Breakdown box

[Patchy]

Hey ppl looking at getting ready to go further away with my Deefa its a 2004 td5 110 and with parts hard to come by I like to carry a get me out of **** box. Just wondering what ppl are carring with them in there TD5s...

so apart from the usual cable ties, electrical tape and hammer what else are you taking with you. I was thinking of a TPS , belts and usual second hand half decent hoses left over from replacement ;) so apart from that what else do I need as im sure id have to be missing some needed parts.

cheers Brian

[djam1]

I have the same vehicle and carry the following in addition to your list
Potentiometer, Fuel Pump, Fuel Filters, Crank Sensor, as necessities.

I also carry All ECUs, Fuel Pressure Regulator, MAF, AAP Sensor, Sensor on the manifold (cant remember its name), Injector Harness, Fuel Cooler Kit, Diagnostic equipment, Water Temp Sensor, Wheel Bearings, Alternator.

Way overkill in the minds of many but my travels are usually more isolated than most and I have to be completely self reliant.

You don’t have to rush out and buy these things if you ring All 4x4 in Newcastle they can do you a kit for your trip then return it when you have finished they charge for what you use.

[Patchy]

Cheers for the reply your right your list is excessive haha the fuel pump I was thinking of changing mine soon as its noisy and I'll keep it as a spare crank sensors something I prob would have over looked.... with all the spares you've been carring with you what have you had to use and glad u had. Or is it just a confidence thing knowing u can fix it out there and wont be stuck?

cheers Brian

[dromader driver]

hose clamps, no 8 fencing wire and puncture repair stuff generally covers it. fix the oil leaks before you leave is a good strategy. .......:cool:

[djam1]

Used an ECU once as the Nanocom had a fit when I was changing a map.
I haven't used much more to be honest but if I don't carry them I will need them next trip lol

The crank position sensor is the only one that will stop you the others mean default values and limp mode
Fuel pump and potentiometer means a wait on parts with the nearest dealer 1100 Ks away I carry them.
I actually carry much more but I would become the target of ridicule if I told you what I carry lol

[PAT303]

Yes it seems like overkill but we travel to places most people only dream about and I'd rather have a box of spares and not use them than no spares and need them. Pat

[Patchy]

Haha fair enough mate I've heard the throttle stopping people and fuel pump but not much else... I'm bit the same like to be prepared this is why im getting myself ready mainly after whats going to stop me with out much warning Cheers for your help.

cheers Brian

[MLD]

After Nolan's Brook in the Cape a little water messed with my TPS and while it dried out, it stopped progress for a few days.

I carried a full set of suspension bushes. You won't find spares expect at a LR dealer in the regional areas. I find mine go from being fine to ****ed in a blink of an eye. I went through 2 sets of lower rear shock bushes when up the Cape. I flogged out the front radius arm axle bushes but saved that job for the post-trip service. Made for interested times on the corrugated roads when you hit a bend at speed.

Other spares, serpentine belts and pulley tensioner. Full set of filters. Full service volume of the vital fluids, oils, coolant, brake fluid etc. A few rolls of silicon tape, great for a split radiator hose. All the usual tools.

The reality of owning a LR is that supplies in the bush are non existent.

My learning, Aust Post overnight is not overnight to regional cities. When stuck in Townsville it took 5 days for an overnight parcel from LR Melb to arrive.

Happy travels. MLD

[dero]

Not sure if TD5 is the same as TDI , but if so , anything that runs off the serpentine belt will stop you if it seizes .

[n plus one]

After Nolan's Brook in the Cape a little water messed with my TPS and while it dried out, it stopped progress for a few days.

I carried a full set of suspension bushes. You won't find spares expect at a LR dealer in the regional areas. I find mine go from being fine to F'd in a blink of an eye. I went through 2 sets of lower rear shock bushes when up the Cape. I flogged out the front radius arm axle bushes but saved that job for the post-trip service. Made for interested times on the corrugated roads when you hit a bend at speed.

Other spares, serpentine belts and pulley tensioner. Full set of filters. Full service volume of the vital fluids, oils, coolant, brake fluid etc. A few rolls of silicon tape, great for a split radiator hose. All the usual tools.

The reality of owning a LR is that supplies in the bush are non existent.

My learning, Aust Post overnight is not overnight to regional cities. When stuck in Townsville it took 5 days for an overnight parcel from LR Melb to arrive.

Happy travels. MLD

Holy crap - I didn't go through a single bush up the Cape - maybe my truck doesn't flex enough! :D I did have to tighten my drive flanges and T/C output flange nut though...

For the OP, I carry oils (the 'rare' ones for the engine and gearbox), brake and PS fluid, belt, filters, bolts/washers, a couple of shock bushes, radiator hoses, vacuum pump (and gasket), wheel bearings/seals, scan gauge and BAS reader as well the other usual crap.

The real key is to sort everything at home - its easier to do these jobs in the drive way than in the bush!

[Patchy]

Yeah my thoughts are the same I all ways give my cars a good going over b4 I go anywhere helps having a workshop at my disposal... notice a few ppl carring shocky bushes do they really flog out that quickly? Or Is it just coz they're a cheap easy part to carry..

interesting seeing what different people are carrying and gives me ideas of what I might need just purchased a spare thottle position sensor to chuck away as a spare just going to slowly put things together.

Cheers Brian

[MLD]

... notice a few ppl carring shocky bushes do they really flog out that quickly? Or Is it just coz they're a cheap easy part to carry

Cheers Brian

The rear lower shock bushes on my old TD5 with tough dog shocks had a tendency to eat bushes. First time on a trip was the Vic High Country after days of climbing up and down dale. The other was the Cape. I had newish bushes before I left Sydney and they flogged put by Roma. Replaced them in Roma and drove to the tip and back. They were shot by the time I returned and were replaced in the post trip service.

Down the Vic High country the tracks were slow and rocky. We were pushing hard to cover ground. The leg up the Cape was Tarmac so no explanation by analogy to the Vic High country terrain. The corrugations on the PDR find weaknesses in your suspension and exploit them. The poor shocks had a hard time.

Since then I've gone to the pin /pin 80 series shock with Toyota type bushes and after 6 months of hard off-road work and several 4wd trips they look new.

A possible middle ground is to cut the cups off the axle and use a 80 series bush with a pressed washer that houses into the mounting hole. Gwyn Lewis in the UK sells the washers, or will give you an idea how to knock up a set in the workshop.

And yes for the space bushes take up in you kit is a factor too.

MLD