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Originally Posted by aschen

A really nice fine tooth, soft handle, flex had ratchet is my favorite tool. Its closer to a basic tool than a luxury, but did shade tree mechanic stuff for a few years without one. I think this is the only tool I would pay full on snap on retail to replace if I had to

I great ratchet, preferrably with the toggle switch (as pictured) vs rotating switch is great. I also really found these to be extremely useful.



I had an old low profile aluminum racing jack back before they got cheap at Harbor Freight. That was also useful.

I loved having an air compressor, but I got more use out of it for home repairs/upgrades than I did working on the car.

A comfy low profile creeper is also nice.