What tools have proved to be invaluable to you?

[Mopar Hunter]

10mm socket when I can find it.

 

[f569]

Sky hook
Sausage roller
Bacon stretcher
Left handed smoke shifter

I never go camping w/o them!

 

[451Mopar]

This OTC ball joint kit gets alot more use than I thought it would for U-Joints, Suspension bushings, and other places where a small press is needed.
Also, works for the Ram 3500 Ball joints I bought it for:
Ball Joint Super Set | Ball Joint Remover Tool | OTC Tools

 

[AR67GTX]

Innova 5568 timing light - dial back timing, tach, dwell, voltmeter - all in one device. Great to have a tach on the same device to plot your advance curve while timing. Just keep the inductive pickup away from the exhaust manifold as it’s plastic and doesn’t like heat (as I found out).

Amazon product ASIN B000EVU8J8

 

[T2R9]

My lift. Oh god it's a game changer!

 

[Basket case]

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[ct71rr]

My Wen 1/2” belt sander. I have two of them. I dropped the first on and broke the on/off switch, bought a replacement and then found I could order a replacement switch ($7) and fixed it. They cost about $38 and I use it a ton on my project car - spot weld removal, plug weld grinding, sanding hard to reach places, wood projects too.

 

[PlymCrazy]

Has (2) settings. Does a phenomenal job at lighting the engine bay. Cordless and has foam pads where it makes contact with the hood.

 

[chargervert]

My right hand assistant George!

 

[PlymCrazy]

M18 Milwaukee. I believe 2200 lumens IIRC. Collapses for easy transport around the shop. When I brought the Duster home, the shop was still without electric. No heat either. In the dead of a NY winter. I used this as my main source of light as I made wiring repairs to the engine harness that was threatening to burn the car down when I brought it home. Chiseled away at it an hour here and there for several weeks. This light always reminds me of that time of intimacy with the Duster.

 

[blue69runner]

Beed brakers from east wood. Just don't have a lift yet. Tig welding set up. Would not be without it.

 

[Bob Sawyer]

My MIG welder. If I had to sell every tool I own, my MIG welder would be the last to go.

 

[kiwigtx]

and the good old wire coat-hanger.

 

[chargervert]

I am finding the scissor lift to be quite helpful doing body and paint work!

 

[DeltaV]

MAPP gas torch
Brass drift

 

[PlymCrazy]

2-post Rotary

 

[3sloppydogs]

My glasses

 

[padam]

I am finding the scissor lift to be quite helpful doing body and paint work!

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Was just bidding on one of those at an auction but it went to high

 

[padam]

Strap on head lamp.

 

[PlymCrazy]

Strap on head lamp.

Couldn’t agree more there. My son bought me one a couple Christmas’s ago. They can always tell where I’ve been with the mark it leaves on my forehead lol.