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Old 04-12-2011, 09:29 AM
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Since this thread started, I've driven my 300D from NC to CO to NC and back to CO again with a small tool box, some spare filters, and a cell phone (almost 5000 miles). Just get it checked out and drive it.

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Old 04-12-2011, 09:48 AM
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Since this thread started, I've driven my 300D from NC to CO to NC and back to CO again with a small tool box, some spare filters, and a cell phone (almost 5000 miles). Just get it checked out and drive it.
... yeah, your 617 equipped, FRESHLY REBUILT 300D... not quite the same thing as this guy's car...
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Old 04-12-2011, 09:55 AM
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13. Mountain bike up top: (Is this going to kill my MPG?)
I doubt in any noticeable way. I personally saw next to none in my 300D with a bike and cargo carrier on the roof
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Old 04-12-2011, 10:41 AM
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Ok, we know the route..
and the time period...

shouldn't we be building a list of member's numbers near I - 80 ?
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Old 04-12-2011, 11:32 AM
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That's quite a list! I took a car with about 250K on the odo on a spring ski trip from CT to CO and back and did no pre trip maintenance, did not bring any supplies and only minimal tools- screwdrivers, a few wrenches and a DVM. The car always started and ran well and I had a good hunch it will make it. Well, my hunch was wrong , on the return trip in NM the battery light started flickering and the DVM confirmed alternator not charging. I made it to an Autozone an hour away on a Sunday and was told 3 days to get a voltage regulator or an alternator. Not wanting to wait, I borrowed their tools, pulled the regulator, stretched the springs on the brushes, put everthing back and it charges! I made it home with no further incident. In retrospect, I should have inspected the brushes before I left eh?

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I got my plane ticket back east!

I’ve got a flexible schedule but I plan on doing the driving part from May 4th - May 9th or until I make it to San Fran

WANRING: WORKING DOCUMENT BELOW!


After I shovel her out of the snow, I will:

PM:

1. Pull battery, try and charge it (battery was 1 year old when she was last driven 6 months ago)
2. Check oil, coolant, tranny, brake and hydraulic fluids; air filter, belt and find any rodent dwellings
3. Get her started. (Should I glow her a couple of time's before trying?)
4. Oil change after I drive her around for a while and warm her up.
5. Replace the viscous fluid in my fan clutch, overheating issue temporarily solved.
6. Fix anything obvious, I’ll have 2 ½ days with her in the Catskills with access to a garage with air tools.
7. Do I need to check for any rubber issues in the front/rear linkages?
8. Are there any area’s that I should apply grease too because she has been dormant?

Stuff I’m Bringing:

1. Extra Belt
2. Hoses/clamps: coolant, fuel and vacuum. (What sizes?)
3. Fluid Extractor
4. Fuses
5. Coolant
6. Oil: Engine, Hydraulic
7. AAA membership
8. Filters: Fuel x2, Oil x2, Small Fuel Filter x2, air x1
9. Jerry can of diesel
10. Jack and axle holders
11. Tools
12. Camping gear
13. Mountain bike up top: (Is this going to kill my MPG?)
14. A whole lot of audio books on my android phone, helps for navigation and finding auto parts stores too

Test Drives:

1. I will drive her down to NYC, 2 ½ hours, have a friends garage available in NYC.
2. Next day drive 2 hours to CT and have her for two days of fishing and fixing anything that pops up.
3. Drive back to NYC, 2 hours, have another 1-2 days, friends garage available.

The Real Deal:

1. Get on I-80 and head west until it ends in San Fran.

Random Questions:
1. What is the best fuel economy speed for a 300TDT, 70mph?
2. I have the TDT's manual CD's back east but I'm not dragging my huge laptop with me. Is there any way to put the CD's on the cloud(?) and access them from my android phone when I'm on the road?

What have I forgotten?

Thanks for your input. I will be updating this post with your wise suggestions and use it as my to do list.
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Funola , Thanks for that story.... seems like a good and more realistic reply to what babymog described as if parts are available at a touch of technology all across the country....

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....One thing that has changed a great deal (seriosly now), is the cell and GPS availability. If I'm driving through Frizbee Oregon and need a quart of ATF, I can pull up on my Droid the nearest auto-parts store or gas-station, check their hours, call for availability, even charge it to my credit card and have them leave it outside the back door and map the route with traffic, weather, and Satellite/terrain.
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Old 04-12-2011, 11:57 AM
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... yeah, your 617 equipped, FRESHLY REBUILT 300D... not quite the same thing as this guy's car...
When it had the old engine I drove it to NY several times within a month; when it broke down in OH I got a rental car and lost about 2 hours of time. Driving any car can be expensive if it breaks.
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Old 04-12-2011, 12:30 PM
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I vote for getting it running properly before changing the oil, the starting procedure could add a lot of fuel to the oil if it doesn't go well.

