| Wind wing blew off! [message #172437] |
Thu, 07 June 2012 14:27  |
ernie
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Registered: June 2005
Location: ellensburg, wa
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Hi,
We have a 1975 Eleganza II.While Coming home from a local rally at Farragut State Park in Idaho, my right wind wing just blew off the coach. No damage was done to the coach. The post that holds the wing to the metal piece appears to be broken off.
Has this happened to anyone else?
I guess I'll just replace it.
ernie garcia
ernie garcia
1975 eleganza II
ellensburg, wa
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| Re: [GMCnet] Wind wing blew off! [message #172469 is a reply to message #172467] |
Thu, 07 June 2012 17:27  |
kelvin
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Location: Eugene, OR
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Floor vents are really great. Certainly a lot quieter than wind wings
at speed.
That said, I do like the wind wings for lower speeds. You can suck a
lot of air in if the wind noise isn't deafening you. And a few bugs,
too. Mine have been on there for most of the 10 years I've owned my GMC.
Kelvin
> this is what a lot of us have done
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> http://gmcmotorhome.info/heat.html#FRESH
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> gene
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> On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 12:27 PM, ernie garcia<ernie-garcia@charter.net>wrote:
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>> Hi,
>> We have a 1975 Eleganza II.While Coming home from a local rally at
>> Farragut State Park in Idaho, my right wind wing just blew off the coach.
>> No damage was done to the coach. The post that holds the wing to the metal
>> piece appears to be broken off.
>> Has this happened to anyone else?
>> I guess I'll just replace it.
>> ernie garcia
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>> --
>> ernie garcia
>> 1975 eleganza II
>> ellensburg, wa
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| Re: [GMCnet] Wind wing blew off! [message #172500 is a reply to message #172437] |
Thu, 07 June 2012 19:25 |
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USAussie
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Registered: July 2007
Location: Sydney, Australia
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Ernie,
I found that the screws that held my Ragusa wind wings to the window kept
coming loose and I lost one too.
This past year I drilled the mounting screws that came with them out to
10/32 and tapped them as deep as I could. I used 1" long screws and Loctited
them in.
They ain't goin' no where now!
Regards,
Rob M.
-----Original Message-----
From: ernie garcia
Hi,
We have a 1975 Eleganza II.While Coming home from a local rally at Farragut
State Park in Idaho, my right wind wing just blew off the coach. No damage
was done to the coach. The post that holds the wing to the metal piece
appears to be broken off.
Has this happened to anyone else?
I guess I'll just replace it.
ernie garcia
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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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