I've just been thinking, I love my tools. What are your top 3 rated tools. They need to be related to VWs in some way. If it's an odd tool post a pic.:thumb

Here I go...

1. Shed, having been without one, I cherish my shed now. 4x12 metres of noisy, dirty paradise.
2. Esab MIG welder, single best and most expensive tool I ever bought. Also saved me lot's cash doing things myself instead of paying others.
3. Bosch 4.5 inch angle grinder, this goes hand in hand with my welder. mmmm, grindage.

BTW, if you are industrially challenged (Ie. untrained in tooling), don't hold back, you might like to include your fave polishing cloth or something.

My Bloody Big Hammer!

ooh, and my home made engine stand,


Wiring tools, every vw I have had has had its wiring trashed in its life.....

My most used tool when it comes to VW's??


MY BLOODY VISA CARD!!!

lol... my wallet



Then a 13mm spanner

Shovel, so I can dig a hole when ever I need to jack up my car. What do you mean its too low?

it would have to be my spanners

12 point star drive for cv's
17mm Hex socket for irs pivots and gearbox drain plugs
and Valium and anti-inflammatories for me

Undoutabley full metric set of Dowidat open enders.
Skinny and strong. made for volks engines.
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dad - because he can fix my car
phone - to call NRMA when dad isnt around
wallet - helps me convince people other than dad or the NRMA to fix my car

i really should learn how to fix my car :bounce

My 'Top three tools' would be:

* The axle nut socket and 3/4 inch drive breaker bar to suit.
* My feeler guages/spanner/blade screwdriver to adjust the valve clearances.
* My FBH.

Others would include:
A set of Snap-on spanners (Metric).
M8 1/2 inch drive socket (The 12 spline inhead socket).
And the trusty old Milo Can... For those monthly oil changes.

-Staggers.

monthly oil changes, either you're doing a lot of kays or you're changing your oil a little too often.:duh

My modified spark plug tool & modified spanner for IDA manifold removal.

It's bloody tight in there...!!!!!!

ANd my snap-on rachet screwdriver. :thumb

[ Edited on 17-7-06 by Craig Paton ]

- my especially bent tappet cover bail putter onerer
- M9 x 1.25 Helicoil kit for fixing kombi exhaust studs
- 8mm tube spanner for removing kombi tailight housings

top 10 tools i'd love but dont have..
1. hoist
2. gearbox drain plug spanner
3. pump to put oil in the hole left by 2
4. compressor and accessories
5. magnetic spark plug socket
6. a decent grease gun
7. a maid to clean up the shed
8. a detective to find all the things I cant find because I dont have 7
9. trolley jack with 150mm more lift
10. a fatter wallet or a VW that doesnt need any of the above.

top tools

Hazet tool for removing dash board switches

centre pin of a beetle gearbox for clutch alignment...

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Compressor
3/4 rattle gun
40 pound sledgehammer with one side of the head an axe (actually a log splitter)

Yeah ya can't forget that input shaft Empi!
Hehe oh it's so fun without it!
-Staggers.

My Torque-Meister axle and flywheel nut remover and do-er-upper tool.
Formula Vees like to loosen their axle nuts.
Flywheels can be a prick to get off. Axlenut can be nigh on impossible when the grubby old gearbox is found in the bush and the axle nut is rusted on.
And both can be an issue to get done up tight easily.
Ive been down that idiotic road of freakin great breaker bars, big sockets, frikken lengths of steel pipe, big hammers and trying to sprag the flywheel/drum/wheel.

Bah! What a complete wank.

This thing is a godsend. Best 50 bucks I ever spent.
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Gotta got the clutch alignment tool aswell!!
Followed by pro tappet adjusting tool(Hollow hex tube spanner with handle offset for screwdriver)
And the almighty FLYWHEEL LOCK i love that thing.

Yeh the mig and big arse trolley jack are cool to but the above have gotta top my vw tool list

yeah fly wheel locking tool a must

1. Grinder
2. Welder
3. Me

......cut, weld, drive.....:P

factory - contains everything i need!
air compressor - runs every tool i use
my bag of spare plugs, wires, fuses, nuts and bolts

My fave tools

1- Factory Workshop manual
2- Patience
3- Band-Aids and Antiseptic.

- Adam

There is no way You can even think of working on A VW with only 3 favorite tools....

I have a tool to pull just about everything apart....
here are the 17mm spanners....

17mm open ended flat....17mm ring spanner....
17mm angled ring spanner.....
17mm more angled ring spanner.....
17mm short open ended flat.... 14mm other end
17mm long open ended flat .... 17mm ring spanner

and Not Forgetting the Large Shifting spanner.... lol..

Lee

Clutch aligning tool???

Since the 1970's I have used a length of stainless steel bar and electricians insulation tape. You build the tape up on the end to fit spiggot then slide clutch plate on and mark where it sits in relation to the length of bar then take out and build up tape for clutch centre. Has worked on many different brands of cars over the years. My first version of this tool was a length of wooden dowelling.

Whats a monkey wrench?

anywho...

I agree with Lee, were would we be without our 17mm

Other than that, a brain helps... if correctly calibrated.