Date:         Tue, 19 May 1998 08:28:09 -0500
Reply-To:     Patrick Larsen <pll@UNLINFO.UNL.EDU>
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From:         Patrick Larsen <pll@UNLINFO.UNL.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Traveling Tips ...
Comments: To: Joel Walker <JWALKER@UA1VM.UA.EDU>, Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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At 09:30 PM 5/18/98 -0500, Joel Walker wrote:
>Emergency Repair Kits - Things you should never leave home without
>by Garrett lai
>Sport Compact Car, July 1998 issue. p. 130
>Your Roadside Emergency Kit Checklist
><comments by Unca Joel>

Big snip

>* Water: at least a gallon for topping off after coolant leaks. Buy a
>    purpose-made bottle, or reuse a screw-top plastic gallon jug like
>    the ones that come for fruit juice.

Just a warning regarding this tip....I have been carrying 50/50 coolant
mixture in a 1 gallon milk jug (cloudy plastic, but see through) under my
rear bench seat. This past weekend I opened the sliding door to a flood of
coolant :( My first reaction was that the heater core went south, but after
closer inspection I realized the plastic jug had developed several hairline
cracks. I would recommend using something a bit more sturdy, like the
container the coolant came in or perhaps a lundry detergent bottle.

>    <and it wouldn't hurt to have some drinking water. especially if
>    you are traveling in the south or southwest, when/where it's hot>

Big snip
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Patrick L. Larsen
Water Center-University of Nebraska
Home: http://www.uvm.edu/~plarsen/pat.html
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