By jay caragay (Jcaragay) on Tuesday, August 21, 2001 - 09:04 pm: Edit

As I have been reading the DiscoWeb about all the topics and fixes, I have noticed many of you referring to nuts, bolts and tools in both metric and imperial measurements.

Which one does LR actually use for it's parts?

Like if I buy more tools, should I buy metric or imperial?

Thanks

By MTB on Tuesday, August 21, 2001 - 10:45 pm: Edit

THey should be Metric I think the US is the only country behind the times.
I would say buy both if you can I have used both on my Disco.

Michael B

By F Turner on Tuesday, August 21, 2001 - 11:06 pm: Edit

All 4 cyl engines upto about 1982/1983 are imperial. After that Land Rover went to metric.

Frida Turner

www.turner-engineering.co.uk

By Alex Schubow (Alex) on Wednesday, August 22, 2001 - 01:52 am: Edit

If you want a toolkit to work on a Disco you really need both - but in my experience the inch size tools do get used more often, even if they don't fit perfectly

Supposedly metrinch sockets are good and will fit both. Expensive, but would save weight and space in the "in-truck" toolkit.

Alex

By Ron on Wednesday, August 22, 2001 - 07:23 am: Edit

Supposedly metrinch sockets are good and will fit both. Expensive, but would
save weight and space in the "in-truck" toolkit.

I have metrich. I dislike them. Much more "slop" when using them so you get less turns per socket sweep. If anyone wants to trade I have a spare set of metrich used once (most everything you would need, wrenches up to 3/4th, lots of sockets 1/4 and 3/8th drive some deep sockets, screwdriver and bits, even a spark plug socket, U joint, extentions)

Ron