knuckle47
Advanced Contributor
Dave you started with a great list so I hope you don't mind that I paste it here...
The "what spare part to bring", is a great topic. Maybe should start a new thread for this one. But, I go off many dozens of miles into foreign lands with, admittedly, not much poundage of spares. For my Crusaders, I take 2 spare fuel filters, one set of belts, 1 raw water pump, some 1" and 1 1/4" hose, the little 90 deg coolant bypass hose, 1 choke thermostat, 2 impellers, 2 props and one spare fuel pump. The installed fuel pumps are 15 years old, and my engines are 1976 internals +/-. NOT taking spare starters, carbs, risers, alternators, prop shafts, etc. but do see value with those that do. If I was a single engine operation, I'd carry more, notably the starter.
Some of my issues have always been: Shucks ....I have it HOME... This pertained to my off road adventures in the 70's to vintage motorcycles. We were either way off the beaten path in a 4x4 or 100 miles from home on a 1930's Harley in the 1990's. Should something have broken, I could fix it IF IF IF I had the stuff there. As you can see packing was always a problem (particularly the bikes) The boat is merely an evolution of my phobia...Especially, that you can't just pull off the road. In addition to Dave's list above, I have 7 tool bags filled with 1/2 drive...3/8,, 1/4 drive, nut drivers, box wrenchs, open end, screw drivers, electrical stuff, meters, IR gun, hoses, I have a carb rebuild kit, spark plugs divided plastic cases filled with screws, nuts bolts, all stainless assorted junk, gaskets, bags of GFO packing, fuses, terminal ends, YES duct tape and bailing wire .... I think it is almost classifiable as an illness. This has to be REALLY cutting into my fuel consumption
The "what spare part to bring", is a great topic. Maybe should start a new thread for this one. But, I go off many dozens of miles into foreign lands with, admittedly, not much poundage of spares. For my Crusaders, I take 2 spare fuel filters, one set of belts, 1 raw water pump, some 1" and 1 1/4" hose, the little 90 deg coolant bypass hose, 1 choke thermostat, 2 impellers, 2 props and one spare fuel pump. The installed fuel pumps are 15 years old, and my engines are 1976 internals +/-. NOT taking spare starters, carbs, risers, alternators, prop shafts, etc. but do see value with those that do. If I was a single engine operation, I'd carry more, notably the starter.
Some of my issues have always been: Shucks ....I have it HOME... This pertained to my off road adventures in the 70's to vintage motorcycles. We were either way off the beaten path in a 4x4 or 100 miles from home on a 1930's Harley in the 1990's. Should something have broken, I could fix it IF IF IF I had the stuff there. As you can see packing was always a problem (particularly the bikes) The boat is merely an evolution of my phobia...Especially, that you can't just pull off the road. In addition to Dave's list above, I have 7 tool bags filled with 1/2 drive...3/8,, 1/4 drive, nut drivers, box wrenchs, open end, screw drivers, electrical stuff, meters, IR gun, hoses, I have a carb rebuild kit, spark plugs divided plastic cases filled with screws, nuts bolts, all stainless assorted junk, gaskets, bags of GFO packing, fuses, terminal ends, YES duct tape and bailing wire .... I think it is almost classifiable as an illness. This has to be REALLY cutting into my fuel consumption
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