What’s In My Tool Box? | UK Mobile Mechanic Tool Tour 2026 — Transcript

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1. 0:00Look at that squirrel.
2. 0:02On to the video. In today's video,
3. 0:05I'm going to be showing you all the
4. 0:06tools I use as a mobile mechanic,
5. 0:08from my power tools to my main toolbox,
6. 0:12to specialty tools,
7. 0:14and diagnostic equipment. I'm going to
8. 0:16give you guys a little bit of background
9. 0:17before I start the video. Um I'm a young
10. 0:20mechanic based in Manchester. I range in
11. 0:22from doing services
12. 0:24to car playing installations
13. 0:27to modifications
14. 0:29and break work. I don't get into any
15. 0:32serious engine work or major things such
16. 0:35as timing belts
17. 0:37or gearbox rebuilds, engine rebuilds.
18. 0:41It's more mainly light stuff, but soon
19. 0:43in the future I'll be scaling up
20. 0:46and I'll be moving over to those things.
21. 0:47So, let's get into the talk. We're going
22. 0:49to start off with the roof of the
23. 0:50toolbox. I've got these amazing Blue
24. 0:53Point double box ratcheting
25. 0:56spanners.
26. 0:59They're absolutely amazing. I love them.
27. 1:01I've been wanting them for a really long
28. 1:03time.
29. 1:04The engaging on them is incredible.
30. 1:07Just listen to that. Of course, it is
31. 1:09reversible.
32. 1:10And it's easy to click.
33. 1:12It ranges from 19 to
34. 1:158 mm.
35. 1:19And I've got some magnets on the back of
36. 1:21it. Then I've just got my 10 mil for
37. 1:24anything quick access.
38. 1:26And then I've got my brake holder here,
39. 1:28my brake caliper holder.
40. 1:29These magnets are too strong.
41. 1:33Snap-on
42. 1:34uh flathead screwdriver. I kind of do
43. 1:37use it as a pick, but even though I'm
44. 1:38not supposed to.
45. 1:40I've got my quick access pick there, and
46. 1:42then I've got a magnetic
47. 1:45telescopic like picking up device. This
48. 1:47thing's amazing.
49. 1:49If you don't have one, get one.
50. 1:51Impact
51. 1:52driver extensions.
52. 1:54Then at the back I've 1/2-in
53. 1:57deep impact. Over here is 1/2-in chrome.
54. 2:03Over here is torques. Then it changes
55. 2:05into hex. Over here is 3/8 from 24 mil
56. 2:10to 10 mil.
57. 2:11All of this is Blue Point. A couple of
58. 2:13them snap-on
59. 2:15like my 10 mil.
60. 2:17I'm probably going to lose this because
61. 2:19for some reason they like to grow a pair
62. 2:20of legs and run away.
63. 2:23Then over here is my 1/4-in from 14 mm
64. 2:26to 5 mm. And then I found these really
65. 2:29handy.
66. 2:30This is a universal joint socket. It's
67. 2:3210 mil, 1/4-in.
68. 2:35Very, very handy.
69. 2:37I've also got that in 8 mil.
70. 2:39Then over here I've got my small hex
71. 2:41bits.
72. 2:42That goes up to 10 mil. It is very
73. 2:44useful and very small.
74. 2:47And of course my plus and flat. If you
75. 2:49get a little bit closer, I've got my
76. 2:51extensions over in these channels in
77. 2:54that sense. Those are my 1/4-in
78. 2:56extensions.
79. 2:57Then here's my 3/8. And I keep this one
80. 3:00on hand. It's just a 1-in 3/8 extension.
81. 3:04And here are my ratchets.
82. 3:07So firstly,
83. 3:08this is my favorite ratchet. When I
84. 3:09started out, I was just a home mechanic.
85. 3:13Then a lot of my friends said, "Why
86. 3:14don't you start a mobile mechanic or
87. 3:16mobile services?" So this is the first
88. 3:18ever ratchet that I bought. It's from
89. 3:19Welsh. It's a It sounds German, but it's
90. 3:22actually a company from Wales. And it's
91. 3:25telescopic.
92. 3:27It's a locking flex head. And honestly,
93. 3:29for the money I paid for it, I got the
94. 3:32whole set, 1/4-in, 3/8, and 1/2-in. It
95. 3:35is amazing.
