You forgot needle nose and a good set of vise grips... Ball peen and soft dead blow hammer... 1/2" breaker bar. I prefer to use a combination old school wrench over the ratcheting, but that's what I'm used to. I bought a ratcheting set of wrenches and never use them; often times the ratcheting end is too big and gets in the way. They slow me down.
@@official.timothy you've got to really push your tools to get anything as tight as a breaker would. And in the real world there's plenty of stuff too tight for an impact
They're really not. You'll struggle to overtightnen anything unless you're an idiot. Just lean on your breaker bar for 17mm wheel nuts and put your whole weight on it for larger. If argue a 3/8 for head bolts is what you should buy before a 1/2
Keep turning wrenches. Nice videos as well comment 👍. Mirror tool is also, to check cables, screws, nuts, and areas either dark or hard to reach👌. Using with a flashlight , 🔦 will reflect, to be able to see engine cracks and of course leaks 👍. Mechanic Troubleshooting, will make you better and wanted mechanic, 🏆 as well with skill, mutual growth, respect and be honest. Training yourself and others as well. Sincerely, 😎Mr. Villalba 🇵🇷
Snap-On impact sockets are the best, they have a flute that holds the fastener than falling down in the socket. Working in Yamaha/Kawi shop use JIS and got the Vessel (also Snap-0n) and Matco ones. Matco Ratchets 88's got rid of my snap-on ratchets. Everything I got is metric 99.99% only a few SAE sizes.
Thanks for taking the time to share. i am far from a pro mechanic BUT I would add to that list a hammer. admit it or not we have all used a hammer at times we really didn't/shouldn't have used a hammer and it did the job. Heck a claw hammer with the claw ground off is an amazing tool if you ever try it.
@@yasserseguradrums I have a 3lb deadblow. I don't like hitting my snap on spanners with a real hammer. I paid £60 each for some of them I want them to last a lifetime without rusting
Stay away from tool truck brands...only if its a good deal There the only ones who make it You need it... Find what's tool truck is in your stick with that brand hometown cause if you can't get it warranty it's junk... Cheap is sometimes better...
Poor man attitude. Put your money in quality and long-lasting tools. Stop sending your money to China for cheap crap. Disclosure: I have a lot of Harbor Freight tools, but I've changed my thinking. I see tools as saving wealth, and I'd rather save quality.
@@I_Died_2_Weeks_Ago Not poor thinking if your actually poor. HB is my paradise. I purchase as much Taiwanese as i can. Was waiting for my Mexico and China check from my boy tRUMp but it never showed up. I agree USA baby. Feel free to send me a snap on mechanic set. Send to bigbrownlove@69247.
As an apprentice, you should hire someone with no tools skills and no equipment cause they'll understand how to respect your tools and when they get 1st year apprentice then they should start buying their ute, van, truck with toolboxes. Then 2nd year they can buy their own tools
Whatever you start with you'll learn from others what makes the job easier. You'll go through the same process as everyone before you. Start cheap, break it and when you can afford it go up the ranks as you go up the ranks.
I just wanted to say I came into this video expecting that I didn’t have half the tools. But damn mildly surprised I have everything besides a couple small things.
1- those lights are annoying.. Use a head lamp at least 400 lumens and you'll do great.. (Energizer batteries Lithium will give you like 3 weeks of light with only a 3 aaa battery. If you can get a rechargeable one is better.. 2- those spark plug swivels sockets are awful. Use the ones with a ball. Impact swivels 3- torque wrench 4- hammers, 5- brass hammer, 6- needle nose cutters 7- Pliers. 8- C clamps 9- bungie cords 10- 1/2 inch by 3ft breaker bar 11- trim tools 12- a battery booster 13- punches
S#!$ my 2 years I had Soooo much tools i had to buy a top box...once you realize what you're doing you don't really need a lot of tools don't get over overwhelmed...
How are you doing timing belts or chains without a harmonic balancer puller & installer or at least a non spill funnel to burp the coolant after a water pump job since we're talking about efficiency?
