Ok, here's the scenario, i'm currently in iraq(for another 10-13months), so i've got alot of time and flexibility on this here's what plan i on doing.

To make a trip from Green Bay, Wisconsin to the Lancaster, CA area, besides replacing all belts, all coolant hoses and my clutch hose, getting all fluids flushed(tranny, diff, oil, coolant, brakes, clutch) and getting it completely topped off again, what else would i need to do and when i get there, im also going to do the oil again, im obviously going to bring plenty of coolant and oil with me as well as dot 4 fluid for the brakes/clutch in case that runs low.

The trip is around 2100 miles, when i do this, i will be taking my time, and never rushing it, if it takes over 2 days, i will stop at a hotel, spend the night, do some laundry, and continue the next day of course.(since it took me around 18hrs to go from Fort Drum, NY to Racine, WI which is just south of milwaukee and north of chicago)

 

Toolbox
Spare belts
Jack/tire (some people remove them)
Flares
Flashlight
Jumper Cables
AAA (I recommend it, optional of course)

 

got a mini tool box ill bring(didnt remember that one). where can i find flares, like autozone/napa? flashlight, check. jumper cables, check. AAA.....hm.....ill look into that but im not sure about getting it. ill have to find a scissor jacks at autozone since all i have is a hydraulic jack, and that doesnt exactly fit under the car too well. anyone else with suggestions?

 

Make sure the radio works, or cd player, otherwise its going to suck driving that long.

 

get gm roadside .. theyll tow you an unlimited amount of times ... where as triple A limits you to about 4 or 5 a year.

anyway heres my list
1. replace oil cooler lines
2. replace clutch line to ss
3. check spare to make sure it has and holds air
4. socket wrenches and a leatherman, screwdrivers both philips and flathead
5. coolant
6. 2 quarts of oil
7. brake fluid
8. spare phone battery
8. bra for the front of the car

 

lol, yeah my cd player works fine.

i have plenty of a sound system to drown out the sound of the wind and im replacing the fart cans with the stock exhaust so i wont go deaf by the time i get there. i think ill go with the racing beat since the guy i bought it from had the whole exahust wielded into one solid chunk(i was pissed when i had to replace the clutch, make it stupidly harder. and i wont be getting a catalytic converter, no emissions in wisconsin and i wont be moving the title anywhere else besides there.) what i find funny, nobody has yet to recommend replacing the pulsation dampner, which i added myself(a must do thing.) the total cost of replacing all this stuff is fairly resonable since its coming from mazdatrix....any more, im taking all considerations quite seriously.

yeah the spair holds air quite well, my tires are very new, at the most i would estimate around 5-8k on the fronts and maybe 2k on the rears. ill also be replacing the O2 sensor as well if that helps all the more, who knows when it was last replaced.

 

bump, anyone else?