other 02 First Aid Kit

['76mintgrün'02]

I recently took a drive from Puget Sound to Lake Chelan and decided it was time to put a first aid kit together; for my car, as well as myself.  I found this box for $4 at a rummage sale and filled the big half with car parts and tools and the little half with band-aids and stuff.  I also packed a timing light and an IR thermometer.  

 

The four speed and 3.9 differential put me at 4k rpm at around 70 mph, but the car did just fine.  There was a 24 car pile up on I 90 that day and Highway 2 was closed due to forest fires, so I felt somewhat fortunate to get through.  I decided to check my points, just for grins, before heading home and was glad I had; because the dwell had crept up to 68 degrees.  I put it back to 61 (lucky first try) and adjusted the timing just a tiny bit and hit the road for home.  I also pushed a little grease back under the rubbing block on the points.  No band-aids needed, nor spare parts.  Feels good to have them on board though.

 

What sort of "kit" do you keep in the car?

[Buckeye]

Don't have one, but your inspired me to put one together. Really like your "Industrial First Aid Kit"

Thanks for sharing with us.

[jgerock]

I bought a plastic box first aid kit from Target (or maybe Walmart) and keep it in the trunk.  I also keep a box of Band-Aids in the garage.  

[Koblenz]

I have an ammo box with tools, a first aid kit.  BUT, no 02 first aid kit.  Time to get on it.

[Mike Self]

I've been carrying a spares box in my 02s for 35 years, I refer to it as my TRSK (trip reserve spares kit), a takeoff on the Air Force's formerly called WRSK (War Reserve Spares Kit), what a flying squadron deploys with that will keep it flying for 30 days.

 

Your kit has a lot of what mine has, with a couple of additions:

 

cap, rotor, points, condenser (rather than a whole distributor)

spark plugs

the clips that hold the accelerator linkage together

a windshield wiper relay (I had one go bad in a rainstorm 400 miles from home)

a small assortment of metric nuts and bolts

a lower radiator hose

one of each light bulb used on the car

 

All fits into a very small toolbox about 2/3 the size of a shoebox and has bailed me out more than once on a trip.

 

cheers

mike

[bills2002]

I've been carrying a spares box in my 02s for 35 years, I refer to it as my TRSK (trip reserve spares kit), a takeoff on the Air Force's formerly called WRSK (War Reserve Spares Kit), what a flying squadron deploys with that will keep it flying for 30 days.

 

Your kit has a lot of what mine has, with a couple of additions:

 

cap, rotor, points, condenser (rather than a whole distributor)

spark plugs

the clips that hold the accelerator linkage together

a windshield wiper relay (I had one go bad in a rainstorm 400 miles from home)

a small assortment of metric nuts and bolts

a lower radiator hose

one of each light bulb used on the car

 

All fits into a very small toolbox about 2/3 the size of a shoebox and has bailed me out more than once on a trip.

 

cheers

mike

Don't forget the oil pressure sending unit Mike. Yours saved my bacon at V@V a few years ago. Now I carry two in my glove box; one for me and one to share

['76mintgrün'02]

All fits into a very small toolbox about 2/3 the size of a shoebox

 

 

There is  a lot to be said for keeping it small.  That box weighed 24 lbs. when the photos were taken.  

 

My water pump is weeping (slightly), so I took one along.  There'll be a lot more room in the box once that has been installed.  

 

There are a couple spark plugs in the kit and that is the longest plug wire.  I might add a coil-to-cap cable.  

 

I swapped those screw drivers for one with multiple tips, to save space and added a large crescent wrench.  

 

Light bulbs and fuses live in the glove box, along with a little bottle of five hour energy.  (Just a sip could save my life, if I was getting sleepy!)

 

A spare wiper blade alongside the driver's seat, which also makes a quick 'defogger' (old VW habit).  

 

The timing light case now holds two 10 mm wrenches, a long screw driver and a small wedge, made of apple wood, with a bamboo skewer handle drilled into the end.  It works well for achieving 1400 rpm when setting timing.  A small volt meter and the IR thermometer share that case as well.  

 

The trunk also contains a flashlight, flares, a lighter, some TP, water, a dog bowl and a blanket, but no food... yet.

[gaius]

i really like the BFH in the first kit, because sometimes you just need to whack it.

['76mintgrün'02]

You know, I have a couple of those stubby hammers and I usually reach for them before the longer ones.  

 

That grip-tape knob on the end makes them fit your hand nicely.  

 

They also fit nicely in tool boxes.

[gaius]

i thought the tape had a purpose, the screw drivers are classic, and every one knows that vise grips are essential. a nice kit, has inspired me to review my trunk kit. 

[BLUNT]

 because sometimes you just need to whack it.

I couldnt agree more

[zinz]

let's not forget John's verrrry nice trunklid tool kit from Mid America Fest... no room for a BFH, though...

 

http://www.bmw2002faq.com/topic/153440-mid-america-02-fest/page-2#

 

[jimk]

My first aid kit.