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Robin Hood
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Registered: April 2011
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Hey Rob, what page has a detail drawing of the fuel lines? I'm heading to
the coach with a for sure good battery, and I want to find the leak. I have
the Manual on my iPhone because I'm a glutton for punishment.
On Thursday, October 24, 2013, Rob Mueller wrote:
> Robin,
>
> Sounds good!
>
> The fuel cell should be connected to the inlet of the fuel pump on the
> engine.
>
> There is a hard line that goes from the fuel pump to the carb.
>
> I would suggest you concentrate on getting The Barn Queen to her new
> location before you begin helping others! You don't know what
> your going to run in vis-à-vis the front brakes yet!
>
> Regards,
> Rob M.
> The Pedantic Mechanic
> USAussie - Downunder
> USA '75 Avion - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
> AUS '75 Avion - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org <javascript:;> [mailto:
> gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org <javascript:;>] On Behalf Of Robin Hood
> Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 5:34 PM
> To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org <javascript:;>
> Subject: [GMCnet] Palm Beach progress!
>
> Today was an off day for me. After doing fall photos (which are apparently
> a thing) with my lovely wife Dana, she accompanied me to work on the coach.
>
> We got the wheels on and partway through Tom P. showed up and gave us much
> needed additional assistance. :-) especially his impact wrench.
>
> All the blocks were removed, the airbags were inflated, and the coach was
> lowered the ground where she now sits under her own power.
>
> None of my bottle jacks were compatible with my jack hook, so I wound up
> buying another bottle jack that's only six times, but I think it gets the
> job done without interference between the Jack Hook and the jack itself.
>
> I left the battery on the charger last night, but I don't think it took a
> charge. The battery is a side post, and I had to screw in a couple of
> posts so I could hook my alligator clips to it. Perhaps it was not getting
> a good connection.
>
> However we were able to jump off the coach using my Subaru. The engine
> seems to run nicely.
>
> I have some sort of fuel leak however in the fuel line. The fuel line comes
> from my fuel-cell that sits in the passenger seat floor board. I need to
> take a look at the maintenance manual and see where that fuel line connects
> to. The leak seems to be closer to the carb end than the fuel cell end.
> Did not eyeball the source.
>
> I disconnected the gas line from the fuel-cell so that it would not siphon
> gas out of the fuel cell and onto the ground.
>
> We cleaned everything up and Tom went to the junkyard to see if he could
> get any windshield wipers from the various Dustbuster vans that are there.
>
> We also discussed the possibility of traveling down to the coast some
> upcoming weekend to work on Betty's Onan generator.
>
> Tom, were you wanting to do that this coming weekend? I must admit I am a
> little unclear, but I'm down for it or whatever we need to do to help Miss
> Betty out. I've got my Onan baseball cap that Mr. Hart gave me and
> everything. :-) does Betty know about this? :-) we should probably
> coordinate with her to make sure everything is okay, she might not like
> being invaded. :-)
>
> The weather was absolutely gorgeous. Bright blue skies, sunshine, 65°,
> light winds, nice and dry. I could not think of a better day to be playing
> with my coach or better people to be with.
>
> Today was a good day.
>
>
> --
> Robin Hood
> Jackson, MS
> 2013 Subaru Outback "Top Flight"
> 1968 Pontiac Catalina "The Cheshire Cat"
> 1978 GMC Royale motorhome "Pinto Bean"
> 1977 GMC Palm Beach motorhome "Barn Queen"
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Robin Hood
Jackson, MS
2013 Subaru Outback "Top Flight"
1968 Pontiac Catalina "The Cheshire Cat"
1978 GMC Royale motorhome "Pinto Bean"
1977 GMC Palm Beach motorhome "Barn Queen"
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