96. 3:37There is a Of course, there's a little
97. 3:38bit of play in the head.
98. 3:40But what do you expect? And the It does
99. 3:44bend a little bit, but the soft grip is
100. 3:45really nice. I've been using this for
101. 3:48nearly a year now, and it's held really
102. 3:49well. There is a rebuild kit online, so
103. 3:52if the mechanism does fail or if it's
104. 3:55getting a bit rough, of course you can
105. 3:56order it online and it's not even that
106. 3:58bad. Honestly, I would really recommend
107. 4:01this.
108. 4:02Then I've got my standard, this is a 100
109. 4:04100 teeth, just a standard 3/8. Uh this
110. 4:07is just for any normal work I'm doing.
111. 4:10That's pretty nice.
112. 4:12Over here I've got the same thing in 1/4
113. 4:14in.
114. 4:15Also telescopic. Honestly, I think I
115. 4:18bought it for 75 for the whole set.
116. 4:22And I can't complain.
117. 4:25Also,
118. 4:28and then here's something that you guys
119. 4:30might have not seen before.
120. 4:32I'm not sure what brand it is. It
121. 4:33literally just says chrome vanadium
122. 4:352007. But when you're in some tight
123. 4:37working spaces, when you cannot get any
124. 4:39leverage, over here,
125. 4:43you see that?
126. 4:47Amazing.
127. 4:50Can anyone tell me what brand this is
128. 4:51because it's amazing. I've used it so
129. 4:52much and it's always saved me.
130. 4:56It even goes reverse.
131. 4:59Nice little hook here.
132. 5:00I do have the 1/2 in ratchet, however,
133. 5:02it is just in there.
134. 5:04Over here I do have the breaker bars.
135. 5:06That's 1/2 in and 3/8.
136. 5:09I added my own little soft grip. These
137. 5:12are
138. 5:12impact rated ones and over here is my
139. 5:16Snap-on 17
140. 5:18mm impact. I use this
141. 5:21the most frequently.
142. 5:22I buy and sell tools online, so when I
143. 5:25seen this,
144. 5:27it was a single item. I just was like,
145. 5:28I'm going to keep this and sell the
146. 5:30rest.
147. 5:31In this corner over here, this is a Blue
148. 5:34Point sump plug removal
149. 5:36uh set
150. 5:37and it was actually two pieces, but I
151. 5:40only bought the one.
152. 5:42It's got the odd sizes like
153. 5:45a hex 17
154. 5:47in stubby and long and you even have
155. 5:49triangle ones on some odd cars.
156. 5:52This will save you.
157. 5:54A 1/4 in
158. 5:56you know,
159. 5:57spinner in a sense.
160. 6:00It's also got an attachment here. That's
161. 6:01really useful if you need any more if
162. 6:03you need any more leverage.
163. 6:05You just grab a 1/4 in
164. 6:07put it in there
165. 6:09and now it's a ratcheting screwdriver.
166. 6:12It's pretty cool.
167. 6:15And then over here,
168. 6:17this wobble socket has saved me so many
169. 6:20times in tight cramped places.
170. 6:24Once you put this on a ratchet,
171. 6:27if we put let's say this socket on here,
172. 6:30if it goes in fully it's a normal
173. 6:32socket. Take it out a tiny bit, it's now
174. 6:35a wobble socket.
175. 6:37And this wobble socket allows you to get
176. 6:40I think it's 30° or 45° angle, something
177. 6:43like that. It is really really useful.
178. 6:45And when you do put torque on it, it
179. 6:46does stand stuff.
180. 6:48It's great.
181. 6:50We're going to head over to the drawers
182. 6:51now. This drawer over here is my bit
183. 6:54drawer.
184. 6:55Um I keep my bits inside.
185. 6:58Over here,
186. 6:59over here in the middle I've got some
187. 7:01cutting devices and I've got my trim
188. 7:02tools.
189. 7:03This trim tool is the best trim tool
190. 7:05I've invested in because I install car
191. 7:07radios and car play, this thing has
192. 7:09saved me a bunch. But when you do buy
193. 7:11this, please be careful that this is
194. 7:12metal and it will scratch the trim if
195. 7:14you are not careful. However, if you are
196. 7:16careful, everything should be okay. Then
197. 7:19this one
198. 7:20it's the same it's the same principle.
