What Are Your Most Favorite Maintenance Tools?
- Thread starter Gebo
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4WD
$50 site donor 2025
Yep, MacGyver Grips - or light duty plumbing like 1/2” or smaller pipe … Don’t belong on good fasteners …
4WD
$50 site donor 2025
You mean positive and negative screwdrivers
My 50 year old Bernzomatic metric socket wrench set in the red metal case.
boat 1 - 10
Boat 2 - 8
Truck 1-8
Truck 2-6
Motorhome -6
Moho genny-3
RZR-2
Raptor 700-1
Kawi 450-1
riding mower -2
push mower-1
brush cutter -1
chainsaw -1
String trimmer-1
2 honda 2K-2
Yamaha 3K-1
Yardmax-1
Whole house genset 2
backpack blower- 1
power washer-1
Was doing a cylinder/piston and sump count the other day. 59 and 19.
The most common tool between all this is the mityvac.
Boat 2 - 8
Truck 1-8
Truck 2-6
Motorhome -6
Moho genny-3
RZR-2
Raptor 700-1
Kawi 450-1
riding mower -2
push mower-1
brush cutter -1
chainsaw -1
String trimmer-1
2 honda 2K-2
Yamaha 3K-1
Yardmax-1
Whole house genset 2
backpack blower- 1
power washer-1
Was doing a cylinder/piston and sump count the other day. 59 and 19.
The most common tool between all this is the mityvac.
Pry bars and the BFH. Definitely a must in the rust belt.
Autel Maxi-Sys and WiTECH.
Can't work on anything anymore without them to troubleshoot, reset, reprogram, etc...
Can't work on anything anymore without them to troubleshoot, reset, reprogram, etc...
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Brings back my janitor days.
Yea vise grips are oh sh@% tools which are usually next to the BFH.
Don't laugh...
Refilling the cooling system in the Lexus is a PITA. The fill hole is a 20mm diameter plug at the throttle body that's only ~12mm deep and has a tiny hole in the casting that the coolant is to pass through. I don't like splashing fluids all over the place, so I spend what seems like hours dribbling coolant thru this hole and waiting for the coolant to drain into the engine.
I put together this to make the situation a little more bearable. At least the funnel acts as a larger reservoir than the thimble-sized area under the fill plug. If I could plug in a gallon of pre-mix I would.
Fill funnel and flush hose adapter.
Refilling the cooling system in the Lexus is a PITA. The fill hole is a 20mm diameter plug at the throttle body that's only ~12mm deep and has a tiny hole in the casting that the coolant is to pass through. I don't like splashing fluids all over the place, so I spend what seems like hours dribbling coolant thru this hole and waiting for the coolant to drain into the engine.
I put together this to make the situation a little more bearable. At least the funnel acts as a larger reservoir than the thimble-sized area under the fill plug. If I could plug in a gallon of pre-mix I would.
Fill funnel and flush hose adapter.
Could not set bearing preload without this tool to set the initial torque:
Sunex 10202 4 Wheel Drive Spindle Nut Wrench
Sunex 10202 4 Wheel Drive Spindle Nut Wrench
I say I need one during every oil change but haven’t bought one yet.
The magnetic drain plug tool.
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=magnetic...13490934&tag=hydsma-20&ref=pd_sl_6a7mdlr8xs_e
The magnetic drain plug tool.
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=magnetic...13490934&tag=hydsma-20&ref=pd_sl_6a7mdlr8xs_e
I said the same thing. Then I bought one, and it sat in my toolbox for a very long time. Then one day I used it and realized just how good a tool it is. Now I use it all the time. GO FOR IT!! You'll thank me later.
Especially if you like to drain your oil warm/hot.I've got a host of 'em....44, 60, 10.25, 14b and something else. Then the whole set of huge sheetmetal hex/rounded hex including the elusive 54mm for Toy IFS
And yet I'm sure I'm lacking the next one I'll need....
Computer with a web browser. That means access to factory service data, Alldata, YouTube videos, forums like this... all sorts of places where other people have already figured out the hard bits. Having a dedicated-to-purpose computer in the garage/workshop, with a mouse and keyboard that I don't mind getting grimy, is a big plus.
If you have Fords in your life, Astro's 18.5mm/19.5mm flip impact socket is a must for those swollen lug nuts...
If you have Fords in your life, Astro's 18.5mm/19.5mm flip impact socket is a must for those swollen lug nuts...
Vacuum extractor. I've used it on so many random fluids I can't remember most of them anymore. Every person I've used it in front of runs right out and buys one.
I used mine once in the past year. A head sheared off a steel bolt, smaller in size diameter shaft. I tried loosening the remaining length of bolt still threaded in. It gripped so **** well I sheared the bolt again. That was some serious gripping power!
My shop vac powered extractor. I pull three quarts on my Chevy 6L90 each year and replace them with 3 quarts of Dexron VI.