Understand. I'm just confused because I haven't seen a mechanic shop that the the tools that the technician is using aren't thier own. Also you stated in the beginning of the video that, that's the minimum requirement for a beginning tech at your shop. Plus you said that it's his carts but your tools multiple times throughout the video. So which one is it? His tools or yours? Is he doing timing belts and water pumps or your doing them?
That’s how my shop is, it’s very nice to work in a place that has “shop tools” to use as well as your own so that you don’t have to have everything right off the bat. I’m sorry that you’ve never had the opportunity to work in a shop like that Hugo.
Very informative and I couldn’t agree more with your selection. I’ve covered this same topic on my Channel, but it was geared for the DIY’r. Maybe the only thing beyond what you’ve listed would be a long pair of pliers. Thoughts?
Quarter in. reacher, inspection Mirror, Extendable magnet, Pry bar, Test light, Flashlight, Half inch impact Drill, 3/8th impact Drill, Impact sockets, All shapes and sizes, Extentions, Snap on Torx screws, Screwdrivers, Tire pressure checkers, basic drill bits, Set of metric Wrenches.
@@montevallomustang no it’s not. On 5 occasion now I bent out a snap on and when I grabbed my coworkers Williams it tanked right through it. Idk what it is but those suckers go through everything and they’re cheaper
@@montevallomustang idk what to say. Like I said on 5 occasions I bent out the snap on bar and the Williams bar hardly flexed and most of my coworkers say the same
You need to learn and earn your tools. Giving a new guy power tools is gonna lead to him not thinking and just screwing up every thread he touches. Namely cross threading caliper pins, did that on my first couple of days to an aluminium brembo 4 pot caliper and had to replace it. It was like half of my weeks wage gone in 30 seconds. But that's how you learn care and attention.
Lmfaoo dude my harbor freight Pittsburgh pry bar will outlast your snap on, and lifetime warranty without the hastle of snap ons. Snap on is overratted. Not all of their shit is dont get me wrong, but most companies hand tools are just as good, if not better than Snapscam tools...
www.harborfreight.com/4-piece-heavy-duty-pry-bar-set-1654.html Are these the ones you're talking about? If so I really need a set of pry bars that are better than the snap on.
No they are the ones with the yellow handle and a steel end to hit with a hammer. Ive put them through hell and still holding up with almost all my body weight on it.
You can feel if your going to far with air it’s hard to feel that with a battery tools but get wrong i got Milwaukee battery power tools and mat co air tools Milwaukee makes the strongest battery tools and mat co make the strongest air tools but you can feel what you’re doing with air and air tools are stronger
Nice! Breaker bar, hammer 🔨 and pliers for sure.
Most realistic video I've seen so far...other " starter" videos show snap on cabinets filled top to bottom lol
You forgot needle nose and a good set of vise grips... Ball peen and soft dead blow hammer... 1/2" breaker bar.
I prefer to use a combination old school wrench over the ratcheting, but that's what I'm used to. I bought a ratcheting set of wrenches and never use them; often times the ratcheting end is too big and gets in the way. They slow me down.
Great video, I would add a 1/2” breaker bar and some swivel impact sockets to the list.
I can't remember the last time I've used a breaker bar. Swivel sockets are great but not absolutely necessary
@@montevallomustang use them for oil changes often
@@__Dja on what? A tank
@@montevallomustang isn’t the m12/m18 fuel basically a compact breaker bar?!?!
@@official.timothy you've got to really push your tools to get anything as tight as a breaker would. And in the real world there's plenty of stuff too tight for an impact
Good Stuff!
Don't need a lot more to get started. Buy as you go beyond what you listed.
Torque wrench is a must now days👍
Only really important for head bolts lol
They're really not. You'll struggle to overtightnen anything unless you're an idiot. Just lean on your breaker bar for 17mm wheel nuts and put your whole weight on it for larger. If argue a 3/8 for head bolts is what you should buy before a 1/2
I don’t.. think either of the comments above is correct.. 🤨 (I don’t ‘think’. I Know)
I work for a fedex contractor and I have never used a mirror. I also hardly use a magnet
Do you not have to find leaks?
