Small metric only travel tool kit for my 911

[GH85Carrera]

As many of you know, a G body 911 does not have a ton of space for a large tool bag, for the Aw, Crap repairs.

My 911 did not come with a factory tool kit, and every time I start to look for those, the price takes my breath away. 100% of the time carry the tools to change a tire, gloves, painter's Tyvec suit to keep my clothes clean. The tools needed to replace a fan belt, and spare tool belts! Flat repair kit, and flashlights, fuses, spare DME relay and a 15 inch long piece of string trimmer line to open the gas filler lid if the cable breaks. And hand cleaner, and a towel.

For my road trips, I end up packing a bag of tools that I figure I could fix most minor things to get me to a larger town. No major jobs are practical. Then invariably I need some tool I packed already the day before the trip, and I have to unpack it.

I really want to find a dedicated roadside tool kit that does not waste space with SAE tools, or an inaccurate pen style tire pressure gauge or other garbage.

I have been lucky, with a 40 year old 202,000 mile 911 with me driving it for 30 years with 41 states and Canada visited, I have have zero issues. I had a DME relay die, but that was an easy swap with my spare. I have a list of the tools to bring on every trip, but I want something I can just keep in the 911.

A set of sockets, 8mm to 19mm open wrenches with the same size range, and the other few tools used the most.

Any ideas?

[Scott Douglas]

If I were you, I'd just go out and buy the specific wrenches you want and put them in a fishing tackle box or similarly sized tool box to keep in the car.

In my youth, I used to travel with a tool box that was filled with almost all the tools I owned in it. It's not a big box either. It must have weighed about 40 lbs though as it was solid tools. I rarely had to use them on my '68 BMW 1600 as it was pretty well maintained, by me.

I used to keep it in my Honda when I traveled, but the last trip I made in it I didn't even take it with me.

Like I said, custom make your own set of tools as I don't think you're going to be able to 'buy' a set that meets your needs in a store.

[porsche tech]

A plastic bag to put the flat tire in so your wife doesn’t get dirty holding it in her lap in the front seat on the way to the tire repair place. Space savers…not very well thought out.

[LEAKYSEALS951]

sounds like you've got yourself covered pretty well- a fan belt, fan belt wrench. All the right relays/fuses.

This is why your car never breaks- It knows you are ready.

The only thing I could think of is an allen key for the 1/2 axles, but yours aren't gonna break loose. Mine only got loose b/c I was a teenager and never tightened them right.

I'm sure you've got a spark plug wrench and extra plugs. On your model make sure len made you new fuel intake hoses, and what else could break?

Maybe spare fuel pump?
Clutch cable?

[LEAKYSEALS951]

Originally Posted by porsche tech

A plastic bag to put the flat tire in so your wife doesn’t get dirty holding it in her lap in the front seat on the way to the tire repair place. Space savers…not very well thought out.

Wife sits in the back 1/2 seats while the tire sits in front seat

wait a minute, I got that in reverse.

[pwd72s]

You have a good list of tools../.but how to contain them? Rather than a tool box, I'd suggest a tool roll...not necessarily one of these, but something like it...shop around.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZUkUv1S7eQ

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[GH85Carrera]

With the luggage for my wife and myself for a two week road tip, space is a premium. No tool boxes.



This is what came out of my car when we arrived at the hotel. And it all has to go back in. And that does not include the tool bag, or my helmet bag.

I have one fairly small bag with the tools I might need. I may just go to the store and buy some of the things I put in there, and just keep them in that bag and keep it in the car.

When I drove out to Palm Springs, CA (4th trip to CA) it was only 107 or so every day. The heat in my car was 135+ and my rear view mirror just fell off and was on the dash. I had to go buy a scraper, rear view mirror adhesive, and a set of Allen wrenches to get the mirror off of the puck that glues on the glass. Scrape everything clean, and new glue, and it is still in place.

I will just make up my one road kit for the 911. My El Camino has a large storage area behind the seat. No issue with hauling some tools.

[fanaudical]

My 911 came with zero tools. I found a gray tool roll on Amazon (very similar to the tool roll in the video above) and pieced together some inexpensive tools (end wrenches, hex keys, some sockets, a ratchet, pliers, make a fan wrench, etc) and put that together. It rides around in the 911 all the time. I'm not worried about losing a tool on the side of the road (it was all HF stuff - easily replaced).

