Consider the following items for your car emergency kit: - Flashlight and extra batteries
- Cellular phone
- First-aid kit
- High-visibility cones or safety flares
- High-visibility vest or rain poncho
- Small fire extinguisher
- Wheel chocks
- Basic tools: screwdrivers, pliers, an adjustable wrench, a multitool or pocket knife
- Hose-repair kit
- Jumper cables or portable battery booster (figure A)
- Portable air compressor for inflating tires
- Nonflammable aerosol tire sealer
- Funnel
- Extra fuses
- Bottled fuel additive (can be used to drive a short distance if you run out of gas)
- Bunjee cords
- Duct tape
- Clean towels
- Work gloves, jacket or raincoat, boots
- Safety glasses
- Bottled water
You may want to consider purchasing a tool kit and then supplementing its contents with items from the list above (figure B). Winter kit additions: - Ice scraper
- Coolant
- Traction aids: sand, cat litter, asphalt roofing-shingle strips
- Shovel
- Tow chain or tow strap
- Blankets, candles
RESOURCES :
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Trouble-Free Car Care
Author: Dan Ramsey
ISBN: 0028635833
Alpha Books
How Cars Work
Author: Tom Newton
ISBN: 0966862309
Publisher: Black Apple Press
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