@@montevallomustang I personally dont have to find leakniether does the other mechanic
@@montevallomustang but most of the trucks we work on we can see around most of it
@@johnsimon7461 makes sense if you can see everything you don't need a mirror
Keep turning wrenches. Nice videos as well comment 👍. Mirror tool is also, to check cables, screws, nuts, and areas either dark or hard to reach👌. Using with a flashlight , 🔦 will reflect, to be able to see engine cracks and of course leaks 👍. Mechanic Troubleshooting, will make you better and wanted mechanic, 🏆 as well with skill, mutual growth, respect and be honest. Training yourself and others as well.
Sincerely,
😎Mr. Villalba 🇵🇷
Snap-On impact sockets are the best, they have a flute that holds the fastener than falling down in the socket. Working in Yamaha/Kawi shop use JIS and got the Vessel (also Snap-0n) and Matco ones. Matco Ratchets 88's got rid of my snap-on ratchets. Everything I got is metric 99.99% only a few SAE sizes.
This video is gold, thanks for posting
Thanks for taking the time to share. i am far from a pro mechanic BUT I would add to that list a hammer. admit it or not we have all used a hammer at times we really didn't/shouldn't have used a hammer and it did the job. Heck a claw hammer with the claw ground off is an amazing tool if you ever try it.
it's the universal tool
That's exactly what I thought at least one of those rubber ones
@@yasserseguradrums I have a 3lb deadblow. I don't like hitting my snap on spanners with a real hammer. I paid £60 each for some of them I want them to last a lifetime without rusting
That’s a shit ton of money worth of tools
I'm starting school in january and this is exactly what i needed to help me
Stay away from tool truck brands...only if its a good deal
There the only ones who make it
You need it...
Find what's tool truck is in your stick with that brand hometown cause if you can't get it warranty it's junk...
Cheap is sometimes better...
I am poor and the top of that cart is worth more than all I own. Harbor Freight for me it is. It’s a poor mans paradise.
Poor man attitude. Put your money in quality and long-lasting tools. Stop sending your money to China for cheap crap.
Disclosure: I have a lot of Harbor Freight tools, but I've changed my thinking. I see tools as saving wealth, and I'd rather save quality.
@@I_Died_2_Weeks_Ago
Not poor thinking if your actually poor. HB is my paradise. I purchase as much Taiwanese as i can. Was waiting for my Mexico and China check from my boy tRUMp but it never showed up. I agree USA baby. Feel free to send me a snap on mechanic set. Send to bigbrownlove@69247.
@@DonBMW "It's not your fault if you're born poor. It is your fault if you die poor."
As an apprentice, you should hire someone with no tools skills and no equipment cause they'll understand how to respect your tools and when they get 1st year apprentice then they should start buying their ute, van, truck with toolboxes. Then 2nd year they can buy their own tools
That's not how it works here, you have to have tools just to get hired
Im here bc. ill be starting as an apprentice soon, well doing oil change and swapping tires for the most part.
That ½ inch impact is a must.
The mid torque Milwaukee 1/2 impact is perfect for doing tires
@@montevallomustang thank you for the helpful advice.
Whatever you start with you'll learn from others what makes the job easier. You'll go through the same process as everyone before you. Start cheap, break it and when you can afford it go up the ranks as you go up the ranks.
1/2 or 3/8 impact wrench ? Which one would you get if you only work on your cars as a dyer ?
I just wanted to say I came into this video expecting that I didn’t have half the tools. But damn mildly surprised I have everything besides a couple small things.
Yeah I don’t have a flash light as I usually work outside in the sun 🤣 or a mirror 🙄 gotta but some more now
1- those lights are annoying..
Use a head lamp at least 400 lumens and you'll do great.. (Energizer batteries Lithium will give you like 3 weeks of light with only a 3 aaa battery. If you can get a rechargeable one is better..
2- those spark plug swivels sockets are awful. Use the ones with a ball. Impact swivels
3- torque wrench
4- hammers,
5- brass hammer,
6- needle nose cutters
7- Pliers.
8- C clamps
9- bungie cords
10- 1/2 inch by 3ft breaker bar
11- trim tools
12- a battery booster
13- punches
Cool video 👍👍
Thank you
Well, this video makes me feel pretty decent.
S#!$ my 2 years I had
Soooo much tools i had to buy a top box...once you realize what you're doing you don't really need a lot of tools don't get over overwhelmed...