199. 7:22It's a lot thinner.
200. 7:24For example, you know these plastic
201. 7:25ones?
202. 7:26Compare the thickness there.
203. 7:30It's a decent difference. We're going to
204. 7:32For example, this one as well.
205. 7:36This one's quite thicker.
206. 7:38Over here over here I've got some more
207. 7:40trim tools.
208. 7:41Then I've just got my standard kitchen
209. 7:44scissors.
210. 7:45I've got some electrical cutters.
211. 7:48Then, over here, if you guys do
212. 7:49recognize this brand, this is Park Tool.
213. 7:51I used to fix bikes when I was younger.
214. 7:53And this was the best tool device best
215. 7:57tool
216. 7:58that I invested in
217. 8:00when I was fixing my bikes. And this
218. 8:01thing is still as sharp as the day I
219. 8:04bought it. It was actually quite
220. 8:05expensive. It was like £45.
221. 8:07Um but, I do not regret one bit. It's a
222. 8:10cable cutter.
223. 8:12Um any sort of car cable or even
224. 8:14electrical stuff, I use it to cut. And
225. 8:16it's also a crimper.
226. 8:18Amazing piece of kit.
227. 8:19On to the side over here,
228. 8:21we I have my bigger sockets. I've got
229. 8:23Loctite. I've got a feeler gauge.
230. 8:25Uh this is good if you're doing valve
231. 8:28clearance or if you're doing spark plug
232. 8:31uh adjustment. Then, I've got a lighter.
233. 8:34I see people having lighters in uh
234. 8:36tool boxes. Not because they smoke,
235. 8:38because it's just good for for example,
236. 8:40electrical connectors and stuff like
237. 8:41that. And I would definitely recommend
238. 8:43you won't be able to see it on camera,
239. 8:46but get the ones that are
240. 8:48like torches.
241. 8:50Not just standard fire ones, cuz
242. 8:52when this is on with wind, it won't turn
243. 8:54off.
244. 8:55This thing here is amazing. This is the
245. 8:57Snap-on
246. 8:59punch.
247. 9:01Honestly, the amount of power this thing
248. 9:03has,
249. 9:04like if you were trying to drill
250. 9:05something and you got it over here and
251. 9:07you just
252. 9:09You can see that. You can see that hole.
253. 9:12I love it so much. It's crazy.
254. 9:15And we have got my Swiss Army knife.
255. 9:18Of course, you got your knife, scissors,
256. 9:20you got Phillips. And this one's pretty
257. 9:22cool cuz it's got a toothpick. Has
258. 9:24anyone ever seen that?
259. 9:26Uh there's the knife.
260. 9:29Scissors.
261. 9:30Really sharp scissors, by the way.
262. 9:32Shout out to the Swiss people.
263. 9:34Everything is made in Switzerland.
264. 9:37Uh I've got a Blue Point 20 mil socket
265. 9:39just in case
266. 9:40uh, I do need it. I don't like keeping
267. 9:42it in my top box because I've actually
268. 9:44never used it. If you look at it, it's
269. 9:46literally new.
270. 9:47Um, and I keep I do love Blue Point.
271. 9:51I just don't have the money or the heart
272. 9:54to spend everything on Snap-on.
273. 9:57Talking about Snap-on,
274. 9:59if this wants to come out, I've got a
275. 10:00Snap-on pen.
276. 10:02Pretty cool. Got razor blades in here.
277. 10:05And then I actually have
278. 10:09the Mercedes nut removal device tool
279. 10:13thingy majigy.
280. 10:15Uh, good bit of tool.
281. 10:16Moving on to my first big drawer, I have
282. 10:19my screwdrivers and my wrenches here.
283. 10:23The first thing I'm going to go for is
284. 10:25this Snap-on screwdriver.
285. 10:29It has to be my favorite purchase yet. I
286. 10:30actually I've never actually bought a
287. 10:33uh,
288. 10:33tool from the Snap-on brand. I only buy
289. 10:35off Facebook Marketplace and eBay. But
290. 10:37this thing here,
291. 10:39as a mobile mechanic, space is
292. 10:41everything. So,
293. 10:43there you go. Straight flip that.
294. 10:46Now it's a flathead.
295. 10:48Flip this, now it's a plus.
296. 10:51Flip this again, back to a smaller
297. 10:53flathead.
