Nevada Road trip!

I got a buddy that just bought a nice 73 bus on egay located in Henderson Nevada. He is gonna fly out and drive it back. Adventuresome chap! The motor recently had a new fuel pump, filter, oil change, new injectors, new intake hoses,new belt and new plugs.new dist, optima battery,new alternator,new pressure regulator. Any advice on an (emergency) care kit he should take along with him on the nearly 2000 mile trip? Oh yeah and he is a VW newbie.

AIRS List
http://type2.com/rescue/index2.html
AAA membership
Tarp, coil, plugs, clutch cable, accelerator cable, fuel filter, fuel clamps, electrical tape
points, spare tire, flashlight, gas, small floor jack
- good luck

Cell phone and a AAA card...........theres your kit!!

If he is a newbie all that other stuff ain't gonna do him any good anyway!

what zabo plus:
-2 belts
-distributor cap
-plug wires
-rachet tie down straps
-several BIG hose clamps
-2 cases of oil (ya never know when an oil leak might occur)
-set of valve cover gaskets
-set of rocker shafts, with rockers
-paper clips (ya never know)
-rubber bands
-roll of electrical wire
-roll of steel wire (used to tie stuff together, or to secure things)
-duct tape
-

Also don't forget a tool box with atleast:
-several various screwdrivers
-wrench set
-socket set
-pry bar
-Hammer
-Timing light
-Idiot manual
-bently manual
-your number on speed dial

Duct tape and Alabama socket set. (adjustable wrench for those not in the know)lol

and yes, tell him to get AAA. the best service is 200 free miles, for $120 a year. not sure how much an additional 1800 miles would be tho, lol. hopefully if he does break down, it will be atleast within 200 miles of his house.

also tell him to take it easy on the highway. stay at 55 or under. when i came home from BAP, i really didn't want to strain the motor, so i stayed at 55 with my hazard lights on, cuz everyone else was goin 65-70, lol.

TUBE OF MIGHTY PUTTY. THATS IT

i new of a man who drove his bay from main an his motor took a dump about new york an aaa took him 200 miles let him off at a shop he limped down the highway about a couple of miles called aaa and went anoyher 200 miles an repeated that all the way to monroe ga and didnt have to pay a towing fee i guess he got his moneys worth out of aaa on that trip

Bugman114 wrote:what zabo plus:
-2 belts
-distributor cap
-plug wires
-rachet tie down straps
-several BIG hose clamps
-2 cases of oil (ya never know when an oil leak might occur)
-set of valve cover gaskets
-set of rocker shafts, with rockers
-paper clips (ya never know)
-rubber bands
-roll of electrical wire
-roll of steel wire (used to tie stuff together, or to secure things)
-duct tape
-

Also don't forget a tool box with atleast:
-several various screwdrivers
-wrench set
-socket set
-pry bar
-Hammer
-Timing light
-Idiot manual
-bently manual
-your number on speed dial

And that's what Turbo Mike uses to get from one side of Atlanta to the other, LOL

Grifspop wrote:

Bugman114 wrote:what zabo plus:
-2 belts
-distributor cap
-plug wires
-rachet tie down straps
-several BIG hose clamps
-2 cases of oil (ya never know when an oil leak might occur)
-set of valve cover gaskets
-set of rocker shafts, with rockers
-paper clips (ya never know)
-rubber bands
-roll of electrical wire
-roll of steel wire (used to tie stuff together, or to secure things)
-duct tape
-

Also don't forget a tool box with atleast:
-several various screwdrivers
-wrench set
-socket set
-pry bar
-Hammer
-Timing light
-Idiot manual
-bently manual
-your number on speed dial

And that's what Turbo Mike uses to get from one side of Atlanta to the other, LOL

yeah, pretty much

bakertim2 wrote:Duct tape and Alabama socket set. (adjustable wrench for those not in the know)lol

Make sure the adjustable wrench is metric.

you also need to get a left and right handed adj wrench

Well he is flying out tomorrow, he hooked up with a dude on the samba that knows a good mechanic that is going to check it out before the journey. Thanks to everyones good advise he will have the best emergency kit that can be assembled ....... including AAA. I,ll keep ya'll informed on the adventure. Thanks

DOODLE BUGG wrote:i new of a man who drove his bay from main an his motor took a dump about new york an aaa took him 200 miles let him off at a shop he limped down the highway about a couple of miles called aaa and went anoyher 200 miles an repeated that all the way to monroe ga and didnt have to pay a towing fee i guess he got his moneys worth out of aaa on that trip

The 200 miles deal is only once per year... you only get up to 100 the other three...

if he has to tow it cheapest option would be to rent a penske truck and trailer... Uhaul costs too much... budget and others are okay too, just not uhaul

X boyfriend towed his syncro from MI-NY-FL this way