Just make sure your battery is secured!
@ckjarr
>Bring a sharp knife and a small section of PVC that will fit inside the radiator hoses and 2 extra hose clamps. If you get a hole anywhere in any hose, you can just cut at the pinhole/rip, place pipe inside and double clamp the hose back down on it.
>Bring a pair of nylons.....you can loop and tie them together as a makeshift belt to get you to the next town.
> a few inline fuel filters!!!!
>a 8" piece of 5/16 and 3/8 all-thread and a few nuts and a small hacksaw, make almost any bolt!
>A set of points or ECU (Id just pack a points distributor if yours is electronic)
>If your hardcore on fixing a tire, get a $8 radial patch kit and a HF foot pump, both weigh less than a lb together. Has the better push awl and plug needle. Find the nail in the flat tire, pull it out, ram the awl into the hole to enlarge it and then push the gooey rope seal in and pull out the needle quickly. Trim (with your sharp knife) and fill. Best done in the motel parking lot in the morning when you realize you picked up a nail the night before.
>movers blanket. To lay on, lay under, or as a shade. laying in dirt/mud on the side of the road and then getting back in the car covered in it is gonna be uncomfortable......can also wrap metal stuff in it so it doesnt rattle in the trunk. Imagine 1400 miles of stuff clanking and rubbing in the trunk.
>make sure your spare is aired up. a flat spare is dead weight.
>a few jugs of water to drink and to fill a rad.
>Duct tape
>2 tubes of silver glitter radiator seal, never know if one will do it.
>a few extra fuses if your lighter fuse blows charging your phone or compressor.
>a GOOD >500 Lumen LED flashlight!!! Heck bring 2 and duct tape them to your fenders if you lose your lights......:)
>a bottle of oil.
>6 in 1 HF screwdriver. The 2 size bit shaft fits the hose clamp bolts perfectly as a socket! Way better than trying to use as a screwdriver.
>a few pieces of 12G wire with insulated alligator clips on the ends. you may have to jump something somewhere in the harness.
All this stuff sans the water can fit in a shoebox.