HACKS

Spares & Tools List

Trent Webster, Editor, Australia

July 2019

We’ve put together a list of the things we take when we travel. Touch wood you’ll never need half of this list…but without these items it could be a long wait for help.

Photograph by Not A Gap Year

Vehicle Specific

Haynes (or factory) repair manual

Air Filter

Cabin Filter

2 x fuel filter

Oil filter

Engine oil 

Coolant concentrate

Radiator & turbo hoses

Drive belts

Shock Absorber ( I don’t carry a front strut assembly- too much to change track side)

Fuel Line and inline barbs

Spare wheel nuts

Fuel cleaner – Fuel Doctor or similar

Tyre repair kit

Tank Weld (epoxy putty – make sure its fuel safe)

Trailer Specific

2 compete wheel bearing assemblies 

Trailer brake springs

Wheel studs

Spare shock

Spare trailer plugs

Spare spring and hanger

Complete trailer hub

Spare wheel nuts

R clips

Mini Grease gun

Bearing grease

Splits pins

U-bolts to suit suspension

D Shackle

Pin for trailer hitch 

Electrical

Cable – Battery down to accessory size

Fuses – All types for our truck and trailer

Electrical links/lugs/joiners

Electrical tape

Multimeter

Spare ends for extension lead

Spare batteries for winch remote

Cable ties – including a handful stainless steel

Miscellaneous battery terminal bits

Assorted heat shrink

Spare Anderson plugs

Solder

Gas Soldering Iron / Torch

 

Gas

Various gas fittings

Spare gas hose

Butane refill

 

Water

Spare tap fittings – screw on ones to connect your hose to.

Universal tap handle  (turn on taps when handle has been removed – can get them at Bunnings)

Tank Weld (epoxy putty – make sure its water safe)

Various tank fittings and plugs

Teflon Tape

 

Other Stuff

 Loctite

Gasket Goo

Radiator Stop Leak

Fencing Wire

Off-cut of timber to use as a jacking plate when on soft ground

Heavy Duty ratchet strap

Silicone (small squeeze tube)

Duct Tape

Masking tape

Small Tarp

Various sized hose clamps (worm drive)

Various P clips

Various high tensile bolts & nuts – all sizes to suit suspension/hold down/mounts/etc

Large square washers

Mudguard washers

Various steel splice plates

Thread repair kit – M10

Hacksaw blades

Clean Rags

Tools

Battery Tools – Drill/Grinder/Impact Wrench

Socket Set

Spanners  (only take the sizes you need)

Aluminum Stillson Wrench

Multi-grips

Pliers

Cutters – side or even scissor style (Black Panthers)

Screwdrivers

Gas Torch

Pin Punch

Circlip plier

Electrical crimpers

Allen Keys

Hammer

Shifter – Adjustable spanner

Vice Grips (can double as a brake line clamp if needed)

Assorted metric taps

Screw extractor kit

Burring bit

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