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  1. #11
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    Aug 2010
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    Ok update. A week or so away. In case anyone was interested in knowing, I am buying a members truck. If you look under series for sale, I am buying the 1969 bugeye listed there if you would like to check it out. I think it is capable of doing the trip, but if you guys think otherwise let me know. I am flying out there July 6. Any parts I should bring besides oil, antifreeze, and gear oil? The seller thinks I am nuts. But the only thing that worries me is..the ignition system. Of all things! I have to laugh, but I dont know a damn thing about points. I can weld, paint, take things apart and put them back, but I am clueless about a simple system.

  2. #12
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    Mar 2007
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    New Mexico
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    I'd take a good socket set, screwdrivers and wrench set. I wouldn't haul fluids/oil with me on the way out to pick the truck up, you can get that stuff on that end when you get there. Check the diffs, swivel balls, transmission and transfer case for fluids levels. Overdrive too if it has one. Check or change the engine oil. Check the brake/clutch resorvoir level. Check the radiator level. If that's all good and the brakes are working, the truck runs and steers, none of the magic smoke is leaking out, then I'd hit the road. Make sure you have a spare, lug wrench and jack also before you hit the road.

    The few parts I'd like to have with me on the road would be points, condenser and maybe a rotor. I've burned points during drives of a few hundred miles and having a fresh set of points got me running right again. But if you're not comfortable with that stuff or don't have them available then it is what it is. Earplugs are optional. Let us know how it goes.

    Jeff
    1964 Series 2A SW, LHD mostly stock, often runs!

    1991 Range Rover Hunter

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