Devonlad
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Espescially in Europe? Although Fan belts, bulbs & fuses what else?
barryd
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This is so right. I had a disasters with fan belt, water pump belt and a drive belt for the scooter. I now carry all three so they will never ever break while I have them. Something else will.
dont carry anything else. Few bulbs and fuses maybe.
oldish hippy
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spare reading glassses
kimbowbill
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Is this groundhog day :dance:
rolandrat
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Waterpump, gas regulator, heavy duty jumpleads, bottle jack, 3/4 socket wrench, cold wheelstud socket and a length of scaffold tube for extra leverage, plus sundry items.
BearHug
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Several Large HP sauces, orange concentrate & Tonic.
That's plenty.
That's plenty.
whitevanwoman
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Following a recent incident, I now carry a wheel wrench extender bar.
Routinely, I carry sleeping bag, water, spare dog food, wellies, set of waterproofs, loo roll, spare bulbs, rope, foot pump, torch, radweld, WD40, spare specs, spare valve caps, and a spare wheel nut.
About 6 months ago on the way home from Liverpool, I heard a strange knocking sound coming from a front wheel. I pulled over and investigated but could see nothing untoward. It got worse and worse and the steering became very loose. I managed to get to a friend's house and discovered that a wheel nut was missing and 2 of the remaining 3 nuts were very loose, the wheel was only held on by 1 nut. I was in a total state of shock - in 25 years of driving this is the first time this had ever happened. I can't believe how lucky I was that day. Another couple of miles and I would have lost the wheel. I tried various different places to get a new wheel nut - petrol stations, Halfords, garages and couldn't get one and had to go to Peugeot, so I bought a spare aswell as a replacement. I'll probably never need the spare but having come so close to disaster once, I wouldn't risk it again.
And I have't got any thing against Liverpudlians (my dad's family lives in Liverpool) but it's odd that it happened after being parked up at Crosby Beach for a couple of hours... next time I go to Liverpool, I'll go on the train!
Routinely, I carry sleeping bag, water, spare dog food, wellies, set of waterproofs, loo roll, spare bulbs, rope, foot pump, torch, radweld, WD40, spare specs, spare valve caps, and a spare wheel nut.
About 6 months ago on the way home from Liverpool, I heard a strange knocking sound coming from a front wheel. I pulled over and investigated but could see nothing untoward. It got worse and worse and the steering became very loose. I managed to get to a friend's house and discovered that a wheel nut was missing and 2 of the remaining 3 nuts were very loose, the wheel was only held on by 1 nut. I was in a total state of shock - in 25 years of driving this is the first time this had ever happened. I can't believe how lucky I was that day. Another couple of miles and I would have lost the wheel. I tried various different places to get a new wheel nut - petrol stations, Halfords, garages and couldn't get one and had to go to Peugeot, so I bought a spare aswell as a replacement. I'll probably never need the spare but having come so close to disaster once, I wouldn't risk it again.
And I have't got any thing against Liverpudlians (my dad's family lives in Liverpool) but it's odd that it happened after being parked up at Crosby Beach for a couple of hours... next time I go to Liverpool, I'll go on the train!
Viktor
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I generally like to think of myself as fairly logical and practical and try to think ahead where possible WVW but everyone can make a mistake...several years ago I was having trouble with a vehicle and slow punctures in the front wheels (despite fixing them and even new tyres). I eventually came to the conclusion wherever I was travelling to routinely was giving me them....the effect was to gradually drift about a bit backwards and forwards towards the white line.
It happened again one evening but I ignored it....it was a Citroen BX with the self levelling suspension....after about an hour at fifty miles an hour speed the rear nearside wheel all but departed....it came off the hub but remained attached by one nut....luckily the self levelling suspension compensated and although I was a bit erratic on the road getting stopped...no accident occurred....
In hindsight perhaps I hadn't tightened the nuts strong enough or someone had decided to play a joke...whatever I failed to pay attention to the wobble BECAUSE I had convinced myself it was those darned slow punctures in the front wheels again!
