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Old 12-14-2021, 06:51 PM
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Default I'm assembling a small tool bag to carry in the trunk - what tools do you carry?

First and most importantly, I have a very compehensive roadside assistance program, which with my motorhome I find to be the best possible tool to carry.

I'm trying to plan what tools to carry. I certainly don't want to carry an entire toolbox, just enough to make a quick repair to get me to a better place to work on the car (hopefully). Here's what I am thinking so far:
- Duct tape and hoseclamps, for obvious reasons. If you can't fix it with hoseclamps and duct tape, it's never gonna be fixed.
-3/8 Ratchet handle, extension, and 3/8, 7/16, 1/2, 9/16, 5/8 and 3/4 sockets
-Sparkplug socket
-Small wire brush
-Small plug gap tool
-3/8 drive flex adapter
-Flashlight. Those little Harbor Freight ones with the 3 AAA batteries work really well, and they're only about $3.
-Ball Peen hammer
-Lead Hammer and safety wire
-3/8, 7/16, 1/2, 9/16, 5/8 and 3/4 combo wrenches
-Small and larger adjustable wrench
-Small and medium size phillips and flat screwdrivers
-Small VOM
-electrical tape
-Diagonal, needle nose and "water pump" pliers
-Just a few spare fuses
-Spare fan belt

I'm trying to keep the bag small. This looks like alot, but I already loaded the bag with all this with these tools from home and it's not bad at all. It all fits in a medium sized tool bag. Am I missing something that you guys carry that you think should be in here?

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Old 12-14-2021, 06:56 PM
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What do you plan to do if you get a flat tire?
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Old 12-14-2021, 07:05 PM
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What do you plan to do if you get a flat tire?
That's a good question. I guess I can carry a patch kit and a small OEM 12v tire inflator, something like what a Boxster comes with. It's slightly larger than a paperback book. I REALLY don't want to use the flat tire goo if I can avoid it. I'm really trying to keep this whole tool bag small and within some sort of reasonable size and weight limit. What do you carry and what do you do regarding a possible flat tire, Patrick?
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Old 12-14-2021, 07:09 PM
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What do you carry and what do you do regarding a possible flat tire, Patrick?
I have a small air compressor that could hopefully limp me home with a leak, but I also carry two cans of Fix 'o Flat. If I ever had to use it to get home then I would cut the tire off the wheel with a cut off wheel and snips, peel it off, throw the tire in a dumpster, clean the wheel up good, and mount a new tire.
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Old 12-14-2021, 07:13 PM
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I have a small air compressor that could hopefully limp me home with a leak, but I also carry two cans of Fix 'o Flat. If I ever had to use it to get home then I would cut the tire off the wheel with a cut off wheel and snips, peel it off, throw the tire in a dumpster, clean the wheel up good, and mount a new tire.
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https://www.amazon.com/AstroAI-Porta...4&sr=8-11&th=1
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Old 12-14-2021, 07:15 PM
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Yes, just make sure the cord to your cigarette lighter is long enough so you can reach the farthest wheel.
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Default 5/8 short combo wrench and wide straight screwdriver

If you have a holley carb…you know why.

Other than that call a flatbed.

Ive got a spare narrow knock off, but haven’t figured out a low clearance jack…

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First and most importantly, I have a very compehensive roadside assistance program, which with my motorhome I find to be the best possible tool to carry.

I'm trying to plan what tools to carry. I certainly don't want to carry an entire toolbox, just enough to make a quick repair to get me to a better place to work on the car (hopefully). Here's what I am thinking so far:
- Duct tape and hoseclamps, for obvious reasons. If you can't fix it with hoseclamps and duct tape, it's never gonna be fixed.
-3/8 Ratchet handle, extension, and 3/8, 7/16, 1/2, 9/16, 5/8 and 3/4 sockets
-Sparkplug socket
-Small wire brush
-Small plug gap tool
-3/8 drive flex adapter
-Flashlight. Those little Harbor Freight ones with the 3 AAA batteries work really well, and they're only about $3.
-Ball Peen hammer
-Lead Hammer and safety wire
-3/8, 7/16, 1/2, 9/16, 5/8 and 3/4 combo wrenches
-Small and larger adjustable wrench
-Small and medium size phillips and flat screwdrivers
-Small VOM
-electrical tape
-Diagonal, needle nose and "water pump" pliers
-Just a few spare fuses
-Spare fan belt

I'm trying to keep the bag small. This looks like alot, but I already loaded the bag with all this with these tools from home and it's not bad at all. It all fits in a medium sized tool bag. Am I missing something that you guys carry that you think should be in here?
A testlamp. Can be faster at fuse checking than a meter. Also doesn't need batteries. And gives you a choice of these 2 tools in whatever the case may be.
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For screwdrivers, I keep a long thin flathead and a 6-in-1 screwdriver.

Check around (like your choke) to see if you have any torx head screws.
In my 1/4" ratchet set, I have some torx bits.
Mine is something like this: https://motorheadtools.com/products/...t-set-37-piece
Those little sockets have saved me more than once.


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Portable jump starter, air compressor and tire plug kit.
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There's a lot of things that are obvious like screwdrivers, zip ties, etc. Some things a little more unique:

I prefer to carry a set of flex head ratchet wrenches and a crescent. The crescent generally covers for a full set of combo wrenches, and then the ratchet wrenches generally replace a ratchet and sockets. There's some cases like lug nuts or something which you can't use a ratchet wrench for, but more repairs they can tackle the task.

I also carry a small multimeter, or even better if $$ isn't a concern a Power Probe will help you test and diagnose anything electrical. Then a jumper wire with an auto fuse holder in it.

A really good set of pliers which for me is a pair of Knipex Cobra pliers.

Sheet metal shears, they're not too big and they can cut just about anything from wire, plastic, metal, etc.
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Phone, charge card, vice grips, screwdriver with multiple bits, adjustable wrench, Flat Fix.
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Great ideas here, both for completeness of what might be needed and multi function for keeping the size and weight of the tool kit down. Screwdriver with multi bits, zip ties, many more. Please keep the ideas coming boith for me and searches in the future for others.
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Interestingly, I also carry a spare tire (with the correct k/o wheel). I didn't for about twelve years, then thought time was not on my side. New wheel and tire with the tool bag & tool kit and an old Corvette scissor jack. No room for anything else.
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Interestingly, I also carry a spare tire (with the correct k/o wheel). I didn't for about twelve years, then thought time was not on my side. New wheel and tire with the tool bag & tool kit and an old Corvette scissor jack. No room for anything else.
Front wheel or back?
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Neither front nor back wheel but a cut down PE wheel that is a 5 1/2 "wide
one I believe. It came with the car and fits perfectly in the spare tire area
of the trunk.
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Old 12-15-2021, 09:55 AM
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Neither front nor back wheel but a cut down PE wheel that is a 5 1/2 "wide
one I believe. It came with the car and fits perfectly in the spare tire area
of the trunk.
Well that is cool. Pin drive?
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twobjshelbys beat me to it. May I recommend AAA Gold.
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I have a scissor jack that starts off very low and raises enough for my tires to clear the ground. I also carry a 2"x6" X12" with the one end beveled to drive up on to give more clearance for the jack. Worked out fine.
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