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yamahaki Guest
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I mean real tools. Snapon, matco. craftman professional series tools. Do you keep organized and wipe them off after use, or throw them back in the box if you have one? I'm sure some of you do your own work on the car or truck or motorcycle. Airtools, handtools, lights, ohm gauges etc. |
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Oregon Sunset 3T WIS 
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I have a few grand in odd's and end's. But no complete sets of the Tool Truck, I do have a few specailties from the tool trucks. But I have a 46 piece set that I keep in all my rigs, I can tackle 85-95% of jobs with this set from GearWratchet. It has SAE & Metric with 1/4" and 3/8" drives. The other neat tools are the flex heads, wrenches. I do have a cabinet, but every so often I have to return all tools back to thier spots. I do have a basic system, that I use. The only thing that, Is unmanageable and always drives me crazy are the screwdrivers, For the life of me I am always looking, I do have a big electrical tote with all my tools for electrical, another for Vehicles, then drywall, and house tools, sawzall, circular, drills etc. Then I have an average watchmakers set, with about 30-40 tools. Attachment: maingearratchet.jpg (Downloaded 93 times) |
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yamahaki Guest
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I have to have 2 complete sets, plus a 3rd set for the trailer. I work at Freightliner. A massive body shop. You roll your box to each truck. Since I'm the lead painter there I also have to do bodywork. So I have to have every kind of tool made. I have over 60 different wrench sets that all do different things. 7 drawers of sockets, etc. at home I restore bikes and cars and need the same tools including hvlps, airbrushes, a full body set floor pots, pullers. you get the picture. Thats what got me into watches. There less expensive:D |
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Oregon Sunset 3T WIS
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So you work for Dalimer-Benz ? Portland has a Freightliner plant (still for now - until they outsource it) and Hq is still here, all the Vp's Drive S500 Benz. ( well that was a few years ago, I am unsure what they drive now.) I tell you that nothing makes a job easier than the right tool, nothing can frustrate you more than the wrong tool. I used to enjoy wrenching on rigs more, but after 96' and the OBDII, I replaced an air mass on my 98 Benz several years ago, and it took 6 weeks for it to register a complete drive cycle and shut off the Check engine light. Before I could get new tabs for the car. It is crazy, anymore, too computerizd and the Tools are to expensive to buy just to work on it your self. As well when the normal techs are constantly being schooled on all the core ( read DEALER ONlY -or HUGE $$ to the small shop or end user.) |
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yamahaki Guest
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A benz is a tough car to work on, even in the body shop. I was rebuilding the front end of a SL, spent 3 days to wire the headlights. While replacing a door regulater the steering wheel airbag deployed because there was a short in one of the headlights i wired.lol at least on the cabs, the wiring is all coded. you cant make a mistake. We had a tool competition at a car dealership about 10 years ago. Who bought the most tools won. We called it the stuff compeition.lol I had a tool bill of 375.00 a week for 6 months. I won! I now have 2 snapon corvette creepers, richard petty signed wrenches and a whole lot of stuff that is for show, not for real useage. The EPA screws us every year now by changing the solvent content in paint. So now its so thick, I have 12 guns for different viscosity paints. Whatever happened to the days when you had just a Binks #7? |
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Oregon Sunset 3T WIS
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I makes you wonder when a pair of O2 sensors replaced can cost almost $1K on a late model Volvo. Yet fuel economy still has not grown by leaps and bounds to justify it, But Gosh darn it the Air is Cleaner. I drives me crazy that when a Car is burning so clean that it has trival emmission, yet, it will not DEQ ( Dept of Envir Quality) it will fail it because of the Check engine light will not shut off becasue of the computerized drive cycle which can take a few weeks or you spend $15K for the computer system, to re-flash the Firmware for the new module that is now being used and superseeds the old part number, GRRR... The EPA has gotten out of control, I used to have a Landscaping and Lawncare bussiness when I was a Teenager. Used 2 stroke Commercial mowers that would cut and bag deep wet grass. NOw we have anemic 7 Hp 21" rotary mowers that bog down on dry grass. I digress. But becasue of the Peoples Repbulic of Calfornia Air quality standards for Lawnmowers and Small Engines, It seems that I have drop the bowl on the Carb 5-6x a season, does'nt matter if I filter it, drain it or what. The microscopic jets still clog. It seems like you have to re-build or re-place every other year. To what end..... |
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yamahaki Guest
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To bad about the computer glitch on the car. But either they reset by doing the recommended drive which is weird in itself because the cpu needs to read at specific rpms for so many seconds then to a different rpm etc. Then it resets. Of course then theres your problem of it not reseting until it could read the new sensor. I changed engines in a fiero, changed the cpu, map and oxy, plugged in my laptop to map the engine and seemed to work. Everything gave a positive read, but the mileage was down and it was underpowered on the dyno. So we raced it for 3 days and all of a sudden the engine smoothed out, developed a crap load of hp and torque. It had picked up and remapped itself. I have a car now with points and no on board cpu.hand6.gif |
