Do any OGs know what this old workshop tool is for?

[robparker]

Any ideas what this was used for? I can't find that part number anywhere online.

 

[ToeKnee]

Mercedes cribbage board??

 

[del320]

Measuring Fixture Set 140-589-09-63-00 | MB Parts Haus

Wasn't that hard to find, but god knows what it's for!

 

[Will]

Wonder if you could search the part number on WIS?

 

[KillerHERTZ]

Isn't it for holding the bolts when taking apart the top end?

 

[Darrell]

Mercedes crib board.

 

[robparker]

Isn't it for holding the bolts when taking apart the top end?

Hmm could be, there is a whole bag of those metal pins, similar size to headbolts.now you say it, but I don't know what they'd be needed for

 

[markjay]

Each pin will have a slightly different diameter, which should be stamped on it.

Something similar to this:

Same principle as a feeler gauge, but for round holes.

 

[Will]

Are the pins stamped or marked in any way then?

 

[Will]

Isn't it for holding the bolts when taking apart the top end?

If it was an engine service tool, I’d expect the part number to have an engine-type specific/related part number rather than a chassis-specific code?

Eg 119, 120 etc rather than 140 prefix.

 

[ToeKnee]

Mercedes crib board.

If only I'd had thought of that in post#2 ........

 

[markjay]

If it was an engine service tool, I’d expect the part number to have an engine-type specific/related part number rather than a chassis-specific code?

Eg 119, 120 etc rather than 140 prefix.

W140? It could be a tool for measuring anything, not necessarily engine component? E.g. ABS (for example)?

 

[Darrell]

If only I'd had thought of that in post#2 ........

I don’t read the past posts.

 

[TC350]

Looks like a Mercedes cribbage board

 

[markjay]

Looks like a Mercedes cribbage board

No, to me it actually looks more like Mercedes cribbage board....

 

[Trickythemerc]

Flux capacitor calibration tool or a combination lock code tester.

 

[ToeKnee]

No, to me it actually looks more like Mercedes cribbage board....

I'm surprised no one else has mentioned that.......

 

[robparker]

Yes there are markings on them, the feeler gauge-type-thing could be true.

Some workshop tools do have a "w140..." Prefix, like the hooks to pull out dash clusters, even though they are made for most models, not just the 140

 

[Petrol Pete]

If the heads are different sizes in very small increments it might be for measuring bores deep in the valve body of the transmission

 

[Will]

Yes there are markings on them, the feeler gauge-type-thing could be true.

Some workshop tools do have a "w140..." Prefix, like the hooks to pull out dash clusters, even though they are made for most models, not just the 140

Yes plenty of tools have a chassis-type prefix on them, just that engine tools generally have a prefix relating to the engine type instead

As you say the cluster tools have a 140 prefix as they’d have been made originally for the 140 clusters when they first came out