Most common bolt size

[Shoutout]

Hey guys want to give a friend a custom ratchet and socket, is the most common bolt on the scout 1965 a 5/8? Or what would you all say the one ultimate socket size / spanner would be to be the ‘hero’ tool in a custom scout box for the beginning of a long restoration project

 

[cyure]

Hey guys want to give a friend a custom ratchet and socket, is the most common bolt on the scout 1965 a 5/8? Or what would you all say the one ultimate socket size / spanner would be to be the ‘hero’ tool in a custom scout box for the beginning of a long restoration project

Welcome to the community. There’s a couple people on here who will know the answer I’m sure.

@Colton_Scout80
@Tuff66
@SpaceEVDriver

Any ideas?

And if you are doing a restoration we all need to see pictures. We love pictures. Welcome again!

 

[Shoutout]

Thanks so much! Yes I’ll post pics once I’ve given this gift : )

 

[J Alynn]

Hey guys want to give a friend a custom ratchet and socket, is the most common bolt on the scout 1965 a 5/8? Or what would you all say the one ultimate socket size / spanner would be to be the ‘hero’ tool in a custom scout box for the beginning of a long restoration project

Welcome to the forum. Good luck on the resto!

 

[dreamweaver]

Hey guys want to give a friend a custom ratchet and socket, is the most common bolt on the scout 1965 a 5/8? Or what would you all say the one ultimate socket size / spanner would be to be the ‘hero’ tool in a custom scout box for the beginning of a long restoration project

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Remember the built in search on the forums is a great place to start getting answers to your many questions.

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

I don’t know about the most common. And I wouldn’t worry too much about it. I would make sure I had a full set of tools. I wouldn’t even approach a job on a classic US-made vehicle without a full set of wrenches and sockets (at least one of each of a socket, open and closed box wrench). Even if I was just going over to help someone else, I’d bring these or most of these tools because the worst thing while in the middle of making progress is to spend hours running to the parts store for a tool you thought you had…only to find the one you did have three days later.

If you pinned me down and demanded I give you one, single suggested tool, I’d say a pair of medium-sized vise grips.

But what you really want is a full kit:

A full set of open, closed wrenches, and sockets along with the proper ratchets for the socket size:
1/4"
5/16"
3/8"
7/16"
1/2”
9/16"
5/8"
5/8” Deep set spark plug socket
11/16"
3/4"
13/16"
7/8"
15/16"
1"
Torque wrench ratchets with 1/4", 3/8", and 1/2" drives.

I don’t remember if you also needed some of the -/32” in there too.

An impact wrench (air or electric)
A breaker bar — I’m not a fan of a breaker bar because it’s likely you’ll break a bolt with it.

Phillips-heads #0, #1, #2, #3, and #4
Flat-heads 1/4, 3/16, 7/32, 5/16, 3/8.

Adjustable wrenches
Locking pliers (vise grips)
Channel-lock or slip-joint pliers
Needle-nose pliers
Diagonal cutting pliers
and combination pliers

Gear puller
Axle bearing puller
Seal puller
Ball joint press and pull
Pickle fork (research the right size)

Trim removal tools
Plastic scraping tools

Tubing bender and flaring tool

Valve spring compressor
Retaining ring removal tools (likely specific for the Scout, especially the transmissions)
Clutch tools

Bolt Extractor
Tap and Die kit
Thread check toolkit

Deadblow hammer
Wooden mallet
Ballpeen hammer
Flat head heavy hammer

A butane torch
A welding blanket
Penetrating oil (NOT WD-40, that stuff is for protecting against water, not for unsticking bolts, and it attracts dirt)

Jack(s) that can hold 25-50% more weight than the vehicle load
Jack stands that can hold 50-100% more weight than the vehicle load
Rollers
Engine lift
Gantry (not really necessary, but helpful)

Multimeter
Compression gauge

Welding gear
Sheet metal bending tools

I would also have a rust removal set of tools, probably not spray-on/grind-off, but probably an electrolysis tank and a sandblaster

I’m sure I’m forgetting some things and there are likely Scout-specific tools I’ve blanked on. But a restoration job is a commitment of not just time, but also money.

