My friends joke about me having a tool fetish. I definitely can watch a full breakdown of your toolbox. It’s always nice to know what tools i can buy to enjoy twice in my life.

@Strattos4

Ай бұрын

Yep agree, full tour of toolbox be magic.

2 things I’ve come to appreciate: Step drills; awesome to open up any hole size just a bit. Some garden hose on vice grips. Great for clamping off any soft hose like a radiator hose or fuel line.

@AlmostAverageAutomotive

2 ай бұрын

I've been a mechanic over half of my lifetime and only recently bought a stepped drill bit, and I wonder how I ever made it without one. 😂

You may not be able to sharpen those step style drill bits but if they became too blunt you can always grind them into a regular drill bit and give them a second life

If anyone reading this does Carpentry … the company, Tajima, that he mentions regarding the 1/4” bits… best chalk lines and caulking guns ever made. It’s insane how good they are relative to the standard.

I Would definitely be keen on a full toolbox tour, even a look over welding equipment and power tools.

I'd be happy if Benny broke the internet doing a tool box tour.

I have been replacing a lot of suspension components lately. Dead-blow hammer, pry-bar, breaker bar, 3 jaw puller and press tools and torque wrenches.

I'm mostly a woodworker but this is the same: starting with a cheaper tool can show you if it's useful in your shop. If it's not, no big loss. If you find you're using a tool on a regular basis, it might make sense to upgrade to a better version.... usually when it breaks.

Transmission mechanic here. My top 5 tools would be: Impact gun with a 3/8 socket adapter- makita is my brand, electric ratchet - I have Milwaukee and Matco, a good set of picks - anything with a lifetime warranty but I have snap on, flexible magnetic socket organizers - I have ezred. They really are convenient to move around while you work, Long shank, flex head, offset ratcheting wrenchs - mine are Platinum branded - I think they are sold under Mountain now, but Matco and Harbor Freight also have them. They are my favorite hand tool and one of the best investments in my tools box

Crows foot spanners are also in impact grade too when all the leverage is needed too but have never had a normal one fail yet

Thanks for the tip on and adjustable AN wrench. I didn't know about the nut size differences. For brake stuff, I've grown to love my locking adjustable wrench. Stanley 85-610. They have smooth jaws. All the others that I've seen have serrated jays and they will gouge soft fittings. Good for holding things while grinding too.

I hit pause 5 times and put 5 tools, all for around a tenner, in my Amazon basket that I know are going to make my life better 😊👍

Recently had to buy another rollcab because I ran out of room. Id love to see the tools you have modified or created to get certain jobs done. As a fellow mechanic myself, who works for an Auto sparky, I know youd have a few.

@ImPistolKnight

Ай бұрын

Custom tool #69. Got a drawer of them also haha!

Buying up a bulk lot of misc tools used solely for butchering is happening. Meams that if your in a pinch and can modify a tool to work then you dont need to hack up your main tools. The amount of times ive cut up a spanner or ground down a socket to work has being more beneficial than buying a specific tool for 1 job

My favourite recent addition to my toolbox is hose clamp pliers. $40 and saves so many headaches if your car has the spring style clamps.

@mikester1472

2 ай бұрын

These are a god send. I thought they were useless at first until I used them.

@AlmostAverageAutomotive

2 ай бұрын

Lisle 47900 Hose Remover Pliers These are a must as well, I don't know how I made it without them.

The screwdriver with socket on end is called nut drivers. With the hex key sockets the best tool is the 1/4" screwdriver which can make getting screws out quicker. For dash work the 450 mm long 1/4" extension makes life so much easier. They aren't common, one of the few tools I had to buy Stahl Wille brand.

Benny, Sydney Tools has those Drill bit sets in metric (Xtorque Brand), available in a couple different varieties, ie Colbolt, Ti coated etc.

Magnetic sockets and locking extensions for when working in hard to reach places you don't want to lose a fastener. And dead blow hammers as more force is transferred then regular hammers

One of my favourites is the rivnut gun. Handy bit of gear.

What do you keep on-hand in rattle cans? What're your go-to sprays or chemicals to get you stuck, or unstuck?

