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Speedster Trip tools, parts and Supplies List

Jack CrosbyJack CrosbyHot Springs, AR, VS RabyTypeIV

Over the years I have been fortunate to be able help a few other Speedster/Spyder buddies out with tools or supplies for "unscheduled maintenance" during events.  I have packed these items in flat poly boxes and fabric tool bags and everything fits nicely into the Speedster leaving ample room for small rolling suitcases. It looks like a trailer might be needed but packed well, these items are surprisingly compact So, at Carlisle if anyone has a need, here's what I will have on board. 

 

TOOLS


Drive, 1/4" with assorted sockets

Sockets, 3/8" 19,21& 36 mm

Drives" & 3/8"

Adaptor 1/4 to 3/8

Open end wrenches 7-15MM and 17-21mm

Vice grips,Sm, med & lge

Pliers, standard, needle nose & channel lock

Screwdrivers, asst'd.

Tire pressure gauge

Dykes

Mirror, mechanics

Magnet, pick up

Spark plug socket

Feeler gauges

Hub cap removal tool

Spark plug gap tool

Fuel hose, 8" to start spark plugs

Car jack & tire iron

Hammers, ballpeen, small

Razor blades, single edge

Tape measure

Files, small

Valve adjustment tool

Wire, steel safety

Tire plug kit

CO2 tite inflators

Tire pump, electric

Punches

Chisel

Sissors

Monkey wrench

Awl

Pocket knife

"Snail" for synching carbs

Hex wrenches, metric

Tweezers, large

Mainley wheel adaptor

Oil Filter wrench

Wire brush

Tire valve tool

 

FUEL RELATED

 

Fuel filters. plastic

Fuel line, 3' of 1/4"

Stabil ethanol treatment Marine blend

Carb jets, asst'd.

 

OIL & FLUIDS RELATED

 

Motor oil, brad Penn, 20W50, 2 qts.

Oil filter, Mann

STP fuel zinc additive (Red bottle)

Brake fluid          Oil sump crush washers, oil screen gaskets

Funnel

Oil pressure sender

 

IGNITION & ELECTRICAL

 

Distributor cap, Mallory

Electronic dist, module, mallory

Distributor rotor, Mallory

Blue Bosch coil

Spark plugs, WR8CC

Butt splices, crimp connectors

Fuses, asst'd.

Light bulbs, asst'd.

Volt-ohm meter

Wire stripper/ splice  crimper

Test light

Wires w/ alligator clips

Spark indicator

 

MECHANICAL

 

Spare pulley w/ key ( One went out at Morro Bay at the winery)

Pulley washers, type I & Type IV

Fan belts

Lug bolts

Accelerator cable (David Stroud needed one last year--Lane helped with the repair)

Clutch cable

Cable shortening kit

Clips, bow to windshield

Exhaust gaskers, metal

Radiator clamps

 

SPARE PARTS

 

Wheel bearings and races for front wheels (These were needed at Carlisle last year)

Bearing oil seals

Spare tire

Fuel pump, CB electric

 

SUPPLIES

 

Permatex gasket sealer & gasket maker

Gasket material

Locktite stick

Electrical tape

2-sided tape

Blue painters tape

Duct tape

Plastic ties, assorted

Primary wire, 20'

JB weld

Ziplock bags

Scotch brite pad

Rags

Rubber bands

Asst'd nuts, bolts, clamps, coptter pins

Velcro

 

CLEANING MATERIALS

 

Detail spray

Microfiber cloths

Windshield cleaner, chrome polish

Fantastic

Paper towels

Tire protectant

 

SAFETY & CONVENIENCE

 

First aid kit

Flashlight

Batteries, AA,AAA & D

Fire extinguisher, Halon

Mechanics gloves & Baby wipes

Sun block

Beach towel

Rain ponchos

Large garbage bags (for a dirty flat tire)

Muir book

Rain X

 

The kitchen sink stays at home!!





 



 



 

 





 

 

2007 Vintage Speedster/ Jake Raby TYPE IV engine

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Gordon NicholsGordon NicholsMassachusetts 1993 CMC Supporting Member

I learned from GB (first) and later, Jim Ward to have a fully assembled (with cap and rotor with wires separate) 009 distributor with the mounting bracket, pre-timed and ready to just drop right in and it's ready to go.  What the heck......you want to carry a spare cap and rotor, anyway....you might as well have them all together.

 

Over the years I have adjusted these lists to include what makes sense for MY car, as well as a few items that seem ever-popular (like a set of 009 points, even though my disti is electronic).  That said, I've used most, if not all of my spares, to help others in the past so at least they're helpful for someone along the way (especially that guy in a Morgan Drophead Coupe at a show in RI years ago who needed a 4" piece of fuel line to make it home.....on a Sunday.  These spares are always helpful).

 

And no, Jack doesn't pull a trailer full of spare parts.  I'm carrying probably half of what he lists and it all easily fits with lots of room for overnight bags.  I remember being at Watkins Glen once, with the TYP356 club and someone pulled an aluminum floor jack and a pair of jack stands out of his Speedster, along with a three-drawer, portable tool box.  

 

Like the Boy Scouts say:  "Always be prepared".

Garbob42Garbob42

Made me laugh out loud..good vid.

 

Jesus Jack!  That list has scared the bajeebers out of me.  Holy crap...I don't even have a spare!    I guess I have three weeks to get it together.  Where do you put the spare BTW?  Do I get a limper donut?  What spare tire does everyone else pack?

 

Shudderin' to think..  Garbo.

Garbob42Garbob42

Jesus Jack,

 

I understand the need to shorten cables; clutch and accelerator since the kits have shortened frames, but what is a 'cable shortening kit'?  I have already had the clutch cable go out.  I had a guy at work weld a poorly swaged end on it.  Fatigue of the welded cable is short lived....so I guess I'd better buy a spare.

LeonChuppLeonChupp

Spare tires? REAL men don't need no stinkin spare tires......   (especially if they own a CMC.)

 

Cable shortening kits come in several forms, depending on which cable is to be shortened.... Some of the members here have motor cycle shops and or aviation / boat service facilities make cables to suit....   CIP1 has them illustrated in their on line catalogue....

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