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jhbridges
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Yeh. Locally called '305' presumably for outdoing Ford. According to both pit crews in '68 at Sebring (Penske and Grant, I believe, it's been a long time) the ford product produced somewhat more power due to the port design of the heads - 'Tunnel Port'. Donohue produced better lap tim,es though and won the Trans-Am.
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Subject: Re: [GMCnet] What has left you stranded on the side of the road
Beg to differ but 1967-69 Z28's had 302's I had one still kicking myself these were basically a 327 with a 283 crank and were well under rated in horsepower to make trans am rules at the time.
k2gkk wrote on Sun, 09 February 2014 11:19
> Ford has 302, Chev had 305
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> Mac in OKC
> Money Pit
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> Was not the Z28 a sales version of the COPO cars coded Z280 which got you (if your name was Donahue) a trans-am racer? All discs, 305 CID screamer, bench seats, no insulation, etc. We flew down to Sebring in '68 and watched (I believe) Donahue beat George Follmer in a Mustang. The tunnel port car had substantial power on the Chev, and easily went past it on the back straight, but didn't stick nearly as well and lost it back in the crookeds.
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> . A 1955 Z28?? 1967 seems about the year I remember for the Z28 302 I believe but I'm not a hardcore Chevy guy.
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| Re: [GMCnet] What has left you stranded on the side of the road [message #239289 is a reply to message #239280] |
Sun, 09 February 2014 10:58 |
James Hupy
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I believe that the original 1976 Camaro was equipped with a 327 cubic inch
2 main bearing engine. When you ordered the copo option #Z-28, you got the
high performance Chev truck 327 with a 283 forged crankshaft, a special
Duntov cam and liters that were mechanical. .030/.030 lash. Also included
an aluminum high rise intake, headers, different sized alternator pulley,
corvette brake parts, heavy duty u joints, The engine block, borrowed from
the truck division was a special 4 bolt main bearing piece. This
combination with a stock bore was listed as a 302 cubic inch. I became
familiar with that combo because that was what we did with our C gasser.
Engine would rev until something broke. Advertised horsepower was 295 at
3200 rpm. If you turned it to 7500 which it would easily do, it made in
excess of 500 hp. in good race tune. A real factory hot rod for sure. In 68
they refined it with light weight hood and grill and bumpers, and if you
had the right connections at the factory, you could get the "special"
editions that the sports car guys ordered with the quick steering, huge
brakes, etc. They had special options for the drag racers too. All gone by
1969, when the big block cars emerged. Great drag cars, but they would not
stop or turn like the small block cars. This was the year that Mary asked
the question, "Do you want to keep racing, or do you want to be married?"
We stayed married for 50 years. I made the right choice. Both of my
brothers are at Pomona at the Winternationals. They went over to the dark
side and race special mustang cobra factory racers. Man those things are
fast and quick. 156 mph in 8.53 sec. Faster than we went with our C Gasser
for sure. Long time ago. Still miss it and her too.
Jim Hupy
Salem,Or
78 GMC Royale 403
On Feb 9, 2014 8:19 AM, "D C _Mac_ Macdonald" <k2gkk@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Ford has 302, Chev had 305
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> Mac in OKC
> Money Pit
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Feb 9, 2014, at 10:10, "Johnny Bridges" <jhbridges@ymail.com> wrote:
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> ________________________________
> Was not the Z28 a sales version of the COPO cars coded Z280 which got you
> (if your name was Donahue) a trans-am racer? All discs, 305 CID screamer,
> bench seats, no insulation, etc. We flew down to Sebring in '68 and
> watched (I believe) Donahue beat George Follmer in a Mustang. The tunnel
> port car had substantial power on the Chev, and easily went past it on the
> back straight, but didn't stick nearly as well and lost it back in the
> crookeds.
> .
> . A 1955 Z28?? 1967 seems about the year I remember for the Z28 302 I
> believe but I'm not a hardcore Chevy guy.