@BennysCustomWorks

2 ай бұрын

We have very little need for magic sprays in Aus tbh as rust is minimal. I just use the Valvoline WD Spray as my general go to .

@leonwardle9409

2 ай бұрын

I’ve finally found one that works, Wurth rost off black, it has graphite in it and it works well even when a thread grabs.

Adding on to the discussion about the Tajima sockets (if someone hasn't mentioned it) - you can get 1/4 socket adaptor bits to fit an impact driver. I picked up a set from Bunnings (I think they were Irwin branded) that included 1/4, 3/8 and 1/2 socket adaptors. They're usually found in amongst the drill/driver bits I wouldn't trust them for anything high torque but they're super useful for assembling small stuff

The single tool that made the biggest difference for me was getting a slip joint plier or spring clamp pliers as I call them, being able to easily remove difficult spring clams like the big ones Toyota used on intake hoses or really strong radiator clamps is worth the price of admission imo. the snap on ones are great if you can afford them, I have one made by jimy tools which I find more ergonomic, I usually pick them up before my snap on’s but I’m not sure if they’re made anymore.

I went out and almost immediately (after picking my jaw up off the floor) bought one of those radiator funnels after seeing it on your channel some years ago. Yes, they are amazing!

Impressed by that drill but set. I hadn’t heard of these. Always good to know of a high quality drill bit set.

@BennysCustomWorks

2 ай бұрын

They’re bloody awesome!

@Qualityhandtools

2 ай бұрын

Those stepped style drill bits are available from Würth, called Smart step. Offered in sets and separately.

@aaronwendt-smith5910

Ай бұрын

@beenyscustomworks any reason you don’t have a battery ratchet wrench? I think they’re amazing, really speeds things up

Flank drive spanners come in different hex offset to the angle of the handle too and a combination of inline and offset has been handy for bell housing bolts over the years. More so in tight conversions up against the firewall

i think having a sutible caliper rewind tool for the calipers with handbrakes (brumbies and l series come to mind) over using pliers is a good one

Magnet bar tool holders that mount on the wall, great time saver for high use stuff

If you do a lot of Ip tie work, flush cut pliers are great for keeping you and your mechanic from cutting themselves on jagged zip tie ends.

Saw the super stubby 1/4" drive ratchet on the truck and couldn't figure out a use. Now I'll be grabbing one next time they come around...

I love tools and this video was great! Do more of these. I cant be the only one who is obsessed with tools.

The AN adjustable is a game changer. Mine gets used multiple times a day. Best tool I've bought recently is a zero degree ratchet. Works so well when even the fine ratchet struggles.

@BennysCustomWorks

2 ай бұрын

Yeah they’re good

Not wrong about the Japanese 1/4" hex sockets, I use a Japanese brand and had to do the same thing. I just put them in a vice and went along with a grinder with a cutting wheel. The sockets I use are 1/4" hex drive deep socket with a flex joint, those things have been a god send.

To all the Aussie crew, TradeTools’ Force double ended long ring spanners are some of the best I have used. Great form factor, especially for when you are leaning on them.

Benny, Wurth, does the step drill bits metric in .5mm increments from 1 to 13 mm. We use them all day at work and can also get them loose if you lose them or break or blunt them

Benny, have you ever tried the 'right angled' ratchets where you can put the socket on and it looks like and can operate as a standard ratchet, but also if you twist the 'grip' on the handle it will also rotate the socket? really useful in REALLY tight spaces

Hard to beat Stahlwille tools.I found Snap on no good for hydraulic work

Mate awesome episode... No one ever explains this stuff, sometimes it feels like "pre requisite knowledge" is needed just to watch a KZread show.... Kinda sux so thanks.

After seeing a Milwaukee youtube ad for Step Drills, I bought a set the next day. The best thing ever. I would like to see more of Benny's workshop tools.

build for what you own, my case its 8-10-12mm t-bars and JIS screw drivers (vessel impacts) mostly motorbike stuff

If you can afford it, buy an impact wrench/rattle gun/whatever you wanna call it. Spent so many years needlessly fighting bolts with breaker bars and spanner combos. I still like to put bolts back in with manual tools to feel if its binding, but rattling stuff out is a dream.

