Pliers
Pliers with cutting jaws for clipping soft metal wire.
Diagonal Side Cutting Pliers
This type of wrench has U-shaped openings on both ends and is used to turn nuts and bolts, especially in tight or narrow spaces.
Open End Wrench
A tapered punch used to align holes in mating parts.
Drift Punch
This tool is commonly used with sockets and features a handle with a gear mechanism that allows for tightening or loosening fasteners without removing the tool.
Ratchet/Socket Wrench
A gauge that measures the maximum air pressure in a combustion chamber.
Compression Tester
Pliers with adjustable jaws that are equipped with edges designed to cut soft metal wire.
Combination Slip-Joint Pliers
A wrench with a movable jaw that can be adjusted to fit different size bolts or nuts.
Adjustable Wrench
A steel bar with rows of hardened shallow teeth used to deburr, smooth, shape, or sharpen metal.
File
These attach to ratchets and come in various sizes to fit different bolt heads and nuts.
Sockets
This specialized tool is required to safely compress valve springs in order to remove or install the retainers and access the valve components.
Valve spring compressor
These long, slender pliers are perfect for reaching into tight spaces and are often used in electrical work and delicate repairs.
Needle Nose Pliers
Wrench that has a box-end wrench on one end and an open-end wrench on the other.
Combination Wrench
A cylindrical cutting tool used to shave metal from the walls of a bore to enlarge it to a specific size.
Reamer
This term describes the size of the square drive on a ratchet or socket, with common sizes being 1/4", 3/8", and 1/2".
Drive Size
A tool that is tightened around a piston to compress the rings so the piston can be installed in the cylinder.
Ring Compressor
These pliers can be clamped and locked onto objects to hold them securely in place.
Locking Pliers
A six- or twelve-sided wrench that completely encompasses a nut or bolt head.
Box End Wrench
A metal strip or blade finished to an accurate thickness and used for measuring the clearance between two parts
Feeler Gauge
This type of socket allows for better grip on rounded or damaged fasteners and typically has 6 or 12 internal contact points.
6-point or 12-point socket
An adjustable cutting tool designed to shave away the ridge that forms due to cylinder wear.
Ridge Reamer
These pliers are designed to install and remove internal or external snap rings and often have tips that fit into ring holes.
Retaining Ring Pliers
A wrench that is similar to a box-end wrench, but has an opening so the wrench can be used on metal tubing connection fittings.
Tubing/Line Wrench
A test instrument used to determine whether the ignition system is producing enough voltage to create a spark at the spark plug.
Spark Tester
Unlike standard chrome sockets, this type of socket is made from tougher materials and is designed to withstand the high torque and vibrations of power tools like impact wrenches.
Impact socket
A tool equipped with abrasive stones that is used to recondition moderately worn or freshly bored cylinders.
Cylinder Hone