Kitting myself out

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LordWolf

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Right...spent a few days trawling the forums and seen the rusty trends, from what I've seen I am starting to figure out what I need in the way of tools beyond my socket set, hammers, pliers, screwdrivers, drills (basic toolkit)...

Welding kit
Angle grinder
Clamps
Bearing puller
Ball joint splitter
Torque wrench
Stud extractor (thanks Dr Evil)
Torx sockets (Brian47)
Alldrive socket set (beerdude)
Trim removal tool (spacedawg)
Anything else specific folks wanna recommend? I have a 2 tonne jack and am guessing some wheel ramps and/or axle stands would make life more comfortable..

Just wanna make sure I'm ready for this, the skills are there but the toolkit doesn't back it up yet ;)

(just gunna list some consumables here so I have it all in one place when shopping time comes)
GT85, copper grease, fluids (hydraulic, gearbox, motor oil etc)
 
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if broken under reachable length then yes if not

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Haha no im not clarkson!

As a sensible suggestion though axle stands are a must. Get four of em too.

Oooooo and another 1! For your consumable list. Plusgas is a must too.
 
On the elastictrickery side of things; a multimeter to check for volts, shorts and earth connections. A ratchet type crimping pliers with handfuls of various types of crimp terminals. Self amalgamating tape; forms a complete rubber seal around any repairs to the wires.

And check your socket sets to make sure you have the correct type and sizes. The Disco 2 uses a lot of 6-point star (Torx) headed bolts instead of the usual hexagonal heads. I don't know about the bolts on a 'Fender'.

As well as the axle stands (essential for safety) maybe some wooden blocks suitably shaped as wheel chocks, housebricks will do at a push, but they're not the safest solution.

High pressure water jet for washing off the weekend's laning debris ... cheaper than the local car-wash in the long run.
 
Pry bar's have come in very handy a few times! :lol:

best thing to do is make sure you do any jobs round yer old mans... so you have use of him 30 year collection as appossed to your own, rather minimal, 5 year collection :lol:
 
LOL! I have many more toys than the old boy and he doesn't have a drive to park it on ;)

Cheers guys, thats more to add to the thread, already got a long prybar thankfully (came in handy with a friend's Vitara before he got rid of it)
 
get a wire brush and a wire cup brush for the grinder, very very useful, as well as a shed load of grinding discs, cutting discs and 1mm cutting discs, and a bench grinder for sharpening drill bits and stuff.
I would be lost without a big heavy vice for pulling/pushing/bending/holding stuff.

Its nearly car boot season, so wander around and see what you can find in the bottom of dusty toolboxes. big vices often pop up quite cheap.
 
Thankfully my bro in law is holding a big vice for me... then I gotta figure out what to do with the damn thing as it's heavier than my workmate >.<
 
Ok guys, simple question can we get the simple answer on it (it's one where everyone will have preferences, I only need to know if it can be done)

Can everything likely to need doing in terms of welding be done by a half decent arc welder, trying to avoid gas, I can use it but have nowhere for it so even if it makes some stuff a bit harder I would rather persevere with arc+rod and avoid gas.
 
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