DIY Emergency Tool Box, What Do We Need?

[Aonarch]

This would be for long road trips, overlanding, and trail repairs.

I know we have other threads on this, but I am trying to keep this as minimal as possible. I don't want to haul a 300 piece tool kit. Only the bare necessities to fix anything suspension related, CVs, tie rods, flat tire, belts, coolant hoses, hose clamps, etc.

What are the common fasteners for the 14th gen?

7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22 sockets.

Any 9s?

Any 12s?

Any 16?

T20, T25, T27, T30. Any other torx bits?

Any hex/ Allen bits? Maybe 3mm, 4mm, 5mm, 6mm?

Flat head and Phillip #2. Or just multiple bit screw driver.

Adjustable crescent wrenches and channel locks.

Needle nose plyers.

Ball peen hammer.

Zip ties.

Tire repair kit and pump.

Portable jump pack.

Pry bar.

Ratchet straps.

Gloves.

What else?

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[HammaMan]

Disposable gloves, small roll of painters plastic (not overly thin), duct tape.

Think of emergency window / door cover (or sunroof) or something to lay/sit on under the vehicle (painters plastic). Gloves are self explanatory but can also be used for cuts on hands / protect bandages so it's double duty on first aid as well.

 

[amschind]

Fluids, farm jack, light source, sufficiently tall jack stands and hand wipes. You don't need a full replacement for your t-case, transmission, gear oil, engine oil and coolant, but a container of each is nice. Globally for overlanding, you want to prevent the need for complete replacement by protecting your pans with skid plates; if a rock wipes out a pan (or pans), then a full suite of replacement fluid won't save you. Gear oil is a maybe: if you get your axles wet, the sooner you empty and replace your diff oil the better. This strategy also requires that you bring storage capacity for used fluids.

Kimball Midwest and Zepp both make awesome handwipes....if you have to work on something, odds are that it and you will be covered with greasy dirt by the end of the repair. These wipes are startlingly effective at getting that off of you. I would go so far as to bring a set of coveralls and gloves as well: bring them in a trashbag with a mothball, use them when needed, and throw them back into the trashbag once finished.

Farm jacks work great IF you have jack points for them; most stock trucks don't. If you have sufficiently stout rock sliders, then that's a great jack point and a great excuse to buy rock sliders. A farm jack (Hi-Lift if you want to spend an extra $150 for the same thing) is awesome....make sure that you get the plastic base plate as well. Pair this with jack stands so that you don't drop your truck on yourself and die.

Light sources: the outdoors is dark. Bring light or time your unexpected mechanical failures for daylight hours and make sure that they only affect parts of the truck that are visible with natural light.

If you have non-vented, non-heated and/or cloth seats and/or a non-heated steering wheel and need an excuse to replace them with leather/heat/vents, then disregard this advice and use your seats as a hand wipe.

 

[Aonarch]

Fluids and hand wipes. You don't need a full replacement for your t-case, transmission, gear oil, engine oil and coolant, but a container of each is nice. Globally for overlanding, you want to prevent the need for complete replacement by protecting your pans with skid plates; if a rock wipes out a pan (or pans), then a full suite of replacement fluid won't save you. Gear oil is a maybe: if you get your axles wet, the sooner you empty and replace your diff oil the better. This strategy also requires that you bring storage capacity for used fluids.

Kimball Midwest and Zepp both make awesome handwipes....if you have to work on something, odds are that it and you will be covered with greasy dirt by the end of the repair. These wipes are startlingly effective at getting that off of you. I would go so far as to bring a set of coveralls and gloves as well: bring them in a trashbag with a mothball, use them when needed, and throw them back into the trashbag once finished.

If you have non-vented, non-heated and/or cloth seats and/or a non-heated steering wheel and need an excuse to replace them with leather/heat/vents, then disregard this advice and use your seats as a hand wipe.

Good advice.

I've got nitrile gloves on hand and mechanix gloves too.

One quart each is good advice. I've strayed from that.

I do have full RCI skid plates thankfully.

I've got a bottle jack and a piece of wood that I keep with me.

Plenty of lights since it's an overlander. Lanterns, headlamps, flashlights, etc.

 

[mxwrk]

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[Dunthupl]

Not exactly a mechanics tool kit i.e. fixing suspension etc, but I recently assembled an edc kit similar to this. I scaled it down to fit a 9x7 pack, but would help in a pinch on the truck or around the house. Maybe some takeaways here especially with black friday coming up.

