What tools do you never leave without on an outing with your series??

wondering what tools we keep in our series land rovers? Or have needed and wish we kept in there?!

I just carry a card with the breakdown service number on it in case my phone dies

Set of combination spanners - metric & unf. 4 screwdrivers. A few v large cable ties, jubilee clips, spare headlight switch, thermostat, bottle jack & brace, large towel, brake fluid, 2 litres of water, 1l of oil, 2 spare fuses & a wading plug for bell housing . Oh, and AA breakdown card.

Only ever needed a unf spanner for a simple fix.

A Flat and cross head screwdriver, an adjustable spanner and a bungee. The spanner for the wheel hubs, the bungee for holding the tail gate chains and the exhaust when it fell off after it was in the garage. The screwdrivers are for the electrics and hose clips. I have only broken down once and that was coming back from a land rover specialist, so now only I maintain my car and all is well.

I've always carried the tools that I wished I'd had last time something broke.

Occasionally they're useful.

7/16" and 1/2" spanners, breaker bar, small socket set, pliers, knife, screwdrivers, jack, bulbs, lots of tape....I always carry a headgasket too but so far never needed it!

Quite interesting this, similar to the tools I carry in my defender but I also carry a fat tow rope and jump leads in case my would be rescuer hasn't got any

LOL, I have a large ammo can filled to the gunnels with a wide range of metric and imperial spanners, 3/8 socket set, short handle hammer, screw drivers, pliers, crimps and tool various different sizes of nuts and bolts. It sits in whichever Landy I am in, be it the 110 or 80, even the D1 if the wife lets me use it.

It is my first port of call toolkit! It's been added to over the last 20 years of Land Rovering, but its almost always to hand and I feel naked without it

actually that is one thing I do carry, one of those car starters - battery in a box - saved me waiting a couple of weeks for the aa to turn up on several occasions over the years

Depends what u are doing and where u are going. Inside a 15 mile radius virtually nothing bar changing tyres kit. Wilder stuff as stated already, but would add if u can get hold of approximately 1 m of std fencing wire, a roll of garden plastic coated thin wire. With these pliers n cutters n std pliers for latter u will have ability to deal with broken exhaust an all manner of unpredictable failures if u are on ur own. Fencing wire will get u out with a broken spring.

This is great stuff, my tool kit is relatively small at the minute but feel it should increase, I've always been quite lucky with regards to breakdowns and have also got brothers with landrovers if I was every in a bind it wouldn't be for long! Few spammers, couple of screw drivers, but a mate of mine got such a wonderful little tool kit, could handle most jobs road side! I need to get it sorted!

Recommendation = roll of fence wire - very useful for holding hot bits together.

Interesting topic, most normal car owners nowadays would display a face of confusion/disgust if it were suggested that they should carry a tool kit around with them for roadside repairs!

I keep a large ammo box in the back with the standard bottle jack and breaker bars, then the spanner set, socket set (imperial and metric), WD40, duct tape, tow rope, shackes and D-rings, spare fan belts (x2), spare bulbs (3 or 4), spare fuses, screwdrivers, a collection of useful bits of wire and metal, hi-viz waterproofs (getting cold and wet on the side of a busy road is not fun!) and of course the rubber mat in the back comes out for me to lie on under the landy!

Quite an extensive kit and a fair bit of weight but I wouldn't drive anywhere without it!

Oh, and of course a 5L bottle of water for keeping the rad topped off!

Also a handful of oily rags and several pairs of work gloves!

Only things I can add is some jump leads plus brake and clutch fluid as recently my clutch master seal was weeping and could have caused an issue if I had not spotted it , so now carry a small bottle of DOT4.

You could probably fill the back of a 110 with stuff that might come in useful. Odds are that no matter how much you carry, the one thing you need'll be the one thing that isn't in there.

Keep on top of maintenance, and it's unlikely anything'll have a lie-down at roadside.

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Keep on top of maintenance, and it's unlikely anything'll have a lie-down at roadside.

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I used to keep the things I might need to keep the animal mobile until I can a do a proper fix, so self-amalgamating tape & a few Jubilee clips will fix hoses; fence wire for strapping broken exhausts off the ground or temporary throttle cable. A few spanners, some pliers & screwdrivers and we're sorted.
A 12v bulb soldered on the end of two bits of wire with croc clips on... really useful for seeing what you are doing or circuit testing...

We've all gone soft these days and call the AA...

Starting handle! All the imperial spanners I think I might require, a selection of screwdrivers, a multi meter, a compression tester a plug socket, a feeler gauge, a wheel brace, the mother in law! NO! strike that she pushes the Landy too slowly. Regards. Chris

actually I do carry a couple of hose clamps in case a wheel cylinder goes

All the tools I can stuff under the passenger seat, WD40, spare coil, some old HT leads and some spark plugs.