Apart from the legal requirements (bulbs, triangle, luminous jackets), here's a list of parts and tools we took with the oval on our 1500 mile trip to Hessisch last summer:
150 piece socket set (including sockets and metric spanners from 6mm to 22mm).
Screwdriver set (x-head and flat blade).
Large socket for wheel hubs.
Breaker bar.
Large and small adjustable spanners.
Mole grips.
Various pliers.
Water pump pliers.
Small 'electrical' screwdriver.
DVM.
Copper and hide hammer (large).
Gas soldering iron.
Hydraulic jack and assorted wooden blocks.
Duck tape.
Insulating tape.
Araldite.
Assorted wire.
Fuel hose & assorted clips.
Carburettor.
Fuel pump (I think).
Wheel bearings.
Regulator.
009 distributor.
Plugs (2 sets), points, caps, rotor arm, HT leads.
Clutch cable.
Accelerator cable.
Fan belts.
Electric tyre pump.
Cans of tyre weld.
Odd nuts, bolts and washers.
Bulb set.
Latex gloves.
Engine gasket set.
Exhaust gaskets.
Rocker cover.
Bale arm.
5l can of petrol.
Before the trip we did a full service as well as any of those 'minor' problems we'd been aware of but had kept putting off.
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