Bentley Turbo R toolkit

Jonathan Elstein · Joined: 27 Jul 2015 Posts: 17

Hi

My recently acquired 1993 Turbo R seems to have something missing from its toolkit. I have the adjustable wrench, but I don't know what goes in the slot indicated by the arrow in the attached photo. The various other toolkits I've seen for sale on eBay also seem to have this slot empty. I thought at one point that it might be the hubcap removal tool but that seems to be a different size and shape. Can anyone help?

Thanks

Jonathan

John Murch · Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2015 5:13 pm Post subject:

I've no idea what it is, but photo 15/20 in the advert below shows something!

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/used-cars/bentley/turbo-r/used-bentley-turbo-r-6-8-4dr-lwb-doncaster-fpa-201510097645620?logcode=p

On a second look, it doesn't seem to quite the same shape as yours. Doesn't the hand book give any clues?

John

Jonathan Elstein · Joined: 27 Jul 2015 Posts: 17

Thanks - that's a slightly different toolkit. Most of the tools look the same; the one between the wrench and the pliers (in the advert) is different but there doesn't seem to be anything which would fit the empty slot in my kit!

Jonathan

PS I bought this kit simply to get hold of the adjustable wrench, which was missing from the original kit that came with my car (and which is still missing the mystery tool). If anyone wants any of the other tools shown in my original picture, please get in touch as I'm happy to split up this kit.

Jonathan Elstein · Joined: 27 Jul 2015 Posts: 17

Being a slightly obsessive sort of person, I ended up phoning Bentley who referred me to P&A Wood (their official 'heritage' dealer). I received a very prompt reply from P&A Wood as follows:

"We've had a look at couple of diagrams and a couple of cars in very good condition in our workshop and that slot is also empty. I've spoken to our Modern Department Supervisor and we believe that slot would probably hold a hub cap key of a late Rolls-Royce Spirit as they would be slightly different.

As far as we are aware this slot remains empty for your car."

So the mystery is solved, and I can get back to driving rather than worrying!

Thanks to everyone who replied to the thread.

Jonathan