I always carry a complete set of the belts and hoses. It's a real bitch to
get stuck in the middle of nowhere for want of a cheap part like one of
those. (However, one of my '85 hoses, the short one with a couple of angles
in it was rather expensive as I recall.)

cheers,
jt

-----Original Message-----
From: Pollard, Matthew <Matthew.Pollard@OREADCA.COM>
To: vanagon@VANAGON.COM <vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
Date: Thursday, November 05, 1998 1:11 PM
Subject: Long cold road trip: extra parts to carry? & good junk yard in SF
Bay area?

>Going on a long road trip around thanksgiving time to check out some grad
>schools (phd in chem...), and was wondering what extra parts you'all
>recommend to carry? I was going to scroung junk yards for a fuel pump,
water
>pump, alternator, fuel injection parts, wiring stuff, coolent stuff and of
>course nuts and bolts. Thanks for the help
>Cheers
>Matthew Pollard
>