>
> --johnny
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| Re: What has left you stranded on the side of the road [message #239296 is a reply to message #197434] |
Sun, 09 February 2014 13:08 |
roy1
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It would be hard to top Emery's fun memorys and I doubt many could. In the 70,000 miles I've had mine( 27 years)I had to have it towed once about 3 years ago due to a mistake on my part. I spun #8 rod bearing due to over revving the engine. Fortunately it happened 30 miles from home and I had it towed to my garage (under my house) where I removed and rebuilt the engine. Once I cracked the left cylinder head due to an exhaust seat that was done wrong at a head shop. I replaced the head in a camp ground in a few days. I had the pick up coil go bad in the HEI distributor another time. I installed my spare distributor on the side of the road. I have replaced the distributor module on the side of the road another time.. I had the ignition coil go out just as I was starting up the notorious California grape vine that was real scary trying to figure out what was wrong with my wife crying and screaming we would be killed as I was tight to the guardrail with semi trucks rocking the motor home as they passed inches away but I had the needed spare coil on board.it was the longest 1/2 hour of my life. When I built my 1st engine back in 1987 I didn't get the transmission in right so it wiped out the front pump in around 20 miles ,I barely made it back to my driveway. I called my brother to come over we pulled the trans and rebuilt it in my drive way. Another time a Champion spark plugs porcelain blew off the #4 cylinder and dropped part of it into the cylinder messing up the intake valve I had to climb 3 8000 ft mountain passes in the California Sierra Nevada towing a Toyota pickup running on 7 cylinders to get home my wife didn't feel comfortable driving the pickup in the mountain. I was down to 5 miles an hour in 1st gear going over Conway summit. Thanks Jim K for those 3:70 gears. So I agree with Emery and Jim H lots or spare parts and the necessary tools are a good thing when you live and travel in the western outback.
The only 305 Chevy I am aware of came out around 1973 to replace the dirty 307 engine.. Both were good engines.
Roy Keen
Minden,NV
76 X Glenbrook
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| Re: [GMCnet] What has left you stranded on the side of the road [message #239299 is a reply to message #239289] |
Sun, 09 February 2014 13:14 |
Larry
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| James Hupy wrote on Sun, 09 February 2014 10:58 |
I believe that the original 1976 Camaro was equipped with a 327 cubic inch
2 main bearing engine. When you ordered the copo option #Z-28, you got the
high performance Chev truck 327 with a 283 forged crankshaft, a special
Duntov cam and liters that were mechanical. .030/.030 lash. Also included
an aluminum high rise intake, headers, different sized alternator pulley,
corvette brake parts, heavy duty u joints, The engine block, borrowed from
the truck division was a special 4 bolt main bearing piece. This
combination with a stock bore was listed as a 302 cubic inch. I became
familiar with that combo because that was what we did with our C gasser.
Engine would rev until something broke. Advertised horsepower was 295 at
3200 rpm. If you turned it to 7500 which it would easily do, it made in
excess of 500 hp. in good race tune. A real factory hot rod for sure. In 68
they refined it with light weight hood and grill and bumpers, and if you
had the right connections at the factory, you could get the "special"
editions that the sports car guys ordered with the quick steering, huge
brakes, etc. They had special options for the drag racers too. All gone by
1969, when the big block cars emerged. Great drag cars, but they would not
stop or turn like the small block cars. This was the year that Mary asked
the question, "Do you want to keep racing, or do you want to be married?"
We stayed married for 50 years. I made the right choice. Both of my
brothers are at Pomona at the Winternationals. They went over to the dark
side and race special mustang cobra factory racers. Man those things are
fast and quick. 156 mph in 8.53 sec. Faster than we went with our C Gasser
for sure. Long time ago. Still miss it and her too.