It happened again one evening but I ignored it....it was a Citroen BX with the self levelling suspension....after about an hour at fifty miles an hour speed the rear nearside wheel all but departed....it came off the hub but remained attached by one nut....luckily the self levelling suspension compensated and although I was a bit erratic on the road getting stopped...no accident occurred....
In hindsight perhaps I hadn't tightened the nuts strong enough or someone had decided to play a joke...whatever I failed to pay attention to the wobble BECAUSE I had convinced myself it was those darned slow punctures in the front wheels again!
whitevanwoman
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Ditto re the puncture in Manchester a couple of weeks ago, I thought I was just being paranoid on the motorway down there when I just had a strange feeling that something wasn't quite right - from the state of the tyre, I must have driven on it flat for a fair way. It's not easy to find that fine line between awareness and paranoia.
The most frustrating thing about the puncture incident is that I am renowned wherever I go for having "just in case" kit - my fuel consumption is probably double because of what I usually carry in the van, and the majority of it has never been used. During the winter I carry a camping stove and brew kit plus warm clothes, food, and 101 other "essential" items, but I've been trying to be more realistic and reduce what I carry. That particular day, I had been out in the Tranny the day before and had left alot of my usual kit in the Tranny and being in a rush to get out that morning, I had forgotten to transfer it to the Partner.
So now of course, I'm finding that I need to double up on alot of stuff (in car chargers, tyre gauges, spare bulbs, waterproofs and wellies, dog kit, etc) - or else allow an extra 15 mins every time I go out to check the contents of whichever van I'm in and transfer kit from one to the other.
And ironically, I always used to ask garages not to tighten the wheel nuts too tight so that I could get them undone in the event of a puncture, but a couple of years ago, I was advised that this wasn't a good idea as they could work loose so since then I've not asked them to do that. Can't win...
The most frustrating thing about the puncture incident is that I am renowned wherever I go for having "just in case" kit - my fuel consumption is probably double because of what I usually carry in the van, and the majority of it has never been used. During the winter I carry a camping stove and brew kit plus warm clothes, food, and 101 other "essential" items, but I've been trying to be more realistic and reduce what I carry. That particular day, I had been out in the Tranny the day before and had left alot of my usual kit in the Tranny and being in a rush to get out that morning, I had forgotten to transfer it to the Partner.
So now of course, I'm finding that I need to double up on alot of stuff (in car chargers, tyre gauges, spare bulbs, waterproofs and wellies, dog kit, etc) - or else allow an extra 15 mins every time I go out to check the contents of whichever van I'm in and transfer kit from one to the other.
And ironically, I always used to ask garages not to tighten the wheel nuts too tight so that I could get them undone in the event of a puncture, but a couple of years ago, I was advised that this wasn't a good idea as they could work loose so since then I've not asked them to do that. Can't win...
Viktor
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I would expect that frame of mind from someone who has gone mountain climbing lol....and yes much of what you said is me too lol.
bigmillie
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Most of whats been stated plus a length of fencing wire
Useful in making repairs to exhaust when it falls off whilst crossing Swiss Alps :scared:
Useful in making repairs to exhaust when it falls off whilst crossing Swiss Alps :scared:
Viktor
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Lol...I'm only in a small campervan....guess I'll have to depend on you better kitted for repairs should I ever need it.
signman
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I just carry my RAC card.
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A spare tin opener, i know you are going to laugh at me but, when we got stuck at Scorborugh for 3 days, the blooming tin opener broke, luckily the pub just near by helped out,
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A little stash of cash.
Way back when I was at school, one of my teachers had lived in New York and he always carried a small amount of money in a different pocket so when (not if) he got mugged or had his wallet stolen, he had taxi fare home. Nowadays I still divide my cash up and leave a little in the van when we are travelling.
Richard
Way back when I was at school, one of my teachers had lived in New York and he always carried a small amount of money in a different pocket so when (not if) he got mugged or had his wallet stolen, he had taxi fare home. Nowadays I still divide my cash up and leave a little in the van when we are travelling.
Richard