Technical documentation!

[[ Adam ]]

I’m trying to work out a way of how I can collate the relevant information that I need for remote overland travel. Most of that manual won’t be needed by me. Like stripping transmission and engine. But wheel bearings , brakes suspension info etc I’m going to keep handy plus spare part numbers.
I’m trying to work out a way to easily file as taking screenshots and storing as photos is going to take way too much storage. Any ideas anybody. Convert photos to pdf maybe

This is an interesting thought - a subset of the content could be assembled (by us or Ineos) into a "Field workshop manual", a lightweight version of just the things that you'd probably be willing to attack in the field, focused on wear items, part numbers, torque specifications, etc. What would really kick-ass is if Ineos gave one out with every vehicle.

Man, that'd be cool.

 

[FlyersFan76]

Most manufacturers have "special" tools that are really designed to idiot-proof the procedure rather than make it impossible in the field. Land Rover used to have lots of bit of bent metal that were used to hold stuff in place while you tightened stuff up or bashed it with a hammer. An old Defender is maintainable with conventional hand tools, but having the factory tools made broken knuckles or bent bearing races less likely.

BMC/British Leyland/Austin Rover Group/Rover had a few tools that were absolutely essential if you wanted to pump up the Hydrogas units to set ride height or adjust the cam timing on an O-Series engine. Without the tool, it was essentially impossible. (There is a lovely couple in the UK who will service Hydrogas units on a door to door basis for Minis, Metros, MGF etc).

Tightening anything to 600Nm in the field is likely to be fraught with potential danger.

The Hummer had special tools for clearing fault codes related to the ABS.

Rubber hammer to hit the sensor back to the axle speed sensor and a small 18 gauge wire to jump 2 pins on the OBD II port with specific ignition key sequence. lol

 

[landmannnn]

Most manufacturers have "special" tools that are really designed to idiot-proof the procedure rather than make it impossible in the field. Land Rover used to have lots of bit of bent metal that were used to hold stuff in place while you tightened stuff up or bashed it with a hammer. An old Defender is maintainable with conventional hand tools, but having the factory tools made broken knuckles or bent bearing races less likely.

BMC/British Leyland/Austin Rover Group/Rover had a few tools that were absolutely essential if you wanted to pump up the Hydrogas units to set ride height or adjust the cam timing on an O-Series engine. Without the tool, it was essentially impossible. (There is a lovely couple in the UK who will service Hydrogas units on a door to door basis for Minis, Metros, MGF etc).

Tightening anything to 600Nm in the field is likely to be fraught with potential danger.

Even the old land Rovers had a special tool for loosening the hub nuts. Although a previous owner normally used a hammer and chisel

 

[CrazyOldMan]

Most manufacturers have "special" tools that are really designed to idiot-proof the procedure rather than make it impossible in the field. Land Rover used to have lots of bit of bent metal that were used to hold stuff in place while you tightened stuff up or bashed it with a hammer. An old Defender is maintainable with conventional hand tools, but having the factory tools made broken knuckles or bent bearing races less likely.

BMC/British Leyland/Austin Rover Group/Rover had a few tools that were absolutely essential if you wanted to pump up the Hydrogas units to set ride height or adjust the cam timing on an O-Series engine. Without the tool, it was essentially impossible. (There is a lovely couple in the UK who will service Hydrogas units on a door to door basis for Minis, Metros, MGF etc).

Tightening anything to 600Nm in the field is likely to be fraught with potential danger.

Yeah - I guess there is “special” (“makes it easier”), vs “special special” (“not a snowball’s chance in hell”). I was thinking more about “special special.”

 

[cdsvt]

Most manufacturers have "special" tools that are really designed to idiot-proof the procedure rather than make it impossible in the field. Land Rover used to have lots of bit of bent metal that were used to hold stuff in place while you tightened stuff up or bashed it with a hammer. An old Defender is maintainable with conventional hand tools, but having the factory tools made broken knuckles or bent bearing races less likely.

BMC/British Leyland/Austin Rover Group/Rover had a few tools that were absolutely essential if you wanted to pump up the Hydrogas units to set ride height or adjust the cam timing on an O-Series engine. Without the tool, it was essentially impossible. (There is a lovely couple in the UK who will service Hydrogas units on a door to door basis for Minis, Metros, MGF etc).

Tightening anything to 600Nm in the field is likely to be fraught with potential danger.

This is also my experience, at least with the vehicles I've worked on. Very few must have special tools that couldn't be worked around with some creativity. The tool to pressurize the hydraulic KDSS anti-sway bars on the Toyota/Lexus is the one exception that comes to mind.