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Thu, 19 May 2016 15:41  |
glwgmc
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Hi Sandra,
We are in Watson Lake, Yukon Territory right along the BC/Yukon border for an R&R day. I am guessing we are around mile 2000 on this trip. The weather has been very nice, quite warm in fact. The locals say this area can get over 100F in the summer time. We have not been bothered by the smoke from the big fire as the winds are blowing east for the most part and that fire is quite a ways east and north of us. We did get into quite a bit of smoke from a smaller local fire a couple of days ago but drove out of that without issue.
Getting into the Yukon we are finally into terrain that is more what we expected - mountains, lakes, rivers and mud. Prior to this we have been mostly in the flat to the east of the Rocky Mtns. We passed the highest point on the Alaska Highway yesterday at 4200 feet so we are not nearly as high as we thought we would be, but we have been in lots of steep up and down grades. 9 percent is not uncommon. Oh, and did I mention mud?
The coach was the dirtiest we have ever seen it when we rolled into Watson Lake yesterday afternoon. Fortunately the RV park here has a designated coach washing station with coin op pressure washer, buckets and brushes so you just add your own soap and wash away to your hearts content. There is a high calcium content to the mud so it takes a lot of scrubbing to get it off. Rinsing alone is not enough no matter how much pressure is available.
The coach is running like a champ. The strong S&J engine with Patterson carb and distr mated to 3.67 gearing rarely needs to be downshifted to go up hills, only to go down them. I keep the vacuum above 4” so never at WOT but the coach just pulls these grades with no sweat and never overheats or feels strained.
I did come across a machine shop owner here in Watson Lake who used to dirt track race an Olds Toro (not successfully said he, FWD just doensn’t cut it there) so was very familiar with the drive train. He said the same thing one of our respected engine gurus said about the broken piece of the dip stick. That is will just sit in the pan and do no harm so deal with it when you get home. That is what we will do.
For whatever reason the rich running at cold start seems to have abated. There no longer is any of the dark exhaust at start up or any other time of the day. I don’t know if sitting for as long as it did before this trip (last long trip in this coach was Feb) might have led to a power enrichment valve not closing properly and now is, or the carb bowl plugs leaked but now don’t, or what. But, it runs great and really does like this non ethanol gas available at Petro Canada and a few other brands. I have not needed to add the ethanol conditioner since going into the Banff and Jasper national parks. I don’t know what will be available once we enter Alaska.
So far, so good. This coach has been all the way from Mexico several times to now Alaska and from the Pacific to the Atlantic when we circumnavigated the Maritime Provences in eastern Canada for our 50th wedding anniversary a few years ago. On this trip we will celebrate 56 years. The Royale has always been a joy for long distance travel (except when we lost an engine on the way to Mexico a few years ago), but that is a different story!
Jerry
Jerry & Sharon Work
Kerby, OR
glwork@mac.com
http://jerrywork.com
78 Royale with most everything done to modernize a GMC mechanically
77/94 Clasco bone stock (now with FiTech EFI) and looks like it just left the Clasco facility
Both drive equally as well.
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Date: Thu, 19 May 2016 10:47:21 -0700
From: Sandra Price
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Jerry, where are you now? Wondering if you are seeing any effects from the
fires in Alberta.
Sandra
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| Re: [GMCnet] Odd starting issue and tick this morning [message #300829 is a reply to message #300826] |
Thu, 19 May 2016 16:21  |
Sandra Price
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We spent a week in Watson Lake on our second GMC trip to AK in '08. Our
friends, in their SOB, who were to meet us in WL, got caught in a hail
storm and then had a blowout and had to wait a couple of days for a new
tire to be delivered, so we waited there for them. WL is not a place
anyone wants to spend a week. It was about May 28 and we had driven up the
Cassiar with very good conditions.
In WL, a year of some of the highest gas prices, I counted RVs passing the
rv park--not many. We did enjoy the signpost forest and put up signs for
Pearland TX and Lake Livingston TX. We also went to their theater to see
the Northern Lights, but there was not much else to do.
That mud IS tough to get off. We had lots of rain that second trip, with
cool weather. Our first trip we had no rain and it was unseasonally hot in
July and August. Haynes Junction may be your next stop. On June 9, 2008,
it snowed there and we spent two nights there. At least there were a
couple of restaurants. Good memories... Even met up with Joe Johnson and
his son in a 23' GMC Joe was taking to leave in AK.
Glad your coach is running well. Ours made both round trips with no
significant problems.
