Essentials
Recommended
Optional
- Shop manual for donor vehicle
- 2 or 3 ton trolley jack (high clearance preferred)
- 2 ton adjustable jackstands
- Creeper
- Socket set(s)
- Wrench set(s)
- Screwdrivers
- Pliers
- Angle Grinder
- Handheld drill
- Digital Volt Meter (DVM)
- Wire strippers and crimpers
- Cable cutters and BIG crimper for 2/0 lugs
- Soldering Iron
- Shop light
- Rotary tool
- Sabre Saw
- Cutoff saw or Bandsaw
Recommended
- Measuring Tape
- Electrical Tape
- Engine hoist or transmission jack
- Clamp On Ammeter
- Drill press
- Air compressor
- Rhino Ramps
- Welding Equipment
- Safety goggles or glasses
- Bucket and/or pan
- Rubber and Leather Gloves
- Paper and Pen/Pencil
- Heat Welding set for plastic (boxes and brackets)
Optional
- Ruler
- Duct Tape
- Shop Towel(s)
- Cable Ties
- Sawhorses (or any table that you don't care about)
- Jigsaw
- Circle saw
- Hacksaw
- Pry Bar
- Heat gun or torch
- Hammer
- Vise
- Strapping kit (for prismatic cell packs)
- Digital Volt Meter (DVM)
- Small and or medium Socket wrench and commonly used sockets (battery pack)