Add some zip-ties and duct tape, even a wire coat-hanger, never know what the road can throw at you (especially at night). Some spares are only for convenience since your phone can find an autozone or walmart pretty quickly (bulbs etc.). Fuses are helpful also, and if you can I'd suggest carrying a meter of fuel-return hose and a way to cut a fuel hard-line if one fails (re-route it to the return flow).

Speed? The slower the better really. My 190D turbo was basically the same setup but smaller, and got MUCH better mileage on 2-lane 55mph roads than on the constant-speed freeway at 72mph. Air drag increase is logrithmic with speed increase, so speed is the largest influence on fuel consumption. Safety is also a concern though, and driving significantly slower than the flow of traffic is not a safe option (ref: 80th percentile rule / NHTSA). The bike on top is why I bought my TE back in '91. I carried my bikes on my Yak rack for years, but could really see it in my fuel mileage (the quattro), wanted to be able to carry it inside. 70mph+ is a lot of air to shove over a bunch of tubes on the roof (even my Yak rack was noticable empty).

I am about 10minutes from I-80/I-90 and 5minutes from the Ohio/Indiana line if you run into trouble. If I'm here and you need help let me know.
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Old 04-12-2011, 12:45 PM
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That's quite a list! I took a car with about 250K on the odo on a spring ski trip from CT to CO and back and did no pre trip maintenance, did not bring any supplies and only minimal tools- screwdrivers, a few wrenches and a DVM. The car always started and ran well and I had a good hunch it will make it. Well, my hunch was wrong , on the return trip in NM the battery light started flickering and the DVM confirmed alternator not charging. I made it to an Autozone an hour away on a Sunday and was told 3 days to get a voltage regulator or an alternator. Not wanting to wait, I borrowed their tools, pulled the regulator, stretched the springs on the brushes, put everthing back and it charges! I made it home with no further incident. In retrospect, I should have inspected the brushes before I left eh?
but that was on the way back

he just has to get there, plus, if it was a 617 or 616 you could have kept driving as long as you never shut the car off. Who needs lights?
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Old 04-12-2011, 12:52 PM
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<> if it was a 617 or 616 you could have kept driving as long as you never shut the car off. Who needs lights?
Same with the '87, just won't have any electrical accessories (including brake lights).

Then you stop at wal-mart and buy a jumper box, or a battery charger that you can plug in at your hotel overnight.

I've done the brush-spring stretch thing also, Christmas Eve in a blizzard when the battery died, State Trooper bumper-pushed my 4-year-old 300TE 4matic into a fire station garage, back on the road in an hour.

$74,000 and it stranded me before it was 4years old so don't think that driving a newer car will make your trip flawless.
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Old 04-12-2011, 02:02 PM
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That's quite a list! I took a car with about 250K on the odo on a spring ski trip from CT to CO and back and did no pre trip maintenance, did not bring any supplies and only minimal tools- screwdrivers, a few wrenches and a DVM. The car always started and ran well and I had a good hunch it will make it. Well, my hunch was wrong , on the return trip in NM the battery light started flickering and the DVM confirmed alternator not charging. I made it to an Autozone an hour away on a Sunday and was told 3 days to get a voltage regulator or an alternator. Not wanting to wait, I borrowed their tools, pulled the regulator, stretched the springs on the brushes, put everthing back and it charges! I made it home with no further incident. In retrospect, I should have inspected the brushes before I left eh?
I forgot to mention my rationale for bringing no tools and the absolute minimun was that if the car dies for any reason, I will just junk it then and there with less stuff to ship back.
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Old 04-12-2011, 02:09 PM
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"Mother nature sides with the hidden flaw".

No matter how many tools and parts you carry, no matter how prepared you feel you are, there is always a possibility of something else failing. Statistically a new car would be a better bet, but there is still a significant possibility of catastrophic failure.

When we design parts of new cars, we do several types of mathematical and theoretical analysis and assign a value to the types and statistical probability of each failure, there are no zeros.
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I know the list is long but I'm bringing as much of my stuff as I can to Cali. All my fishing gear, mountain bike, camping gear and r/c heli's, cloths, etc.

Can I use my extractor to pull any water that might have gotten into the oil from the top? Then warm her up and suck the rest of the old oil out. Or should I just suck it all out and put fresh oil in before I start?
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That is an amazing brother you have if he is saving up grease for your. It's getting warmer, and your better off picking up your car and driving it do to SF.

I smell a conversion kit in your future.

Before you drive it out, I would switch out all the fluids you can. Even the power steering oil too. Do some work on the car so you don't have to do the work on the road.

Have fun, and be safe.
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I know the list is long but I'm bringing as much of my stuff as I can to Cali. All my fishing gear, mountain bike, camping gear and r/c heli's, cloths, etc.

Can I use my extractor to pull any water that might have gotten into the oil from the top? Then warm her up and suck the rest of the old oil out. Or should I just suck it all out and put fresh oil in before I start?
... you need to get all the old oil out ...and I vote for that being done before it is turned over even the first time... and for changing it out again very soon...like has been mentioned...
With the fun gear you are taking ... seems like you are not TOO worried about the car making it..

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