6GC Tools, What to buy? Options

[WALKER]

Hey guys,

Just wanted to get some advice on what tools should be on the must have if you plan on doing all your own work on your celica? I haven't really read through all that much of the BGB, just skimmed parts. I have never really undertaken all that much of my own work on my own vehicles, but would like to start doing all my own work so I don't keep paying the big bucks for simply jobs.

So basically, what are the list of tools that should be purchased. Below is what I was thinking of purchasing, but please let me know your thoughts and opinions. I don't really need to know about brands, since everyone has their own opinion and I have read quite a few of yours about Craftsman, Snapon, Stanley, Mac, etc., I will form my own opinion from my own research (plus I have my own opinions already!)

3/8" torque wrench (~25-250 in.lb. torque)
1/2" torque wrench (~30-250 ft.lb. torque)
3/8" and 1/2" Metric Hex Bit Socket Set (#10,12,14,17,19) <-- I believe most of the bolt on our car are metric. Any others?
3/8" and 1/2" ratchet + breaker bar
Spark Plug socket
Extensions

Please add to the list what other tools you would recommend or delete from my list.

[lagos]

air tools are bad news when you are first starting out. youll end up striping all your bolts and you cant always use them for everything. they should be something you look into down the road, once you start working on the car a lot.

As for a tap and die set, are they quite easy to use? I guess I am wondering if I would be able to tap the exhaust manifold for an EGT myself?

get a basic metric tap and die set. i got one at a local hardware store for 30bucks. why do you need one? its a great tool to use to fix striped threads. you can just go over an existing bolt that dosnt want to smoothly go in, and clean the threads off. should be able to fix most stuff this way, for the really damaged ones you can get a heilcoil kit. just remember that tap and die sets are measured by the thread size and not the bolts head. so you need something like a 4m-10m 1.25 for most of the bolts.

This post has been edited by lagos: Aug 11, 2006 - 12:45 AM