Hey Jessie can you please make a vedio on what special tools you need thanks sir.
Wouldn't you put a timing belt up with electrical case if you time the motor wrong its just as bad as burning out a pcm?
How are you doing timing belts or chains without a harmonic balancer puller & installer or at least a non spill funnel to burp the coolant after a water pump job since we're talking about efficiency?
I'm not letting a brand new tech do any of that, but those are all shop tools at my shop
Understand. I'm just confused because I haven't seen a mechanic shop that the the tools that the technician is using aren't thier own. Also you stated in the beginning of the video that, that's the minimum requirement for a beginning tech at your shop. Plus you said that it's his carts but your tools multiple times throughout the video. So which one is it? His tools or yours? Is he doing timing belts and water pumps or your doing them?
@@hugoyme my tools my cart I'm letting everyone know what I expect when I'm hiring someone. I'm sorry its confusing
That’s how my shop is, it’s very nice to work in a place that has “shop tools” to use as well as your own so that you don’t have to have everything right off the bat. I’m sorry that you’ve never had the opportunity to work in a shop like that Hugo.
Very informative and I couldn’t agree more with your selection. I’ve covered this same topic on my Channel, but it was geared for the DIY’r. Maybe the only thing beyond what you’ve listed would be a long pair of pliers. Thoughts?
I knew I forgot something lol. I need to make a video just on pliers
I've watched your videos your ratchet collection is awesome
I’d like to see that pliers video. I don’t feel like there’s any I need but I like trying new stuff
@@gregblau8082 I'm going to do part 2 tomorrow I forgot a few things. Also I'm going to do an advanced tech tool video later this week
Midwest Tool Review link to that video ?
Come to work on your first day with nothing but a hammer and a walmart screw driver.
OBD scanner would be good.
1/2 in Wrench, 3/8 in Wrench
Quarter in. reacher, inspection Mirror, Extendable magnet, Pry bar, Test light, Flashlight, Half inch impact Drill, 3/8th impact Drill, Impact sockets, All shapes and sizes, Extentions, Snap on Torx screws, Screwdrivers, Tire pressure checkers, basic drill bits, Set of metric Wrenches.
I have more than this and I'm not a certified mechanic and never worked in a shop other than my garage. 😂😂😂😂😂
If anyone needs to get a good pry bar go look at the Williams usa one. It takes the snap on pry bars lunch money
It is a snap on pry bar lmao
@@montevallomustang no it’s not. On 5 occasion now I bent out a snap on and when I grabbed my coworkers Williams it tanked right through it. Idk what it is but those suckers go through everything and they’re cheaper
They are the same bar stock, made by mayhew
@@montevallomustang idk what to say. Like I said on 5 occasions I bent out the snap on bar and the Williams bar hardly flexed and most of my coworkers say the same
Digital meter , electric ratchet is missing
You don't need an electric ratchet starting out, and dvom would be next level up
Montevallo Mustang truth.
You need to learn and earn your tools. Giving a new guy power tools is gonna lead to him not thinking and just screwing up every thread he touches. Namely cross threading caliper pins, did that on my first couple of days to an aluminium brembo 4 pot caliper and had to replace it. It was like half of my weeks wage gone in 30 seconds. But that's how you learn care and attention.
Please where I can get this completed tools
I have no idea what you are asking
Lmfaoo dude my harbor freight Pittsburgh pry bar will outlast your snap on, and lifetime warranty without the hastle of snap ons. Snap on is overratted. Not all of their shit is dont get me wrong, but most companies hand tools are just as good, if not better than Snapscam tools...
www.harborfreight.com/4-piece-heavy-duty-pry-bar-set-1654.html
Are these the ones you're talking about? If so I really need a set of pry bars that are better than the snap on.
No they are the ones with the yellow handle and a steel end to hit with a hammer. Ive put them through hell and still holding up with almost all my body weight on it.
I own a stupid amount of extensions lol
You can feel if your going to far with air it’s hard to feel that with a battery tools but get wrong i got Milwaukee battery power tools and mat co air tools Milwaukee makes the strongest battery tools and mat co make the strongest air tools but you can feel what you’re doing with air and air tools are stronger