Gas prices in Canada were almost $6/gal. US.
Are you using The Mile Post? Enjoy and know that we envy you.
Were Dwayne and Sharron Jacobson with you when you celebrated your 50th
anniversary? We will celebrate our 57th in September.
Sandra
On May 19, 2016 3:42 PM, "Gerald Work" wrote:
> Hi Sandra,
>
> We are in Watson Lake, Yukon Territory right along the BC/Yukon border for
> an R&R day. I am guessing we are around mile 2000 on this trip. The
> weather has been very nice, quite warm in fact. The locals say this area
> can get over 100F in the summer time. We have not been bothered by the
> smoke from the big fire as the winds are blowing east for the most part and
> that fire is quite a ways east and north of us. We did get into quite a
> bit of smoke from a smaller local fire a couple of days ago but drove out
> of that without issue.
>
> Getting into the Yukon we are finally into terrain that is more what we
> expected - mountains, lakes, rivers and mud. Prior to this we have been
> mostly in the flat to the east of the Rocky Mtns. We passed the highest
> point on the Alaska Highway yesterday at 4200 feet so we are not nearly as
> high as we thought we would be, but we have been in lots of steep up and
> down grades. 9 percent is not uncommon. Oh, and did I mention mud?
>
> The coach was the dirtiest we have ever seen it when we rolled into Watson
> Lake yesterday afternoon. Fortunately the RV park here has a designated
> coach washing station with coin op pressure washer, buckets and brushes so
> you just add your own soap and wash away to your hearts content. There is
> a high calcium content to the mud so it takes a lot of scrubbing to get it
> off. Rinsing alone is not enough no matter how much pressure is available.
>
> The coach is running like a champ. The strong S&J engine with Patterson
> carb and distr mated to 3.67 gearing rarely needs to be downshifted to go
> up hills, only to go down them. I keep the vacuum above 4” so never at WOT
> but the coach just pulls these grades with no sweat and never overheats or
> feels strained.
>
> I did come across a machine shop owner here in Watson Lake who used to
> dirt track race an Olds Toro (not successfully said he, FWD just doensn’t
> cut it there) so was very familiar with the drive train. He said the same
> thing one of our respected engine gurus said about the broken piece of the
> dip stick. That is will just sit in the pan and do no harm so deal with it
> when you get home. That is what we will do.
>
> For whatever reason the rich running at cold start seems to have abated.
> There no longer is any of the dark exhaust at start up or any other time of
> the day. I don’t know if sitting for as long as it did before this trip
> (last long trip in this coach was Feb) might have led to a power enrichment
> valve not closing properly and now is, or the carb bowl plugs leaked but
> now don’t, or what. But, it runs great and really does like this non
> ethanol gas available at Petro Canada and a few other brands. I have not
> needed to add the ethanol conditioner since going into the Banff and Jasper
> national parks. I don’t know what will be available once we enter Alaska.
>
> So far, so good. This coach has been all the way from Mexico several
> times to now Alaska and from the Pacific to the Atlantic when we
> circumnavigated the Maritime Provences in eastern Canada for our 50th
> wedding anniversary a few years ago. On this trip we will celebrate 56
> years. The Royale has always been a joy for long distance travel (except
> when we lost an engine on the way to Mexico a few years ago), but that is a
> different story!
>
> Jerry
>
> Jerry & Sharon Work
> Kerby, OR
> glwork@mac.com
> http://jerrywork.com
>
> 78 Royale with most everything done to modernize a GMC mechanically
> 77/94 Clasco bone stock (now with FiTech EFI) and looks like it just left
> the Clasco facility
> Both drive equally as well.
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> Date: Thu, 19 May 2016 10:47:21 -0700
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> Jerry, where are you now? Wondering if you are seeing any effects from the
> fires in Alberta.
>
> Sandra
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| Re: [GMCnet] Odd starting issue and tick this morning [message #300896 is a reply to message #300826] |
Fri, 20 May 2016 19:40 |
cbryan
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Jerry,
Sounds like you are doing great up there. What are the gas prices this year? I'm wanting someday to make the same trip but must apparently get out of the driveway. Working around to it, but now working on the toad.
Happy you got rid of that tick, too. The ticks around here in Texas can carry Lyme disease. Not a good thing to have.
Just wanted to send greetings from the lower 48.
Carey
Carey from Ennis, Texas
78 Royale, 500 Cadillac, Rance Baxter EFI.
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