298. 10:54Flip that
299. 10:56to a small plus or Pozidriv.
300. 11:00Pozidriv. Sorry, guys.
301. 11:04But it's a lovely handle. I have my
302. 11:06stubby
303. 11:08screwdrivers, my stubby screwdrivers.
304. 11:11Then I have a soft grip
305. 11:13bit
306. 11:14screwdriver. So, all my bits in there. I
307. 11:17can put it on here.
308. 11:19Then I have my Snap-on flat.
309. 11:22If it wants to come out.
310. 11:24Hello? Okay, he's back.
311. 11:26Um, this one just gets abused.
312. 11:29I bought it in a tool bundle. Sold all
313. 11:31the other tools. Kept this.
314. 11:33Still a beater.
315. 11:35I use it as a pry bar. I use it as a
316. 11:37punch.
317. 11:38All the things that it says don't use.
318. 11:42Over here, I've got a Snap-on a very
319. 11:44long Snap-on screwdriver. This is
320. 11:47amazing.
321. 11:48Um it gets into those tight places.
322. 11:50I really do like it.
323. 11:52And it is quite strong.
324. 11:55Uh I actually got this off Vinted.
325. 11:57Um where I'm from the
326. 11:59UK. So, Vinted is big here. It's just
327. 12:03came into the US recently. And I
328. 12:05actually got this for like 12 lb, which
329. 12:07is such a good deal.
330. 12:09Over here, I have my
331. 12:11odd sizes and the size I use the most.
332. 12:13For example, you know the 80 mm on VAG
333. 12:16group cars, the 15 mm on VAG brake
334. 12:19calipers. I have a Blue Point 10 mil.
335. 12:22Uh this is an
336. 12:23angled ratchet. So, compared to my
337. 12:27Halfords Advanced, Halfords is like I
338. 12:30guess Harbor Freight, is that what you
339. 12:31guys in America call it? Harbor Freight?
340. 12:34Or Icon in a sense.
341. 12:36Um so, this is at an angle and then this
342. 12:39is flat. Each has their own use, of
343. 12:42course.
344. 12:43Then, I've got 8 mil over here.
345. 12:46Then, I have a Snap-on small precision
346. 12:49if it focus.
347. 12:50Hello.
348. 12:52There you go.
349. 12:53Precision screwdriver, electrical
350. 12:55disconnect. I've got two punches over
351. 12:57there. I don't really use punches that
352. 12:58much.
353. 12:59And then here are my wrenches.
354. 13:02At the end, I've got a flare nut flare
355. 13:04nut spanner.
356. 13:06And then it starts from 8 mil all the
357. 13:08way to 19. Those are the common sizes I
358. 13:10use.
359. 13:13I think that's all for this tool drive.
360. 13:16If you guys have any recommendations,
361. 13:18please do let me know. I will be reading
362. 13:20every single comment down below.
363. 13:23Next drawer, we have our pliers drawer.
364. 13:26I actually do love this drawer.
365. 13:29Not only because my baby's here, the
366. 13:30Nipex Cobra.
367. 13:32You guys have probably heard so much
368. 13:34about this and
369. 13:37with re- with with some reasons, of
370. 13:39course.
371. 13:39Um it's made in Germany. It is a very
372. 13:42good water pump plier. It can be used on
373. 13:44nuts. It can be removing um
374. 13:47stripped screws. It can be strip
375. 13:50fasteners, as you guys in America call
376. 13:52it, or removing um I've used it on a lot
377. 13:55on number plates. You know number plates
378. 13:58in the UK, it's always raining. Those
379. 14:00number plate bolts always always always
380. 14:04just corrode and deteriorate so much.
381. 14:06So, this thing, once you have a grip on
382. 14:08that, it's not letting go. And it's a
383. 14:10locking water pump plier. It gets very
384. 14:13big.
385. 14:15And if you seen the adverts for this,
386. 14:16you can literally step on this.
387. 14:19It's a nifty bit of kit, I would say.
388. 14:22Over here, I've got my long reach plier.
389. 14:24I actually got this from the car boot
390. 14:25sale for £3, absolute bargain. Does what
391. 14:28it needs to do.
