Abstract: An oil evacuation system for draining oil from an oil pan includes an oil drain plug configured to threadably engage the oil pan drain hole and having a spring-biased plunger positioned within the throat of the plug bore and configured to selectively seal the plug bore, a safety cap configured for selective threadable engagement with the plug, and an oil drain tool configured for selective operable installation on the plug upon removal of the cap when the plug is installed in the drain hole and oil is to be drained from the oil pan, the tool having an actuator for selective engagement with and displacement of the plug valve plunger to open the plug and the tool and allow oil to flow out of the oil pan.

Abstract: A park release apparatus for shifting a transmission of a vehicle having an engine from park to neutral with the engine not running via a park release lever of the transmission, the apparatus including a transmission assembly configured for being selectively installed on the transmission spaced from the park release lever, a handle assembly, a cable assembly having a slidable cable operably connecting the transmission assembly and the handle assembly, and a release bracket coupled to the cable in the vicinity of the transmission assembly and configured for selectively engaging the park release lever.

Abstract: A jack support apparatus has an outer tube having an outer tube body with an outwardly-extending outer tube jack cradle and an opposite outer tube opening, an inner tube having an inner tube body with a plurality of spaced-apart inner tube holes and an outwardly-extending inner tube jack cradle, the inner tube body slidably received within the outer tube body through the outer tube opening, the outer and inner tube jack cradles configured to each selectively engage one of the wheel axle and the cup axle of the jack, a tube spring operable between the outer tube body and the inner tube body to bias the outer tube and the inner tube apart, and a pin operable through an outer tube hole for selectively engaging any of the plurality of inner tube holes, the pin being biased inwardly toward the inner tube by a pin spring.

Abstract: A wheel lock bolt removal tool apparatus for removing a wheel lock from a vehicle wheel, the wheel lock having a wheel lock bolt with a spinning ring, the apparatus comprising an extractor comprising a collet and a sleeve received substantially coaxially over the collet, the collet body having a distal opening formed having a radially-inwardly-projecting distal lip, the distal opening and distal lip configured to pass over and seat on the spinning ring of the wheel lock as by engaging the lip on a distal edge of the spinning ring, the collet body configured to be selectively closed upon distal movement of the sleeve along the collet and further having a proximal end configured for application of an axial proximally-directed force in removing the spinning ring from the wheel lock bolt.

Abstract: A self-flexing socket tool comprising an upper socket linkage, an intermediate connecting linkage, and a lower socket linkage coupled substantially in series and having two pivot points therebetween, and a spring member fixedly coupled to the lower socket linkage and slidably coupled to the upper socket linkage, wherein the spring member biases the upper socket, intermediate connecting, and lower socket linkages into a substantially aligned first operable configuration, and further wherein the spring member may be selectively actuated to shift the upper socket, intermediate connecting, and lower socket linkages into a substantially curved second operable configuration. Also provided are a tool kit having the self-flexing socket tool and/or one or more other tools and methods of use thereof.