Your top ten tools...

[AndreasK]

(or 5 or whatever, ten just sounded good with top and tools )... to keep in the car, and your top 3 spare parts.

Please state your MY, maybe it will become a list for others to get tips from to Mine is a 77.

I´m new to Porsche ownership, and I need to put together a tool kit to keep in the car.

[GH85Carrera]

Heat and AC in the garage, scissor lift, beer fridge, oversize 3 car garage with a bathroom in the garage.

The rest of the tools are just tools. After 40+ years of working on my Porsches I have collected many hand tools. From the 3 foot 3/4 inch drive pull handle for the rear axle nut to 6 mm box/open end I use on occasion. Air compressor and impact wrenches are a great invention and a must have if you do a lot of work on the cars.

1974 914 2.0 sold in the late 1990s.
1985 911 3.2 that is the current toy.
2017 Macan that is way too new to need anything done to it.

[shadowjack1]

My lift in the Air conditioned garage, air compressor and fridge with H20 and beer.

[AndreasK]

All good, but a beer fridge and scissor lift is a bit hard to put in the car

(Highlighted that part in my post afterwards)

[seafeye]

1) My fluke multimeter
2) power probe II (wonderful tool)
3) Dremel
4) Bench Vise
5) Craftsman socket set
6) Jack stands x 4
7) Good Sturdy Jack
8) socket extensions
9) small butane torch
10) drill with wire brushes

[Dpmulvan]

Scissor lift, heat, battery impacts, compressor, mig and tig, angle grinder, vintage pin up girl collection, Sirius radio set to grateful dead channel.

[GH85Carrera]

For just carrying around in the car, can of fix a flat, tire plugs and air compressor. Also a large trash bag to put a tire into if I had to change the tire. Cell phone to call roadside assistance.

Spare DME relay, 18 inch long piece of string trimmer line to open the gas cap if the gas flap cable breaks and a small vice grips and screw driver set.

[pampadori]

I'm sticking to hand tools for my answer. I don't keep these in the car all the time but they are my most used tools I guess so thats why i'm mentioning them. #4 is porsche specific and should always have one in the car along with a spare belt.

1. A 1/4" drive set of these (6mm - 14mm). I have a 3/8" drive set of larger sizes.


2. Short and long allen sockets


3. REVERSIBLE rachet wrench set:


4. Fan pulley wrench:


5. o ring hook/picks. Good for more than just removing o rings:


6. Nice slip joint pliers:

[djdsc]

For the garage: metric tap & die set and thread chasers, air compressor.

I don't mind walking into the house for a beer, you have to stretch sometimes.

[Luccia at Pelican Parts]

Since you're new to P car ownership I thought I'd share our extensive tool catalog with you. Be sure to give it a peek for anything you may need for your P car and garage.

Automotive Tools, Shop Tools, Hand Tools, Power Tools, Specialty Tools - Pelican Parts

[Canada Kev]

Something like this would be good - My home made tool kit. I always carry my tire pump, tire plug kit, fix a flat, a DME relay (3.2 with Motronic injection), and the aforementioned piece of weed whacker string. My out of town kit has duct tape, black tape, a multi meter, and something similar to the stuff in the link I posted above.

[theiceman]

1. flashlight that goes on your head ( they never break down when its light out and you have to hold tools )
2. Pulley holding tool ( try that with ANYTHING else
3. Spark Plug removal tool ( see above )
4. Telescoping magnetic pickup.

The rest are just regular everyday tools

[86 911 Targa]

Patience, and, lots of it.....................

[911 Rod]

Duct tape ....that's all you need.

[Ayles]

Spare parts:
Spark Plugs, belts, oil and fuel filter and a stash of crush rings.

Tools
I love my 1/2" torque wrench.

Other things I couldn't live without - 6ton jack stands, motive power bleeder, telescoping mirror and a length of pipe in case you need some extra leverage.

[dwelle]

AAA card...

[pwd72s]

If air cooled, spare fan belt and the tools to replace. Do NOT drive with a missing belt, your engine will fry pronto. After that, the ability to change a flat. Scissors jack was mentioned earlier. Much safer than the factory jack. A 19mm socket and 1/2" drive breaker bar make a much better lug wrench than the factory supplied.

Beyond that, it's all extra, depending on your taste.

That's in the car...for home, you'll figure out what you need and want as you go along. If you find yourself really getting into it, might as well buy a good multi drawer tool rollaway. It will get filled.

[McLovin]

Top 5 more less common things (not counting wrenches, sockets, etc) that I use all the time:

1) Air compressor. So many uses for that, I can't imagine any serious work, over time, without it.

2) Professional paint guns. Regular size and touch up size. Painted so many things over the years. Rarely an entire car (but done it), but lots of engine bays, mirrors, spot repairs, spoilers, bumpers, etc. etc.

3) Digital multimeter. Can't really do much without that, esp. on DME/Motronic cars.

4) Propane torch. $10 from any hardware store, used often for so many things.

5) Dremel and angle grinder. Dremel for small jobs, angle grinder for large. Really a must for cutting, shaping, etc. things.

[Bob Kontak]

For the car.......

A high quality set of jumper cables

For the 77, a genuine fuel pump relay. They have to be pushing $40 now

Alternator/fan belt and associated tools (part of factory kit)

Tire repair worm kit with the glue and a couple of pliers to pull the nail out.

Functional Mini compressor (factory supplied?) or a robust bicycle pump. Bike pump would be lighter.

As noted duct tape, Gorilla Tape specifically.

JB Quick and little mixing sticks.

Fuses, wire strippers with crimp function (spend $30 on this), some 14 or 16 gauge wire (a roll of it), tube connectors that you crimp.

Multi meter - watch youtube vids to figure out how to use. It's easy. Practice before your road trip.

Quality headlamp as noted and magnetic or claw pickup extension.

Mirror on an extension stick.

No excuses breaker bar with six point 19MM socket if tire is gone. Have seen them be over 150 ft lbs to remove. Worm repair is doable in place.

Small blanket to lay on. Roll of paper towels and a tube of orange hand cleaner.

Keep the owafit plastic gloves for the concours.

[inaminit]

For a 996:
The regular tool kit that came with the car. A durametric kit with cable and software cd. An LN removal and install kit. Not tools: a rear seal and the pelican IMS bearing kit. (this car does not yet have the LN IMS bearing installed)