[A930Rocket]

For around town, I have a zip up bag with an air pump, fix a flat, battery jumper, old/spare cap and rotor, fan belt, jumper cables, etc. Plus the original tool kit.

For a long trip, I also have a bag of tools that I bought at HF. I originally bought the tools for when I was tracking my E46. I also have a spare tire from a Boxster, although I need to replace the tire with a newer one.

I need to consolidate all of the sockets to metric, and bag the other tools, to make them easier to find. Right now, everything’s dumped into the bag and inevitably, whatever I need is at the bottom.

If I had to pack everything Glen does, somebody would be left at home!

[unclebilly]

https://engduro.com/?srsltid=AfmBOorDH7G75J8GeKKx7RNm73sVbEc_C3WpkHiAr MxdYtnWASnq3Ncd

I have used the double track kit to do a top end on a Ktm dirt bike and since bought my own. Really small and perfect for a newer Porsche with all the torx head screws.

These would also work with a g-body 911. Just bring a small socket rail, some stubby wrenches, and a multi bit screw driver.

[Cajundaddy]

For my RV which travels into the boonies a lot and often needs *something* fixed, I have a fairly extensive electricians tool bag and cordless driver. For the Porsche, a simple tool roll with just the basics. Screwdrivers, metric end wrenches, needle nose, pliars, vice grips and a tire plug kit with compact 12v inflator. Any more serious than this and she gets loaded on a trailer and hauled. In 20 years and 3 Porsches, I have never yet been stranded.

[GH85Carrera]

An RV is the opposite scale of a G-body 911 in terms of a place to store some tools.

I have been using the same metric socket set I bought in 1970, and they all work great. I guess I will buy a new set, and some wrenches the open end/box end set. I have a few multi bit screw drivers, but a medium regular flat screw driver and Phillips, some vice grips, and a 10 inch Crescent wrench. A small roll of duct tape and electrical tape, zip ties and a pair of cutters, and a Leatherman. Flashlight and most important, my cell phone. I just don't have room for a huge tool box and every square inch of space gets used.

[unclebilly]

Seriously, that engduro set fits in the palm of your hand and it’s not junk. Seriously useful stuff and small enough that it fits in my fender bag on my dirt bike.

[RANDY P]

Cordless impact driver for swapping wheels, or a least a real breaker bar.

[911boost]

I have the Boxo USA UTV roll made specifically for my UTV. It is all metric.

Maybe get a small metric one from them, I have had to use it a few times and the tools are solid for the price. It is a little bigger than the enduro ones.

You could take out the tools you do not need and add the ones you do and then roll it up.

https://boxousa.com/collections/tool-roll-bags

[DRONE]

I have the yellow tag tool kit and I added some cash $100 in various denominations as another precaution

[Bill Douglas]

I bought a crashed donor car years ago and the tool kit had battery acid dried all over it so I threw it out. Slap my face. I wish I knew at the time these were valuable.

[KFC911]

I have never "broken down", or even had a flat on the side of the road... except for changing 1 boat trailer tire ... decades ago.

I have a Carrera with 930 brakes .... how would THAT work for a rear flat ...

I roll with a DME relay, factory tool-kit, spare (old) belt.... no spare, and no intention of ever doing a swap on the roadside....

They call me... Lucky Stoopid !

At least I have a cell phone now.... the luck might run out.... but stoopid never does

[917_Langheck]

I've been on this same hunt to outfit my Crosstrek. There are several youtubes discussing this genre - compact tool sets for travel.

I came across the Craftsman CMMT45753V set in this quest. This has a full array from 8-22mm! in one set. Price is all over the place depending on vendor.

Add in some standard box-end/double wrenches and a compact Phillips/flathead screwdriver set, and you have a good starter set.

[Radioactive]

The problem with a tool set it included's sizes you will never use.

Every time you work on the car and get a tool, write down what you use. Soon you will have a list of the tools you need to buy.

You will end up with a few wrench's, sockets. Some extensions, screwdrivers and a metric hex key set, maybe small meter. It will fit in a small bag. I went a little overboard, wire, connectors, hose clamps.

You could go smaller, but this is what I ended up with,

https://a.co/d/2iAkylR