Preparing for Norwegian road trip!

Hi all!
First posting on here, may be a bit of a long winded one, but if that's all right with you I thought I would keep everything in one place! We are planing a bit of an adventure up through Norway from around May time going as far North as we can manage-we being myself, my partner and Dougal the Lurcher! We aim to be away for around 4-6 months, funds permitting!
So, the roof tent is on the top-the rear of the 90 is stripped of all seats etc and waiting to be fitted out and that's the first question, any good advice on how to go about this, what to include and what not to! What works and what just gets in the way! Also I have to make allowance for Dougals comfort in the back whilst travelling-has anyone done a long trip with a hound?
The other is the general prep of the vehicle in regards of the engine etc-I have a list that seems to be getting longer every time I look under the bonnet! It seems to be leaking fluid from every hose, so these are all in mind, crankcase breather, leak off pipes worn, gooey power stearing hose etc etc-any advice on this kind of thing, what I should be checking, replacing etc. would be great as well.
Thanks for reading to the end, look forward to any replies,
Kipu.

Hi welcome to the forum. Unfortunately I have no advice for you at all but im sure the more experienced lot will be around shortly with tips & tricks. Sounds like a wonderful trip so try to keep us updated and post some pics if possible!

What is parts availability like in Norway ? If you are far from towns and a week from a spare part life could be hard, but if its all fairly sensible that would reduce the spares you need to carry. Its an organised country, I suspect most things ok unless you are far north.
I cycled 700 miles around the southern fjiords a few years ago, could get anything we needed very easily once in a town.
Some of those hills were steep and long, great views, great going down.

Everything in Norway is expensive, especially drink.
I imagine you'll put a board across the wheel arches in the back and all the spares beneath it, then you still have room for everyday stuff and dog

Just be prepared to get fined for road tolls as you dont know where they are or how to pay them at the time even my Norwegian friend keeps getting fined for not paying road tolls.(Get a toll road pass before you go)
If you have an address in Norway you can get spares sent from Island 4x4 to that address by courier if you have an account with them.
also the tunnel toll to Nordcap is very expensive,

Get your vehicle reliable, do a month around scotland for example and see what problems you have.

Sounds a cool trip. What vehicle do you have?

To be honest my advice is don't over do it. In western Europe your unlikely to need long range fuel tanks or water tanks or stuff like that - a couple of jerry cans will do fine for example. All you really need is a reliable vehicle, a stove, a tent and a sense of adventure.

Hands down the most important thing is get you motor sorted long before you intend to go. Drain every fluid, grease every nipple, change every hose and replace all consumables (filters, brakes etc). Depending on what engine/vehicle it might be worth changing the common failures prophylactically - on my 200tdi defender that was the water pump, UJs and wheel bearings.

Extra front and rear spot lights can be useful, decent set of AT tires. Maybe an onboard compressor for the tires off a dual battery system (can also run an inverter, the lights, stereo etc) but that is its own can of worms and not that critical.

Do a decent trip before hand. Scotland is a good shout.

You don't need to go all out interms of rear storage as two people don't need that much kit. If you can backpack round the world with a rucksack you can do the same in a landy.

Take some spares and a decent tool kit. Good thing about doing all the work yourself and changing the common failure points is it makes sure you'll have the tools for the job and know how to use them.

Most importantly post plenty of photos on here so we can all live vicariously.