Tools for a budding mechanic

[colnerov]

A magnifying glass and some pointy tweezers for the inevitable splinters.

Plus a toilet roll and a roll of masking tape to complete a first aid kit for up to and including a broken leg.

 

[Nomad]

Cableties, Duck/Gaffa tape, molegrips as already mentioned (2 sets, flat jaw + curved jaws).

Screwdrivers - a large scrap flatblade for levering the tops off paint tins ?
The hex drive bits are ideal but I don't see a handle for them?

 

[My Old Landy]

The hex drive bits are ideal but I don't see a handle for them?

I added it after someone else pointed that too, cheers

 

[arther dailey]

This will be it until he knows what he wants Britool extension and 'Bedford' ratchet. Both were my fathers, the red pliers were probably his too but I have had them over 40 years!
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what sort of sockets are those ? look splined or is that just the angle of the pic?

 

[My Old Landy]

Well he has been and picked it all up. His face was worth it to me
I know he will look after it all, he looks after all his equipment at work and he doesn't even own it
Thanks again for all of your input and suggestions!

 

[My Old Landy]

what sort of sockets are those ? look splined or is that just the angle of the pic?

They are 12 point sockets.

 

[arther dailey]

They are 12 point sockets.

really needs 6 point , 12 point in a lads hands will round off more than he can undo

 

[arther dailey]

Please dont read that wrong ! fabulous gift as is

 

[My Old Landy]

really needs 6 point , 12 point in a lads hands will round off more than he can undo

I don't have any, these are tools from my stash

 

[My Old Landy]

Please dont read that wrong ! fabulous gift as is

No worries my friend, it is good advice

 

[RichardM]

Did I see any recommendations for a Stanley knife, ball bearings and some different thicknesses of Klingerite?

 

[My Old Landy]

Did I see any recommendations for a Stanley knife, ball bearings and some different thicknesses of Klingerite?

Just the Stanley knife and I have one with a pack of blades he can have

 

[addjunkie]

Reading this yesterday, I became all nostalgic, this morning I looked in my cupboard for my old haynes book of lies for the Spitfire. Sadly no longer there, cant think where that went, unless it was in the pre move here thin out!

 

[Gragson]

I have one with a pack of blades he can have

High-jack well overdue

Impressed with these spring loaded stanley dispense packs bought recently

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stanley-198460-Heavy-Duty-Blades-Pieces/dp/B0015GMA5Q/ref=sr_1_25?crid=3D9W7KAVZ0GCG&keywords=stanley+blades&qid=1693160560&sprefix=stanley+%2Caps%2C464&sr=8-25

 

[bricol]

Would you believe Stanley knives have been banned from our shop floor - the fixed ones were a good few years ago, they had to be sprung retract ones - dead good when you are left handed and 98 of the 100 are right handed.

Then on one site, I wanted a knife - and was told I would have to sign one out . . . hacksaw it was then . . .

Apparently, according to a notice I noticed the other week, months of testing have lead to a new style being chosen . . . although whether they go back to being back out on general use, I don't know . . .

 

[Guzrik]

Nice gift, maybe add something to remove an oilfilter?

 

[Robotstar5]

Maintenance used to issue the blades to production, they had to put the old one in a sharps bin and sign a sheet of paper stating they understood the new blade was sharp and could injure them, our H&S guy was earning his keep

 

[maroon]

High-jack well overdue

Speaking of jacks. A decent bottle jack aka hydraulic pusher... Even a ratty old screw type..

If he takes up welding he should be accumulating more jacks than he knows what to do with.. The good old scissors that came with old cars.. Why do new cars come with such crap jacks?

 

[indy4x]

He will get all of my AF, Whitworth and BSF tools when we are finished

Spitfires are just AF, no Whitworth on them

A couple of deep sockets would help, from memory the studs holding the leaf spring to the diff are 9/16" AF, you can use a spanner but it's a faff and the studs are too long for a shallow socket

If he needs to remove the diff then a selection of long extension bars to bring the ratchet out of the wheel arch makes a difference

Can't remember if the diff plug was hex or square, the fill plug is square so you can use a spanner. The drain on the sump and both fill and drain on the gearbox are also square so again, AF spanner

Apart from that, the usual selection of AF stuff will see him fine plus feeler gauges and a timing light

As you might have guessed, I've worked on more than my fair share of Spitfires, Heralds, Vitesse and GT6

 

[indy4x]

A manual impact screwdriver and a small hand held gas torch are always handy on old cars.

Manual impact driver is a definite for the screws that retain the rear drums