Lug wrench

Can't help you there, Mike as I've never seen one for sale. Possibly, a junkyard will supply a similar wrench that can be sawed to length, heated & bent, then painted  to look like a Pantera wrench. But I caution you and others NOT to use the short jack-extension as a lug wrench with a ratchet. It's unfortunate that the hex size for the jack extension is coincidentally the same size as the lug nut hex. Because the jack extension is unhardened and will split the hex if used there!

A split jack extension can be rewelded, dressed smooth and re-alodined gold, and can then be safely used again for its designed purpose or for shows, but it cannot ever be used to tighten or remove lug nuts!  I've fixed one for another owner plus one of my own....  Same goes for the much longer telescoping extension for the Mangusta, I believe.

Im just trying to put together a tool kit.  I would never use any of those cheap tools.

This one sold on eBay back in August of this year. Set up a saved eBay search and you won’t miss the next one.

Larry

Yeah I'm watching......

Still looking for an original Pantera lug wrench.....

Currently on eBay.

Looking for the tool at the top of this pic.

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Mike- that tool you showed should NOT be used as a wheel lug wrench! It was designed as a jacking extension only. The tool is unhardened mild steel and the internal hex will split if torqued to what wheel lugs need. Other models of Italian cars use the same design jack and extension (several slightly different lengths), and have the same splitting problem if by coincidence the tool's hex matches the lug nut size.

Fortunately because its only mild steel, cracked extensions can be gas or arc welded (being careful to not melt the plastic hand knob), filed flat, then re-gold-alodined to look & function as-stock as a jack extension. I've repaired maybe half a dozen so mistreated. One was split in 3 places- apparently owned by a slow learner!

Look in the red Owners Manual or the Tech Service Bulletins for an illustration of the actual stock lug wrench- its a long tin socket with a simple steel crossbar inserted thru drillings. No one ever uses them; in fact they're often thrown away. Carry a real lug wrench & use the stock stuff only for car shows.

Im looking for this

Finally got one

Persistence and determination pays off. Congratulations 😁

Larry

As i said earlier, I KNOW the unhardened Pantera jack extension will crack if used to tighten/untighten lug nuts. Never tried (or heard from owners) about using the quite different Goose analogue on its lug nuts. Its possible the Mangusta tool was built to do so- dunno. And if it cracks, that also likely means its similarly reweldeable.

Bosswrench, you are right, just a hole in my head where the obvious leaks out--the Goose had the foldable (U-shaped) wrench for the lug nuts. It appears to be machined, not cast.

The Mangusta jack extension is exactly as Pantera (just longer than others, at almost 40cm).

Mike

Can I ask where you managed to find the replacement cranked spanner end tool ?

I am also looking for one ? As well as the lug nut remover and extension items as marked on the sketch below. I am not even sure what the lowermost item does - is it an extension handle ?

I fortunately have the original jack.

Percy, If you mean the little bent-rod crank-thing, its what you use to roll windows up or down if the battery is dead. You need to pop the plastic cover off the door to access the drive socket. It does NOT work if the window is stuck because of a cracked plastic gear in the motor mechanism, unfortunately.

Ahhhh - thanks Bosswench. Likely little use to me at this point.

Powered up the windows for the first time in 30 years last week .

One groans an bit and then  begrudgingly moves ever so slowly , moaning mournfully all the way . The other gives a slight clunk , quivers slightly and then runs up a small white flag. I do suspect the gear is broken in it.

My friend who I brought the car off was there at the time . He burst out laughing. Swine!

I feel the chill wind of a full window mechanism rebuild coming on in the immediate future !!

Not to worry, Percy. The window lift gearbox comes out of the doors quite easily so you can mess with it on a bench. You actually have 3 of them: the headlight erection mechanism is identical to the window lifts. What happens is either the plastic gear shrinks with age, causing extreme stress on the gear's metallic hub which cracks the plastic. Or the factory grease inside the gearbox turns to a brick. Taking the cover off reveals which. There are bronze replacement gears available- I suggest replacing all three.

The DC motors have brushes that can be changed and loosening the window guide bolts allows the windows to be realigned so it doesn't take so much power to lift the glass. If you're going to keep the car forever, Ted MItchell's Vader Window LIfts are an excellent investment that solves ALL the problems. They lighten the doors by 6 lbs/side too.

Thanks Boss wench - I have already rebuilt and repack the headlight lift that has a cog in three pieces so I pretty well know what to expect on the gearbox front .

I was not aware of the Vader system but it looks the business. I will contact Michael to see what is now available.

Keep watching e-bay worldwide. Most items come up eventually.  Good luck.