What Tools/Spare Parts Do You Carry On Your Boat?

[Splash]

Luke - can u elaborate more on this jump start pack (links, etc)?

Splash

[Defore]

Splash it is a battery pack that is usually used to jump start a car.

http://www.supercheapauto.com.au/onl...29#Description

This is one from supercheap, but lots of places have them. There are also much cheaper ones out there.

Ian

[luke8178]

Its called a TJS-m8, http://www.federalbatteries.com.au/b...l-compact.html

i went with this one as ite much better quality than the ones from super cheap ect...

[Relaxedcamper]

Hi, Just a quick question regarding bearing maintenance.

We have recently purchased a boat and had the trailer bearings serviced and bearing buddies installed.

My question is with regard to greasing the 'Bearing Buddies'. At what point do you 'nip them up' with a little extra grease?

The grease in them is a blue color grease.

Am I able to use the grease that is my grease gun? It is " Nulon L80 X-Treme Performance Grease with P.T.F.E."

This grease is red in color and the packaging says its Marine grade.

Is it OK to use a different brand of grease to 'nip up the bearing buddies' if they are both 'Marine Grade', or should I purchase another gun and blue grease?.

[cormorant]

It is best not to mix grease of different styles. The blue shell Nautalus grease can be use in marine bearings and most other things so unless you need the other grease for something else just use that for everything unless you have a 2nd gun?

Depending on style the bearing buddies have a small overflow hole or you can see if the spring has "sunk"in towards the hub so you put a few pumps in until they are fully out again. keep them under spring pressure all teh time and check that if they are not holding pressure that the inner seal on the inside of teh wheel hub has not been dislodged and grease spewing out onto the inside of your wheel rim.

[Dignity]

A bottle opener for those beers that don't use screw tops

Have carried nearly everything already mentioned but recently downsized the tools considerably as got sick of taking them out and getting rid of rust ect. The only other thing that I don't thin has been mentioned is a Multimeter to assist with tracing any wiring issues.