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| Re: What has left you stranded on the side of the road [message #197463 is a reply to message #197462] |
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| WD0AFQ wrote on Tue, 05 February 2013 16:28 |
| Kerry Pinkerton wrote on Tue, 05 February 2013 12:52 |
I know a few people have lost motors but don't see it on your list?
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Yea, 2 of them in 12 months. Same place and waited in same truckstop both times for the flatbed.
dan
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That's how my relationship started with GMC, less than 15 miles into journey home from buying, Rt 84 Just east of the Hudson River, oil line let loose (original), motor quickly followed. Thats why I now have stainless steel lines on my fresh engine.
Sean and Stephanie
73 Ex-CanyonLands 26' #317 "Oliver"
Hubler 1-Ton, Quad-Bags, Rear Disc, Reaction Arms, P.Huber TBs, 3.70:1 LSD Honda 6500 inverter gen.
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| Re: [GMCnet] What has left you stranded on the side of the road [message #197484 is a reply to message #197481] |
Tue, 05 February 2013 17:50 |
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WD0AFQ
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| emerystora wrote on Tue, 05 February 2013 17:34 |
On Feb 5, 2013, at 2:28 PM, Dan Gregg wrote:
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> Kerry Pinkerton wrote on Tue, 05 February 2013 12:52
>> I know a few people have lost motors but don't see it on your list?
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> Yea, 2 of them in 12 months. Same place and waited in same truckstop both times for the flatbed.
> dan
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Now if it had been the same tow truck, the same driver and the same blond sitting on the seat next to him it would really have been something!
Emery
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You are right Emery. I can laugh now but it was no laughing matter then, either time. First thing I did was have Teri find me the Black List and we called Steve Ferguson.
The glass is 1/4 inch tempered glass. About 24x24 inches. Wally did his before I did. This glass thing is not for everyone but it sure eases my mind to be able to see that engine and frontend. Anything is leaking you will see it, if you have a wife like mine. I tend to forget to look, not Teri.  I watch gauges on the dash.
Oh man, life in an old GMC is so much fun, breakdowns or not. We have done about 45,000 miles since 06, and have "set" for the last two, except for the conventions. Preventive maintenance will prevent most tow truck calls. I think that is what the survey is for. Sorry if I got too far off topic.
Dan
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| Re: [GMCnet] What has left you stranded on the side of the road [message #197486 is a reply to message #197463] |
Tue, 05 February 2013 17:56 |
Bruce Hart
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We purchased our first GMC from an individual in Wisconsin. Flew out of
Denver into Minneapolis. Po meet us at the airport and we headed home. 30
miles later the front right brake caliper stuck closed. This was a Monday
before Thanksgiving in 2012. Could not find a repair shop to work on it
for a week. Than it hit me like a ton of bricks THE BLACK LIST, don't
leave home without it. Sure enough there was some one with in 30 miles of
us (The Mahowalds of Jordan, Minnesota). They took us in the early
afternoon changed out the front calipers, made a call to Jim K and was took
that the brake lines will deteriorate on the inside letting fluid to the
brakes but would prevent fluid from flowing out of the brakes. No brake
lines in immediate area and had have them shipped in overnight. The
Mahowalds were gracious enough to loan us a car so we could go out to
dinner and find a motel for the night. Up and running at noon the next
day, On I-80 outside of North Platte the engine started to sputter, what
luck there was an exit 100 feet ahead, turned off the interstate and engine
died going up the off ramp. Found out the gas gage didn't work and neither
did the selector valve for the reserve, but fortune was ours as the PO
insisted that we purchase a five gallon gas can for just this emergency.
Put the gas in and nothing we were parked leaning low on passenger side and
up the incline so fuel would not get picked up. Called our road side
service, and were told that we did not have coverage! WHAT!! Another
story. They suggested to call the Hi-way Patrol . An hour and a half later
an officer came and took me into North Platte for gas. Thank you Hi-way
Patrol. We made it home without any more incidents.
We bought another 76 Palm Beach and took a trip to Montana (780 miles) We
just got into Montana and pulled off on Aberdeen Rd. (middle of nowhere) to
stop and have a bite to eat. Went to start the GMC and nothing, found out
later it was the dreaded hot start problem. I checked all of the battery
connects they were good. I had a starter from a donor that I scrapped out
and proceeded to change out the starter. For some reason that did the
trick. My oldest son when told of what happened said "who in there right
mind carries a spare starter with them". Had the starter tesedt in
Helena and found it to be ok. On the trip home same starting problem
happened in Bozeman, switched starters and away we went. No more down time
the rest of the trip.
