<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><SPAN>Take a motor home, with a enclosed trailer behind it. End of "on the side of the road problems", and you don't have to lug spare engine parts.<BR><BR>"Life's tough....It's even tougher if you're stupid."<BR>-John Wayne<BR></SPAN><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: "Randall" <TR3driver@ca.rr.com><BR>To: "TR List" <triumphs@autox.team.net><BR>Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 12:39:30 AM<BR>Subject: Re: [TR] Trip for Anniversary<BR><BR><BR>Most important: cell phone & AAA+ card.<BR><BR>Beyond that depends on what, realistically, you are willing to do on the<BR>side of the road. Fan belt, hoses, fuses, and enough tools to replace them.<BR>I like to carry a DMM with clip leads and some extra DOT 5 (because it can<BR>be hard to find in stores). Some drinking water is always welcome on long<BR>trips, and in an emergency can fill the radiator enough to limp to a filling<BR>station.<BR><BR>I carry a spare distributor (loaded with cap, rotor, points, wires) in the<BR>center of the spare tire (along with the belt & hoses in a zip-lock bag), as<BR>well as a backup electric fuel pump. Never needed them myself, but others<BR>in the caravan have. (5 of us once spent the better part of a Sunday<BR>afternoon roaming around the Oregon countryside, 800 miles from home,<BR>looking for a TR4A rotor.)<BR><BR>-- Randall <BR><BR>triumphs@autox.team.net<BR><BR>Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html<BR>Archive: http://www.team.net/archive<BR>Forums: http://www.team.net/forums<BR>Unsubscribe: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/spook01@comcast.net<BR><BR><BR><BR>Triumphs@autox.team.net<BR>http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/triumphs<BR><BR><BR>http://www.team.net/archive<BR></div></body></html>