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alanjonesbath

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• Aug 29, 2006

• #1

Can anyone confirm what size the wheel nuts will be on my 1988 90 please? It didn't come with a wheel nut wrench or jack so I need to get some as soon as possible. Does anyone know who sells suitable sized wrenches?

 

yella

New Member

• Aug 29, 2006

• #2

27mm

 

GRUNT

Well-Known Member

• Aug 29, 2006

• #3

Just measured me nuts and they are 27mm A/F, which converts quite nicely to 1and1/16", but my wheelbrace measures best part of 30mm A/F!!!!!!!!!

 

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alanjonesbath

Member

• Aug 29, 2006

• #4

Cheers guys. Just noticed that MM4x4 do a wheel brace, its in the Defender/90/110 section under accessories so I'm guessing that'll do the job nicely.

 

yella

New Member

• Aug 29, 2006

• #5

you are better off with a 27mm socket and a breaker bar

 

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Alistu

Member

• Aug 29, 2006

• #6

OK? so every one can manage to drive there wagon without carrying a complete tool kit? Mine seems to be quiet TPG heavy (Tools Per Gallon) say a billion sockets?

 

yella

New Member

• Aug 29, 2006

• #7

"a billion sockets"
hows that

 

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Alistu

Member

• Aug 29, 2006

• #8

How to make my Landrover

1 Billion x nuts and bolts
1 x tub of that funny orangy paint
Copius x oil
lots off x mud (Highlands only)

Mix oil and mud together to form a nice stiff paste, add nuts and bolts. allow to dry to a nice crust. And to finish dribble on paint.

 

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alanjonesbath

Member

• Aug 29, 2006

• #9

lol. Well, I'm sure by the time I'm done I'll have a decent tool kit on board. For now, if I get stuck I'll be relying on the AA :

Cheers for your help Yella

 

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alanjonesbath

Member

• Aug 29, 2006

• #10

GRUNT said:

... but my wheelbrace measures best part of 30mm A/F!!!!!!!!!

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How does that work then (or doesn't it )

 

mondo

Banned

• Aug 29, 2006

• #11

alanjonesbath said:

How does that work then (or doesn't it )

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Awh Grunt! dont tell us yer got a floppy one!

 

yella

New Member

• Aug 30, 2006

• #12

i noticed that too mondy but i chose to ignore it

ok grunt a quick lesson in spanner sizes,
mm is metric
3/4 is af
5/16w is whitworth

you cannot have a combination of two therefore if yer spanner is 30mm then it is metric and not af

 

GRUNT

Well-Known Member

• Aug 30, 2006

• #13

Awh Grunt! dont tell us yer got a floppy one!

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Only 'till I get the delivery from the viagra poster.

ok grunt a quick lesson in spanner sizes,

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mm is metric as you quite rightly say, but A/F means "Across Flats", and goes for Both Metric and Imperial wether it's Whitworth BSF or whatever. If you say for instance that a nut or bolt is 27mm you are stating the thread diameter of the bolt not the Across Flat size of the bolt head or nut.

Now then this brings us on to what I think you mean when you say

3/4 is af

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do you mean "American Fine" ? Which is "ANF" and is for most thread diameters the same as the british "UNF" or "Unified fine".

So there.