richard triplett wrote:
>This has got me thinking about what spare/backup parts
>I should have in trunk for this trip. Currently on the
>list are:
>
>Dist. cap/points/condensor
>fan belt
>extra oil/antifreeze
>cell phone/AAA card
>Minivan following closely behind by wifey
>
Lots of possibilities depending on how pessemistic/cautious you are. On
trips outside my 100-mile AAA towing zone I carry --
Electric fuel pump to patch around the mechanical pump if (when) it fails.
Spare H2O pump -- never needed yet.
H2O pump pulley puller (thanks James H for the design).
Spare Coil.
Length of Nylon rope to make a belt to operate just the water pump if
the dynamo siezes up.
Spare Dynamo with pulley.
Complete Dizzy with ignition wires (figure out what went wrong when I
get home).
U-joint -- just cause it's small & I have it, don't feature myself doing
that in a motel parking lot.
Hoses -- one universal ribbed type that can be used for either the upper
or lower plus the short bellows at the rad top.
Brake fluid
Extra extra oil (ever buy a quart in a convenience store in Texas? They
pump it in the back yard and sell it for 2.99 a quart out front).
Geo Hahn
59 TR3A
64 TR4
Mt Lemmon, AZ
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