Minimum toolkit to carry in the boot?
Minimum toolkit to carry in the boot?
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900T-R

Original Poster:

20,406 posts

287 months

Monday 21st May 2012
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Right folks, time to get organised. That heavy, unwieldy tool bag in the boot where small items like fuses tend to get damaged or lost and in which you can never find the item you need unless you pour all its content onto the pavemen, is starting to get on my nerves, as is carrying two full sets of spanners - one metric and one imperial.

So - which spanner/socket/Allen key sizes, screwdirvers etc. should I regard as essential for roadside or on-location repairs to make the smallest, lightest and neatest toolkit that's still of actual use?

dbv8

8,676 posts

250 months

Monday 21st May 2012
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An egg, fruit pastils, pair of stockings, silicone sealant, gaffa tape and an AA card.

900T-R

Original Poster:

20,406 posts

287 months

Monday 21st May 2012
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What's the egg for - fixing coolant leaks? Eggciting! getmecoat

Hedgehopper

1,542 posts

274 months

Monday 21st May 2012
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+ the bible...essential.

dbv8

8,676 posts

250 months

Monday 21st May 2012
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Hedgehopper said:
+ the bible...essential.
or a prayer mat and maybe some chicken bones.

haircutmike

22,511 posts

234 months

Monday 21st May 2012
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A decent Leatherman and a spare 100 amp fuse, never needed more, (all technical problems are self induced in te garage where I have a shedfull of tools to rectifysmile).

Edited by haircutmike on Monday 21st May 15:42

Janiceps

20 posts

197 months

Monday 21st May 2012
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monkey wrench hehe

Goaty Bill

1,779 posts

181 months

Wednesday 23rd May 2012
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Janiceps said:
monkey wrench hehe
The door was left wide open really, wasn't it?