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3rd Mar 2020, 2:43 pm | #1 |
Nonode
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Halifax, West Yorkshire, UK.
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Lidl O-Rings
I've started a new thread for this in order to highlight this Lidl offer which may not last very long as always. Box of 420 mixed o-rings bought earlier today for £5.99. Looks very similar to Screwfix's offering, currently for sale at more than twice the Lidl price.
Alan |
3rd Mar 2020, 3:57 pm | #2 |
Dekatron
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Oxford, UK.
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Re: Lidl O-Rings
That looks well worth grabbing.
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5th Mar 2020, 11:21 am | #3 |
Nonode
Join Date: May 2004
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Re: Lidl O-Rings
I believe that the current offer is due to end today.
Alan |
5th Mar 2020, 3:11 pm | #4 |
Nonode
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: West Midlands, UK.
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Re: Lidl O-Rings
Always worth looking at both Aldi & Lidl's job lots. Nuts/bolts/ fixings and the favourite -heatshrink in various sizes.
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5th Mar 2020, 4:57 pm | #5 |
Dekatron
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Colchester, Essex, UK.
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Re: Lidl O-Rings
If we take the labelling at face value (ie petrol acid and oil resistant) then these are probably ok. Certain rubber parts like these O rings can be available suspiciously cheaply- but sometimes i suspect this is because they have become sidelined as being inadequate following the insertion of ethanol into pump petrol.
I did encounter some really naff ones (can't remember the source) a few years ago when making a silly diet coke/mentoes fountain for my daughter (hardly aggressive chemicals!)- The O rings used to seal the leaks rotted in less than a year. Dave |
5th Mar 2020, 5:42 pm | #6 |
Dekatron
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Worksop, Nottinghamshire, UK.
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Re: Lidl O-Rings
Post#15.
https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/...31#post1222831 Just one penny more at the flea market. |
3rd May 2020, 7:27 pm | #7 |
Tetrode
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland
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Re: Lidl O-Rings
I've had boxes of Lidl metric and imperial o-rings for a few years. Every time, I wonder if they're any good, before just giving them a try anyway. So far they've stood up to petrol, heat, oil and road muck and been in use for ages. Oftentimes, they've been incredibly useful for sizing as Suzuki (and others ) insist on using some weird non-standard sizes in their applications, but a box full of sizes has so far got me out of a jam. Just as well, when you see the prices of OEM o-rings.
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6th May 2020, 3:02 pm | #8 |
Hexode
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Ossett, West Yorkshire, UK.
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Re: Lidl O-Rings
I wish they'd do rubber grommet selections and brass screws, 2BA to 8BA countersunk would be great, Oh and brass wood screws as well, from 3 x 1/4 to 4 x 3/4!
David |