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Fri, 04 July 2014 17:11  |
glenn2726
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Hi all, while working on the coach today and getting all the exterior lighting to work, I noticed a couple of parts missing. On the rear passenger side, the chrome end to the side moulding, the roof antenna is gone, looks like the mount is still there and the cable is still inside the radio compartment. I'm also missing one of the rear chrome outer wheel dust caps. Some of the black vinyl insert for the side mouldings is also missing. Anyone know of a donor coach or where I might find one or part numbers? Thanks, Glenn
Glenn W
Topeka, KS
1974 GMC 26 ft. Color:Camel Interior:Canyon Land
Side Bath, Rear Sitting Area
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| Re: Need A Few Items [message #254434 is a reply to message #254380] |
Sat, 05 July 2014 11:41  |
cbryan
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Glenn,
I tried that asking for speaker escutcheons but the silence was as deafening as you have experienced. I just might have a complete NOS side molding for one or two sides. I will check in an hour or so. I will also look for ends. It came with my coach and needs to be put in the hot sun before unrolling. I am dying to get rich but $30 should cover shipping with a little left over for the wife. (Who kindly puts up with non domestic unfinished projects). Since it means I am getting rid of an unfinished project maybe I should pay you!
Best,
Carey
Carey from Ennis, Texas
78 Royale, 500 Cadillac, Rance Baxter EFI.
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| Re: Need A Few Items [message #254438 is a reply to message #254380] |
Sat, 05 July 2014 12:42 |
glenn2726
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Hi Carey, LOL..yeah the wife always likes to see things leaving instead of you bringing something home...I think what happened to the end pieces is they corroded and fell off..I am short the black plastic/vinyl whatever, on the passenger side in the places behind door and also in front of door, drivers side is all there even thought it is 40 years old..lol..I just got done working on my dash and will be adding that to the list of Silence..lol..I found the reason nothing was lighting up was the housing for the bulb and the strips that go to the dash well the fabric holding the light filaments was broken off at the housing or chewed off by mice. Did that fabric with the filaments in it run to more than just the left side of the dash, looks like it should also extend to the otherside as it has the same type of fittings to put the fabric under? Don't know if that can be put back into the holder with the bulb inside or have to get a dash cover with that already connected? Thanks for taking the time to help a fellow Texan out...it might be a while before I make it down due to all the repairs I keep adding to the list...it's gettin L O N G..lol..Glenn
Glenn W
Topeka, KS
1974 GMC 26 ft. Color:Camel Interior:Canyon Land
Side Bath, Rear Sitting Area
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| Re: Need A Few Items [message #254448 is a reply to message #254438] |
Sat, 05 July 2014 14:35 |
cbryan
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[quote) Did that fabric with the filaments in it run to more than just the left side of the dash, looks like it should also extend to the otherside as it has the same type of fittings to put the fabric under? Don't know if that can be put back into the holder with the bulb inside or have to get a dash cover with that already connected? Thanks for taking the time to help a fellow Texan out...it might be a while before I make it down due to all the repairs I keep adding to the list...it's gettin L O N G..lol..Glenn[/quote]
Glenn, I think that fabric was the backer for the fiber optic "light pipes" for the stickers. Search the forum for fix it ideas, and someone has a complete LED backup kit for every light. It would look so nice on your dash, lit up like a BMW or Acura. It may well be that the fiber optic idea was to reduce drain on the potentiometer on the headlight switch, and note you have added a couple of extra bulbs, increasing drain, but if you deleted the radio, it has some spare headroom because I bet there were at least two bulbs there stock. Idea being that you would burn out the rheostat before any fuse got burned out. I am working on a LED solution for all those bulbs. How about purple dash lights? Green? If green then the red pointers wouldn't show up. Red. If red no contrast for the pointer. Blue? Ditto the pointer. Purple, that's blue and red mixed, so the pointer would stand out. White? Probably the best solution, maybe gang a blue with it for a light blue effect. Remember how the old, used instrument panel bulbs would all be coated with tungsten inside back in the day, looking silvery? It would get dimmer, so we would crank up the lights, which meant the filament ran hotter, and would boil off tungsten faster, which would coat the bulb even more, blocking more light, until we burned them out and ran several years without them until the spirit moved and we tried to replace them from under the dash and cut our forearms trying. Since LEDs take about ten percent of the power for the same amount of light compared to incandescents, you could put ten of them in before getting close to burning out that rheostat. Dimming them might be tricky. If we put in LED instrument panel lighting, the next few owners would be much obliged. Actually not, since they would be chasing other maintenance rats away. Deciding whether to grease the bogies morning and night. They wouldn't notice until that day they did notice and appreciate us.
Going out to find that molding.
