Member Since: 08 Nov 2005
Location: Oldbury, WM
Posts: 10296
[Free] Imperial spanners
Chaps
Still working my way through my dads garage and need to get rid of this lot. All either Whitworth, BS or AF.
38 in total plus 3 box spanners
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Biggest is 3/4W, smallest looks like it’s 1/8W ring.
I am happy to let them go in exchange for a donation to the forum.
A bit of weight so possibly better for someone to collect from B68, or use the forum courier network
AlVolvo XC90 B5 Plus Dark
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If only you were nearer ... trying to "fix" my dad's tool collection which, in the main, are rusted beyond saving due to a leak on the downstairs loo making his garage a damp place for a year+ before he decided to get it fixed
14th Jan 2022 10:00 pm
Motolab
Member Since: 18 Oct 2019
Location: Sleen
Posts: 1815
@hardware
If you can not work something out with the TO….
Rusted beyond repair within a year, due to damp is almost impossible tbh..
Tip:
What you can do: buy a big plastic bucket and a bottle of Hydrochloric acid
Do this outside: Throw all the tools in the bucket, fill it with water and the Hydrochloric acid (beware, wear eye protective googles and hold your breath… and after filling, walk away, before breathing again)
After a few days, maybe a week the rust is gone..
Delute it with clean water unil all the Hydrochloric acid is gone, maybe throw a handfull of soda (base) in the fluid to neutralize it…. Dry it then and use a litre of diesel to drenching the tools an keep them free from rust…
Look for a firm who can do electrolytic galvanizing…..
that is cheap, few tenners normally and the tools will be like new….
It isn’t chrome, but will get quite a few years of good use out them Best regards
Harold
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Hi Harold, I did similar but used vinegar (much safer !! ) and a 12v supply.
it was working well and we were on 2nd sacrificial cathode (it eats them very impressively ! ) but dad decided to disconnect it and not mention it. the tools in the soup ended up at least as bad as when they went in.
might do caustic soda and aluminium foil on some of them ... quicker and doesn't need 12v BUT riskier in terms of handling. probably do that at mine rather than his, so he doesn't get involved..
Dean
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15th Jan 2022 9:40 am
al cope
Member Since: 08 Nov 2005
Location: Oldbury, WM
Posts: 10296
I guess all you guys with old British classics already have all the spanner’s you need 😉
So no takers?
AlVolvo XC90 B5 Plus Dark
Gone - MY18 D5 HSE - Corris on 22's with Black Pack
Now gone - MY16 D4 SE Tech, Loire Blue, Almond Leather, Privacy, plus some other goodies.
Old - MY12 D4 SDV6 XS Auto - Ipanema Sand with Almond Leather - Plus other niceties, and D4.com sticker
Older - D3 TDV6 XS Auto - Lugano Teal with Almond Leather, 20" Stormers, Shiny Tailpipes, DVD/TV - and obligatory D3 sticker
Ancient - D3 TDV6 S - Tonga with Ebony, 20" Stormers, satnav & DVD
16th Jan 2022 1:48 pm
terryall
Member Since: 17 Jun 2011
Location: Whitstable
Posts: 1426
Hi Al,
If everyone on here has their Halfords socket sets 😅 and have no need for your Dad’s spanner’s there are charities that will make good use of them. One of which, at random, is an a charity called TWAM who donate tools to African projects apparently and to good effect. A quick Google search will find others as well. It’s just a suggestion in case you wanted them to go to a good cause.
Good luck,
Terry
18th Jan 2022 8:35 pm
al cope
Member Since: 08 Nov 2005
Location: Oldbury, WM
Posts: 10296
Cheers Terry, that would be great as I was hopeful they get some future use 👍
AlVolvo XC90 B5 Plus Dark
Gone - MY18 D5 HSE - Corris on 22's with Black Pack
Now gone - MY16 D4 SE Tech, Loire Blue, Almond Leather, Privacy, plus some other goodies.
Old - MY12 D4 SDV6 XS Auto - Ipanema Sand with Almond Leather - Plus other niceties, and D4.com sticker
Older - D3 TDV6 XS Auto - Lugano Teal with Almond Leather, 20" Stormers, Shiny Tailpipes, DVD/TV - and obligatory D3 sticker
Ancient - D3 TDV6 S - Tonga with Ebony, 20" Stormers, satnav & DVD
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