BENTLEY DRIVERS CLUB FORUM

What are the, "must have" spares that should be carried in a 3 Litre?
Peter.

Your cell phone

A spare magneto. Engine will run ok on one mag, so it doesn’t really matter which mag you take.
A spare inner tube,

Doesn't the list of spares depend on the distance to be travelled? It is normal to have a more extensive list if one is going on a long tour. On a day trip I wouldn't take a spare magneto or an inner tube, as the car runs on a single magneto and has a spare wheel. On a long tour, yes.

Nicholas, I do agree.
John.

So that brings us back to the question, what spares should be carried in a 3 litre for normal daily driving? Start with a well stocked toolbox, foot pump, jack, wheel nut mallet, various lumps of wood, wire, tie wraps, oil can, rope, string, fuse wire, mobile phone, insurance cert with rescue phone number, Rainex, various clean and oily rags, protective gloves, torch. A selection of nuts and bolts plus a set of bulbs would come under the category of spare parts. Maybe I'd add a spare wheel nut, but you'd need one for each side, in case a wheel falls off and you lose the nut in the undergrowth.
If I was going on a tour I would, in addition, take; magneto, inner tube, puncture repair kit, tyre levers, french chalk, oil for engine, gearbox and diff, oil gun, axle bearing cap spanner, grease, spark plugs, trolley jack, battery charger, mains extension lead, selection of split pins, tube of Blue Hylomar, gasket material of various thicknesses, and probably lots more.

Thanks so much, some very good suggestions there.
Does anyone know what type of foot pump that was used? Peter.

A few extras that I always carry;

Can of Easy Start !
Tyre Gauge
Sheet to lie on (can also double as an extra weather cover)
Head torch (or torch)
Gaffer Tape (Indispensable)
Plastic piping and jubilees (the internal size the same size as the external size of your petrol pipe - probably 5/16")
Starting to carry Hi Vis coats and of course a triangle
On long tours I take a small blow torch and solder.
Tools in tool rolls but other stuff in transparent boxes that artists use - available from 'Craft sheds.'
Happy Motoring
John Williams

John
Thanks for adding to my list. Some of yours reside in my toolbox anyway, but I'd also add jump leads, tow rope to your high vis and triangle. It's amazing how much stuff I keep in my cars. I have never needed a can of Easy Start or a blowlamp and solder.

Amongst all of the suggestions here some cable ties as they are always useful to hold something.

I was once in a car which decided to loose a wing and we were able to tie it back on with multiple cable ties!

A fire extinguisher too.

In my tool bag I always carry one of those flexible extending 'pickle fork' contraptions, which I have had to use several times for extracting stones from the gear lever gate, matched with a long flexible magnetic pick up tool. Also a length of wiring cable with a 12v bulb soldered into it.

Now this post makes me think of the days past when the boot space was rather reduced for luggage due to carrying what we called our touring kit.Those days before one pulled out the mobile phone and had the vehicle pulled up onto a low loader.
Great fun, especially if there was room to set out the table and make a brew. surprising how many people would stop and chat.
But now at my age I am happier with the modern (90's) vehicle.
I can only tinker if it is in a garage and can take my time, such as 2 days to do say 2 hours real time work.
Glad that that lifestyle has NOT disappeared.