What parts do you carry with you?

[DoubleDingo]

I get it, if one lives where there are parts stores. I don't and closest is 80 miles away. Compounding this, there are huge areas around here with no cell service to call someone to help out/tow etc, especially the back roads where I go. My duty station in CA was even more isolated. So back then I started carrying parts in a small Rubbermaid tub. Water pump, fuel pump, stuff I posted before earlier. Of course the tools as well + tire plug kit, Viair, n stuff. I gotta be self sufficient out this way...

Similar for me, usually lots of open space and spotty cell signal.

 

[Z28 Guy]

Here i have antifreeze, motor oil, power steering fluid and power steering fluid all behind the seat and its not noticed until i flip my seat forwards.

 

[DoubleDingo]

Here i have antifreeze, motor oil, power steering fluid and power steering fluid all behind the seat and its not noticed until i flip my seat forwards.

I like that box. Much better than the cardboard box I have behind my seat for the same purpose

 

[HotWheelsBurban]

I like that box. Much better than the cardboard box I have behind my seat for the same purpose

I need to do something like that with my CCSB. I have some tools and stuff stored behind the rear seat, but a dedicated box would be better. On the rear seat behind the driver's seat, I have a plastic storage box with my factory shop manuals, and an HEB folding six pack container with the cans of spray lube and chemicals. The toolbox is on the floorboard behind the driver's seat. I bought a plastic tool box a few years ago at a swap meet, with a bunch of USA made Craftsman sockets, and it fits there like it was designed exactly for that.

 

[Frankenchevy]

I get it, if one lives where there are parts stores. I don't and closest is 80 miles away. Compounding this, there are huge areas around here with no cell service to call someone to help out/tow etc, especially the back roads where I go. My duty station in CA was even more isolated. So back then I started carrying parts in a small Rubbermaid tub. Water pump, fuel pump, stuff I posted before earlier. Of course the tools as well + tire plug kit, Viair, n stuff. I gotta be self sufficient out this way...

Similar for me, usually lots of open space and spotty cell signal.

Lack of cell signal is soon to be a thing of the past unless you are in super dense trees. Phones will be able to connect to Starlink antennas.

I have a Starlink mini that I bring on certain trips for backup when the cell signal runs out.

Of course, you don’t always need it on and can just turn it on when needed.

 

[DoubleDingo]

Lack of cell signal is soon to be a thing of the past unless you are in super dense trees. Phones will be able to connect to Starlink antennas.

I have a Starlink mini that I bring on certain trips for backup when the cell signal runs out.

Of course, you don’t always need it on and can just turn it on when needed.

Eastern Sierras, areas between Mojave and Bishop, Mammoth, Death Valley and many other areas are still questionable signal. Better than it was, but still spotty.

 

[Terlingueno]

Eastern Sierras, areas between Mojave and Bishop, Mammoth, Death Valley and many other areas are still questionable signal. Better than it was, but still spotty.

Death Valley is the reason I started carrying a stash of parts...

Cell service was non-existent there. And very spotty on US 95 towards Vegas. I am sure it has improved some.

 

[Radiohead]

I try to carry all of the parts, where they belong, at all times.

Until rapid unscheduled disassembly occurs.


Oh, spares... depends on the trip. Interstate travel, it looks like NAPA blew up in the bed. Within 100 miles +/-, that's what AAA is for. That and the phone or 2 way radio stuff.

 

[HotWheelsBurban]

I try to carry all of the parts, where they belong, at all times.

Until rapid unscheduled disassembly occurs.


Oh, spares... depends on the trip. Interstate travel, it looks like NAPA blew up in the bed. Within 100 miles +/-, that's what AAA is for. That and the phone or 2 way radio stuff.

In 1975, my folks and I took a trip to see my aunt and uncle in NW New Mexico, about 900 miles each way from Houston, in our well maintained 70 Pontiac LeMans 4 door. Dad had gone over the car, bumper to bumper, before we left, but he still had plenty of spare parts and tools in the trunk.... Mom said there was barely room for luggage!
We stopped in Carlsbad the second night, and the AC had been acting up; going through Kermit, Texas that afternoon it was 110° (this was in June). So he added some R12, and we had no more trouble on the trip.

 

[Conejo_K10]

If I'm on-road, I don't take much. However, as someone that used to work in a repair shop, I'd suggest carrying an HEI rotor, (if you have an HEI distributor). I've seen so many burn through. The higher quality rotors last longer. It'll sound like a broken timing chain when trying to start.
If I go off-road, I take belts, toolbox, fluids, a good jack and shovel.

 

[HotWheelsBurban]

If I'm on-road, I don't take much. However, as someone that used to work in a repair shop, I'd suggest carrying an HEI rotor, (if you have an HEI distributor). I've seen so many burn through. The higher quality rotors last longer. It'll sound like a broken timing chain when trying to start.
If I go off-road, I take belts, toolbox, fluids, a good jack and shovel.

Yup, big cap HEI, I think the rotor in all applications is Blue Streak #DR318X. We used them in all our rigs, much longer life than the cheap white ones.

 

[Z28 Guy]

Added a pair of jumper cables that i picked up at the local thrift store for 5 bucks.