Comprehensive 1984 911 tool kit?

[bigo5552000]

Hello pelicans!

I am trying to assemble a list of all the fastener sizes and tools that would go in a specific toolkit for my 1984 911. Has anyone done this? Does anyone have a list of all the tools needed? If not, I’d like to assemble the list and post it for everyone to have!


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[HarryD]

Been discussed many times. This is the consensus.

Originally Posted by HarryD

This has been discussed before

Essential 911 tools

What have you got in your tool kit......

What have you got in your tool kit......

Us former British Car owners long ago faced this quandry and through many, many years of diligent research discovered that you only need 10 tools. Fortunately for you, our list is good for all Marques regardless of year.

"Forget the Snap-On Tools truck; its never been there when you need it. Besides there are only 10 things in this world you need to fix any car, any place, any time.

1. Duct Tape - Not just a tool, a veritable Swiss Army knife in stickum and plastic. It's safety wire, body material, radiator hose, upholstery, insulation, tow rope, and more - in an easy to carry package. Sure, there's prejudice surrounding duct tape in concours competitions, but in the real world, everything from LeMans-winning Porsches to Atlas rockets use it by the yard. The only thing that can get you out of more scrapes is a cell phone.

2. Vise-Grips locking pliers - Equally adept as a wrench, hammer, pliers, baling wire twister, breaker-off of frozen bolts and wiggle-it-till-it-falls-off tool. The heavy artillery of your tool box, locking pliers are the only tool designed expressly to fix things screwed up beyond repair.

3. Spray Lubricants - A considerably cheaper alternative to new doors, alternator, and other squeaky items. Slicker than pig phlegm, repeated soakings will allow the main hull bolts of the Andrea Doria to be removed by hand. Strangely enough, an integral part of these sprays is the infamous Little Red Tube that flies out of the nozzle if you look at it cross eyed (one of the 10 worst tools of all time).

4. Margarine Tubs with Clear Lids - If you spend all your time under the hood looking for a frendle pin that careened off the pertal valve when you knocked both off the air cleaner, it's because you eat butter. Real mechanics consume pounds of tasteless vegetable oil replicas just so they can use the empty tubs for parts containers afterward. (Some of course chuck the butter-colored goo altogether or use it to repack wheel bearings.)

Unlike air cleaners and radiator lips, margarine tubs aren't connected by a time/space wormhole to the Parallel Universe of Lost Frendle Pins.

5. Big Rock at the Side of the Road - Block up a tire. Smack corroded battery terminals. Pound out a dent. Bop noisy know-it-all types on the noodle. Scientists have yet to develop a hammer that packs the raw banging power of granite or limestone. This is the only tool with which a "Made in Malaysia" emblem is not synonymous with the user's maiming.

6. Plastic Zip Ties - After 20 years of lashing down stray hose and wiring with old bread ties, some genius brought a slightly slicked-up version to the auto parts market. Fifteen zip ties can transform a hulking mass of amateur- quality wiring from a working model of the Brazilian Rain Forest into something remotely resembling a wiring harness. Of course it works both ways. When buying a used car, subtract $100 for each zip tie under the hood.

7. Ridiculously Large Craftsman Screwdriver - Let's admit it. There's nothing better for prying, chiseling, lifting, breaking, splitting or mutilating than a huge flatbladed screwdriver, particularly when wielded with gusto and a big hammer. This is also the tool of choice for all filters so insanely located that they can only be removed by driving a stake in one side and out the other. If you break the screwdriver--and you will just like Dad and your shop teacher said--who cares, it has a lifetime guarantee.

8. Bailing Wire - Commonly known as MG muffler brackets, bailing wire holds anything that's too hot for tape or ties. Like duct tape, it's not recommended for concours contenders, since it works so well you'll never need to replace it with the right thing again. Bailing wire is a sentimental favorite in some circles, particularly with the MG, Triumph, and flathead Ford set.

9. Bonking Stick- This monstrous tuning fork with devilish pointy ends is technically known as a tie-rod separator, but how often do you separate tie-rod ends? Once every decade if you're lucky. Other than medieval combat, its real use is the all-purpose application of undue force, not unlike that of the huge flat-bladed screwdriver. Nature doesn't know the bent metal panel or frozen exhaust pipe that can stand up to a good bonking (Can also be use to separate tie-rod ends in a pinch, of course, but does a lousy job of it).

10. A Cell Phone"

[grb008]

https://www.originalporschetools.com/

[grb008]

I also have an 84 with all tools for a targa. I'll take a picture in the morning and post it.

[r_towle]

In a small metal tool case (mini briefcase) that fits under the passenger seat:
Metric socket set, 4mm up to 19mm 1/4 and 3/8 drives
Multi screw driver
Metric Allen set
Electric fuse assorted pack
Electrical tape
Electrical meter
8-19 wrenches

In the glove box I have
Spare proper fuel pump relay
Spare fuel pump hard wired unit to make fuel pump run in place of relay (been stuck and towed for this one)

Up front trunk
1-4 quarts of oil , rubber gloves, funnel, rags
Stock tool kit and jack.
Spare tire, can of fix a flat

In my pocket
CC
AAA membership
Phone

[Mark Salvetti]

The factory kit is nice for completeness, but if you really want to be prepared I would leave it at home and put a kit together like r_towle's. All you need from the factory kit are the tools to change the fan belt, and maybe the battery-hold down tool. Sunroof tool if you have one.

I would add to the list:
Small flashlight or headlamp
Tire plug kit (instead of fix-a-flat)
12V air compressor
Scissor jack (instead of the factory jack)
Metric Allen sockets (I once had to refasten a CV joint by the side of the road)

I manage to fit all the tools in a small plastic tool box that fits in the front trunk in that recess behind the bumper.
The scissor jack is wrapped in a towel and also placed in that recess.

Mark

[PeteKz]

A lighter. Just in case you need to start a fire. While waiting for the AAA tow truck. You could be out there awhile.

[GH85Carrera]

One item that is basically free, and basically no additional weight but might be vital to have is:

A 24 inch piece of string trimmer line. If you are trying to put gas in the car, and the gas lid release cable breaks, or comes lose, you are screwed. To open that cover with no damage at all, just thread the string trimmer line around the catch of the filler cap, and pull with both hands straight back. The lid opens.

Practice a few times at home when all is well. Pop open the gas filler cap, and look at the catch. Put the string over the catch and feel the tension needed to pop it open. Close the lid, put the string trimmer line through the lid gap, and pull and see just how it works. It beats the heck out of destroying the lid or the fender getting it open to get gas to get home.

I keep mine in my glove box next to the spare fuses.