Looking to buy some tools

[Davaa]

Hello, everyone
I am thinking of doing some much delayed maintenance work on my cruiser this summer. I will be doing basic work like t-belt, change thermostat, swivel hub rebuild, repack wheel bearings, leaf spring bushing replacement, check u-joints and so on. Possibly I will try to rebuild a h55f transmission. One thing is, I don't have any tools except a few ordinary wrenches. So I am looking to acquire some tools or maybe a good set. What do you guys can recommend me? Any specific tools or maybe a certain brand?
thanks,

davaa

 

[Radd Cruisers]

Some of the things you're talking about (esp the H55F) take some pretty specialized tools / pullers.

You don't show a location in your signature or next to your username - please add that, it's very helpful to us.

~John

 

[Davaa]

John,

Thanks for reply, sorry my ignorance on my location which is Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Yes, I do realize that rebuilding an h55f would require some specialized tools. But before attempting the transmission rebuild, I am going to do the other mentioned work. So I was interested to know what would be good basic tools for a newbie do-it-yourself guy like me. I just want to spend the money on tools and do the work myself rather than give it to lousy local mechanics. I've downloaded the FSM from here and in my understanding the mostly commonly used tool is a torque wrench to tighten bolts to specs. What are the other common tools for general work on landcruisers?
Thanks,
davaa

 

[Hulsty]

If you've got pretty much nothing, get yourself a middle of the range socket set at least 10-17mm should cover most stuff on a cruiser, anything else I have just bought seperately, ie 32mm and 52mm sockets. Ring and open end spanner in the same sizes, good set of screw drivers and some pry bars. Should see you through most basic work on the car. Most other tools buy as required. When I need something I havent got I go out and buy a good quality version of it, less up front cost this way and in the end I should have a good quality comprehensive set of tools.

 

[Davaa]

Would you recommend any specific brand of torque wrench?

 

[boogie74]

Can't remember the brand of my torque wrench but it cost about $60 aud. It works well. Another good investment is (brake) line wrenches. You'll wish you had a set if you strip the hex nut on the brake line. Takes the pain out of losening the nut on the brake line.

 

[Clint79]

Also good thing to have is the thin special socke. To undo the nuts to access the wheel bearing and or if u blow a cv , just makes it easier than screw drivering to undo the nuts. A hand wood saw I got stuck on a log once when I finnaly got going a went to a hardware and bought a wood saw , a long handle shovel good spot to put it is the tube between to two front bits of the chassis aka in front of fron wheels behind front bar . A good quality ball pein hammer . Side cutters invade you get old fance lines / wire wrapped around your diffs. Duct tape . Vice grips invade you blow a brake line and need to clamp it off , jumper leads ir duel batteries and the gear hulsty mentioned should get you by

 

[Clint79]

And some spelling and typing skills

 

[crushers]

get the best you can afford...
tools are the one investment that isn't a waste of money.
cheap tools = ripped knuckles, stripped bolts and nuts, cursing and beating of the dog.
cheap tools with life time warranty are still cheap tools which result in the above.
i like craftsman and beat the crap out of them, full warranty, stand up to 1/2" impact very well, comfortable.
even princess lotto has some decent stuff now.
the HD C/T crap is decent, the cheap is crap crap.
of course you can go all out with Snap On and Mac Tools but other than the diesel compression tester i have shy'd away from them.