Emergency kit. What do you carry?
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Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '03,'11
Emergency kit. What do you carry?
Here's my list. Anything i'm forgetting?
I have a mech fuel pump. I carry an electric that could be plumbed in in 15 minutes. Would you put the electric before the mechanical or after. If before, the return line might just cycle the gas back to the tank and have to be pinched off. Plumbing after the mech should be able to draw through the mech pump. So i guess either way would work.
1. fan belt
2. coil
3. HEI module
4. tire repair plugs
5. can of fix a flat
6. electric fuel pump (make sure it easily plumbs into existing fuel line and has leads wired and ready to go)
7. rubber fuel line
8. rear spindle housing setup
9. spare bearings
10. JB weld
11. wire
12. duct tape & elect tape
13. ?
I have a mech fuel pump. I carry an electric that could be plumbed in in 15 minutes. Would you put the electric before the mechanical or after. If before, the return line might just cycle the gas back to the tank and have to be pinched off. Plumbing after the mech should be able to draw through the mech pump. So i guess either way would work.
1. fan belt
2. coil
3. HEI module
4. tire repair plugs
5. can of fix a flat
6. electric fuel pump (make sure it easily plumbs into existing fuel line and has leads wired and ready to go)
7. rubber fuel line
8. rear spindle housing setup
9. spare bearings
10. JB weld
11. wire
12. duct tape & elect tape
13. ?
Pro
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 587
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From: Overland Park Kansas
Tire kit (small pump, slime, plugs), small standard ratchet/socket set, 2 std open end wrenches, extinguisher, jumper cables, small channel locks.
Honestly that lasted me for 2 years using the car as a DD. Thing that saved me the most times were ratchet set/jumper cables.
I don't carry a spare as I have larger new rims, but hopefully if I ever get a flat (haven't had one in 9 years, knock on wood!) the slime+pump+plugs get me to a tire place.
Oh I also have roadside assistance! Best $3/month I've ever spent on the vette.
I am curious where you put all that stuff? I can barely fit the extinguisher + ratchet + jumper cables in my storage bin.
Honestly that lasted me for 2 years using the car as a DD. Thing that saved me the most times were ratchet set/jumper cables.
I don't carry a spare as I have larger new rims, but hopefully if I ever get a flat (haven't had one in 9 years, knock on wood!) the slime+pump+plugs get me to a tire place.
Oh I also have roadside assistance! Best $3/month I've ever spent on the vette.
I am curious where you put all that stuff? I can barely fit the extinguisher + ratchet + jumper cables in my storage bin.
Last edited by neuroclast; Feb 9, 2010 at 12:13 PM.
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Pro
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From: Melbourne, Fla. 6 months- New Middletown, Ohio 6 months
Fire extinguisher
Fix-a-flat
Socket set
Box/open end wrench set
Pliers set
Screw driver set
shop rags
fanbelt
Jumper cables
AAA card
I carry this stuff in the storage bin and also in a plastic case about the size of a briefcase.
Used the tools twice, both times for someone else's vehicle.
As stated earlier, good maintenance is the key.
Fix-a-flat
Socket set
Box/open end wrench set
Pliers set
Screw driver set
shop rags
fanbelt
Jumper cables
AAA card
I carry this stuff in the storage bin and also in a plastic case about the size of a briefcase.
Used the tools twice, both times for someone else's vehicle.
As stated earlier, good maintenance is the key.
Terrorizing Orange Cones
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 2,572
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From: Northern CO
* cooler w/six pack Bud
* box of fresh condoms
* pkg of morning after pills
... oops, wrong kit.
The car's kit is kept in back pockets: AAA card & cell phone.
Regular maintenance and driving aware handles most other issues.
* box of fresh condoms
* pkg of morning after pills
... oops, wrong kit.
The car's kit is kept in back pockets: AAA card & cell phone.
Regular maintenance and driving aware handles most other issues.
Melting Slicks
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 3,079
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You need the phone # for your favorite towing company stored in your cell phone, one that your insurance company will reimburse you for. Make the call, chug the six pack while smoking the cigar. Make plans for the fix on the ride home, while smoking another cigar, if the tow truck driver lets you smoke in the cab.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 840
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From: Syracuse IN
I made a trip to Florida in my old 77 GMC 4X4 when I was 20. I had a spare engine mounted in the bed, I also took along all the tools needed and a come a long winch. I never had to swap the engine but I did use several cans of STP on the trip. I sold the truck when I returned. Al
Racer
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 441
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From: San Antonio TX
The reg. assort. of hand tools plus 2 large cans of fix a flat & GOOD Tire Plugging Kit !
I also have a Pretty well stocked First Aid Kit w/Epi-Pen ,Benadryl,antacids,asprin ..etc..
and a good Fire Ext !
I also have a Pretty well stocked First Aid Kit w/Epi-Pen ,Benadryl,antacids,asprin ..etc..
and a good Fire Ext !
