>trying to fix my car on my own recently >fixed it after

>>17410125
Metric and imperial ratchet and spanner set. Rubber mallet. Wire brush and threadlocker. That should be enough for most work

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>>17410125
Sometimes I wish I had a single, big box where everything had its own designated place, but at the same time I know there isn't much point since I've already got most/all the tools anyways

I ended up just making myself a larger box to keep a good sized assortment of tools and other stuff I might need along the road. Putting a full set down there would be more neat, but as I said; no point

It has since had a few more additions; some fluids, a couple more wrenches as having 19mm as the biggest available can be shit, bolt cutters, blacksmiths hammer and a fault-code reader/deleter

>>17410125
If you're keeping it in your car, have some duct tape handy too. I think japs have zips and something to make holes with too.

>>17410125
i have a cheap plastic toolbox filled with hand-me-downs from various father figures. never paid for tools in my life.

i have a shitload of metric crescent wrenches older than i am, about 3 different socket wrench sets that are all missing pieces, and various sized pliers and grips.

>>17410157
>jack
>jack stands
>extensions
>ratcheting wrenches
>screwdrivers
>dykes
>pliers
>wire strippers

I'm surely going to buy a nice little set of spanners, those with every side of the spanner having different key size (so it'll take less space). My current "set" consists of random keys i was buying when i needed them, i can never say which keys i do have and which i don't.

I already have torx set and proper allen key set, multimeter, i'll get proper screwdrivers and maybe a torque wrench (while the toolbox is portable, it'll be used mostly at home, so it's not emergency package).

>>17410157
>rubber mallet
i fail to see where it might be necessary. I mean, i'm sure it could be useful in some situations, but i don't see how it might be something truly irreplaceable. Or am i wrong, and is it actually super useful?

>>17410180
sure, zip-ties are necessity everywhere. I keep bunch of those in my car, has already come in handy couple of times.

>>17410186
I consider those to either be too big for a toolbox, or they go in my general purpose tool kit and not in the car box

>>17410198
rubber mallet is great for stuck bolts when you don't want to take a chunk out of your ratchet, or for softly beating rusted bolts free.

To be used in sync with PB blaster, probably mostly for frame/suspension bolts.

>>17410224
I always used wd40 and just hit the wrench with my hand, haven't broken it yet (neither hand nor wrench). But now when i think about it, it sounds way better to have a rubber hammer for this purpose. This tool was never popular in my house, maybe it was wrong.

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>>17410125
I'm of the opinion that one can never have too many tools.

Garage journal is a great resource for tool discussion and reviews