Thread: Tools needed for most landy repairs

sticking plaster and badages should also be in the box - for when you have snagged those knuckels or seriously grazed a wrist trying to get to 'that bolt too far'

Originally Posted by Pavo

A T55 (I think it's a T55) Torx bit for the filler plug on an R380 gearbox.

That's if someone has buggered the head on it like mine.
I got it out and then replaced it with a common plumbing stop. Now I can just use a socket or a shifter

Cheers guys... that seems like a great list to work with... anything else?

Mate it depends on just how much you want to spend and how much work you want to be able to do on the vehicle..

you could add

Lathe, milling machine, welders (mig + ARC), grinder, die grinder + bits, Drill, hones, 20t press, all the specalised tools just for your rover, impact socket set, rattle gun, air compresor, air ratchet, air chisel, full screwdriver set, oscilisocpe, panel hammers, tyre plyers + levers, balancing machine, wheel aligning machine, oil catch pans, oxy kit, propane torch, trouble lights, automotive diagnostic multimeter, 10t floor jack, jackstands, slide hammers, ramps, load bank, battery charger, lifting block, lifting frame, transmission jack, engine crane, engine stand......

im sure you get the idea,,,

Best suggestion I can give ya, Buy a decent tool kit with most of the stuff oulined in this thread (excluding this post I was being sarcastic) and then when you come up against a problem you cant fix with what youve got, ask about it, find out whats needed to fix it and how often your likely to have to fix it. If you then think its warrented go and buy what you need, else beg and borrow.

2 best tools that were missed are patience, and common sense.

Riggers gloves - the good pig skin ones. It saves on the grazes, lessens the blood blisters, exhaust manifold burns and leaves no black muck under the fingernails and through your fingerprints. Good for handling filthy gear when you're off the bitumen too.

if you are burning yourself working on your car....you are in too much of a hurry.....

first you sould lift the bonnet.......


THEN...............



.......by the time you have that second beer the engine should have cooled enough for to work on it without burning yourself.....

this also gives you a chance to think about the problem at hand and work out the best possible way to attack/resolve it.....



ps...on a land rover...most of the nuts and bolts are imperial sizes.....
this is good....as most of todays cars are all metric.....
this make the imperial tools a lot cheaper to buy.....
and the best place to find cheap tools is the nearest flea markets.....trash & treasure.....

Always in too much of a hurry. That's so I can get to the beer-n-BBQ faster!

I also ALWAYS have Permagasket, a tube of silicon, and an odd assortment of nuts, bolts, bits of vacuum hose, some wire, a metal file and a hoof file. You'd be amazed at how fast you can reshape timber or even aluminium plate with a hoof file (that's horse's hoof). It's like a massive rasp