Harbor Freight and Northern Tool have low-cost, quality tools that will get you through a job like this and will probably last you a lifetime if you don’t abuse them. I still have my first set of super cheap tools from the Popular Mechanic magazine I got when I was about six.

 

[J Alynn]

Hey guys want to give a friend a custom ratchet and socket, is the most common bolt on the scout 1965 a 5/8? Or what would you all say the one ultimate socket size / spanner would be to be the ‘hero’ tool in a custom scout box for the beginning of a long restoration project

Welcome to the forum. Good luck on the resto

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

I don’t know about the most common. And I wouldn’t worry too much about it. I would make sure I had a full set of tools. I wouldn’t even approach a job on a classic US-made vehicle without a full set of wrenches and sockets (at least one of each of a socket, open and closed box wrench). Even if I was just going over to help someone else, I’d bring these or most of these tools because the worst thing while in the middle of making progress is to spend hours running to the parts store for a tool you thought you had…only to find the one you did have three days later.

If you pinned me down and demanded I give you one, single suggested tool, I’d say a pair of medium-sized vise grips.

But what you really want is a full kit:

A full set of open, closed wrenches, and sockets along with the proper ratchets for the socket size:
1/4"
5/16"
3/8"
7/16"
1/2”
9/16"
5/8"
5/8” Deep set spark plug socket
11/16"
3/4"
13/16"
7/8"
15/16"
1"

I don’t remember if you also needed some of the -/32” in there too.

An impact wrench (air or electric)
A breaker bar — I’m not a fan of a breaker bar because it’s likely you’ll break a bolt with it.

Phillips-heads #0, #1, #2, #3, and #4
Flat-heads 1/4, 3/16, 7/32, 5/16, 3/8.

Adjustable wrenches
Locking pliers (vise grips)
Channel-lock or slip-joint pliers
Needle-nose pliers
Diagonal cutting pliers
and combination pliers

Gear puller
Axle bearing puller
Seal puller
Ball joint press and pull
Pickle fork (research the right size)

Trim removal tools
Plastic scraping tools

Tubing bender and flaring tool

Valve spring compressor
Retaining ring removal tools (likely specific for the Scout, especially the transmissions)
Clutch tools

Bolt Extractor
Tap and Die kit
Thread check toolkit

Deadblow hammer
Wooden mallet
Ballpeen hammer
Flat head heavy hammer

A butane torch
A welding blanket
Penetrating oil (NOT WD-40, that stuff is for protecting against water, not for unsticking bolts, and it attracts dirt)

Jack(s) that can hold 25-50% more weight than the vehicle load
Jack stands that can hold 50-100% more weight than the vehicle load
Rollers
Engine lift
Gantry (not really necessary, but helpful)

Multimeter
Compression gauge

Welding gear
Sheet metal bending tools

I would also have a rust removal set of tools, probably not spray-on/grind-off, but probably an electrolysis tank and a sandblaster

I’m sure I’m forgetting some things and there are likely Scout-specific tools I’ve blanked on. But a restoration job is a commitment of not just time, but also money.

Harbor Freight and Northern Tool have low-cost, quality tools that will get you through a job like this and will probably last you a lifetime if you don’t abuse them. I still have my first set of super cheap tools from the Popular Mechanic magazine I got when I was about six.

Reading the full question would have been helpful...

I guess it depends on the gift specifics. I wouldn’t stop at a single socket/wrench, though. I’d get a Craftsman toolkit that has all the mentioned wrenches or sockets. Not because I think Craftsman is the best, but because I think a lot of people think Craftsman seems better.

Or I would give the gift of a high-quality jack, electric impact wrench, or set of locking pliers.

 

[cyure]

I don’t know about the most common. And I wouldn’t worry too much about it. I would make sure I had a full set of tools. I wouldn’t even approach a job on a classic US-made vehicle without a full set of wrenches and sockets (at least one of each of a socket, open and closed box wrench). Even if I was just going over to help someone else, I’d bring these or most of these tools because the worst thing while in the middle of making progress is to spend hours running to the parts store for a tool you thought you had…only to find the one you did have three days later.

If you pinned me down and demanded I give you one, single suggested tool, I’d say a pair of medium-sized vise grips.

