The following is from the NASS site earlier this year:
Re: >>NASS What tools are in your car?
From: Daniel Rotblatt <d.rotblatt@verizon.net>
To:
nass@yahoogroups.com
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Thanks all for the input. I put everything together so here are two lists. My choices in the first list, and the second list which includes all suggestions.
BASIC BOOT TOOK KIT:
Nuts, bolts, screws, etc.
- One set of wrenches (1/4 - 5/8)
- One set of socket wrenches (7/16 – 5/8) + one for spark plug (11/16?)
- One adjustable bolt stripper (wrench)
- Triumph lug wrench that also serves as a spark plug wrench.
- Pliers
Regular
Vice Grip (8”)
Needle nose
- Screwdriver (switchable flathead/phillips)
- BFS (also called BAS or Big Ass Screwdriver)
- Hammer
- Assortment of fine thread nuts and bolts.
Electrical
- Jumper cables
- General Stuff
test light
3' piece of wire with alligator clips on the ends
Small roll of electrical tape
Piece of emory cloth (to clean spark plug gaps or connections)
Fuses
- Replacement Parts:
Electrical
- Points, condenser
- Spark Plug
Fluid Systems
- A disposable plastic eyedropper (to squirt gas into the carb)
- Fluids:
Coolant
2 bottles of oil
1 gallon bottle of water
- Hoses
Some hose clamps (small and radiator size)
1 heater hose, the system can be bypassed in an emergency
Fuel Line
- Replacement Parts:
Cooling/Heating System
- Thermostat (they make 2 kinds fails open, fails closed, get the fails open)
- Inlet and outlet hoses for the radiator
- Generator/pump belt
Misc.
- Duct Tape
- A roll of SELF SEALING water hose tape that Moss sells
- JB Quick
- Since I don't have a spare, a can of that pressurized hole fixing stuff for flats
- And of course a cell phone on SPEED DIAL
- AA membership
THE FULL LIST! (a compilation):
Nuts, bolts, screws, etc.
- One set of wrenches (1/4 - 5/8)
- One set of socket wrenches (7/16 – 5/8) + one for spark plug (11/16?)
- Set of ignition wrenches
- One adjustable bolt stripper (wrench)
- Triumph lug wrench that also serves as a spark plug wrench.
- Pliers
Regular
Vice Grip (8”)
Needle nose
- Screwdriver (philips and flathead)
- BFS (also called BAS or Big Ass Screwdriver)
- Hammer
- Assortment of fine thread nuts and bolts.
Electrical
- Jumper cables
Instead of the jumper cables, replace it with an air -compressor/battery pack
- General Stuff
test light
3' piece of wire with alligator clips on the ends (don't remember what I used them for, but I remember they were handy)
Small roll of electrical tape
Piece of emory cloth (to clean spark plug gaps or connections)
Correct british fuses (won't go there in explanation members keep beating this one to death)
- Replacement Parts:
Electrical
- Cap and rotor
- Plug wires
- Add points, condenser and a spark plug (or spare parts for anything you have added to the ignition system)
- Spark Plug
- bulbs, headlight, taillight/TS, and brake.
Fluid Systems
- A disposable plastic eyedropper (to squirt gas into the carb)
- Fluids:
Coolant
2 bottles of oil
- Hoses
Some hose clamps (small and radiator size)
1 heater hose, the system can be bypassed in an emergency
Fuel Line
- Replacement Parts:
Fuel System:
- Fuel pump
- Extra fuel filter
- Accelerator cable (have one break and you are disabled they are cheap to carry)
Cooling/Heating System
- Thermostat (they make 2 kinds fails open, fails closed, get the fails open)
- Inlet and outlet hoses for the radiator (most of the cars that I have seen fail on british car tours are coolant related)
- Belt for Generator/pump
Misc.
- Duct Tape
- A roll of SELF SEALING water hose tape that Moss sells
- JB Quick
- Since I don't have a spare, a can of that pressurized hole fixing stuff for flats
- And of course a cell phone on SPEED DIAL
- AAA membership