Tools?

[ClickClickBoom]

Ok,
I carry a minimum of tools in the car when on a daily basis, but when traveling a bit longer distances I add some from the roll-away. The query is I am looking for an organized, logical minimum fuss tool kit to keep in the car.
The list starts at:
Metric Wrench set
Sockets and ratchets with extensions
Vise Grips
Pliers
Wire strippers
Metric Allen wrenches
Screwdrivers(+ & -) types
Tape
Zipties
Fuse selection

Given the above, weight being considered, other than a 20 ton bottle jack and 4 post lift what else should be included? Not looking to rebuild on the road, just fix some snafus.

Please include your favorites!

[dicklague]

good list. I for my 2.7 1973 I also have a spare rotor, cap, points, and actually a spare pertronix unit.

I also carry some wire and an extra quart of oil.

Other items:

lug wrench
scissors jack
fuses

[The cap'n]

I always carry a AAA card, too.

The Cap'n

[Bob Kontak]

I like to carry the $7 sticky worm tire repair kits and a high performance bicycle air pump.

Yes, you look like a dork on the expressway pumping your tire up, but you can fix it without jacking the car up and be on your way in half an hour.

[grizzfan]

-Mechanic's gloves
-Blue Paper Shop Towels
-Cotton Towel Wiping Rags (for paint & chrome)
-Can of Good Quality Wax
-Porsche Tool Kit that includes some substitutes
-A cheap metric tool kit from HF
-Needle Nose pliers
-Two quarts of Brad-Penn 20W50
-Copy of "101 Projects for Your Porsche 911"
-Flashlight
-Triangle Warning Reflector
-Toilet Paper - You never, never know!!

Tom

[JohnJL]

racers tape
condom
$100 cash

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by grizzfan

-Can of Good Quality Wax

After reading this I thought, why not just bring the 37MM crows foot wrench since we are pulling all the stops.

Then.....wait a minute, that's not a bad idea. Who know what evil crud can piss all over your car. Road painting, construction stuff, driving through a puddle of hydraulic fluid. Would be nice to knock the stuff off with some wax and a handful of micro fiber towels.

[otto_kretschmer]

a spare fuel pump relay (red?) is a good idea

I take a spare fan belt and the tools to change it

a can of fix a flat can sub for a cheap Walmart bicycle pump

spare tail light bulbs

[Dantilla]

I've got a heavy cloth tool bag I take with me to the track and longer trips. Contents not much different from what's already been listed, but it has duplicate tools so I never have to take things out of the rolling toolbox, and never have to put anything back.

[R. Aster]

Survival kit contents check. In them you'll find:

• one forty-five caliber automatic;
• two boxes of ammunition;
• four days' concentrated emergency rations;
• one drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills;
• one miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible;
• one hundred dollars in rubles;
• one hundred dollars in gold;
• nine packs of chewing gum;
• one issue of prophylactics;
• three lipsticks;
• three pair of nylon stockings.

[ClickClickBoom]

I have a DME and Red Fuel Pump relay in the glovebox as well as a Dynaplug kit, all excellent suggestions, except for the wax one, my paint would just contaminate a perfectly good can of wax.....

[ClickClickBoom]

Originally Posted by R. Aster

Survival kit contents check. In them you'll find:

• one forty-five caliber automatic;
• two boxes of ammunition;
• four days' concentrated emergency rations;
• one drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills;
• one miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible;
• one hundred dollars in rubles;
• one hundred dollars in gold;
• nine packs of chewing gum;
• one issue of prophylactics;
• three lipsticks;
• three pair of nylon stockings.

Wow, heading to Detroit?
But all valid additions. Let's see, the Rubles buy the hooker, the condoms provide protection from said hooker, the morphine make her look good, the lipstick and stocking won't help her looks, the phrase book translates The freaky request, the pep pills keep you going, the tranks help you sleep after the freak show, and the .45 and ammo keeps her Russian pimp at bay. The gum helps with the toilet mouth after all the above.

[porwolf]

Originally Posted by otto_kretschmer

a spare fuel pump relay (red?) is a good idea

I take a spare fan belt and the tools to change it

a can of fix a flat can sub for a cheap Walmart bicycle pump

spare tail light bulbs

I carry a spare fuel pump and fuel pump relay if I am on the road. Thought, I guess in an emergency you could just use the horn relay on the fuel pump if necessary. With the fuel spare fuel pump in the trunk, I figure, any garage along the way could change that one and you don't have to wait to get a spare shipped.

[otto_kretschmer]

Originally Posted by ClickClickBoom

Wow, heading to Detroit?

no,

Vegas

[dentist90]

Originally Posted by ClickClickBoom

I have a DME and Red Fuel Pump relay in the glovebox ....

I've got an 84 as well and I carry a spare DME relay, but our cars do not have the red fuel pump relay. The fuel pump relay is incorporated into the DME relay. Am I missing something? There is a fuse for the fuel pump, so always carry a few extra bullet fuses of varying amps.

The tool kit the Porsche comes with is not too shabby for basic roadside repairs, better than any current production car. A soft socket for the wheel nuts and a jack pad I'm off and running.

[HarryD]

Also, this has been discussed before

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technical-forum/261337-essential-911-tools.html

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technical-forum/194655-what-have-you-got-your-tool-kit.html

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"