Vehicle recovery / breakdown tool kit

All good ideas. I'd add Rapidfix or Q bond, a viscous fan spanner and a spare key. A couple of years ago, on a Winter Wombat weekend, someone's D2 managed to lock itself with the keys inside, so the spare key should be in a safe, dry place outside the car.

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Originally Posted by rangieman

I dont care how well cared or serviced your car is they still break down .
Im sorry i always carry more than enough tools as well as the main common spares .
I know you cant carry everything but im not going to be caught unprepared
Yes i did cubs and scouts;)

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Oh and the other thing is knowing what to do with the tools........which I don't really. That's the bit that concerns me. (So for me definitely travel with others)

I would ditch the ratchet spanners and go for a set of open end/ring spanners 8mm to 19mm and a set of double end ring spanners same size range, a set of 1/2" or 3/8" drive socket only sets and a single 1/2" drive tube socket 27mm and a decent length breaker bar.
Why? ratchet spanners will always be needed when there is little space around the nut/bolt head and ratchet spanners will strip their gears a long time before a conventional spanner will break.
A good quality phillips head screwdriver with a square shank and with the shank going all the way through the handle, can be used as an impact screwdriver, a ball peen hammer and a couple of good quality Shifters and vice grips, I would purchase the best quality I could afford, Sidchrome, Kingchrome etc.
Silicon Gasket maker, Bar's Leak for emergencies only and make sure you have a 15mm socket to go with your decent size breaker bar to release the belt tensioner.
Go Metric and whether 1/2" or 3/8" a decent ratchet will help, I'd go for the Sidchrome 1/2" or 3/8" ratcheting handle Ratchet, in tight spaces it is magic, if you have no room to swing the handle you can rotate the handle and it will do up or undo with the same action, also a decent screwdriver kit, a lot of tools but the day you are stuck you will appreciate them, BTW leather or cloth (canvas) rolls to keep your tools in are handy and saves time looking for a particular tool, Regards Frank.

A cracking thread there Toxic.... :):)


As a 1st Defender owner this has given me some great ideas as to what I should be putting in my truck tool box...... :):)


Great stuff keep it up.... :):)

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Originally Posted by Tank

I would ditch the ratchet spanners and go for a set of open end/ring spanners 8mm to 19mm and a set of double end ring spanners same size range, a set of 1/2" or 3/8" drive socket only sets and a single 1/2" drive tube socket 27mm and a decent length breaker bar.
Why? ratchet spanners will always be needed when there is little space around the nut/bolt head and ratchet spanners will strip their gears a long time before a conventional spanner will break.
A good quality phillips head screwdriver with a square shank and with the shank going all the way through the handle, can be used as an impact screwdriver, a ball peen hammer and a couple of good quality Shifters and vice grips, I would purchase the best quality I could afford, Sidchrome, Kingchrome etc.
Silicon Gasket maker, Bar's Leak for emergencies only and make sure you have a 15mm socket to go with your decent size breaker bar to release the belt tensioner.
Go Metric and whether 1/2" or 3/8" a decent ratchet will help, I'd go for the Sidchrome 1/2" or 3/8" ratcheting handle Ratchet, in tight spaces it is magic, if you have no room to swing the handle you can rotate the handle and it will do up or undo with the same action, also a decent screwdriver kit, a lot of tools but the day you are stuck you will appreciate them, BTW leather or cloth (canvas) rolls to keep your tools in are handy and saves time looking for a particular tool, Regards Frank.

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Good thinking Frank. Thanks for the ideas.
It's becoming more apparent that I need to consider the difference between the 'always in the car' kit and the 'lookout fellas, I'm 500km from the nearest town' kit.