A repair manual - there’s a wealth of info in those first pages that everyone skips over. Philosophically, there’s a world of difference between a side-of-the-road repair and a workshop repair. Many can do the former, but few can do the latter. Therefore, it’s best to maximise tools for the obvious things and minimise tools for the workshop jobs. With that in mind: Jumper leads. Tyre repair kit. Foot pump. All consumables. A bucket, funnel and a couple of ice cream containers for fluids. Rags. Light fencing wire. Most importantly, a top-level Automobile Club membership - the cheapest investment.

Take a Spare Key!! Put it in a Zip-Lock Bag with a magnet in, and hide it on top of the chassis in a safe place.

Take everything and you're guaranteed not to need anything. Take nothing and you're guaranteed to need everything🤣👍

tie wraps, tarp, gloves, flash light !

An inner tube and a Wheel bearing plus plenty of preparation

When i took my defender to India i took wheel bearings, UJs, brake pads, tools to fix brake lines, fuses, spare fuel pump solenoid, clutch slave and master cylinder, the really thick cable ties (we snapped the rear trailing arm off and reattached it with these and it lasted 30 miles off road till we found a mechanic), bulb set, silicone tape and epoxy resin, box of assorted nuts and bolts. Also took an alternator and steeling box rebuild kit. Spare fuel, oil and air filters. Tools wise basically what you said on this video.

Credit card, mobile phone and a couple of pairs of pants. Sorted 😁

Disposable gloves , hand wipes, roll of paper towel .

It's a brave explorer that goes to Middlesbrough, although it is cheaper than Beamish Museum to see how we used to live.

Some tea making stuff plus, UHT milk and a packet of digestive biscuits because whatever goes wrong won't seem so bad if you can make a brew whilst waiting for the recovery truck.

A cornflakes box. Cut it open and write on the inside everything Mike and the comments below have said. (Copyright Blue Peter.) Keep this checklist in your glovebox because by the time we do our next long trip we will have forgotten everything in this video.

Amer a big fcuking amer, Jamesons a big fcuking botle 👍😜 have great trip Mike 🔨🍾

Bought a large Halfords pro socket set to leave in my Defender, also carry large impact sockets, breaker bar, pry bar, pump pliers, circlip pliers, bulbs, duct tape, zip ties, one wheel bearing kit, oil, grease, ATF, various nuts and bolts, multi meter and blue Hylomar, ratchet strap and thin rope can also come in handy, jump leads (big Halfords ones are really well made and cheap ish), spare serpentine belt and if I'm going far (30 miles) I take a spare water pump for the 300. My fuel consumption isn't the best and I have to leave the Mrs behind as there's no room.... Still, every cloud has a silver lining. 😂

Should have brought a spare ACE pump and pipes for my D2V8 😂. Pipe fractures and ACE pump dries out and collapses just outside Penrith on the M6. Chucks the belt so no auxiliaries and no coolant pump. Another order to Turners for a couple of heads and a top end kit. Expensive trip south of the border.

Milk crate,drop tarp,l have converted my AC pump to a air compressor so that's great on my 4bd1t,,water bladder on the roof with 20lt water, recovery gear, fire extinguishers,tools, First aid kit,satphone, puncture repair kit with lots of patches and drill operated rubber boring file,windscreen made out of clear plastic,and a kookaburra statue and her baby stuck on the land rover roof at front 😊😊

A Dremel. Out of everything with my ninety I think a Dremel has saved me the most. Second might be engineer rounded screw pliers.

If you are going somewhere sandy and dusty I recommend putting gaiters on the swivel joints and propshaft sliding joints also several air filters and if possible a pre filter. If my petrol 90 cant suck air it will suck petrol, going to north spain so will have one spare dedicated for the return journey. I also have a keysafe welded on my chassis for my spare keys and a floor safe under the front middle seat.

