Driving Classic Cars - MORE Road Tripping For Beginners
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- Getting yourself and your car prepared for that cross country ride begins with having the right knowledge. Here are a couple of key items nobody with an old car should be without.
cash, because the most important item you need is the one you didn't take.
So true. Cash is king!
Great, but all too often parts for older cars aren't readily available at your local parts store.
@@jimanastasio192 no but you can't buy a hotel room with a pair of vise grips
Almost every MOPAR owner knows that any type of travel without an extra BALLAST RESISTOR is actually looking for trouble. my motto always has been ,, failure to plan is a plan too fail.
I have enjoyed many a trip to the east coast here in CANADA with various type of MOPAR classic cars. Presently living in my vintage 74 DODGE powered 28 foot CLASS A MOTOR HOME . From Ontario Canada I travel to Nova Scotia and stay from May to October . Usually attend car shows and swap meets but due to COVID this year these things are not possible.
2-3 gallons of drinkable water as my main item to drink or to fill out the radiator
secondary item are hoses
FIRE EXTINGUISHER! Old cars have old wiring. Fuel lines can leak. Electrical system can spark. Safety first. Keep a fire extinguisher in your garage AND in your car at all times. Love your channel Uncle Tony, it's my new favorite 👍.
Drove my 66 Scout 800 for 18 years as my daily driver from 2000 till 2018. Always carried full tool set, sizzer jack, electric fuel pump and spare carb.
Lots of zipties. On the last leg of my drive cross country this spring for a job, I was at a rest stop on i70, I topped up on gas, and popped the hood to check my oil (typically do every 3-4 tanks of fuel) and give everything a once over. My alternator belt had split at some point on the drive, and I was down to the last 1/4 of the narrow belt driving the alternator. On 3rd gen 4runners the alternator belt is the 1st belt of 3 (closest ti the block) that is driven off the crank and also wraps the water pump/fan pulley. So to replace it with my spare would mean a couple hours dickering with pulling the fan hub, power steering pump and AC belts off first. A handful of zip ties zipped up together made me a replacement "belt" in 10 minutes that lasted me about 600 more miles to my parents driveway.
The one item I bring with me in my 76 camaro is my channel lock open head ratchet and socket set. Good to get in cramped spots but It came in handy the other day when my belt slipped off the water pump and alternator. I was able to get it on and drive home to properly tighten it to where it needed to be.
One tip, preparation.
when you're putting together a tool kit to take on a road trip do it at least a few weeks in advance. Between putting the kit together and the trip use only that kit to do any work on the car. This will show you if there are any tools you need to add and it means that if you do have to make a repair the tools you have will work (changing a wheel on the side of the road with a wheel brace when it was put on with a power tool is a pain, especially on a hot day).
I learned this from a friend who used to tour Europe a lot on an old B.M.W. He had his kit so optimised he could tear down and rebuild the whole engine on the side of the road.
A well sorted tool box to match the car!
I have the factory service manuals for my car, both the chassis (everything but the body) and the body by fisher service manual. Now, I have ammo to tell my wife I need the owners manual. :-) I am on 3 different Buick groups. These guys know our cars inside out.
A good pair of medium size channel locks! They have bailed me out of more jams in my old cars then I can count!
A plastic tub/bin. I keep my extra fluids in it so they don’t leak into the trunk if any bottles tip over. And it doubles as a catch pan if I need to swap a lower coolant hose and don’t want to or can’t buy 5 gallons of antifreeze. (1960 Lincoln)
A water pump is really the only problem on long trips that I've ever had. I could see a engine mounted fuel pump going bad but I've never had a issue with those.
Tell that to the Fuel pump ! lol
G'day Uncle Tony. Another good thing to keep in the car is a tube of epoxy putty. Good for fixing a hole in a fuel tank or radiator and a couple bits sand paper.
A power probe would be nice to have for side of the road problems on a classic car. One of the best electrical diagnostics tools available. You can find broken wires easily load a circuit for voltage drops. As far as electrical diagnosis it covers the most versatile tool. A can of brake parts cleaner and an inline spark check tool both to use for finding what's actually wrong. Brake parts cleaner will run an engine to point out fueling issues also help you find vacuum leaks. The spark check is to quickly find an ignition problem.
Ballist Resister! For Mopars at least. All these ads drive me insane!
Tool wise (besides what you need to put a spare on) a flat top screw driver adjustable wrench and a 1/4 and 3/8s ratchet set and fuel line
Tony is right about serviceability on the high end cars. I had a 66 Lincoln Continental that was very tough to work on compared to other cars of the same era; very cramped engine bay.
