Things to check - remote driving.

All of the above (of course)
All cooling system components especially the fan clutch.

And how's your power steering pump ?

If your batteries (I assume you have 2 ?) are over 18 months old, do yourself a favour and replace them. Batteries can give you more strife in the bush than a bad woman :)))

Sorry Sir Footy, but there is no way anything or anyone can cause more trouble than a bad woman! LOL

Barry, I'd like to have personal confirmation of this interesting snippet, but alas they don't seem to jump at the opportunity for some strange reason. As soon as I start mentioning changing the tyres and living in a tent, they're off :)))

Things that went wrong while I was 'out there' were: the starter motor - on one vehicle it filled up with fine dust and stopped working and on the present one of the brushes jammed and the thing refused to start the donk. You usually can't push start out there so check the starter as well - they are not easy to fix by the roadside.

Other problem was a radiator past its use by date, the core looked OK visually but it had problems on long drives which were not obvious while driving around town.

Carry some spare hoses as well, or something to fix leaking hoses and also suitable hosepipe clamps.

Carry top ups for ALL fluids (power steering, brake, etc.) as well as gear/diff oil. Carry some bearing grease and a small grease gun.

A box with assorted nuts/bolts/washers has been handy on my trips. Also cable ties, insulating tape, gaffa tape, liquid electrical tape, general glue.

There's lots more in the back when I go but the above is all I can think of at the moment that has not already been mentioned.
Klaus

I also have a tube of 'metal putty'. It's a 2 pak stuff, got me out of the poo with a cracked radiator bottom tank up the Cape..

Get the starter motors contacts replaced. They are well known for going u/s, and it's a reasonably cheap fix. Once they go, you don't go anywhere. I was lucky, mine went in Longreach on the way home.