You know how when old people start repeating the same stories every time they see you
because they don't remember telling you before.

Yeah, thats now you dude!

 

Haha, my memory's so bad that I've been doing that since before I turned drinking age!

Besides, when you've got over 5k posts spanning a decade, you can't be expected to remember all of them

Now get off my lawn!

 

No offense intended; I do the same thing all the time myself.

It really just illustrates one of the major shortcomings of forum software. I sometimes think some kind of hybrid next-generation wiki organized similar to the Haynes manual might be more appropriate. Then there would already have been a chapter for tools and the old posts would be there and visible right away. Unfortunately I don't think a better solution exists yet.

P.S. I always carry an actual 4-way lug wrench in all my cars. It works a lot better. The angled wrench that comes with the jack is only for emergencies.

 

On the other hand, if we all searched diligently to see if there was an existing thread on the subject we wanted to talk about & made sure we weren't repeating ourselves, we'd probably average something like 10 posts a year or somethng.

 

i carry an extra alternator belt, two extra spark plugs, and two extra spark plug wires, and thats just in the driver side door pocket. lol "i run 2nd gen coils". and extra fuel filter, zip ties, oil, 2 stroke, brake fluid. and an average toolbox, with sockets and sets, and a jack, with full sized spare.

 

In my experience even with a boatload of tools and emergency parts it is inevetable that the one thingamabob that you need to get the car going is at home on the work bench, sooo I usually carry very little , just bust my *** to make sure the car is maintained well enough that it is dependable. Amazingly I have been driving this car since 79 and it has left me stranded only three times, two fuel pump failures, one with the factory unit years ago and once with the high dollar Mallory unit I currently run, and once when it ate an apex seal. Pretty good record I'd say!

 

i very rarely carry tools, i've had rotary mazda's since 1993, and i've been stuck once*?

actually the time i was stuck, was on the way back from dropping NODE off after sevenstock. its a funny story because i took my 79 SA which was all original, even down to the points ignition, and since the car was pretty new to me i took a bucket of tools.

we had a few drinks saturday night, like you do, and sunday morning, NODE was a little um hungover. we hop in the car, he takes the bucket, empties the tools, puts it in his lap and says lets go! we get like 2 exits, and he blows chunks in the bucket.....

the car actually died monday, the wire from the points broke, on the inside. the hard part was FINDING that, the wire looked good on the outside....

so to recap, car died, and the only tool we used was the bucket i happened to toss em in.

i had a crap aftermarket starter die on me once, but it was at work, which was a mazda dealership...

 

J9, you 79-80 guys are getting really Old.

Really cool.

But really Old.

You need to get rid of those 79-80 points (hint, S2 dizzy).

Then here's all you need to keep the FB happy on the road:

1) 12 mm wrench

2) 14 mm wrench

3) spark plug wrench

4) hammer

 

lmao! i know! in my defense i rebuilt the points distributor to see if i could. i did learn that; yes i can and B a big chunk of the reliability of the FB comes from electronic ignition.

NODE later bought the car, and put the electronic dizzy in, and the car's been dead reliable since.

so heres a video of peepers, see how the trunk is full of crap? in two track days do you know how much of it ive used? someone else borrowed some bolts....

Mr. Peepers | Facebook

 

what? nobody's ever puked in a bucket before?

 

Driving 300 miles to SS15. Hope all is well. Will bring aforementioned items listed in this thread

 

that is our drive too, bring the bucket, its the important part!

 

+1 for the extra belts -- all of them. I'm running a serpentine setup, so I only need one.

I also carry a corkscrew because I like wine.

 

When mt FB was a DD and long trips I carried a KNOWN GOOD distributor, an old set of plugs, alternator belt and the basic tools to change them. a fuel filter is also nice to have, I used 1 in my B2000 to get me home once just happened to be coming home with rx7 parts