John-

"What to bring" depends highly on your preventative maintenance. If you
have doubts about any part of your van, replace it before the trip. Hudson
Bay, Saskatchewan would be a very sucky place to have to repair/replace
ANYTHING during the winter.

My wife and I took our 1976 on a 4 month/10,000 mile winter trip back in
1996-1997 and didn't bring anything but a pair of pliers and a couple
screwdrivers. We didn't even need those. During the past 3 weeks, we put
4,000+ on our 1982 all over NC (Flood help, Camping, a wedding, and Mom in
the hospital), and we don't have any tools or parts in it.

Prevent failure instead of planning on it.

Cheers,

G. Matthew Bulley
Director
Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
www.bulley-hewlett.com
Cary, NC USA
888.468.4880 tollfree

-----Original Message-----
From:   John Hurley [SMTP:hurley@ACX.COM]
Sent:   Monday, November 01, 1999 9:03 AM
To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject:        what spare parts to have.....just in case>

Date:  11/01/1999  09:02 am  (Monday)  From:  John Hurley
To:  vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
Subject:  what spare parts to have.....just in case>

i'm planning a 3 month ski trip around the US and Canada and was wondering
what parts i should "definately" bring and what ones "would be nice to
have".

Thanks to all in advance.

John 85 Westy