I've got the dewalt inflator, tire plug kit, and Noco battery jumper under the seat next to it. And an IFAK

 

[ThumperF150]

https://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p/diehard-roadside-tool-kit-72-piece-dh50128/12430241-P

I picked up this Die Hard tool roll from Advanced Auto the other day. For $50 I thought is was a very nice kit for EMERGENCY use. It is small and compact and I hope to never need it. I will add some gloves and shop towels to it.

Probably pick up another one for my VW bug.

At the end of the day, I have a cell phone, credit card, Auto Club membership and usually a few bucks on me so I can probably overcome any on-road break down. Off road, I would want and carry more stuff.

 

[ks54703]

This would be for long road trips, overlanding, and trail repairs.

I know we have other threads on this, but I am trying to keep this as minimal as possible. I don't want to haul a 300 piece tool kit. Only the bare necessities to fix anything suspension related, CVs, tie rods, flat tire, belts, coolant hoses, hose clamps, etc.

What are the common fasteners for the 14th gen?

7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22 sockets.

Any 9s?

Any 12s?

Any 16?

T20, T25, T27, T30. Any other torx bits?

Any hex/ Allen bits? Maybe 3mm, 4mm, 5mm, 6mm?

Flat head and Phillip #2. Or just multiple bit screw driver.

Adjustable crescent wrenches and channel locks.

Needle nose plyers.

Ball peen hammer.

Zip ties.

Tire repair kit and pump.

Portable jump pack.

Pry bar.

Ratchet straps.

Gloves.

What else?

Battery charger, lithium jump starter, first aid kit,

 

[Babbage]

You've got enough tools -- What about a handgun, flares, First Aid, something to eat, a (small) butane heater. Have your VIN and Ford's 24 hour "roadside" assistance phone number.

 

[Aonarch]

You've got enough tools -- What about a handgun, flares, First Aid, something to eat, a (small) butane heater. Have your VIN and Ford's 24 hour "roadside" assistance phone number.

First item yes. Generally two options, compact 9 mm concealed OWB, then 10 mm with bear rounds either OWB or chest rig. I'm in Grizzly country. I have bear spray in my door pockets, and will wear bear spray on my belt while hiking. Plus my other 10mm bear spray.

Hopefully that was cryptic enough not to get in trouble.

Flares, no. That is a good idea.

First aid, yes.

Food, absolutely. I have a 50L fridge, gas stove, snacks, non-perishable food, snacks, etc.

I have a tent with full bedding on my rack, plus since its Montana, I always have jackets. It can snow here 12 months a year randomly. Last 4th of July it went from the high 80s, to below freezing, same day.

 

[rjinaz]

I have my AAA membership card, my cell phone, my "persuader", a pocketknife, and a first aid kit.
Oh, and a flashlight.

 

[Calson]

I want to be sure I can remove the wheel nuts that are often overtorqued by the tire guys and so carry a 24" breaker bar along with a long socket. I want to be able to remove the positive lead of the battery should there be an electrical short and so I carry a 5 inch adjustable spanner wrench. In the event of a rock getting tossed up and put through the radiator I carry one of the small tubes of stop leak product.

Beyond those items with my 2022 with the terrible Ford BMS I also carry jumper cables and a battery booster in the truck. At home I plug in a battery maintainer if I am not going to be using the truck for several days.

When I owned various Willys 4WD vehicles I took a great many more tools but a 2022 vehicle is far more reliable than the jeeps built in the 1950's.

 

[Calson]

I want to be sure I can remove the wheel nuts that are often overtorqued by the tire guys and so carry a 24" breaker bar along with a long socket. I want to be able to remove the positive lead of the battery should there be an electrical short and so I carry a 5 inch adjustable spanner wrench. In the event of a rock getting tossed up and put through the radiator I carry one of the small tubes of stop leak product.

Beyond those items with my 2022 with the terrible Ford BMS I also carry jumper cables and a battery booster in the truck. At home I plug in a battery maintainer if I am not going to be using the truck for several days.

When I owned various Willys 4WD vehicles I took a great many more tools but a 2022 vehicle is far more reliable than the jeeps built in the 1950's.

When I was commuting long distances I also carried a fire extinguisher and a 30" crowbar and some road flares. The crowbar helped when replacing a fan belt on my vehicles and I have used one to pry the fenders away from tires for cars in accidents to enable them to move off the freeway and out of harm's way.

If venturing far from towns the smart move it have a second vehicle so worst case you can get back to "civilization".

 

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[lurch]

semi auto 12 gauge w/ bandoleer, mre's, water...
maybe a gas can,

and remember, if you use diesel, well it's not waterboarding anymore is it?

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