... yeah... I had one also... for 12 years!
A cigarete plug phone charger for when your cell phone dies and you forgot a real map !
Good quality self-amalgamating tape. You can bodge all sorts with it, even rad hoses.
In any Volvo 240 I drive that has fuel injection, I always carry a spare fuel pump relay. The only time it left me stranded was when I didn't have a spare.
Yes
I drive old miled out farm trucks anywhere and everywhere. So my number one have at all times besides basic tools, spare and jack is some wire cutters and some thin gauge fencing wire. Can't tell you how many times fencing wire has got me home. And hey Uncle Tony there are still some full service gas stations. I got one in my town here in sc.
One thing I keep in my car is a spool of electrical wire. It comes in handy in a pinch. I can bypass my Mopar electronic ignition with it and more.
My one item, that never leaves any car is.... JUMPER CABLES. I've used them to not only jump start cars but also to hot wire things such as fuel pumps.
Extra 5 gal. Of fuel. Calean Texas to Phoenix in the winter on back roads into the mountains of west New Mexico and a blizzard hit. Ranger running on 1/8 tank of gasoline at 25- 30 mph. and not one place open for hours. I made it to Eager Az.. found @ man shoveling out his gas pumps. Gas tank said empty fo at least 1 hr. With the red idiot light on. He helped me out even tho I packed the snow he was shoveling from pump. Big lesson learned that day. There are still desolate places out west.
My 5 n 1 one screwdriver. It is the size of a standard screwdriver but it has a 3/16 flat, 1/4 flat, #1 and #2 phillips, 1/4" and 5/16" Nutdrivers and it makes a surprisingly functional hammer.
My dad still has points plugs and stuff like that for moms 66 nova 327......to bad he sold it in 1986. That 1 item..... duct tape.
Starter relay, they fail without notice but are small and inexpensive, throw one in the glove box with the set of points and ballast resistor you carry too.
Electronic module, it was so frustrating not knowing I had a bad Module, before I knew about that system. I have an extra one in my trunk so if I lose it I can still pop one in and get back on the road. Also a carb rebuild kit I've had a seal melt on me luckily I had one. A jump box with a setting for airing up your tires and a alternator.
The time of year you travel is another factor to consider. Spring and fall tend to be easier on your vehicle. My daughter and I drove from Virginia to California in the spring which was not to hot nor cold for her '97 Grand Cherokee.
I don't know if you've covered it before, but don't do the tune up the night before you leave. Do the tune up a couple weekends before you go, and do a couple weeks of normal driving around before you leave on your trip.
Set of gearwrenches, gives you the most flexibility for the least amount of packaging/space
Flat head screw driver for my carburetor
I daily drive my '66 Ford F100 and put over 10K miles on just trips in the last year. I carry a spare for all the major stuff, but Tony said to list one item and why. Fuel pump (mechanical), because for some reason the it blows out the weep hole every 5 to 7 thousand miles and part stores tend not to have them for the 351 Cleveland engine. A friend says it is the ethanol in today's fuel damaging the diaphragm.
Owners' manuals are smaller when they are older, since they didn't have to tell Americans "don't lick the dipstick simply because you saw it on TH-cam and think you're cool" who then sue the manufacturer.
Gas stations had garages for the same reasons the odometer doesn't go past 99,999 miles. Then the price of oil hit $10 a barrel, and gas stations replaced garages with convenience stores making 1% profit margin, just to survive. But it was when cars came with overdrive transmissions and electronic ignitions and the motoroil was getting better.
Excellent point about contacting folks online before going. Sometimes you get burned--decades ago my father and I suffered a bad water pump on his truck 4 hours from home, got sent to the classic "neighborhood guy who fixes anything". He's got the drip pan underneath, knocking in grime and gasket material and everything into it (of course) and then when done, dumps it all back into the radiator to save us a buck--which was spent on classic snake oil he recommended. Luckily it was a cool night coming home, no traffic, since the system was barely burped, so we made it home and flushed the entire system the next day. But then there's "pro" shops who will gladly sell you a new "whatever" that's been collecting dust on their shelf since new cars don't use it anymore, sure that is what will cure your ills. Its how we all learn about cars.
Lately AAA roadside service has been terrible, twice the towing company showed up and tried to talk me out of towing the vehicle. Hey dumbass, I paid your money, I'm the customer--when did I stop being right? :) A friend of the family had an old Mope, kept calling AAA because her son was beating the heck out of it, finally they revoked her membership because she was "Calling too much".
