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Mattaxi
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 Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 10:14 am Post subject: Tools you will need to have in order to work on your bug |
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So i was wondering if someone can tell me all the list of basic tools i will need in order to work and dismantel my vw beetle. Do not include engine tools. I will go buy all the tools necassary for me to work on my bug because i am starting a fresh page! Can somebody help me?
Thank you,
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KTPhil 
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| Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 10:20 am Post subject: |
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| Buy the Muir "Idiot Book" and note his breakout of Phase 1/2/3 tools. |
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79SuperVert
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That's a great list. I took it with me when I went shopping for tools for my Beetle at the Englishtown flea market.
Here's another take on tools:
http://www.vw-resource.com/tools.html
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http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=532235
Here you go, from the seldom used FAQ's at the top of the forum
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gt1953
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As far as tools go, visit your local pawn shop. You will save some money and obtain some nice tools too.
I visit the local pawn from time to time looking and sometimes score needed items.
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79SuperVert
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OK but I think the OP was asking for a list of tools to work on his VW, not just to take with him on a trip. I can't tell just how basic he's starting from, but if he's got nothing at all, then he might want to add 4 jack stands, a floor jack, assorted wheel bearing and pulley pullers, some torque wrenches, a brake bleeder, maybe an engine stand, a mechanic's crawler and stool, a couple of thin wrenches to adjust the front wheel nuts if the older kind, a tubing bender for brake lines, maybe a brake drum puller, assorted files and drifts, a tap and die set...
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Zundfolge1432
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When it comes to tools I'd just say anything from the 40s through the 60s American made of forged steel would be a good bet. These you'll find at estate sales and flea markets, pawn shops ok but try to beat them down on the price, don't pay retail. Professional tools like snap on.
Mac,Proto,cornwell,craftsman,KD, etc are good bets and never buy new get them second hand knowing they come with a lifetime guarantee and retain a higher resale value. Garage sales, retiring mechanics, even eBay from time to time, there you'll find deals even on hazet and Stahlwille. I found a hazet assistant at a flea market last year original from the 60s and picked it up for 125 bucks ck out what they retail for on eBay. |
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TheDon
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As far as tools go, visit your local pawn shop. You will save some money and obtain some nice tools too.
I visit the local pawn from time to time looking and sometimes score needed items. |
Don't forget estate sales too! Go early before the vultures start to circle
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| One thing you must have is a good quality set of millimetric wrenches (atleast 10-19). One end retching and other solid. |
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MMW
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Nothing to add here but while reading through this thread as I need to put some tools together for my newly acquired bug, I began to think how many tool kits I will actually end up with. I already have a full set for my shop which has many duplicates, basic kit in my work truck, another kit in my 356 & now I need another set for my bug. Never thought I would need so many sets of metric wrenches & sockets.
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BLAU GEIST
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Let me save you some time by listing the stuff I have been buying week after week :
PB Blaster
White Lithium grease
good ratchets with a lot of sizes and extenders available
vice grips
Breaker bar, with proper sized tips for your year wheel (mine needed 19mm and 36mm to remove wheel and drum)
Fresh good quality brake fluid
good pliers
lots of hose clamps
jack stands
floor jack
a good work light
That is a good start for a lot of stuff you will be working on. |
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I'll add:
Heavy duty work gloves
Mechanics gloves (less heavy duty)
Latex/Nitrile gloves
Rags, rags, rags.
In case nobody mentioned it, safety goggles, (I buy the cheap, clear plastic ones. Lots of em.) and
Depending on what you're doing; earplugs
What not to buy:
WD-40
Armor-All
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blitz64
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| The original tool kit was small and could fix just about anything. Get a cheap socket set, an 11 and 13 mm wrench, pliers, #2'phillips head and standard screw drivers and maybe a hammer for good measure. Buy other specialty tools as needed. And of course the john Muir book and the Bentley shop manual if you can afford it. |
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