What "just in case" spare parts do you keep in your truck?

Fuel filters, belts, lights, air governor, breakers, wipers, brass fittings, air line tubing...

 

belts, hoses, spare alternator, extra fuel filter(two in winter),piggyback parking chamber, two gallons of oil and coolant, electrical crimping supplies, spare air line, extra belt tensioner and idler pulley, rescue tape, extra clamps, ATA boots, a few feet of the different sizes of plastic air line, extra air governor, the IVA oil pressure sensor that usually goes out once a year, spare headlight, and good selection of tools. Plus I keep my cleaning/polishing supplies with me since you never know when you'll have time to kill.

 

When I bought my first truck, years ago. I was fixing some little thing, dont remember what, air line, electrical ? Any way I was running with this other new owner operator and he says to me. The tools I have in my truck, I can carry in one hand. If something breaks it goes to the shop. Long story short, he went broke.

 

Air ride leveling valve and rod; easy to replace , last week on bumpy I-75 in Michigan i start hearing a grinding noise ,pulled over the rod was broken,I had a spare and replaced quick, only 2 bolts. It happen many times before and cost me towing or expenssive road assistance I always keep a spare only 100 $ part.
fuses
belts
Oil/fuel filters ,water separator
Light bulbs
Clamps
Belt tensioner

 

Looks like I'll be putting together a kit. I'm at a delivery point empty just waiting for someone to tell me what they want me to do because I have a massive air leak coming from a steer component on the lift axle of my trailer. It only leaks when the axle is lifted and I can't run it empty with the axle down... All I would need to do is pinch the line but NOPE! I don't have what I need!

So a question, what would you use to pinch the line? I'm thinking a good pair of vise grips with some zip ties to keep the vise grips from detaching from the trailer completely if they did let go. Or perhaps, if I wanted to cut a line (which I wouldn't, the leak is related to the diaphragm and clamp on the chamber), I would cut and insert something like a small piece of rubber and throw a gear clamp on it and tighten it up?

I did throw a set of screw drivers in the truck a few weeks ago but that only goes so far.

I'm a company driver (for now).

 

How did you do that?

 

HAHAHA LOL I hear you on that. Just about the time we started carrying an extra injector in that old '95 T600 with the N14, they (Bosch?) must have got the problem solved because we never needed it again. Same thing with the dang alternator. In fact most spares are like that...cheap insurance.

In addition to what has already been mentioned, I carry turbo boots and clamps because I blew one off once. I haven't needed them either but I have sold a few to grateful truckers at truck stops. I think once you get caught without a spare, you tend to pre/post trip that part a little better for years after.

 

Spare ECM and IVA's are a great idea.

I had a slight miss under load on a '98 Celect+. I thought injector and wanted them to hook up Insite and go for a ride with me to check injector flow. They said a cylinder cutout would show if it was an injector. I said not under load but go ahead. Dealer was determined it was an ECM. $3500 IIRC. I was determined it was not the ECM. Afternoon shift screwed around for 6 hrs until the evening shift came in. Old mechanic had a known good ECM for testing in his tool box. I was right. Spare ECM would have saved me 6 hrs.

 

Why an injector. Not likely you are going to change that in a parking lot.

 

'Merican Xpress an super glue.