What is in your vans tool box?

3929 Views 44 Replies 18 Participants Last post by gtkane, Jul 7, 2010

91astroluv

Discussion Starter · Nov 1, 2009

I would like to see what is in your Astro/ Safari Van's tool box!

I guess I'm a little nosey.

No really, I am hoping to help fellow new owners with a list of "must have tools"
It would be a great addition to the thread about emergency repairs on the go.

Thanks

21 - 40 of 45 Posts

toddb

· #21 · Nov 2, 2009

My van is my toolbox too (tradesman). So most everything. One thing I did buy just for the van was one of those radiator hose repair kits in case I every spring a leak and I also keep my old serpentine belt too.

$uperJoe

· #22 · Nov 2, 2009

$uperJoe said:
i keep in the van at all times
highlift jack 4'
4 way tire iron
full size spare tire
jumpercables
(job box) to take into jobs servicing pools
set of shorty gear wrenches
flash light
small garden shovel
gloves
(junkyard box)
misc sockets and wrenches and drivers
pliers
wire cutters
screw drivers
channel locks

oh yeah there is the (towing crate) also
2 16 foot 2" ratchet straps
1 10 foot 2" rachett straps
40k# tow strap
14', 1/2 inch grade 80 chain with hooks
16', 5/16inch grade 40 chain with hooks
4, 1" ratchet straps
chain binder
8 bolts nuts and washers

91astroluv

Discussion Starter · #23 · Nov 2, 2009

Wow!

I am impressed guys/gals! Thank you so much!

You have given me an idea of a starting point for my must have ina tool box.

As we all know these rides are awsome; however they are not full size vans
(except for $superjoes-his is full size from the "rocker" down!) and thus are limited to
the ever so challenging question?

What space do I need to ABSOLUTELY dedicate to tools, thus answering the question
How much FREE space do I have in the rig? I live on the Fly (wheel-lol!) and all too often
come across deals that other ummm wannabee vehicles (cars) have to pass up because they do not have the space
that we do.

I think these rigs are the most versatile, being a 6 cylinder that can be set up to tow, haul or bus
the family around- A real MUV (Multi-use vehicle).

SUV's were cool till the owners realized that the fuel bill was not so sporty and that they were not really a utility
vehicle. Seriously, compare! How many electric companies, phone companies municipality used a SUV like they used an ASTRO!

Thanks,
Trip

See less See more

$uperJoe

· #24 · Nov 2, 2009

91astroluv said:
except for $uperjoes-his is full size from the "rocker" down!
Thanks,
Trip

thanks man. thats a cool recognition. its actually full size from the air cleaner down. hahaha

Mr_Bowtie

· #25 · Nov 2, 2009

"MUV" <---- I like that one. I'm gonna use that on my loser friends that don't like my Vans. :rockon:

Jasen

· #26 · Nov 3, 2009

toddb said:
My van is my toolbox too (tradesman). So most everything. One thing I did buy just for the van was one of those radiator hose repair kits in case I every spring a leak and I also keep my old serpentine belt too.

Rad hose repair kit?, ain't you got no duct tape in there :mrgreen:

mattsrevenge

· #27 · Nov 3, 2009

usually only kept in the van when traveling, its a 4 tier toolbox with everything to do anything i can think of to do on the side of the road.
full socket sets of metric, imperial, every kind of ratchet, size (3/8, 1/4, etc), ext, univ swivel, every hand tool i could think of and fit into the box, gosh its easier to name what i dont have in there, an oil filter wrench.

91astroluv

Discussion Starter · #28 · Nov 4, 2009

Mr_Bowtie said:
"MUV" <---- I like that one. I'm gonna use that on my loser friends that don't like my Vans. :rockon:

He He

Came up with that one all by myself!

You can tell them when they need ya to use it that, thats why its called a MUV (move) caus eits ideal to THEM for muving! :rofl:

91astroluv

Discussion Starter · #29 · Nov 4, 2009

$uperJoe said:
91astroluv said:

except for $uperjoes-his is full size from the "rocker" down!
Thanks,
Trip

Click to expand...

thanks man. thats a cool recognition. its actually full size from the air cleaner down. hahaha

Hey now anyone can throw steroids at an engine and call it rad,

but it takes talent to throw steriods at the WHOLE thing....(or rather from the air cleaner down).

I noticed no has said that they have the tool I have?!

I have the grade a forged AH MAN I HOPE I HAVE THAT TOOL, TOOL.

Would you consider a chilton manual a tool? :shrug:

webcat

· #30 · Nov 4, 2009

[quote="rev_les"}
I keep a collapsible fishing rod and a small box with hooks and lures in mine too!
aside from that, i travel with a ton of tools since I work out of it, and commute between Dallas and Houston ( about a 250 mile trip one way)
numerous needle nose of different shapes/sizes, deep and shallow metric sockets in 1/4" and 3/8" drive. a snap on 3/8" impact, an Ingersoll 1/2" impact,snap on 3/8" air ratchet, ingersoll 1/4" air ratchet,pneumatic hog ring pliers, a 30 gallon air compressor, 18" 1/2" drive breaker bar, ratchets, torx bits and sockets, hex bits,cordless drill/driver and accessories,etc etc etc................ pretty much a full tool box minus a lot of wrenches, 3 coolers,(one for dry goods, one for cold drinks and refrigerated food,and a small one to carry around, a small microwave,a mini gas grill,small floor jack.......getting the picture?[/quote]

The picture i get is that your van is a toolbox ! paint it red and put a snapon logo on its side.

$uperJoe

· #31 · Nov 4, 2009

webcat said:
The picture i get is that your van is a toolbox ! paint it red and put a snapon logo on its side.

and a piece of 6 inch silver air duct for home use bent in the shape of a handle and fill it with foam on the top :rofl:

91astroluv

Discussion Starter · #32 · Nov 5, 2009

LOL shhesh guys why dontcha put the guy in a uniform and give him a snap on clip board
so he can go around to the local shops and collect tool payments too! lol

:rofl:

Lets chip in and get hima vanity plate too! M_R_T_O_O_L :wave:

rev_les

· #33 · Nov 5, 2009

The picture i get is that your van is a toolbox ! paint it red and put a snapon logo on its side.

lol, I commute every week to our shop here in Dallas,I have to carry what I need to disassemble, and install interiors, and to install sunroofs and electronics in pretty much all makes and models, plus what I need if something arises mechanically.Truthfully, it's more of a rolling junk drawer, lol.... aside from tools and such, there's a spare cap and rotor, spare high and low beam headlights, a spare cam position sensor I just tossed in the console when I rebuilt the distributor, I have a permanently mounted 750 watt inverter in the back.First aid box and a quart of Lucas injector cleaner under the drivers seat, I keep the laptop under the passenger seat.It was originally a 3 row passenger, I scrapped the rear interior panels because they waste so much room, almost a foot on each side in the rear, and run with just the front buckets and middle bench. All that and I still have one 15" sub back there in a box as well.. Anyway, as I've said before, she's irreplaceable!!

astro355

· #34 · Nov 5, 2009

I carry tools with me, always. I habit from my earlier years. Its my junkyard kit also. But I will be adding a fishing pole. Munken, I never even thought about it.

Anyways:

1/4" drive ratchet, extensions, swivel, 4mm-13mm deep well sockets
3/8" drive ratchet, extensions, swivel, 8mm-19mm and 7/16"-3/4"(shorty and deep-wells) sockets, breaker bar
1/2" drive ratchet, extensions, swivel, 18mm-24mm and 1/2"-1 3/8" sockets, breaker bar, adapter for 3/8" drive
3/4" drive 30mm, 32mm, 34mm sockets and adapter for 1/2" drive

plenty of flat head and philips screwdrivers
plenty of pry bars of various sizes

10mm-24mm wrenches
(2) crescent wrenches
adjustable plliers
vice grips
wire cutters
magnetic pickup
mirror with telescopic reach

hammer driver
tire plug repair kit
BFH

jumper cables
electric impact
power inverter (mounted in van)
PB Blaster
Goop and paper towels

$uperJoe said:
webcat said:

The picture i get is that your van is a toolbox ! paint it red and put a snapon logo on its side.

Click to expand...

and a piece of 6 inch silver air duct for home use bent in the shape of a handle and fill it with foam on the top :rofl:

:clap:

See less See more

91astroluv

Discussion Starter · #35 · Nov 5, 2009

Rolling junk box huh hmmmmmmmmm......

Some one has been reading my mind or pick up my waves.

Was talkin with other member about building a "platform" on the floor
that would house the "junk" that is trewn about in my rig but I want with me always
like the things mentioned above (except the laptop) that goes in the safe between the two front seats
along with the ummm self defense lead projectiles.

Have a stellar vanner day oh yeah my Girlfriend says thank you to YOU guys with out you (forum)I would never go to bed,
stay up researching and fall asleep on couch (NOT recommended)

and never shut up about the van.

Trip

See less See more

rev_les

· #36 · Nov 5, 2009

Have a stellar vanner day oh yeah my Girlfriend says thank you to YOU guys with out you (forum)I would never go to bed,
stay up researching and fall asleep on couch (NOT recommended) and never shut up about the van.

admitting you're an addict is the first step to recovery.......we're all in denial !! :mrgreen:

$uperJoe

· #37 · Nov 5, 2009

91astroluv said:
Have a stellar vanner day oh yeah my Girlfriend says thank you to YOU guys with out you (forum)I would never go to bed,
stay up researching and fall asleep on couch (NOT recommended) and never shut up about the van.

Trip

a girl was describing my safari as vantastic. it seems more like a term you would use so feel free

91astroluv

Discussion Starter · #38 · Nov 9, 2009

rev_les said:
Have a stellar vanner day oh yeah my Girlfriend says thank you to YOU guys with out you (forum)I would never go to bed,
stay up researching and fall asleep on couch (NOT recommended) and never shut up about the van.

Click to expand...

admitting you're an addict is the first step to recovery.......we're all in denial !! :mrgreen:

I would not be an addict IF:

I were RICH and could afford all the parts at once.

I if that RICH just pay some one else to deal with it.

I could get this rig to where it deserves to be.

I could forget everything I learned about it and not need to learn everything else all over.

Super Joe said: "Sounds like a term you would use so feel free" ....

Joe your close my girlfriend throw(s) that at me when I say "well what do you think?" response
"ABSOLUTLY VANTASTIC BABE, VANNNNNNNTASTIC!" Only thing is I think she is bein scartastic, after all her eyes roll
at the same time :doh: :blah:

oke:

no matter though shes not complain as long as we aren't stranded. :rockon:

By the way JOE, thanks my girl calls your rig a REAL VAN! :banghead: I told her its not the van its all those damn tools and fortress he has to do that stuff!!!!, yes envy seeps from my blood at times.

Trip

See less See more

$uperJoe

· #39 · Nov 9, 2009

well thanks... i think. usually the garage is referred to as the garage, sometimes the mess, when i lock myself inside with the doors shut its the lab, but never fortress. i like that

91astroluv

Discussion Starter · #40 · Nov 10, 2009

$uperjoe really come on mac! really? getoudahere!

Your "lab" is a FORTRESS of wholly FRUCK, I am Super Joe and this is my YES I CAN FORTRESS!!!!

LOL
TRIP

21 - 40 of 45 Posts

This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread. Please consider creating a new thread.