Spares to take on holiday ?

[Andy_with_a_screwdriver]

Originally Posted by Mike Noc

Forgot to mention the bulbs Andy. Still have the headlamp converters and a now out of date breathalyser from when I used to work in Hermes in France too. Oh and a fire extinguisher.

I bought 3 of those fire extinguishers from Lidl for about a tenner each. One in the Rover, one in my van and one in the kitchen at home. Fortunately all still sealed.

And I always make space for my fishing rods on a trip to France. Bit of a running joke in the family... They've been at least 5 times from places as far apart as Frejus, Bordeaux, Brittany and La Rochelle, done nearly 6,000 miles and have been used twice, for a sum total of about 90 minutes.
Last time I tried at Carnac plage, I bent my daughters plastic beach spade frantically trying to dig for lugworms!
I always have visions of me lazing away sunny afternoons beside the river with some beers, don't ever seem to have the time!!!

[stevestrat]

Take Trikey with you

[Sonic ZS]

The facelift headlamps have the beam converters built in, you just have to move a small lever inside each headlamp and it removes the raised part of the dipped beam that would otherwise dazzle an oncoming driver

I know they're there as I tested both last week when I fitted a new radiator & A/C condensor.

Spare serpentine belt is in the boot, however I fitted a new one a few months ago when I replaced the crank pulley (Corteco ).

[Jeff Turbo]

Originally Posted by Sonic ZS

As some of you might know, we're planning a trip to France later this year.

By the time we leave, my CDTi will have had a very thorough 'refresh' (full rear suspension & subframe, brakes, clutch, radiators - coolant & a/c, tyres, crank pulley, all brake pipes, EGR & manifold cleaned, stainless tank straps, starter contacts, oils & all filters replaced, etc.) but are there any spares that might be useful to take with us (just in case...) ?

I've just received new crank & camshaft sensors from DMGRS, and I have a spare under bonnet fuel pump & ignition key somewhere to carry with us.

Anything else I've missed...???

Where are you going to in France? Toured many times in my mgzt260, jaguar Xjs convertible and my jaguar XK8 convertible.