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zippofan 3T WIS 
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I have plenty of tools, but not the same kind. All of my tools are for working on electronics, I have every kind of pliers, cutters, tweezers, jewelers screwdrivers, couple two-three soldering irons, mini torches, dental pics, needle files, grabbers etc. in my tool box. I can use a lot of them for working on watches, though I do need some hands pullers/setters, and some smaller screwdrivers. As far as regular tools, just what a homeowner would have, plus my dad's electrician's tools. Cheers, Griff |
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srh_pres 3T WIS 
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My wife says I'm a tool.... :shock::shock: |
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yamahaki Guest
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srh_pres wrote: My wife says I'm a fool.... :shock::shock: I totally agree with her:D |
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yamahaki Guest
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I also am required to have all of the electical tools. its a part of the job. Its not my favorite part though. I hate getting shocked.! Trucks run on 12 and 24 volt batteries. BIG batteries linked in tandem. Alot of Amps. Thats what hurts. I also hate when I short a system with a wrench and it ends up being welded to a post:D |
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srh_pres 3T WIS
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Damn, forgot to turn off the quoted-post editor again. I hate it when that happens....  yamahaki wrote: srh_pres wrote:My wife says I'm a fool.... :shock::shock: |
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yamahaki Guest
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gotta do something. Its slow around here. Oh! I get to start 6 more weeks of physical therapy with work conditioning. Great. 4 hours a day 4 days a week .I may as well have a damn job! |
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canadajo 3T WIS 
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I have a hellova tool collection that go's unused ... But I own a car lot so it go's with the territory ....mostly Craftsman pro's but some Matco and Snap-on also ..... The best part is that they are ALL tax deductions when you own a carlot :D:D I also have to buy crap like hoists and tire changers and compressors etc. ....... I am obsessive cumpulsive so I wipe the tools off and put them back in such a way I can tell if somebody touched them :shock::shock: |
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yamahaki Guest
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Good for you CJ! another anal retentive on on tool storage. I check my toolbox every day before I leave work. There is a place for everything including all of my screwdrivers. There all numbered with a cutout in 3 seperate drawers. If a tool is missing, nobody leaves until its been returned. If somebody has to borrow a tool, I tell them to make sure to return it to me as soon as there done! My other rule is if I have to borrow a tool myself more than once, I'll go buy the tool. Oh. They are always tax deductible! |
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zippofan 3T WIS
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Heh, I can't count how many times I have been shocked, that might explain some things...:P The worst was from a UHF transmitter final amplifier, 48VDC, 15 amps at full power, it was a combination shock from hell and an RF burn. Next would have been the pre-CBS Fender Bassman I was repairing, some idiot had replaced the 5881 output tubes with 6L6's, burned up all the grid resistors and, unbeknownst to me at the time, the power supply bleeder resistors. Those old filter caps still held quite a charge #$%@. I have all the test equipment too, VTVM, digital multimeters, couple of scopes, frequency counter, RF and audio generators, logic probes/pulsers, network cable tester. The only things I don't have are a spectrum analyzer and a TDM, wish I had the bucks for those but I don't do as much work as I used to with electronics. Fun toys :D Cheers, Griff |
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scottran 3T WIS 
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Owning my own auto repair, I have a couple hundred grand in Snapon tools and shop equipment (lifts, a/c, diagnostic). My main toolbox is a Snap on Intimidator 2 with all the lockers and workstation. I think I paid my toolmans mortgage for him! I have to admit that my shop isnt very organized. When I had employees it was, but now its alot for just me to keep up with. The scary thing is I have 2 shops. One for cars and one for tractors. Iam in the process of adding on in the tractor shop and its a nightmare. At one time there was a couple of paths to walk through. I do keep my tools wiped off though, I hate greasy tools. This is cool! You can talk about a little bit of everything on this site.  Scott |
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anonimo851 3T WIS 
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anybody have some pics of there toolboxes and favorite tools? Someone must have taken some pics. I'll take some of mine and post them. |
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scottran 3T WIS
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Heres a pic of my big Snap On Intimidator II tool box and my cart that has my most used tools on. Cant move the big box around the shop. This is just the car shop. Then in the tractor shop I have a whole different set of tools and equipment.  Last edited on Tue Apr 22nd, 2008 10:06 pm by scottran |
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