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Emergency spare parts for the Trail/Road?

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badbowtie03

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Hey yall, I have an 87 K5 and was curious... what are the spare parts that you believe you NEED to get home from the trail or road trip? Parts that if they fail you are stranded... For example, I used to have a jeep TJ and the crankshaft position sensor was something you had to have or it wouldn't run... stuff like that... so what is it? Fuel pump? Radiator hose? Rotor in the distributor? TPS for a TBI? Certain fuses or a universal joint? Starter solenoid or something? What can y'all not live without? Thanks!
 
With the factory TBI, I would carry an ignition module for the distributor, and the heat sink paste that goes under it.
A spare fuel filter
O-rings for the fuel lines
I wouldn't carry a spare fuel pump unless you have put an access panel in the rear floor, I doubt that you will want to drop the tank on the trail.
Fan belt
Cap and rotor if you want, and can keep them protected while stored.
One or two spare plug wires, possibly.
The starter is your call, I don't because of my personal experience with the ones that I get for my trucks.
The alternator could be something to consider. Yours should be a 12SI which is pretty durable, but you could have a problem and short out the internal regulator. No charge into the battery is more of a concern to me than a starter not working, since it won't run on low voltage, but often you can convince a problematic starter to go one more time.
Spare fuses, a jumper wire, jumper cables, spare fluids, a little baling wire, the standard things.
 
I am not insanely familiar with these TBIs... are there any sensors other than that ignition module that can shut it down? Or make it fuel crazy? Thanks y'all!

Oh and there is an access hatch cut in the floor...
 
Definitely an ign module, they are a weak link and if they go out you're done

Hub socket, couple u joints

When i change plug wires i always keep a couple of the long ones as trail spares
 
badbowtie03 said:
I am not insanely familiar with these TBIs... are there any sensors other than that ignition module that can shut it down? Or make it fuel crazy? Thanks y'all!

Oh and there is an access hatch cut in the floor...
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That is the most likely to make the engine quit running, the rest if the parts seem to be more reliable, in my opinion. The coolant temperature sender for the ECM can possibly give a false reading, then affect where it is running in the fuel map, but I don't know how likely it would be to flake out quickly.
If you are really concerned, you can carry most every part of the system, ECM, MAP sensor, complete TBI unit with the TPS and IAC, plus injectors. But that's your call. I have enough spare parts, that I can carry all of that, plus a wiring harness, but I just what I thought was most likely to die. I did have a spare ECM in the truck, because I have so many, and others use the same ECM.
 
6872xtc said:
With the factory TBI, I would carry an ignition module for the distributor, and the heat sink paste that goes under it.
A spare fuel filter
O-rings for the fuel lines
I wouldn't carry a spare fuel pump unless you have put an access panel in the rear floor, I doubt that you will want to drop the tank on the trail.
Fan belt
Cap and rotor if you want, and can keep them protected while stored.
One or two spare plug wires, possibly.
The starter is your call, I don't because of my personal experience with the ones that I get for my trucks.
The alternator could be something to consider. Yours should be a 12SI which is pretty durable, but you could have a problem and short out the internal regulator. No charge into the battery is more of a concern to me than a starter not working, since it won't run on low voltage, but often you can convince a problematic starter to go one more time.
Spare fuses, a jumper wire, jumper cables, spare fluids, a little baling wire, the standard things.
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I carry the ignition module had an issue in that area while in the trail recently turned out to be a loose wire coming from the pick up but still carry that module
 
Serp belt or v-belts depending on what you have.

Front axle shaft u-joint or spare compete shafts. Depending on your type of wheeling and if you are locked/limited slip up front. Hub socket to facilitate the swaps.

Spare hub lockout or pair.

Fluids, wheel bearing grease, hand cleaner.

Zip ties, bailing wire, duct tape.

Obviously a good assortment of hand tools.

I guess it really depends on the type of travel/wheeling you plan on doing. I will go out into pretty remote areas so I tend to go overboard on stuff to be prepared with.
 
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