Pre-Vaca check suggestions?

If you haven't already, I'd look into doing the coolant crossover and heater Ys and replacing them with their metal versions. Either of those can blow out unexpectedly. The oil cooler has a metal version as well, but you're about 80k from the common failure mileage, so that can wait.

You may want to rig up a fuel pump relay bypass cable, just in case it decides to fail in the middle of no where. Instructions in my stickied guide.

And if you don't have VES, I'd advise bringing a portable DVD player and a few movies for the little ones to watch. I added straps to the case of one and strapped it to the back of the passenger seat when we went to NYC. Was able to unstrap it so my son could use it in the hotel.

Coolant crossover is new to me. Will look into it thanks.
We do have the double screen he's so asking new vids from friends. We try road games and conversation most tho. Screen time low as we can ya know?

Relay cable... Hmmh

And I see your white van like mine. You ever think lof wrapping mirrors in black so they disappear into windows from side view??
Planning on doing mine, but leaving top flat contour of mirror casing unwrapped and white. Leave a small cut of white in there.
Will post pics when my tint dude gets me slotted.
Anyway, lmk your thoughts on that, whomever ~

2014 White Lightning said:

Plug change they're due

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Your list looks great, but spark plug change interval is 100K miles.

Those can be left off, but I'd attach them and tighten them up. Looks like it might be holding the intake slightly up which might cause dirty air to seep in past the upper intake gaskets.
There's another bracket for the intake near the PCV inlet. All 3 are attached to the engine with 13mm head bolts and secured to the intake with 10mm nuts.

Capt W said:

Your list looks great, but spark plug change interval is 100K miles.

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Tell me you've never seen these plugs by 50k without telling me....

Looks like a short version of my moving checklist, LOL. 56 hours left...

Long_Voyager94 said:

Tell me you've never seen these plugs by 50k without telling me....

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Nope, gotta tell ya! Replaced mine at 88.7K, but only because I had to replace the oil cooler. OE plugs looked quite good for that kind of mileage - even coloration and little visible wear on the center and side electrodes. Would have definitely left them in for 100K. Still have my OE coolant circulating, too, but that'll come out this fall at the 10-year mark.

Capt W said:

Nope, gotta tell ya! Replaced mine at 88.7K, but only because I had to replace the oil cooler. OE plugs looked quite good for that kind of mileage - even coloration and little visible wear on the center and side electrodes. Would have definitely left them in for 100K. Still have my OE coolant circulating, too, but that'll come out this fall at the 10-year mark.

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Meanwhile every Pentastar we've owned has needed plugs at 50-60k as they've started causing mild misses. All have been eroded to well over .060" gap.
Sorry, I prefer to keep my things long term without issues, I'll be diligent about maintenance instead of pushing things off then bitching about them failing later.

Suppose miracles happen 🍀😁

I shall give sharp attention to intake, and those bolts. Ty for socket size lineup 👍

Any links to torque specs for this job???
I found one but plugs themselves, and upper intake "runner?", etc. we're not listed.

Good luck on that move buddy. Don't scrape up the back of the van!!! 😃😃

Intake manifold spec is printed on the manifold itself. IIRC it's 8-10nm.

Capt W said:

Your list looks great, but spark plug change interval is 100K miles.

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Yes, but there's 3,000 engine hours on them I believe, lots of idling, or slow driving apparently. I have over 112,000 miles on mine and will hit 3,000 engine hours soon. Champion 9407s are "on the ready".

Rule of thumb for Iridium spark plugs is 3,000 to 4,000 engine hours although Autolite has a limited lifetime warranty on theirs. Then again, NGK has a 60 day warranty on theirs, so they should be changed more often. Champion warranty is 6 years on Double Platinum and 7 on Iridium per RockAuto. So, Iridium are that much more durable than Double Platinum, I take it.

AutoLite warranty: Iridium XP Lifetime Limited Warranty

IRIDIUM XP LIFETIME LIMITED WARRANTY
LIMITED WARRANTY: These Autolite® Iridium XP spark plugs are warranted to the original purchaser for the lifetime of the vehicle engine against plug failure due to electrode erosion or defects in materials and workmanship by Autolite®, a division of FRAM Group Operations LLC. Autolite® will, at its option, replace or refund the purchase price of the failed spark plugs.

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That's no Mickey Mouse company saying that and so deliberately as well. Stand behind your product, if it's good enough to stand behind.