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Re: ROAD TRIP!!!!! Ooooo- Weeee! Posted by RS [Email] ![]() ![]() ![]() In Reply to: ROAD TRIP!!!!!, betty, Thu, 21 Oct 2004 11:35:45 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
That really sounds like a fun time.
Change the upper radiator hoses and the small, right-angle crossover hose by the distributor if they're old. Those 3 hoses get the worst heat loading of any of the hoses. I had an upper radiator hose pop in the middle of Nowhere, PA at 5 PM on a Saturday. Only sheer luck got me back on the road that day.
Think about changing the alternator brushes or the whole voltage regulator assembly. At 138k, yours probably still has a good amount of life left in the brushes but, if you live in a dusty, dry area, the brushes might wear more quickly than in a not-so-dusty area. (I had the brushes in one of my 900s die at 175k miles, leaving me stranded.)
If the battery is old, think about changing it.
If you haven't changed the belts, do them, and be prepared to retighten them after a few hundred miles. Having one belt die and take out all of the others is no fun.
Think about taking a spare bulb of every type, a 3/8" drive socket set, a 1/4" socket set, a breaker bar with a 19-mm socket for your wheels, and a quart of oil.
Have lots of fun out on the road.
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