1. CLEANING TOOLS 5.

CUTTING TOOLS
2. DRIVING TOOLS 6. MARKING TOOLS
3. LOOSENING AND TIGHTENING TOOLS 7. MEASURING TOOLS
4. BENDING/ HOLDING /TWISTING TOOLS 8. LIFTING TOOLS

TOOLS/ EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION ACTUAL PICTURE

A. CLEANING TOOLS
1. Scraper A flat metal sheet
used to remove
hardened dirt, grime
or even plastic
stickers

2. Steel wire brush Made of thin metal

strips in a plastic or
wooden handle
used to clean and
remove dirt, grime,
and rust

3. Utility rag Used in wiping and

cleaning dirt, dust
and other foreign
materials present on
surfaces

B. DRIVING TOOLS
1. Ballpeen Hammer A two-headed
hammer used to
strike, bend and
shape metals and
drive cold chisels
2. Rubber mallet A mallet with a
rubber head ideally
used to bend and
shape sheet metal
as it won’t leave
marks
3. Starting punch Used to start a pin
or before removing
rivets initially

4. center punch Used to mark holes

in a work piece’s
center before boring
using any boring
tools

C. LOOSENING AND TIGHTENING TOOLS

1. Flat/ standard For driving,
screwdriver tightening or
loosening flat
screws or with
single slots in their
head

2. Phillips screwdriver For driving,

tightening or
loosening Phillips
screws or with cross
slots in their head

3. Pozidriv screwdriver For driving,

tightening or
loosening Pozidriv
screws or multiple
cross-slotted screws

4. Robertson screwdriver For driving,

tightening or
loosening Robertson
screws or square-
slotted screws
5. Torx screwdriver For driving,
tightening or
loosening Torx
screws or star-
slotted screws

6. Stubby screwdriver Shortened versions

of ordinary
screwdrivers perfect
for loosening very
tight screws due to
close screw head
and handle distance
7. Open-Ended wrench Has both ends open
or U in shape,
available in different
sizes to remove
hexagonal nuts and
bolts when servicing

8. Box-ended wrench Has its both ends

closed or rounded,
available in different
sizes to fasten and
unfasten hexagonal
nuts and bolts that
open-ended wrench
cannot do,
especially when
nuts and bolts’ edge
are rounded off
9. Combination wrench An open-ended
wrench on one end
and box-ended on
the other end used
to fasten and
unfasten bolts and
nuts wherever of
the two ends is
comfortable to use
10. Adjustable wrench Has movable “jaws”
that can easily be
changed and
adjusted depending
on the size of the
bolt or nut, as
opposed to other
wrenches where
only one unit can be
used
11. Allen wrench Used for turning
Allen screws or bolts
with hexagonal
recesses or slots in
its head

12. Socket wrench A special kind of

wrench that has a
handle and an in-
built joint that can
turn at any position
and a socket that
fits into the nut or
bolt’s head for
firmer grip when
fastening or
unfastening nuts
and bolts
13. Oil filter wrench Used to grip the oil
filter via aa strap or
chain being pulled in
tension around it
until it firmly grips
14. spark plug wrench Has openings at
both the ends
specially used to
fasten or unfasten
the spark plugs
which are usually
hard and
inaccessible to
remove

15. Lug/ tire wrench Has sockets in four

directions that
loosen or tighten
the vehicle wheels’
nuts when changing
wheels or tires
16. Pneumatic impact Special equipment
wrench that fastens and
unfasten nuts faster
with its strong
torque because of
compressed air as
compared to using
other hand-held
wrenches

D. BENDING/ HOLDING /TWISTING TOOLS

1. Combination pliers For gripping,
bending, twisting
and skinning wires,
commonly used in
wiretapping and
splicing

2. long-nose pliers Used for holding,

bending, twisting
and gripping small
wires, ideally used
to reach
conspicuous areas
during servicing

3. vise grip Used to hold

workpiece such as
metal and steel
pieces while cutting
nuts and bolts’
fastening or removal

4. Bench vise Permanently

attached to a
working table,
practical to use to
hold metal pieces
when being cut,
shaped or bent.
 E. CUTTING TOOLS
1. Side-cutting pliers Used mainly for
cutting different
kinds of wires, may
it be solid or
stranded

2. Half-round file Used to shape or

remove cut
materials in metal
pipes with its flat
side

3. flat file Serves as a

substitute in
sharpening bladed
tools and filing
down and deburring
sharp nicks for a
smoother finish

4. cold chisel Used for massive

works like cutting
bolts or heavy
metals impossible to
cut by shears and
hacksaws

5. hacksaw A saw with fine

teeth used to cut
metal pipes and
bars
6. Electric drill A motor-driven drill
used to bore round
holes in metal pipes,
bars and in concrete
walls

7. Angle grinder Used for abrading,

cutting, grinding and
polishing cut metals
and pipes

8. Metal shears/ tinner Used to cut thin

snips metal sheets like
G.I. sheets and tie
wires

F. MARKING TOOLS
1. Scriber Pointed tip steel or
metal rod used to
mark fine lines
during laying out
2. Pencil The most common
marking tool in
drawing lines and
markings in
workpieces

G. MEASURING TOOLS
1. Torque wrench Used to measure
the number of
torques (twisting
force) when bolts
and nuts are being
tightened

2. caliper Used mainly to

measure diameters,
thickness and the
thinness of circular
objects

3. Metal tape measure/ A convenient to use

pull-push rule measuring tool
flexible enough to
measure workpieces
in relative lengths
4. Feeler gauge Used to measure
clearances and set
gaps among
mechanical parts in
the engine such as
valve clearances,
spark plugs and the
like
5. Multitester Diagnostic
equipment used to
measure voltage,
resistance, and
current in batteries
and other electrical
and electronic parts

H. LIFTING TOOLS
1. Scissor jack Known as a
jackscrew, used to
lift the vehicle
during servicing
using the squeezing
scissor action

2. Hydraulic jack Commonly-known

as floor jack, used to
lift the vehicle by
stepping on the
handle until its
lifting the vehicle

3. Jack Stand Used s support in

keeping the vehicle
raised while being
serviced, usually
placed after using
the jacks in lifting
the vehicles