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On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 2:37 PM, Sean Kidd <fiatkidd@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> WD0AFQ wrote on Tue, 05 February 2013 16:28
> > Kerry Pinkerton wrote on Tue, 05 February 2013 12:52
> > > I know a few people have lost motors but don't see it on your list?
> >
> > Yea, 2 of them in 12 months. Same place and waited in same truckstop
> both times for the flatbed.
> > dan
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> That's how my relationship started with GMC, less than 15 miles into
> journey home from buying, Rt 84 Just east of the Hudson River, oil line let
> loose (original), motor quickly followed. Thats why I now have stainless
> steel lines on my fresh engine.
> --
> 73 Canyonlands 26' #317 "Oliver"
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| Re: [GMCnet] What has left you stranded on the side of the road [message #197496 is a reply to message #197459] |
Tue, 05 February 2013 19:13 |
jhbridges
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Water pump selfdestructed and took the pulley ass'y with it. Took the next day to fix. Upside - fixed at RD's Service in Gastonia NC - see the photo site, my folder on RD's. Highly recommended folks.
n.b. I will be adding a spare pulley ass'y as soon as I can find one. It is common only to the GMC I'm told.
--johnny
'76 23' transmode norris
'76 palm beach
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| Re: [GMCnet] What has left you stranded on the side of the road [message #197497 is a reply to message #197481] |
Tue, 05 February 2013 19:14 |
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hnielsen2
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Bad ground.
Spent the night in Gila Bend after being towed in by AAA that was costly for AAA.
Flat bed from Phoenix come to our help after I had told the AAA dispatcher GMC's can not be towed using the "hook".
AAA Arizona sent the "hook" I sent him back to Phoenix driver not very happy that night.
The hook driver wanted to know how he was going to got paid after making a 190 mile round trip?
I told him to work it out with AAA
Six hours later flat bed guys show up.
Nice guys know what to.
Drop us off in camp ground.
Next day I clean up the bad ground?
Using Coke and an old tooth brush.
We get to Steve and Nancy's.
Steve installs more grounds then the law allowed
Thank You Steve.
Bottom line don't run out of gas and then try and start your engine with a bad ground.
All is well with my Lord
Howard
Alpine
On Feb 5, 2013, at 3:34 PM, Emery Stora <emerystora@mac.com> wrote:
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> On Feb 5, 2013, at 2:28 PM, Dan Gregg wrote:
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>> Kerry Pinkerton wrote on Tue, 05 February 2013 12:52
>>> I know a few people have lost motors but don't see it on your list?
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>> Yea, 2 of them in 12 months. Same place and waited in same truckstop both times for the flatbed.
>> dan
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> Now if it had been the same tow truck, the same driver and the same blond sitting on the seat next to him it would really have been something!
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> Emery
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| Re: What has left you stranded on the side of the road [message #197507 is a reply to message #197434] |
Tue, 05 February 2013 20:36 |
JohnL455
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1. Dead on side of road 20 mins after buying coach. Gauges and seller said 1/2 full. Seller and gauge were wrong.
2. Rod knock on 1 after a WOT passing of a truck on way home from Cinnabar. It was a PO Jasper or equivalent sloppy rebuild AND there was a bunch of sludge in the pan from PO neglect. Sludge caused momentary oil starvation. Actually I could have kept driving it but didn't want to risk that corridor by Gary so I waited in rest area and since still in Mi., Cinnabar came with the flatbed and took it to Sandusky. I jumped out in Flint and got a rental car at the airport. The Cinnabar rebuilt 455 has been trouble free. I saw the junk they scooped out of the old pan and there was a lot of sludge glop. I had even changed the oil and filter 2x already since buying the GMC, but sludge was thick in the pan.
John Lebetski
Woodstock, IL
77 Eleganza II
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| Re: [GMCnet] What has left you stranded on the side of the road [message #197517 is a reply to message #197437] |
Tue, 05 February 2013 21:37 |
Larry
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IIRC, you had a FD problem too...didn't you? Gee...how did that happen? 
| Ray Erspamer wrote on Tue, 05 February 2013 11:49 |
1. Distributor before I upgraded to a Springfield. Got to a campground, spent
a week, went to leave....engine would turn over but no fire. Checked for spark,
none. I had a spare distributor, marked where the old rotor was, popped in the
new distributor and aligned the rotor best I could, it fired right up and away
we went.
2. Fan clutch failed. I had a spare and changed it out.
Ray
Ray & Lisa
78 Royale "Great Lakes Eagle"
Center Kitchen TZE368V101144
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin 53226
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414-745-3188
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From: Sean Kidd <fiatkidd@yahoo.com>
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Sent: Tue, February 5, 2013 11:21:06 AM
Subject: [GMCnet] What has left you stranded on the side of the road
Upgrade priority for newbies like me. Please select an item that has left you
milling about on the side of a highway/road somewhere scratching your head and
mumbling  . Thanks in advance.