Jim Hupy
Salem,Or
78 GMC Royale 403
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I worked at a Hot Rod shop....a place called " The High Performance Center" located in Milwaukee Wi. I did all of the balancing and a lot of short block assembly for them over a 1 1/2 yr. period. I balanced everything including the Chevy HP302, BB Chevys, Pontiac, Olds, Buick, Ford big and small block....etc...etc. Of all of the engines that I balanced, the Chevy 302 very rarely needed additional work to balance. Factory balance was...in every case...very close or right on. Worst was Pontiac followed by Olds.
I left that job because it was part time. My full time job was Teaching industrial arts at one of the public schools. The High Performance Center's motto was "We sell Speed". Sixteen months after I started there, I found out that automotive "Speed" wasn't the only "Speed" that they were selling. They were also selling the narcotic speed and other drugs out of the back room right next to me. I was young then..never saw it. I could just see the place getting raided and my teaching license going up in smoke, so I quit. Two months later, the place got raided and took everyone out in handcuffs. I dodged a bullet there.
Larry 
78 Royale w/500 Caddy
Menomonie, WI.
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| Re: [GMCnet] What has left you stranded on the side of the road [message #239309 is a reply to message #239289] |
Sun, 09 February 2014 15:26 |
Kosier
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Jim,
One slight correction. The Z-28 motor was actually the Corvette 365 HP
327 with the 283 crank and appropriate pistons. Everything else was
pretty much the same.
I was selling parts in the Chevy dealership, so I didn't have any money,
but I sure did love playing with the racers Oddly, all my friends from
those days are all gone. Nothing left but memories.
Gary Kosier
77 PB w/500 Cad
Newark, Oh
-----Original Message-----
From: James Hupy
Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 11:58 AM
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] What has left you stranded on the side of the road
I believe that the original 1976 Camaro was equipped with a 327 cubic inch
2 main bearing engine. When you ordered the copo option #Z-28, you got the
high performance Chev truck 327 with a 283 forged crankshaft, a special
Duntov cam and liters that were mechanical. .030/.030 lash. Also included
an aluminum high rise intake, headers, different sized alternator pulley,
corvette brake parts, heavy duty u joints, The engine block, borrowed from
the truck division was a special 4 bolt main bearing piece. This
combination with a stock bore was listed as a 302 cubic inch. I became
familiar with that combo because that was what we did with our C gasser.
Engine would rev until something broke. Advertised horsepower was 295 at
3200 rpm. If you turned it to 7500 which it would easily do, it made in
excess of 500 hp. in good race tune. A real factory hot rod for sure. In 68
they refined it with light weight hood and grill and bumpers, and if you
had the right connections at the factory, you could get the "special"
editions that the sports car guys ordered with the quick steering, huge
brakes, etc. They had special options for the drag racers too. All gone by
1969, when the big block cars emerged. Great drag cars, but they would not
stop or turn like the small block cars. This was the year that Mary asked
the question, "Do you want to keep racing, or do you want to be married?"
We stayed married for 50 years. I made the right choice. Both of my
brothers are at Pomona at the Winternationals. They went over to the dark
side and race special mustang cobra factory racers. Man those things are
fast and quick. 156 mph in 8.53 sec. Faster than we went with our C Gasser
for sure. Long time ago. Still miss it and her too.
Jim Hupy
Salem,Or
78 GMC Royale 403
On Feb 9, 2014 8:19 AM, "D C _Mac_ Macdonald" <k2gkk@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Ford has 302, Chev had 305
>
> Mac in OKC
> Money Pit
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Feb 9, 2014, at 10:10, "Johnny Bridges" <jhbridges@ymail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> Was not the Z28 a sales version of the COPO cars coded Z280 which got you
> (if your name was Donahue) a trans-am racer? All discs, 305 CID screamer,
> bench seats, no insulation, etc. We flew down to Sebring in '68 and
> watched (I believe) Donahue beat George Follmer in a Mustang. The tunnel
> port car had substantial power on the Chev, and easily went past it on the
> back straight, but didn't stick nearly as well and lost it back in the
> crookeds.
