tool needed for replacing external cross member screws

please could you tell me what tool ie screwdriver i need to replce some slightly rusty external screws,they are the same as the hinge screws.Also i am building up a basic toolkit ,i have the spanners 8-19mm what sockets would you gus reccommend

You will probably need a hammer, a full socket set, a nuther hammer a bigger than the first, an impact driver, and a bloody big hammer!

Frigging hell tools well you are going to get a lot if different answers.

But my kit has

Impact sockets 5-40mm
Socket set 3-38mm x2 on 1/2 in drive
Socket set 3-20mm on a 1/4 in drive
Socket set 15-40mm on 1 in drive

Plus extension bars an uj atachements for eatch
Braking bars for eatch 1ft And 2ft.

Torc wrench 20nm to 300nm 215nm to 400nm

Slogging spanner set

Ratchet spanner set 5-24mm

Bleed nipple spanner

Hammers ball pain, lump

Ball joint spliter

Tap and die set ANF UNF 5-18mm

Trox male and female set 3mm -26mm

Hex keys both right angle and socket drive

Screw drivers pozi drive, slot head, trox,

Hub box wrench

Spring compressors

3 leg bearing puller

Nut spliters small and large

Brake bleeding kit

Steel rule, vernear gauge, micrometer

Angle grinder

Drill
Electric impact driver

Gas/gasless mig welder

To name a few

As Gaz says tools are an endless topic.

but if your starting from nothing.

Halfords | Halfords Advanced Professional 170 Piece Socket & Ratchet Spanner Set

This is a good starting point or something similar and do from there.
but as mentioned you cant have enough hammers and you definitely can not have a hammer which is too big.

Other things
Decent screwdriver set
Impact Driver
Grinder
Pliers
Mole Grips
WD40 (Lots of)

i have a small selection of tools, but i always find i need just one more

sounds like some have got some good kit, but,
landie owners need basic sheet metal working tools like,
small & larger carver clamps (3), and good oldfashioned G clamps (4)
oh, and I have a bucket of various types of mole grip clamps for even more sheet metal welding.
why bucket?
coz if I put them in another cantilever tool box, the wide mouth versions wont let the tool box shut.
seasy in a bucket, just chuck `em in..
oh yea, although I got a couple of torque wrenches, my big huge HI torque tool is 5 foot lump of scaffold pole.
and yes, I do roughly know how much torque I can generate by using it,
by using my hands & arms as a grunt o meter

+1 for the Halfrauds pro socket sets, just make sure you get em when they are half price

Has anyone mention a hammer, they can come in handy

I think you need a torx set for the cross member bolts

Oh yes, before I forget:

An even bigger hammer!

hmm selection of hammers ( since i got me series in febuary ) me hammer collection has mushroomed

i have

ball pein hammers in 12oz 16oz 28oz 1lb and 2.1/2lb weights
claw hammer 12oz 18oz and 21oz weights
lump hammer 1lb 2lb 2.5lb 3lb 4lb and 4.5lb weights
scutch brick hammer ( dunno where from but its great fer ****ting comedy welds off )
pannel beating hammers 4 flat square head various sizes and weights 2 round flat heads ( antiquated to say the least )
set of over a dozen homemade pannel slapping spoons ( found in a skip )
pannel beaters dollys soap bar shape teardrop shape curve shape and half cannonball with snub handle on the back
welders hammers 10oz short pecking hammer 16oz long pecking hammer with wedge back
mallets made from wood, leather,plastic, copperhead and iron lead shot filled dead weight hammer

still wish i had a set of soft steel or brass hammers and would love a full set of drifts or an andvil to go with this lot

basic tools, good socket set, good set of spanners hammer, decent screwdrivers, grease gun.

thats what I have started with, will buy the other stuff as a I need it (bought circlip pliers last week for the UJs)

fender said:

please could you tell me what tool ie screwdriver i need to replce some slightly rusty external screws,they are the same as the hinge screws.Also i am building up a basic toolkit ,i have the spanners 8-19mm what sockets would you gus reccommend

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A good set of 6 point sockets and spanner for rusty bolts/nuts

you dont need that many tools for one vehicle ,your better off buying decent quality more expensive individual sockets and spanners for jobs as you go ,for instance 14mm bihex for brake discs 1/2 bihex for caliper bolts ,if 300 tdi it would have a lot of flange head bolts and very decent sockets are better if you dont want to round head ,but you would only need 10mm 13mm 15 mm expensive ones other sizes could be managed with cheaper stuff ,quality impact driver with several bits will take sockets too like this ,if you say which vehicle age etc i can give you a list
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rc...S9KoPORBrOHRvy_4g&sig2=dQb4vxhwgpKqMqEV4jiqlw

:amen: "quality impact driver with several bits will take sockets too"

do you know I have never thought of using a socket on my impact wrench James...lol
aint got a clue why tho`..

shocked of north essex...

Nobody going to mention grinder,cutting discs and the daddy of them all the trusty gas axe

dellboy1959 said:

Nobody going to mention grinder,cutting discs and the daddy of them all the trusty gas axe

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love my angle grinder & box of thin disks,
dont kow how I could have managed without them when I "rebuilt" the underneath my disco.
used the grinder today to remake a spotlight bracket that had became detatched,
grinder/metal/mig welder/spraycan for 1st cote - light on, poured with rain stopping play.

Oh, and don't forget the hammer!

Oldseadog said:

Oh, and don't forget the hammer!

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still got a bloody sledge hammer welded on a lump of gas barrel for when I used to do banger racing all them bloody years ago..
had to weld metal pipe on as i kept braking the wooden ones when re arranging bodywork between races..
hit anything that was hard and it nearly shook your hands orf tho`... :doh:

thanks guys ,late reply i have started collecting some kit draper socket set and spanners.