Ginge !

ok thinking about building a tool kit that i can fit in a tool chest and carry around if i need and take it all out me ool cabinet ( as all i do is take bit out of it and now i got tools everywhere


so far i got a
8mil to 19mil socket set, normal and deep,
ratchet spaners from 8 to 19mil,
brake widing tool,
oil filter tool
screw drivers,
wheel brace,
breaker bar,
allen keys
torx keys
extension bars and wobble bars
pin punch, chisel and tapered punch set
decent wire cutters
copper slip
molly grease
lm grease
mile grips
various pliers
club hammer
pry bars


what else is needed and what mobile but can fit alot in a tidy way type tool chest can i buy


i remember pjay on here had a tool chest that had everything in it


basicly i want somink like that so i can use as a top cabinet and contain all the tool ill need to go to any of me garages and strip a car to a shell type thing without needed any odd tools


any ideas , what you all got in yours

Stu @ M Developments

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An owner who can use em properly

GaryEvo

pmsl....

Lee Reynolds

A big hammer

GARETH T

its easy stu,, "righty tighty,,,,lefty loosey"

Red16

torque wrench
star sockets (inverse of torx bits) (silly company's like RENAULT use em )
variety of extension bars for ratchet/sockets
soldering iron
wire cutters
mole grips
blow torch (heat is always good for tight bolts etc)
wire brush

Lee Reynolds

Some rags

Red16

copper slip will make you do this the next time you take the bloody thing apart

Porkie

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If you are a complete mechanical pleb like me (and I think you are Bal BUT at least I realise it!!!) Your tool kit should contain just two items

Ginge !

i can use tools, just i cant be arsed most times as i got a few garages and none are local so i gotta find the fooking tools where they are scouting the country and then i gotta start working on the car


example, started bleading me brakes on the cossy the day before i cam to you, went to one garage, got me ratchet and 17 and 19mil socket

go to garage with lights and start working on the car to find the fooking 11mill spanner has gone walkies, have to put the car back to gether again and buy a fookig 11 mil spanner and then i have to look for brake beeling kit, then take apart again then find i aint got a cup for the fliud


now a top box with drawers would be a good idea i think


i got loads of tool at work and i never loose them as i got em in seperate draws at work and as i work at 1 location its easier

GARETH T

Ginge !

i have both infact i get rac cover foc with my insurance ( or could be green light, crappy policy though ) and the top dogs bollocks curtesy car policy take me where i want in the country policy with the AA


im actually a machanic at work belive it or not , just like making sure when im working on my car, oh and cleaning aint a car thing


i can unblot and rebolt up things easy , oh and copper slip is deffo my friend as is swarfega ( heavy duty stuff too )


anymore things im missing


gonna mod the list too, need to know as im gonna be selecting new tools for work tomorow

Porkie

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Bal?!?!?!? the last problem you had with your car was cured by FINALLY PUTTING SOME OIL IN THE FOOKING ENGINE!!!

Sweet baby Jesus... Even I would have checked that!!!

The end

Stu @ M Developments

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Porkie, you do make me fooking laugh pal

Porkie

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Stu, a fool who knows he is a fool is halfway to wisdom...

A fool who thinks he is a mechanic is 3/4 of the way towards a large bill...

STUCOS

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PORKIE is correct in his answer as even the best machanic whith all the tools is no good if you have a part faliure ie timing belt or water pump

cheeRS stu

Stu @ M Developments

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The Pain

Ginge !

thats classed as technical ,

i mentioned mechanical


but a oil drain plug is a good idea and a funnel would be a good thing too


diagnosing problems would be good though


oh and multi meter


added a few things to the list, anymore

Lee Reynolds

Red16

by the way... you forgot elbow grease

Ginge !

thats what mates are for

essexrsturbo

a decent car machanic to use em!

RobS

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with spanners i always have 2 ov each, ratchet spanners also very usefull,
i spent about Ł1000 on a tool chest and rool cab from taskmaster and most
ov my tools are task or halfords.

look through a machine mart cat that wot i did 2 see woy would be usefull

Ginge !

ive got about 4 of each on spanners and fooking loads of 10mils, 13 mils 17mil and 19 mils from when i borrowed em from work as i lost my ones

im gonna do that, who does ok top chests , before ya say it halfords ones are well over priced for me and i work there ( hence the full ratchet spanner set, bending end and solid end, got a few of them too

SteveB

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You mean a selection of hammers...... start wit hthe smallest finishing with the 14lb sledge when it all goes belly up......lol



I started off years ago wit ha Ł140 Halfords Professional set and worked from there buying bits as I needed them....... I now have a Ł2500 tool box about 60% full and still I can think of loads of tools I could do with but as I don't actually do much spanner work nowadays I don't bother much

Ginge !

im got a halfords pro socket1/4, 3/8, 1/4ins, deep socket, torx,allen key ratchet spanne, spanner set, breaker bar woble bar, screwdriver set

need to know what else is needed

Max

Think ya might need this

RobS

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taskmaster was about the same price as halfords i think, ill av a look through my
catalogues 2mrw see wots on offer

CozzyBrom

ginger you got a long way to go mate
i got over 20 grands worth off stuff and every week i find i need sumut new

my mast time on the van i bort a snap on Ł500 torque wrench (digi and vibrates and does angles)
and a amerian snap on box 5 grand
i need my head fooking testing

Mr RS500

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Same here Brom

My Snap on box was Ł5500 +VAT ,,,FOOKING EMPTY ,, I have bills for over 26k with snap on alone Anyone who has seen my toolbox will tell ya just how massive it is ,,Im 6 feet 1 and have to stand on my tip toes to see in the top
Once you start buying you just cant stop

CozzyBrom

its a bit like strippers in whore houses once they strip i carnt stop

Ginge !

brom i want a well equipt basic one , id like to fit it in the boot of me car and not in a horse box if poss

oh and when ya poping down, ya know yet or not

CozzyBrom

end of next week

Ginge !

cool

see ya next week brommy