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

[mede8er]

Listening to that obnoxious Capital One commercial over and over again leads me to this question...just curious what some of you tote around outside of basic tools/spanners.....

[jester911]

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

A really big tool!

[VaSteve]

Zip ties, but I have never used them.

Dammit...now I jinxed it.

[alf]

Duct Tape and a hammer. What else do you need?

[white87911]

I was just thinking about posting this topic last night.

I have a 87 911 with the factory tool kit, I also carry extra fuses.

I do drive the car alot and ofetn for long journeys.

Do others carry extra dme and fuel pump relays? are these the same part?

Also I have heard that the rotor in the distrubuter can go bad. Is it a good I dea to tuck one of these away in your car?


ALSO, ALWAYS HAVE A HALON FIRE EXSTINGUSHER in your car.

Erik

[Steve 82SC]

Basic tool kit, fuse assortment, relay assortment, fan belt, 1/2 in. breaker bar, 19mm Pro-Tec socket (so as not to scratch lug nuts), garden gloves with rubber grip palms and fingers, Fix-A-Flat, compressor, 3/8 in rachet, extensions, sockets, compact jumper cables, and a fire extinguisher with marine-type bracket mounted in the trunk. After looking at this list, no wonder my car is so slow.

Steve

[Steve87-911]

Standard tools, beer, bong, uh...oh wait, that was in my vw bus in 1979. Flashback...sorry.

Ok, factory Porsche toolkit w/ fanbelt, a couple extra real wrenches and screwdrivers, flashlight, DME Relay (in glovebox), Fix-A-Flat, compressor, jumper cables,...and a ton of oil!

[Walko]

mobile phone

Michael

[randywebb]

There are several long threads on this already.

The yellow search button will tell you all you want to know.

[HarryD]

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 pplication 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 stick. (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

[mede8er]

You guys have some great ideas....frendle pin, huh.........

[pwd72s]

I think it's a "to each his own" thing...seriously tho...carry an extra fan belt and the tools to change it. This because a broken fan belt will fry a 911 air cooled engine in a heartbeat. NEVER try to drive to "help" with a broken fan belt, unless "help" is less than 1/3 mile away. With no cooling air fan turning, air cooled engines create expen$ive hurt in a hurry.

[limble]

I have a friend who owns a Jag and has another Jag follow him that he uses for parts. Sorry British car guys couldn't resist.