I'm new to the DSM game.

[Bdi]

Tools! Whats tool should I buy? I am going to mostly buy 90% used. Or point me to the thread on here.

Thanks!
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[97egl]

Are you looking for specialty tool part numbers or just general tools for working on the car?

Metric Combination wrenches and sockets for general tools. If your timing belt hasn't been done recently you'll want to do that and you need a special tool for the tensioner pulley part number. MD998767. There are a couple other tools to make the job easier but you don't have to have those.

 

[Bdi]

Cool, Thanks so much. I would like to the specialty tools are?

 

[AWD-Tony]

Craftsman has lifetime warranty on sockets, ratchets and wrenches through Lowes.
Sockets
8mm
10mm + deep + wrench
12mm + deep + wrench
13mm (alternator pivot nut, the only 13mm on the car )
14mm + deep + wrench
17mm + deep + wrench
24mm
32 or 34mm (for axle nut)

3/8 & 1/2 torque wrench

Timing belt tool kit
https://www.extremepsi.com/store/Extreme-PSI-Timing-Belt-Tool-Kit-4G63T-DSM-and-EVO-1-9-NEW.html

I'd also recommend tap & die set and a good set of drill bit

 

[1990TSIAWDTALON]

This is the tool set I use the most and has 80% of the tools you need for your DSM and in a case so they are organized. I have added a universal joint and 2 17mm wrenches to it but it has mostly everything. The big sockets (24,32 &34) that @TK's9d2TSi mentioned are in my tool chest also along with the timing tools that he mentions. Mostly our cars have 10mm thru 17mm fasteners.
https://www.amazon.com/Crescent-170...827955830501&ref_=sbx_be_s_sparkle_mcd_asin_0

 

[Dreams Realized]

Having various breaker bars can be handy too and if you ever do a head job a small crowbar.

Having good tools can turn a 2 day job into a 2 hour job so don't cheap out, they can often last you a lifetime. I just bought a dremel that's done everything from cutting a hole in my frame to perfectly sanding the edges of my bamboo trim pieces. Handy little tool