But what you really want is a full kit:

A full set of open, closed wrenches, and sockets along with the proper ratchets for the socket size:
1/4"
5/16"
3/8"
7/16"
1/2”
9/16"
5/8"
5/8” Deep set spark plug socket
11/16"
3/4"
13/16"
7/8"
15/16"
1"

I don’t remember if you also needed some of the -/32” in there too.

An impact wrench (air or electric)
A breaker bar — I’m not a fan of a breaker bar because it’s likely you’ll break a bolt with it.

Phillips-heads #0, #1, #2, #3, and #4
Flat-heads 1/4, 3/16, 7/32, 5/16, 3/8.

Adjustable wrenches
Locking pliers (vise grips)
Channel-lock or slip-joint pliers
Needle-nose pliers
Diagonal cutting pliers
and combination pliers

Gear puller
Axle bearing puller
Seal puller
Ball joint press and pull
Pickle fork (research the right size)

Trim removal tools
Plastic scraping tools

Tubing bender and flaring tool

Valve spring compressor
Retaining ring removal tools (likely specific for the Scout, especially the transmissions)
Clutch tools

Bolt Extractor
Tap and Die kit
Thread check toolkit

Deadblow hammer
Wooden mallet
Ballpeen hammer
Flat head heavy hammer

A butane torch
A welding blanket
Penetrating oil (NOT WD-40, that stuff is for protecting against water, not for unsticking bolts, and it attracts dirt)

Jack(s) that can hold 25-50% more weight than the vehicle load
Jack stands that can hold 50-100% more weight than the vehicle load
Rollers
Engine lift
Gantry (not really necessary, but helpful)

Multimeter
Compression gauge

Welding gear
Sheet metal bending tools

I would also have a rust removal set of tools, probably not spray-on/grind-off, but probably an electrolysis tank and a sandblaster

I’m sure I’m forgetting some things and there are likely Scout-specific tools I’ve blanked on. But a restoration job is a commitment of not just time, but also money.

Harbor Freight and Northern Tool have low-cost, quality tools that will get you through a job like this and will probably last you a lifetime if you don’t abuse them. I still have my first set of super cheap tools from the Popular Mechanic magazine I got when I was about six.

Now I know restoring a car is an involved expensive process requiring a lot of work and then I got to sandblaster.

 

[6-ScoutFamily]

Now I know restoring a car is an involved expensive process requiring a lot of work and then I got to sandblaster.

Hey, just think if you’re Matt’s Off-Road Recovery, or Layton Auto Body. Those guys live in sand, so they have sandblast stuff.

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

Now I know restoring a car is an involved expensive process requiring a lot of work and then I got to sandblaster.

I can’t remember where I saw it, but I was reading someone’s itemized bill for all the parts, others’ labor (paint, sandblasting, etc), and extra tools to restore a 1965 Mustang Convertible. The car, after restoration, was valued at about $50k. The cost to restore, including the donor vehicle, was about $200k. They didn’t include their time in the itemization.

 

[cyure]

I can’t remember where I saw it, but I was reading someone’s itemized bill for all the parts, others’ labor (paint, sandblasting, etc), and extra tools to restore a 1965 Mustang Convertible. The car, after restoration, was valued at about $50k. The cost to restore, including the donor vehicle, was about $200k. They didn’t include their time in the itemization.

Oh my god. That’s crazy!

 

[dreamweaver]

I can’t remember where I saw it, but I was reading someone’s itemized bill for all the parts, others’ labor (paint, sandblasting, etc), and extra tools to restore a 1965 Mustang Convertible. The car, after restoration, was valued at about $50k. The cost to restore, including the donor vehicle, was about $200k. They didn’t include their time in the itemization.

Restoring a vehicle is akin to a religious experience. Restorers will say what they get out of it is unmeasurable but somehow very fulfilling. Hard to put a dollar amount on that.

 

[J Alynn]

Restoring a vehicle is akin to a religious experience. Restorers will say what they get out of it is unmeasurable but somehow very fulfilling. Hard to put a dollar amount on that.

Like any hobby really-rarely do you ever come close to recouping your cost

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

But if you do want a specific wrench or socket size, it's going to be 1/2", 9/16", or 5/8". I'm not sure which is the most common in the Scout. The best ratchet for those will have a 3/8" drive.