place in his home & now in his son’s.