392. 14:30Uh car boot sale is basically like a
393. 14:31garage sale or like a flea market to my
394. 14:33American viewers. Over in the here, I
395. 14:36have electrical disconnect pliers. These
396. 14:38amazing. These were actually cheap. I
397. 14:40got them from eBay. It was a set for
398. 14:42like £9. When I do need to use them, I
399. 14:44use them. Over here, I have my picks. I
400. 14:47have big ones like this one. I actually
401. 14:49sometimes use this as a punch and I
402. 14:50shouldn't be using it as a punch. I've
403. 14:52got my long reach picks over here.
404. 14:5590° pick. I've got my scraper there.
405. 14:59A hook pick. And then I have my
406. 15:01precision pliers over here.
407. 15:03Um these are quite good. I used to own
408. 15:05the Blue Point ones, but honestly, I
409. 15:06wasn't using it that much, so I sold
410. 15:08them and I got US Pro. US Pro's like
411. 15:11a budget friendly brand
412. 15:14here in the UK.
413. 15:15Uh 90° pliers, coolant hose pliers over
414. 15:19here.
415. 15:20Uh this is very useful.
416. 15:22Needle nose locking vise grips.
417. 15:25And then don't get me started with this
418. 15:27one.
419. 15:28Those annoying little
420. 15:32hub screw things for the grill
421. 15:36or for the undertray
422. 15:38or for the wheel arch. They're a
423. 15:40nightmare to get off just with a
424. 15:41flathead.
425. 15:42This thing over here, this is like the
426. 15:44gen one. This is the version one. So as
427. 15:46you see, when it grabs it, it pulls it
428. 15:48back.
429. 15:51So smoothly. It's such
430. 15:54an amazingly engineered piece of gear.
431. 15:56Shoutout to China, man. Because they
432. 15:59designed this. Honestly, lovely. Over
433. 16:03here is my 90° um
434. 16:06electrical disconnect pliers. That's my
435. 16:07other vise grip. Here is my main my main
436. 16:09cutters. This is the Blue Point. Um it's
437. 16:13a bit rusty, sorry guys. It's the Blue
438. 16:15Point cutter. Very good piece of gear.
439. 16:17And then
440. 16:18slip joint pliers. Wow.
441. 16:20The grip on these, I've actually tested
442. 16:23the snap on ones. As I said, I do buy
443. 16:24and sell tools a lot on eBay. They were
444. 16:28the grip on that was insane.
445. 16:30But these are very very good and very
446. 16:32very strong.
447. 16:34In the grip, I love the grip. Nice blue.
448. 16:37Matches the SGS logo.
449. 16:40And then over here I have my Blue Point
450. 16:43long needle nose
451. 16:46pliers. And they're also cutters.
452. 16:48These are great. I should have given my
453. 16:49tools a clean.
454. 16:51My main takeaways from this is
455. 16:55if you
456. 16:56want something very strong and has
457. 16:58insane grip, grab these. If you don't
458. 17:01have needle nose pliers, you need those
459. 17:04ASAP.
460. 17:05Long reach pliers, that's also good if
461. 17:07you find yourself dropping things or
462. 17:10trying to reach down into the engine
463. 17:13bay, etc. Or if you're removing the
464. 17:16parking brake cable and it's just
465. 17:17between everything,
466. 17:19um that is also useful. If you don't
467. 17:21have a pair of vise grips,
468. 17:23that's a must cop as well.
469. 17:25And then this one, I'll link down below
470. 17:28what the actual name is. I actually
471. 17:31bought it for cheaper so I think it was
472. 17:32£7 on eBay.
473. 17:34It has saved me a lot of time, and as
474. 17:36you know, time is money.
475. 17:39Over here are the
476. 17:41gloves I use. If I'm just doing some
477. 17:43light engine work, I'll be using the
478. 17:45pink gloves. If I'm doing heavy brake
479. 17:47work or suspension work, I'll be using
480. 17:49the orange um diamond grip
481. 17:53nitrile gloves. These These things. If
482. 17:56you haven't seen the adverts for them,
483. 17:58look at them.
484. 18:07That's pretty sharp.
485. 18:09They're very, very good. They don't rip
486. 18:11like these. If I did this once, it'd
487. 18:13rip.
488. 18:15We're going to move over to the side of
489. 18:17the box.
490. 18:18This is my work light. It's magnetic.
491. 18:21It's actually from an American company.
