Thread: Recommend me a good tool kit / socket set for a D1 300Tdi

Holy cow, you lot are absolutely fantastic!!! There is so much amazing info there I'm sure I'll have no problems sorting out the right tool kit for trips and for at home.

Thank you so much to everyone who replied, you're all legends and may santa bring you all leak free Discos for Christmas

Originally Posted by Young Angus

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Thank you so much to everyone who replied, you're all legends and may santa bring you all leak free Discos for Christmas

Funny you say that ... I brought one home with me one day back in May '16!

Then I got to worrying that a Rover of any type, not leaking .. can only mean one thing .. it probably has no fluids left to leak out .. so I started tinkering(and yep! fluids were all there! )
During that tinkering process, as well as already having many tools at my disposal, I started collecting more and some strange stuff I'd never needed pre Tdi ownership(my first).

So while I was relieved that I have this extremely rare leakless Rover, I still worry that one day it'll all gush out in one massive hit .. like near the end of the Blues Brothers movie when the Blues Mobile finally had enough!

Young Angus,

I don't have a tool kit but an exhaust/turbo and inlet manifold upgrade kit. Please have a look at my facebook page. I'll let you steal it from me for cost. Send me a PM if you're interested.
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Originally Posted by AK83

One took set I can highly recommend now after a lot of use is the Kingchrome 'LockOn' variety of sockets).

Kincrome lok on sockets are great Wish I had bought them years ago

https://www.google.com.au/url'sa=t&s...gB4IrF_vsZbE6U

Originally Posted by Young Angus

Can someone recommend me a good tool kit or socket set to have with me on the road and also for working on her at home. Just a good range of sizes I guess and brands, different tools, etc.

All I've got is a nice little modest socket Sidchrome set which is okay but there is nothing big in there and I don't really have any spanners either. Basically I want to make a good tool kit which will be great for most things, a start of a tool kit anyway, then I'll just build from there.

What do you guys mostly use?

Angus
I’ve got a lot of different higher quality brands of tools in workshop varying from the original Minimax & Sidchrome to newer Kingcrome and Snap On. Each is for a job and the price relates to the reliability I’m expecting from the tools.
However to try to answer your original question of a good tool kit for a D1 300 Tdi I’d recommend you have a quick look at a Force brand 142Pc Combination Tool Set (1/2" 3/8" & 1/4" Drive that includes a few other hand tools) Product Code: 41421
Alternatively they have a smaller 82Pc Combination Socket and Spanner Toolkit, Product Code: 4821-5-72.
The Force brand have a life time warranty and I know of a number of Hastings workshops that have stopped using Snap on and Caterpillar (manufactured by Snap On) and now use Force due to cost, lower failure rate and backup service, when needed.
I have the 142 pc kit that live permanently in the back of my disco along with few extras including a laser cut spanner each for the fan hub and the Maxi-drive heavy duty wheel flange. These at designed to fit into the jack handles so I don’t need additional levers.
Coincidentally I have the 82pc kit in a 06 Subaru Outback that my wife normally drives and it has been required far more often than the one in the Disco.
If you need any more info on the kits let me know & I'll track down some links to post

Originally Posted by AK83

Damned Kingchrome!
Never really had a problem with them .. until they were needed to fix a stoopid toyota!
My 3/8 ratchet just committed suicide!

.. and as an aside, I won't curse Landrover designers as much as I used too either, having just tried to do the serpentine belt on a my sisters '04 Rav4!
What a shambles!
Tensioner had obvious signs of having pooped itself too, and the ratchet broke trying to remove it.

I'm going to pull it apart to see if it's salvageable in any way.

If its a Kincrome ratchet take it back for repair! I have done this with one I found lying around at work the ratchet was buggered so took it to my local auto shop. They sent it in for repair and had it back about 2weeks later good as new. All they asked when I dropped it in for repair was had it been used commercially, answer was of course not. Gotta love life time guarantee. Ratchet was minimum 15 years old.

Originally Posted by Jayco

If its a Kincrome ratchet take it back for repair! I have done this with one I found lying around at work the ratchet was buggered so took it to my local auto shop. They sent it in for repair and had it back about 2weeks later good as new. All they asked when I dropped it in for repair was had it been used commercially, answer was of course not. Gotta love life time guarantee. Ratchet was minimum 15 years old.

Yeah, I'll try to get into Scoresby myself tomorrow(should have the time I hope) and get them to 'warranty' it there and then if they can.
I hate the buggerizing around with companies wanting proof of this and idiotic exceptions for that .. etc.

My local Bursons(just walking distance) had two repair kits, but one for the 1/4 drive and one for the 1/2 drive!(of course!! )