Which spares?

Odog,
Why don't you do a 'search' on this subject.....and 5 weeks before the trip of a lifetime......sorry but what has happened to the 'Modteam'
Cheers have safe trip.....

Owen

On my two trips last year I took belts; fuel filters (3); oil filter; and carry in a comprehensive tool box many fuses, nuts, bolts, screws, cable ties. The only one used was a cable tie when I lost a bolt out of the caliper on one of my camper brakes.

When I had my engine rebuilt last month I told GSAS to use all of the belts and filters which they did.

You are only carrying filters I believe if you are anticipating bad fuel which will trap you out in the desert. Better to invest in a Fuel Manager water/fuel filter trap. Check it out with GSAS and carry just one filter for that. Have a talk to Simon.

G'day Odog, mate 46K is a baby in terms of the need for bucket loads of parts or the possibility of breakage. After a thorough service (I do my own) you should be ok across the Simpson. I'd focus more on planning, fuel, water and tucker.

We took a hired Sat phone that makes sense for safety's sake.

Just keep away from wet discoloured lakes. Use the bypasses and plan your fuel usage accordingly

........ Unlike a certain Moderator of this site who sank his overweight L/C attempting to cross Lake Poepples when all the advice along the track was to use the bypass :)
"To err is human, forgiveness divine"

His name has been withheld for obvious reasons :)

Cheers

dad

Odog

The Prado is not older enough for replacement hoses etc , take what you have mentioned and you will be fine.
I will be doing the crossing East to West in 5 weeks as well.
The last 3 times have been West to East .
Enjoy the trip

Thank you all so much, you have given me peace.. All this organising, has been consuming me for 6 months.. Now it's getting to crunch time, I'm stressing a bit. I was hoping not to carry to many spares, as knowing the car is still newish, and traveling with two other vehicles, I'm feeling better about just taking basics. Have a great weekend all. Cheers Odog

One of the most unlucky travellers that we have met, was a Prado at Durba Springs on the CSR. He had a vast array of spares but unfortunately hadn't even considered that a bearing would collapse in the alternator, as most of us wouldn't!
It involved quite a big strip down to remove the alternator & a long, long drive out for his mate to get spare parts.

rubber boots for the front driveshafts, you may rip one ,hard to get in woop woop

Have a great trip Odog and don't stress out. The Frenchmans was like Pitt St Sydney (relatively) in early June so you will have plenty of vehicles coming through for some time. The UHF runs hot.

We spent 4 nights on the Rig (photography) and saw one small group on day #1 followed by 1 vehicle on Day #3. That's was it until we hit the French.
The southern Simpson is beautiful.

Cheers

dad

No point in taking what you or your mates can't fit while out there and that applies to an increasing proportion of simple items on modern vehicles.

We took a belt Odog, just on the off chance we needed it. Bit hard to fabricate a new serpentine belt, whereas you can patch hoses with tape etc.

Also took a couple of shackle pins........the greaseable units have been known to break.

Wouldn't worry to much, just take your time. No need to charge any sandhills, we used first gear High range on any that had rough approaches. Magic place, we spent 12 days there and that wasn't enough.

Bob

I've been out there over a dozen times over the past 30 years and my daughter also has a Prado 150. Quite frankly, there is very little you need - provided you don't overload, take good tyres with enough tread, and don't drive too fast. Spare fuel filters is probably all you need - but fuel quality is good at OOdnadatta and Birdsville - they turn over a lot more diesel than your local servo.
Belts, hoses etc on a 2012 vehicle are a waste of time. Most common problems are due to aftermarket accessories especially electrical accessories which may have been installed poorly.