Spares and tools

[five_belliez]

Hi all,
Usual story, just bought a T350tRR (from paxo), and I’m wondering what spares I should carry for a trip around France? I’m taking the usual legal bits - warning triangle, bulbs hi-vis jacket etc, but what other bits should I take, so far I have the following shopping list?

A bunch of fuses
1.5A
7.5A
10A
15A
20A
30A
40A
100A

A few screw drivers
Duct Tape
Jubilee clips
Cable ties
Insulating tape
Cloths
Tyre inflator

Do I need anything special other than standard jump leads, and do I really need to get a throttle cable etc?

Thanks,
Mike

[Dr John]

Throttle cable - cheap, prone to breaking, easy to fix if you have one - screwed if you haven't!

Edited by Dr John on Thursday 7th August 18:10

[Whitey]

This is a list I had saved that is quite helpful when getting some tools together for a trip.

Emergency Spares List
(culled from the egroups Cerbera list – many thanks to Ben Pike, James Hall, and the rest)

5ltr container of Mobil 1

5ltr container of water

Cable ties

Fire extinguisher

First aid kit

Foot pump

Fuse kit

Gaffer tape

High visibility vest

Jump leads

Number 24 spanner

Number 9 spanner

Ratchets

Set of sockets and extensions

Set of allen keys

Set of pliers

Set of screwdriver

Spare bulb

Torch

Tow rope

Tyre weld

Valve relief spring

Warning triangle

[Targarama]

A 10mm spanner is much more useful than a 9mm one...

Why bother with 5 litres of oil? If you need that much then you have a problem. Every petrol station sells oil which will be near enough what is needed (esp in Europe).

Most important piece of kit: European Breakdown cover.

[Whitey]

it was from the old cerb egroup, maybe they have more of a drink problem than a S6 and more 9mm nuts

I'm just back from 1300 ish miles in france and took most of that stuff except all the water (I had 2 litres) and the oil relief spring, did not take up much room at all in the boot, mind you I have a Tuscan, I guess there's less room in a T350. I personally like a few tools available to do repair minor things, anything major it's AA recovery time. I also took a accelerator cable and a few hose clamps etc etc

Oh and did not need to use any of them!