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28th January 2015, 02:25 PM
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Road trip spares - what do you take?
Hey Folks,
Planning our 3.5 week trip up from Adelaide to Uluru, via Oodnadatta and back via West MacDonnell Ranges and Coober Pedy. It's well over 4000km driving, and quite a bit of bush camping etc.
Question is .... what spares for the Patrol would you take with you? We've got about 155,000km on the clock - and a major service will be done before we go away.
We have a reasonable selection of tools, plus a few bits we've gathered up for previous trips (spare battery terminals, fuses, tape etc).
I've heard of people taking hoses etc, and am intrigued to know what everyone else takes as spare for their Patrols
Any info much appreciated!
Trace
2006 GU ST 3.0td manual. CTEK 250S Dual Battery - Ironman 65L Ice Cube - Pioneer AVH-3600DAB - Tough Dog Adj 45mm Shocks, springs and HD steering damper - Airtec Snorkel - King Brown 3" exhaust
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28th January 2015 02:25 PM
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28th January 2015, 02:35 PM
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Patrol Freak
I take my RACV Total Care card.
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28th January 2015, 02:43 PM
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Patrol God
Originally Posted by
BillsGU
I take my RACV Total Care card.
X2. Best insurance you can get
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28th January 2015, 02:49 PM
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Patrol God
Air filter, MAF spray,belt tensioner pulley with a decent bearing. hoses and a belt. workshop manual, Brake fluid some engine oil.
CRC spray, electrical tape, All this can fit in a milk crate.
There is a list of all lists on what to take camping, print that out and cross out what you dont need for this trip
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...-camping-lists
Last edited by threedogs; 28th January 2015 at 02:51 PM.
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28th January 2015, 02:59 PM
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oooh thanks folks!
We have RAA top cover, plus fully comp insurance ... but some spares might help us get running again without stopping our trip.
Originally Posted by
threedogs
Air filter, MAF spray,belt tensioner pulley with a decent bearing. hoses and a belt. workshop manual, Brake fluid some engine oil.
CRC spray, electrical tape, All this can fit in a milk crate.
There is a list of all lists on what to take camping, print that out and cross out what you dont need for this trip
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...-camping-lists
Will check out that list, thanks!
2006 GU ST 3.0td manual. CTEK 250S Dual Battery - Ironman 65L Ice Cube - Pioneer AVH-3600DAB - Tough Dog Adj 45mm Shocks, springs and HD steering damper - Airtec Snorkel - King Brown 3" exhaust
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28th January 2015, 03:03 PM
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Patrol God
Those tracks are notoriously bad for corrugations.
So maybe a shock each for front and rear.
And a battery welder incase something breaks.
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28th January 2015, 03:03 PM
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Patrol Guru
Trace,
I'm still building my spares for the Patrol but here is a list that I have so far:
Spare fan belts (one of each)
An assortment of nuts, bolts, screws, fasteners, wheel nuts (x12), wheel nut studs (x12), washers (various sizes)
1 x radiator cap
1 x emergency fuel filler cap
1 x set of radiator hoses
several radiator hose clamps of various sizes
3m of red and 3m of black 4mm electrical cable
Electrical cable spade connectors (male and female)
rolls of electrical tape
2 x rolls of Duct tape (Hundred mile an hour tape)
a roll of fencing wire (about 3m worth)
Tyre puncture repair kit
fuel tank repair putty (the metal one)
An assortment of spare light globes (at least the essential ones, main head lights)
some fly screen (to make a radiator curtain should the installed one fail)
Not to mention spare fluids (Brake, Engine oil, transmission/gear oil, clutch/power steer fluid, water (dont mix with coolant, can be used as emergency rations if required. I keep 4 x 2lt coke bottles filled up)
I'm still working on spare tyre tubes, turbo assembly, brake and clutch slave and master cylinders and possibly a radiator as well. Spare shocks, air, oil and fuel filters.
Cheers,
Rob
Last edited by rkinsey; 28th January 2015 at 03:09 PM.
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WARNING!: Do not ever use a towball as a recovery point. They are not rated and can become a deadly projectile during a recovery if they snap off, and they have done so with tragic results in the past.
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28th January 2015, 03:07 PM
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Patrol Guru
I should also add brake and clutch lines to my list.
Just about to jump into my next Patrol. A 2001 GU II TB45E .
WARNING!: Do not ever use a towball as a recovery point. They are not rated and can become a deadly projectile during a recovery if they snap off, and they have done so with tragic results in the past.
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28th January 2015, 03:23 PM
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Legendary
If you look at your trip, the longest distance that you will be travelling from major centre to major centre is around half of your trip say at 2000 klms
If your car is well serviced, then you should be OK for your trip - let your service company know that you will be doing a remote trip, and they will check most of the major things like wheel bearings, steering components, brakes, etc, etc. This should mostly eliminate the possibility that you will have a major component failure that will stop you in your tracks for a trip of 2000 klms.....
Looking at the major fails that seem to be common and can happen out in the middle of nowhere, and of which will stop you in your tracks, there are a few - but most relate to the bits that rotate the most.....
I carry a spare set of rear wheel studs and nuts ( the rears are longer than the fronts and can be used in the front if necessary - they will just push and break through the ends of the encapsulated nuts ), a belt and tensioner.
I carry the stretchy self adhesive silicon tape, which will bond to a hose, and to itself. This can then be used on any pipe / hose.
I carry an assorted selection of electrical connectors, wire, screws, small gauge fencing wire that I can easily wrap and twist up to hold things together ( like my broken roofrack in the middle of the Simpson ).
I have never had to use any of the major bits, and have carried the thin fencing wire around with me for nearly twenty years without using it...... until recently
Think about it as logically as you can, and try to take stuff that can be used for multiple repairs, and not just for one thing only ..... for example, I carry a portable gas powered soldering iron, and I was able to use this to repair a jeep that was with us, who had torn a hole in the automatic cooler lines to the radiator .... we removed them, made a fire and carefully heated up the pipe to make it easier to solder and to burn off any transmission fluid inside, and I soldered it up ... with a small fluid top up, he made it back to Melbourne from the middle of the Vic High Country ...
Mic
GU PATROL 2011 Ti, with goodies...
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28th January 2015, 03:32 PM
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Patrol God
I take it you will get a service before you go, get them to change hoses and belts and keep the old ones for spares
Last edited by threedogs; 28th January 2015 at 03:34 PM.
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