Spare parts that worth having at home?
 

Hello,

I bought a couple of Wheel lug stud SU00300781, because they are cheap and I read they are prompt to break. I will order also some exhaust gaskets because I changed it a couple of times and now it´s leaking


I do track my car and I do frequent jobs like brake fluid bleeding, oil change... So I wonder if there is something else that is likely to need an exchange, so it´s worth to have in stock. For example what about bleeder screw? SU00300582

:thanks:

An OEM axle. At least 1 coilpack. Spare set of front brake pads.

Spare OEM parts or parts that can replace OEM when they break to save your butt?

Why get OEM studs when ARP studs exist?

It has been my experience that whatever part gives out, you won't have a spare on hand.

I still have a spare fuel pump for a 1948 Chevrolet - if anyone is interested - :iono:

I'm with Wally, here. One of my wheel studs broke off in the lug nut. Rather than just replace the one that broke and have to deal with it again when another one breaks, bit the bullet and replaced all 20 with ARP studs. Not cheap in the moment, but I'm pretty sure these studs are going to outlive the car, so we'll call it cheap insurance. Makes even more sense to be proactive if you're going to be taking the wheels on and off frequently for brake maintenance. If you manage to wreck an ARP stud, well...yikes. By the power of Grayskull! :bellyroll:

Some of the spares I keep around at the moment, nothing spectacular:

Stock air filter for when I have to clean my aftermarket drop-in one (doesn't apply to people who have changed their whole intake, of course).

Bottle of 50/50 premixed Subaru coolant.

Set of spare signal, low beam and high beam bulbs.

Quart of oil.

Spare fuses.

Also, while they're not "parts", with how much they've shrunk in size now, I always keep one of those small power bank/battery jumpers and a small air compressor in the trunk, because dead batteries never happen in convenient places, and I'm admittedly bad about keeping my spare tire pressure up as regularly as the main 4. Good for adjusting tire pressure for auto-x and track days as well.


And after seeing whataboutbob's suggestions I think I'm going to throw those things into my spares too. :thumbup:

Subaru's Supercoolant jug.

Does it have crickets?

For me, it has been front hubs. I keep at least one loaded set with me. I also carry a spare CV, couple coil packs. Consumables are a given, always have them on hand.

I do have a spare TOB, transmission, engine. You know, the basics.

Brake hardware kits are good to have on hand.

I've needed to replace slider pin bushings and pad clips on the fly due to random damage

Nope.. It just quietly goes ahgaha - ahgaha , like they used to do - whoops, wait one ....... the rubber diaphragm just disintegrated after the third ahgaha - :iono: I reckon it's time to toss it ...... :(

Let me also add:
Low profile mini fuses
Bulbs for side marker lights (others are LEDs)
A pack of condoms to give to KIA or BMW drivers trying to drag race you, so they won't reproduce.

It will buff right off

I sorta tried that once - I made a diaphragm out of a piece of inner tube - it didn't work too good - I still had to go to the junk yard to get another fuel pump - :iono:

He probably got it straight from Moses so likely locusts.

Just get a spare car, then no spare parts needed!

I'm still keeping an eye out for an engine.
My dad used to do that. He was a wise man. Also it was a fleet of beetles, so it was like Legos.

I may not end up using this short block. If I don't you can have it. That is a 50/50 though I won't really know till latter in the year.

Sweet! I won't hold you to it. ;)

For years my dad had three identical Ford Ranger trucks. They were all rotted out old wrecks. Whichever one he could get to start on any given day was the one that got the plates put on it.

I laughed yesterday because nothing but a mechanical fuel pump makes the goofy sound of a mechanical fuel pump. Still hear it in my head. :clap:

That's part of the fun of meeting each other in person. I can picture you in your basement picking up an old fuel pump and playing with it.


"Yup. Still works. ... Awww."

That reminds me of a back-in-the- Army days. In Germany, as the Battalion Motor Officer (one of my many duties), I was responsible for maintaining over 40 M113 APCs (Armored Personnel Carriers). Since the PLL (Prescribed Load List) (inventory of spare parts) was a joke, we sacrificed one APC to be cannibalized for spare parts. Then when the PLL was replenished we would just stick the part that was removed into the cannibalized track.

:w00t:

(this story is not to be confused with the time we "traded" $90 worth of scotch for a complete M-60 tank, crate engine)

:D

Oil, anti-freeze, brake fluid, and washed fluid.

I got the picture.

"Well, this one started and ran for a while".

:iono:

So, you save the water after you wash your cars?

Good, gray water is still good to water plants - :thumbsup:

None were that nice.

Spell change.

Can't water plants with my car washing grey water. My well water is so hard I have to run it thru a water softener, otherwise my cars would be one big hard water spot.

There's been stories circulating on and off for years, ford only really had 5 key variations for much of the 80-90's and many ranger owners would come out of a store to find a similar truck to take home only to realize after all the wrong presets and their favorite mix tape wasn't there, that it wasn't their truck!

So your dad only had one key?

I remember when I was a kid, my neighbor lost the keys to his Honda motorcycle. We road our bikes to the dealer and the guy pulled a box of keys out and said "pick one". Honda only made 3 or 4 different keys.

Nope. Three keys.
These were all 84s so don't thin that applied yet.

Here is one in comparatively good condition.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pr...NMPmDQ8csPXm2f

We eventually took all three and combined them into one semi decent one and then dropped a 5 liter out of an 85 Mustang into it. Lasted about 6 months before the frame twisted like a pretzel and the rear end twisted off.

Back in the early 80s I bought two Hondas, a CB900F for the road and about a year later, a CB750F to build a race bike. Both had the same key number. :iono: