What tools are required in the car
What tools are required in the car
Beginning motorists wonder: that from tools it is necessary constantly to have with itself that in an unexpected road situation not to pass, and to leave the winner. Moreover, in Russia such situations are not uncommon. This is facilitated by road conditions, and domestic cars, which are not highly reliable.
Instructions
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According to experienced motorists, in the firstturn it is necessary to have a car pump and a jack. Breakdown of the wheel is the most frequent breakdown in a car that any man should be able to eliminate on his own. Instead of a pump, many people buy car compressors. Their cost is low, but it does not take an hour to pump the tire manually. All compressors work from the cigarette lighter and many are equipped with a pressure gauge - a device for monitoring the air pressure in the tire.
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Car first aid kit, fire extinguisher and signemergency stop is not just the requirements of the traffic police, but really necessary adaptations. And that they did not fail in an emergency situation, after the first aid kit and fire extinguisher it is necessary to follow. Fire extinguishers have a validity period, after which they must be checked, recharged or bought new ones. Medicines in the medicine cabinet also have expiration dates. By the way, in the presence of chronic illnesses, the owner of the car or his family members, the first-aid kit is not forbidden to complete with the necessary medications.
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A tow rope or rope. Any car can get stuck or break away from the service or the garage. Even if you find a driveway driver who agrees to tow or pull the car, not the fact that he will have his own cable. When choosing a rope, first of all, it is necessary to take into account the permissible load on which it is calculated. It should be no less than the full weight of the car, plus a small stock. When choosing between a metal cable and fabric, note that steel has higher strength, and fabric is more compact when stored.
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Owners of simple repairablecars carry with them a full set of nut, end, candle and combination keys. Many take with them and dynamometric keys, a hammer, screwdrivers simple and cross-like in several sizes, a long-handled wrench, pliers, side cutters, pliers, knife. Owners of expensive foreign cars this to anything, because everything that an expensive car can do on your own - it's to change the wheel, the bulb in the headlight and check the oil level.
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Car owners, who often travel tooff-road or rural roads, you can not do without a shovel, hand winch and hatchet. The shovel will help dig out the car from the ground, sand and snow. If the dimensions of the trunk are acceptable, the shovel is taken larger, and not sapper. The manual winch will help you to pull out the jammed machine yourself if there is some wood or stone in a radius of 10-15 m. The top is useful to cut the branches and logs that can be put under the wheels.
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It is always good to have a hose and canister with you ora bulky bottle in case you suddenly run out of gasoline or you need to add water to the radiator. In case of need to connect a second battery - a set of cables. If you break at night, the flashlight will be just an indispensable thing. In the case with a flashlight, you can put spare batteries to it and a charged battery for the phone.
