easye1
Banned
And hammers?
yes, and hammers.
I looked the other day and found more hammers in my old work toolbox.
I now got 2 copper and hide mallets,
2 club hammers,
2 dinky ball pein hammers
god knows how many claw hammers
bigger ball pein hammers
more mole grips too.
I shut me old tool box coz it reminded me of that four letter word I hate.
w**K
but its got lots of taps & dies, cobolt drills & stuff...
but young man new to tools,
buy/steal/borrow a haynes workshop manual for your help/guidence/Inspiration/& cussing at when you break stuff..
DiscoPol
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Imperial everything
until you fixorize that golf into pieces
easye1
Banned
I got them, I got them too...lol
proud of my big blocks
I can put one of my trolley jacks onto one of me big blocks and hi lift me disco when i`ve driven it up onto ramps,
now learned a new trick,
use low ratio 1st & 1st gear,
then drive up ramps and another pair of wooden blocks at the same time
but i then need my "jacking" block to use as a step to get out onto
no need for a lift kit then..
Dr_evil
Banned
Bloody metric Europeans
dieselreek
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a set of pry bars is handy :crazy_driver:
easye1
Banned
very true..
yes, keeping on....
i got couple of them..
I made some nice 13inch ones from various sizes of "silver steel stock" when I was at work.
got one end cherry red, bashed it into a nice angled spreaded area,
quenched in oil,
shaped it a bit on a belt linisher, warmed it to straw colour then quenched it again.
somthine else I use on landies is a big nail bar,
(and some smaller ones)
its got a nice pry bar end on it fer levering stuff too,
very tough/hardened,
but I used the big one fer taking down one of me fences the other day.
but then I got some nice tyre Irons that can do the same thing..
Grit Valve
2000 4.6 Vouge
Agreed the later had torx and the earlyer were just bog standerd 13 mm head bolts the doors hinges could have torx or Allen key a photo would help to make sure I always replaced mine with stainless steel if and when you want to take off the door hinges no problems
Grit Valve
2000 4.6 Vouge
James that's how I started buying a tool for whatever I needed from a timing gun to these proxy torx stuff and now my garage is bursting
Before I got the Land Rover I'd imagined I'd be needing lots of big sockets and spanners, but the thing I use the most is my baby Teng 1/4" drive socket set. With later models where you have a lot of little bolts and screws in soft alloy housings it's great because you can feel what you're tightening and don't strip anything. Plus it's more manoeuvrable in small spaces, like for getting crank position sensor bolts out or using as a ratchet screwdriver.
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easye1
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Dr_evil
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robint
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easye1
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:d
need a bigger ballsack ferst..
I mean, have you actually held some inch ratchets, plus a 12 inch extention wiv a hoooge socket on the end of it..
you`d have elf & safty coming after ya..
Dr_evil
Banned
need a bigger ballsack ferst..
I mean, have you actually held some inch ratchets, plus a 12 inch extention wiv a hoooge socket on the end of it..
you`d have elf & safty coming after ya..
Just fancy the breaker bar tbh and a socket set to match
maybe a ratchet too and yes I has held the 1" drive ratchetJust fancy the breaker bar tbh and a socket set to match
you don't need that for a land rover FFS. Even dozer and loaders most work is 1/2" drive some 3/4 stuff. You scratched your self and cried like a girl yesterday
200tdi ayre
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You can never have too many tools we still buy new ones every week if not make them for that one special purpose, we have shelves dedicated to tools with 1 job but even as a mechanic the ammount that you use often is small, rachet spanners, and a good socket set will do almost all hobby mechanics needs. Ooh and plenty of hammers, hammers are useful
Doc we nigh on never use the inch set, and when we do its on some pretty hefty machinery we usually break out the gun when we have to though and that's the size of a Gatling gun
we still buy new ones every week if not make them for that one special purpose, we have shelves dedicated to tools with 1 job but even as a mechanic the ammount that you use often is small, rachet spanners, and a good socket set will do almost all hobby mechanics needs. Ooh and plenty of hammers, hammers are useful Doc we nigh on never use the inch set, and when we do its on some pretty hefty machinery we usually break out the gun when we have to though and that's the size of a Gatling gun
