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Originally Posted by pawoSD
With the gas engines I'd be more concerned with the condition of the alternator, belts....fuel pumps...fuel pump relay....ovp relay....distributor rotor/cap....cooling system....before a long trip, than the motor itself.
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Thanks pawoSD,
I keep records of everything I do to the car in a spreadsheet with date and mileage, current mileage on the item, etc. I have a complete distributor with cap & rotor, ignition control unit, coil, fuel pump relay, ovp, belts, (all new or used/tested) and a few other various and assorted items in the trunk. I don't know about the fuel pump other than it has been replaced within the last 14 years and 80K miles. I know it has been changed but lost the records showing when, and my memory is not what it used to be.
I need to get a voltage regulator and will before we go very far. The current alternator is a 119 amp Bosch rebuilt with 54k so it should be OK for a while. I carry all this thinking that if I have it, I WON'T need it. If I don't have it I WILL need it.
Any other thoughts?
I still trust this car as much as any other car I have ever owned, including many new cars. It has had some problems, but has never let me down when I needed it except one time the battery was dead and I had to get a jump from a good Samaritan. I had warnings but ignored them. We were going through very troubled times and not thinking about cars. Our son had just had brain cancer surgery. After the jump, it got us and him home safely.
Thanks everyone for the comments.
PaulM