...as i tryed to get the radiator out the other week and realsied i had the following....

One rachet set....(with no ratchet or sockets)

2 out of 8 allen keys

One screwdriver that i put on angle grinder several months ago as i could'nt find a smaller one

several spanners but with some odd 'hylagriphics' (spel) on them and they don't seem to fit ANYTHING thats on the car...

one oil filter chain (no handle)

and an old MkII astra petrol pump...(which i have kept 'just in case')

oh, and a mallet which isn't rubber, its leather!!! which has seemed to have been the tool of coice for 95% of the jobs I have done on the car so far

soooooo....i think its about time i got myself some new ones....wheres the best place to buy a half decent set and how much?!?!?!

 

Get yaself 1 of the Sealy starter kits...... decent size box and full of tools for about £300

 

what price ya looking at spending and what tool ya think ya need

cowbpi got a pukka tool cabinet and tools for a good price but thats got everything ya may need ( well ive never been short of a tool at his house YET !!!

but if ya want a relativly wimple kit of screwdrivers, sockets and spanners then i can get a a seperate list that ya will perfer and wont be alot of cash for a rich fooker like you


what ya gonna need is 8 to 19 sockets, 8 to 19 deep sockets, a set of extension bars and wobble bars, torx sockets and allen key sockets, full screwdriver set, 6 to 24 spanner set, 8, 10, 13,17,19 rachet spanners, needle nose pliers (for all the screws ect ya loose and cant ge4t ya fingers in ), sharp knife, cable ties ( trust me ive never seen a car that dont have something cable tied and a 8 to 19 impact socket set for all the siezed bolts/nuts, pry bars, again needed, rubber mallet ( the leather one is still a good one too btw) , pucnh and chisel set and a sparkplug socket

thats just a basic nit i find i need, ive also got a load more but them i find good as a starter set

PS, dump all them imperial tools ya got and only used em when ya round of sockets

 

the draper expert starter kit is like the sealy one but cheeper and has more tools in it, also its the same tools as halfords pro range as they are made by the same people who make the pro draper range of tools

DO NOT BUY THE !%) BIT KIT FROM HALFORDS, if ya wanna buy a halfords set then bell me and ill make time to pick up a decent set from there thats cheeper and has all the tools ya gonna need in there

 

Halfords do pukka tools as well......... and the ratchet spanners are

 

they are the greatest invetion in the world !!!!, well for removing a mk4 escort bumper

the only tool better than that is air tools , seriously fook being a mechanic when there was just a socket set and ring spanners


i got 2 of each ratchet spanner and only one of the normal open/ring spanner,,,,,,

and i had to use the fooking normal ring spanner to remove me cossie inlet manifold as i never had the star socket to seperate the manifold in 2

was HELL i swear to ya

 

yes they do mate ALL the pro range is covered mate, just they ratchet part aint but just pop in on a sunday when tha manager aint about and get it swopped FOC

i stole all mine from halfords , i must have nicked 7 fooking 13m ractchet spanners and ive only got 2 left now

ive got 2 of each size ( including 11mil , why i dont know ) and also got another set of the ones with the bendy ehad too

infact when i lost a socket i robbed one from work and now i got a full socket set and deep sockets that are all halfords pro including wobble bars and extensions and all spark plug sockets

oh and me torx set too

infact all me tools but me normal spanners that i bought from argos 5 years ago

i need a bigger tool chest now too as mines actally ripping ar the sides from the weight

 

Out of interest mate.. did you ever get your S1 weighed?

Remember a thread about it but don't remember hearing/reading the outcome?

 

its lighter now as the engine is out of it

 

Nah he didn't get round to it mate.

The engine let go before he got a chance

 

my draper kit has sorted me out. that combined with all my dads old stuff he left when he moved out!

imperial sockets are always handy.
espicially the 1/2 inch as not all 13mm bolts are a perfect 13. often the 1/2 inch fits and avoids the chance of rounding it off.

britool make the best spanners i rekon. but thats coz i work with engineers who are 60 and have had 1 set of britool spanners all their working life and they still look perfect condition. and that aint coz i work with a lazy bunch of fookers (even though i do) its coz britool make quality gear.

as long as it dont say made in china on it your ok.
english stuff is the best, and german aint half bad either.

the draper expert rnage is good though. i got a set of alen keys and torx bits for not a lot of money which is really handy as it has stumpy bits and long reach ones.

12 sided sockets are often better as well. rather than the 6 sides ones. but that down to preference. i find that if u need to wack a smaller socket on a dodgy nut then 12 sided is best.
thats y i never throw away old tools as u never know when u will need them

 

Ouch

 

I've got a set of Snap On ratchet spanners and a set of Halfords 1's......... hardly ever use the Snap On 1's..

 

cowie post a link to your set ya got

 

could have done with a new set of everything myself BEFORE i started work on the saph 6 months ago seems less important now all the spanner work is done

Does Lewis get a discount in Halfords?



"LEEEEEWWWWWWIIIIISSSSSSSSSS....... "

 

not sure but i still got me staff discount card if ya need to buy anything

 

lol, cool! never had a look at their range of tools, might have to pop in and have a looksie soon!

 

its as light as fook now theres no engine....

BUT i have heard that there is a ropey old weigh bridge, which is unused no a days on a farm 1 mile from mine.....and it still works as my mate used it couple of months ago....(he reconed he needed it to weigh his cock as the bathroom scales wern't up to the job)

 

scot broken his bathroom scales again

 

yes, but he got a sweat on when there was chance it couldn't weigh over 2.5 TONNE

 

http://www.tooled-up.com/Product.asp?PID=124885

theres a decent kit for not a lot of money.
only thing else u will need is a 1/2" socket set!

 

300 quid for all that

 

i got no room for that!!!

 

ya got a whole car port ya gimp


i got all my tools in me boot or on the back seat of me car

 

Yes, that would have been a good idea!

13mm socket? Erm, nope

 

any better

 

the hammer and crowbar proved just as effective though

 

PERFECT!!!

I could wear that on my YMCA style tool belt!!!

 

all u really need is a socket set, a roll of spanners, some screwdrivers.

that will do u for most jobs.

also some pliers and cable cutters will be good

 

cowboi can you do all ya jobs with just that

i know i need lots of odd tools hence why i carry em

and you tool set is the fooking bollox, also you as my apprentice helps to for all the rounded bolts i make

 

lower down on this link m8



good price really

http://www.toolgear.co.uk/acatalog/s...-promotion.htm

 

and more


http://www.justoffbase.co.uk/s.nl/sc.9/category.726/.f


£281 for all this