Those tajima impact driver bits arnt a stocked line but I’m fairly confident they’re able to be ordered in at total tools If I remember I’ll have a sus in the morning

You know mechanics are on another level when they say “My 3/8th Socket Drawer” like, I have a “Socket Drawer”. One. Single. That’s it.

I would have put the impact driver gun at #1 position as biggest time saver, although I dont get the fuss over the impact driver sockets, i just have a 1/4 and 3/8 square drive adaptors and use my normal sockets, along with a 1/4 bit drive adaptor and bit set And I used to be a Ryobi guy but since switched to Milwaukee M12 and it changed my life.

@BennysCustomWorks

Ай бұрын

Tbh I had the sockets before I realised the adapters existed but it’s the most asked about tool we use on the channel by far

My fav tool in your arsenal is still that brake cleaner bottle. You helped me figure out sourcing one but here in the Murika they are SO insanely overpriced its prohibitive to buy one... and thats the way the crooks here want it. I would love to get one but its the cost of 3 cases of generic spray cans (plus the drum of cleaner).

Great video! This is one that could go on for hours, but I like how you covered the essentials and not the brand but the tool itself. In America we get wrapped around needing to have a certain brand when in reality it's not the brand it's the tool that completes the job. Certain things you can cheap out on however drill bits are definitely not one of them 😂 ask me how I know?

I love my double flex kabo ratchet spanners.

@boReys

11 күн бұрын

I've had to warranty a few of mine I use Kabo at home now and Bluepoint at work just for the easy on truck replacement.

I live in the US and don't have a that many Imperial tools, my only need is automotive use and since all my vehicles are JDM it's all metric...

totally agree with Benny , most starter / apprentice tool bundles are bulked out with stuff you will never need .. if you're starting out i think it's much better to get a 2nd hand box & pick up tools as you realise you will need them

@Low760

2 ай бұрын

If you are at a dealer, yes I'd agree.

@philtowle4683

Ай бұрын

It's also worth checking what you get for spending a little bit more. Sometimes there is a big jump in quality, or a set with slightly more in for not a lot more money.

@ImPistolKnight

Ай бұрын

Agreed, i went cheaper on my roll cab, I don’t roll it around and I’m not an every day spanner spinner. Ive built myself quite a kit over the years. Buy quality stuff where you can.

a telescopic or bendy magnet, no matter how long you are in the trade, you always drop a bolt or a nut in the most hard to reach places...

Cheers Benny for this video. I work on Subarus predominantly, like your younger self, with a few FWD Toyota 4s and 6s thrown in. I find Koken slim line 1/4” are useful for tight spaces. Also the long flex 3/8s are great for like reaching down the side of frame rails. Also specialty tools like cam gear holders are invaluable but if you can weld up a makeshift tool, do it. I don’t have a crank pulley holding tool, so just jam a socket and extensions in and bump start to remove. Trained collision repair tech, enthusiast mechanic. :)

Benny, love the vid mate, just add onto your flare nut spanners the 17/19 and 22/24 are invaluable too!!! Think diesel injectors, high pressure power steering lines etc, those sizes I got teased for buying by my boss and then he had to come to me tail between legs to borrow my 17/19 on an old tata diesel fuel injector pipes. 😂

Can you do a similar video on tools to avoid/ ones you eventually got rid of? I really enjoy trying to keep a minimal toolset but the world is full of tools that claim to solve problems

There are some great tools there that I don't have. I definitely need some of those socket mounted spanner heads They would have saved me a lot of headaches.

benny. yes the japanese 1/4" hex bits, they are slightly longer than the usa/aus gear. I bought a specific JDM Makita impact driver to run my jdm bits. I absolutely love it. might be worth getting a jdm makita impact driver, and using a makita to ryobi battery adaptoer!

Awesome vid. Very helpful.

Long series flat ring spanners were a great investment, the brand I bought replace them no question when I break one 😊

Please more tool vids!! Also would appreciate your opinion on Torque Wrenches, value, styles and accurate results.

Superb video as always!

Great educational video!

