new spanner set

I bought a set from Aldi right next door to the boatyard which is handy.
about a month ago, I had lost the one that fits the bleed but on the fuel filter, so I nipped around d to Aldi and bought a set for £ 7.99 I think, they seem fine. They range from 6mm up to 22mm, for some reason there was two 8 mm included.
 
JumbleDuck said:
Do come and have a go on my DS sometime. It requires the removal of the RH front suspension sphere, steering column, air filter, exhaust downpipe, exhaust manifolds and heat shield. Easier if you take the front wings (and headlamp steering mechanism) off too, along with the hydraulic pump. This is why I like working on my cramped, inaccessible boat engine ... it's just so easy in comparison!
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Starter was bad...but I think the worst job it is possible to undertake on a DS is a timing chain. (Don't ask me how I know this - I still get flashbacks even now)!
 
vyv_cox said:
It's not removing the nut on the drive shaft that is the problem, it is the retaining ring that holds the bearings in.
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Pfft. Easy. You buy the special tool to do it from Ecas 2CV Parts

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You drill out the three places where the ring is punched to stop it turning, use the moving nut and washer to hold the drive bars in the slots, put a socket on the welded nut and heave. The only downside is that the tool costs a bit - mine was £30 secondhand and I see they are now £90. Mind you, I see there is one to use with an air impact wrench for under £40

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The only other special tools I had were a set of kingpin removal drifts and the neat cranked bar which goes through a hole in the bellhousing, under the alternator, and into a hole in the flywheel to establish TDC when setting the points.

Ah happy days, happy days. I must get a 2CV again some time.

Oops. A bit off topic. Erm, what anchor do you think is best?
 
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Avocet said:
Starter was bad...but I think the worst job it is possible to undertake on a DS is a timing chain. (Don't ask me how I know this - I still get flashbacks even now)!
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Been there, done that. It's dead easy when you have the engine out, so I did it when I replaced the clutch. Some people do it with the engine in by cutting an access door in the bulkhead.

How nice to meet a fellow DS'er, by the way. Do you still have one? Mine's off the road while I try to find a way of getting a rear windscreen from Norwich to SW Scotland.
 
Ripster said:
Its funny reading this. I did nearly exactly the same when I had an Allegro (red face) many years ago. Both me and my mate stood on the bar to get it undone and broke the 1/2" bar. So hade to go get the bigger kit. Still have the 3/4" sockets and bar too!
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I managed to snap three (yes, three) wheel studs on my Hunter 490 trailer when I first got it after I started trying to get the wheels off and before I realised that the nuts on the left hand side use a left hand thread. <sobs>
 
JumbleDuck said:
Pfft. Easy. You buy the special tool to do it from Ecas 2CV Parts

You drill out the three places where the ring is punched to stop it turning, use the moving nut and washer to hold the drive bars in the slots, put a socket on the welded nut and heave. The only downside is that the tool costs a bit - mine was £30 secondhand and I see they are now £90.
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That may be more than we paid for the car. But we are talking 30 years ago.
 
Well if you're still waiting for a rear screen come June I've got three in London that are Harry Freeman's that I can bring as far up as Coniston in Cumbria.

yrs ever etc
david
(67DS21bvh)
 
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Jabs said:
Is this a world record for thread drift?

Tony
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Well I could tell you about my wife's horse trailer that has hub nuts done up to nearly 300 lbs-ft and how I was lucky to get a socket and 3/4" drive bar for it from a forumite who lived 200yds from my son half an hour away from me ....
Perhaps I'd better not though.

PS Nothing to do with Citroen! Ifor Williams.
 
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go on a mechanics forum to see what they buy. Snap on i hear are a waste of time now as the lifetime guarantee seems to have stopped.
 
ghostlymoron said:
I need to get a complete set of metric combination spanners (8mm to 19mm) to keep on the boat.
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Wrong (with respect) you need 2 complete sets of metric spanners. Sometimes if you are undoing a bolt the nut may be 14mm the head may be 14mm and with only one spanner you would be short.
Even thought I ran a garage I probably have more spanners now than I did then. There is sometimes less room round an engine to work in a boat and I recently bought another set of spanners which were extra short in length but proved invaluable when trying to bleed the diesel system where the filter head was very inaccessible. And you should get a set of 1/4" sockets as they are really useful, and finally when buying spanners/sockets go down to 6mm.
 
ghostlymoron said:
They look nice quality and good chrome but Silverline seem to be the way to go. (Sorry Julian)
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Fairy Nuff

Jim@sea said:
Wrong (with respect) you need 2 complete sets of metric spanners. Sometimes if you are undoing a bolt the nut may be 14mm the head may be 14mm and with only one spanner you would be short.
Even thought I ran a garage I probably have more spanners now than I did then. There is sometimes less room round an engine to work in a boat and I recently bought another set of spanners which were extra short in length but proved invaluable when trying to bleed the diesel system where the filter head was very inaccessible. And you should get a set of 1/4" sockets as they are really useful, and finally when buying spanners/sockets go down to 6mm.
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Just about to make that point about needing two sets ( unless of course you also have a socket set) One of the advantages of opened or ordinary ring spanners is that each one has two different sizes on it so a complete set effectively has two of each size, except for the largest and smallest.

Good point to about the short spanners . My original sets of opened and ring spanners are short ones. Unfortunately inch A/F but still useful for the Evinrude.

Sockets spanning ¼", 3/8" and ½" drives are useful too.

I have sockets down to 4mm

Cant have too many

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But the odd adjustable is useful too. Note that includes a selection of left handed ones

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I'm assuming I can use an adjustable on the other end.
Got a 1/4" drive socket set.
Jim@sea said:
Wrong (with respect) you need 2 complete sets of metric spanners. Sometimes if you are undoing a bolt the nut may be 14mm the head may be 14mm and with only one spanner you would be short.
Even thought I ran a garage I probably have more spanners now than I did then. There is sometimes less room round an engine to work in a boat and I recently bought another set of spanners which were extra short in length but proved invaluable when trying to bleed the diesel system where the filter head was very inaccessible. And you should get a set of 1/4" sockets as they are really useful, and finally when buying spanners/sockets go down to 6mm.
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ghostlymoron said:
I'm assuming I can use an adjustable on the other end.
Got a 1/4" drive socket set.
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Adjustable spanners are rarely the best choice.

Most useful size drive for sockets is probably 3/8". 1/4" is too small for anything above about 10 mm

1/2" invaluable for larger sizes esp when you need a bit of force.

Personally would not be without a socket set covering all the sizes I'd need

You might also consider a torque wrench.
 
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