Your favorite tools for wrenching / tech tools for special applications

[jreask]

My Favorite:

Amazon.com: Schley Products SP 64400 Harmonic Damper Pulley Holding Tool: Automotive

 

[LittleCaesar]

Thank you, just ordered one :banana:

You will like it. Fellow forum member and professional Toyota tech Blackworks uses one daily and likes it. If anyone wants to see his recommended selection of tools to wrench with, check out the 4th Gen page near the top.

Also, once one invests in an impact gun invest in approved impact sockets. HF's Pittsburgh Pro line is good as well as Husky and Kobalt. My brother's friend was using a regular socket on an impact once, it cracked in two and nearly left him blind in one eye when one piece shattered his eye socket.

 

[Jhelms]

[MENTION=123173]Jhelms[/MENTION], I'd recommend taking the harbor freight extractor off of your list, we bought one to make oil changes on cats with full belly pans easier, it barely works, definitely have no confidence that it takes anywhere near all the oil out of the pan.

Talking the small one or the pneumatic version? Interesting. The pneumatic one seems to get good reviews! I am just looking for a larger volume unit for my compressors, atv's and such.

On the brake bleeding tools - interesting on the DIY one... I dig it

For all my cars however, I use speed bleeders. Attach a tube to the bleeder, crack it open and press the brake. Truly a 1 person job. I buy the stainless steel versions. Only downside is a full set runs about $60.00
Our 4runners use:
SB7100S-SS M7 x 1.0 2qty
SB1010S-SS M10 x 1.0 2qy

 

[Jabberjaw]

Rum is my favorite tool for wenching.

 

[mtbtim]

Here's another handy tool set I bought recently on a recommendation from somebody. Great for getting in tight places like getting at the phillips head screws for the MAF sensor without having to remove the air box or cruise control unit. It has flat heads, phillips heads, allen heads, torx heads, a 1/4" drive adapter, an extension and a speed wheel. Pretty slick little kit to have around.

It's American made by The Chapman MFG. CO. in Durham, Conn.
It's the Euro/Japanese Motorcycle Set 1916





MERICA!!

 

[99Runnr]

You will like it. Fellow forum member and professional Toyota tech Blackworks uses one daily and likes it. If anyone wants to see his recommended selection of tools to wrench with, check out the 4th Gen page near the top.

Also, once one invests in an impact gun invest in approved impact sockets. HF's Pittsburgh Pro line is good as well as Husky and Kobalt. My brother's friend was using a regular socket on an impact once, it cracked in two and nearly left him blind in one eye when one piece shattered his eye socket.

I love my impact now, I just want the 3/8 drive model for the loss of the adapter (weak point) and the shorter overall length for tighter spaces. I have already broken 2 of the little extension adapters they sell. I got one off ebay for $84 shipped as a bare tool.

I use the HF pro sockets as well. Cheap, 6 miles from my house and lifetime warranty. Works for me haha.

 

[UnderFire]

Talking the small one or the pneumatic version? Interesting. The pneumatic one seems to get good reviews! I am just looking for a larger volume unit for my compressors, atv's and such.

On the brake bleeding tools - interesting on the DIY one... I dig it

For all my cars however, I use speed bleeders. Attach a tube to the bleeder, crack it open and press the brake. Truly a 1 person job. I buy the stainless steel versions. Only downside is a full set runs about $60.00
Our 4runners use:
SB7100S-SS M7 x 1.0 2qty
SB1010S-SS M10 x 1.0 2qy

The pneumatic version that you posted, I have a feeling the oil viscosity that we're trying to use it for may have something to do with it though, thick diesel oil that's been run in a cat for sometimes 1 or 2 years can be pretty slimy.

 

[BamaDrewski]

For unsticking almost anything, this is the BEST DAMN PENETRATING OIL ever made!

 

[D Farms]

Got this idea from speedy and it works amazing and cost me like 6 bucks at the hardware store.

Just clamp it down on either master cylinder and hook up an airline at like 5 psi and crack the line. Just make sure yot got good fluid level.

If you plan on pushing alot of fluid, like to replace the line, you can simply add a length of pvc in between the air line and master, to effectively enlargen the master, and fill it up with fluid.

would that work for a trans flush?

 

[tip]

Some great tools in here. A few of my favorites:

 

[4Runnin2000]

For unsticking almost anything, this is the BEST DAMN PENETRATING OIL ever made!

Have this in the little non aerosol can and I agree! Love this stuff! This thread is a good idea. Lots of things to add to my newly started collection.

