Thread: What tools do you fellas keep in the car?

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i take the essentials, tools, extra people for help, and a cooler with water. i wont drink sugary anything the day i race makes me not concentrate! weird huh

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

No trailer????? Where do you keep the sun canopy, screen enclosure for the kids to play in, gas grille, coolers, lawn chairs, generator, and all the other essential items when you go to the drags????? How do you haul home all the parts you buy (and will never use) while your at the drags???? You poor child!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

With my "new" truck, I'm still not sure what to cart around with me as there are more and more metric fasteners . When I take an extended trip or take the camper out, I have a full tool box - and I'm always missing the tool that I need. Right now, a few screwdrivers, a Crescent wrench, a pair of pliers, some electrical tape, a flashlight is about all that is in there.

When I had my '79 F350/460, I always carried a full toolbox - while it never ever broke down, I always had that fear that I might have to do a 'ring and valve' job alongside the road after it passed 135K and 17 years old

a AAA card...

Me too! Mostly I just carry my AAA Plus card with 100 miles of free towing. If it is going to be a long distance trip and I will be towing the Mullins, I usually just throw in my tool box complete with two torque ratchets and whole bunch of other needless items. Last time I did that the only thing I used was a spark plug socket and ratchet and a metal nail file. Probably overkill to carry as much as I sometimes do.

And yes I always pack a first aid kit in the car no matter where it goes.

I have rigged a busted U-joint with a coat hanger before. It got me home anyway.

Bailing wire is good!
And - An extra fan belt, and radiator hoses.

Originally Posted by gassersrule_196

i take the essentials, tools, extra people for help, and a cooler with water. i wont drink sugary anything the day i race makes me not concentrate! weird huh

No, your just weird. Just messing.

gee i am so weird i still use 283's. like i said tech still cannot belive it, that SMJ 327 i have in the corner is just waiting for 13-1comp 4 bolt splayed caps nice .650 solid roller cam and some bad a** dart heads and a dominator to be smacked on it! :O did i just hint that i like other motors then a 283 and 302 :O

I'm a pessimistic old toot.

So ........ I figure anything in the way of tools I haul around with me is bound to be stolen eventually. Therefore, the old plastic toolbox in the trunk of whichever of my treasures(?) I happen to be driving contains:

_Cheap Far-East bargain-counter crap sockets and wrenches.
_Worn-out screwdrivers, one of which is hefty enough for use as a crowbar.
_Snuff cans containing a variety of used nuts and washers.
_An opener for adult beverages (you don't need them anymore but it doesn't seem right not having one in there).
_A corroded old Swiss Army Knife (A good man can major every component of a Boeing 747 with one of those things).
_A little can of "Liquid Wrench" (although the dam stuff doesn't work).
_A very old can of starter fluid that probably no longer has any pressure in it.
_A big old Crescent wrench (13 inch is about right) of sufficient size and length to be used for a hammer if the need presents itself.
And 3M Electrical tape for temporarily fixing radiator hose ruptures.

But the rest of the stuff is mostly junk.

Jim
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well, I have a mechanics tool set in the falcon, staney brand. I was at Syracuse Nats and there was a vendor for hose and line repair stuff, like rubber tape, dosn't stick to anything accept itself and in 90 seconds turns to hard rubber, can't remember the name, but I wish I had got some, cause a trans line sprung a slight leak, and type F fluid isn't as cheap as dexron/mecron. it would be a great thing to have a roll each in both my cars.

Bigtracks...funny post. I know all about those depressurized cans. And thanks for reminding me about the "adult beverage opener".

My neighbor gave me a bucket of this great hand cleaner called "scrubs in a bucket"....sort of like industrial grade baby wipes. they work great!! I must live under a rock because Ive never seen them before (and they smell nice too ) I put it straight into the trunk today.

Also look for carrying odd size sockets particular to your ride, I have been a Jeep fan for years and the one size they use quite often is 15mm reg/ deep. W/o that you cannot do most things on them. Mercedes is 11/13 mm for many things .

Originally Posted by Road Agent

I drive a Chevy powered Anglia, I dont need any tools.. IT nevah breaks down on the highway!! Best of both worlds..

Today on the local traffic new's they had a guy in an Anglia broke down in the middle of the freeway. Held everyone up. Who else saw this on the news?

Don't have much room in the trunk with the monkey back there.



www.youtube.com/watch?v=8avOiTUcD4Y


Don

Road Agent needed the "Trunk Monkey"!!!

HAHAHA!! Those commercials are BRILLIANT!!