Re: Good toolset for beginners

["John Pardillo" <jpardillo@domain.elided>]

I'm certainly not gonna get into listing what constitutes a
good tool set. Just about any book on auto repair at the
bookstore and library will have that.
You definitely want deep sockets; I haven't had much trouble
with the wall thickness of Craftsman tools. You can't beat
the replacement warranty on Craftsman.
Your next step after basic tools would have to be a good air
compressor and some air tools.
Oh, make sure you've got a good hydraulic jack and some REAL
jack stands, the kind with the ratchet lock, not a pin.
I have a set of REAL long cheap Chinese 3/8" and 1/2" drive
extensions, like 20", 30" and 40" that have been invaluable
over the years for separating engines from transmissions and
other undercar tasks.
Just a couple of thoughts.
John
Needing to give his own tools a workout.


> Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 11:03:05 -0600
> From: Daniel Pham <dpham@domain.elided>
> Subject: Good toolset for beginners
> 
>  As my New Year's resolution, I'm aiming to do everything
> right the first
> time regardless of how long things take to do them. In my
> experiences over
> the years, my Alfa has run into a lot of problems due to
> half-as%#@ jobs. I
> was at Sears yesterday and got the bug. I'm discovering a
> lot of tools that
> would have made my life a lot easier if I actually went
> there instead of
> Autozone. My question to you all is this....what tools do
> have that you
> could not live without when working on your Alfas? An
> example is deep socket
> wrenches. Are Craftsmen wrenches too thick around the
> ends? Do you all use
> deep socket wrenches? I'm planning to do my T-belt in a
> few weeks. What
> tools do you all like for a job like that? If this is too
> basic of a
> question, what's a good book? Oh....I don't like Snap-On.
> I could buy a nice
> set of wheels for the price of a Snap On wrench. ;op
> 
> Danny
> Dallas, Texas
> 91 164L
> 91 164L (s-transmission, nice new blue paint, and for
> sale)
> 83 3.0 gtv6

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