I have a weird spanner. An adjustable spanner never quite gets tight enough and rounds your nut! It's a cross between mole grips and an adjustable and grips your nut and doesn't round them. Got off Amazon. Adjustable locking wrench

I carry a tow strap. Battery jump pack. Charged already with a charger attachment. You can recharge the jump pack on the go. A socket set with ratches. Ive had mine for several years now. Spare headlights bulbs. Fuses. Super 88, some silly cone in a tube. I had saved some of the wire harnesses. They make good repairs when needed. Crimp and seal connectors with strippers and crimper. A set of ratching/swivel head combo wrench. A roll of wire. You can get stainless wire at a welding store supply joint. Box o Gloves. i perfer the Orange kind. They fit my Grubby hands. Can of hand cleaner. It already contains hand cleaner on the wipes. Toilet paper in a baggie. A handy flashlight that you windup so it does need batteries. Leatherman knife. Has built in tools and saws. Rolls of static parachute cord. You can pack the stuff in a plastic container. Lock and load. And last a big first aid kit. Buy a big one. And a rechargeable phone battery. A big one that holds a big charge. Again precharge it before you scoot. I also carry my laptop when im at the motel. I have a go pack for that. You can but a simple in expensive code reader too. I bought one for my grand daughter. She knows how to use it. Tire repair kit.

Good question. My first choice is hire a land cruiser! Failing that - forget a handbook & opt for a prayerbook.

Some additional things I have in my defenders toolbag: feeler gauges, rubber gloves, circlip pliers, magnet, scraper for gasket removal, chisel, drift punch, flare wrench, bottle jack, wheel chocks, flashlight. for spare parts (300tdi): vacuum pump, clutch slave and master, belts, wheel bearing kit, assortment of nuts and bolts.

Serpentine belt, Allen keys, spare UJ kit, engine oil, diff & transfer 75/90

Did anyone mention a Jack & blocks of wood?

The most important the Trailer to tow it all in.

Hi Mike. From my perspective, I would include UJ's to the list plus electric fuel pump and distributor if you run a petrol Defender like me in South Africa 🇿🇦. Thanks for your instructive videos they are very helpful 👍.

Mechanical Toyota telescopic jack, high mount scissor jack, kangaroo jack, battery charger, extra long jumper leads made of welding cable,cheap electrical reading thingy, hub rubber caps, tyre repair kit, tarp, tow cable, shackles, ratchet straps, copper washers, spare sump plugs, radiator cap

Take the missus and toothpaste! 🙈🤣🙏👍🏻🦘

You and the comments covered basically all except wire. Not electrical wire, galvanized steel wire.

Canvas combination spanner rolls, I take out the ones that don't fit anything and use the empty slots for other tools that are more useful, spare alternator and belts, tupperware box of bits of wire and connectors, nuts bolts washers and a sheet of gasket paper and a tube of instant gasket, box hub spanner with a spare bearing and seal, one hardy spicer, grease gun ( loaded ) fluids, filters, funnel with filter mesh, other random items you mentioned ( jb weld ) jack ( series screw type with block of dunnage ) and thats about it, don't be the one that takes every spare imaginable and broke the chassis in the Sahara.

As well as the normal spanners,sockets,hammers, jack,repair manual ect I carry various sizes of jubilee clips, ratchet straps for fastening things together along with a puncture repair kit, if cash allows I would also fit an alternator type welder depending on the type of trip and one thing alot tend to forget is a decent first aid kit not just a few sticking plasters

I live in South Africa and have done several “long trips “ of 8000km+ to Namibia and Botswana etc in my TD5. Make sure the vehicle is in good condition. Take along tools, spare ECU and Nanocom. I have never had dodgy fuel in 20 years… Dont think you will get spares anywhere. They will never have tyres in your size. Doesn’t matter. You don’t need it. Sort the vehicle out before you go and put some km on to know it is sorted. Take along oil and filters if you need to service it during the trip. And then, dont drive like a moron.

Fan Spanners, puncture repair set, compressor........

Have collected all my tools together, plus all the other bits you suggested, not enough room left for my wife now, but at least she knows I will get back home again. Really enjoy your videos, down to earth and common sense, something that is sadly lacking in todays society.

A trip in a Land rover definitely a Mobile phone

No.1 - Decent first aid kit! All problems are then solvable.. I'd lean towards taking spares rather than tools, then take it to a garage if needed. Hub gaskets and one-shot nuts. Belt. Duct tape, pop rivets, cable ties..

Fuel problems are the most common problems. Bad fuel stopped up filters failed pumps (3),next failed alternators generators next radiator issues and needed is a long skinny bolts nuts and big washers,that pass through the radiator and rubber to make washers from for each side of radiator to fix a leak from a spear. Lost a timing gear once, front wheel bearing, rear brake line, broken distributor shaft pin, fuel tank leak, coil, points condenser, blew a spark plug out of head in Bosnia, as well as radiator heater hoses, flat tires, clutch, u joints, ect a good jack to straighten out fenders and another that fits under vehicle when stuck and flat tires, at lease 2 sets of floor mats can’t have too many when stuck, while driving all over North America, Europe, Middle East, indo china, far east since 1966. There must be others but that’s what comes to mind just now.

