SEAT Leon (in Tenerife)

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I've got a wee problem here in Tenerife.
Our car, Seat Leon 1.9D 2010 needs;
1 X bottom ball joint. Left.
1 X drop link. Right.
1 X Outer CV joint boot. Right.
1 X set discs and pads (not desperate)
The obvious problem is that I am here and my tools are in Edinburgh.
Other than be bled dry, I would like to do as much as I can.
i.e. Everything except the CV boot.
I'll be back in Edinburgh in a few days, for a few days, then back here. But, I don't want to come back with a suitcase full of tools so, I was going to buy the minimum tools required here.
Could someone please confirm some sizes for me?
I believe the calipers sliders are 7mm Allen key.
I think the disc retainers are T30 but my eyesight is cr@p so not exactly sure.
Drop links are probably 17mm or 19mm. Will they come off with one spanner or will they need held at the other side (across flats)?
Parts are a similar price to U.K. prices and I can get all the same brands, too.
Any help will be appreciated.
 
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You will need two spanners (or a spanner and a small allen key) to do the drop link. Not 100% sure on the sizes but if you have the tools to do the bottom ball joint you are only one socket and a pair of pliers short of doing the CV boot.
 
Thanks, I didn't have a really good look when I had the wheel off because, I wasn't expecting that I was going to be doing the job.
I can stick my hand round the back and feel if there is an Allen key hole inside the drop link.
You see, if I'm going to buy tools, I want to buy EXACTLY what I need and no more.
 
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