TOOL PORN
Every so often it's time to spunk away some money on some stuff to fix things with. So I headed over to baldy fella's Japanese shop, to see what would be available to ship here. Ordered on the 13th Dec. Amazon ETA 22nd. DHL ETA 20th. Actual delivery 17th, having been shipped on the 14th. BLOODY QUICK!
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Always read the label
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That's a big bit of cardboard filler
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The goods:
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A couple of years ago you may remember I bought some 3/8" drive Ko-ken Nut Twister sockets as I was fucked off with all the sawing / grinding / drilling I had to do to get the front / mid exhaust sections separate on the Jizz.
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However they were from UK Tools and an odd set I've not seen in the catalogue (they list a 3127/8 with 8,9,10,11,12,13,14,16mm). The 3127/7 set I have is 8,10,12,13,14,17,19mm. Looking back it was expensive at £120, but to me it was worth the time saved and less pissing about in getting things free. That was only a couple of years ago and now they are priced at £187! Fucking hell!
After all the farting around with the Rialto driver's seat, I decided to splash out and fill in the gaps in the set as it's a bit gappy down the lower end. So I got the other five: 9, 9.5, 11, 15, 16. Should give me a fighting chance if the seat bolts on the passenger side are anything like the driver's side.
The rest of it is a rail of twelve 3/8" Z-EAL sockets (RS3400MZ/12) and the sizes above and below. So I put all twelve Nut Twisters on the posh 12" magnetic rail
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And next time I get round to it, I'll get a pair of short 8" rails for the Z-EAL sockets and some moar bits and pieces.
First impressions are they are SHORT and the fit on my mediocre Britool ratchet is snug. The tolerances are tighter on these Z series sockets so they don't flop around on the square drive (or fasteners).