What tools do you carry

[trevskoda]

you all missed the spare wheel ?:scared:

 

[Deleted member 775]

Mobile phone to contact the breakdown service.

Oh yes, this new van of mine has a jack. managed for 5 years without one with the last van.

I sometimes wonder if people worry too much. :idea:

only tools i carry in the car, is the jack and wheel brace ,oh and my breakdown companies phone number they have all the tools needed .after all why have a dog and bark yourself .
mind you when we fulltimed in the van i carried quite a comprehensive tool kit even down to axle stands .

 

[Tbear]

Mobile phone to contact the breakdown service.

Oh yes, this new van of mine has a jack. managed for 5 years without one with the last van.

I sometimes wonder if people worry too much. :idea:

After spending 2 days parked outside a French garage while a lot of talking was done I now carry a few basic tools and pretend I know what to do with them.

Richard

 

[voyagerstan]

torque reduction tool for changeing wheels . used it twice best bit of kit i ever bought saves a lot agro .:hammer:STAN

 

[Tbear]

torque reduction tool for changeing wheels . used it twice best bit of kit i ever bought saves a lot agro .:hammer:STAN

If we ever do get round to doing Morocco, it will be top of my to buy for the trip list.

Richard

 

[iampatman]

If we ever do get round to doing Morocco, it will be top of my to buy for the trip list.

Richard

Toured Morocco earlier this year. Four of us in two motorhomes for six weeks, never had to change a wheel and never came across another motorhomer who had either. If I go back I'll leave the tools behind to make more space for beer
Pat

 

[Makzine]

I always seem to have the right tools but never where I need them:mad1: :hammer: :wave: :drive:

 

[Tbear]

Toured Morocco earlier this year. Four of us in two motorhomes for six weeks, never had to change a wheel and never came across another motorhomer who had either. If I go back I'll leave the tools behind to make more space for beer
Pat

All for room for a drop or two of Beer but the impression that I get from others is the desert roads can be a bit hard on wheels and suspension and then the road disappears all together. As I have been known to snap box section steel arms on towing hitches on English duel carriageways. Had tyres explode and wheel bearings crumble. I think I,ll air on the side of caution.

Richard

 

[iampatman]

All for room for a drop or two of Beer but the impression that I get from others is the desert roads can be a bit hard on wheels and suspension and then the road disappears all together. As I have been known to snap box section steel arms on towing hitches on English duel carriageways. Had tyres explode and wheel bearings crumble. I think I,ll air on the side of caution.

Richard

Granted the roads, in places, weren't the best but we managed ok. I did more damage to my van on Bulgarian "roads" a couple of months ago. We've got a coach built so didn't venture into the desert with it. Hired a 4X4 and driver for the day.
I'd definately recommend a trip to Morocco though. With or without comprehensive tool kit
Pat

 

[rockape]

you all missed the spare wheel ?:scared:

Don't need one ,,,, my wife carries a spare tyre with her all the time.

 

[st3v3]

torque reduction tool

A who??

 

[Tbear]

A who??

Think spanner with a gearbox. 60:1 ratio so every pound force you apply is 60 pounds of torque. Does not undo things quickly but it does loosen them so you can then use conventional means instead of a 6ft bar to start with.

Richard

 

[Deleted member 2636]

Probably enough to take the engine to bits and re-assemble it - and I'll probably still get caught out by needing a 39mm deep reach impact socket...

 

[oldish hippy]

aa sim card with some data on it so ican get on here to seek advice and help before i call the big yellow wagon as the people on here are more use than the big yellow wagon as it might be something stupid that takes two mins to fix or might get a knight in shining armour on his steed to help out and turn up with cup of coffee

 

[Dezi]

Several years ago the exhaust on our Eldiss 270 spit while on a minor road in southern Italy.

Fortunately we had some French tins of vegetables on board with ring pull lids. Finding one about the correct diameter And using a tin opener to remove the other end I slid the can over the split wrapped plenty of the sticky plumbers aluminium foil over each end of the tin & had it fixed sometime after I got home.

The motto is “eat plenty tinned of veg and always carry some spare cans“

Dezi

 

[iveco4x4]

Hmmm... Tools

3/4 inch socket set is a must - these Ivecos are not vans but small trucks.

Tools - loads of them , including need to be able to change tyres on rims if needed not just put the spare on (we travel off the beaten track a bit more).

Now do't get me started on what spares we carry, but then when in Iceland did have to change clutch master cyl one day followed by slave the next, funnily enough I had both. Liquid metal is very usefull , even just for lending passing unimogs whose radiators have started leaking

Not only spare wheel but a spare tyre too.

All the belts and hoses. Spare starter and alternator

and recovery equipment, aluminium sand ladders, 2 metres long each

and if all else fails we do have iridium sat phone :mad1:

Rich

 

[st3v3]

Think spanner with a gearbox. 60:1 ratio so every pound force you apply is 60 pounds of torque. Does not undo things quickly but it does loosen them so you can then use conventional means instead of a 6ft bar to start with.

Richard

So I suppose you anchor it against a different stud or something?

 

[st3v3]

Actually, just found torque multiplier and answered my ownquestion lol.

 

[Tbear]

Actually, just found torque multiplier and answered my ownquestion lol.

They do look good but I suspect it would be one of those tools that I would carry for 100,000 miles and then do a quick trip and leave it at home and the obvious would happen so unless I go somewhere a bit more adventurous than Rouen. I think I will manage without.

Richard

 

[Andy75]

Actually, just found torque multiplier and answered my ownquestion lol.

Thanks, tried googling torque reduction tool too, and had nothing. Not usually a problem when at home I can put the air spanner on the wheel nuts, but without that it's scaffolding tube and jumping on the end to get van ones off!