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Bugeye spares supplies for a cross country trip?
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mrsprite
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In no particular order:
Points, distributor cap & rotor, fan belt, dashpot oil, motor oil, spark plugs, plug wires, tools, jack, lug wrench, spare tire (although I never carry one), brake fluid, jumper cables, antifreeze & maybe a 1 gal gas can (filled, of course!).
You can probably get by without most of this list.....it depends on the condition of your car and your luck (or lack thereof) on roadtrips. While I have a non-Spridget engine in my Bugeye, I have driven cross country many times and never had a flat or any major mechanical issues. I did spring a decent oil leak once and cheap gas station oil in the middle of nowhere runs $4-$5/quart, so I always bring some with me now.
Points, distributor cap & rotor, fan belt, dashpot oil, motor oil, spark plugs, plug wires, tools, jack, lug wrench, spare tire (although I never carry one), brake fluid, jumper cables, antifreeze & maybe a 1 gal gas can (filled, of course!).
You can probably get by without most of this list.....it depends on the condition of your car and your luck (or lack thereof) on roadtrips. While I have a non-Spridget engine in my Bugeye, I have driven cross country many times and never had a flat or any major mechanical issues. I did spring a decent oil leak once and cheap gas station oil in the middle of nowhere runs $4-$5/quart, so I always bring some with me now.
I carry way too many spares.
But as long as I carry them, I never need any of them.
A spare dizzy with cap and wires ready to drop in.
Spark plugs (2 sets)
1 rear wheel cylinder,
clutch slave kit
fan belt
timing belt (I have a belt driven cam)
Su float needle kits
pair of radiator hoses
throttle cable
spare axle strapped to the inside of the front wheel well 9snap 1 away from home)
wheel bearing kit
rear axle O ring and gasket (for that snapped axle)
1 front brake hose (if you ever had one burst, you'll understand)
Head gasket set (again, blow one 8 hrs from home)
Misc nuts and bolts, wire, and tools.
All in 1 bag and I just toss it in what ever Sprite I am taking for more than a 3 hour trip.
But as long as I carry them, I never need any of them.
A spare dizzy with cap and wires ready to drop in.
Spark plugs (2 sets)
1 rear wheel cylinder,
clutch slave kit
fan belt
timing belt (I have a belt driven cam)
Su float needle kits
pair of radiator hoses
throttle cable
spare axle strapped to the inside of the front wheel well 9snap 1 away from home)
wheel bearing kit
rear axle O ring and gasket (for that snapped axle)
1 front brake hose (if you ever had one burst, you'll understand)
Head gasket set (again, blow one 8 hrs from home)
Misc nuts and bolts, wire, and tools.
All in 1 bag and I just toss it in what ever Sprite I am taking for more than a 3 hour trip.
paulsherman
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Duct tape and cell phne
If I am going 1/2 way across the country, it's probably for a Spridget meet and there most likely will be an autocross. That's where I snapped one of my axles, and I never left the start line!
As I found a concrete block to use as a jack stand, my buddy drove 1 hour to Delaware to buy a junk yard axle, by the time he came back, I was more than ready to install it.
a few minutes later, the car was in the show field. But I missed the autocross. and ever since then, there has been a spare axle in all my Sprites.
As I found a concrete block to use as a jack stand, my buddy drove 1 hour to Delaware to buy a junk yard axle, by the time he came back, I was more than ready to install it.
a few minutes later, the car was in the show field. But I missed the autocross. and ever since then, there has been a spare axle in all my Sprites.
Duct tape cell phone AND AAA card, vice grip, plier, screw driver [philips and straight], baling wire.
Consider having to do ignition points and condenser as well if you are still running them or for spare if you electronic fails.
List of members or clubs might come in handy though internet could get that up for you in a pinch.
Kurt.
Consider having to do ignition points and condenser as well if you are still running them or for spare if you electronic fails.
List of members or clubs might come in handy though internet could get that up for you in a pinch.
Kurt.
I wish I could, but I am sort of going in the opposite direction. My cross country trip in the TR6 followed a northern route through Idaho, Montana, and so on to Ohio and then down to Missouri. This year I am hoping to visit my brother, so I will be heading south through California and then east. Not sure if the Bugeye will be proven road worthy by then anyway.
Kevin
Kevin