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Author:  Joost [ Tue Feb 11, 2025 6:26 am ]
Post subject:  spares for a long trip
Hi All

This might be a strange question, but what spares do people carry for a long trip in a 2024 Jimny?

In the easter holiday I am going to Cameron Corner and from there to Birdsville and back. This is for fun and as one of the test trips for the Canning next year.

Appart from the usual tire repair kit items, compressor, tools and items like (metal) cable ties, tape (cloth, electrical, silicon) glues (epoxy, super) what else should I carry?

Note I am trying to keep things as lightweight as possible, I do have a small 3.5x5 trailer for the extra fuel and I am taking a spare leaf spring, hub and bearing.

Anything special I should consider for the Jimny? It is well serviced and will be checked before the trip.
Author:  HarryHoudini [ Tue Feb 11, 2025 7:50 am ]
Post subject:  Re: spares for a long trip
Loctite or locktabs on the engine sump plug is a good idea,they use to wire them up in the old days.

Also a light weight alloy sump guard.
Author:  Jack jr [ Wed Feb 12, 2025 8:37 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: spares for a long trip
I travel in a sierra, but it might apply,
I always carry a spare alternator, ignition
System wheelbearings and uni joints, along with your standard belts
And such
Author:  shakes [ Thu Feb 13, 2025 8:06 am ]
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For proper remote.

Appropriate recovery insurance. And a way of contacting the outside world. Sat phone and epirb or one of the new fancy tracker subscriptions.
A water filter, karadyne or similar. and filtration Tabs. and a few days of freeze dried meals like Radix.
Appropriate cash reserve to get things sorted if it all goes pear shaped.

For you're spares list, I'd ad a metal putty, and a self amalgamating tape.
Set of belts and hoses.

Carrying bearings and hubs etc is overboard and a waste of space imo.

T
Author:  shep [ Thu Feb 13, 2025 8:28 am ]
Post subject:  Re: spares for a long trip
Overloading a Suzuki is the best way to guarantee you will need spare parts. Good tyres and maintenance is the go.
Starlink is stupid cheap now and is way more reliable than sat phones, spot trackers etc.
Author:  Joost [ Mon Feb 17, 2025 6:50 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: spares for a long trip
Thank you all for the tips, greatly appreciated

I think for now we'll settle on spare belts and filters (air and cabin) with the repair kit things. Recovery insurance is a good point I will check that out, same with Starlink

As people mentioned weight is the enemy of everything so everything is lightweight hiking gear, the heaviest things (fuel and water) will be in the little trailer.

The extra weight in the car (people + camping gear + towball weight) will be 279kg, the car itself has no mods appart from better tyres, the trailer will max 340kg and getting lighter as we go,

Again thank you all for help and tips, happy to share the experiences of my "canning test trips" if people are interested
Author:  laager [ Tue Feb 18, 2025 2:28 am ]
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Author:  zuk94 [ Thu Oct 09, 2025 3:40 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: spares for a long trip
The Canning is an easy trip in the sense that it is a well defined track . BUT it is heavily corrugated and long. If there is a week point on your car it will be exposed. If your car is well maintained there shouldn't be issues but you do need to do regular checks to catch things early.
For me, it was bolts coming loose , so I used Locktite when tightening them back up . I actually lost a front control arm bolt but luckily 3 days prior I had taken one off a wreck that we came across. We came across a back packer in a triton that had lost both bolts holding his steering rack in place. My Nylock shock bolts came loose, and I lost battery holder bolts . All was good as I carried spares . There was quite a few people who had suspension issues that had to exit at the halfway point and go to Newman for repairs . One of those people actually sold 4x4 suspension. Issues included failed shocks , cracked leaf springs, failed bushes , cracks in chassis where torsion bars connected etc. There was a ranger that the control rod connecting to his front sway bar broke and destroyed his CV boot. One of the people travelling with us diff housing starting leaking oil because of a crack that developed where it had been dented previously.
We saw alot of abandoned bash plates that had fallen off . There were abandoned trailers for various reason , so along with the spare spring you intend taking look at reinforcing the attachments to the trailer.
Look at securing your electrical wiring and you have good electrical connections . Fridges , or their connection appear to have been the cause of fires in some of the burnt out wrecks you'll see.
Star Link is a game changer out there but you need the correct adaptors for them to work ( eg 12volt to 30-40volt converters ) Any lead over 3m your starlink probably won't work if your just relying on a 12volt supply.
As others have stated travel light .
My 25year old stainless water tank under the car developed a leak , but that was ok as I also carried water jerry cans.
Author:  zuk94 [ Thu Oct 09, 2025 4:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: spares for a long trip
My previous post is a bit doom and gloom So I'll add a little perspective.
My car is an 80 series that's had 28years of things being taken off and put back on multiple times .
Yours is a new car that hasn't gone through all this so it will probably be ok as the testing done on cars prior to being sold is very good.
Basically everything that was Toyota was good as with my mates Defender ( which was faultless apart from the diff ) .
The Ford Ranger was good as well except the bash plates and suspension ( aftermarket and 3years old ) and cv issues.
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