A Toyota Master Diagnostic Technician covers Essential Mechanic Tools for DIY mechanics and Beginner mechanics in the field. These are recommendations specific to working on Toyota, Lexus and Scion products.
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In this much requested video by my viewers and patreon community I’ll cover the very basics of tools. There’s no way I can cover every single little detail of tools as tools have somewhat of a personal touch but I tried my best to convey as much information as possible in a single video which will help you make better decisions when it comes to tools.
I am a big advocate of experience over tools. I see this in the shop where the mechanics that do the least amount of work have the most amount of tools and the mechanics that do the biggest jobs have the least amount of tools. This theory only works in a single brand dealership. Mechanics in independent shops are forced to have a very large tool set because of the nature of their work.
DIY mechanics often start with the most basic tools and end up over buying or buying the incorrect sets and finding out later they need more tools. If you already know which type of cars you’ll be working on you’ll be able to narrow down which key tools you need to have in a particular set you’re buying.
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0:00 Intro
0:42 Tools Overview
2:02 Basic Hand Tools : Sockets
8:36 Power Tools
15:34 Wrenches
20:14 Pliers and Screwdrivers
21:52 More Tool Recommendations
23:28 So which brand should you buy?
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He who dies with the most tools wins!
thank you for this informational video. This is the kind and type of video I was looking for you to do. A behind the scenes/tool review. I'm the owner of a used 2011 scion tc 2.5l auto. I enjoy the car and learning from Toyota mechanics. You have good way of teaching with your videos. I look forward to watching and learning from you. thank you.
I buy Williams instead of snap on mostly but I do have the dual 80 3/8” it is good. Snappy sockets only bought individually on a need to have basis. Gearwrench is very good for the money it’s an apex brand.
Screwdriver either wera or wiha and vessels.
Macs wrenches Taiwan are cheaper than bluepoints and are great
Great video thanks good advice you cant buy experiance.
If you down grade a product, always say "In my opinion" That way you'll never get sued by unhappy product owners.
AMD, where did you get your swivel socket set? Brand names?
This was incredibly helpful!
this is an amazing video. i wish someone can make one for BMW, Mercedes, and GM
Because I just used a 17 to change my oil
Tekton is high quality, reasonably priced and lifetime warranty
If you care about quality tools for about 1/3-1/2 the price of snap on then check out Koken Japan
My first tool set was given to me in 1972 by my father who worked as a store manager at Sears. Those Craftsman tools ended up being my at home tools and backups for main set for a broken tool and I still have my set from the early 1970s. In 1977 I went in the Air Force and trained as a vehicle mechanic. I knew I was only going to do one hitch in the Air Force and ended up 7 years later getting my discharge. I went to work as a heavy line mechanic in a independent shop. I needed a boat load of tools and spent in 1983 the year before I got out around $3,500 and got a full set of SAE and metric tools from Grainger with the Bonney name. Sure I could of spent more on tools and could easily spent double that for the truck brand but decided that I would be a cash and carry mechanic and since I already was a ASE certified when I got out of the Air Force. I did heavy line for 4 more years and retrained into being a aircraft structural mechanic and went to work in aviation. Guess what it was almost all in SAE on the USA made aircraft even to this day.
My metric stuff well it sat home and the SeA did the work for me. Since the tools I had for vehicle mechanic 99% was good for aircraft work. I retired in 2017 and I still work on vehicles at home but I still have my tools today.
One other note is the I/R air tools are great and my set I bought in the mid 1980's are still going strong today. I have been transitioning over to battery impacts but I still have found the need for my 3/4" I/R impact to work on tractors and trailer hitches.
So true! Don’t forget about sunexx.
I bough a pretty cheap set of screw drivers. I use them only as intended and haven't had Issues yet.
Working on cars every day myself I have found that Milwaukee is king of cordless tools. I have the 3/8 ratcheting wrench the 3/8 impact wrench the 3/8 mid torque impact wrench and a half inch high torque impact wrench which that one is a beast of a machine 1450 foot pounds of torque. I also have a nut driver and a drill nothing has broke down on me yet I love Milwaukee they are awesome
Many thanks, sir.
Dewalt makes a great electric hammer.! It works better then our air hammers .
As a retired FMS Engineer equipment, hvy wheel, generator mechanic my tool
assortment is a dukes mixture of everything you can think of. Some Craftsman stuff, loved their one for one guarantee policy but with the demise of Sears miss them terribly, worked overseas and always came back to the states with a bag of tools I had broken to warranty replace. I have an assortment of SnapOn, Mac, MATCO etc.
Takes a forklift to move my stuff and yes hvy engineer equipment takes a toll on whatever brand one owns,
Ingersoll Rand being a staple especially the 3/4- 1 inch impacts. NOW I mostly clean them up, oil em and reminisce about the good old days of great money in some of the not so good places they got used like Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Germany, Italy and Kuwait. Now I try to limit my use to a 1/4 ratchet and 10mm socket.