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| A day of Almosts [message #110405] |
Fri, 31 December 2010 16:48  |
Oldngray
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Location: Punta Gorda Florida
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Whew, what a day, decided to drive the Coach to play golf, had not been driven for two weeks, Coach ran great, had a great day on the Course, needed one more Birdie to shoot my age, put lipped out, oh well, still won most of the money. Had to stop ar Walmart for some stuff, the Coach still ran great, noticed the Air/Fuel mix running near 16, could not understand that, left Walmart and needed to get Feed for the Animals, just as I was turning into the Feed Store Parking lot, the engine died, restarted while still rolling and then died as I rolled to a stop in the lot.
Got the feed, checked all the simple things, had fuel, no spark to the plugs, had power to the Distributor, so I changed the Module.
Started right up, (good to have spares), drove about 1/2 mile and she died again, this time no restart so had to coast to a stop on the edge of the Highway.
Now this is a Rural two lane with lots of Truck traffic as well as what seemed to be everyone and his Brother who had a Horse Trailer or Off Road Vehicle going North as well as SOBs and Tractor Trailers coming South.
The Coach is rocking from all of this traffic as I lift the hatch and start my research, did not have another Module, so called my Neighbor who always has GM parts, he was busy replacing a Axle for another Neighbor and said He would be here in about a hour.
Here I sit real close to the road, just praying that everyone pays attention, Flashers on, so while I am there, I decide to check some other items like the Neutral switch et all.
While I am under the Dash, WAM, (lots louder) tires screeching, all kinds of noises, I climb out from under the Dash, look out the Windshield and here is a whole Wheel Assy sitting in front of my Bumper, another wheel is across the street, parts of vehicles everywhere. I know that the Coach has been sideswiped and am just sick.
When I get outside I see that nope, the Coach is not damaged, although there are all kinds of parts laying beside and under the Coach, no damage.
There is a Pickup with a 5th wheel sitting on the side of the road without any front wheels or axle. Heh, I know where they are, the Axle ended up just under the Passenger side Bogie. The wheels as mentioned earlier. There are a total of 5 vehicles involved in this Accident that happened about 1 foot from my Coach. The Driver of one of the Trucks involved said that he was really surprised that he missed me.
So, my day of almosts, good game, almost shot my age for the first time, maybe Monday. Almost had the right parts, who would have figured two Modules going South in one Day. Almost got the Coach home on the spare, less than 2 miles, and almost had my Beauty wrecked.
I am thankful, going out and buy three new Modules, a new Neutral switch, at least two Coils.
Heh, I might have to have the Coach reweighed.
Richard MacDonald
Punta Gorda, Florida
Sold our TZE April 2015
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| Re: [GMCnet] A day of Almosts [message #110417 is a reply to message #110405] |
Fri, 31 December 2010 18:32  |
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USAussie
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Location: Sydney, Australia
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Richard,
Somebody up there is watching over you, Mate!
Regards,
Rob M.
USAussie - Downunder
AUS '75 Avion-The Blue StreakTZE365V100428
USA '75 Avion-Double Trouble TZE365V100426
-----Original Message-----
From: gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org
[mailto:gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org] On Behalf Of Richard MacDonald
Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2011 9:49 AM
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Subject: [GMCnet] A day of Almosts
Whew, what a day, decided to drive the Coach to play golf, had not been
driven for two weeks, Coach ran great, had a great day on the Course, needed
one more Birdie to shoot my age, put lipped out, oh well, still won most of
the money. Had to stop ar Walmart for some stuff, the Coach still ran
great, noticed the Air/Fuel mix running near 16, could not understand that,
left Walmart and needed to get Feed for the Animals, just as I was turning
into the Feed Store Parking lot, the engine died, restarted while still
rolling and then died as I rolled to a stop in the lot.
Got the feed, checked all the simple things, had fuel, no spark to the
plugs, had power to the Distributor, so I changed the Module.
Started right up, (good to have spares), drove about 1/2 mile and she died
again, this time no restart so had to coast to a stop on the edge of the
Highway.
Now this is a Rural two lane with lots of Truck traffic as well as what
seemed to be everyone and his Brother who had a Horse Trailer or Off Road
Vehicle going North as well as SOBs and Tractor Trailers coming South.
The Coach is rocking from all of this traffic as I lift the hatch and start
my research, did not have another Module, so called my Neighbor who always
has GM parts, he was busy replacing a Axle for another Neighbor and said He
would be here in about a hour.
Here I sit real close to the road, just praying that everyone pays
attention, Flashers on, so while I am there, I decide to check some other
items like the Neutral switch et all.