Good video I've had Land Rovers for over 30 years always take a puncture repair kit and I inner tube thanks Danny

A pair of walking boots to walk home in.

You can go nowhere with a puncture, so a foot pump or an electric pump, and as a last resort one of those aerosols that repair the puncture and inflate it. Much better than lifting the spare off and jacking up at night in the dark. Yorkshire Rob.

Regarding tools, I guess any tools are better than no tools but, honestly, if you want to avoid getting stuck you NEED to have spent enough time working on your vehicle to know exactly what tools - specialist tools in particular - you need. I wonder, for example, how many overlanders travel with a pair of the big, daft, spanners needed to get the fan off the engine? Might not seem like an especially useful item to take but anybody who's worked on a Tdi or TD5 will know there are a LOT of likely repairs (belts, alternator, water pump, power steering etc) that start with removing the fan. It's possible you'll find all the normal spanners you need locally but I bet you'll struggle to find anybody who can provide you with those spanners for the fan. Similar thing with the box-spanner for removing hub nuts. Also, I'd suggest people ensure they take a FULL set of metric tools and, at least, a set of Imperial spanners too. When a brake caliper's fallen off your vehicle in the middle of a desert, it's NOT the time to discover that your set of spanners didn't include an 18mm. Equally, there's going to come a time when, for example, you try to remove a 13mm bolt and find it's corroded enough that the 13mm spanner is loose... at which time a 1/2" spanner hammered onto the bolt head could be (possibly, literally) a life-saver. Also, also, I'd strongly suggest people take a proper multimeter and know how to use it. I'd say electrical failures are THE most common source of problems in overland vehicles and, much as a lot of people tend not to like getting involved with electrical stuff, you absolutely need to be able to diagnose electrical faults. On a related note, I'd suggest packing at least 10m of 1.5mm wire and 10m of 2.5mm wire so that, if anything goes wrong you can bodge a repair to get power to your ECU, fuel pump or whatever. Thing is, as well, that if you're trying to justify taking a heap of tools, remember that you're not likely to be the ONLY vehicle around. Pack an extra 5kg of tools and you could end up being the hero who can provide assistance to repair a disabled Land Cruiser or Pajero.

Knipex pliers - a favourite of every aircraft mechanic. good snips, long nose pliers, vice grips, swannies, a good pick, breakerbar with 27mm socket on it for the wheel nuts. 2 bottle jacks cause your usual one will fail when you need it. pry bar, multimeter. rtv silicon sealant. always self amagy tape - another aviation favourite, insulates wires, stops chaffing. a water container of suitable size to refill radiators ( this can also be dual purpose for drinking water, going back and forth with a wee bottle is hell). A good knife, a good hammer, set of punches/drift. 13mm 12 point for brakes, 52mm for wheels (usually I do all the wheel bearings before long trips). Know your vehicle, nothing more crucial than knowing what's buggered and if its actually needed.

What about a CB radio? Copper washers for all your plugs. Not sure where you’re headed or what terrain. I’ve always got my axe and chainsaw with me. Fridge…. Water supply. Tinned food, pasta… a mat for lying on if repairs need done. All the best Mike 👍

One of those small propane torches, self ignition, disposable cylinder (unless you’ve got a big bottle for the stove), useful for recalcitrant bolts, or fires that refuse to start. Various charging cables for phone, tablet, etc. spare prescription glasses and sunglasses!

Slave and master cyl, stainless and plastic cable ties, few lengths and gauges of wire and connectors, multisize makeup hose clamps, chemical metal putty, axle lock washers an bearings, mixed bolts and nuts, prop nuts and bolts and spare UJ, aux belt/s, diesel lift pump, couple bulbs, brake fluid coolant gear and engine oil, water dispersant.

Vehicle specific certainly, but old Series Land Rover travel apart from tools justifies a spare dynamo, a whole distributor, as well as points, plugs and leads, plus a fuel pump, water pump, hoses and make sure you have the starting handle. And Gum Gun, given S1 propensity for front exhaust pipe fracture. LR's "Working in The Wilds" book and Tom Sheppards "Vehicle Dependent Expedition Guide" tells you enough to cross the Gobi Desert with confidence.

