Mini tool kit
#1
Posted 23 March 2004 - 10:28 AM
I would like to start doing some work on my mini but I dont have any tool. I was thinking of buying a set as it seems to be cheaper. Could any one recommend a good automotive tool set (around £100).
I found this one at Halfords,
http://www.halfords....&type=0&cat=146
Cheers,
Charlie
#3
Posted 23 March 2004 - 12:28 PM
How much did/would all that lot on the list cost?
#4
Posted 23 March 2004 - 05:10 PM
You need A/F tools NOT Metric, unless you have a later car with a
Metro engine.
Some metric sizes are close to A/F but can slip and round off the nuts.
Wheel nuts for instance are 11/16''
Siggy
#5
Posted 23 March 2004 - 05:21 PM
and if anyone knows then Bluemini(Red) does, i think he's probably taken every nut and bolt out of a mini that he can... :tongue: :grin:
#6
Posted 23 March 2004 - 06:14 PM
#7
Posted 23 March 2004 - 09:55 PM
hope this has helped a bit
#8
Posted 23 March 2004 - 10:00 PM
im a bit biased towards halfords as i work there, but the tools are good quality and the professional series comes with lifetime garentee(keep thje recipt if u can, makes it loads easier)
#9
Posted 24 March 2004 - 06:34 AM
#10
Posted 24 March 2004 - 08:15 AM
To those who use ony Metric tools on Mini's I must assume that your traning was on the Meat counter at Tesco's.
Ask any profession who works in the motor trade and they will tell you that a 13 mm spanner is NOT the same size as a 1/2'' AF. And long term use of inccorect tools will result in roun ded off nuts/bolts and damaged body parts, yours and the cars.
Siggy
25 years in the trade, inc technical advisor in a large Ford dealership, Mini and MGF technician, Dianostician, Rover dealer. Built, prepared championship winning Rally cars, sevice on rallys including the RAC and 1000 Lakes. 6 years lecturer motor vehicle, all levels. I have rebuilt more Mini's than I can remember
#11
Posted 24 March 2004 - 09:22 AM
#12
Posted 24 March 2004 - 09:33 AM
lmao ive been in the trade for years tooo, working with renaults, and i sayThe list of Bluemini's did NOT include any AF spanners!
To those who use ony Metric tools on Mini's I must assume that your traning was on the Meat counter at Tesco's.
Ask any profession who works in the motor trade and they will tell you that a 13 mm spanner is NOT the same size as a 1/2'' AF. And long term use of inccorect tools will result in roun ded off nuts/bolts and damaged body parts, yours and the cars.
Siggy
25 years in the trade, inc technical advisor in a large Ford dealership, Mini and MGF technician, Dianostician, Rover dealer. Built, prepared championship winning Rally cars, sevice on rallys including the RAC and 1000 Lakes. 6 years lecturer motor vehicle, all levels. I have rebuilt more Mini's than I can remember
ok your right but a 13mm will do if you dont have many tools
maybe af should be added to the list, cant say ive looked as yet.
#13
Posted 24 March 2004 - 11:32 AM
I started off with cheapish sets of tools but I'm slowly buying quality ones as I need them - been quite impressed with the Draper Professional sets. They are much more expensive but so so so much better quality. Having said that the cheap end of drapers range are made from playdough.
Better quality tools last longer, they don't bust the items you are working on by slipping and they are less likely to break you when you use them.
I made the mistake of buying a bargain set of imperial spanners at a show and broke one of them trying to undo a suspension bolt. Have also broken sockets on the cheaper sets. They'll do for those bolts that come undone easily - but the ones that require you to stand on the end of a breaker bar need to be good quality!
And to be honest most of the cars I work on are pretty old and rusty.
Whilst I'm here its worth saying that screwdrivers do go blunt over time do end up slipping on screws that a new screwdriver would tackle easily.
#14
Posted 24 March 2004 - 05:37 PM
There is probably 30% of them that you may never use.
Try looking at Farmers stores, if there are any near you they tend to have a good selection of tools at low prices. I have a 1/2 ratchet that I paid £4.50 and use it at work and have done for 3 years, I teach MV for pupils that have been excluded from school so have cheap tools for there and keep my Snap-on for home.
When I was at College I think we paid about £50 to build up a tool kit for each group of students to work with. We also had Metric and Imperial sets.
Marksmini you will never convince me that its OK to use the wrong size tools, unless I was in the middle of the wilderness and desprate. The concern I have is that if you are telling people that is OK to use them, what happens when they round off nuts or break thier cheap tools. They will not know why it has happened.
Siggy
#15
Posted 24 March 2004 - 05:51 PM
ok
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