McLaren Tech toolbox tour
 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i15y9lW_Sew&ab_channel=ToolBoxTours

Warning: 45 minutes...

A bit easier to watch in place

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10 mins in. Holy carp, seriously cool stuff!

Some very cool stuff in the video. I'm going to be looking into the electrical connectors in the video. The guy is seriously anal which is probably a good thing when you're working on those sorts of cars.

Holy crap that’s a lot of $$$$ in tools and cabinets!

I need to get a new tool cabinet but I can’t believe the costs.

Check ebay, Craig's list, etc. Snap-on boxes often show at half new price or less. Snap-on dealers often repo boxes as well. On the other hand, most do it yourself guys can function quite well with big box store boxes. Not necessarily the cheap range, but a decent box with enough storage, a minimum of 18 gauge steel, good load bearing ball bearing slides, etc. Lots of youtube videos on what to look for, brand comparisons, etc.

On the video itself, it sort of surprised me that mainly hand tools were used to wrench on McLarens. Also, how little of the car is magnetic, and more. Obviously, a special technician for a special car. But after a bit of thought, I could understand why. The monetary value of the pieces in play, hand tools would mean the least risk of anything being damaged. A ton of care is required. After all, you're not going to call the local FLAPS for parts.

I suspect there's lots of titanium, aluminum, carbon fiber, and possibly magnesium.

Yes, hand tools may be slower, but they are safer. How many of us have had some numbskull put lug nuts on with an impact too tight or cross threaded? Hand tools mean much higher levels of control than something like an impact running and high RPM.

I thought it was interesting and cool that he used so much painters tape to protect things from scratches, under the car and everything, but then it makes sense if you're talking about a multi-million dollar car which some of the super low production McLarens are.

What I thought was cool were some of the tools that I hadn't seen (or had seen and forgotten about).

stubby sockets, cool! There have been times when a regular 1/2" drive socket wouldn't fit, so then maybe you try a 3/8 or you have to go to a ratcheting gear wrench.

Then wrenches, another cool thing, sometimes a regular thickness wrench is too much.

sockets with built in u-joints are cool, and I think he had them both regular and impact rated.

His green fetish was a little odd, but it was cool that there was a reason behind it, at least, initially, easy visibility in a project (engine compartment, etc...).

Not bragging because I know several guys here and not here, like at TRE, etc., that have everything that dude has in box no. 1. I have 90% of it, guessing, because I didn't watch the whole thing. Not as many items in the socket drawer but I suffer not from want or need.

Change out the air/oil separator on an M96 and you're there for tools. Not that you need that many, just that you need the accessories as much as the basics.

Trouble is, I have to go to 4 boxes to have what he has in one huge, big money box. 24" drawers are really nice.

9 years ago, we downsized from a 4br home w/2car garage to a 1br apt with no garage. I kept some sentimental tools (gifts from parents, stuff that was my dad's) and made sure that I had the basics, but I got rid of a bunch too including a couple of large toolboxes. I've got a bunch of stuff, but that guy definitely has more than I did.

Yowza, one of his SnapOn boxes was $12k!

I'd love to have a huge garage with a huge toolbox full of stuff, but I'm not terribly likely to be doing THAT much wrenching in the future. If I work on something, and I don't have a tool that I need, I buy that tool. But I don't buy tools like that guy did "just because they are cool" or "just because they are green".

Yeah, thought it was a little crazy to buy the Matco green knipex pliers...regular knipex have red handles, sell for less. Same pliers, except for the color. Also interesting that not all he uses is snap-on...Capri sockets are Tiawan made, some harbor freight roll carts, etc. I can understand why for the snap-on chest though. Pros open & close those drawers many times a day, the home DIYer maybe a few times a week. My USA made Craftsman "Ball bearing griplatch" of 3 stacked chests probably wouldn't hold up over a few years of professional use, but works fine for me. Do wish I'd gone for more capacity though, both in depth and width...some of the drawers getting pretty stacked up. Anybody looking at rollaways, I'd suggest buying around 30% more capacity than you think you'll need, because you will fill it eventually.