Tools and spares package for a shakedown cruise

[moparedtn]

• Some bottles of water
• a bag of ground black pepper
• a cake of soap
• window cleaner & rags
• spare running in oil
• old clothes or overalls for crawling underneath car.

I gotta know what the black pepper is for....

 

[kiwigtx]

I gotta know what the black pepper is for....

Ground black pepper carefully poured into your radiator is a great 'stop-leak'. The pepper find it's way to the hole, and swells up some....much like wood. Trust me, this works. You'll also end up with a slightly piquant aroma in your engine bay.
The pepper easily flushes out again after repairs are completed.

There is at least one truck fleet over here where aLL drivers carry a large bag of ground black pepper in every truck. Cheap insurance for older vehicles.

In case anyone else is asking about the soap - mushed up in your hand with a little water, it provides and excellent fuel 'stop-leak', and once again it is easily removed when the job is done. Fuel will not get through - unless of course it's a very high pressure leak. Good enough to fix up fuel tank and carb leaks etc.

 

[moparedtn]

Ground black pepper carefully poured into your radiator is a great 'stop-leak'. The pepper find it's way to the hole, and swells up some....much like wood. Trust me, this works. You'll also end up with a slightly piquant aroma in your engine bay.
The pepper easily flushes out again after repairs are completed.

There is at least one truck fleet over here where aLL drivers carry a large bag of ground black pepper in every truck. Cheap insurance for older vehicles.

In case anyone else is asking about the soap - mushed up in your hand with a little water, it provides and excellent fuel 'stop-leak', and once again it is easily removed when the job is done. Fuel will not get through - unless of course it's a very high pressure leak. Good enough to fix up fuel tank and carb leaks etc.

Thanks. I had a hunch it was for a "Bars Leak" sort of thing.

 

[Ernie ingling]

Good pair of walking shoes

 

[themechanic]

2 cell phones and 2 different carriers. AT&T and Verizon cover most of the US. You can figure out coverage where you will be travelling and get a provider for that area.

 

[65Fury440]

Fire extinguisher
U joint, and U joint changin hammer/sockets.

 

[Dennis H]

2 cell phones and 2 different carriers. AT&T and Verizon cover most of the US. You can figure out coverage where you will be travelling and get a provider for that area.

On that subject, carry paper maps.

 

[mopar 3 B]

Bubble gum will also temporarily fix holes in oil pans. Best not to run over things that will pock holes though.

 

[Stephen Hotz]

On that subject, carry paper maps.

I carry an atlas and have paper maps for Texas and New Mexico.

 

[mopar 3 B]

I carry an atlas and have paper maps for Texas and New Mexico.

Just make sure the wife knows how to read one if indeed that's the case. Once when crossing North Texas the wife was to see where exactly where we were. After looking at the map for a while she asked which way north was so she would know what direction to turn the map. Dam near ran off the road laughing.