Thread: Land Rover Tools

Series 1 Landrovers are (or were when new) all BSW/BSF/BA, but by now many will have a lot of AF spanner size replacements and possibly a few metric. Series 2 started the conversion to UNF, but still have a lot of BS spanner sizes, so you need both AF and BSW spanner sizes. Metric sizes started with Series 3 (although 27mm wheel nuts came on the last of the Series 2a), mainly later ones, but right up to the end of Series 3 production, you still occasionally need BSW spanners, and certainly AF sizes. Hub nut size remains the same, and this is the only special tool that most owners will need, although there are others such as the one needed for the nut on the back of the gearbox main shaft. Flare nut spanners (AF or BSW) are almost essential for any brake pipe work.

Ring/Open spanners in the usual size range are all you really need, but note that for many jobs you need two spanners the same size, and it is usually handy to have one of these a socket with a ratchet. Ratchet ring spanners are also often handy, but not essential.

An assortment of good quality screwdrivers is necessary, as is a good pair of pliers. A soft face hammer is often needed, as is a regular ball peen hammer and a couple of cold chisels.

Thanks John.
what liked about the Fergy was the bolt head and nut being different, quite often the next spanner size up, so limited tools were needed, to work on it.
Land Rover should of picked up on this.

whitehillbilly

Where you really need two is the bolts that hold a lot of the body panels. Most of these are 7/16"AF, which is interchangeable with 3/16"BSW, 1/4"BSF or 11mm - and the head and nut are the same size. Other common sizes are 1/4BSW, 9/16AF, 1/2AF etc.

Originally Posted by whitehillbilly64

Just wondering ...

See an extension bar and socket for the propshaft flange nuts.

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or, for that use, billy, you could just grab one of these little doozies - a specific 9/16" propshaft flange nut socket - does lots of LRs

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