Subject: Re: 2.6 toolkit content ?
Hi Martin,
As you probably appreciate, the Instruction book has this to say: "The tool kit is kept in the boot, the larger tools being clipped in position. The small tools are contained in a tool roll."
Similar questions (about the 'right' tools) have been asked over the years on the AMOC website, reference (principally) Astons of this era and later. The best distillation I can manage of the views expressed is as follows (obviously, the Astons did not need a wheel brace and had a rawhide hammer to 'address' the knock offs/ons):
Starting handle
Engine drain plug tool (already mentioned) (replicas can be supplied by Kevin Kay in Northern California).
Open ended spanners x 3 (or more) (Whitworth) - 1/8 to 3/16, 1/4 to 5/16, 5/16 to 3/8 (before those that were marked 'David Brown' came into use, Garrington branded items seem to have been usual, although Magpie and King Dick were also used) - see additional photograph below
Spark plug box-spanner and tommy-bar
Pliers
Wooden-handled screwdriver
Grease gun (Tecalemit branded (not sure of size))
Fire extinguisher
Adjustable spanner (only with late cars)
Feeler gauge set
Valve core set
Valve cap set
Tyre gauge
Gearbox drain key
Girling tin containing a tube and key to bleed the brakes
I don't have the books to hand. But, didn't many of the 2.6 Lags have the Jackall hydraulic jack system? Obviously, cars so equipped would not have had the hand jack etc. included in the tool kit.
Regards,
Tim
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