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Re: What has left you stranded on the side of the road [message #197436 is a reply to message #197434] Tue, 05 February 2013 11:46 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
LNelson is currently offline  LNelson   United States
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I have only been "alongside the road" twice, actually once, but read on......

Driving from Lower MO to Ft Collins during the winter, I noticed in the mirror that the coach was down on it's haunches. In other words, the compressor shelled out and the bags were down. I stumbled into a gas station and air up the system to get me to the Ramada inn. Whilst there, I bought shrader valves and never had that problem again. Bought a new compressor when I got home.

Then once down in S Padre Island, I couldn't get started, no fire. I had installed a Jacobs aftermarket ignition, remember those? Turns out, after speaking to the tech guy on the phone, they had had troubles in damp climates. So....I reinstalled the OEM ignition, took me about an hour. Never reinstalled the Jacobs.

I think that, as a newbie, you are asking the same question I asked many years ago. I can tell you that if you decided that the GMC was not for you, and bought something more "modern", that you will be sharing your adventures on some other forum, telling about being left alongside the road with your modern rig. Ask me how I know this.


Larry Nelson Springfield, MO Ex GMC'er, then GM Busnut now '77 Eleganza ARS WB0JOT
 
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