| Trip Report [message #229840] |
Thu, 14 November 2013 19:22  |
Darryl
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Location: Northern California
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Just completed a three-week trip through Nevada (Highway 50 really is the loneliest road), Utah, Arizona and back to California with no problems. The engine noise I was concerned about before we left hasn't changed much, if at all. Might be just a touch louder and a little less like metal-on-metal. This trip makes it almost 5,000 miles that I've been chasing it. I'll try to spend some time with my stethoscope and a length of hose this weekend and see if I can pin it down.
My problems with a leaky brake fitting delayed our departure by a day but everything worked fine on the road. I'm still not sure why the "flare saver" didn't seal the fitting but the new combination valve solved the problem. I'll send the old one (new in May) back to JimK and see if he can figure it out. It seems to require a good deal more pedal force with this new master cylinder than the old one (also new in May) so I may need to check the length of the rod from the booster to the master but I've got a strong right leg so it probably won't happen right away.
I experienced some mild vapor lock on the two-day run home from Phoenix. Temperature wasn't that hot (maybe 85 in AZ the first day and 75 or so coming up the Central Valley in CA the final day) but every time I stopped for a break or a long signal the engine would stumble pulling out. Never died and ran fine once it got some cooler fuel in the lines. I've had that happen on really hot days in city traffic but was surprised since it was relatively cool. I added an electric fuel pump to the winter project list.
Darryl Meyers
1978 Eleganza II
El Dorado Hills, CA
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| Re: Trip Report [message #229854 is a reply to message #229840] |
Thu, 14 November 2013 20:32  |
Steve
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Location: East Greenville, Pa
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Sounds like a great trip. Wish I was out on the road. This work habit keeps me from doing the things I would like to do.
1978 GMC Royal
Eastern Pennslyvania
1968 Chevrolet C20 396 Camper Special
1969 Chevrolet C20 Camper Special
1985 Buick Electra Park Avenue
1992 Camaro 25th Anniversary Heretage Edition Black
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| Re: [GMCnet] Trip Report [message #229880 is a reply to message #229840] |
Fri, 15 November 2013 05:41 |
Steven Ferguson
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That, and 395 are favorites of ours. America's most lonely highway.
Steve F.
On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 6:22 PM, Darryl Meyers <hospacctg@att.net> wrote:
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> Just completed a three-week trip through Nevada (Highway 50 really is the
> loneliest road), Utah, Arizona and back to California with no problems.
> The engine noise I was concerned about before we left hasn't changed much,
> if at all. Might be just a touch louder and a little less like
> metal-on-metal. This trip makes it almost 5,000 miles that I've been
> chasing it. I'll try to spend some time with my stethoscope and a length
> of hose this weekend and see if I can pin it down.
>
> My problems with a leaky brake fitting delayed our departure by a day but
> everything worked fine on the road. I'm still not sure why the "flare
> saver" didn't seal the fitting but the new combination valve solved the
> problem. I'll send the old one (new in May) back to JimK and see if he can
> figure it out. It seems to require a good deal more pedal force with this
> new master cylinder than the old one (also new in May) so I may need to
> check the length of the rod from the booster to the master but I've got a
> strong right leg so it probably won't happen right away.
>
> I experienced some mild vapor lock on the two-day run home from Phoenix.
> Temperature wasn't that hot (maybe 85 in AZ the first day and 75 or so
> coming up the Central Valley in CA the final day) but every time I stopped
> for a break or a long signal the engine would stumble pulling out. Never
> died and ran fine once it got some cooler fuel in the lines. I've had that
> happen on really hot days in city traffic but was surprised since it was
> relatively cool. I added an electric fuel pump to the winter project list.
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> Darryl Meyers
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> 1978 Eleganza II
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> El Dorado Hills, CA
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| Re: Trip Report [message #229882 is a reply to message #229840] |
Fri, 15 November 2013 05:54 |
Ken Burton
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| Darryl wrote on Thu, 14 November 2013 19:22 |
Just completed a three-week trip through Nevada (Highway 50 really is the loneliest road), Utah, Arizona and back to California with no problems. The engine noise I was concerned about before we left hasn't changed much, if at all. Might be just a touch louder and a little less like metal-on-metal. This trip makes it almost 5,000 miles that I've been chasing it. I'll try to spend some time with my stethoscope and a length of hose this weekend and see if I can pin it down.
My problems with a leaky brake fitting delayed our departure by a day but everything worked fine on the road. I'm still not sure why the "flare saver" didn't seal the fitting but the new combination valve solved the problem. I'll send the old one (new in May) back to JimK and see if he can figure it out. It seems to require a good deal more pedal force with this new master cylinder than the old one (also new in May) so I may need to check the length of the rod from the booster to the master but I've got a strong right leg so it probably won't happen right away.
I experienced some mild vapor lock on the two-day run home from Phoenix. Temperature wasn't that hot (maybe 85 in AZ the first day and 75 or so coming up the Central Valley in CA the final day) but every time I stopped for a break or a long signal the engine would stumble pulling out. Never died and ran fine once it got some cooler fuel in the lines. I've had that happen on really hot days in city traffic but was surprised since it was relatively cool. I added an electric fuel pump to the winter project list.
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Guess what? If you have Verizon your cell phone works all the way from the eastern to the western border on Nevada US 50. I never figured out where they hid the cell towers.
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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| Re: Trip Report [message #229943 is a reply to message #229882] |
Fri, 15 November 2013 16:55 |
chasingsummer
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Location: asheboro, nc
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Sounds like a great trip.
as far as the engine noise, that kind of miles, hard for me to believe it is broke, but I did add one of those inverse oilers to put MMO into the intake.
Maybe your coach just wanted and needed a road trip?
brian
asheboro, nc
75 eleganza, 74 build
119k miles and counting,
DOG HOUSE
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