Aw,tools in my garage ??? Damn,what I'd give for a proper garage even if it was only big enough to keep tools in.Have a bare earth shell with no doors that I can maybe get as far as my door mirrors in but no more and it leaves no room to work around the car.Having no door leaves it open to damp and unwelcome attention so my basic tools are there with the more expensive and sensitive gear in the house or boot.
What tools then??? That's like listing the cars I've had there is always going to be a few I forgot about till long after I posted them.To start with numerous 1/2,3/8 and 1/4 inch drive ratchets,bars and all kinds of extensions plus normal,deep and air impact sockets from 2.5mm up to 34 or 36 mm.No air wrench but you cannot break impact sockets no matter how hard you go at it.Same goes for spanners,ringed and open,swan necked etc,etc in all the sizes metric cos I just don't use imperial anymore.Also got all kinds of screw drivers,pliers,snips,metal shears,feeler gauges,compression gauge,vaccum gauge,magnahelic differential pressure gauge,spring compressors,valve spring compressors,bearing pullersrear caliper reset tools,taps n dies,vernier and caliper gauge,dial gauge,scales,infra red temperature gun,NuTools 135 Gas/Gasless Mig,digital multi meter,Sealey scan tool,piston ring compressor,torque wrench.....got a heavy 3 foot 1 inch drive breaker bar from used by truck mechanics and paid near £40 for an impact socket quality 1nch to 1/2 inch reducer for all those things that won't budge no matter what....I think my favourite tools that are so amazingly versatile it's unbelievable and that's a very good quality pair of mole grips.In fact i've got at least 4 plus half size ones,all forms of electrical tools......i'd love an oscilloscope and those cameras that you could feed down the spark plug hole and see inside.In fact,one tool I've found invaluable recently is my Samsung Galaxy Note 3....start of the summer the car was losing coolant but the way the bottom hose was set right in there was no real way either from above,below or in through the wheelarch that i could get a proper look to determine for sure if it was the rad or the hose but it has an excellent 12/13 mp camera,blinding flash,timer and auto focus so if i can get my hand in with the phone i can take photos of parts or from mad angles i could never get near with my own eyes.....that's before we get into the obd2 apps i have and terminal apps too'
I'll I've forgotten plenty no doubt.....oh yeah a couple of trolley jacks and axle stands with some decent wooden blocks I've picked up to put between the car and the jack....oh yeah angle grinder,drills,professional buff,dremel with the long hand held flexi shaft,vaccum gauges for setting up carbs,valve grinding tool......brings me to another thing has anyone got a good method of reaming out old valve guides and pressing it new ones cos I got quoted a ridiculous price from the local machine shop.I always think to myself well the Egyptians build the pyramids at Giza with copper and bronze chisels so there are ways to accomplish any work on a car with a little lateral thinking and problem solving,99% of the time I am right about it.You CAN do the job if you approach it the right way lol.
Am gonna leave it there but am sure I've got other stuff that i've not brought to mind yet lol