> .
> . A 1955 Z28?? 1967 seems about the year I remember for the Z28 302 I
> believe but I'm not a hardcore Chevy guy.
>
> --johnny
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| Re: [GMCnet] What has left you stranded on the side of the road [message #239318 is a reply to message #239309] |
Sun, 09 February 2014 16:03 |
James Hupy
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Gary, we took the 365hp 327cu in engines as a starting point. Needed the
283 crank to make the right displacement for the NHRA class that we were
running which was C gas normally aspirated. Started out with a stock GM
fuel injection, then modified the air horn assembly by sawing it in two and
enlarging the port runners and reshaping and matching it to the heads. Lot
of work for almost no gain in HP. Switched to Hilborn injection and vertex
magneto to get away from the cable drive from the distributor to the fuel
injection. Twisted off several drives and never was able to solve that so
the Hilborn replaced it. Once I learned how to tune the Hilborn system it
was a bit easier. Threw away the Duntov 30/30 and had Ed Iskendarian grind
a roller tappet camshaft that he later marketed as the 505 super LeGuerra
cam. All Isky valve gear, including the rev kit that featured the extra
valve springs in the engine valley. Complicated, but no more valve float at
9700 rpm. Boy would that thing honk. 2997 pounds, don't have any idea how
much horsepower it made but it was a lot for the day. Tube chassis with a
39 chev body. 25% engine setback. Door slammer, full cage roll bar, chev 4
speed, Parham Quick Change rear end. No end to the amount of rent money you
could spend on that thing. I never did own a Z-28, but lusted after them.
1969 and then 1970 EPA and Insurance rates through the roof kinda killed
the factory hot rods. But, it is good to remember now and then. Oh, I could
be kinda fuzzy memory wise, but Woody, the parts tech at Capitol Chev
always told me that Chevrolet made some mighty fast trucks well into the
80's. Last time I heard anything about him, he was a NHRA Tech Inspector on
the West Coast. You are right, most of us are long gone now.
Jim Hupy
Salem, OR
78 GMC Royale 403
On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 1:26 PM, Kosier <gkosier@roadrunner.com> wrote:
> Jim,
>
> One slight correction. The Z-28 motor was actually the Corvette 365 HP
> 327 with the 283 crank and appropriate pistons. Everything else was
> pretty much the same.
> I was selling parts in the Chevy dealership, so I didn't have any money,
> but I sure did love playing with the racers Oddly, all my friends from
> those days are all gone. Nothing left but memories.
>
> Gary Kosier
> 77 PB w/500 Cad
> Newark, Oh
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Hupy
> Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 11:58 AM
> To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] What has left you stranded on the side of the road
>
> I believe that the original 1976 Camaro was equipped with a 327 cubic inch
> 2 main bearing engine. When you ordered the copo option #Z-28, you got the
> high performance Chev truck 327 with a 283 forged crankshaft, a special
> Duntov cam and liters that were mechanical. .030/.030 lash. Also included
> an aluminum high rise intake, headers, different sized alternator pulley,
> corvette brake parts, heavy duty u joints, The engine block, borrowed from
> the truck division was a special 4 bolt main bearing piece. This
> combination with a stock bore was listed as a 302 cubic inch. I became
> familiar with that combo because that was what we did with our C gasser.
> Engine would rev until something broke. Advertised horsepower was 295 at
> 3200 rpm. If you turned it to 7500 which it would easily do, it made in
> excess of 500 hp. in good race tune. A real factory hot rod for sure. In 68
> they refined it with light weight hood and grill and bumpers, and if you
> had the right connections at the factory, you could get the "special"
> editions that the sports car guys ordered with the quick steering, huge
> brakes, etc. They had special options for the drag racers too. All gone by
> 1969, when the big block cars emerged. Great drag cars, but they would not
> stop or turn like the small block cars. This was the year that Mary asked
> the question, "Do you want to keep racing, or do you want to be married?"
