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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 9:29 am
by mike.perry
Band-aids are a useful thing for when the car bites.
True - but that comes under First Aid Box

parts
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 10:59 am
by StaffsMoggie
Its well worth carrying a small trolley jack, make a wooden box to carry it in and fix it in the boot. All the usual tools everyones listed and a few spares, plugs, points, cap, leads, rotor arm, condenser and a spare fuel pump is a good idea..
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:44 pm
by britab1967
Don't forget some strong string, very handy for when the wipers give up in heavy rain on the way to the national

, or when the fool putting things back together puts the wires on back to front on the wiper motor and you blow the fuse in heavy rain - without a spare
So, there's another - Fuses, although thats a spare not a tool.
Brian
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 7:47 pm
by paulk
Baby wipes are a nice cheap thing to clean your hands after an unscheduled stop.
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 8:04 pm
by aupickup
for everyday use i dont really carry anything except spare fuses, spare bulbs and a couple of screwdrivers
on the mot i took some spanners and a coil
but allways carry the rac card

Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 8:33 pm
by d_harris
Theres always a tool behind the wheel in my car
Seriously though, I have a few lengths of wire, a snipe nose mole grip, a few screwdrivers, jack & wheelbrace and RAC card
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 12:28 pm
by David53
All good suggestions

I'm sure once I've had a few really long trips I'll start to relax! I have ordered my tool roll and will put a good little tool kit together, plus a selection of vital spares and bits and pieces.
I remember many years ago when I had my first Morrie (I was 17) she died on a motorway and would not start at all. it was only after much head scratching I realised that I had neglected to tighten the distributor bolts enough, and the whole thing had spun around and was now totally out of whack. Lesson being, that if anything is going to go wrong it will probably be something I've done!
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 3:15 pm
by d_harris
Oh yeah, forgot to add, I have a small socket set in the car too...
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 4:01 pm
by ani
and, of course, something really nice to put it all in
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