I got Hagardy road service with my classic car insurance, so far they are "Johnny on the spot", even if the car is in my driveway. I might recommend them over AAA for taking a road trip, unless someone has better experience.
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With driving a 1979 MGB you get very familiar with bringing tools and spare parts the North America MGB register prints a book of its members that you can put in your car in case of brake down
A gallon of distilled water. It can be enough to get your car to the next exit or to a safer place to work on it. Also it can save you from dehydration waiting for help or working on it in the hot sun.
I definitely agree that the Factory Service Manual is one of the most useful things you could ever have for a classic car.
Having driven a couple classic cars with later model overdrive transmissions makes all the difference, makes older cars soooo much more drivable, cruise 70 mph @2200 rpm....although I don’t think it’s an easy deal on older Chrysler stuff like it is with GM cars
Man I wish I could still had my 79 Scout ! , maybe one day I will be able to get another...
In my 69 Plymouth Sport satellite - Tool kit, floor jack, jumper cables, plug wires, a ballast resister (before ignition upgrade). long trips I'll throw an alternator and carb in there just for good measure.
I grew up with the 50s/60s cars and never went anywhere without a tool box in the trunk. Basic tools: Socket set, vise grips, screw drivers, pliers, hammer, open end/box end wrenches, electrical tape, etc, etc. It sounds like a lot, but it's not.
4 way. OEM lug wrench is only good for the bumper jack
Water. It will keep you hydrated or you can put it in the radiator.
I always carried two fusible links, fuel filters and ballast resistors.
Don't forget fuses and some basic tools. And spare bulbs. Might as well throw some assorted zip ties on the pile. Geez, I sound like an old geezer ! Lol
I carry basic tool box(tape wire adjustable v belt ) ballast resister get ideal.
I started a project v8 2 years ago and every bodies explanation to working on old v8s sucks ...... SUCKS!!! Your explanations just click thank you thank you THANK YOU for your advice and videos.
A.universal electric fuel pump..2ft rubber hose asst. of hose clamps....alot of big box parts stores wont have what your car or truck might have these days...most will have to order your mechanical pump
Fire extinguisher
most important considering risk of fuel and oil leaks. You can't fix car if it's burned to the ground
Canned Heat....I saw howda fros, shlubba hut....on the road again...on the road again
Great advice 👍🏾👊🏽
Jumper cables I feel are a necessity...with older cars, when you turn something on, it stays on... I've lost count how many times I have left an interior light on, only to find the next day I can't start my car because the battery is drained.
i have a 96 bronco and thinking of a road trip next year , i think the one thing that is most important is duck tape and water for those wtf moments .
An old piece of garden hose. It helps find where weird noises are coming from. Also, it can extend the spout on shitty modern gas cans. And a roll of gorilla tape.
A jump starter box with the little air compressor built in
First aid kit. Old cars are usually a little rusty and are made of solid steel that hurts.
Hey Tony check out December of 1967 hot rod magazine talking about overhead cam big block Chevys
You neglected to mention how much Blinker Fluid I should bring with me on any lengthy road trip for my 1952 Ford.
Don't forget back up light fluid cause you can't use blinker fluid in the back up lights. Hope your travels are good.
@@mattshansen9814 Thanks, Matt. I totally forgot about that.
Leather man multi tool. One in every glove box and saddlebag of my old junk
Also get off the Interstate 80 before it gets dark. The possibility of getting killed on Interstate 80 after dark goes up by a factor of 5. You are five times more likely to get killed. Even highways go east to west, or west to east. Odd highways run north to south. Traveling with the sun is easier. You can drive for a longer period of time driving West. Driving east the daylight slams shut. It helps to have something to kick-start the day and turn down the night. Rock on..
Tire plugs and a twelve volt battery compressor.
The one item should be a set of jumper cables.
Wiper bushings!
If you run out of gas and have no money, you can milk out gas from what's left in the hose at gas stations.
My one item would have to be duct tape
You think it might help but it's completely of no use
Hey there U C , I don't drive due to eyesight issues but I'd take a roll of electrical tape along for the ride. Cheers from down in N Z.
I always carry a spare gallon of gas so when you can't fix it you can always burn it. But then I drive an AMC Jeep.
My one item is fuel in the tank itself,,,i do not have a spare tire,that causes flats,, what if I get a flat? Drive it all the way home, when all the annoying rubber falls off it shakes a lot less,
Always take a spare key. No ONSTAR on classic cars
For Me an adjustable spanner
The new car 300 page owners manuals have only 10 pages of information and 290 pages of warnings.