> We stayed married for 50 years. I made the right choice. Both of my
> brothers are at Pomona at the Winternationals. They went over to the dark
> side and race special mustang cobra factory racers. Man those things are
> fast and quick. 156 mph in 8.53 sec. Faster than we went with our C Gasser
> for sure. Long time ago. Still miss it and her too.
> Jim Hupy
> Salem,Or
> 78 GMC Royale 403
> On Feb 9, 2014 8:19 AM, "D C _Mac_ Macdonald" <k2gkk@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Ford has 302, Chev had 305
> >
> > Mac in OKC
> > Money Pit
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On Feb 9, 2014, at 10:10, "Johnny Bridges" <jhbridges@ymail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > Was not the Z28 a sales version of the COPO cars coded Z280 which got you
> > (if your name was Donahue) a trans-am racer? All discs, 305 CID
> screamer,
> > bench seats, no insulation, etc. We flew down to Sebring in '68 and
> > watched (I believe) Donahue beat George Follmer in a Mustang. The tunnel
> > port car had substantial power on the Chev, and easily went past it on
> the
> > back straight, but didn't stick nearly as well and lost it back in the
> > crookeds.
> > .
> > . A 1955 Z28?? 1967 seems about the year I remember for the Z28 302 I
> > believe but I'm not a hardcore Chevy guy.
> >
> > --johnny
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| Re: What has left you stranded on the side of the road [message #239356 is a reply to message #197434] |
Sun, 09 February 2014 22:17 |
Ultravan Owners
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I think one can end up planning for that possible break down(s) that they never truly enjoy the time - trips. And some might even talk them selves out of RVing altogether.
Keep your PM schedule up to date.
Plan for what might be the norm in the way of break downs and not too costly to carry as inventory.
Carry things like an extra fuel filter(s), belts, hose clamps, cap, rotor, and whatnot.
Other wise there are part stores and mechanics nation wide - go enjoy yourself and deal with whatever happens when it does.
It is just another part of RVing. Heck, do you think they were so worried about losing a wheel or even a horse back in the day of covered wagons.
Or as Wilma and Betty would say - Charrrrrrge it!
(Just make sure you have that plastic when you travel.) 
Tony (Ontario Canada)
Marie and I are blessed to have had a 2nd chance to buy our farm.
Still hoping and more importantly praying to be able to build a garage.
Our 1970 Ultravan #520 has an Olds Toronado 455 in back.
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| Re: [GMCnet] What has left you stranded on the side of the road [message #239390 is a reply to message #239255] |
Mon, 10 February 2014 10:13 |
Ray Erspamer
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Ran out of gas ONCE!
Went to leave a campground after a vacation, engine would not start, switched out the distributor and away we went.
Fried my final drive......we won't talk about this one !!! I obviously ate a bowl of STUPID for breakfast THAT morning !
Ray
78 Royale - "The Great Lakes Eagle"
Center Kitchen TZE368V101144
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin 53226
Email: 78GMC-Royale@att.net
414-484-9431
Web Site: http://ray-lisa.page.tl/
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Sent: Saturday, February 8, 2014 11:42 PM
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] What has left you stranded on the side of the road
Rob,How do you say? "Good On Ya! Once on a long trip in my 68 Eldo NY to Ft. Lauderdale,in the middle of Georgia,speedo goes to 0 and the car shifted down to second and then locked up totally.Spent 1200 on a new rebuilt tranny,only to find out later it was a $10 nylon on the governor.I carry a spare in the car and will transfer it into the coach next trip!!!!!
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77 455 Elaganza II and 67 Animal, Built 500 Powered Eldo
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| Re: [GMCnet] What has left you stranded on the side of the road [message #239428 is a reply to message #239427] |
Mon, 10 February 2014 14:53 |
Neil
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I could add one other notable failure.