Just found the moulding. It is new with the red backer tape still on it mostly, but I wouldn't trust the adhesive sticking. There are no chrome ends I can find, but I have enough for both sides of a 26, cutouts for the side running lights and all. Maybe the ends will turn up. The ends are already cut for the door and various smaller lengths, so if you need a specific length, I could provide it for you. The top and bottom beads are chrome stripped, but that tape has bunched up in places and looks a little tacky. Some of it is pristine. The black textured vinyl looks new and shiny. It has been squashed to ship and then stored in that condition for about ten years. Hence the chrome tape suffering. I don't plan to use it.
Carey
Carey from Ennis, Texas
78 Royale, 500 Cadillac, Rance Baxter EFI.
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| Re: Need A Few Items [message #254453 is a reply to message #254448] |
Sat, 05 July 2014 15:59 |
tphipps
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Replacement lights to replace the FiberOptic OEM are readily available. One member who is on this list has an excellent replacement product. Or, if you feel lucky, Radio Shack has a similiar product to replace the fiber optic. LEDs would be cool.
Tom, MS II
2012 Phoenix Cruiser model 2552
KA4CSG
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| Re: [GMCnet] Need A Few Items [message #254457 is a reply to message #254448] |
Sat, 05 July 2014 16:59 |
Len Novak
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I have the lights and label kit. Check the links in my sig block
Cheers,
Len and Pat
1978 GMC Kingsley
The Beast II with dash lights that work and labels you can see!
Fallbrook, CA new email: B52Rule@Roadrunner.Com
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showgallery.php?cat=4375
www.bdub.net/novak/
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org] On Behalf Of Carey Bryan
Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2014 12:36 PM
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Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Need A Few Items
[quote) Did that fabric with the filaments in it run to more than just the
left side of the dash, looks like it should also extend to the otherside as
it has the same type of fittings to put the fabric under? Don't know if
that can be put back into the holder with the bulb inside or have to get a
dash cover with that already connected? Thanks for taking the time to help a
fellow Texan out...it might be a while before I make it down due to all the
repairs I keep adding to the list...it's gettin L O N G..lol..Glenn[/quote]
Glenn, I think that fabric was the backer for the fiber optic "light pipes"
for the stickers. Search the forum for fix it ideas, and someone has a
complete LED backup kit for every light. It would look so nice on your
dash, lit up like a BMW or Acura. It may well be that the fiber optic idea
was to reduce drain on the potentiometer on the headlight switch, and note
you have added a couple of extra bulbs, increasing drain, but if you deleted
the radio, it has some spare headroom because I bet there were at least two
bulbs there stock. Idea being that you would burn out the rheostat before
any fuse got burned out. I am working on a LED solution for all those
bulbs. How about purple dash lights? Green? If green then the red pointers
wouldn't show up. Red. If red no contrast for the pointer. Blue? Ditto
the pointer. Purple, that's blue and red mixed, so the pointer would stand
out. White? Probably the best solution, maybe gang a blue with it for a
light blue effect. Remember how the old, used instrument panel bulbs would
all be coated with tungsten inside back in the day, looking silvery? It
would get dimmer, so we would crank up the lights, which meant the filament
ran hotter, and would boil off tungsten faster, which would coat the bulb
even more, blocking more light, until we burned them out and ran several
years without them until the spirit moved and we tried to replace them from
under the dash and cut our forearms trying. Since LEDs take about ten
percent of the power for the same amount of light compared to incandescents,
you could put ten of them in before getting close to burning out that
rheostat. Dimming them might be tricky. If we put in LED instrument panel
lighting, the next few owners would be much obliged.
Actually not, since they would be chasing other maintenance rats away.
Deciding whether to grease the bogies morning and night. They wouldn't
notice until that day they did notice and appreciate us.
Going out to find that molding.
Carey
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78 Royale, 500 Cadillac, Rance Baxter EFI.
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1978 GMC Kingsley
The Beast II with dash lights that work and labels you can see!
Las Vegas, NV new email: B52sRule@Gmail.com
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showgallery.php?cat=4375
www.bdub.net/novak/
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| Re: [GMCnet] Need A Few Items [message #254459 is a reply to message #254457] |
Sat, 05 July 2014 17:35 |
Bruce Hart
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Glenn;
I purchased the lights and label kit a couple of years ago from Len. They
work and look great.
On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 3:59 PM, Len Novak wrote:
> I have the lights and label kit. Check the links in my sig block
>
> Cheers,
>
> Len and Pat
> 1978 GMC Kingsley
> The Beast II with dash lights that work and labels you can see!