Each one of those warnings says something. They say "Someone was stupid enough to hurt themselves doing this, and then sued us for they're stupidity". So, now we have to warn you about how stupid people sued us in the past....and NOW because we have put a warning for you to not be stupid, you CAN'T sue us, when you are.
In 50 different languages.
@@LeftyLucyRightyTyty they should put those warnings in the back, so you can rip them out all at once
My 1971 dodge challenger owners handbook encourages the driver to familiarize oneself with the way the car behaves after loss of power steering and brakes by instructing the reader to drive the car on the road, not in heavy traffic and turn off the ignition to sense the heavier steering and almost non existent brakes. It was a different world then. What happened?
@@56redjets God invented lawyers.
I keep a moving blanket/pad in case I need to lay over a hot fender or on the ground for a repair. Asphalt can hit 180 in Arizona. Metal will burn you quick.
Amen to that...I’ve had to use the floor mats or trunk mat out of a car to deal with repairs in the heat or dealing with snow chains in heavy snow or in the dark.
No argument. I remember having a yellow shirt turn black one summer, as I helped a mate change the rear axle in his '68 Toyota Corona. Hot sun damn near melted the road.
Essential! Even in wet or cold conditions a good look under the car can be the difference
Very good idea! Thanks for the tip
When you're 2hrs into a 4 hour drive. You lose oil pressure and you start hearing a rod knock it's a good thing if you brought some good music to play on your stereo. So you can keep on driving in peace.
Had a '56 Chevy 210 w/a 235 6 that had a piston that would start slapping. Kept a case of bulk oil on the back seat. Finally had it sleeved, then fell asleep at the wheel.
Yeah you don't dare pull over at the point because if you do your screwed.
That brought back memory's for me, I drove down to North Carolina from Revere Massachusetts in 1986 with a friend of mine in an 18 Wheeler to pick up a Olds 442.Driving it back the water pump let go in Jersey. I didn't have AAA back then or would it even matter but I called my Dad and he came to tow me with his new Chevy G20 3/4 Van with a tow bar. My Dad showed up with a Samurai sword in the van for a weapon just in case, {It was Jersey} He was a Antique Dealer back then .Man I Miss my Dad.
Yep Oldsmoble water pumps are far & few between for the 64 to 69 years. If your driving a old Olds ( witch I do ) there had better be 2 NEW pumps with gaskets in the trunk !
Nice story about your Dad. Dad's (and Moms) are great!
Dad to the rescue, nothing better than Dear Old Dad, God Bless him.
The one item I would bring is Tony. I would feel safer having this intelligent guy then hauling a part store with me
I'll need a sober driver. Lol
Ha ha, instead of phone-a-friend, It’s phone-a-Tony, always on hand for help! Btw, love the Fox-body in your avatar, @nathanyork
Get in the trunk bait him with tobacco
aaron glass ha ha, that’s funny!
Good pair of vicegrips, has saved my butt more than once.
I had a throttle cable ball come off the end of the cable 200 miles from home at midnight ! , was lucky to have a pair of needle noise Vise Gripes to clamp on the end. worked !
One "breakdown box" item would be several feet of rubber fuel line and requisite clamps. This can be used for many temporary repairs such as automatic transmission cooler lines, fuel lines or even placed over cracked hydraulic lines as a "limp home" fix.
Been there, done that a couple times. People can laugh, but it works!
Carry a hot chick in Daisy Dukes, help will always stop. LOL
On a GM HEI car, back up ignition module and coil. Left me stranded requiring a tow home. Easy change on the side of the road 👍
So many people that has happen to the ignition module takes a dump and that's the good thing about points they will always get you home HEI won't unless you have a spare module or distributor. I carry a whole distributor and electric ignition box just in case
I always tow a trailer with every part of the car except the body and interior.
I keep an hei module b/c my vehicle has electronic advance control (7-pin module), never have needed it but it's in the glove box anyway. Make sure to carry the correct one.
@silverbird58 most common problem with hei is pickup coil wires broken due to vacuum advance the wires break from moving back and forth for decades.
MSD sells a good one with an adjustable rev limiter. Had one in my ford 302 with gm HEI. Also used GMs 1 wire alternator on that car.
Unc Tony, my one item to take on a road trip: a Good Flashlight. As you know the lesser god Murphy always strikes after dark.
