Road Trip Preparation

[Miroslav Schinkenblatt]

I'm thinking of driving down to Utah for a bit of Moab action this summer, does anyone have any suggestions of pre-emptive preparations I can do for my L300? Something tells me it gets a bit hot down there.

[nxski]

I added a transmission cooler with an electric fan in place of the existing one. Also, make sure your cooling system is working properly and I would add an EGT gauge as well. It's nice to make sure your AC is working too (I thought mine was fine, but it turned out not to be very effective). Lastly, don't expect a cooler to keep your drinks cold for long in that heat. I would run through a solid block of ice a day and I actually have quite a nice cooler.

[FalcoColumbarius]

I used the search engine and looked up "prepping for a road trip" and this is what I found: http://www.delica.ca/search_results.php ... 8568884j24

Another place to look is in the "Member's Trips" forum. Some of the trips people have taken in these wagons have been quite extensive and the descriptions also contain a fair amount of preparation detail. Hopefully this will embellish the information you glean from this thread.

On board the Miss Lil' Bitchi for when I go out into the toolies I keep a:

• Shovel
• bucket
• Hand winch (w/ sling, straps...)
• Bolt cutters
• Crow bar
• Axe
• 3lb Lump hammer
• Coal chisel
• Black sash cord
• 20ltr Jerry Can
• 18" Bar chainsaw (w/Gas & oil)
• Tyre repair kit
• Cdn. Tire tool kit
• Soldering pencil w/ flux & lead
• White pepper in a cannister (in the event I get a leak in the cooling system)
• Various electrical paraphernalia (connectors, shrinking sleeves, &c.)
• Spare air caps and lug nuts for the tyres
• A wool blanket
• A foam kneeling pad (so useful for ~ everything ~ kneeling on when changing the tyre, sitting on as insulation, &c.)
• A medical kit, including: Tea tree oil; cotton & needles; plasters; gauze; that springy stuff that you wrap around a sprain that I can never remember the name of; Tapes; scissors &c.)
• Contractor bags
• Eliminator battery pack that is equipped with an air compressor, inverter with plugs, cigarette plug-ins for charging on the fly
• Tarpaulin
• Clamps...
• Chains for the wheels, usually for snow but can be useful in boggy situations
• Chain
• A good knife....
• Of course a spare tyre and jack, &c.
• Maps, compass, fire stuff, dayglo ribbon to mark your progression in unknown environs, a really dry piece of wood to cut kindling from
  I'm sure I've missed something....

I'd think if your going on a long trip it would be prudent to bring along a spare oil filter and air filter element, as well.

Falco.

[Yokohama]

You forgot a FULL metric tool kit! Don't expect every place in USA to have a good metric selection. I would especially get a selection of six sided deep sockets.

I would just pack every tool you could think of needing to work on it.

Also, get a trucker's atlas in addition to the state maps.

[FalcoColumbarius]

You forgot a FULL metric tool kit!

Cdn. Tire tool kit

It has 150 odd pieces in it. I think I got it on sale for ninety bucks or there abouts.

Falco.

[Miroslav Schinkenblatt]

YEAH! That list is awesome. Scavenger hunt time.