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 2974 Posts Member #: 10749 Post Whore lowestoft suffolk |
24th Jun, 2019 at 01:22:46pm
Ordered 2, got txt but expected them to not find them but they were there 👍 On 24th Oct, 2015 jonny f said:
Nothing gets past Dave lol NOTHING GETS PAST ME!! 
1/4 mile 14.7 @ 96mph 12psi boost Showdown class A 2nd place 18.6 @ 69mph |
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45 Posts Member #: 11153 Member |
24th Jun, 2019 at 07:03:17pm
I got the message they were there, but upon arriving I was told the order had been cancelled. The shop are trying to source some. :( |
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 3074 Posts Member #: 1348 Post Whore wakefield West Yorks |
25th Jun, 2019 at 11:02:17pm
Picked mine up tonight 👍🏻 |
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 (2)[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/150672766@N03/]Rod Sugden[/url], on Fli) 5988 Posts Member #: 2024 Formally Retired Rural Suffolk |
27th Jun, 2019 at 08:22:50pm
Well I did get mine in the end.
Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ??? |
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 10020 Posts Member #: 1456 Mongo Barnsley, South Flatcapshire |
28th Jun, 2019 at 02:54:56pm
I didn't get any :( If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of. |
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Site Admin  15300 Posts Member #: 337 Fearless Tom Fenton, Avon Park 2007 & 2008 class D winner & TM legend. |
28th Jun, 2019 at 05:17:39pm
Well I got a text to say they were processing the order but called into local shop today and nothing there. They said they were going to follow it up with customer services and then let me know, but I’m not holding out much hope TBH.
On 29th Nov, 2016 madmk1 said:
On 28th Nov, 2016 Rob Gavin said:
I refuse to pay for anything else Like fuel 😂😂 |
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 4890 Posts Member #: 1775 Post Whore Chester |
29th Jun, 2019 at 11:53:52am
I have just had my second message to say they are there and still not at the store.
I run a supercharger and I don't care the TB is on the wrong side.
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4890 Posts Member #: 1775 Post Whore Chester |
30th Jun, 2019 at 11:00:22pm
Picked mine up today! Also swapped my torque wrench that I got in 2007 that had stopped clicking. They just gave me the new version.
I run a supercharger and I don't care the TB is on the wrong side.
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Site Admin  9401 Posts Member #: 58 455bhp per ton 12 sec 1/4 mile road legal mini Sunny Bridgend, South Wales |
1st Jul, 2019 at 03:13:39pm
I've been called to say there where non in stock so I'm not getting mine. Dicks! Team www.sheepspeed.com Racing
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45 Posts Member #: 11153 Member |
1st Jul, 2019 at 04:13:50pm
At least they called you. I got a message to collect it, then when there they said the order was cancelled! The guy at the shop was ok though, he said he would try and find one from another store (still waiting to hear from them, although not expecting to ever be called).
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2974 Posts Member #: 10749 Post Whore lowestoft suffolk |
1st Jul, 2019 at 05:04:55pm
A link to this thread needs to be sent to someone at halfords On 24th Oct, 2015 jonny f said:
Nothing gets past Dave lol NOTHING GETS PAST ME!!
1/4 mile 14.7 @ 96mph 12psi boost Showdown class A 2nd place 18.6 @ 69mph |
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Site Admin 15300 Posts Member #: 337 Fearless Tom Fenton, Avon Park 2007 & 2008 class D winner & TM legend. |
1st Jul, 2019 at 08:45:08pm
On 1st Jul, 2019 Nathan1293 said:
More worryingly he seemed to think they were dropping the supply of imperial tools! I’ve no doubt that is the case, that is why they are clearing these sockets out cheaply.
On 29th Nov, 2016 madmk1 said:
On 28th Nov, 2016 Rob Gavin said:
I refuse to pay for anything else Like fuel 😂😂 |
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5988 Posts Member #: 2024 Formally Retired Rural Suffolk |
2nd Jul, 2019 at 05:55:06am
On 1st Jul, 2019 Tom Fenton said:
On 1st Jul, 2019 Nathan1293 said:
More worryingly he seemed to think they were dropping the supply of imperial tools! I’ve no doubt that is the case, that is why they are clearing these sockets out cheaply. ^^^ Exactly that. The whole world - apart from the USA - has been mostly metric for decades. Apart from MPH and MPG (which is mostly UK only) everything else in the engineering world is metric. The only real irony in the automotive world is that wheels/tyres remain resolutely imperial. So far as I'm aware it was only Leyland/Rover who tried to make them metric with the Metro, and that attempt failed miserably.... Another irony I suppose is that all your metric socket sets will still be 1/4" or 3/8" or 1/2" or 3/4" drive...... Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ??? |
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806 Posts Member #: 989 Post Whore North Yorkshire |
3rd Jul, 2019 at 10:25:00am
Surprisingly, metric tyres were used on more vehicles than you might first think, but possibly not in the volumes that Austin used them.
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5988 Posts Member #: 2024 Formally Retired Rural Suffolk |
3rd Jul, 2019 at 11:34:23am
On 3rd Jul, 2019 metroturbo said:
Surprisingly, metric tyres were used on more vehicles than you might first think, but possibly not in the volumes that Austin used them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelin_TRX Well I never knew that.... But as the article says - "the betamax of the tyre industry". And we don't even have VHS anymore and DVD is on its way out in favour of Bluray or 4K or just streaming from the internet... And back on topic, an awful lot of "bolts" on modern cars are torx (internal or external), not hexagon, so forget imperial vs. metric because you need two completely new "socket" sets in your toolbox..... I had to buy both a few years ago just to change the rear wheel bearings on my old mondeo because it used torx bolts and the original ones were internal torx and the new bolts were external and they had to be very small 3/8" drive to fit through the hole in the drive flange. And I just said 3/8" again.... Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ??? |
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Site Admin 15300 Posts Member #: 337 Fearless Tom Fenton, Avon Park 2007 & 2008 class D winner & TM legend. |
17th Jul, 2019 at 04:38:38pm
Well bloody look what I’ve got!
On 29th Nov, 2016 madmk1 said:
On 28th Nov, 2016 Rob Gavin said:
I refuse to pay for anything else Like fuel 😂😂 |
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 6962 Posts Member #: 507 Fastest A Series Mini in the World leeds/wakefield. |
19th Jul, 2019 at 11:24:46pm
what a bunch of tight cunts you lot are, its only 8 bloody sockets,lol, fuck me iv'e lost more in a single engine build
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4890 Posts Member #: 1775 Post Whore Chester |
20th Jul, 2019 at 11:00:07am
What noise did that engine make when you started it, if it was full of lost sockets? I run a supercharger and I don't care the TB is on the wrong side.
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2974 Posts Member #: 10749 Post Whore lowestoft suffolk |
20th Jul, 2019 at 04:36:54pm
On 19th Jul, 2019 fastcarl said:
what a bunch of tight cunts you lot are, its only 8 bloody sockets,lol, fuck me iv'e lost more in a single engine build That poor engine!!! On 24th Oct, 2015 jonny f said:
Nothing gets past Dave lol NOTHING GETS PAST ME!!
1/4 mile 14.7 @ 96mph 12psi boost Showdown class A 2nd place 18.6 @ 69mph |
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