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lampyrover31:
Ola
 Please can somebody give me a clue on what spanners i should be after for my series 3.The haynes manual lists the sizes as AF,however i used a Whitworth spanner on my handbrake drum(which once nuts were undone i still couldnt get off!!!).
 DO i need AF or Whit,whats the difference and which sizes should i be trying to get?
Apologies if this is a really really stupid question :oops:
Thanks in advance.

datalas:
You'll have a hard time getting either to be honest, but most of the sizes will be imperial AF..

7/16ths,  1/2 inch and err.. that's most of the engine apart :D

Lucy1978:
quite a lot of the nuts on the gearbox/handbrake are Whitworth, I think the majority of the rest are AF.

Spyderman:
I've got a 1981 Deisel Series III. The Hanbrake drum is Whitworth on mine. The fuel system is metric, some of the brakes are metric. Most is AF Imperial. Handbrake is the only Whitworth I've found so far though. I think the older it is he more Imperial & Whitworth you get.

hobbit:
I find a set of adjustable spanners the easiest thing to keep handy :lol:

Especially on those square studs


You can match some imperial af's to metric, but sometimes with the old bolts & nuts being worn they can round rather than work

I keep both metric and imperial spanners, combination and swan neck ring spanners

Sockets are the same, the hexagonal rather than 12 sided one are preferable, less chance of slipping, black impact sockets are great for tapping onto the nuts/bolts too :twisted:

You will find some fit, look in a haynes manual and they normally list the equivalent sizes across the range

Plenty of wd40/duck oil fluid is also handy

Rather then break the nuts which can more than likely happen, ease them loose then tighten again a few time and you may work the oil into the threads and unwind the the nuts

One good method I use rather than break the fixings, is to crack the nut first, and once it starts but is still tight is to use a air ratchet, and keep going backand forwards with it on the nut complete with sprays of oil now and again, most times you can release the thing in one piece

If you can spray oil the fixings a few days in advance regularly will assist in soaking through the fixing too

(Hope I'm not teaching you to suck eggs here :wink: )

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