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Sun, 26 July 2020 12:36

GatsbysCruise

Messages: 261
Registered: January 2017
Location: Waukegan, Illinois

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Hello fellow GMCers

I think I am throwing in the towel.

HISTORY:

When I originally purchased Gatsbys Cruiser, a former 74 Glacier 260, She was leaking fuel when filled up. She ran needed some upgrades.

The reason I went to a GMC was because my older MALLARD ran ok but she couldn’t do 70, which seems to be the speed the other Rvs would run, I couldn’t keep up.

Traving to Florida, the GMC kept up with those Rvs traveling 70 MPH easily, and was a most comfortable ride.

After that shop dropped my tanks for inspection and changed out the fuel lines, I had power problems, going home I couldn’t get over 65 and that would eventually regress to top of 35 as I reached Chicago.

For the last 10 years I have struggled with this problem and finally proved the problem is the fuel system before the fuel solenoid valves.

I have been through multiple carborator changes, I now have a GMC motorhome numbered carborator. Thankyou so much to a GMCnet member being there when I needed a carb.

Various upgrades and restoration had been performed as I moved ahead in hopes to get her back on the road.

We added an electric fuel pump which was intended for priming the carb for start up after sitting a long time in storage but it turned out with the fuel pump running, I could run normal speeds, 70 mph was gain attainable.

I was highly hopefull and was planning a trip to Cinabar to have the tanks dropped and replace the fuel lines to correct the starvation problem, maybe next year.

I had the tires replaced, took a trip down to Indiana to have BOTH windshields replaced. On the way down she ran 65 mph just fine and at some point, something happened, the power loss problem was back.

Coming home was not a good trip and I ended getting towed back to my town.

At This point I am clueless what to do.

Her interior was redone, all light oak cabinets, nice latchs on the doors with a locking mechanism for the drawers. I put vinyl tile on the main floor with intentions to replace the bad carpet on the motor cover.

I was in process of doing some upgrades on the interior, not done at this time.

New tires, only a few hundred miles on them,
New windshields.
My wonderful Norcold Frig is in there.

I modified the bed base to raise and put storage under the bed.

She is painted white, I never added the stripes.

The RV is located in Waukegan, right now sitting in the mechanics lot.

I am open to talking about selling her as I am drained from this ordeal. It has been over 10 years trying to get her on the road and this last failure pretty much is pushing me over the edge.

Slc
Gatsbys CRUISER.

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		I THINK I AM THROWING IN THE TOWEL By: GatsbysCruise on Sun, 26 July 2020 12:36
		Re: I THINK I AM THROWING IN THE TOWEL By: Hal StClair on Sun, 26 July 2020 12:58
		Re: [GMCnet] I THINK I AM THROWING IN THE TOWEL By: ljdavick on Sun, 26 July 2020 13:23
		Re: [GMCnet] I THINK I AM THROWING IN THE TOWEL By: GatsbysCruise on Sun, 26 July 2020 13:36
		Re: I THINK I AM THROWING IN THE TOWEL By: GatsbysCruise on Sun, 26 July 2020 13:30
		Re: [GMCnet] I THINK I AM THROWING IN THE TOWEL By: johnd01 on Sun, 26 July 2020 13:36
		Re: [GMCnet] I THINK I AM THROWING IN THE TOWEL By: GatsbysCruise on Sun, 26 July 2020 14:29
		Re: [GMCnet] I THINK I AM THROWING IN THE TOWEL By: C Boyd on Sun, 26 July 2020 15:55
		Re: [GMCnet] I THINK I AM THROWING IN THE TOWEL By: GatsbysCruise on Sun, 26 July 2020 18:10
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		Re: [GMCnet] I THINK I AM THROWING IN THE TOWEL By: Richard Denney on Tue, 28 July 2020 08:09
		Re: [GMCnet] I THINK I AM THROWING IN THE TOWEL By: GatsbysCruise on Tue, 28 July 2020 09:09
		Re: I THINK I AM THROWING IN THE TOWEL By: GatsbysCruise on Mon, 27 July 2020 07:40
		Re: I THINK I AM THROWING IN THE TOWEL By: 6cuda6 on Sun, 26 July 2020 15:28
		Re: I THINK I AM THROWING IN THE TOWEL By: GatsbysCruise on Sun, 26 July 2020 17:52
		Re: I THINK I AM THROWING IN THE TOWEL By: 6cuda6 on Sun, 26 July 2020 15:37
		Re: I THINK I AM THROWING IN THE TOWEL By: GatsbysCruise on Sun, 26 July 2020 18:06
		Re: I THINK I AM THROWING IN THE TOWEL By: Rick Staples on Sun, 26 July 2020 17:03
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