Anyone know an exact list for the special tools required for my 97 Disco? Also, where to best find them?
Cheers,
Eoghan

 

I cannot speak to the '97.
I have a '96 and the only "special' wrenches or tools that I have needed has been the socket for the head bolts. I have also heard need for a specialized tool for bearings. Other than that - our vehicles were designed to be able to be worked on in the most remote places with limited tools...

Not that Maine is THAT remote...;-)

Send down some lobsters and I will happily send up the sockets and bearing tools!

 

There is an adapter for the lock nuts that secure the wheel bearings. It's like a
2 1/16? deep socket made from a flared piece of pipe with a hole thru the top to turn it. R/N, AB, and Rovah Farms all have it for under 20 bucks. AB currently has thiers on sale in their monthly circular. There are a few others listed in the RAVE, but you can get by with various workarounds in most cases.

Cheers,

 

Not so much specal tools, maybe differant tools - 12pt sockets for instance, the wrench for the Viscous clutch (36mm?), torx bits, etc.
Take a look around and see what you don't have a tool for.

 

Dont forget PB blaster and a dictionary so you can learn lots of new cuss words while working on it.

 

Exactly! I changed my fuel pump - and the special tool to take the retaining ring off the top might have been useful - to put it back on.
But with all the rust and crap that was on top of it - a flat head screwdriver and hammer was really the most effective...

 

Are you talking about Land Rover special tools? i.e. LR-xxx-xxxx type numbers?
I may have a list if that's what you mean.
FWIW everything can be had locally in another form, except some of the R380 special tools. Maybe some of the ZF tools too, but I doubt you'll be rebuilding one of those.