My feeling after all this time and all these miles is I would replace all these usual parts and carry some of the originals as spares on longer or more isolated trips, much as a child might carry his blankie!
Try changing a tire with the equipment you carry in front of your house first!
Try to tighten some nuts and bolts with the equipment you carry in front of your house.
I carry:
Plastic sheet for the ground.
Leather gloves & pliers.
Small folding shovel all the times. Full size shovel when going more seriously off the pavement.
Bailing Wire.
Duct tape.
Zipties.
Octane boost; sometimes in Mexico you get low octain gas.
Tow strap with hooks.
Jumper cables.
Triple Square Tools!
Breaker bar with 3/4" deep socket;Try to change a tire with the stock socket!
Non-AC fan belt as I am sure that that is the only reason my AC compressor has not failed yet!
Serp w/AC belt and idlers: Second set going in today; I keep 1 of each type of the old idlers and the old belt.
Fan link fuses: Replaced & I have some in toolbox. They are cheap and small.
I have replaced the Ignition switch. I don't carry one because to "geri_rig it" is similar to R&R on the road.
I have replaced my Coil; old one dead so I don't carry it.
I have replaced hall sensor; I carry the old one.
I have replaced all the vacuum lines; I carry a 2'piece because I seem to occasionally find an old piece I missed!
I have blown & replaced the Bilstiens; I carry 1 of each.
Before a big trip I do a serious bolt check; Lug nuts, axle bolts, shock mounts, cv bolts, ball joints, control arm nuts. Fluids of course.
I HATE working on the road, but I have done a fair amount of it. In retrospect, almost all of my previous problems could have been avoided with proper due diligence!
I have blown a cv joint but I would not carry an axle.
Happy trails!
M&M
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--- In ev_update@..., "bullfrogxyz" <jeremiahmann@...> wrote:
I want to put together a basic kit of spare parts that often cause trouble to keep me moving on long trips. In addition to the basics (tools, fluids, etc.), so far I am thinking:
Ignition coil pack
Hall effect sender
Radiator fan fuses
Radiator fan resistors
Other ideas / common parts that fail?
