AJR wrote:
>When I bought my first Rover and drove it home (knowing
>little about them, nothing about Diesels and being rusty in
>my wrenching skills) I had a chase car with a toolkit and
>loads of consumables aboard. My chase car had a cellphone
>and I'd carefully planned for all the what-ifs, from blown
>tyres to blown engines.
I was the guy in that chase car and remember the process well,
though we had a set of 2 meter radios rather than cell phones
if you'll recall. Given the condition of Churchill's diesel
at that point and the fact that the PO had been running #2
fuel oil in it, I stayed about 1/2 mile back to avoid the
smoke-screen the old boy generated in his wake (not to mention
the car...)
We had at least the following:
oil, 90-wt, brake fluid, pre-mixed coolant
tyre repair kit
a few spare parts
many tools
booster cables
AAA card
I'm in the process of putting a new kit together for general
use. This one will live in Smudger's bed (probably in a nice
NATO ammo box with rubber feet to keep it from sliding) and
I expect it'll contain:
general fluids (as above)
tool kit
booster cables
tune-up bits (cap, rotor, points, condensers, plugs, etc.)
cork sheet for emergency gaskets
length of fuel line, set of radiator hoses, hose clamps
fan belt set
wire, sta-kon connector kit, electrical tape, various lamps
tube-patch kit
radiator seal
torch, railroad flares, and snap-lights
and the ubiquitous duct tape and bailing wire
dj
1974 SIII Airportable, 'Smudger'
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