Tools a 3s owner should own.

[mykiss69]

If you plan on saving yourself some money and work on your own car here is a list of tools you should have on hand.

Wrenches
10mm 12mm 14mm 17mm 19mm 22mm

Gear wrenches<< very handy
10mm 12mm 14mm 17mm 19mm

Ratchets
1/4 3/8 1/2

Sockets
1/4 deep and shallow 10mm 12mm 14mm

3/8 deep and shallow 10mm 12mm 13mm 14mm

1/2 deep and shallow 14mm 17mm 19mm 21mm 32mm axle socket

Oxygen sensor socket

Breaker bars 1/4 3/8 1/2

Extensions 1/4 3/8 1/2 various lengths

Needle nosed pliers

Small vice grips

Flare nut wrenches
10mm 14mm 17mm

Screwdrivers
Various sizes Phillips and straight.

Allen head socket
3/8 drive 10mm or 1/2 drive. I prefer 1/2

Timing tensior tool

1/4 drive dewalt impact. << highly reccomend

1/2 drive air impact or 1/2 drive dewalt.

Magnet

Magnet trays to hold bolts and ect.

Regular slip joint pliers

Trim clip removal tool

Vss replacement tool. I had one of these but sold it. Very handy tool to replace those leaky valve stem seals with heads on.

Cam seal driver

Gasket scraper

Ball joint/tie rod separator

3lb or so hammer

I know I prolly left out a few so feel free to add your suggestions or tools that you use or have found that work good on our cars.

[mykiss69]

Forgot the multi meter. Great for testing electrical componets. Also a 8 mm socket for removing the isc motor. Also along with the 1/4 dewalt impact a nice set of Phillips bits work great for taking screws out of our cars. Sometimes some of the screws like to strip out and these work great to keep it from happening. A 1/4 and 3/8 socket bit works good also. A nice tap and die set is also a nice thing to have on hand for fixing threads. Just make sure it has a 10mm 1.0 pitch tap for cleaning out the threads on the bak of the crank that the flywheel bolts to. I have had to fix these on 2 different engines.

[dbest671]

You forgot band-aides and electrical tape.. and a good torque wrench.

[mykiss69]

Lol yeah bandaides are a must on these cars.

[DJ Kontakt]

A few additions:

Double up on the 14mm and 17mm box wrenches to hold nut / bolt combos in place

1/2" torque wrench 150ft lb+

3/8" tq wrench accurate down to 10 ft lb

14mm ratcheting wrench

clips to hold timing belt in place

Mechanics Analog Multi Tool (Big ass flathead screwdriver) VERY IMPORTANT!!!

[lawdogg]

For normal stuff:



For complicated stuff:



oh and

[TUFFTR]

Driveshaft removal tool ($70 approx)
Timing tensioner tool
Cam lockers (debateable but they've saved me a few times, better to have then not)
Fluid transfer tool

[mykiss69]

Originally Posted by TUFFTR

Driveshaft removal tool ($70 approx)
Timing tensioner tool
Cam lockers (debateable but they've saved me a few times, better to have then not)
Fluid transfer tool

Drive shaft removal tool? Not familiar with that one.

[mykiss69]

Originally Posted by lawdogg

For normal stuff:



For complicated stuff:



oh and

lol for sure

[badandy247]

Originally Posted by mykiss69

Drive shaft removal tool? Not familiar with that one.

Not sure what he's removing his with, but I used a socket wrench

Removed old DS, replaced with PST aluminum DS took maybe 20 mins no special tools needed.