While I am under the Dash, WAM, (lots louder) tires screeching, all kinds of
noises, I climb out from under the Dash, look out the Windshield and here is
a whole Wheel Assy sitting in front of my Bumper, another wheel is across
the street, parts of vehicles everywhere. I know that the Coach has been
sideswiped and am just sick.
When I get outside I see that nope, the Coach is not damaged, although there
are all kinds of parts laying beside and under the Coach, no damage.
There is a Pickup with a 5th wheel sitting on the side of the road without
any front wheels or axle. Heh, I know where they are, the Axle ended up
just under the Passenger side Bogie. The wheels as mentioned earlier. There
are a total of 5 vehicles involved in this Accident that happened about 1
foot from my Coach. The Driver of one of the Trucks involved said that he
was really surprised that he missed me.
So, my day of almosts, good game, almost shot my age for the first time,
maybe Monday. Almost had the right parts, who would have figured two
Modules going South in one Day. Almost got the Coach home on the spare, less
than 2 miles, and almost had my Beauty wrecked.
I am thankful, going out and buy three new Modules, a new Neutral switch,
at least two Coils.
Heh, I might have to have the Coach reweighed.
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Richard MacDonald
Punta Gorda, Florida
76 Edgemonte TZE 266V102313
Celebrating 50 years with my Wife and best friend Nancy
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Regards,
Rob M. (USAussie)
The Pedantic Mechanic
Sydney, Australia
'75 Avion - AUS - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
'75 Avion - USA - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
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| Re: [GMCnet] A day of Almosts [message #110428 is a reply to message #110405] |
Fri, 31 December 2010 20:40 |
James Hupy
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Registered: May 2010
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If I were you, I would go out and buy some lottery tickets.<Grin>
Jim Hupy
Salem, Or
78 GMC Royale 403
On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 2:48 PM, Richard MacDonald <rm1936@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Whew, what a day, decided to drive the Coach to play golf, had not been
> driven for two weeks, Coach ran great, had a great day on the Course, needed
> one more Birdie to shoot my age, put lipped out, oh well, still won most of
> the money. Had to stop ar Walmart for some stuff, the Coach still ran
> great, noticed the Air/Fuel mix running near 16, could not understand that,
> left Walmart and needed to get Feed for the Animals, just as I was turning
> into the Feed Store Parking lot, the engine died, restarted while still
> rolling and then died as I rolled to a stop in the lot.
> Got the feed, checked all the simple things, had fuel, no spark to the
> plugs, had power to the Distributor, so I changed the Module.
> Started right up, (good to have spares), drove about 1/2 mile and she died
> again, this time no restart so had to coast to a stop on the edge of the
> Highway.
> Now this is a Rural two lane with lots of Truck traffic as well as what
> seemed to be everyone and his Brother who had a Horse Trailer or Off Road
> Vehicle going North as well as SOBs and Tractor Trailers coming South.
> The Coach is rocking from all of this traffic as I lift the hatch and start
> my research, did not have another Module, so called my Neighbor who always
> has GM parts, he was busy replacing a Axle for another Neighbor and said He
> would be here in about a hour.
> Here I sit real close to the road, just praying that everyone pays
> attention, Flashers on, so while I am there, I decide to check some other
> items like the Neutral switch et all.
> While I am under the Dash, WAM, (lots louder) tires screeching, all kinds
> of noises, I climb out from under the Dash, look out the Windshield and here
> is a whole Wheel Assy sitting in front of my Bumper, another wheel is across
> the street, parts of vehicles everywhere. I know that the Coach has been
> sideswiped and am just sick.
> When I get outside I see that nope, the Coach is not damaged, although
> there are all kinds of parts laying beside and under the Coach, no damage.
> There is a Pickup with a 5th wheel sitting on the side of the road without
> any front wheels or axle. Heh, I know where they are, the Axle ended up
> just under the Passenger side Bogie. The wheels as mentioned earlier. There
> are a total of 5 vehicles involved in this Accident that happened about 1
> foot from my Coach. The Driver of one of the Trucks involved said that he
> was really surprised that he missed me.
>
> So, my day of almosts, good game, almost shot my age for the first time,
> maybe Monday. Almost had the right parts, who would have figured two
> Modules going South in one Day. Almost got the Coach home on the spare, less
> than 2 miles, and almost had my Beauty wrecked.
>
> I am thankful, going out and buy three new Modules, a new Neutral switch,
> at least two Coils.
> Heh, I might have to have the Coach reweighed.