Great suggestion, before the days of phones with inbuilt lights, lucky i had a torch to reset the points in the distributor otherwise it wouldve been a long walk.
www.ebay.com/itm/333680290799 Best $20 I've ever spent, it does not leave my side. Not just because of the car, I use this damn near every day.
Hey now lol .
Universal inline low pressure electric fuel pump or the mechanical fuel pump that fits your car. Because they are known to fail without notice.
Yeah had my mechanical fuel pump let me down twice over a year apart in that way, no warning just suddenly no power and stall. Dump some fuel in the carb until it starts then give it some revs and hold it there and it just came back to life and worked fine for 10 months until it happened again. Weird how it works but its replaced now so worry free.
Thats a good one, i was going to say that.
Plumb one into the fuel line permanently, preferably near the fuel tank. and wire it to a switch. I also use it to prime the carb for the first start if the car hasn't been started for a week or more.
I pack hope in my breakdown box. lol But seriously, I'll add: ZIP TIES!!!
A jack stands. Those stupid scissor Jack's like to fall over on the shoulder of the road
Bumper jacks were worse.. I had one fall on me back in the 80's . Almost crushed my leg .
Was gonna reccomend the same thing. I travel with two.
Buy good jackstands, Harbor Freight has recall(s).
Hit the junkyards, find a truck jack. They have a longer reach since trucks sit higher, and yes, NEVER trust a bumper jack. Rusty old bolts versus 4,000 lb curb weight. And a wheel chock, too, they're cheap and great since flat tires don't always come on level surfaces.
In a pinch, a stock ride height car can have one wheel backed up on top of a curb, and gain some height to get under.
Always check your jacks to make sure they can slide under the rocker panel when a tire is dead flat on the rim (i assume when you say "garage jack" you mean a roller, not a bottle hydraulic. the issue is when you are not on pavement, or you're on hot asphalt getting softer by the hour).
as for a spare tire being a wheel chock, that's going to be a problem when the car is on a jack to change a flat tire :) up in the snow belt, they sand the roads and it ends up on the sides. I would prefer a wedge shaped chock, but the spare tire still beats 4,000 lbs sitting in the air on a few inches of surface area, supported by stamped steel as 18 wheelers buzz you at highway speeds.
You'll be shocked how much your car moves when your ribcage is underneath when this happens.
AAA plus, Then you can get the wreck towed a 100 miles
agreed
Go with AAA Premier and get one 200 mile tow added in the package! 👍
One thing every Mopar owner should have is a ballast resistor!
Why? Just hot wire it was a jumper.
@Flavios Marcianos Why did a 1966 car have a spare ??? The Chrysler electronic ignition didn't come out until 1972 on some models and 1973 corporate wide. The car may have had a newer engine installed.
@Flavios Marcianos I understand that it was supposed to be a joke but if you are a knowledgeable classic Mopar driver it makes the person seem really stupid because the car mentioned DOESN'T HAVE a ballast resistor. That is unless it has a engine that is several years newer than 1966 like I stated in my last post. Now if the car would have been a 1976 model I would absolutely agree. My family carried at least 2 spares in every one of our Chrysler Corp. cars in the 1970's through the 1990's when the last one was scrapped.
@Flavios Marcianos Hey dude, I am not knocking the guy for having a fast and good looking car. I am simply stating that ANY fan of older Chrysler cars would be really insulted by the car owner pulling that trick. He might have a really beefed up motor that screams like the devil, but if it truly is a model year 1966 engine, the owner knows full well it DIDN'T HAVE electronic ignition. If he has a newer engine or converted it to factory electronic ignition ( which is totally idiotic!!! ) than I can get the joke. If he was stupid enough to convert to FACTORY electronic ignition, than he should have gone full tilt and put in a FACTORY 1982 Imperial EFI system in the car. Anyone who is a TRUE MOPAR FAN knows what I am referring to!!!!! The ABSOLUTE WORST FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM EVER DEVISED !!!!
@@charleskosyjana1295 the resistor is to reduce voltage to your points,gauges,horn, ect. They have been around since the battery.
A wooden chock.It can act as a parking brake,a hammer,or a spacer between your jack and frame in the event that your jack doesn't go high enough.You said just one item,right?
Good idea. I broke a coil on my AMC once...the 2x4 chalk I had in the trunk turned vertical wedged in place of the coil got me home.
Italian tool box-Duct tape! Can hold parts on, temporarily repair hoses, keep hood, door trunk closed, seal windshield leaks :) best wishes tony.
And a roll of bailing wire just in case!