492. 18:25It is called Infinity X1. And honestly,
493. 18:29these guys have to be one of the best
494. 18:32work light companies I have ever used.
495. 18:35Not only the battery
496. 18:38on them is amazing,
497. 18:40it is super, super bright,
498. 18:43and it's got many modes.
499. 18:46It's even got a yellow warm light if you
500. 18:48like warmer light. And on the lowest
501. 18:50mode, which is this one here, it can
502. 18:52last 16 hours. And believe it or not,
503. 18:55it's actually a power bank. So if you
504. 18:56want to charge your phone
505. 18:58or charge something else, you can charge
506. 19:00it.
507. 19:01And it's, of course, magnetic.
508. 19:04Here is another work light, and it's
509. 19:05kind of like an inspection light.
510. 19:08Um it's pretty good.
511. 19:10There's the light for smaller areas.
512. 19:12Actually, it's low battery. I should
513. 19:13charge that.
514. 19:16And then over here is my rounded nut
515. 19:20remover extractor device.
516. 19:23Uh pretty good. You smack it on a 3/8
517. 19:26impact out and job sorted.
518. 19:30We're going to be moving on to this
519. 19:32table over here.
520. 19:34So, we're going to start in diagnostics
521. 19:36section. Over here is my Kingbolen
522. 19:40K7 and this is actually a Chinese OBD
523. 19:45device.
524. 19:47It's uses the same
525. 19:50um software as Launch. So, it is quite a
526. 19:53good thing. It's got a camera as well.
527. 19:55And it is very powerful
528. 19:58for what I paid for it. I actually only
529. 20:01paid £150 for it. It's usually 220, but
530. 20:05at that time it was Black Friday and
531. 20:07there was amazing deals for it. It's got
532. 20:1028 resets,
533. 20:12ABS bleeding, ad blue reset, battery
534. 20:14matching, DPF regeneration, EGR
535. 20:17adaptation, gearbox relearn, throttle
536. 20:19relearn, injector coding, oil reset,
537. 20:22steering angle reset,
538. 20:24stop start delete, uh seat calibration,
539. 20:27TPMS reset, tire size adjustment,
540. 20:29windows calibration. It's got a whole
541. 20:31bunch and it is uh wireless and the
542. 20:35range is very good. It's bidirectional,
543. 20:37meaning it can
544. 20:38input things into the car and it can
545. 20:41receive the output. So, you can do
546. 20:44actuation tests, meaning if you have to
547. 20:47see which brake light is broken,
548. 20:50you can't just
549. 20:52put your foot on the brake, walk
550. 20:54outside, and see.
551. 20:55Or you're not just going to tell the
552. 20:57customer if the customer is busy, um can
553. 21:00you just sit in the car and start
554. 21:01pumping the brake or this that this
555. 21:03that. So, you can actually activate the
556. 21:05brake light from this and go outside and
557. 21:08the Bluetooth range will still reach.
558. 21:11And the battery life is great.
559. 21:13I'd really recommend.
560. 21:16And it comes in this really nice case.
561. 21:19Over here
562. 21:20is the Topdon battery tester.
563. 21:23This thing was £45. Tells you
564. 21:26um cranking test, charging test, battery
565. 21:30health status.
566. 21:32Some things that the multimeter just
567. 21:33won't be able to tell you. And it saves
568. 21:36a lot of time. You literally So, if
569. 21:38a customer's having a charging issue,
570. 21:40you literally plug that into the
571. 21:41battery. It takes a few minutes and it
572. 21:43tells you the problem straight away.
573. 21:44It's very accurate if you give the right
574. 21:47details. Of course, you need to tell
575. 21:48them if it's a AGM battery or if it's a
576. 21:50regular flooded battery. And then this
577. 21:52is my Tacklife uh digital multimeter.
578. 21:56It's really good. It's got light as
579. 21:58well.
580. 21:59As you can see.
581. 22:00Um
582. 22:01that's light.
583. 22:03And it comes with these two test leads,
584. 22:05which are really good. It's AA
585. 22:07batteries. I would have preferred if it
586. 22:09was chargeable, yet till this day I've
587. 22:11been using it for quite a few months
588. 22:12now. I've not charged it yet. If I do
589. 22:15like this, it's got long cables, it's
590. 22:17really accurate, and it's just better
591. 22:19than those AliExpress £5 ones.
