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Re: [GMCnet] What has left you stranded on the side of the road [message #197438 is a reply to message #197436] Tue, 05 February 2013 11:51 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Ray Erspamer is currently offline  Ray Erspamer   United States
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My coach had a jacobs ignition when I bought it.......had problems with
it....GONE !

Ray


Ray & Lisa
78 Royale "Great Lakes Eagle"
Center Kitchen TZE368V101144
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin 53226
Email: 78GMC-Royale@att.net
414-745-3188
Web Site: http://ray-lisa.page.tl/




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From: Larry Nelson <larrynelsonarchitect@mchsi.com>
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Sent: Tue, February 5, 2013 11:47:02 AM
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] What has left you stranded on the side of the road



I have only been "alongside the road" twice, actually once, but read on......

Driving from Lower MO to Ft Collins during the winter, I noticed in the mirror
that the coach was down on it's haunches. In other words, the compressor shelled
out and the bags were down. I stumbled into a gas station and air up the system
to get me to the Ramada inn. Whilst there, I bought shrader valves and never had
that problem again. Bought a new compressor when I got home.

Then once down in S Padre Island, I couldn't get started, no fire. I had
installed a Jacobs aftermarket ignition, remember those? Turns out, after
speaking to the tech guy on the phone, they had had troubles in damp climates.
So....I reinstalled the OEM ignition, took me about an hour. Never reinstalled
the Jacobs.

I think that, as a newbie, you are asking the same question I asked many years
ago. I can tell you that if you decided that the GMC was not for you, and bought
something more "modern", that you will be sharing your adventures on some other
forum, telling about being left alongside the road with your modern rig. Ask me
how I know this.
--
Springfield, MO
Ex GMC'er, then GM Busnut
now '77 Eleganza ARS WB0JOT
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Ray Erspamer 78 GMC Royale Center Kitchen 403, 3.70 Final Drive Holley Sniper Quadrajet EFI System, Holley Hyperspark Ignition System 414-484-9431
 
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