The tool tray / kit comprises a selection of 27 individual tools, including wheel changing equipment and items for servicing the car. These tools are located within profiled recesses laid out in a purpose built tool tray covered in a green baize like material. The tool tray is itself secured within the luggage compartment door (boot lid) and has a securable lid that can be clamped closed to hold all the tools in place.
The tools themselves changed slightly through 1945 to 1949 so finding the right tool for 1946 is likely to be a very long challenge, in the interim, I have found most of the tools with the correct part number but not necessarily the 1946 variant. I can live with that – it gives me some focus in spares days and auto jumbles.
I found a very helpful chap who wrote a slim manual on “original tool kits for MK4 Jaguars”. So I know exactly what I am looking for. Luckily the car (as bought) came with the near impossible to find, starting handle and wheel Jack. There are plenty of Jaguar XK tools on the market which are close but not right.
The 27 tools are:
C.991 Grease Gun
C.1054 Nozzle for Grease Gun (missing)
C.992 Copper & Hide Mallet for removing the wheel spinners
C.993 Extractor for the inner tube valve
1406 Starting Handle
1390 Jack, Lifting
1394 Handle, Operating Jack (missing)
C.204 Jack, Lifting
C.994 Spanner Adjustable
C.998 Spanner open ended 1/4 x 3/16
C.998 Spanner open ended 5/16 x 3/8
C.999 Spanner open ended 7/16 x 1/2
C.31 Spanner Box 3/16 x 1/4
C.32 Spanner Box 5/16 x 3/8
C.178 Spanner Box, for shock absorber Bolt
C.179 Spanner Box, for spark plugs
C.305 Spanner Box, for real axle bolts
C.30 Tommy Bar (Long)
C..34 Tommy Bar (short) (missing)
C.28 Screwdriver
C.995 Oil Can (missing)
C.996 Pliers
C.997 Pump Tyre
C.1001 Tyre-Levers
C.1002 Screwdriver for Distributer
C.1003 Feeler Gauge for plugs and Tappets (missing)
Key – Tee for spare tyre locks