592. 22:24Over here over there I've got the fully
593. 22:26automatic battery charger by Halfords.
594. 22:29This is great for recharging batteries.
595. 22:32Over here I've got a screen endoscope. I
596. 22:34actually got that from the Express as
597. 22:35well, only £20.
598. 22:37Over here is my jump pack. So, if a
599. 22:40customer's car's battery dead, it can
600. 22:43uh jump a car up to 2 and 1/2 L. And
601. 22:46and
602. 22:47it's really good because it was a good
603. 22:49price. It was only £35. It works maybe
604. 22:53four or five times.
605. 22:55Then if you're when you're doing your
606. 22:58oil changes,
607. 23:00this set over here, not only it's a sump
608. 23:03plug set, it's also washers. So, if it's
609. 23:06not the correct sump plug or if it's a
610. 23:07special sump plug, you can just give it
611. 23:09a new washer.
612. 23:10And then, here is your oil filter
613. 23:14sockets.
614. 23:15These things are really good because
615. 23:18first of all, they're 3/8, most common
616. 23:20size, and they're shallow,
617. 23:22and they're well-made. And I picked up
618. 23:24for, I believe, £15 on eBay
619. 23:28in a blow molded case.
620. 23:30And then over here, I've got my torque
621. 23:32wrenches. I do want to upgrade torque
622. 23:34wrenches as it's not the best thing to
623. 23:36cheap out on them. It goes from 1/2 in
624. 23:38to 1/4 in.
625. 23:39And then over here is a radio removal
626. 23:41set. So, when I'm doing car playing
627. 23:44stations or radio removals or if you're
628. 23:46trying to get to that heater matrix in
629. 23:48the vag group cars, this is really
630. 23:51crucial.
631. 23:52Uh as you can see, it goes from Peugeot,
632. 23:54Skoda, Becker, BMW, VW, Porsche,
633. 23:57Mercedes,
634. 23:59uh JVC,
635. 24:01Pioneer, etc.
636. 24:04As you can see, this goes into the radio
637. 24:05key inserts and you pull out the radio.
638. 24:08It's very simple. This one's actually
639. 24:10only £10
640. 24:12from Amazon.
641. 24:14And I do not regret it at all.
642. 24:17Over here is my long reach torques. I
643. 24:19don't actually keep it with me. Um I
644. 24:22only have it when
645. 24:24I need it for the job. I always do some
646. 24:26research before the job
647. 24:29to see if I do need anything like this.
648. 24:31I am looking to get a 3/8
649. 24:33impact stubby. However, these are the
650. 24:35two
651. 24:36impact guns I have. The first one is the
652. 24:39Milwaukee 1/2 in high torque impact.
653. 24:42It is very, very powerful.
654. 24:45But, it has been bashed. It has been
655. 24:47used. Uh it is the one key
656. 24:51model, meaning you can lock and unlock
657. 24:52it on your phone.
658. 24:53And it does have the modes over here.
659. 24:55Soon, I'll be upgrading this. However,
660. 24:57it is still working.
661. 25:00And then here is my
662. 25:02impact. This is what I use for engine
663. 25:03work.
664. 25:07It's got the light here. Soon I will be
665. 25:09upgrading to the Gen 3 stubby.
666. 25:12Um that is actually my dream tool.
667. 25:15And I will be getting that very, very
668. 25:16soon. And if you guys have definitely
669. 25:18seen this all over Tik Tok and social
670. 25:20media, this is the ratcheting brake
671. 25:22caliper
672. 25:24wind back tool.
673. 25:25It's for the front calipers. It's very
674. 25:27fast. It's very It's a ratcheting
675. 25:29mechanism. Goes forwards and backwards.
676. 25:31And I do recommend this. It is quite
677. 25:33cheap and saves you a bit of time.
678. 25:35And then there's a brake cleaner and
679. 25:37shop towel.
680. 25:40And then this
681. 25:42This is what I got recently. It's a
682. 25:43multi-spline.
683. 25:45Uh this is for the VAG group cars. The
684. 25:48reason I bought this, I did need a
685. 25:50stubby one because my old one
686. 25:54pretty now.
687. 25:57I typically use this to remove the brake
688. 25:59calipers off VAG group cars. And in VAG
689. 26:02group cars, they use this multi-spline
690. 26:04socket. When you buy a cheap set online,
691. 26:08it's this
692. 26:10big. And both of these are 3A.
