Morris Minor Owners Club

Okay Guys,

Just thinking that now its passed I ought to keep some tools in the back.

So what essentials do you keep in yours? I'm thinking a spanner roll, a small socket set, a roll of gaffa tape and a couple of metres of electrical wire with a crimper and some terminals should suffice.

Starting handle? wheel brace RAC/AA card!

Spare wheel and jack - and wheel brace. Tow rope. Warning triangle and yellow jacket. Spare head gasket/fuel pump/dizzy and coil and of course a fan belt and top and bottom hose and a bypass hose if you have one on the car. Set of spark plugs and a suitable spanner to change them, and a can of oil and another of water - and a spare gallon of petrol, and some brake fluid! For longer journeys - add a spare alternator and a spare cylinder head !

Just how do you fit all that in a saloon boot ?????

I was just wondering the same. I want to be able to use the car, not just use it as a parts wagon!

It's a Traveller - as is my car - and it all goes in a 'Military Shell' box behind the seats - wheel/jack/head underneath the floor. My experience is - if you have it with you, you won't need it! Leave it behind and you will regret!

I just carry points, condenser, plugs, fan belt, hoses, dynamo brushes, a spare fuel pump, some electrical wire, insulation tape and a selection of tools.

I also have a set of jump leads and a footpump on board. I used to carry a tow rope but the roads are just to busy to use one now. I am not sure if towing by rope is even legal now.

I dont go as far as carting a spare head around, too heavy and cant do much for the fuel consumption, having said that perhaps I would if I was going on a very long journey......

I carry spanner set ,socket set ,plugs with a spanner ,air filter ,oil filter ,dizzy cap and rotor arm ,condenser,foot pump ,tow rope ,spare wheel + jack + wheel brace /starting handle ,20 litres petrol and 5 litres water. Polish and polishing cloth just in case I find a spare 10 minutes ! ! !
I'll be getting a spare fan belt over the weekend as well just in case.

i carry a RAC card

On top of jack and brace etc I would go with a spanner set and screwdrivers with pliers and a plug spanner . Oil, water and petrol is often usefull but 20lt of petrol seems a bit of over kill and an air filter?mmm not so sure.

Took a spare windscreen when we first went to France...

By the looks of your car you should have remembered the engine!

I carry a few Whit spanners, various screwdrivers, pliers, wrenches, a meter, assorted jubilee clips, screws/bolts/nuts etc.

I reckon gasket paper can come in handy, as can insulation tape, and medium sandpaper.

Another useful couple of items are rubber/latex gloves, paper overalls and goggles. Anyone who has had a piece of rust in their eye from going underneath the car will know why I carry the latter......

I carry a full tool box with enough tools to strip and rebuild the car at the side of the road. But I never seem to have a spare for the part thats just broken. Just in case - RAC card.

Blimey, thought Moggies were meant to be reliable ??? Think you just need to admit that you are perpetual tinkerers.

Think you just need to admit that you are perpetual tinkerers.

Just like yourself Jonathon

Spare wheel and jack - and wheel brace. Tow rope. Warning triangle and yellow jacket.

All of those except the tow rope.
+ GOOD jump leads, AA card and charged mobile phone and a useable spare wheel.

If I'm going on a long journey in a scrapper I have a pre-packed holdall full of the essentials:
Tow rope, hose repair tape, nuts and bolts from big to small, jubilee clips from big to small, electrical wire, + connectors, steel wire (good for holding hot things on, cable ties for holding anything else, super glue, gaffa tape, chemical metal, brake fluid, interior mirror sticky pad, disposable gloves, nylon backed blanket for rolling around underneath the car (complete with remnants of Saharan sand), fuel pump, rubber fuel hose, all kinds of bulbs and fuses and a 7" headlight - and for some reason a rear fog light with brakcet (the fog light got in there on a trip to Dresden in an old Land Rover to tow the Trabbi back, and it stays for old times sake!)

The holdall goes in, usually with very full toolbox and socket set + empty fuel can + charged up head torch too.
Depending on the vehicle, then gearbox oil and engine oil, and lots of radiator water (Minor doesn't need gearbox oil unless axle is leaking, Trabbi won't EVER need radiator water!! etc..).

The Trabbi gets a full spare fuel can, but mainly because it's only got a 24 litre tank and no fuel gauge! In the other cars carrying unused 5 litres of fuel is just a waste of weight.

On the Landy trip towing back from Germany I've even taken my MIG welder and a long extension lead! I'm not sure if it would have worked to run the extension lead from random hotel window to the carpark to do welding without being evicted! Having looked at the state of the chassis later on I'm lucky it made it back in one piece!

One thing I'd recommend if going abroad is to take a spare headgasket, and if going somewhere hot with poor fuel (Mongolia) to take some exhaust valves.

rayofleamington wrote:All of those except the tow rope.

The tow rope saved our bacon in Ireland when one of my co-drivers reversed us into a ditch! We got a local to pull us back out with his Polo.

The tow rope saved our bacon in Ireland when one of my co-drivers reversed us into a ditch!

Ah that's ok - it's included with my 'long journey' tools. Can't imagine anyone reversing in to a ditch in the Midlands! ;-)
They might reverse in to a garage though...

hang on i will get my trailor,,,grandad