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Thu, 14 September 2017 21:55

Richard Denney

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Not gonna make Elkhart. I got the coach back together but I was hoping the
alignment would fall into place easily. It hasn't (I'll post separately),
and I think it's gonna take me most of the day tomorrow to get it all done.
The Redhead and I are suffering through a lot of residual flu symptoms, and
probably we wouldn't get away before Saturday.

Rick "not thinking a 600-mile test drive is a good idea" Denney

On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 5:26 PM Matt Colie wrote:

> Richard Denney wrote on Wed, 13 September 2017 11:20
>> Matt,
>>
>> I found that old listing, and now I know what you mean by "high". To
> summarize what I think I read, you ran two 3/8" fill vent lines to the front
>> and up into the space behind the interior panel that covers the plumbing
> for the fuel filler neck. And then you teed them into a half-inch hose
>> right below where the half-inch hose fits on the filler neck.
>>
>> And the reason is that the main tanks fills first--the flow from the gas
> pump pushes fuel into the rear tank before doing much filling of the
>> front tank, and when full it blasts a shot of gasoline into the
> fill-vent tubing before much fuel enters the front tank. With the TEE in
> the rear,
>> that blast of fuel blocks air flow in the vent from the front tank,
> forcing the front tank to fill very slowly and unhappily. So, the first 25
> goes
>> in easy, and the second 25 doesn't. With the TEE in the front and right
> under the filler neck, that blast of fuel doesn't make it into the fill vent
>> for the front tank, and it can vent as it fills as it should. The usual
>> practice of filling on the slow setting is a partial solution because it
> makes it easier for the tanks to equalize a bit as they fill--there isn't
>> quite as much dynamic flow pushing past the side opening into the front
> tank.
>>
>> Did I get that right?
>>
>> I'll do this in the future--don't have to drop the tanks to do it and I
> can manage this one in my driveway.
>>
>> Rick "who'll probably get a response to this in person in Elkhart,
> assuming everything goes together well tomorrow" Denney
>
>
> Rick,
>
> Do you know of a silly multi-letter response that means - "You Got It" ?
>
> I didn't have the cab apart when I did it, so I put that T just under the
> cab flood and it worked out great.
>
> Hope to see you in Elkhart.
>
> Matt
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		[GMCnet] &@":'#^>#! Mice! By: Richard Denney on Fri, 01 September 2017 18:04
		Re: [GMCnet] &@":'#^>#! Mice! By: Harry on Fri, 01 September 2017 22:11
		Re: [GMCnet] &@":'#^>#! Mice! By: Richard Denney on Fri, 01 September 2017 22:32
		Re: [GMCnet] &@":'#^>#! Mice! By: k2gkk on Sat, 02 September 2017 10:33
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		Re: [GMCnet] &@":'#^>#! Mice! By: Emery Stora on Sat, 02 September 2017 10:23
		Re: [GMCnet] &@":'#^>#! Mice! By: Richard Denney on Sat, 02 September 2017 13:50
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		Re: [GMCnet] &@":'#^>#! Mice! By: Richard Denney on Sat, 02 September 2017 16:39
		Re: [GMCnet] &@":'#^>#! Mice! By: RF_Burns on Sat, 02 September 2017 19:41
		Re: [GMCnet] &@":'#^>#! Mice! By: Richard Denney on Sat, 02 September 2017 20:06
		Re: [GMCnet] &@":'#^>#! Mice! By: Ken Henderson on Sat, 02 September 2017 21:43
		Re: [GMCnet] &@":'#^>#! Mice! By: Richard Denney on Sat, 02 September 2017 22:14
		Re: [GMCnet] &@":'#^>#! Mice! By: Richard Denney on Sat, 02 September 2017 22:15
		Re: [GMCnet] &@":'#^>#! Mice! By: Matt Colie on Sun, 03 September 2017 08:03
		Re: [GMCnet] &@":'#^>#! Mice! By: Ken Henderson on Sun, 03 September 2017 11:08
		Re: [GMCnet] &@":'#^>#! Mice! By: <rallymaster on Sun, 03 September 2017 22:14
		Re: [GMCnet] &@":'#^>#! Mice! By: Richard Denney on Mon, 04 September 2017 21:19
		Re: [GMCnet] &@":'#^>#! Mice! By: Ken Henderson on Mon, 04 September 2017 22:24
		Re: [GMCnet] &@":'#^>#! Mice! By: Richard Denney on Sat, 09 September 2017 15:00
		Re: [GMCnet] &@":'#^>#! Mice! By: GatsbysCruise on Tue, 05 September 2017 13:27
		Re: [GMCnet] &@":'#^>#! Mice! By: jhbridges on Tue, 05 September 2017 14:27
		Re: [GMCnet] &@":'#^>#! Mice! By: Richard Denney on Mon, 11 September 2017 22:59
		Re: [GMCnet] &@":'#^>#! Mice! By: Matt Colie on Tue, 12 September 2017 07:58
		Re: [GMCnet] &@":'#^>#! Mice! By: Richard Denney on Tue, 12 September 2017 09:25
		Re: [GMCnet] &@":'#^>#! Mice! By: Mr ERFisher on Tue, 12 September 2017 11:39
		Re: [GMCnet] &@":'#^>#! Mice! By: Richard Denney on Tue, 12 September 2017 12:28
		Re: [GMCnet] &@":'#^>#! Mice! By: Matt Colie on Tue, 12 September 2017 16:38
		Re: [GMCnet] &@":'#^>#! Mice! By: Richard Denney on Wed, 13 September 2017 10:20
		Re: [GMCnet] &@":'#^>#! Mice! By: Matt Colie on Wed, 13 September 2017 16:25
		Re: [GMCnet] &@":'#^>#! Mice! By: James Hupy on Wed, 13 September 2017 17:07
		Re: [GMCnet] &@":'#^>#! Mice! By: Richard Denney on Thu, 14 September 2017 21:55
		Re: [GMCnet] &@":'#^>#! Mice! By: Ken Henderson on Thu, 14 September 2017 22:09
		Re: [GMCnet] &@":'#^>#! Mice! By: Richard Denney on Thu, 14 September 2017 22:51

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