What should you have in your toolkit?
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Forgive me for saying this, but if you know your vehicle and have looked after it, surely all you need to take are things like belts, bulbs and so on?
Why carry enough tools to rebuild the car???
We'll be off to Europe on the 5th June, and while we will take extra SPARES, the basic toolkit will remain the same, just a couple of extra things like the 36mm spanner for the viscous coupling etc.
The spares are more important than the tools IMO, if you have the parts then you can always find tools, but without the parts you're pretty much stuffed.
Peter
Why carry enough tools to rebuild the car???
We'll be off to Europe on the 5th June, and while we will take extra SPARES, the basic toolkit will remain the same, just a couple of extra things like the 36mm spanner for the viscous coupling etc.
The spares are more important than the tools IMO, if you have the parts then you can always find tools, but without the parts you're pretty much stuffed.
Peter
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For me it's 'cos when we go laning, anything and everything can happen. On one weekend recently in North Yorkshire, two people bust three half-shafts, and a brake pipe was ripped out .. without fluids, pipe and the werewithall to fix a brake pipe it would have been quite dangerous to recover the situation to a roadside. MrNoisy once fixed a broken swivel ball, we've regularly fixed wheel bearings etc all off-road without external assistance.
Also, as I'm regularly a leader, I expect some of a group are often quite new to the game and may be a little less prepared for off-road breakages, hence carrying a load of odd nuts and bolts and 'stuff that might fix things' ...
I enjoy a challenge, but I ain't prepared to make the challenge "Fix this wiv' a' 'ammer an' baling twine" ..
Toprulesman
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spare set of plugs, points and condenser, spare coil and a timing light. a length of electrical wire and some scotch blocks ---- oh wait a mo, that's in the boot of the MGB! in the Disco TD5 I just have a standard set of tools and a spare belt.
Nigel-S
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Spare bulbs, that's about. I have 'free recovery' with my NFU insurance. Only used it the once and the RAC attended within 15 minutes. The only reason I don't carry tools is because there's nowhere to put them in a Disco with 2 dogs in the back. This is why I need a Defender (well, the mrs says I need a Defender).
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For me it's 'cos when we go laning, anything and everything can happen. On one weekend recently in North Yorkshire, two people bust three half-shafts, and a brake pipe was ripped out .. without fluids, pipe and the werewithall to fix a brake pipe it would have been quite dangerous to recover the situation to a roadside. MrNoisy once fixed a broken swivel ball, we've regularly fixed wheel bearings etc all off-road without external assistance.
Also, as I'm regularly a leader, I expect some of a group are often quite new to the game and may be a little less prepared for off-road breakages, hence carrying a load of odd nuts and bolts and 'stuff that might fix things' ...
I enjoy a challenge, but I ain't prepared to make the challenge "Fix this wiv' a' 'ammer an' baling twine" ..
A pocket MacGyver ...
