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| ickle Member Since: 22 Jul 2010 Location: South Vendee Posts: 1780   
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Having bought a couple of Facom spanners across here, and they are super quality, I think you'd fill the Defender with fuel, drive to the ferry, pay for a trip to UK, drive to Halfords, buy a 180 piece set and drive back to France for less than the equivalent Facom set would be!
Big fan of the Halfords Pro stuff, mines still going great after 20 years, only things to break were the foam sheet that stops everything falling out (replaced with thin underlay) and the plastic hinges are getting weak so always store with a nylon strap around it. Always in the car with me. Keith |
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22nd Dec 2023 2:28pm |
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| RDR Member Since: 27 Apr 2018 Location: Derbyshire Posts: 592 
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Bizarrely I find Amazon the best place for Facom,Wera and lately Norbar. If your in no rush add what your after to a saved for later basket and keep an eye on it they flick to 30-40% discount quite often
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RR MY23 HSE PHEV D5 MY19 HSE - Now Sold D4 MY16 HSE Luxury - Now Sold D4 MY12 HSE - Gone D3 MY06 S - Gone but not forgotten |
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23rd Dec 2023 9:13am |
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| steveww Member Since: 05 Jan 2022 Location: Uppingham Posts: 566 
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Machine Mart kit is very good value and quality. I have quite a few bits from them and happy with it all.
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23rd Dec 2023 4:08pm |
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| jst Member Since: 14 Jan 2008 Location: Taunton Posts: 8021  
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My travelling sets are Bacho and Halford. Shadow boards are good when out and about. Cheers
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23rd Dec 2023 10:20pm |
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| Mossberg Member Since: 29 Feb 2020 Location: Lancs Posts: 553 
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Consider a set of aviation spanners off ebay. They won't be the best, or have a lifetime warranty, but I have found them extremely useful.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/152534826623?mk...media=COPY |
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24th Dec 2023 5:10am |
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| TamarBlue11 Member Since: 25 Sep 2020 Location: England Posts: 226 
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I have a set of Sealey Pro ones which have come in really useful.
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25th Dec 2023 10:57am |
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| ibsley Member Since: 01 Aug 2023 Location: Nimes Posts: 23 
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Thanks all, great replies. As CarMan and RDR suggest, I'm not always in the UK and was looking for something trustworthy enough to snap off Amazon.
Interesting that so many here like Halfords -- given the warranty it does seem relevant. I spotted an online Sealey deal so will do some comparison between those and any others. Strangely most sets I found go up to 24mm only. |
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26th Dec 2023 8:32am |
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| Bows Member Since: 07 May 2012 Location: Wales Posts: 513  
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I bought a set of teng spanners, very happy with them. Many years ago, a friend of mine once found some snap on spanners in a local car boot sale, he got from 8mm to 21mm for a tenner. He still goes on about it…… 2006 TD5110 station wagon
1995 300Tdi 90 truck cab 1989 90 hard top with 200 tdi 1983 110 hard top 1983 110 Hi cap 1954 107 pick up |
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26th Dec 2023 8:50am |
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| Mossberg Member Since: 29 Feb 2020 Location: Lancs Posts: 553
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Just a thought - the nuts and bolts on a Defender can be standard hexagonal or in some cases Bi-hex (12 point).
The bolts holding on the swivel housing are 14mm bi-hex. These won't accept a socket and this is where the aviation spanners came in handy. The bolts on my brake calipers are 13mm bi-hex and they needed a quality 13mm socket - the cheaper sockets were not good enough as they had too much play. I have a 1993 90 so may vary from yours. And if you get a socket set, consider a breaker bar too, especially if you are doing wheel nuts. |
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26th Dec 2023 9:43am |
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| ibsley Member Since: 01 Aug 2023 Location: Nimes Posts: 23
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Many thanks all for your thoughts.
In the end I went with a Gedore set as the range and the warranty were good. Strangely that set didn't have a 26mm but that happened to be one I did have already. |
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