693. 26:14And when you're behind that caliper with
694. 26:17all the ABS, the parking brake sensor,
695. 26:20the parking brake actual um module
696. 26:24itself,
697. 26:25there's just no space. When you're
698. 26:27putting it on a ratchet,
699. 26:30look how long that is
700. 26:32compared to the stubby.
701. 26:37There you go.
702. 26:39Difference is crazy.
703. 26:42Well, that's about it on the tables.
704. 26:45Under the tables is the uh specialty
705. 26:48tools and some of the tools I do keep in
706. 26:51my car. For example, this is the oil
707. 26:54filter removal set. This is for cups
708. 26:57when you can't reach it with your
709. 26:59oil wrench pliers or filter wrench
710. 27:02pliers,
711. 27:03uh this cup
712. 27:04is very handy.
713. 27:07And here's my brake rewind kit.
714. 27:10Um this is amazing. Uh
715. 27:12if you're still rewinding brakes
716. 27:16with
717. 27:17pliers or
718. 27:19water pump pliers, what are you doing?
719. 27:23This is really inexpensive. It was only
720. 27:2515 lb.
721. 27:27And the reason I was mentioned the 22 mm
722. 27:30spanner over here is because
723. 27:34you can actually
724. 27:37make the process a lot easier
725. 27:40because this is actually 22 mm. So, you
726. 27:43can put the spanner
727. 27:46on there
728. 27:47and twist it. So, you can make it very
729. 27:49tight
730. 27:51and you can twist it
731. 27:52and it makes the process a lot faster.
732. 27:55Over here is my glow plug removal set.
733. 27:58Um this is for glow plug removals in
734. 28:00diesel cars.
735. 28:02Over here is my suspension removal and
736. 28:05presses.
737. 28:07Uh that's a ball joint press. It's quite
738. 28:09handy. It's got a huge C-clamp. It is
739. 28:11really heavy. I do not keep this
740. 28:14at all times. I do keep it at the garage
741. 28:17or in my house. And when I do need it,
742. 28:20then I'll take it with me as you're not
743. 28:22always encountering a ball joint press.
744. 28:24And then this is also to remove uh
745. 28:25suspension linkage, etc. It's a very
746. 28:28handy tool. These tools were actually
747. 28:30really cheap. They are from China and
748. 28:33they aren't the best built, but it's
749. 28:36better to use this
750. 28:38than a massive hammer
751. 28:40that doesn't always get it out and
752. 28:42really does tire you.
753. 28:45That was everything in the toolbox tour
754. 28:48today
755. 28:50as a young mobile mechanic who's just
756. 28:52started out.
757. 28:54And then over here, I use these
758. 28:56British-made
759. 28:582-ton ramps with these ramp mates to get
760. 29:02the cars to be able to service and then
761. 29:05get my oil pan underneath.
762. 29:07Put a few cardboards underneath to not
763. 29:09get the customer's driveway dirty.
764. 29:11And that's it. These things Also forgot
765. 29:14to mention, guys, that that table
766. 29:16is also a trolley and it's also a
767. 29:18creeper dolly.
768. 29:20So
769. 29:23when you're wondering, "How's this guy
770. 29:24mobile?" I move everything from here. I
771. 29:27keep things in my car or I keep it in
772. 29:29the house when I'm not working cuz
773. 29:32living in the UK, if you keep anything
774. 29:34in your car, they will smash into your
775. 29:36window and steal anything. These people
776. 29:38love tools. I have to keep this in a
777. 29:40secure garage or inside my home.
778. 29:43That was all in today's video. That was
779. 29:45all my tools I use as a mobile mechanic.
780. 29:48Honestly, if you guys have any any
781. 29:51recommendations or criticism, please do
782. 29:53let leave it down below as I'll be
783. 29:55reading all the comments
784. 29:56and I'll reflect that in my future tools
785. 30:00or your advice, whether you're a
786. 30:01mechanic, mobile mechanic, or just a
787. 30:04home mechanic. I'd love to hear you
788. 30:06guys' thoughts and opinions. And that's
789. 30:08all.
790. 30:10For any video ideas,
791. 30:12link them down in the comment below and
792. 30:14I'll catch you guys in the next one.