Emergency box

[ianpat]

Basically anything that could break, cables etc, everything for an electrical service including a coil and oil (Topups) and Breakdown cover.

 

[creationblue]

Now that I have have a couple of sets of Porsche wheels that actually fit I may as well put one on the roofrack in future

 

[parsley]

Here is my list -based on 25 years of travelling all over europe
Spares
Clutch cable & clip
Clutch conduit
Accel cable
Handbrake cable
fan belt
Alternator
plug leads
dizzy
coil
plugs+12mm socket
oil (2½ litre container)
rags
Bulb set
Pushrod tubes and seals (spring type)
Flasher relay
Headlight relay
Fuel pump
Fuel pump gasket
Fuel pipe
Fuel pipe clips
(Carb rebuild kit)
Accel. pump diaphragm
Carb solenoid cut-off
Carb choke heater unit
Carb float
Carb needle valve
front brake shoes
rear brake shoes
Front wheel cylinders (lhs & rhs)
Rear wheel cylinder
Front flexible brake hose
Rear Flexible brake hoses (lhs & rhs)
Brake fluid
Brake shoe springs and retainers
(Brake shoe fit kit)

Warning Triangle
HiViz Jackets (2)

TOOLS
Big tool set
Sliding Breaker bar ¾”
46mm socket
36mm socket ½”
¾” to ½” adapter
Multi-meter
Digital Calipers
Gloves
Battery charger
Tyre Compressor
USB/USB-c cable
Tool Roll (under seat)
10mm ratcheting ring spanner
13mm curly ring spanner
Allen key set
AF spanners
1/4” 3/8” 7/16” (x2) ½” 5/8”
Metric spanners
8mm 10mm 13mm 17mm 19mm 20mm
Needle nose pliers
Pozi Screw drivers
#2
Flat Screwdrivers
3mm 6mm
Pencil

 

[parsley]

Amongst other incidents we have swapped the alternator in Denmark (Type 1 engine) and rebuilt cooked rear brakes in South of France -every incident has resulted in more spares/tools being secreted in ever more inventive places

 

[andrewblackwell]

Here is my list -based on 25 years of travelling all over europe
Spares
Clutch cable & clip
Clutch conduit
Accel cable
Handbrake cable
fan belt
Alternator
plug leads
dizzy
coil
plugs+12mm socket
oil (2½ litre container)
rags
Bulb set
Pushrod tubes and seals (spring type)
Flasher relay
Headlight relay
Fuel pump
Fuel pump gasket
Fuel pipe
Fuel pipe clips
(Carb rebuild kit)
Accel. pump diaphragm
Carb solenoid cut-off
Carb choke heater unit
Carb float
Carb needle valve
front brake shoes
rear brake shoes
Front wheel cylinders (lhs & rhs)
Rear wheel cylinder
Front flexible brake hose
Rear Flexible brake hoses (lhs & rhs)
Brake fluid
Brake shoe springs and retainers
(Brake shoe fit kit)

Warning Triangle
HiViz Jackets (2)

TOOLS
Big tool set
Sliding Breaker bar ¾”
46mm socket
36mm socket ½”
¾” to ½” adapter
Multi-meter
Digital Calipers
Gloves
Battery charger
Tyre Compressor
USB/USB-c cable
Tool Roll (under seat)
10mm ratcheting ring spanner
13mm curly ring spanner
Allen key set
AF spanners
1/4” 3/8” 7/16” (x2) ½” 5/8”
Metric spanners
8mm 10mm 13mm 17mm 19mm 20mm
Needle nose pliers
Pozi Screw drivers
#2
Flat Screwdrivers
3mm 6mm
Pencil

I thought i was on Just Kampers site for a moment there.
Thats a very comprehensive set of spares. No doubt built from experience.