T&E tools do a spanner set called Dolphin spanners. They are now my absolute go to spanner. Strange looking design but allow you to push on the flat surface when using the ring end and fits all kinds of strange angles

Why would you use those tajima sockets over a impact wrench with deep sockets?

@BennysCustomWorks

2 ай бұрын

Less mechanical loss as the 1/4 mandrel is pressed in? They look cool? They’re from Japan? No idea, I just like them and they get asked about in every single episode I use them in

@ImPistolKnight

Ай бұрын

@@BennysCustomWorks and you literally answered my question.. i looked for these in japan and didn’t see them. Closest thing I’ve found in aus is motorbike ones from motion pro but their not as deep.

Waiting for this all day yeah da boyz

Great video Ben thanks alot for sharing this info definitely need to get some rachet spanners for myself !

Do you have a go-to brake bleeding setup? Some kind of fancy compressor powered one or anything? Or are you still on the hose-into-the-emptybottle technique?

@BennysCustomWorks

2 ай бұрын

I have a vac bleeder and a pressure bleeder. But tbh nothing beats pumping the pedal old school

Been spannering for 25 years evenings and weekends. A few of these I don't have and I will be finding the glug jug for the rad for future use

@juliangraziani7299

2 ай бұрын

Worth the money for sure. They aren't that cheap for basically a funnel.

Good stuff Benny!

Tools for the bedroom

Would like to know what torches/lighting you use. I want to invest in some torches but I despise micro USB which still seems to be common

few things. I find most of the new sockets that have the sizes printed on suck.... only buy stuff with it stamped in. Milwaukee elec soldering iron, never go back to gas or leads. And those quick solder joiners are a godsend under dash’s etc, worth the money when you need them, good for a breakdown kit also cause you only need a lighter. And over the years i made a habit of never leaving a tool shop empty handed and find myself buying random stuff.

This needs to be a monthly feature.

Something similar to the tajima on Amazon by Wiha unless I'm wrong

Kinchrome do the flexible screwdriver with a 1/4" drive. I got the full sidchrome set as an apprentice, but worked on American, Australian and European buses and trucks. So i just have heaps of tools.. Gearwrench ratchets are as nice as snap on but 1/3 of the price now with snap ones price increase in the past year.

@BennysCustomWorks

2 ай бұрын

I had a flex head gearwrench the same as the snap on one I showed. They discontinued the one I had then it stripped out and couldn’t be replaced . That’s one good thing about snap on, you can get rebuild kits pretty cheaply once you’ve purchased the ratchet

@Low760

Ай бұрын

@@BennysCustomWorks yes, gearwrench is a replacement when the pawls wear out, but they are $100 vs $400 now. I've rebuilt my snap on 1/2" flex head ratchet in every function more than once in twelve years being used on trucks. I know to use them not as breaker bars too.

Tools for working on car electronics 🙂

One tool that I think are a godsend, are swivel/universal sockets. They can be so bloody handy in a tight spot like starter bolts or bellhousing bolts where you can't get to a fastener straight on, IMO the Snap-on ones are the best because the joint is tight enough that you can set the angle you need and it wont flop on you but still loose enough to work effectively - BUT - (hot tip) don't buy the Snappy ones - buy the Caterpillar ones (Made by Snap-On and cheaper) 3/8 drive imperial 3/8-3/4 p/n 9S-1747 and 3/8 drive metric 10mm-19mm p/n 9U-6124 1/2 drive imperial 1/2 - 1-5/16 p/n 246-8184 (I cant find the p/n for metric in 1/2"), Most Caterpillar hand tools are made by Snap-On and are considerably cheaper from a Cat dealer as opposed to the SO truck.

Good stuff

Force tools at Tradetools are pretty good quality. Can't fault their socket sets.

What about top 10 tools (give or take) for a p plater to carry that'll get them out of trouble.

Talk about cool tools from Japan so I can stock up next time I go

I have my SAE rollcab for working on the racecar, a Metric rollcab, many modified & specialty tools acquired over 40 years & all my specialist radio tools etc. Plus my red power tools because I am a poser!