> --
> Richard MacDonald
> Punta Gorda, Florida
> 76 Edgemonte TZE 266V102313
> Celebrating 50 years with my Wife and best friend Nancy
>
>
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| Re: [GMCnet] A day of Almosts [message #110448 is a reply to message #110428] |
Sat, 01 January 2011 03:09 |
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mike miller
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Location: Hillsboro, Oregon
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I agree. Almost winning the big lottery prize will normally get a nice prize!
Richard, Good to hear that the accident was "almost." At least for you.
| James Hupy wrote on Fri, 31 December 2010 18:40 |
If I were you, I would go out and buy some lottery tickets.<Grin>
On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 2:48 PM, Richard MacDonald <rm1936@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Whew, what a day, ...
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> So, my day of almosts, good game, almost shot my age for the first time,
> maybe Monday. Almost had the right parts, who would have figured two
> Modules going South in one Day. Almost got the Coach home on the spare, less
> than 2 miles, and almost had my Beauty wrecked. ...
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(#2)`78 23' Birchaven Rear Bath -- (#3)`77 23' Birchaven Side Bath
More Sidekicks than GMC's and a late model Malibu called 'Boo'
http://m000035.blogspot.com
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| Re: [GMCnet] A day of Almosts [message #110454 is a reply to message #110405] |
Sat, 01 January 2011 06:57 |
Steven Ferguson
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Registered: May 2006
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Mac,
Today really would have been your day to but a lottery ticket.
On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Richard MacDonald <rm1936@gmail.com> wrote:
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>
> Whew, what a day, decided to drive the Coach to play golf, had not been
> driven for two weeks, Coach ran great, had a great day on the Course, needed
> one more Birdie to shoot my age, put lipped out, oh well, still won most of
> the money. Had to stop ar Walmart for some stuff, the Coach still ran
> great, noticed the Air/Fuel mix running near 16, could not understand that,
> left Walmart and needed to get Feed for the Animals, just as I was turning
> into the Feed Store Parking lot, the engine died, restarted while still
> rolling and then died as I rolled to a stop in the lot.
> Got the feed, checked all the simple things, had fuel, no spark to the
> plugs, had power to the Distributor, so I changed the Module.
> Started right up, (good to have spares), drove about 1/2 mile and she died
> again, this time no restart so had to coast to a stop on the edge of the
> Highway.
> Now this is a Rural two lane with lots of Truck traffic as well as what
> seemed to be everyone and his Brother who had a Horse Trailer or Off Road
> Vehicle going North as well as SOBs and Tractor Trailers coming South.
> The Coach is rocking from all of this traffic as I lift the hatch and start
> my research, did not have another Module, so called my Neighbor who always
> has GM parts, he was busy replacing a Axle for another Neighbor and said He
> would be here in about a hour.
> Here I sit real close to the road, just praying that everyone pays
> attention, Flashers on, so while I am there, I decide to check some other
> items like the Neutral switch et all.
> While I am under the Dash, WAM, (lots louder) tires screeching, all kinds
> of noises, I climb out from under the Dash, look out the Windshield and here
> is a whole Wheel Assy sitting in front of my Bumper, another wheel is across
> the street, parts of vehicles everywhere. I know that the Coach has been
> sideswiped and am just sick.
> When I get outside I see that nope, the Coach is not damaged, although
> there are all kinds of parts laying beside and under the Coach, no damage.
> There is a Pickup with a 5th wheel sitting on the side of the road without
> any front wheels or axle. Heh, I know where they are, the Axle ended up
> just under the Passenger side Bogie. The wheels as mentioned earlier. There
> are a total of 5 vehicles involved in this Accident that happened about 1
> foot from my Coach. The Driver of one of the Trucks involved said that he
> was really surprised that he missed me.
>
> So, my day of almosts, good game, almost shot my age for the first time,
> maybe Monday. Almost had the right parts, who would have figured two
> Modules going South in one Day. Almost got the Coach home on the spare, less
> than 2 miles, and almost had my Beauty wrecked.
>
> I am thankful, going out and buy three new Modules, a new Neutral switch,
> at least two Coils.
> Heh, I might have to have the Coach reweighed.
> --
> Richard MacDonald
> Punta Gorda, Florida
> 76 Edgemonte TZE 266V102313
> Celebrating 50 years with my Wife and best friend Nancy
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> GMCnet mailing list
> List Information and Subscription Options:
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>
--
Steve Ferguson
Sierra Vista, AZ
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| Re: A day of Almosts [message #110463 is a reply to message #110405] |
Sat, 01 January 2011 07:59 |
Oldngray
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Don't need a lottery ticket, heck, according to my almost daily emails, I've won hundreds of millions, just have to go to some unheard of place in Africa to collect it. (BG)
Happy New Year
Richard MacDonald
Punta Gorda, Florida
Sold our TZE April 2015
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