What to take on a road trip with a 1984 B250
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What to take on a road trip with a 1984 B250
Hi,
I've bought a 1984 B250, and plan to take it for a road trip across Canada - total distance will be around 15000 miles. I've had the van serviced, oil and filters replaced. Is there any sort of consumible I should be taking with me on the trip apart from more oil?
I've bought a 1984 B250, and plan to take it for a road trip across Canada - total distance will be around 15000 miles. I've had the van serviced, oil and filters replaced. Is there any sort of consumible I should be taking with me on the trip apart from more oil?
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Hi,
I've bought a 1984 B250, and plan to take it for a road trip across Canada - total distance will be around 15000 miles. I've had the van serviced, oil and filters replaced. Is there any sort of consumible I should be taking with me on the trip apart from more oil?
I've bought a 1984 B250, and plan to take it for a road trip across Canada - total distance will be around 15000 miles. I've had the van serviced, oil and filters replaced. Is there any sort of consumible I should be taking with me on the trip apart from more oil?
I always take with me on long trips, jumper cables, first aid kit, crunchy snacks to stay awake, a case of bottled water, cooler of soft drinks, at least one roll of comfortable toilet paper (the stuff in truck stops I've used with some WD-40 to take rust off hydraulic cylinders) a tool box, a couple of jugs of coolant (antifreeze or water) a fuel can, full or empty, just have one with you, sleeping bag, bug repellent, replacement belts and hoses and at least one credit card. Plus plenty of cash.
15K seems a bit extreme for a 35 year old vehicle. I could do it with my stuff but I've gone through all of it.
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a spare ignition module and ballast resister. a jug of distilled water wouldn't hurt with how cheap it is. basic tools wouldn't hurt to have but probably shouldn't be needed if it was taken care of. i would have no issue taking a 15,000mile trip in a old vehicle. only thing that sucks is the fuel bill. i am guessing about $6k in fuel. if you had over overdrive i could see the road trip costing about $2000 less on fuel. i know Ontario to Alberta and back in a new charger cost about $600 in fuel averaging about 33-39mpg.
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a spare ignition module and ballast resister. a jug of distilled water wouldn't hurt with how cheap it is. basic tools wouldn't hurt to have but probably shouldn't be needed if it was taken care of. i would have no issue taking a 15,000mile trip in a old vehicle. only thing that sucks is the fuel bill. i am guessing about $6k in fuel. if you had over overdrive i could see the road trip costing about $2000 less on fuel. i know Ontario to Alberta and back in a new charger cost about $600 in fuel averaging about 33-39mpg.
Doh! How could I forget the porcelain savior! It's been so long since I had a non-computerized Mopar I forgot about the ballast resistor. I used to carry one in my tool box wrapped in a towel. The brain box, not so much as they will mostly interchange and used to be readily available.
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Doh! How could I forget the porcelain savior! It's been so long since I had a non-computerized Mopar I forgot about the ballast resistor. I used to carry one in my tool box wrapped in a towel. The brain box, not so much as they will mostly interchange and used to be readily available.
Carry the various fluids your van likes, spare belts, and the tools to change 'em.
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