Spare electrical wire & crocodile connectors are also useful to have. Doing Bugjam 89 we broke down on the way home. Bus coughed a few times on the way there, nothing to see when checked at the show.
Failed on the way home & turned out to be the newly fitted immobiliser. We were novices then, but a Splitty pulled over to rescue us, running a wire from our battery direct to coil which got us home, but the guy told us we had to remember to disconnect every time we stopped to avoid frying the coil.

 

[naskeet]

Regulations vary from country to country, regarding emergency spares & equipment, but generally speaking one is required or recommended to carry:

ONE or TWO hazard warning triangles.

Enough high-visibility waistcoats / jackets for the driver & ALL passengers, which MUST be accessible from inside the vehicle.

First aid kit, even if you don't know how to use it.

Spare bulbs for all obligatory lights (ideally two complete sets). By inference, I would also include fuses, relays & switches.

TWO spare wheels & tyres, matching the others - 1968~79 VW Type 2s are NOT type-approved for the use of space-saver spare wheels & tyres.

Dependent upon one's engine oil-consumption rate, a mere 2½ litres of engine oil might not be enough, considering that oil of appropriate specification might be difficult & expensive to source at short notice. Even in the 1980s, engine oil from petrol stations in Europe, was very much more expensive than typical sources in Great Britain.

 

[wklail]

May as well tow another early bay just for full backup!

 

[ozziedog]

Regulations vary from country to country, regarding emergency spares & equipment, but generally speaking one is required or recommended to carry:

ONE or TWO hazard warning triangles.

Enough high-visibility waistcoats / jackets for the driver & ALL passengers, which MUST be accessible from inside the vehicle.

First aid kit, even if you don't know how to use it.

Spare bulbs for all obligatory lights (ideally two complete sets). By inference, I would also include fuses, relays & switches.

TWO spare wheels & tyres, matching the others - 1968~79 VW Type 2s are NOT type-approved for the use of space-saver spare wheels & tyres.

Dependent upon one's engine oil-consumption rate, a mere 2½ litres of engine oil might not be enough, considering that oil of appropriate specification might be difficult & expensive to source at short notice. Even in the 1980s, engine oil from petrol stations in Europe, was very much more expensive than typical sources in Great Britain.

Ozziedog,,,,,,,,,,Merry Christmas to you Nigel !!!

 

[static]

Here in the Colonies, we’re only required to have a handgun, some shi**y beer and condoms.

One piece of unsolicited advice that I would offer is to also attach red, reflective, adhesive strips to your door jams and the underside of your bus’s hood (bonnet).

 

[wklail]

I concur on the reflective adhesive strips. When car lights hit them they light up! I cut pieces from 3M reflective strips and they’re great.

 

[ozziedog]

Here in the Colonies, we’re only required to have a handgun, some shi**y beer and condoms.

One piece of unsolicited advice that I would offer is to also attach red, reflective, adhesive strips to your door jams and the underside of your bus’s hood (bonnet).

What a great idea, and from the Colonials too. I might heed this advice and try and make mine
‘Light Up Purdy’
Only slight issue with this from my perspective only of course, is that, if I got the noisy cupboard open, there ll be a rather large porker (ME) fidgeting about in front of it. Still gonna do it and put some on the noisy cupboard’s door more so , as you’ve mentioned.

Ozziedog,,,,,,,,,what a great idea, a Christmas gift from the colonies

 

[sparkywig]

What a great idea, and from the Colonials too. I might heed this advice and try and make mine
‘Light Up Purdy’
Only slight issue with this from my perspective only of course, is that, if I got the noisy cupboard open, there ll be a rather large porker (ME) fidgeting about in front of it. Still gonna do it and put some on the noisy cupboard’s door more so , as you’ve mentioned.

Ozziedog,,,,,,,,,what a great idea, a Christmas gift from the colonies

Wear some reflective pants

 

[ozziedog]

Wear some reflective pants

Made me chuckle a bit that did. I got hi viz everything else too.

Ozziedog,,,,,,,,,,Not a pretty sight I’m sure.