Hey Benny, Wurth do the step drill bits in both imperial and metric, and in sets and singular. Gteat video

I wish I used my tools enough to warrent buying a heap, or better quality ...... but really can't justify it lol I bought a 200-300 metric only SP tools kit on sale with a discount code. Few extra things purchased here and there. A random set of imperial spanners and a socket set on a blackfriday sale good to goooo

17:55 why not a hex to socket adapter

I will watch an hour long video on your toolbox

That TOOLS is the amazing Well done Benny

@SHOCKcustoms

2 ай бұрын

Best spanner flipper in the business

What do you do with fluids removed from car? How where do you dispose of them?

Was in japan in oct, tried to find those fancy hex drive impact sockets you guys use. What brand are they mate?

Gian, Would you consider Benny as a "Tool"? 🤣🤣🤣

You didnt mention the ball ends on the hex bits.

pipe wrenches 😎

A spark plug gapping tool, it is cheap, handy, and accurate, and looks more professional than hitting the plug on a bench or wall and hoping you haven't gone to far when you check it with your feeler gauge, which I always seemed to do every time gapping plugs. Nearly, nearly, nearly, ah fark it to far

@BennysCustomWorks

2 ай бұрын

I just bash it against something :D

Gotta say Ben, I bought stuff from sparesbox because you offered a discount code.. what a shit it's been getting in contact with in regards to an order terrible customer care

Take out tools!? Blasphemy! I just get more toolboxes.

Your preference on torque wrenches/ brands

@BennysCustomWorks

2 ай бұрын

I have a digital snap on but used to have a kincrome micrometer type adjustment 1/2 wrench

OBD acanners

As a qualified heavy duty diesel technician, the big expensive brands simply don't make financial sense for the home gamer. Yeah I know, your spanners having Snap-On written on them is very cool, but for example half the shit in my toolbox is KC Tools stuff. Because for something you're not going to be beating on every day, they're MORE than good enough and somewhere around 1/3 the price. How often DO you use a 30mm spanner, really?

@BennysCustomWorks

2 ай бұрын

Hence me saying I’m showing the tools not the brands we’re discussing. I picked up a sweet deal on a 21-36 bluepoint spanner set at a swap meet that were barely used.

When it comes to tools you get what you pay for. Snap On tools may be very pricey, But you will spend less time replacing them under warranty then the cheaper brands. Now keep in mind. This is if you are using these tool everyday as your job. For you weekend warriors and Harry Homeowners. The cheaper tools that carry a lifetime warranty will work well for you. I have learned this the hard way. This stuff is my daily job and I have been doing it now for 33 years.

@UKMechanic

2 ай бұрын

Depends which brand I guess. I've been using Halfords Advanced for 7 years now (24 years in the trade) and never had to replace one yet. Fraction of the cost of Snap-On so I've been able to duplicate a lot of stuff for the mobile van that I couldn't have justified with Snap-On prices.

Moist

@72mardy

2 ай бұрын

Indeed

I only watched to comment, no offence but your content has gotten very boring and irrelevant in my opinion as a viewer, long uninteresting videos just because you do it once a week.. goodluck but I’m out sorry.

@Low760

2 ай бұрын

This is quite interesting actually. Especially long term. But you obviously only like action videos which I find a bit boring.

@UKMechanic

2 ай бұрын

Irrelevant is a interesting choice of words. In what is the content irrelevant? If you're into horse riding I could see it but surely you're here because cars and general mechanical stuff interests you.

@BennysCustomWorks

2 ай бұрын

Can’t please everyone I guess. Thanks for the comment though. Unfortunately I don’t have huge budgets so I do what I can.

@whadamachine

2 ай бұрын

I’m sorry it was wrong of me to say, I was just being irrational. I guess I just wanted more than a tool video, but that’s me. I’m sure it helps a lot of people it to me just won’t help my situation. But again it’s for a broader community not just myself so again, I’m sorry. I will continue to watch

I used to add a new tool to the box every 2 weeks when I was building up my box.

@BennysCustomWorks

2 ай бұрын

The snap on truck has gotten me many times

@i976scirocco3

2 ай бұрын

@@BennysCustomWorks Oh yeah, I put that guy's kid through school, lol.