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Re: [GMCnet] Need Help in Paducah Ky [message #326679 is a reply to message #326675] Sun, 03 December 2017 10:44 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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Tom
For several years I towed a Keep CJ7 across the country with my 3:07 final drive. I then determined that my wife’s Jeep Grand Cherokee weighed about 400 pounds less so I started towing that. We never had a problem with the 3:07.

I later put in a 3:55 and bought a geo Tracker.

Emery Stora

> On Dec 3, 2017, at 8:19 AM, Tom Lins wrote:
>
> Tom Lins wrote on Sat, 02 December 2017 22:51
>> The problem with the coach we bought in Springfield MO is resolved but now we have another issue
>>
>> The shop that replaced the fuel pump also replaced the filter (standard can inline filter) We got
>> about 350 miles and started to slowly get the symtoms of fuel starvation to the point that we could
>> only go 30 mph going up hills so I had to replace the filter.
>>
>> That filter only lasted about 50~60 miles before we started to get the same symtoms. We made it safely to the KOA in
>> Paducah and I have spare filters however we have another 800 miles to go.
>>
>> My question is there anything that will break up the junk that is cloging the filters?
>> I think I know the answer but I am not a pro so I have to ask.
>>
>> I am going to call the local Blacklister tomorrow for a reference to a good local shop, to late to bother someone tonight.
>> We are safe and warm so it can wait until morning.
>>
>> The final analysis of the earlier issue seems to be the isolator failed open to the chassis battery when the PO still owned the coach
>> and the alternator boiled the house battery dry and then self-destructed. The chassis battery ran everything for the 35 miles we got from
>> when we picked it up. The low voltage (or just age) caused the electric fuel pump (17 years old) to cease moving enough fuel. And the inline fuel
>> filter
>> was clogged after 17 years.
>
> While trying tpo go to sleep last night I was trying to come up with some way to get home to FL
> without haveing to drop the fuel tanks or crawling under the coach every 50 miles to change filters.
> Not to mention the socks on the pickup tubes.
>
> One of the PO's removed the mechanical fuel pump, probably when the electric fuel pump was installed.
> The electric fuel pump and the filter are mounted inside the frame rail along with the filter.
>
> What I thought was to put a 10~12 gal marine portable fuel tank on the floor in front of the passenger seat
> and take a fuel line from that through the floor. Re install a mechanical fuel pump and plumb that to the
> carb. I have a switch on the dash to turn off the electric pump so that is not a problem. Also plug that line just incase.
>
> The wife has to drive our Jeep anyway since this coach has 3.07 final and we do not want the extra strain
> on the coach until we get it FL and have it assesed at the COOP or at Sirum's shop.
>
> At least that way I can drive 100 miles or so between gas stations and not have to crawl under the coach.
>
> Any critique or suggestions are welcome. If this is a stupid idea tell me, I have had plenty of them over the years.
>
>
> --
> Tom Lins
> Elkton, FL
> 77 GM Rear Twin
>
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