| 3847.5 mile trip report and scrap aluminum [message #282496] |
Sun, 19 July 2015 16:33  |
Glenn
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Registered: February 2004
Location: Northwestern Ontario
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Well enjoying our road trip to Coloardo the coach performed well at 1000 feet to 12000 feet above sea level. We were into the 4 barrel alot more above 10000 ft as to be expected. Temperature from 70 to 100 degrees and no signs of vapour lock running the cheapest gas we could buy when we needed it. On the way home thru Iowa i commented to my lovely navigator how well things were going when we hear a noise (note to self DO NOT SAY THIS AGAIN). Hear a stange noise pull over to investigate and see antifreeze hitting the ground, run inside and shut engine down. Think may have blown a rad hose but NOOOOOOOO. Apparently the less than 1 year old Hayden fan clucth has split in two and launched the viscous part of clutch and fan into the aluminum radiator. Honey we need a tow truck. Check the blacklist and find Karl & Lois Jirgens about 50 miles away and they have a parts coach with needed parts to get us rolling. How about that, get a tow to Laurens where they live and get to work. Hauler drops us off around 4pm and my lovely apprentice and I get to work. Karl says he and Lois will be back at 6.30pm and we will all go to dinner (a nice mexican restaurant i might add). We get the rad out of parts coach, go for dinner, get rad out of our coach, i have beer (well 3 maybe 4 if you must know), apprentice has wine, go to sleep. Back to work by 6am checking to see if it will all fit as remember making some mods when installing aluminum rad, all checks out. Back together, full of fluids and on the road by 1pm. All not possible without the Blacklist, if you are not on it best be getting on it.
HTH.........
Glenn
76 Glensbroke
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| Re: [GMCnet] 3847.5 mile trip report and scrap aluminum [message #282505 is a reply to message #282496] |
Sun, 19 July 2015 17:12  |
Sandra Price
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Registered: May 2006
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Fantastic! Never fear.
Sandra and Bob Price
On Jul 19, 2015 4:33 PM, "Glenn Gregory" wrote:
> Well enjoying our road trip to Coloardo the coach performed well at 1000
> feet to 12000 feet above sea level. We were into the 4 barrel alot more
> above
> 10000 ft as to be expected. Temperature from 70 to 100 degrees and no
> signs of vapour lock running the cheapest gas we could buy when we needed
> it. On
> the way home thru Iowa i commented to my lovely navigator how well things
> were going when we hear a noise (note to self DO NOT SAY THIS AGAIN). Hear a
> stange noise pull over to investigate and see antifreeze hitting the
> ground, run inside and shut engine down. Think may have blown a rad hose but
> NOOOOOOOO. Apparently the less than 1 year old Hayden fan clucth has split
> in two and launched the viscous part of clutch and fan into the aluminum
> radiator. Honey we need a tow truck. Check the blacklist and find Karl &
> Lois Jirgens about 50 miles away and they have a parts coach with needed
> parts to get us rolling. How about that, get a tow to Laurens where they
> live and get to work. Hauler drops us off around 4pm and my lovely
> apprentice
> and I get to work. Karl says he and Lois will be back at 6.30pm and we
> will all go to dinner (a nice mexican restaurant i might add). We get the
> rad
> out of parts coach, go for dinner, get rad out of our coach, i have beer
> (well 3 maybe 4 if you must know), apprentice has wine, go to sleep. Back to
> work by 6am checking to see if it will all fit as remember making some
> mods when installing aluminum rad, all checks out. Back together, full of
> fluids and on the road by 1pm. All not possible without the Blacklist, if
> you are not on it best be getting on it.
> --
> HTH.........
> Glenn
> 76 Glensbroke
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| Re: 3847.5 mile trip report and scrap aluminum [message #282507 is a reply to message #282496] |
Sun, 19 July 2015 17:32 |
lqqkatjon
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Registered: October 2010
Location: St. Cloud, MN
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Looking where they are at in Iowa... Glad you found their help. I am not sure what other help would of been close.
Jon Roche
75 palm beach
EBL EFI, manny headers, Micro Level, rebuilt most of coach now.
St. Cloud, MN
http://lqqkatjon.blogspot.com/
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