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I’m starting out as well, and as many have said Craftsman is a good, cheap quality tool. I’ve also picked up some Kobalt stuff as Lowes is less than 3 miles from my house, and it’s a good, cheap quality tool as well. From what I can tell so far anyway. I’ve never heard anyone bad mouth Kobalt so I guess they’re legit. Here in the Memphis area we have a Harbor Freight which a lot of techs buy from. I’ll be going there some time this week for some basic tools. And of course there’s always pawn shops, ebay etc…
I’ve always been told by the much more experienced people to always buy the best hand tools you can afford.
I’m starting out as well, and as many have said Craftsman is a good, cheap quality tool. I’ve also picked up some Kobalt stuff as Lowes is less than 3 miles from my house, and it’s a good, cheap quality tool as well. From what I can tell so far anyway. I’ve never heard anyone bad mouth Kobalt so I guess they’re legit. Here in the Memphis area we have a Harbor Freight which a lot of techs buy from. I’ll be going there some time this week for some basic tools. And of course there’s always pawn shops, ebay etc…
I’ve always been told by the much more experienced people to always buy the best hand tools you can afford.
I agree 100% that there is no substitute for on hands, wrench turning experience. I’ve been in a college automotive program for about 2 years now, (5 semester program) and honestly the only classes I’ve actually learned anything from were the electrical courses. If you’ve ever rebuilt an engine, replaced a strut or shock, or replaced brake parts, then you simply don’t learn much on these tasks on the college level.
I don’t necessarily agree about gaining knowledge at a lube shop though. I worked at a Speed Lube for about 3 months. Obviously we did oil changes, and the most advanced task we did was transmission pan drops. In my opinion, if you decide that this is the career path you want to pursue, you should already have these basic skills. However, at Speed Lube, we didn’t even rotate tires or do brakes or anything along those lines. I guess if you worked somewhere where you did do brakes and other basic maintenance tasks, there’d be much to learn…….
I agree 100% that there is no substitute for on hands, wrench turning experience. I’ve been in a college automotive program for about 2 years now, (5 semester program) and honestly the only classes I’ve actually learned anything from were the electrical courses. If you’ve ever rebuilt an engine, replaced a strut or shock, or replaced brake parts, then you simply don’t learn much on these tasks on the college level.
I don’t necessarily agree about gaining knowledge at a lube shop though. I worked at a Speed Lube for about 3 months. Obviously we did oil changes, and the most advanced task we did was transmission pan drops. In my opinion, if you decide that this is the career path you want to pursue, you should already have these basic skills. However, at Speed Lube, we didn’t even rotate tires or do brakes or anything along those lines. I guess if you worked somewhere where you did do brakes and other basic maintenance tasks, there’d be much to learn…….
I’ve really always wanted to be a mechanic. I couldn’t really tell you where my passion for automobiles came from, but as far as I can remember, I’ve always wanted to wrench.
I did ten years active duty Air Force as a parachute rigger. Wanted to be a mechanic when I went in, then tried to cross train into the mechanic career field during my time. Obviously neither one worked out. So I separated, took the Post 9/11 GI Bill and ran with it. I’m about 75% done with an automotive degree, and have started working towards knocking out ASEs.
I’ve really always wanted to be a mechanic. I couldn’t really tell you where my passion for automobiles came from, but as far as I can remember, I’ve always wanted to wrench.
I did ten years active duty Air Force as a parachute rigger. Wanted to be a mechanic when I went in, then tried to cross train into the mechanic career field during my time. Obviously neither one worked out. So I separated, took the Post 9/11 GI Bill and ran with it. I’m about 75% done with an automotive degree, and have started working towards knocking out ASEs.
Hello my name is Tommy. I was active duty Air Force from 2002-2012. I wanted to be a mechanic when I went in, but that didn’t pan out. Then at my six year mark tried to cross train into mechanics. Again, that didn’t pan out. So I separated in May 2012 to pursue an automotive career.
I’m about 75% done with a degree. I’m currently attending the GM Automotive Service Technologies program at Southwest Tennessee Community College in Memphis. I have 5 auto classes left. Aside from school, I’m currently studying for the suspension and steering, and brakes ASEs.
I’m currently working at a small mom n pop shop, but hope to get hired on as a technician at Drive Time. Waiting on my background check to come back. Should get the call any day now. This is in a way what’s holding up my ASE progress. The company will pay for them. So I’m holding off on paying the dues until I’m physically working there.
Where I’m at in my automotive career is basically trying to get my foot in the door at a reputable company. Besides my current job, I don’t have any real world/professional experience and don’t want to end up the guy with an accounting degree working at Walmart due to failing to gain experience while gaining the degree/certifications.
Seeing as many of you are experienced/”in the mix” I’m looking forward to having any concerns I may come up with answered here. And BTW, Eric you have some awesome videos! Good work man!
Hello my name is Tommy. I was active duty Air Force from 2002-2012. I wanted to be a mechanic when I went in, but that didn’t pan out. Then at my six year mark tried to cross train into mechanics. Again, that didn’t pan out. So I separated in May 2012 to pursue an automotive career.
I’m about 75% done with a degree. I’m currently attending the GM Automotive Service Technologies program at Southwest Tennessee Community College in Memphis. I have 5 auto classes left. Aside from school, I’m currently studying for the suspension and steering, and brakes ASEs.
I’m currently working at a small mom n pop shop, but hope to get hired on as a technician at Drive Time. Waiting on my background check to come back. Should get the call any day now. This is in a way what’s holding up my ASE progress. The company will pay for them. So I’m holding off on paying the dues until I’m physically working there.
Where I’m at in my automotive career is basically trying to get my foot in the door at a reputable company. Besides my current job, I don’t have any real world/professional experience and don’t want to end up the guy with an accounting degree working at Walmart due to failing to gain experience while gaining the degree/certifications.
Seeing as many of you are experienced/”in the mix” I’m looking forward to having any concerns I may come up with answered here. And BTW, Eric you have some awesome videos! Good work man!