 

[Ausumm]

Another MUST HAVE tool. A good set of self adjusting auto strippers.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...as2&linkId=KOPIJ4V3SDEASTAB&tag=vglnkc5751-20

Absolutely agree. Stripping wires aint easy, especially when it's already in a tight space. I love mine.

 

[Jhelms]

Added a new set of 1/4, 3/8 and 1/2" low profile drives to my collection today. I have about 5 full sets of drives at home in which 4 out of 5, I have broken the 3/8". So I am going to part them out at an upcoming yard sale and clear out some room in my toolbox.

These are the new replacements I have found. Low profile, nice handles, good tooth count and lifetime warranty. Limited reviews as they are newer but so far so good. Not exactly cheap compared to most HF drives.
http://www.harborfreight.com/14-in-drive-professional-low-profile-ratchet-62329.html

3/8 in. Drive Professional Low Profile Ratchet

1/2 in. Drive Professional Low-Profile Ratchet

 

[LittleCaesar]

The HF professional ratchets as Jeremy shows above are excellent. My brother has eight or nine (owns a boatyard) and in 15 months has only had one fail on him. The industrial HF ratchets are good as well.

A rule of thumb for HF tools for me is if they are made on Taiwan, the quality is usually there. If made in the PRC, it can be a crapshoot as far as quality goes. That is why I don't buy hand tools from Sears much anymore.

 

[zgensler31]

would that work for a trans flush?

I doubt it. It works fpr brakes and clutch because it simply pressurizes the system just like when you push the peddle. But i domt think it would work on a trans, but honestly dont really know much about transmissions either

 

[BamaDrewski]

This is the best darn assortment of wrenches, drivers, sockets, etc. I have ever had. Includes everything but the kitchen sink (but has the tools to remove the kitchen sink) and lifetime replacement warranty. I have had the earlier version of this set for about 8 years and it is the best asset I have in my in collection. (Yes, it is Harbor Freight but for the price and warranty + the amount of tools = can't be beat)

 

[AZBub]

That kit is great to just keep with your rig. I have something similar with go through sockets I picked up from Home Depot in their after Christmas sale

 

[GangsterOfLove]

What a great thread!

I'm a general/electrical contractor and have lots of tools related to those trades but not much in the way of mechanics tools. If the 4 cyl industrial lump in my T4R ever quits or I decide to tear in to the front end I'll buy some stuff (I'm making a list based on this thread) but for now I'd like to contribute to this thread by offering up some tools I find invaluable every day.

1985 Carson 16 foot tandem axle box trailer. Recently re sided and re shot in bedliner with a rust reformer undercoat on the metal bits. Purchased 1992 for $400 with the tailgate laying in the back. $100 at the weld shop squared away the tailgate and it's been a worker ever since. By far the handiest thing I have ever owned. It's been to Washington State twice and Phoenix six times, moved several households here and there and made 1000 dump runs. My '99 Limited with the 6 in it pulled it OK with auxiliary mirrors, my current 4 cyl rig labors mightily when it's loaded but will do in a pinch. I normally tow it with my work truck.

The axles are bent from overloading (I've had 8K# in it more than once) and the plan is to flip the axles to get them to bend back the other way.





Home Depot refrigerator dolly. I don't understand why everyone doesn't have one of these. Everyone borrows it, beats the hell out of it and it never quits:

Wiss W7T shears. Not the Husky ones, not whatever Lowes sells. Not Harbor Freight. These little shears are awesome. I have a pair of Fiskars shears that are equally nice. You want to cut something and they cut it. No screwing around. So good I bought 10 pairs and gave them out as Christmas presents.

 

[A.Wilson013]

This is the best darn assortment of wrenches, drivers, sockets, etc. I have ever had. Includes everything but the kitchen sink (but has the tools to remove the kitchen sink) and lifetime replacement warranty. I have had the earlier version of this set for about 8 years and it is the best asset I have in my in collection. (Yes, it is Harbor Freight but for the price and warranty + the amount of tools = can't be beat)

That looks nice! Could I bother you for the dimensions of the box? My current tool box is my current tool box because it fits PERFECTLY where I need it to.

 

[nevada]

The axles are bent from overloading (I've had 8K# in it more than once) and the plan is to flip the axles to get them to bend back the other way.

not to derail this thread too far, but for the amount of work involved, its probably a better idea to just replace the axles. they are fairly cheap. I just swapped one out on a car trailer. the bare axle was like $85. that's for a 3500# rated axle.