bfashbolt Posted September 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2019 I'll do that Pete, thanks. Now where's that 7/16ths spanner..... Yes I suppose I should get a set of Imperial spanners!! Small car shop looked at me like I was an alien when I asked for an 11/16ths ring spanner. Any recommendations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted September 16, 2019 Report Share Posted September 16, 2019 https://www.machinemart.co.uk/categories/?search=af+spanner+sets Then 11mm = 7/16 13 = 1/2 14= 9/16 17 = 5/8 18 = 11/16 19 = 3/4 Not exact but workable and aldi doing a set of ratchet rings in 8 10 13 15 19 for £6.99 Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted September 16, 2019 Report Share Posted September 16, 2019 Yes, I've had the blank stare. . Fleabay, or Halfords still have them, but you might have to buy something metric with them. But, there IS a metric size that will fit AF you just have to get a COMPLETE set. Once again! Lewis is there before me Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted September 16, 2019 Report Share Posted September 16, 2019 Being quick keeps you slim !!!! Well you know but up the steps rewiring the blown line to the parrot cabin and lost trousers round me ankles, cant let go of the cables and cant get down the steps with manacles. Help Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted September 16, 2019 Report Share Posted September 16, 2019 11 minutes ago, Pete Lewis said: Being quick keeps you slim !!!! Well you know but up the steps rewiring the blown line to the parrot cabin and lost trousers round me ankles, cant let go of the cables and cant get down the steps with manacles. Help Pete Sounds like the wrong website again Pete?? I have bought individual 'metrinch' spanners and imperial sockets off fleabay to make up losses. Metrinch arn't everyones cup of tea but they work for me. I have a full set in the garage (combis and sockets) and combis in the car boot, just in case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted September 16, 2019 Report Share Posted September 16, 2019 20 minutes ago, Pete Lewis said: lost trousers round me ankles Yes, I have this, it's due to belly bigger than bum, I did have braces, but they broke under the strain. db Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted September 16, 2019 Report Share Posted September 16, 2019 29 minutes ago, dougbgt6 said: Yes, I've had the blank stare. . My local Car Parts Shop - High Street thumpitty speaker and air freshener standard - actually had male brake pipe ends this morning and more importantly in M10 long. It was an amazed rather than blank stare; he says it's years since he sold any of those; they also have imperial spanners and sockets if you look hard enough so some tools are still available offline. Amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad4classics Posted September 16, 2019 Report Share Posted September 16, 2019 Fleabay is probably you're best bet to pick up good used AF spanners. But don't think they're not still available. Gedore tools in Germany produce some good stuff, just seems UK is must be metric. Depends how much you want to spend. https://www.gedoretools.co.uk/gedore-6091450-7-08-a-combination-spanner-set-8-pcs-ud-profile-3-8-1.html David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted September 16, 2019 Report Share Posted September 16, 2019 Colin, You have a local car part shop?!! It must be down to living in a historic back water (adrift in the Atlantic ) We have Halfords. Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyman Posted September 16, 2019 Report Share Posted September 16, 2019 Car boot sales are even better than fleabay sometimes....You can get whole sets for a couple of quid Saves having to move them from car to car, if you dont put them in? You all know what will happen.. Tony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted September 16, 2019 Report Share Posted September 16, 2019 We have two car 'accessory' shops about a mile apart AND a Halfrauds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfashbolt Posted September 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2019 Thinking I'll wait for the next auto-jumble event near me, one in Clitheroe soon I believe, I may have an old tool bag with some Imperial spanners at the back of the understairs cupboard. I'll see if I can get in there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyman Posted September 16, 2019 Report Share Posted September 16, 2019 1 hour ago, bfashbolt said: Thinking I'll wait for the next auto-jumble event near me, one in Clitheroe soon I believe, I may have an old tool bag with some Imperial spanners at the back of the understairs cupboard. I'll see if I can get in there! There used to be car boot sales at the cattle market outside Clitheroe, many years ago though.... Tony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfashbolt Posted September 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2019 Thinking I'll wait for the next auto-jumble event near me, one in Clitheroe soon I believe, I may have an old tool bag with some Imperial spanners at the back of the understairs cupboard. I'll see if I can get in there! Yes, huge car boot still happens near Clitheroe, well remembered! I'll get over for a look☺ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted September 17, 2019 Report Share Posted September 17, 2019 Boot sales are the way forward. Spanners 10-20p a pop, and quality ones usually. When I had all my spanners stolen (they left everything else, thankfully,) I bought a draper set off eBay that was metric and had imperial. But I have plenty of others, ring, combination, open ended etc etc as well as a set of the cheap Aldi/Lidl ratchet spanners in metric, and halford imperial ratchets. As to sockets, I like my little 1/4" drive set for small stuff, especially interiors. But my old rent ,3/8 set does almost everything. The 1/2 set rarely appears these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted September 17, 2019 Report Share Posted September 17, 2019 A warning. I bought these from Halfords was £25 reduced to £10. There's a reason why it's £10, It's rubbish! the ratchet failed 2nd or 3rd time I used it. I haven't opened it up yet but I suspect there's cheap plastic inside. Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted September 17, 2019 Report Share Posted September 17, 2019 and you wanted me to buy one time you went to Scotland and did a bit of Mum sitting !!! have fun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68vitesse Posted September 17, 2019 Report Share Posted September 17, 2019 Favourite tools are a set of 3/8 drive six point metric sockets always seems a good fit on imperial, a lot better than twelve point. Regards Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted September 17, 2019 Report Share Posted September 17, 2019 if you use an impact gun you need to look at powerdrive black finish sockets. ive got two battery 3/8drives a powerhand 10 yrs old and going well and a Homebase Guild with lithium battery in sale about a year ago for...............£8 went back to buy the whole stock but they had disappeared . Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted September 17, 2019 Report Share Posted September 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Pete Lewis said: powerdrive black finish sockets. Japanned? db Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted September 17, 2019 Report Share Posted September 17, 2019 Noooooo this fettish for dark paint has to stop i would assume they are forged. heat treated and oil quenched sock et to me Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted September 17, 2019 Report Share Posted September 17, 2019 21 hours ago, dougbgt6 said: Colin, You have a local car part shop?!! It must be down to living in a historic back water (adrift in the Atlantic ) We have Halfords. Doug Halfords... don't they sell bicycles and tents? (and for the really mechanically minded - air fresheners) We have some real timewarps over here, and it's a great thing too. Up until a few years back we had a great garage run by a real gentleman called Isaac McKnight, the storeroom of his premises was like going back in time. He was able to sell me Herald parts straight off the shelves. I think I bought his entire stock of Stromberg diaphragms. Sadly after he passed away the place changed hands and I've no idea of where all the stock went but the building was flattened. In Fermanagh the preferred garage was run by a man called Dessie Woods and his wife could quote you sparkplugs and oil filters for almost any Triumph model from memory, and pick them straight off the shelves - he may still be there; certainly the garage still is. Currently we have another good one in Banbridge where one of the counter men is Polish and he's an absolute mine of parts and alternative fitments, but sadly only for cars from about 1990 onwards. If you ever find a good local place like that, do anything you can to keep it open, as you'll miss them when they go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted September 17, 2019 Report Share Posted September 17, 2019 Make your way to Machine Mart they have a large stock of Imperial spanners and sockets. Good quality and a fair price. Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gully Posted September 17, 2019 Report Share Posted September 17, 2019 7 hours ago, dougbgt6 said: A warning. I bought these from Halfords was £25 reduced to £10. There's a reason why it's £10, It's rubbish! the ratchet failed 2nd or 3rd time I used it. I haven't opened it up yet but I suspect there's cheap plastic inside. Doug I have a Halfords 3/8 socket set that was bought for me as a birthday present in August 1989, shortly after I bought my first car. The ratchet looks exactly the same as the one in that picture (aside from an older logo). It's survived being heavily used and abused for 30 years and still works as well as the day it was new. You may have just been unlucky... I will admit to being an unashamed Halfords fan. Okay, I had a weekend job working for them when I was doing my A levels and used to work for them at Christmas when I came home from poly, so have an historic connection with them, but I welcome the fact that they've maintained a good spread of stores where you can actually see, feel, touch and smell the tools, paints etc you are buying. Yes, they've diversified and like any shop you need to be selective on quality, but there are few shops you can walk to on a Sunday lunchtime when you need an imperial Allen key set! eBay and the web won't help! Rarely does a week go by without me browsing and buying something in there. Gully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfashbolt Posted September 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2019 Thinking I'll wait for the next auto-jumble event near me, one in Clitheroe soon I believe, I may have an old tool bag with some Imperial spanners at the back of the understairs cupboard. I'll see if I can get in there! Yes, huge car boot still happens near Clitheroe, well remembered! I'll get over for a look☺ I really don't mind using Halfords, lots of small independents around Lancashire though. Definitely going to car boots and auto jumbles when they pop up. Going way, way back to the original topic, I have found two classic car fitms near me, one in Accrington one half way up Pendle Hill in Sabden. Both say I can drop in and they'll lift the front and have a look at the steering, both passed the test of knowing it was oil not grease for front trunnions! Ordered grease nipples from Rimmer's and will get some EP90. The plan is to watch his the guy checks the trunnions and learn how to do it myself!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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