That was meant to say a inner tube thanks Danny

I purchased some Parkside sockets from Lidl in the UK and they seem very good quality. I've used them a lot since for servicing etc. They are 3/8 drive which I use for most jobs. You don't need 1/2 inch unless you are repairing things like axles. A magnet on a stick is really handy. Sadly I don't have a Land Rover any more, but I'd love another one when funds allow.

Propshaft UJs plus spare nuts and bolts, curclip pliers, 9/16" spanners, length of fuel spill hose 3.2x7, steering damper and shock bushes, decent jack, exhaust bandage, jubilee clips, split pins, gasket paper or cornflake box, silicone sealant, bulbs, fuses...............

Super 88 tape, zip ties, hose clamps, super glue gel, and as always a bottle opener. Satellite phone.

did you mention: cable ties, brake cleaner, crankshaft sensor, drivebelt, wheel bearing, universal joints, spare cable..... if we take all what is mentioned we may need trailer ;-) Cheers Axel - ps a bottle of Jameson...

Left-field suggestion: other than all the obvious good suggestions: a pair of metal workshop ramps (ladder style angle iron - not solid style with holes) and 4 if you have the room! A pair of workshop ramps are the best 'sand ladders' and better in most ways. If you can get them to the wheels, they will dig in and can climb your buried Landy up and free. If it's boggy, or sandy the ramps will bury, but they should find grip somewhere down there , and at least leave the top of the ramp free for traction - the fact they are wedge shaped helps them dig in solidly and not shoot out the back. I've been in a situation where the only thing that got my Landy out a seriously sticky situation in the middle of nowhere, was the fact I had a pair of steel workshop ramps in the back. Duck boards did nothing but bury themselves and slip about - neither did shovelling, or logs n' rocks. A winch is doing nothing with a buried diff either - however powerful it is - and if it's on a 2nd recovery vehicle it'll just drag itself into you... The spinning front wheels grabbed the ramps, dug them right in and near buried them - but they stuck, and the stricken Landy clawed its way up them (with some winch assistance granted) Got the front of the Landy just far enough forward to dig the ramps out and get them under the back wheels - it then shot free... They can also be used as chocks, or levellers so you don't slide out your roof tent. They can be used as seats, or steps for standing on to hang over the engine bay for hours - they can be used for anything else your imagination can come up with. Bonus: they can also be used as actual workshop ramps 😁 I would not be without them now. 😎👍

‘Channel locks’..

NO model newer than a 300TDI based on my experiences in UK (nothing required) West/Central Africa(fuel filters and various diameters of fuel hose) Western Australia this is where I started to look at on board spares seriously due to remoteness I never had a wheel bearing failure until I moved here. The wheel bearing failures caused the most stress full situations , had one bearing failure on 2 separate trips if the inner race is welded to the stub axle and you remove the hub,and all the rollers fall out, you are pretty much dead in the water without bearing pullers maybe even welding machine So based on our 10000k trip in WA last year over 50 days approx 40%sealed roads, 40% unsealed rutted roads, 20% off road tracks here is what I carried 1, front stub axle kit 2. rear stub axle kit 3. front hub built up with bearings good impact gun required to remove disk 4. 2 wheel bearing kits 5. belts 6. fuel filters had to use one 7. lub filters, had to change oil due to getting caught in a flood on a previous trip 8. fuel hose and some cheap inline filters TDI will run happily without lift pump and bush plumbing 9. engine oil , 5 ltrs will get you out of a problem, had the oil cooler pipe slacken off on a previous trip due to rutted unsealed roads 10. tyre repair kit 11. all the usual tapes, cable ties, hose clips, instant gasket , fuses, 15 amp electrical wire, bulbs, etc etc 12. Tools as required to fit the spares you carry not a lot really plus a volt meter Spares used on trip 1. one fuel filter the only failure was the last 2 polly bushes on the car which disintegrated and was fixed when got back home

Besides everything mentioned, for a long trip I'd need a dedicated fuel tanker following along. And a decent set of ear defenders. All great advice, especially the contact book.

We went overland from Spain to South Africa and took two boxes of spares. Most parts have been mentioned already. Add an alternator to list. It all depends where younare going of course . A well prepared vehicle is top of list. In the end we didnt need any of the spares apart from an oil filter for an oil change!! But as they say be prepared.

