<VV> Whatd'yapack

[Tony Underwood]

At 03:06 hours 03/22/2006, Bryan Blackwell wrote:
>My experience has been is that all too often that sort of thing can 
>become a crutch.  I used to carry all kinds of stuff with me.  Once 
>I stopped, my failure rate went way down, there really aren't that 
>many things that fail utterly without warning.  My point is to heed 
>the warning and fix what's wrong, the very best preparation is 
>keeping things up.  Got a little drip out of the fuel pump?  When 
>*was* the last time a new fan belt went on?  Funny noise in the 
>front end?  Fix it.  Generator brushes?  Yes, if you're driving in 
>the desert at night you'd best have some along, but when it did 
>happen on the way to our vacation it worked like this:
>
>  - "Pshaw, the gen light is on."
>  - Continue to destination.
>  - Get out CORSA roster.
>  - Call around to local members, find out who has three of them in the stash.
>  - Go there, get part, bolt on.
>  - Buy new friend a beer.
>
>Besides that, these are solid, reliable cars when in good repair.  I 
>don't carry parts and tools and such in the water pumpers (does 
>anyone?), so I don't do so as a general rule in the Corvairs either.



I always carry a tool box because as long as it's there in the 
'Vair,  I know my car will never need it.


Not so, with other people's cars at shows which is where my tools 
usually get used.     ;)


tony..