Thread: Vehicle spares and tools

Recently there have been a few people on the Forum ask about what to take along on extended trips. We will be off to East Armhem Land shortly.

We are regular travellers to remote areas of Australia and would like to share what tools and vehicle spares we take along with us. We have found this suits our requirements. Each to their own. Our fuel range is in excess of 1300kms, wind dependent.

We currently have a low kms 2006 TD5 Deferder and tow a 4m boat on a rugged trailer. The vehicle has a number of extras including:

10,000lb Warn Winch, ARB bar. HID lights
Long range sill tanks, one 45 litres, the 2nd 65 litres
45 litre water tank
HF radio, UHF radio
Dual Odyssey batteries
60 litre Trailblazer fridge.
Externally mounted Shovel. Axe and Hi Lift jack.

Our Camping tool list is as follows:


1 Vehicle spares / Tools - Disco

• Fan belt, fuel filter, air filter, wheel oil seal, 2 wheel bearings, bearing hex nuts & lock tabs and pressure washer, shocky rubbers, tailshaft uni,
• Tyre pump, tyre levers, pressure gauge, 1 tubes, assorted patches, glue, valves, tubless repair kit, wheel spanner and socket, valve removers + one on each wheel, bead breaker kit,
• High lift jack, normal jack, snatch strap, 3 x blocks of wood (150 x 75 x 200)
• Silastic, Gasket goo, Araldite, Liquid metal, gaffer tape, locktite, window tape, self amalging tape, electrical tape, thread tape,
• Nuts and bolts, fence wire, electric wire, spare fuel line with TD5 ends, hose, 12mm fuel line, clamps, assorted split pins, booker rod and 10 nuts, cable ties, small, medium, large, crimp lugs, crimpers , connectors, emery paper,
• 2 litres engine oil, jar of grease, small grease gun, brake fluid,
• Fluke multimeter, alligater clips x2,
• 1500 watt inverter, HF radio tuned length dipole

Tools
• Sidchrome socket / spanner set, several larger sockets, extension bar and socket breaker bar, ring spanner set, open ender set, 6 inch Shifter, 8 inch shifter, huge shifter
• 6 inch pliers, 8 inch pliers, long nose pliers, side cutters, electronics side cutters, multigrips, large multigrips, circlip pliers
• Philips and flat blade screwdriver set, stubby philips, stubby screwdriver, jewelers driver, large screw driver, metal ended screw driver,
• Engineers hammer, small / large vice grips, cold chisel, pin punch – small and large, hacksaw blades. flat file, round file
• Metric allen keys, torx set with suitable ratchet, Torx for gearbox
• Viscous coupling remover, TD5 Starter removal tools
• Jiggler (fuel siphon),
• Engine Analyser (was Snap on, future will be Nanocom.)


The next 3 pics shows general tools which are packed into an ammo box.














The next pic shows larger tools – Tyre levers, Fan nut spanner, 6mm – 32mm ring spanners, socket set, wheel spanner, ….





The next 3 pics shows tyre repair items as well as a few others, packed into the ARB case. This includes all manner of radial and tube patches, Fluke multimeter, snatch strap, pressure gauge, compressor, air gun, part of the bead breaker, separate tubeless kit …..












The following 2 pics show general spares











Nuts, bolts, clamps. Lugs, … are kept in a bag with a zipper.







And the final box has the battery charger, engine oil, brake fluid, grease & grease gun, fuel syphon, filters ….


Pic of the battery charger topping up the boat battery.



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The battery charger box













The above pics were taken both recently and for our previous trip. If I get time I will add pics on where items are stowed.

Erich

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

just on suggestion if thats one of the older short body grease guns exchange it for a full size one and get both the solid neck and the flex neck for it. grab about 10 grease nipples as spares and have one of those basket ball inflators soldered onto another.

I also reccomend carrying a torque wrench.

Nice layout, total weight would be something like 40-45kg at a guess

Hi Dave,

I have a McNaught grease gun with a flexible head which I use at home. On the road, the small gun is adequate for the 4 tailshaft grease nipples, which I will re-grease after water crossing. As for other grease points - on the tow hitch, the outboard and the chainsaw cutter bar, these all get serviced before we leave home and will be OK for the trip.

We have taken this grease gun with us since our first Land Rover in 1975 and I don't think it has missed a trip.

I used to carry a torque wrench but don't anymore - have rarely used it away and mine is a bit bulky. One gets the feel for the tightening of different sized bolts. I hope we don't need one.

Erich