Collectioneering tool kit - suggestions?

[Kiltox]

I always feel woefully underprepared when collecting cars from hundreds of miles away with little more than my trade plates and a mobile phone - some of the small things that could go wrong could be sorted out without having to call for assistance

 

I'm going to try to put together a basic tool kit that isn't stupidly heavy that would accompany me to collections / visits to the auctions etc

 

Anyone got any suggestions for useful but lightweight things that can get you out of trouble?

 

Cable ties

Decent gaffer tape

Small can of WD40

 

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[DodgyBastard]

Rubber coolant hose bandage type stuff.

[alf892]

You could take the whole bloody box........and then find the one vital tool you need is on the bench!

 

I had a minor ftp in the rover.....just need the su pump points fettling. My small kit of shifter, screwdriver and pliers was everything I needed. Just hadn't got my bloody glasses.......

[Bren]

K series head gasket

 

K seal

 

Tights

[billyboy406v6]

Adjustable spanner, fuses, jump leads.

[fatharris]

Rubber coolant hose bandage type stuff.

Like self-amalgamating rubber tape? Brilliant stuff, used it to seal a split silicone intercooler hose on my brothers' SAAB and the repair lasted well until a new one was sourced.

[Cheggers]

Credit card, lucky rabbits foot, AA recovery

[Kiltox]

Wonder if one of those lithium jump packs that aren't much bigger than a smartphone would be a better bet than a set of leads

 

Never used self amalgamating tape before but it sounds like a good idea so I'll add it to the list!

[HMC]

Phone

[dollywobbler]

Why has no-one said gaffer tape and cable ties yet?! The key essentials. Or a comprehensive toolbox to some people.

 

That said, my breakdown cover is all I usually take. Only FTP on a collection caper was a dead alternator on the free Volvo. I wasn't going to cure that roadside.

[Kiltox]

Why has no-one said gaffer tape and cable ties yet?! The key essentials. Or a comprehensive toolbox to some people.

 

Did mention those in my opening post

[Six-cylinder]

Phone

A phone you can download pictures with!

[ruffgeezer]

I'll post up my "road" kit when I get a chance, it's not a light thing, even though it's a smallish box.

[Sealtainn]

All I took was a sat-nav to remind me of the bits of that there London I forgot, my RAC membership card and my mobile when setting out on a 550 mile return trip with the Granada

[robinmasters]

 

&

 

[Kiltox]

I do always carry a phone and appropriate breakdown cover but waiting at the side of the road for 4 hours for something I could sort and be going again is what I'm keen to avoid

 

Case in point - taking a car to the auctions yesterday and the undertray came loose and started banging around, loosening the front bumper with it. Cable ties sorted it but I had to drive a few miles slowly to a supermarket to sort it and if it were fouling on a wheel I'd have had to stop and wait for help

[Cavcraft]

Sod fixing anything.

 

Jump pack, RAC card, phone charger, few bottles of Co-op Mingebag Springs water, Mars Bar and banana.

[John F]

Hairy yellow string.

[SamR380]

Top tip:

 

They don't let you on planes with gaffa tape and cable ties. Even domestic flights.

[mercrocker]

Top tip:

 

They don't let you on planes with gaffa tape and cable ties. Even domestic flights.

 

Well that would serve them right if a wing started falling off and you could have fixed it for them

[garbaldy]

I just take a credit card for emergency's but I am going to join a breakdown provider for future trips,

Does anyone know if I broke down in a recovery truck whether they would recover me home or not.

[Skizzer]

I always have good intentions about taking a toolkit and then end up just taking a phone, which has Green Flag on speed dial anyway.  Apart from the phone I've never needed anything other than water and parcel tape (as a temporary substitute for gaffer tape), which have been readily available en route.

[Mr Lobster]

Filled fuel can.

 

Matches.

 

Job done.

[simmo]

Ratchet straps, nuts and bolts with big washers. lengths of old seat belt and blocks of wood

[anonymous user]

Top tip:

 

They don't let you on planes with gaffa tape and cable ties. Even domestic flights.

But there is a certain club I know of where they're almost compulsory

 

Don't forget to carry a hip-flask, a packet of cigarettes and lighter, even if you don't drink or smoke, if things go badly you might want to start

[Kiltox]

Quite like the look of this to take on the "screwdrivers snd a couple of sockets" role

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00HY7LV6E/ref=mp_s_a_1_16?qid=1459703023&sr=8-16&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=socket+set

[Jim Bell]

I've never taken anything other than a smartphone. And food.

[scaryoldcortina]

 

Helps if there is a boot sale nearby for anything else I need....

[castros_bro]

Determination, ingenuity, attitude, folding moped, to try and fail is much better than to not bother. 

[Christine]

Well that would serve them right if a wing started falling off and you could have fixed it for them

You daft twat...  Thats well funny