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73 Canyonlands 26' #317
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| Re: [GMCnet] What has left you stranded on the side of the road [message #197546 is a reply to message #197543] |
Wed, 06 February 2013 10:18 |
Kingsley Coach
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I will not read this thread, I will not read this thread...negativity,
negativity, negativity......I'm too far from home to let this sort of thing
seep into my brain !
Mike in NM
On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Larry <weidnerl@wwt.net> wrote:
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> AW GEESE...and I thought I was far enough away from that. Gotta admit,
> that WAS pretty stupid.
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> Robert Mueller wrote on Tue, 05 February 2013 21:45
> > Larry,
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> > That's CRUEL and here I thought you were a nice guy!
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> > You better be careful, Ray might bring up why the engine in the Tracker
> blew!
> >
> > Regards,
> > Rob "who knows were a lot of bones are buried" M.
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> > Including my own! ;)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Larry
> >
> > IIRC, you had a FD problem too...didn't you? Gee...how did that
> happen? ;)
> >
> > Larry :)
>
>
> --
> Larry :)
> 78 Royale w/500 Caddy
> Menomonie, WI.
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1977 Kingsley 26-11
1977 Eleganza II 26-3
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| Re: [GMCnet] What has left you stranded on the side of the road [message #197548 is a reply to message #197546] |
Wed, 06 February 2013 10:42 |
James Hupy
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Last Summer while doing the Cascaders Canada Cross Country Rally, I
experienced a sudden increase in gasoline consumption. Premium non ethanol
fuel approaches $6.00 a gallon in Canada, so I was wanting to find out what
was up. We were in Pocahontas Campground in the Canadian Rockies north of
Banff. Not exactly the center of the universe. My 403 mechanical fuel pump
had at some time in it's life been replaced with the wrong pump. It had a
return line fitting that is not used on the motorhome, and was blocked off
with a rubber cap and hose clamp. That fitting cracked where if exits from
the pump housing, and was spurting out gasoline every time it operated. Did
not leak when sitting still, and with a hot engine presented an extreme
fire hazard. Dwayne Jacobson and I laid in the wet leaves and mud and
removed the old pump, drove an hour in one direction to a NAPA store only
to be told that the replacement would take 4 days to arrive from Winnepeg.
I bought a hack saw, an 1/8" pipe tap and tap drill, and some JB Weld. On
the dumpster outside the NAPA store, I cut off the fitting, drilled and
tapped the hole in the housing, mixed up some JB Weld and screwed an 1/8"
pipe plug into the hole. We drove back to the campground, installed the
repaired pump, and started the engine. Leaked like a sieve. So, I unscrewed
the fitting, and Dwayne laid under the coach and scraped off the JB Weld on
the pump. I put about 5 wraps of white "teflon" type thread sealant tape on
the plug and screwed it back into the hole. No more leak. We limped into
Winnepeg and picked up 2 new mechanical fuel pumps, and 2 Carter 4070
electric pumps for back up. About $600.00 US money in Canada. Other than
some bad Sinclair gasoline no more problems the rest of the 7005 mile trip.
You can repair most anything on a GMC if you have the knowledge and tools.
A few spare parts wouldn't hurt either.
Jim Hupy
Salem, OR
78 GMC Royale 403
On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 8:18 AM, Kingsley Coach <kingsleygmc@gmail.com>wrote:
> I will not read this thread, I will not read this thread...negativity,
> negativity, negativity......I'm too far from home to let this sort of thing
> seep into my brain !
>
> Mike in NM
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> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Larry <weidnerl@wwt.net> wrote:
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> >
> >
> > AW GEESE...and I thought I was far enough away from that. Gotta admit,
> > that WAS pretty stupid.
> >
> > Robert Mueller wrote on Tue, 05 February 2013 21:45
> > > Larry,
> > >
> > > That's CRUEL and here I thought you were a nice guy!
> > >
> > > You better be careful, Ray might bring up why the engine in the Tracker
> > blew!
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Rob "who knows were a lot of bones are buried" M.
> > >
> > > Including my own! ;)
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Larry
> > >
> > > IIRC, you had a FD problem too...didn't you? Gee...how did that
> > happen? ;)
> > >
> > > Larry :)
> >
> >
> > --
> > Larry :)
> > 78 Royale w/500 Caddy
> > Menomonie, WI.
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> --
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> 1977 Kingsley 26-11
> 1977 Eleganza II 26-3
> Antigonish, NS
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