There is a photo in my archive of the anti-theft wheel nuts fitted to my donor car. Could some kind soul please tell me where I might get the tool required to get them off!!

Also, what hope you think there is for a would be car builder who can't even get the wheels off the donor?!!

Not sure where to get a tool to remove anti theft nuts, but i've heard of them being removed by hammering an old socket onto them then unbolting them with that.

John.

Thanx John. Will bear it in mind. I'll ask around my local garages etc, but if nothing comes up I'll give it a go.

what i have done with is get 2 small drifts that will fit in the holes in the nuts,fit them together with hose clips and get some mole grips on them,other than that drill the holes out till they all meet and the head should drop off

If you can get one of those "Gator Grip" sockets, they will get them off, they look like a plug socket but they have spring loaded steel pins in them.

Cheers

Chris

hammer n chisel for gods sake.......

weld a nut onto them

shitty standard wheel nuts
gator grip or raid glove boxes at the scrappy for one

Check the diameter of the outside edge of the nut before you buy a Gator Grip.

I bought one (£20 from Homebase). The problem with it is the outside diammeter of the nut was a big as the outside diammeter of the Gator and it's therefore useless.

Unfortunately you also have to pay for the 3/8" ratchet that they supply in the same packet and also a little converter to attach it to your electric screwdriver (or something).

It's also 3/8" socket. Maybe this will fit the rest of your tools but I had to buy a converter aswell to drive it as almost all the rest of my tools are 1/2".

Cheers,

James

Okay, actually looking at the picture and I can see a Gator Grip would fit these so maybe that is the way for you.

Cheers,

James

Not sure the Gator would work as the bulk of the turning would be done on 7 or 8 of the sprung metal pins. Normally it works by the pins being squashed against the outer wall of the grip rather than being leavered against each other ..
I have some metal dowl, bought from local DIY shop. You could cut off 3 short bits, place them in the holes and weld onto an old nut or socket. To hold them in place, put a bottle cap over the locking nut and drill 3 holes. .

Have spoken to Ford and they said that if I took the car in they'd get them off for me and sell me a new set of wheel nuts - yea right!!! Errr.....anyway, I've just spent several nights taking all the bits (including interior and all engine ancilliaries) off car to get engine out. Bottom line...IT'S GOIN' NOWHERE!

Right, I'm off to Homebase, see y'all later.

Mart

to get the proper nut key thingy u need the security code you get with the original set they may all look the same but each set is slightly different

old socket (12 sided) and block hammer

Tried the Gator Grip but wrecked it. Decided to try Bass's idea but it was a bit awkward to get in to weld. Ended up welding an old tyre lever to the nut and undoing with stilsons!! Just had to grind nut off afterwards and repeat three more times. Photo's in archive.

Thanks for the help guys

Cheers, Mart.

Well they will be in the archive when I can figure out how to resize them!