I don't carry much in the way of actual spare parts. Mostly just hand tools and repair parts that can't be found easily while out on the road. Everything fits in the tool and battery boxes except for the jack and spare inner tube. Some of it may sound odd but after so many years of touring in the TC, I've found a few things that need to be in the tool box even they don't seem likely to be needed. I'm probably forgetting something but off the top of my head, this is what I carry on long tours...
Spare parts (all good used parts, NOT new parts) - Complete distributor with cap and wires, Ignition coil, Fuel pump, Upper radiator hose.
Tools - Combo wrenches to fit everything on the car, ignition wrenches, Adjustable wrench, Ratchet handle, Whitworth and small SAE sockets, spark plug socket, Screwdrivers (Magnetic with various tips, large flathead, eyeglass flathead, stubby flathead), small slip joint pliers, needle nose pliers, Small electrician's cutter, wire stripper, lead hammer, tire levers, feeler gauges, scissor jack, small multimeter, small hobby file.
Small parts - Spark plugs (used, known good), pair of SU needle valves, SU gasket kit, various screws & nuts, various split pins, brake bleeder nipples (1 each size), short length of electrical wire, a couple electrical connectors, fuel hose (carb to carb), length of generic fuel hose, spare headlamp bulb, spokes (2 long, 1 short, 1 nipple), exhaust gasket, generator brushes, inner tube. On extra long trips I throw in a tach cable and a second spare inner tube.
Miscellany - 2 Quarts of oil, small bottle of brake fluid, blue paper towels, a couple terrycloth rags, individually packaged hand cleaner wipes, latex gloves, zip ties, electrical tape, a bit of thin bailing wire, a few toothpicks, misc small engine gaskets or some gasket paper, rim tape.
I use rubber bands to hold wrench sets tightly together to keep them from rattling, and put them inside the rags in the tool box so they don't bang against the sides. Anything I put in the battery box is either non-conductive or placed inside something to insulate it so there's no chance that in an accident it could short the battery terminals.
- Steve Simmons, TC8975
On 10/10/2018 9:06 PM, Sherwood Parker
sherparker1@msn.com [mg-tabc] wrote:
Greetings Listers?
Would any of you have a copy of, or a where to find, a list of emergency spares to keep in a T-Type that in driven regularly?
I was not clever enough to make a copy when this thread last appeared.
Thanks in advance if you can assist,
Sherwood Parker Tempe, AZ, USA TC 8355