My first thought was service the vehicle beforehand....... Fire extinguisher. Grease gun and spare grease cartridges. Spare thermostat and radiator cap. A spare set of wheel nuts. Cordless impact wrench. I suppose i should be the boring one here, don’t overload the vehicle, get it weighed .... and when travelling off paved roads have the knowledge and confidence to be able resist the temptation and/or peer pressure to go somewhere that’s liable to break something.

Looking good Mike! Apart from the items you have already mentioned, I carry a spare thermostat and serpentine belt for my puma 2.2. I alway carry a tyre repair core plug kit, portable compressor powered from secondary battery. When travelling in remote areas (Central Australia, Simpson Desert etc.), always extra fuel and water, a sat phone, P.L.B. (Personal Location Beacon).

Pfttttt, a fence post and fencing wire is all you need for a Defender. Lol. All good points mate but I highly recommend the 9/16th shifting Spanner.

whipers ....i lost mine on the way🤣

Take a Mike!😂 & a Sat phone with a fix anywhere breakdown cover!

Tire repair kit 👌 mini compressor and a tarpaulin

Loved the Middlesbrough comment…..the wife, not so much. No prizes for guessing which of us is from there, and who the Londoner is. 🤣🤣

theres a thread, on 300tdi timing... tappet slide can shatter, push rods can bend, timing belt, "can be done roadside" so worth taking though i imagine this used to be done road side these things are old now depends on condition, viscous fan spanner. wheel bearing/s. 17/19/13mm spanner/socket (at least), timing pin and spring / kit

Belts!

Mike dont forget jamesons!

I've picked up a 31 year old Defender 110 and would love to buy a copy of your manuals and tech info.. Can you let me know if your still selling this info., it would be an invaluable resource. Happy to pay for good oil! Hubert

I would add a can of Wd40, if n a td5 an icarsoft reader, always have a bahco 3/8” and a 1/4 set too, spares wise I always carry the kit to do a wheel bearing, genuine timken only, fuses, a super simple circuit tester made up from a pr of croc clips, some wire and an old warning light fitting, failing that my pal has a a recovery truck,

Excellent as always thanks ❤

Jump starter tire inflater small toolkit with ratchet sockets spanners screwdrivers. Torch. Fluid filters. Belts. Duct tape.

Garmin InReach, or similar satellite communication device. That's saved my bacon a couple of times out in the middle of nowhere.

Headlamp, pocket knife, packs of hellerman sleeves of various sizes and most important, any part you know isn’t in top shape.

small toolbox with pliers and some wire of small gage oil and coolant , if using a toyota t, but if with a disco you have to add a good phone so to call the nearest good workshop, and big full wallet...

Tow rope, air compressor, cable ties, puncture repair kit ( wax string type), torch (work light),................

And a pair of steel toe caped boots so when you kick the car you don't break your toes thanks Danny

Zip ties and an assortment of metal hose clamps.

We not all thieves back home mike🤣 and a trailer to carry the workshop in

Duck tape and wd 40. If it moves and it shouldn’t tape it and if it doesn’t move and it should wd 40 it 😂

Jubilee clamps/pipe clamps

Good

Torch !

Forget the tools and just take the essentials plenty of booze !

Flat bar, nuts, washers, threaded rod, cordless drill and a ratchet straps.

Prop ujs.... Vice...greeas gun....circlip plyers... Beg of rags.. The list is endless....😂

Knife, hacksaw

Cable ties / zip ties

A Toyota

Fan belt

A toyota on a trailer 😉

Take misses in spare landrover 😊

I just pack my 27year old Toyota Rav4……..

Or you could buy a Toyota !!! ……lol 🤣

Take some honey and plenty of money, wrapped up in a five pound note. 😉

Isuzu Dmax Isuzu dmax

can am spyder

A Daihatsu.

Traveling anywhere in a Defender, then Valium, I would not trust one to drive to the shops, had 2 in Africa and they both lasted under 3 days, got an old school Land Cruiser and it was still fine 6 years later on. Good luck

hi pal love your vids. question for you.ive an early 110 1986. has a drum rear axle can i swap it with a 300tdi 110 rear axle so ive got disc brakes, can this be done with out changing the front axle as the ratios may be different? thanks