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beings these garages are a rip off and i can get the basic service items from work,im going to do my services my self.
wanted a sump plug tool,spark plug removal tool and a oil filter tool,cheapish if so
Should be able to remove the oil filter by hand. Sump plug tool from halfrauds £3 not sure on a deep 16mm socket on its own though.
Basically they arent worth posting if anyone has them you may as well go out and buy them!
drsmith1979
16-12-2007, 01:21
£3.57 for a sump key, just bought one from halfords, individual sockets arent that expensive unless they are impact wrench sockets, so you should be ok getting them new...
personally i think the club should have a massive tool set and items could be posted out to screened members to help get around everyone having to buy one..... hint hint 8)
personally i think the club should have a massive tool set and items could be posted out to screened members to help get around everyone having to buy one..... hint hint 8)
nice idea but with so many clios out of action at once i think we'd need a loooot of tools :lol:
Best bet would be to buy a full socket set, and other little tools as individuals. Machine Mart seam quite cheap...never used their socketry etc, but they look ok.
If youve got a decent budget, its worth splashing out, as good quality tools will last.
drsmith1979
16-12-2007, 12:44
lol yeah i wasnt suggesting normal tools, but things such as service tools, sump keys, filter removers, specialist torx bits etc.... think it would be a good idea!
i think wed be better off clubbing to and gettin a decent workshop tbh. tools are fairly cheap, places to work arent that easy to find lol
Im moving premises in March.. :D
somewhere bigger, better, and ready for large ammount of business growth :wink: :D
about time.....hope its not home though... :?
Ok,thanks for the opinions,so get my arse down to halfwits,get a sump and plug tool and just change the oil filter by hand
Bailey_1260
16-12-2007, 19:39
i'd get some oil filter pliers aswell mate, can be a bugger to shift sometimes.
ai halfords stuff us good, altho i've tko'd a few bits from my set now a year n a half down the line!
bought some clarke's stuff from machine mart before, was less than impressed, bent and broke soon as i looked at it, so took it all back for refund. not passing total judgment, thats just my experience and hence opinion of 'cheap' (er) stuff
Im moving premises in March.. :D
somewhere bigger, better, and ready for large ammount of business growth :wink: :D
yeah but that means taking away the pleasure of diy....read that as costs money ;)
What size is the spark plug tool ?
Bailey_1260
17-12-2007, 20:24
ai halfords stuff us good, altho i've tko'd a few bits from my set now a year n a half down the line!
bought some clarke's stuff from machine mart before, was less than impressed, bent and broke soon as i looked at it, so took it all back for refund. not passing total judgment, thats just my experience and hence opinion of 'cheap' (er) stuff
not convinced on the torx bits but on the whole the rest of the stuff is top notch, its made by a collection of top companies plus you get lifetime garuntee. only stuff i have used that is better is snap on but i would need to sell BOTH kidneys to get one of those tool kits! lol
cliopete
18-12-2007, 18:42
i think wed be better off clubbing to and gettin a decent workshop tbh. tools are fairly cheap, places to work arent that easy to find lol
Great idea Jon, how many people do you recon we could get from round here in NW Williams land. A mate of mine had a fully equipped unit with all the gear, two post lift, compressor, pressure wash/steam cleaner, all the mechanicing tools you could think of and he let it go for a grand cash and the remaining lease of about four years with a rent of £600/annum. There must be others.
Pete
i tried setting something like that up before mate tbh. but the units i could get that were relatively cheap were all miles away. i reckon thered be 3 or 4 interested, which is a shame really, cos a decent sized unit is getting expensive now.
wish i d known bout yer mate...id have snapped his arm off tbh lol.
rob-legend
19-12-2007, 19:55
i'd get some oil filter pliers aswell mate, can be a bugger to shift sometimes.
try using your hands with sandpaper :wink: lol thats how i did it, and i NEVER have monmey due to this car :( love the willy tho 8)
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