best tool for £60.00 challenge
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Evening PH
My old man has finally accepted I love doing mechanically stuff and he has just called me as asked what i want for christmas, im 22 and feel rather spoilt and happy! very lucky.
ive been thinking of what do i need tool wise, and im at abit of a lost so im throwing the floor open,
main things;
£60.00 MAX
Has to be shop bought - internet buying is a risky business at this time of the year
Has to be good quality - i want it to be something he can see me using or he can see is still getting use much later down the line
my 3/8's driver and 1/4 driver are both pretty ropey as they were cheapies, thinking along those lines maybe
GO PH TEAM!
My old man has finally accepted I love doing mechanically stuff and he has just called me as asked what i want for christmas, im 22 and feel rather spoilt and happy! very lucky.
ive been thinking of what do i need tool wise, and im at abit of a lost so im throwing the floor open,
main things;
£60.00 MAX
Has to be shop bought - internet buying is a risky business at this time of the year
Has to be good quality - i want it to be something he can see me using or he can see is still getting use much later down the line
my 3/8's driver and 1/4 driver are both pretty ropey as they were cheapies, thinking along those lines maybe
GO PH TEAM!
Half price:
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/...
Massively useful for working on the car/s
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/...
Massively useful for working on the car/s
Halfords Pro stuff is good, also this is brilliant: http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/...
cheers for the suggestions
I already have a decent selection of sockets, just the drivers that are spent, plus my old man hates halfords with a passion, too many bikes, roof racks and misc. tat from there thats had to go back.
machine mart seems like a good call, seem to be fairly solid of quality from the stuff i have
I already have a decent selection of sockets, just the drivers that are spent, plus my old man hates halfords with a passion, too many bikes, roof racks and misc. tat from there thats had to go back.
machine mart seems like a good call, seem to be fairly solid of quality from the stuff i have
Ritchie335is said:
I have been a mechanic for nearly 20 years, I would go for a half decent set of combi spanners.
You can never have enough.
You don't need a torque wrench. Everybody likes them because its makes you look and think like you know what your doing.
How do you torque down cam covers then? Or oil filters? Or wheel bolts?You can never have enough.
You don't need a torque wrench. Everybody likes them because its makes you look and think like you know what your doing.
I know it's a old ebay ad, but if you can find your local mac man. It's one of the best bits of kits I have bought. It has every bit you will ever need including anti tamper http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mac-Tools-100-Piece-Bit-...
90johnhenry said:
cheers for the suggestions
I already have a decent selection of sockets, just the drivers that are spent, plus my old man hates halfords with a passion, too many bikes, roof racks and misc. tat from there thats had to go back.
machine mart seems like a good call, seem to be fairly solid of quality from the stuff i have
Yeh machine mart do good stuff, some of it can be sI already have a decent selection of sockets, just the drivers that are spent, plus my old man hates halfords with a passion, too many bikes, roof racks and misc. tat from there thats had to go back.
machine mart seems like a good call, seem to be fairly solid of quality from the stuff i have
te mind. often cheaper than halfords as well.ShampooEfficient said:
Ritchie335is said:
I have been a mechanic for nearly 20 years, I would go for a half decent set of combi spanners.
You can never have enough.
You don't need a torque wrench. Everybody likes them because its makes you look and think like you know what your doing.
How do you torque down cam covers then? Or oil filters? Or wheel bolts?You can never have enough.
You don't need a torque wrench. Everybody likes them because its makes you look and think like you know what your doing.
Cam covers need a nip up and are tight.
Wheel bolts are are a different thing if you are not doing it all the time, fairynuff.
The only thing I torque are head bolts.
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