Multi-meter/ test light for those times when the angry dancing wall pixies make you life hell
That's my choice to
@@Clawson_customs my choice is analog
I have a test light w/ a voltage readout. Pretty much solve most of your problems
Ballast resistor... I've had these fail on more Chrysler corporation cars than any other part.
I used to keep one in the glove box at all times in my Plymouths. Now that I drive an old Chevy Squarebody I keep the near equivalent, an ignition module. Both are cheap, don't rot in storage, don't take up any space to speak of, and you are dead in the water if you can't find one. Either of those parts turn a surprise major PITA into a 10 min minor aggravation.
I drove old Mopars for 20 plus years as a daily driver..My Dad owned them new 1957- and we only had 1 car that the ballast resistor failed! Car was 17 years old at the time! I drove my 60'sopar's daily until early/mid 2000's and still put 20,000 -30,000 miles per year on my old Charger's,300 and a few more an never had one fail..
@@01trsmar perhaps it's the quality of the new parts.
@@01trsmar You had far better luck that I. I had 6 of them go south over 10 years
You would think Chrysler would have perfected the use of a ballast resistor. They had them all the way into the 90s on some models
A box of fuses is the least thought of item in a breakdown box.
I thought that's what gum wrappers were for.
That cicada really wants to be a part out your video
One item - Pair of Panty Hose. So many uses.
I've found that water pumps and radiators usually let go on a Sunday afternoon on I95 in a traffic jam lol. Usually 15 miles from the motel you were thinking about. Murphy was an optimist
Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong... and always in the worst place at the worst time.
Fuel pumps to ! but on same highway !
@@hydroy1 forgot about those!
Main item: Pistol...... Reason: Because theres a lot of crazies out there. Then the secondary stuff like belts, hose clamps, wire, fluids etc.
In a world gone crazy, a handgun is becoming a very important tool of the traveller.
@@livewire2759 The implication that the world hasn't already been crazy for many a century is just silly. I'm not here to say that life is all sunshine and rainbows today, but any real talk with people who lived 40+ years ago reveals that behind the rose-tinted glasses, the "good ole days" weren't nearly as perfect as we pretend they were. Carrying a six-gun is important today just as it was 150+ years ago. /end rant
@@AustinRBa In high school we had a lot of pickups in the parking lot with gun racks in the back windows holding shotguns and rifles. They weren't for protection they were for hunting. I was there 40+ years ago too and I don't know what world you're from but firearms in cars nowadays aren't for hunting they're for self defense. We didn't worry about shit back then but things have changed. It is a more dangerous world now than it was 40+ years ago without a doubt.
Handguns are not a car accessory. They are a personal accessory. Your handgun(s) should stay on your person, not left in the car.
YEP- PISTOLA
Fire extinguisher
I agree that the service manual should the the FIRST item you buy for your classic car.
Rolling papers. You never know who may be holding
At least you wont care your broke down ! --->Hey were not moving ???? WHO CARES !
My favorite answer
Or a raw or zig zag king cone, like that you don't even have to roll it, just stuff it and go... lol
The “doomsday part”. It’s the one thing that will stop your car in its tracks and can’t be patched up. For my Jeep it’s a Crankshaft Position Sensor.
yep. Or the injector. Or the ECU, or the fuel pump. Or the coil.....
... Bring important prescription medications, antacid / Pepcid, Kaopectate, aspirin.... and get your teeth in good shape BEFORE you go ---- nothing ruins a road trip like a toothache!
I would bring adjustable wrench
And a BFH.
Harbor freight has a nice little set of them for an emergency kit. 3 pieces varying in size. Definitely a must have lol
basically what you're saying is get to know your car and your community
Plan out what garages work on classic cars...everyone pretty much knows where they're going,look on the net lots of times shops will show pictures of their shop/owners customer cars and you will see 1980 and older cars..then if you break,you know where to tow too!
the key to owning classic cars is to at least have two, because they all need something, just not at the same time
2 of something similar
I own one GM Ford and Dodge so I can be let down equally
And that also works for 15-20 year old daily driver cars. "Why do you have multiple cars?" Asks the average dumbass.
@@OSchoices racist...lol
My magnetic pick-up tool has saved my butt several times after dropping a key bolt or screw that rolled under the intake manifold or ended up in a tight spot on a lower control arm..
I hate that sudden involuntary game of pachinko.
Spare set of points. The ones they make today don't last as long. Also remember that radiator caps have two steps for a reason. The first step will not allow the system to build up pressure, but it will still move the water. Great for sudden pin hole leaks. Don't touch when hot!!!!