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1. Re: Spitfire 1500 tools (score: 1): Author: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>; Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 17:56:03 +0100; Whatever you're comfortable with. ;-) You've had some good (and some hilarious) answers already. As a special service to this list, I've just taken a picture of the well-filled tool roll I always car; /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00574.html (8,810 bytes)
2. Re: Spitfire 1500 tools (score: 1): Author: PorscheRcr@aol.com; Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 12:08:51 EST; Ok Eric, what's that medieval torture device at the lower end of the roll? And what is it used for? Looks too light duty to be a puller. Bill J '68 GT8; /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00575.html (7,386 bytes)
3. Re: Spitfire 1500 tools (score: 1): Author: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>; Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 18:53:47 +0100; <bg> It's an oil filter wrench - one of the few types that will easily fit in the tight space available and doesn't require kicking in any precious brain cells to figure out which way round it needs; /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00576.html (8,103 bytes)
4. Re: Spitfire 1500 tools (score: 1): Author: "Suzie" <suzie_bear@hotmail.com>; Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 18:51:59 -0000; [snip] [snip] Not half filled? Once I've got my toolbag, gallon of oil (cos she's still burnong/using loads), various spares that will 'one day' be fitted, tonneau cover (wishful thinking for the sum; /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00577.html (8,623 bytes)
5. Re: Spitfire 1500 tools (score: 1): Author: flinters <flinters@picarefy.com>; Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 12:15:57 -0800 (PST); My bootkit consists of (when it's on the road and not being torn down in the garage, that is) : Jumper cables Inexpensive socket set 4-1 lighted screwdriver Locking pliers (Vise-Grips) Needle nose pl; /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00579.html (9,251 bytes)
6. Re: Spitfire 1500 tools (score: 1): Author: Ken Strayhorn <ken@dukecomm.duke.edu>; Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 14:45:20 -0500; I have an old briefcase that sits atop the spare ti(y)re and is secured with bungee cords. Among the usual items like a full socket set and a full set of box/open wrenches, plus assorted screwdrivers; /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00583.html (9,411 bytes)
7. Re: Spitfire 1500 tools (score: 1): Author: "Laura G." <Laura.G@141.com>; Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 12:04:19 -0800; A jack? Why? I have a lovely original-doesn't work, so it only goes to shows. AAA changes my tire if it's flat. Only one? I always carry two. Not that I have any leaks that big, but so that I "think; /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00585.html (8,571 bytes)
8. Re: Spitfire 1500 tools (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 17:57:55 +0000; If you think the ones you've seen on the list are hilarious, you should see the ones that came by private e-mail! I am compiling a complete list of all responses, and will post a summary here in a da; /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00586.html (10,622 bytes)
9. Re: Spitfire 1500 tools (score: 1): Author: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>; Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 21:25:34 +0100; Oh no. I make it a matter of pride to change my own wheels. Just the one - which I've never needed. Perhaps I'll throw in a bottle of coolant, too. Which I won't ever need, either. Don't worry, it's; /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00587.html (9,489 bytes)
10. Re: Spitfire 1500 tools (score: 1): Author: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>; Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 22:03:41 +0100; I look forward to it. Duh.... I don't know, really. I set the valves once a year and I guess I'm too lazy to look for the feelers; I just always have them with me. Is it? No it isn't. I'm sorry to di; /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00595.html (9,222 bytes)
11. Re: Spitfire 1500 tools (score: 1): Author: Howard Baugues <bauguesh@abcs.com>; Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 16:08:42 -0500; I carry the original tool kit with jack, wheel chock, and lug wrench. I also carry a small assortment of fluids, and an emergency tool kit from WalMart. It costs about $30, and has the following: 1 E; /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00596.html (10,244 bytes)
12. Re: Spitfire 1500 tools (score: 1): Author: "Laura G." <Laura.G@141.com>; Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 13:11:41 -0800; I used to, until I had to change three flats in two days on my Nissan Sentra. I'd only had the car for a month-but the tires they put on a leased car at the dealer...after that, I bought all new tir; /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00597.html (11,435 bytes)
13. Re: Spitfire 1500 tools (score: 1): Author: "Laura G." <Laura.G@141.com>; Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 13:16:20 -0800; Wow! Way cool! I'll have to get one of those! BTW-I keep hearing about the "original tool kit"-my first Spitfire I bought from the original owner, and though there was a jack and an extra manifold i; /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00598.html (9,040 bytes)
14. Re: Spitfire 1500 tools (score: 1): Author: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>; Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 22:23:35 +0100; Yes. That's in the boot, too. And some spare jubilee clips and a fanbelt I forgot to mention previously. Blimey, no wonder the rear spring is sagging... :-( Cheers, -- Eric Kieboom - The Netherlands; /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00599.html (8,821 bytes)
15. Re: Spitfire 1500 tools (score: 1): Author: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>; Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 22:59:18 +0100; No pictures, but there are photos and some info on pages 35, 52 and 103 of "Triumph Spitfire & GT6 - a Guide to Originality". The original Spitfire 4 came with a small tool kit in a vinyl pouch. It c; /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00600.html (10,116 bytes)
16. Re: Spitfire 1500 tools (score: 1): Author: Howard Baugues <bauguesh@abcs.com>; Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 21:52:07 -0500; If anyone wants to see what the Wal-Mart toolkit I was referring to looks like, I have posted some pictures of it at: http://www.geocities.com/bauguesh/Spittools/index.html Howard Baugues W. Terre Ha; /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00611.html (9,550 bytes)
17. Re: Spitfire 1500 tools (score: 1): Author: "Ree Gurley" <reegurley@mindspring.com>; Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 00:55:14 -0600; Don't forget a can of hydraulic fluid (fluif?) for that leaky clutch slave. Also, a BIG sponge to dry out those foot-wells after the thunderstorm. Ree G. in Silver Spring, MD - 78 Spit FM73070U O; /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00618.html (8,632 bytes)
18. Re: Spitfire 1500 tools (score: 1): Author: "Laura G." <Laura.G@141.com>; Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 22:11:17 -0800; 2 botttles-one silicone for the clutch and non-silicone for the brake! Only once have I had that need-while driving one of my (ex) husbands officers wife around town in Italy, house hunting. We hit; /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00619.html (9,034 bytes)
19. Re: Spitfire 1500 tools (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 09:04:09 +0000; My notes currently run to five pages of A4... That use hadn't occurred to me, since we were talking about an emergency toolkit! Don't forget the Champagne in the glove compartment (I think a halfbott; /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00624.html (10,106 bytes)
20. Re: Spitfire 1500 tools (score: 1): Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>; Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 08:45:24 +0000; The second day of owning my Spit, I drove down to Hitchin for the local TSSC monthly meeting. What with not having wipers on the headlights, and what must be an original windscreen (since it is so sc; /html/spitfires/2001-02/msg00625.html (9,972 bytes)

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