Rudy,

V8 tools sells super thin wrenches # 8308 for SAE:

V8 Tools, Inc. On-line  Catalog
(http://www.v8tools.com/wrenches.html#8308)  They sell them in both SAE & Metric.

I think I purchased these wrenches for my lathe at MSC Industrial Supply
Co. (MSCdirect.com).

Hope this helps.  Say Hello to Jill from us.

Bill & Brenda Bowen
SVToybox@aol.com (mailto:SVToybox@aol.com)

In a message dated 3/6/2014 12:00:16 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
trawlers-request@lists.trawlering.com writes:

Date:  Wed, 5 Mar 2014 06:42:05 -0800 (PST)
From: Rudy and Jill  rudysechez@yahoo.com
To: T&T  trawlers@lists.trawlering.com
Subject: T&T: Valve Stem  Wrenches
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Had a few folks ask questions as to  where to get thin bladed wrenches.
Seems that regular thickness wrenches won't  work on some valve stem packing
nuts.

I've always referred to those  thin bladed wrenches as waterpump wrenches,
though googling for them doesn't  seem to bring them up. Sears use to carry
them, but having a hard time finding  them on their website. The mobile
specialty tool companies, those folks that  run around in trucks and service
machanic shops should be able to get them.  Bike shops also, since some of the
nuts used on bikes require thin bladed  wrenches. If the nut is small
enough, see if ignition wrenches will  work.

Rudy and Jill
New Smyrna, Fl
Briney Bug- a 34 foot  sail-assisted  trawler
850-832-7748?

I got the one I needed for our bronze through hulls from Harbor Freight and
an angle grinder. Just selected the correct size open end wrench and
ground-it-down to the needed thinness.  Cost about $1.00    Keep it in a
drawer near the stuffing box for when I need it and despite removing all the
'coating' the tool has not rusted in 12+ years.

-al-

Viking Star
45' Monk Sr. / McQueen
mvVikingStar.blogspot.com

Though, if you are talking about smaller sized ones (ala 1/2" or smaller), I
recall these being sold as 'Ignition Wrenches', e.g.:

http://www.sears.com/craftsman-10-pc-standard-combination-ignition-wrench-se
t/p-00942319000P

or http://tinyurl.com/lvgsj27

-al-

Viking Star
45' Monk Sr. / McQueen
mvVikingStar.blogspot.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Al Thomason [mailto:thomason.al@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 3:30 PM
To: 'trawlers@lists.trawlering.com'
Subject: RE: T&T: Thin Wrenches

I got the one I needed for our bronze through hulls from Harbor Freight and
an angle grinder. Just selected the correct size open end wrench and
ground-it-down to the needed thinness.  Cost about $1.00    Keep it in a
drawer near the stuffing box for when I need it and despite removing all the
'coating' the tool has not rusted in 12+ years.

-al-

Viking Star
45' Monk Sr. / McQueen
mvVikingStar.blogspot.com

“Harbor Freight andan angle grinder....”  actually Harbor Freight has very good prices on angle grinders also; anywhere from $11.00 to $13.00 depending on sale time and coupon availability. Bob Siegel Annapolis