| Re: Need Help in Paducah Ky [message #326741 is a reply to message #326739] |
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Ken Burton
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[quote title=Tom Lins wrote on Mon, 04 December 2017 17:54]Ken Burton wrote on Sun, 03 December 2017 20:36Tom Lins wrote on Sun, 03 December 2017 15:01
Ken
Not really scared but a lot more cautious. I moved my previous GMC about 5 miles doing the marine tank in the cab trick to get it to where I could drain the tanks safely. This time I took your suggestion to change the carb filter. I also bought a mechanical gas pump they had in stock just in case. Took the coach out on the interstate and climbed a few hills without any problems. So we packed up and headed east. We are now just off I-40 in Newport ,TN at another KOA to rest up for tomorrow.
My misconception was that the large filter by the electric fuel pump would stop all the crud from the tank. Well you learn something new every day.
Now that you rmind me about that fire It was a stupid idea on my part.
It sounds like you are into the same thing that I had coming back from California. The large filter caught most of the crap but the small filter in the carb was also catching some that mad it through the big one. Both filters lasted about 2 days each but seemed to fill up and fail on alternate days. So one day we would change the big one and the next day we had to change the small carb filter.
You do not have that far to go. If you have spares with you you should be able to make it home.
As a side note. A marine boat tank that you are talking about ought to be safer than the 5 gallon gas cans that I have and use. I'm still afraid of gas can inside the coach but those marine cans are used in side boats all the time.
Good Luck
Ken
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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