Which spare parts to take?

Hello
I will be travelling in East Africa (Kenya and Tanzania) for a number of months with a specially equipped Defender 130 300 Tdi.
I have spare capacity to take spare parts with me.
Which ones would you advice please?
Thank you

have you ever been to the isle of wright ?

Sean said:

have you ever been to the isle of wright ?

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NO

Vince,

Think long and hard about what parts will completely disable you and be un repairable in the bush.

Personally i would take:

propshaft UJs
Wheel bearings/seals/tab washers
Radiator hoses
fan belts
filters
brake pads
brake hoses
puncture kit
wiper blades

As your travelling a fair distance you may also want to think about spare shocks (1 front/1 rear) along with enough engine oil for a complete change. take a few litres of EP90, coolant, Gearbox fluid and Dot 4 also. Might be worth considering a water pump? brake vacuum pump? these are prone on 300s. Alternatively, make arrangements with your local indi who should be happy to airmail you parts to a fixed address wherever you are.

most other things can be gotten around with zipties/gaffertape/chemical metal etc. so dont forget to take all these things and anything else useful you have in your garage.

take an assortment of nuts/bolts and electric connections. maybe a spare sump plug, axle drain plug etc etc.

Most of all just make sure your 130 is well serviced. New pads/fluid, all filters, replace radiator hoses ( take yours as spares) check driveshaft condition. maybe even do all 4 hub bearings. Depends what state the vehicle is in now really.

cant think of anything else right now.

G

Nick from Foleys, Livingstone Zambia who flushed my radiator for me on a recent trip recommended in an article in a South African magazine the following, "drive belt, seal kit for the clutch slave and master cylinder, prop UJ and oil seals." He sees lots of overlanders so has plenty of experience. This is pretty much what he recommended to me when I was passing through. When I told him I was going the whole way to Europe shortly he also suggested spare bushes.

EDIT: Also spares are widely available for land rovers - as long as you can get it to a town/village pretty much anything can be arranged, far more easily and cheaper than air mailing something out.

most other things can be gotten around with zipties/gaffertape/chemical metal etc

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And a few sizes of threaded rod/washers/nuts.

threaded rod is made of toffee and generally not rated. Take a couple of longer bolts that are rated. these can be cut down to required length if you dont have the correct one.

Thank you very much for your information all.
Best,

Vincent

threaded rod is made of toffee and generally not rated.

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Yeah it may not be rated but will do for most things. Yeah wouldn't use it to dangle off a cliff from but have used it for lots of field repairs!