| Trip Report: Boise to Toledo with the Manny 6.5TD conversion [message #343940] |
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xplorid
Messages: 213
Registered: February 2012
Location: Boise
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Boise to Henry's Lake (ID), crawl thru Yellowstone, up and over the Bighorns to Sheridan and I-90, then lost the fuel pump near Gillette WY. Spent the next day fixing that (thanks Platinum Diesel Service!) and the sewer pipe that the tow driver broke. Stop in the Black Hills, then across SD, MN, WI, IL, IN, and into Toledo OH.
Just about 2000 miles, 75-80mph whenever I could, about 13mpg, exactly what Bill Hubler told me to expect with the diesel.
Now in Toledo for a week or so, anybody in the area give me a shout while I am here.
I need an alignment check and tire rotation if anybody has a competent shop in NW Ohio - SE Michigan, and I need dash AC service before I head back.
Great trip so far, and really pleased with the diesel performance. With a 2.73 or 2.76 (cannot recall, but gearing out of an Eldorado) final drive it's a slug off the line, but really wakes up on the road. Not noisy, not smelly unless you spill diesel fuel (I did of course). No vapor lock, no overheating in slow or stopped traffic (like in Yellowstone), and the coach ran stronger after the fuel pump replacement, so that had likely been weeping for a while.
See the USA...
Jeff
1974/94 GMCII by Explorer
Manny 6.5 TD Al radiator
1 ton front 4 bags back
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