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22nd September 2011, 05:41 PM
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Enjoying the trips
What do you mean by trip?
Are you talking close to home or away on an extended trip?
If extended are you isolated or near towns and services?
For us tools and spares vary according to what we are doing.
We do some isolated stuff and take heaps, we have used b all of it I might add. But its better to look at it than look for it.
If doing a weekend trip we dont take much, only cause we are close to home.
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22nd September 2011 05:41 PM
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22nd September 2011, 08:34 PM
#12
Originally Posted by
macca
What do you mean by trip?
Are you talking close to home or away on an extended trip?
If extended are you isolated or near towns and services?
For us tools and spares vary according to what we are doing.
We do some isolated stuff and take heaps, we have used b all of it I might add. But its better to look at it than look for it.
If doing a weekend trip we dont take much, only cause we are close to home.
I'm heading over to the nullarbor. There will be times when I will be isolated from towns. Some of the beaches I will be travelling along are not that well known. I normally travel with one or two other cars but this time I'm going solo. My mate normally brings the tools. I always carry spare hoses, oils etc.
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22nd September 2011, 08:47 PM
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Administrator
Here it is...
I was trying to find this thread for you, has a lot of info on what some of the members carry...
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...highlight=tape
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22nd September 2011, 09:21 PM
#14
Patrol God
Originally Posted by
dasemm
good point Ben, I take 1litre oil, brake and power steering , inox and belts (fan, a/c etc). Also, fencing wire has come in handy in the past..
why take fence wire? you can nearly always find it somewhere in our wonderful country!
Tim
Getting Older Is Unavoidable, Growing Up Is Optional!
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23rd September 2011, 07:12 AM
#15
Enjoying the trips
Originally Posted by
Mtee
I'm heading over to the nullarbor. There will be times when I will be isolated from towns. Some of the beaches I will be travelling along are not that well known. I normally travel with one or two other cars but this time I'm going solo. My mate normally brings the tools. I always carry spare hoses, oils etc.
In that case a extra spare, or a good plug kit as a minimum. Something to demount and remount a tyre could be real handy.
I have a bead breaker, its done 34000klm in 3 trips to the interior and never been used, a mate is back from a Birdsville trip today, between 2 vehicles they had 5 flats. What the..
Have you thought about a sat phone, EPIRB or VHF?
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23rd September 2011, 06:59 PM
#16
Originally Posted by
macca
In that case a extra spare, or a good plug kit as a minimum. Something to demount and remount a tyre could be real handy.
I have a bead breaker, its done 34000klm in 3 trips to the interior and never been used, a mate is back from a Birdsville trip today, between 2 vehicles they had 5 flats. What the..
Have you thought about a sat phone, EPIRB or VHF?
Thanks for that. An EPIRB or similar device did not cross my mind but now you mention it it sounds like a good idea. I'm heading to get a spare UHF ariel tomorrow so I will check them out whilst Im there.
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27th September 2011, 10:57 PM
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All good sugestions. I will add that I like to pack a length of steel pipe for use as a breaker bar/wrench extender/etc..
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2nd October 2011, 12:13 AM
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top and bottom rad hoses, plus some heater hose some rad stop leak,liquid metal, and also I take 5l of engine oil just in case I do manage to crack a sump or something im able to partially refill my engine to get me by. Can also use it in diff ext in an emergency
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2nd October 2011, 08:03 AM
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RIP - valued member and true gentleman of this forum that will be missed by many!
cheap tarp to lie on, and hand cleaner for after, workshop manual.
The patience to wait for someone to come along who actually knows that the bit you have been wrestling with needs judicious application of a hammer. I've helped a couple of people out, and was helped out once by a grey nomad who wandered over with a cuppa in hand and just happened to be a retired auto leccie who knew to bend the tabs on the alternator brushes down to get them working again.
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18th October 2012, 01:35 PM
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hi dont you have a tool rool in the car or is it an option or extra i have one next to the rear light compartment just basic tools though
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