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Cross country drive in a 122 120-130 1966

posted by  otherpower on  Tue Jul 6 07:48 CST 2010
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last visit: Wed May 16 08:54 CST 2012
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Best of luck! My suggestion.. duct tape, baling wire, and
SPARE:
tire
fuel pump
distributor
fan belt

A bit of copper wire.
Some water
Some oil
A loud stereo (you'll need the loud bit if you want to hear it over the engine and the wind unless you've got fancy new rubber door seals and stuff) - and... if the stereo is mounted in the dash, be sure your windshield doesn't leak too bad (caulk) or - put something over it to keep the water out.

So far this year I've done about 7000 miles of that stuff in my $500 122 wagon without much trouble.

This summer the schedule for my 122 wagon started in May:
Colorado to custer wisconsin and back
Colorado to custer wisconsin and back again
(those two are done and she did it twice last year too)
Colorado to Gerald MO. Gerald MO to eastern Michigan. Back to CO
CO to Portland and back.
CO to northern Washington and back.

So far no real problems except I did need to replace one set of points (the bakelite cam follower cracked) and a fan belt on the side of the road. The stereo has been intermittent depending on the rain. So far this year we've consumed about 3 quarts of oil (not bad for a $500 volvo)





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