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maintenance for long trip abroad 120-130

Hi,

Sounds like the others have suggested all that you hopefully won't need. I drove my '67 from the Netherlands through Belgium and France en route to Ireland last May. My dynamo failed half way though France. From what I experienced, I would suggest the following:
1. If you're not reasonably fluent in French then you should get translations for major components - I had a problem trying to explain the difference between a dynamo and alternator to the mechanic that I found.
2. Get contact numbers for potential parts suppliers - I couldn't find any in France other than main dealers (with the inertia that this implies). If you bring phone numbers for Scandcar and Nordicar in the Netherlands then you can probably have most components shipped to you within two days or so.
3. Make sure you're happy with your brakes - if the car isn't used that often then they're easily overlooked and may never be stressed but your trip could change this. Better to check them over and consider the condition of seals and brake fluid. There are some jobs that are easy enough at home but are a different prospect in a hotel car park - you don't want to have to pull a rear hub away from home.
4. If you don't have hardened valve seats fitted consider bringing a petrol additive/octane boost such as the one made by Castrol - I didn't notice Lead Replacement Petrol in any of the petrol stations where I stopped.

Finally, enjoy the trip and be prepared to be accosted by classic car enthusiasts at every stop - it made every stop a longer but more enjoyable one for me.

Aidan
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1967 131






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New maintenance for long trip abroad [120-130]
posted by  someone claiming to be Rik Brit  on Fri Jan 3 11:13 CST 2003 >


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