Leaving Cayucos (just north of Morrow Bay) on a Sunday, blew the high side power steering hose. Miguel got a hold of Jim K WHO TOLD ME HIS SHOP WAS TWO HOURS AWAY and he had a used hose. Took out the big Harley from the trailer, rode 4 hours to Jim's shop, 4 hours back, changed the hose and drove home that night.
Neil
76 Eleganza now sold
Los Angeles
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| Re: [GMCnet] What has left you stranded on the side of the road [message #239439 is a reply to message #239428] |
Mon, 10 February 2014 16:40 |
Ken Burton
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| Neil wrote on Mon, 10 February 2014 14:53 |
I could add one other notable failure.
Leaving Cayucos (just north of Morrow Bay) on a Sunday, blew the high side power steering hose. Miguel got a hold of Jim K WHO TOLD ME HIS SHOP WAS TWO HOURS AWAY and he had a used hose. Took out the big Harley from the trailer, rode 4 hours to Jim's shop, 4 hours back, changed the hose and drove home that night.
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I'll bet Jim could have done it in 4 hours round trip.
Ask him.
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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| Re: [GMCnet] What has left you stranded on the side of the road [message #239843 is a reply to message #239427] |
Thu, 13 February 2014 11:27 |
Ray Erspamer
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Ouchhhhhhhhh, I felt that jab on the final drive Dan !
Ray
78 Royale - "The Great Lakes Eagle"
Center Kitchen TZE368V101144
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin 53226
Email: 78GMC-Royale@att.net
414-484-9431
Web Site: http://ray-lisa.page.tl/
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From: Dan Gregg <gregg_dan@hotmail.com>
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Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 2:17 PM
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] What has left you stranded on the side of the road
Ray Erspamer wrote on Mon, 10 February 2014 10:13
> Ran out of gas ONCE!
> Went to leave a campground after a vacation, engine would not start, switched out the distributor and away we went.
> Fried my final drive......we won't talk about this one !!! I obviously ate a bowl of stupid.
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A spare distributor takes up very little room. I had to rob the cap off mine one day out on 101.
BUT, I refuse to Carry a spare final drive. :d :lol: :d
Dan
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78 GMC Royale Center Kitchen
403, 3.70 Final Drive
Holley Sniper Quadrajet EFI System,
Holley Hyperspark Ignition System
414-484-9431
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Carl S.
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Location: Tucson, AZ.
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Ignition two times in 5.5 years.
First time it was a Springfield Ignition module. I had a spare and had it changed out and on the way in less than 10 minutes.
Second time, exact same symptoms, more dangerous position (on a freeway overpass in Phoenix). After getting pushed over the overpass by a highway patrolman, and getting safely parked, I figured out that the new MSD ignition control box had failed. I had the old module and harness under the seat and was able to re-install it back to the stock configuration and get going again.
I removed the MSD box, sent it to them in El Paso for repair, received it back from them in a few weeks, reinstalled it, and haven't had a problem since.
Carl Stouffer
'75 ex Palm Beach
Tucson, AZ.
Chuck Aulgur Reaction Arm Disc Brakes, Quadrabags, 3.70 LSD final drive, Lenzi knuckles/hubs, Dodge Truck 16" X 8" front wheels, Rear American Eagles, Solar battery charging. GMCSJ and GMCMI member
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| Re: What has left you stranded on the side of the road [message #239871 is a reply to message #239856] |
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WD0AFQ
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This thread has been going on so long that some of us have commented at least twice. I just read through it again. Let's close it now. I am tired. We now know every way a GMC can leave us on the side of the road.
Dan
3 In Stainless Exhaust Headers
One Ton All Discs/Reaction Arm
355 FD/Quad Bag/Alum Radiator Manny Tran/New eng.
Holley EFI/10 Tire Air Monitoring System
Solarized Coach/Upgraded Windows
Satelite TV/On Demand Hot Water/3Way Refer
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