Other special wrenches you will need are a spark-plug wrench and an oil-filter wrench.

You will need jumper cables for boosting your car, a continuity tester for testing electrical circuits, pliers for loosening and tightening things you can’t loosen and tighten with your wrenches, a stiff, non-wire brush for cleaning battery contacts, a utility knife for cutting rubber belts and tubes and a tire pressure gauge for checking the air pressure in your tires.

Basic Automotive Tools Every Car Owner Should Have On Hand

Lastly, Honda is the sixth largest automobile manufacturer in the world. Such impressive statistics ensure that Automotive Service Technicians have plenty of work in the Honda world.

Centennial College’s one-year Honda Apprenticeship focuses on Honda’s engines, parts and latest technologies. Training out of Ontario’s largest automotive training facility, they work systems such as electrical, body electrical, engine, transmission, steering, front-end, and all other aspects that would allow a Honda vehicle to be serviced. Please note that students in the Centennial College Automotive Service program may be eligible for Employment Insurance during the in-class training.

The professionals employed by these dealerships have a variety of tasks, including: diagnosing problems using Honda diagnostic equipment; performing repairs and preventive maintenance on engines, transmissions, electrical systems, brakes and tires. Honda technicians also conduct vehicle inspections.

Other special wrenches you will need are a spark-plug wrench and an oil-filter wrench.

You will need jumper cables for boosting your car, a continuity tester for testing electrical circuits, pliers for loosening and tightening things you can’t loosen and tighten with your wrenches, a stiff, non-wire brush for cleaning battery contacts, a utility knife for cutting rubber belts and tubes and a tire pressure gauge for checking the air pressure in your tires.

Basic Automotive Tools Every Car Owner Should Have On Hand

If you have an older car it may have R12 refrigerant in the air conditioner system. The bigger one goes on the low pressure side of the system and the refrigerant hose will only connect to the low side valve. Turn the can upside down and hook it up to the low side adapter valve. Now slowly open the valve and let the Freon flow into the system. Keep adding Freon until the system begins to cool. (Do not grab the high pressure line. If you have a air conditioning manifold gauge set, the low side should have a pressure of 40 – 50 psi.