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Forgot to add that that is one incident about every 3 years and some of them were fairly minor.
It is also one incident about every 25,000 miles. Some owners have never driven their GMC 25000 miles.
Everything is relative - which is why I call it a few.
Emery
On Feb 5, 2013, at 1:19 PM, Emery Stora wrote:
> NOTE that it is over a 32 YEAR period that I have owned the GMC and over 300,000 miles driven.
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> Yes, I would call that a few.
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> Emery Stora
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> On Feb 5, 2013, at 12:33 PM, Ray Erspamer <78gmc-royale@att.net> wrote:
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>> Emery.....your "few" incidents are enough to scare a person to death! GEEZZZ!
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>> Ray
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>>
>> Ray & Lisa
>> 78 Royale "Great Lakes Eagle"
>> Center Kitchen TZE368V101144
>> Wauwatosa, Wisconsin 53226
>> Email: 78GMC-Royale@att.net
>> 414-745-3188
>> Web Site: http://ray-lisa.page.tl/
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>> ________________________________
>> From: Emery Stora <emerystora@mac.com>
>> To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
>> Sent: Tue, February 5, 2013 1:03:50 PM
>> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] What has left you stranded on the side of the road
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>> I have owned the GMC since 1981 so I have havd a few incidents. The more
>> memorable ones were:
>>
>> In 1985 I lost power. I was able to coast to the side of the road. I checked
>> out the distributor and found it to be the pickup coil on the bottom of the
>> distributor. I hitch hiked to an auto parts store to buy one and installed it
>> within a couple of hours. Since then I carry spare parts for the distributor.
>>
>> IN 1987 while on a trip to southern NM I was in a town and suddenly my
>> transmission would not upshift. This happened right in front of an autoparts
>> store so I pulled in and checked the vacuum modulator on the side of the
>> transmission, bought a new one and was quickly on my way.
>>
>> In 2000 while on a trip to Michigan my original engine with about 160,000 miles
>> on it lost a rod bearing. I had it towed to Buskirk and they installed a Jasper
>> engine.
>>
>> 2003 while driving across Kansas the Jasper engine threw a rod rearing (just out
>> of the warranty period). When having it rebuilt in Kansas we found that it had
>> a cracked and welded head, two pistons with higher compression (higher domes),
>> the cheapest rod and main bearings that Jasper could buy, valve seats that were
>> cut too far into the heads and leaking. Made a decision to never buy anything
>> made by Jasper again.
>>
>> 2004 while on my way to the GMCMI Fort Myers, FL convention (of which I was the
>> convention manager) my Kanomata 3.55 final drive broke a gear tooth. I stayed
>> in the GMC for three nights at the transmission shop until Alex Sirum shipped me
>> a 3.07 final drive and the shop installed it. Jim Kanomata shipped a new final
>> drive gear at no charge and he and Alex Sirum installed it into my 3.55
>> transmission at no charge to me. Jim even offered to pay for the transmission
>> shop charges but I didn't ask him for reimbursement.
>>
>> 2005 while on the interstate between Dallas and Ft. Worth during rush hour my
>> engine stopped. I was in the second lane and had about 100 cars behind me and
>> all four lanes were loaded with cars bumper to bumper. I quickly opened the
>> hatch and determined it was the distributor. Fortunately I now carried spare
>> parts for it. I changed out the module in about 10 minutes and it started up
>> and we were on the way. Not before I had received many, many one fingered
>> salutes from other motorists though.
>>
>> 2006 in Burney, TX, I stopped in town and was parked on its main street in front
>> of a cafe. When we came out the engine would not start. I had plenty of spark
>> but it wasn't getting fuel. Had to explain to a local police officer why I was
>> working under on my motorhome in the middle of town. He wanted mo to have it
>> towed away but I convinced him that I could get it running soon. I drove my toad
>> on a 160 mile round trip to buy another fuel pump for my TBI system. I installed
>> it and quickly determined that the old pump was OK because the new one didn't
>> give me any fuel either. A call to Howell in Michigan led me to check the fuses
>> and wires going to the various components and I found that one wire had broken
>> from its terminal and was hanging down where I couldn't see it. I crimped on a
>> new terminal and the engine came to life immediately. I lost about 8 hours on
>> that one.
>>
>> 2007 while in Texas at about 10 pm on a Sunday night, the engine stopped running
>> while driving down the road. I coasted to the side and found that my rotor and
>> distributor cap contacts were badly burned. Fortunately I had spares of both
>> with me and I got it running again within a half hour.
>>
>> In 2007 I lost an electric fuel pump alongside a two lane road near Santa Cruz
>> in California which was traveled heavily by trucks. I had a spare with me that
>> I had bought in Texas in 2006 but after trying to keep my legs from being run
>> over by trucks while reaching up under the frame I later moved my fuel pump and
>> selector valve to the outside of the frame to make it simpler to work on.In
>>
>>
>> 2009 while driving up Raton Pass in Colorado after the Pueblo GMCMI convention I
>> lost my switch pitch transmission. Ordered another one from Manny so I had to
>> leave the motorhome for 3 weeks until the new one arrived and was installed.
>>
>> 2011 while leaving for the Shawnee convention and on I -70 about 30 miles east
>> of Denver my engine started reving up but no power to the wheels. Was towed in
>> and after removing the final drive found out that the input bearing had failed
>> and allowed the shaft to wobble. Again, Jim Kanomata to the rescue. He sent me
>> another one at no charge. HOWEVER, the wobbling of the shaft caused the output
>> shaft of the transmission to break just inside of the gear teeth on the shaft
>> that went into the final drive. This destroyed the transmission that I had
>> replaced in 2009. Had it rebuilt and it now runs fine. Drove my car to
>> Shawnee, OK, to the convention and fixed the GMC when I got back. Never want to
>> stay in a motel for 13 nights again!
>>
>> Over the years I have had a couple of blown out tires. After this happened in
>> Alabama and I couldn't find a 16.5" tire for three days I bought Alcoas and
>> installed 16" tires.
>>
>>
>>
>> There may have been other small incidents but I don't recall them.
>>
>> Considering the estimated 300,000 or more miles I have driven it and probably
>> hundreds of trips over the years, there have not been that many problems. I
>> wouldn't trade the adventures we have had for the few problems we have had.
>>
>> Emery Stora
>> 77 Kingsley
>> Frederick, CO
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