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Re: My 1976 Palm Beach Project [message #281750 is a reply to message #281703] Thu, 09 July 2015 08:52 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Justin Brady is currently offline  Justin Brady   United States
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Ha!
I appreciate it guys, unfortunately I will be out of the country until August 1, so won't be able to make this one.

Made a bit of progress in the past few days!
Got the starter bracket installed. Had to make a puller for the Onan Flywheel, it was a bear to get off, but it finally came.
It turns over like a kitten now, easy peasey.

Replaced the points and the darn thing still wouldn't start!
Dropped the gas tank again and checked the line, it was fine.
Checked the points again, and wouldn't you know it there was a layer of "protective material" over one of the points, scraped it off with a razor blade and it purred to life in seconds. Runs like a peach now, and doesn't even quiver under the load of 2 Duo Therms.
Happy man this one.

While messing with it I got to thinking, what if I wired in a relay with the stop button, so that it energized the fuel pump while the stop button was pressed? I can't see the pump running while stopping being an issue with the ignition being cut by the K3 relay. So if I did this I could use the stop button as a primer circuit so it won't have to turn over for 5 seconds before it gets fuel after sitting a while, just hold stop for a few seconds and then hit start and BOOM.
Any reason this is a terrible idea?
(I know I can just wire in a new button to temporarily power the pump, but this seems more elegant, and I won't have to run wires inside the coach)


Anyway,
After that I started messing with the air ride.
It's been a bit intermittent. So I pulled the cover off the pressure switch and yep, bad connection. The terminal had broken off. Easy fix, just swap the wires to the unused terminals and be on the way right? Wrong. Second set of terminals broke within a few seconds. Time for a new pressure switch.

Finally got the coach charged with Duracool It took 2 cans, and even that was way overkill (50psi low side) so I drained it back to 25 psi and it blows nice and cold. Need to make that A/C belt tensioner because I can't get it tight enough with a crow bar at the weird angles underneath.
I also took apart the dash box under the "hoods" and replaced all the seals that were deteriorated (all of them) and sealed it around the edges.
The only problem I ran into is the vacuum actuated "recirc door" (not really recirc, just a diverter to the lower dash vents) doesn't function. I think the vacuum diaphragm is toast. So for now I just stuck it in the open position so the AC comes out the lower vents (the rest of them such anyway)


Justin Brady http://www.thegmcrv.com/ 1976 Palm Beach 455
 
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