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For OP give us an idea what you plan on doing. What kind of vehicle and what kind of jobs are you anticipating, maybe we can better recommend what tool is required.

Yeah I agree with 2ndgear. What your asking is really multiple tools, not just one. If your just looking to swap wheels and program sensors you can get a tpms tool that can put a vehicle into learn mode, some cars allow you to do it manually. They are available for 500 so. Autels can program...

Seeing ignition is one thing, but there's so much more to see when you start going into the rabbit hole. Relative compression, intake/exhaust pulse, fuel rail pulse, cooling system pulse, in cylinder running compression, NVH tetsing... I've been experimenting with using knock sensors to track...

I was lucky enough to have an sk tool truck!

That's cheaper than a car battery and jumper cables

Kind of depends for me. Main line work tools that I spent a college education worth of money on.. yeah absolutely needs to match. There's some expectations when you grab a tool for it's fit and function. For my home box or second line stuff, don't care... It's my misfit reject collection anyways.

I see all the pictures of tool grid pictures here and on other posts and while it looks so pleasing I'm not I could handle such a low density of use of space. 🙃 I've got most of my sockets in the earnst twist lock rails. I was unsure of how the plastic bits would hold up but I think I've ever...

Yeah it's a device that takes some practice. I've had mine for a number of years and I've gotten good enough to get a bit to a factory edge. It's fussy for sure and without patience I can see how it would end up in the trash.

For parasitic draw this is about as close as your going to get without breaking into the circuit. https://www.aeswave.com/Current-Probe-Low-range-with-Banana-Plugs-p9501.html Anything that does everything rarely does everything well. Dedicated tools for diagnostic purposes. I keep a couple...

For most of my career I didn't think there was any other way than using a hammer. I finally got a kit of removers because I started seeing more aluminum parts, they deform much more than steel.

I've been using one for a few months now. It's very smooth and the smaller head helps. But the backdrag is still pretty tight. I've had to warranty it twice now too. Once for it skipping teeth, would randomly freewheel even with nothing touching the switch. The other was for the flex head bolt...

Are you sure you're not zoomed in too far and looking at something that isn't ignition? I start at 20ms for single cylinder typically.

Purely from a collection standpoint I love looking for old locally made tools. I had scored an Underhill carpenter hatchet that was made sometime before 1895 one town over from me.

I was talking about the laptop not the pico. I went all in with a 4425a and WPS a couple years ago. To be honest I don't use the automotive software very often, just regular t+m. I've also been utilizing a knock sensor lately to diagnose engine noises.

I've had good luck using netbooks for various tasks machines. For $200 ish a pop one can be for pico, another for various diagnostic software. I have a couple refurbished dell laptops that have been holding up well too.

I run chrome on left side and impacts on right side. Earnst red rails for sale fractional and blue rails for metric. I use both pretty frequently. Like today was working on a deck over trailer, nearly everything on the leaf springs and brakes was fractional sizes. I work on old jeeps and...

It's an RKV4G40, was still cheaper to rebuild, I was seeing them for $600+

Just went through this with an AR pump. Seals and check valves were short money, but two of the ceramic pistons were cracked. Was about $400 in parts for everything. I must of let it freeze, only reason I fixed it was I know the pump has low hours. And the replacement was still more money. 4k...

Have definitely made my own before out of squared tubing and angle iron before. Sunex has a pretty affordable one too that I use. Edit Sunex 5207

I've always had luck using blocks of wood to install seals. Wouldn't take long with a hole saw and some carving to make what you need.