Essential 911 tools

[911 Rod]

Phone number for a flat bed tow truck.
Find one that will pick you up hundreds of miles away day or night. $50/hr both ways, but worth it.

[yelcab1]

I never leave home without the extra long 3mm allen wrench for the idle mix screw, a flash light to find the adjustment hole in the dark, and an extra wheel lock key some where in the car.

I treat the factory tool kit as cosmetic items except for the spark plug socket and the fan pulley tool. Everything else is just there to raise the value of my car upon resale.

[safe]

Originally posted by theFONZ
Does the 911 have any 11, 12, 14, 16, 18mm bolts? I figured if it doesn't have them why put them in my emergency tool kit.

Intake runners on CIS are 12mm, I doubt you will ever need to fiddle with that on the road

[FrdzRed]

DME relay and possibly a clutch cable (previous experience).

[Grady Clay]

Originally posted by Early_S_Man
Fonz,

With your EFI ... I suggest a good DMM with port for logging to a PC, and a portable scope with PC cable and screen plotting capability wouldn't hurt, either! Also, a CMOS-capable logic probe would be good for troubleshooting, too.

Warren, only you, I and a few others. Hehe. I would want real-time logging and diagnostics.

Best,
Grady

[Zeke]

Originally posted by Early_S_Man
Fonz,

With your EFI ... I suggest a good DMM with port for logging to a PC, and a portable scope with PC cable and screen plotting capability wouldn't hurt, either! Also, a CMOS-capable logic probe would be good for troubleshooting, too.

Easy for you to say, Warren.

[Nitrometano]

clutch cable is good. I have an extra cable and clevis pin, etc. in my 911 right now.

[MAS956]

I've heard it said that the Porsche minimalist toolkit is....a cyanide capsule. I've also wished I had that tool on an occasion or three.

[masraum]

I now know of the ultimate upgrade for the factory 911 toolkit.

I had never heard this before, but watching a video on the net just now I heard that the toolkit for the Mclaren F1 contains "Facom titanium spanners". I'd love to have a set. I'm guessing that they are probably as expensive as they are hard to find.

[masraum]

Interesting

October 2005
IMPORTANT NOTICE: FACOM Tools which is currently owned by SK Hand Tools is in the process of being sold to Stanley Works. Due to this sale; SK Hand Tools is NOT accepting orders for Facom items that they do not currently have in stock. We hope this problem will be solved by January 2006, and that we can again provide the full range of Facom Tools. Stay tuned.

[pwd72s]

IMO, #1 on any carry list would be a spare fan belt and the needed tools to change in case of belt failure. Keep driving with no fan belt, and an air cooled engine will suffer damage in short order.

[dd74]

Originally posted by zefsuper911
That`s all you need

Can it be said this is all anyone needs when they're in a spot with their 911? Doesn't much of what tools a person need depend on what modifications they've done to their car?

[pwd72s]

Very true, dd74...the factory kit in the pic sure wouldn't help me in the case of a broken belt....

[Mysterytrain]

Speaking of the factory kit. Does anyone know where I can get a 24mm factory style wrench for removing the alternator nut?? New alt is 24mm my old one was 22mm..and it just won't fit.

[HarryD]

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 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"

[safe]

LOL

[Wil Ferch]

Was that a Peter Egan list ????...sounds like him...

Wil

[911Atlanta]

in addition to the excellent items above:

lots of extra fuses - variety

fan belts

flashlights -- big and small, plus batteries

gloves

rags / towel

stubby (small) screwdriver -- for close quarters

[safe]

Dynamo flashlight, 1 minute of work = 30 minutes of light! And you could charge your SonyEricsson phone with it

[gduke]

Fonz, I have an assorted package of fuzes, and it may be a good idea to have an extra relay for the fuel pump.

Gary