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| Re: First trip a success [message #340038 is a reply to message #340036] |
Wed, 09 January 2019 22:58   |
Scott Nutter
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Beautiful coach!! And great time of the year for Baja! Did you stop in at scorpion bay?
Enjoy!! Scott.
Scott Nutter
1978 Royale Center Kitchen, Patterson 455, switch pitch tranny, 3.21 final drive, Quad bags, Dave Lenzi super duty mid axle disc brakes, tankless water heater, everything Lenzi. Alex Ferrera installed MSD Atomic EFI
Houston, Texas
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| Re: [GMCnet] First trip a success [message #340049 is a reply to message #340038] |
Thu, 10 January 2019 08:21 |
Margie Van Winkle
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Love the pictures, and the story. Please submit the pictures to Kim Weeks
for the GMCMI calendar.
On Wed, Jan 9, 2019, 9:03 PM Scott Nutter Beautiful coach!! And great time of the year for Baja! Did you stop in at[/color]
> scorpion bay?
> Enjoy!! Scott.
> --
> Scott Nutter
> 1978 Royale Center Kitchen, Patterson 455, switch pitch tranny, 3.21 final
> drive, Quad bags, tankless water heater, everything Lenzi. Alex Ferrera
> installed MSD Atomic EFI
> Houston, Texas
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| Re: [GMCnet] First trip a success [message #340051 is a reply to message #340049] |
Thu, 10 January 2019 09:06 |
Sandra Price
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Beautiful pictures! Sounds like a great adventure. That's what they're
made for.
Sandra and Bob Price
On Jan 10, 2019 8:22 AM, "Margie Van Winkle" wrote:
> Love the pictures, and the story. Please submit the pictures to Kim Weeks
> for the GMCMI calendar.
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> On Wed, Jan 9, 2019, 9:03 PM Scott Nutter
>> Beautiful coach!! And great time of the year for Baja! Did you stop in
> at
>> scorpion bay?
>> Enjoy!! Scott.
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>> Scott Nutter
>> 1978 Royale Center Kitchen, Patterson 455, switch pitch tranny, 3.21
> final
>> drive, Quad bags, tankless water heater, everything Lenzi. Alex Ferrera
>> installed MSD Atomic EFI
>> Houston, Texas
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| Re: [GMCnet] First trip a success [message #340052 is a reply to message #340036] |
Thu, 10 January 2019 10:11 |
bdub
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Terrific success story! Love those photos as well.
Thanks for sharing!
bdub
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On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 10:43 PM Angel Rodriguez <
unthinkablecreation@gmail.com> wrote:
> As a complete novice when it comes to engines but not afraid to work with
> my hands I decided to jump in head first.
>
> It's been 8 months since I purchased this beast of a vehicle.
>
> Since then I have been learning all I can about these machines from this
> forum and been visiting Jim K quite frequently.
>
> It's my first car and home so what better way to learn about what's it all
> about then going on a 3,000 mile road trip from San Fransisco to the tip of
> Baja California.
>
> I was really impressed on how well the GMC handles on mountain roads. We
> drove all of highway 1 with no issues. We made it to Mexico and across
> highway 3 with out incident.
>
> The next morning the engine failed to start. Luckily we were in a town
> full of mechanics so I had one teach me how to get her purring again. It
> was a
> lesson in tuning a carburetor which I was very grateful for finally
> learning on how to do properly. Iv'e been considering going EFI but now I
> think I
> can live with a carburetor after learning my way around it.
>
> The next leg of the trip was onto highway 5. I did very little research on
> this trip and apparently highway 5 was completely washed out due to the
> last hurricane season in October. This meant we were off roading for the
> next 90 mile stretch. The roads we super rocky and the detours to get around
> collapsed bridges proved to be difficult to pass. One of the hills took
> three tries to get over. After 11 hours of choosing our lines carefully and
> hoping not to fall off a cliff we finally make it to a paved road at 2am
> on New Years day.
>
> The next days were very mild compared to those 11 hours. We stayed with my
> in laws for the next couple of days.
>
> The day I had planned to head back up the coast the engine water light
> came on when I tried to start her up. Sure enough the radiator had
> developed a
> leak. I spent the next couple of hours looking for a shop willing to get
> this fixed overnight so I can head out by Monday. Luckily we found someone
> with the right tools and willingness to get the job done. 100 dollars and
> a bottle of tequlia later I was back on the road.
>
> Made it all the way back to San Francisco in 22 hours with out a problem.
>
> http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/data/7197/IMG_00234.jpg
>
> http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/data/7197/medium/IMG_00312.jpg
>
> http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/data/7197/IMG_00332.jpg
>
> --
> Angel Rodriguez
> San Jose, CA
> 1978 23' Birchhaven
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