Engine spares.

[BarryH]

Thers been loads of talk in the past about what safety equipment that should be carried etc etc. Seeing as us lot rely on some sort of internal combustion engine for motive power and its the law of sod that it will let you down at the most inoppotune moment. It got me thinking over the past years engine trauma's. and what I would have done if I didn't have the spares on board to get going again.

So heres a really pointless thread. What engine you got and what spares do you carry for it. You never know someone may benefit from it!/forums/images/icons/laugh.gif

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[gonfishing]

Hi Barry
just the usual stuff for a petrol
spare set of plugs
condenser
points
leads
coil
rotor and cap
fan belt
credit card


julian

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[hlb]

I carry filters and fan belts. After that it's just PTF tape and bits and pieces. Being diesels they rarely stop less its no fuel or air getting in. If I carried anything else I'd need a whole workshop full of spares and rounding Start Point is not the place to re engine it!!

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Haydn

 

[Jerbro]

SAme as HLB plus spare impeller, coolant, oil, one of those emergency belts you can make up to any length (just in case alternator seizes and i want to bypass it), loads of duck tape.

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[mainshiptom]

I also carry all the normal stuff but with two engines there is always a way back !

Mind you last time I broke down, Only a month ago, it was the oil sender unit on the Port engine, A trip to Halfords with 2 quid sorted that and filled up with oil again !

Well I do carry a spare now but what is the likly that the oil sender unit would break down again ?

Tom

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[david_bagshaw]

1 lots of fuel filters
2 spare set of oil filters
3 enough oil for a complete change & a half & same for gear box

4 2x injectors & lift pump
5 set injector pipes
6 qty jubilee clips & hoses for all l of the many sizes to repair or bypass
7 hydraulic oil for steering & stabilisers

8 duct tape (has a light side & a dark side, & holds the world together)
9Epoxy filler, great for wet exhaust repairs
10 10000 nylon ties
11 large qty of wire etc
12 full set of belts & jabsco service kit
13 head & top gasket set
14 qty locktite sealants
15 tube sikkaflex 221


that is before we get onto other spares! & I am sure I have forgotten many items

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[the_wanderer]

The trick is to carry a spare engine! Seagulls rule OK?

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[h4nym]

Credit card and mobile phone!

H

<hr width=100% size=1>Life balance?