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-- OEM brand fuel pump Not really needed, oem tends to have a limp home mode, in the 30yrs of owning/restoring/wheeling Toys(aover 40 rigs between myself and friends), have yet to see one fail. If concerned due to age, just replace the current one w/a new oem one. -- Alternator Normally triggers the "Charge" light, and can also be tested before leaving -- Tire repair kit -- Distributor Another rare if ever OEM failure -- Hoses and wire -- Fuses and Fusible links -- Ignition coil Not a bad idea, small in size, but another item rare to failure -- Starter motor and solenoid Another part that tends to let you know it is starting to go, trail side/parking lot fix is to forcefull tap it a few times with a hammer, only really need to carry extra set of contacts -- Wheel bearings Not needed, if they fail on the trail they were in bad condition and you should have been aware of it on the street
One of the best ways to avoid back country issues with most of the items you have listed, is to use oem parts over parts stores, or have the oem parts rebuilt, maintain your rig, and do a once over(pre-flight check) before heading out.
Would add,Basic tool set and a set of long sockets Working on that -- I have most of the tools I need but lack a few miscellaneous ones. Good tools aren't cheap.Hi-lift jack Checkused set of drive belts, spark plug wires, cap/rotor, a couple of plugs, fan clutch Good idea!a spare hub, yet another rare oem failure Really? I can't imagine breaking an Asin hub with normal driving...spare engine mound or chain Again, why? Do engine mounts really just break? What kind of chain could substitute for an engine mount, anyway?spare valve stems, tire spoons, ratchet strap(helps to reseat a bead) Why spare stems rather than inspect before departure? do they tear off easily in normal driving?steering linkage components, Which, exactly?Rear driveline. Why? Are these prone to breakage in normal use? I cannot think of any situation in which a rear driveline would just break.starting fluid Especially for a carb.If running a front locker, spare birfs or a cv Diff lockers are for people with plenty of money and sense. I have neither.
some of that stuff is pretty expensive and will normally "fail with warning"...for example you can drive home on a bad alternator, but you really should bring an alternator/water pump belt cause that will bite you 10 times harder. Tools, fluids and lube, ratchet straps, tow strap, baler wire, stuff to get off the trail...then you can bring the more interesting stuff like bar of soap and plastic bags.
Edit: you can go crazy with this and bring spare motor mounts and stuff...but if you already spent the money on the part, why let it go bad in the back of your truck, or worse yet, wait till you're stranded to replace the part in the wilderness? Replace said items now if you're really worried.
Can you clarify what you mean? I've seen alternators fail, without any warning whatever, on vehicles that were 60 miles from pavement. The only "warning" was when the vehicle engine died from having run down the battery. And there is no way in the world I'm going to make it 200 miles on only a battery. And I personally have been stranded by a bad igniter, which is another "rare" failure.My view on rare failures is that there is a large probability of at least one rare part failure. And it really doesn't matter which one failed if I'm stranded, so I have to bring them all.Some parts might have 200,000 miles left in them. Then again, they may only have 2 miles left. Replacing them now is a silly waste of whatever life they may have left.Thanks for the input. I would prefer to own a halfway reliable vehicle, but that's just not possible. The next best solution is to carry with me one of everything that might reasonably be expected to go wrong.
before getting started, pardon the fact that I am all over the place but at the moment I am wayyyyyyyyyyy to lazy to go through and format it.
That's fine -- I appreciate you taking the time to educate me!I see you are one of those lucky people who *has* a voltage gauge. I have a dummy light shaped like a battery, nothing more. If it comes on halfway across the state of Wyoming from home, there's nothing much I can do about it, other than take a long, long hike. I don't drive this far often, but I do commute 15 miles in the middle of winter. Walking this distance home loaded down with stuff at -30 would be NO FUN.I am firmly convinced that my truck will be unreliable forever. There's just been too much wrong with it for me to ever imagine that it will be a dependable vehicle. I thought I had most of the cobwebs out, but then I got stranded twice, on successive trips to town. Once because I didn't want to drive home with a missing exhaust manifold stud and once because the igniter died in the middle of a busy street. Between these short trips, I squeezed in a long one, 500 miles round trip. I'm just waiting for the breakdown to happen during a long trip instead of before or after. Alternators, ignition coils/igniters, fuel pumps, fuel hoses, distributors, steering gear, brakes... The list of possible failures just goes on and on. Any one of these parts, failing at the wrong time, could be a disaster.
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