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If You Like To Do Your Own Repairs & Maintenance
You Need An Organized Garage
Tools
You can’t have a proper ga-
rage without tools for your
golf t. You’ll need to ensure
you have these items in
your garage to keep you
ready to handle anything
that you want to work on.
(See our suggested list)
Lighting
Without proper lighting,
you won’t be able to safely
work on your cars with-
out potentially damaging
the vehicle or yourself in
the process. If you want
to do lighting right, you’ll
want to install shop style
florescent lighting that pro-
vides enough light when
the garage is close or it’s
dark outside. For lighting
under the car or inside
the engine bay, we recom-
mend using led flashlights
that you can easily place
on your wrist or head to
keep your hands free while
working.
Flooring
It’s inevitable that the
floors of your garage will
Tools
• Floor Jack – make sure that it is able to
fit underneath the golf cart
• Bricks, wood, or other material that can
be used to wedge underneath other
tires to prevent rolling
• A full set of standard and metric
wrenches will be needed as golf carts
come in both standard and metric.
• Shop-Vac
• Impact wrench
• Torque wrench (specifically for engine
components)
• Allen wrenches
• 8 & 16 gauge wire in multiple colors
• Wire connectors and crimper
• Electrical tape
• Gear and hub pullers
• Battery-operated drill
• Multimeter
• Battery operated soldering iron
• Jumper cables
• OEM Wiring diagrams and manuals
• Inspection mirror
• Flashlight
• Various different lengths screwdrivers
both flat and Phillips
• Rivet and rivet tool
• Battery terminal brush
• Distilled water
• Grease gun
• Packing grease
• Two-cycle oil
• Air compressor portable
• Contact cleaner
• Hydrometer
• Feeler gauge
become dirty with oil and
other car liquids or dirt. This
is a pain if you have stan-
dard concrete floors that
will absorb and stain after
a while. Most people rec-
ommend adding an epoxy
protectant on the floor to
make it simple to clean up
when you’re done working in
the garage. This is a simple
and cost effective solution
to protect the floor of your
garage, however, if you want
to have a more profession-
al feel in your garage. We
recommend checking out
floor tiles for your garage
that will give you a unique
style for your garage and it’s
extremely simple to main-
tain and install.
Workbench
Finally, to round out a nice
mechanic’s garage you’ll
want a spacious workbench
with easy access to tools
along the wall to fix any part
you need to install on your
cars. A quick solution would
be to have a heavy duty
table bolted onto the wall of
the garage with a wall of tool
mounts to have easy access
to most used tools.
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