Tools I Love
Reversible, ratcheting, combination wrenches. I got a metric set of for my birthday from Sears. I thought I'd use them as a substiute for the regular ones on occasion. I find that I use them all the time now. They are extremely handy and a very useful tool. However, they are pretty pricey at 90-120 bucks per set. I can only afford a set of metric for now. Maybe a set of standards in the future :-).
Ryan
Ryan
1. The biggest time saver for me at the dealership I work at is my snap on 3/8" electric impact. It's got like 80 ft/lbs 
2. Ratcheting Box wrench
3. Air 1/2" Ingersal Titanum Impact
2. Ratcheting Box wrench
3. Air 1/2" Ingersal Titanum Impact
Here are some of my favorites:
It's a flex head, 3/8 ratchet but is long enough to be considered a breaker bar. It's great for doing spark plugs because of the ability to flex the head.
Gear wrenches, as everyone has said.
AC hydraulics jack. It lets down the vehicle so smoothly, it makes lowering a vehicle onto jackstands easier.
It's a flex head, 3/8 ratchet but is long enough to be considered a breaker bar. It's great for doing spark plugs because of the ability to flex the head.
Gear wrenches, as everyone has said.
AC hydraulics jack. It lets down the vehicle so smoothly, it makes lowering a vehicle onto jackstands easier.
Cant believe no one said it yet. My favorite tool of all time has to be the smoke wrench (torch). Might be a little on the pyro side, but i look for excuses to brake it out.
Although I did manage to burn my taint with a torch once. But I think thats a story for another forum
Although I did manage to burn my taint with a torch once. But I think thats a story for another forum
Last edited by fatdave; Apr 8, 2007 at 04:40 PM.
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1) Porter Cable DA polisher. Why lie? It gets the most use in my garage, aside from screwdrivers.
2) Flex head gear wrenches
3) Dremel
4) Torque wrenches, though I need to save up and get better ones
5) Shop towels. We ran out of paper towels one night, so I grabbed a roll of shop towels and put them on the fancy shmancy towel holder on the kitchen table. My wife was mortified until she realized they're stronger and more absorbent (because car people make bigger, sloppier messes) than her froo froo paper towels. Now I'm under orders to buy 12-packs of them when I go to the parts store.
-Mike
2) Flex head gear wrenches
3) Dremel
4) Torque wrenches, though I need to save up and get better ones
5) Shop towels. We ran out of paper towels one night, so I grabbed a roll of shop towels and put them on the fancy shmancy towel holder on the kitchen table. My wife was mortified until she realized they're stronger and more absorbent (because car people make bigger, sloppier messes) than her froo froo paper towels. Now I'm under orders to buy 12-packs of them when I go to the parts store.
-Mike
There is a litlte misunderstanding here. I think when a few guys in this thread say "ratcheting wrenches" they are referring to ratcheting combination wrenches. There are many kinds of wrenches (crescent, torque, hex, etc).
Just want to clairify -- I know that unless I say exactly what the wrench is called the 16year old behind the Sears counter looks like this -->
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Just want to clairify -- I know that unless I say exactly what the wrench is called the 16year old behind the Sears counter looks like this -->
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Originally Posted by Camaroholic
3) Kawasaki KHT600S Hedge Trimmer (link here). Cuts through my monster hedge like a frickin' light saber. I went Jedi Knight on the bushes last weekend, and I frickin' kicked their asses. 
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Wow, I can’t believe how many of you are hooked on the gearwrenches/ratcheting combination wrenches… I really thought they were just a gimmick when they came out. Sounds like they’re really something that I should get my mitts on.
As far as the small impact… I got a 19.2V impact that came with my craftsman drill/driver… I wasn’t sure I was going to use it, but I can’t believe how fast I can tear down something like a transmission or an engine, anything with a million bolts like a tranny pan or oil pan… with it.
As far as the small impact… I got a 19.2V impact that came with my craftsman drill/driver… I wasn’t sure I was going to use it, but I can’t believe how fast I can tear down something like a transmission or an engine, anything with a million bolts like a tranny pan or oil pan… with it.
Originally Posted by fatdave
Cant believe no one said it yet. My favorite tool of all time has to be the smoke wrench (torch). Might be a little on the pyro side, but i look for excuses to brake it out.
Although I did manage to burn my taint with a torch once. But I think thats a story for another forum
Although I did manage to burn my taint with a torch once. But I think thats a story for another forum
dude, your taint... what the hell??? do i even dare ask how the **** you burned your taint? rim jobbing yourself with the torch?
Originally Posted by fatdave
yea lesson learned. DOnt torch bolt heads off while sitting on the ground. Peice of slag fell down and bounced right into the taint
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Hose removal tool. It's got a screw driver handle but an angled - pick like end. You work the tapered end under a hose and break the bond so you can pull a hose off the fitting. I use it for other stuff too; more than for the hoses. Never thought the thing would end up in my hands so often. Summit sells them for like $8. HF has them as a set but not the same quality.
To the above message (fatdave); a welder friend had a molten spark go right down his ear canal. Took out the eardrum and needed surgery to hear again. Bad luck!
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As for the shop vac
and my all time favorite is my air compressor. It's 30 years old and my best friend.
To the above message (fatdave); a welder friend had a molten spark go right down his ear canal. Took out the eardrum and needed surgery to hear again. Bad luck!
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As for the shop vac
and my all time favorite is my air compressor. It's 30 years old and my best friend. Last edited by 01Z28M6; Apr 18, 2007 at 12:39 PM.
