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Re: [GMCnet] My 1976 Palm Beach Project [message #320992 is a reply to message #319747] Mon, 24 July 2017 14:24 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Justin Brady is currently offline  Justin Brady   United States
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Well I added this to the wrong thread earlier, so here it is to keep this one up to date:

Well we made it!
5000+ Miles in the last 2 weeks and we're home safe and sound.

Diverting the fuel lines around the engine compartment 100% cured the vapor lock. Not so much as a stutter after that. Anyone with vapor lock issues, fitech or not, should consider routing the fuel lines OUT of the engine compartment and using an electric pump instead of the mechanical. I'm convinced that carburetor or FI this is the real culprit.

For the motorcycle that we all had concerns about. It rode on the carrier all 5000 miles, up every mountain and into every campsite. Not a single shred of an issue.
There's a few reasons for that. This is just my opinions and your mileage may vary:
We rebuilt the whole interior, we did this with light weight materials instead of the heavy ass particle board that we pulled out. On the way westward I stopped at a certified CAT scale and weighed. Total weight, with both of us up front, fuel full, water full, and packed for 2 weeks out west our weight was 11,200 lbs. That includes the motorcycle at 590lbs and the carrier at 150lbs. So weight without the bike is a piddly 10,460 lbs FULLY LOADED.
That includes walnut countertops and trim and a full tile bathroom.
Point is, I think the reason we do so well with the bike is the fact that we're ~1500lbs lighter than stock.
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The only other major issue we had was an oil leak at the fuel pump (Gasket replacement helped but didn't fix it)and a BUNCH of broken belts. We broke 3 AC belts and 3 Alternator belts. What a PITA.
My view on this is two fold, we were driving too much (12hr days) to stop and retension them after a few miles (/ i was lazy) and 2nd, the quality of belts is all over the board depending on the source. I finally ended up with Napa Premium belts at $30/piece and those seem to be holding with no squeals so far after about 1000 miles.

We didn't quite get finished before we left, a few little things left to do but here's the "finished" product.

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And all this work turned out to be worth it! Here's the end result:
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http://www.thegmcrv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/IMG_20170718_133353_346.jpg


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