[Spenny_b]

Well, firstly a confession - I love buying tools....there's no such thing as wasting money on them, so I already had a very comprehensive, decent quality Britool setup from previous projects

But having said that, I do baulk sometimes at the cost of some one-time-use items.

Some you'd waste more time trying to cobble together, than simply buying, e.g., I got a pretty good deal on a once-used cam tool for the 964 - even with shipping from Canada (eh) to the UK, it was just over half price.

I also bought (from our hosts) the basket and a lifting bar....not the sort of items I want to fanny about with.

Then I made the speciality tools like:

The gudgeon pin spring insertion tool
The chain holders (to hold chains vertically whilst assembling case halves)
A holding plate to mount a magnetic based DTI for cam timing (although if needed I'd do this with a Z-block tool next time)
Valve spring height setting tool

If you wanted to do the same, browse through my build thread below, it's all documented in there.

....but like the guys above ^^^, wish I'd investigated further the ultrasonic cleaners...next time, perhaps.

I think next time I'd also buy a chain tension setting tool; I "got-by" without, but it took quite a lot of effort to get the correct tension, and of course isn't 100% repeatable.