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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 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
James Hupy is currently offline  James Hupy   United States
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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
>
> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Larry <weidnerl@wwt.net> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > 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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> Michael Beaton
> 1977 Kingsley 26-11
> 1977 Eleganza II 26-3
> Antigonish, NS
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