Thread: Tool selection for late Series IIa

Originally Posted by damiane

Thanks John. I had a browse at Bunnings this morning. All mixed metric/AF sets. Sidchrome web site has a straight AF set. I think as a starter I'll go with your advice and get a 1/2 set, with a speed brace and a t/bar maybe. Need a torque wrench I spose and maybe a couple of common use sizes in deep socket style; say 7/16 and 1/2 inch.

I'll do some more research for those Whitworth sizes you mentioned.

I seem to recall the axle nut used a tube spanner?

Have to review my ring/open enders. Again I think almost all my AF were in the Landy. I like the off-set ring + open enders for versatility.

Yes, the usual spanner for the wheel bearing nuts is a tube spanner.

I use offset ring spanners a lot, but also, as I said, ratchet ring spanners. You also need open end spanners for some things, so ring/OE are useful. Sockets are used a lot, particularly for bits you can't get a ring spanner on or don't have room to swing it. Remember for most body bolts, you need usually two spanners the same size, most commonly 7/16"AF.

John

Thanks snafubar (love the combo army moniker). I managed to pick up some whitworth stuff- mix of sockets and spanners - off the gumtree from a former landy owner last week. My brother has kindly collected for me as both he and seller live in Gippsland fringes, so it's sight unseen so far (except for the usual crappy photos on gumtree) but I thought, "It's a start", plus I got a new new garage creeper in very good nick for $20.

All I need now is "him/her" to operate on. Things are advancing on that front. Vehicle I have in mind is going in to experienced mechanic possibly later this week to see what's needed for RWC. Fingers crossed. Could be soon a proud father of a new 43 year old late Series IIa SWB.

Then I will have a real problem. Naming "her/him"!!!!!! No seriously. This is an important step in bonding. It's like naming a new-born. I might even hold a competition on here. Have to publish photos first of course so everyone can say "she (he) looks like a . . . . . . to me."

I think he will have to be a she. My first and second landies were "les femmes". I just don't see landies as butch, like say a Unimog is butch. I see them as sensitive creatures that need to be treated with respect. Do that and they will follow you anywhere. Strewth that sounds sexist. I better be careful.