Thread: Olute finds a new home

Hey Paul - How is the ol ute going ? Any photos or the like to show us ?

Two months and haven't really done much. Fiddled around with the blinkers but I have been offered the services of an electrician friend - As much as I want to learn-as-I-go I think I'll get some expert help for the elctrickery!

I am patiently waiting for my driveway/carport to be finished - should have been done in June but being stuffed around
Signed the plans off, finally!, so hope to have that all done by Xmas - I'll believe it when I see it! That'll give me a good spot out of the weather. OLute is living in the shed but is only small and no rooom to work in there!

So - sold off the Series 2 (and donor) to "Supermodel" who is a relatively new member of aulro. That'll give me a bit more space (and a few more dollars to spend on Olute). I think I'll start up a list of what I need to do and then post up for some advice. As you know there is not a lot to do - but working so much lately - not getting much time for landrovering!

I'll take some pictures this weekend and post up a few questions!

I am somewhat jealous of your progress on Shorty! You make it look so easy!

Look forward to some pics Paul

I'm shagged - Two days of building garage doors and sorting out all the stuff* I keep in the shed. It's only a single car garage (an old fibro one from the 60's) but it's now easy to drive Olute in and out.

Sorting out tools too and it looks like I'll need to purchase some more as most of mine are metric- anyone with any suggestions on a basic tool kit for a series 1 would be appreciated

Nonetheless it's great to get all the tools in one place - now I can find things!!

Gotta work tomorrow but only 5 hours so should get time for a few piccies of my handywork and olute's nice clean shed.

No excuses now for getting on with Olute's preparation for rego!


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Originally Posted by Sleepy

Sorting out tools too and it looks like I'll need to purchase some more as most of mine are metric- anyone with any suggestions on a basic tool kit for a series 1 would be appreciated

i'll second that

Originally Posted by Mick-Kelly

i'll second that

I'll second your second.

Originally Posted by Sleepy

Sorting out tools too and it looks like I'll need to purchase some more as most of mine are metric- anyone with any suggestions on a basic tool kit for a series 1 would be appreciated

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Paul, I have survived well with these tools, for about 30 years of fiddling with cars glued together with Whitworth-based fasteners.

1. A small box of BS sockets from Sidchrome 1/4" up to 1/2".
2. About 4 open-ended spanners in the same sizes as above.
3. A handful of large size BS sockets and two very large BS open-enders that I bought at a stock clearance sale years ago.
4. A set of P&N BSF taps and dies in four common sizes, supplemented with
9/16" and 3/16" as needed.

They are the only "specialist" tools that we need really, although not so long ago everyone had them, but for some reason the manufacturers seem to have given up making them (except for the threading tools). A good place to look for them is in second-hand stores, they are the sort of thing that end up there when Grandad dies and no one knows what to do with the stuff in his shed. One of the good points is that they are usually of good quality; as cheap Japanese, or Chinese spanners were virtually unknown in the 1950/60's.

Apart from that, you need the normal workshop tools that you probably already have and you will need to make, or borrow the jigs and tools to work on the axles, diffs, transfer box and engine; or pay someone to do it for you. If you haven't got it already, the TP138 workshop manual available from the S1 club in England, has drawings of the special tools with dimensions - the later manual I originally had does not have the drawings,

Cheers Charlie

Thanks Chazza,

I must join the Series 1 club - I have had that advice before.

Will also start looking for some quality tools - I must admit much of my "collection" of tools are cheap and nasty - Time to start seeding SWMBO with my christmas wish list

....and a trip down to cash converters!