I'd also recommend some random long bits of wire. We ended up stranded about an hour from home last weekend and managed with a long wire to feed power from the battery to a terminal in the engine compartment (bypassing a suddenly-bad ignition switch) and were able to drive the rest of the way home. Casey On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 8:40 PM, Harry Hoffman <hhoffman@ip-solutions.net>wrote: > Hi All, > > So, it's been a while since I've owned a VW (only T2 before now). Since > the breakdown I've decided to make sure I'm prepared, tool-wise, so > here's what I've got. > > I'd appreciate any pointers on things I'm missing or things I'm carrying > that don't make sense > > Tools: > Socket Wrenches: (1) 1/2" drive, (2) 3/8" drive > Sockets: 6mm-21mm 3/8" drive > Deep Sockets (3/8" drive): 9mm-19mm, 21mm > Large Sockets (1/2" drive): 27mm, 28mm, 30mm, 32mm, 36mm > Torque Wrench (1/2" drive) > Cheater Bar (1/2" drive) > Open Ended Wrenches: 6mm-19mm > File Set > Magnetic Pullers: (2) with Mirrors > Adapters: several 3/8" and 1/2" adapters and extenders > Allen Wrenches: Up to 17mm > Small ball peen hammer > hacksaw > mallet > metal clippers > Dwell/Tach tester > pocket multi-meter > Inductive timing light > battery charger 120v > > I have everything fitted into ziplock bags. It's amazing what you can > fit into a toolbox when everything is nicely organized. We'll see how > long that lasts ;-) > > Cheers, > Harry > |
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