> Fallbrook, CA new email: B52Rule@Roadrunner.Com
> http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showgallery.php?cat=4375
>
> www.bdub.net/novak/
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org
> [mailto:gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org] On Behalf Of Carey Bryan
> Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2014 12:36 PM
> To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Need A Few Items
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> [quote) Did that fabric with the filaments in it run to more than just the
> left side of the dash, looks like it should also extend to the otherside as
> it has the same type of fittings to put the fabric under? Don't know if
> that can be put back into the holder with the bulb inside or have to get a
> dash cover with that already connected? Thanks for taking the time to help
> a
> fellow Texan out...it might be a while before I make it down due to all the
> repairs I keep adding to the list...it's gettin L O N G..lol..Glenn[/quote]
>
> Glenn, I think that fabric was the backer for the fiber optic "light pipes"
> for the stickers. Search the forum for fix it ideas, and someone has a
> complete LED backup kit for every light. It would look so nice on your
> dash, lit up like a BMW or Acura. It may well be that the fiber optic idea
> was to reduce drain on the potentiometer on the headlight switch, and note
> you have added a couple of extra bulbs, increasing drain, but if you
> deleted
> the radio, it has some spare headroom because I bet there were at least two
> bulbs there stock. Idea being that you would burn out the rheostat before
> any fuse got burned out. I am working on a LED solution for all those
> bulbs. How about purple dash lights? Green? If green then the red
> pointers
> wouldn't show up. Red. If red no contrast for the pointer. Blue? Ditto
> the pointer. Purple, that's blue and red mixed, so the pointer would stand
> out. White? Probably the best solution, maybe gang a blue with it for a
> light blue effect. Remember how the old, used instrument panel bulbs would
> all be coated with tungsten inside back in the day, looking silvery? It
> would get dimmer, so we would crank up the lights, which meant the filament
> ran hotter, and would boil off tungsten faster, which would coat the bulb
> even more, blocking more light, until we burned them out and ran several
> years without them until the spirit moved and we tried to replace them from
> under the dash and cut our forearms trying. Since LEDs take about ten
> percent of the power for the same amount of light compared to
> incandescents,
> you could put ten of them in before getting close to burning out that
> rheostat. Dimming them might be tricky. If we put in LED instrument panel
> lighting, the next few owners would be much obliged.
> Actually not, since they would be chasing other maintenance rats away.
> Deciding whether to grease the bogies morning and night. They wouldn't
> notice until that day they did notice and appreciate us.
>
> Going out to find that molding.
>
>
> Carey
>
>
>
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> 78 Royale, 500 Cadillac, Rance Baxter EFI.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Need A Few Items [message #254475 is a reply to message #254459] |
Sat, 05 July 2014 20:18 |
jim kanomata
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Should you not have results finding some, we have some, but the prices we ask is high as we acquire from people that know we will pay good amount as we need them for or customers.
Discontinued parts are things we something I do not like to sell as our cost is high and the customers are not happy to pay those prices.
Jim Kanomata
Applied/GMC, Fremont,CA
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| Re: Need A Few Items [message #254489 is a reply to message #254380] |
Sat, 05 July 2014 23:53 |
glenn2726
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Hi guys and thanks for the info on the dash lighting. I guess I will put some LED lighting in there so it will run cooler and look better. I don't think the brigtness level will be a problem due to the amount of light that will actually be seen. However unless I black out the other LEDs in a string of LEDs then I might look like a UFO coming down the highway with light leakage out the front of the dash...lol.. I have worked with LEDs in the past and you can do lots with them...I put an 18' set underneath my awning on last motorhome..man you talk about lighting up the camp area..lol..had to put a dimmer on them.. the bugs loved them. Glenn
Glenn W
Topeka, KS
1974 GMC 26 ft. Color:Camel Interior:Canyon Land
Side Bath, Rear Sitting Area
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| Re: Need A Few Items [message #254500 is a reply to message #254489] |
Sun, 06 July 2014 08:13 |
Joe Weir
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Len,
What colors do those dash lights come in?
76 Birchaven - "Wicked Mistress" - New engine, trans, alum radiator, brakes, Sully airbags, fuel lines, seats, adult beverage center... those Coachmen guys were really thinking about us second hand owners by including that beverage center...
Columbia, SC.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Need A Few Items [message #254512 is a reply to message #254500] |
Sun, 06 July 2014 09:49 |
Len Novak
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Blue or white
Len and Pat
1978 GMC Kingsley
The Beast II with dash lights that work and labels you can see!
Fallbrook, CA new email: B52Rule@Roadrunner.Com
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showgallery.php?cat=4375
www.bdub.net/novak/
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[mailto:gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org] On Behalf Of Joe Weir
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Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Need A Few Items
Len,
What colors do those dash lights come in?
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76 Birchaven - New engine, trans, aluminum radiator, brakes, airbags, fuel
lines, seats, upholstery, adult beverage center... those Coachmen guys were
really thinking about us second hand owners...
Columbia, SC.
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The Beast II with dash lights that work and labels you can see!
Las Vegas, NV new email: B52sRule@Gmail.com
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showgallery.php?cat=4375
www.bdub.net/novak/
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