Most of them are available in your cars or household all ready:
1. ordinary pliers
2. long nose plier
3. cutter
4. rubber mallet
5. adjustable wrench
6. hex wrench: 4, 5, 6 mm
7. wrench mostly metric: 10, 12, 14, 17 mm
8. soldering iron
9. oil
10 grease
11. masking tape
12. teflon tape
Well because I bike and many appliances lie idle because: 1. no one is available to repair, 2. repair
costs too much. That is my complaint too with mechanics. Sometimes all that they do is to tighten or loosen a screw or nut. And they charge you so much.
It is a hassle to bring the bike to the bike, and argue and sometimes spit your bile out over a lousy repair
Sometimes the mechanic do not know what to do.
If they sense you do not know, unless the mechanic is close to you or your friend, you are a prey.
With patience and some videos from a famous video sharing center, you can repair almost anything, provided you have tools.
In the process you:
1. Keep your mind sharp;
2. You become process and quality oriented;
3. You have plenty of aha moments
Over the years, I have learned to trouble shoot:
1. car 2. bike, 3. rice cooker 4. electric fan.
By knowing how to repair and learning the inner working of machines, you learn how to take care of them better, and thus prolonging their service life.
Join me in the world of mechanical and repairs. (No electronics)
It could be due to the intercooler. Signs of defective intercooler: black soot and oil at the underside from the leak.
