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Re: [GMCnet] What has left you stranded on the side of the road [message #197457 is a reply to message #197450] Tue, 05 February 2013 14:19 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
emerystora is currently offline  emerystora   United States
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NOTE that it is over a 32 YEAR period that I have owned the GMC and over 300,000 miles driven.

Yes, I would call that a few.

Emery Stora

On Feb 5, 2013, at 12:33 PM, Ray Erspamer <78gmc-royale@att.net> wrote:

> Emery.....your "few" incidents are enough to scare a person to death! GEEZZZ!
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> Ray
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> 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: Emery Stora <emerystora@mac.com>
> To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
> Sent: Tue, February 5, 2013 1:03:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] What has left you stranded on the side of the road
>
> I have owned the GMC since 1981 so I have havd a few incidents. The more
> memorable ones were:
>
> In 1985 I lost power. I was able to coast to the side of the road. I checked
> out the distributor and found it to be the pickup coil on the bottom of the
> distributor. I hitch hiked to an auto parts store to buy one and installed it
> within a couple of hours. Since then I carry spare parts for the distributor.
>
> IN 1987 while on a trip to southern NM I was in a town and suddenly my
> transmission would not upshift. This happened right in front of an autoparts
> store so I pulled in and checked the vacuum modulator on the side of the
> transmission, bought a new one and was quickly on my way.
>
> In 2000 while on a trip to Michigan my original engine with about 160,000 miles
> on it lost a rod bearing. I had it towed to Buskirk and they installed a Jasper
> engine.
>
> 2003 while driving across Kansas the Jasper engine threw a rod rearing (just out
> of the warranty period). When having it rebuilt in Kansas we found that it had
> a cracked and welded head, two pistons with higher compression (higher domes),
> the cheapest rod and main bearings that Jasper could buy, valve seats that were
> cut too far into the heads and leaking. Made a decision to never buy anything
> made by Jasper again.
>
> 2004 while on my way to the GMCMI Fort Myers, FL convention (of which I was the
> convention manager) my Kanomata 3.55 final drive broke a gear tooth. I stayed
> in the GMC for three nights at the transmission shop until Alex Sirum shipped me
> a 3.07 final drive and the shop installed it. Jim Kanomata shipped a new final
> drive gear at no charge and he and Alex Sirum installed it into my 3.55
> transmission at no charge to me. Jim even offered to pay for the transmission
> shop charges but I didn't ask him for reimbursement.
>
> 2005 while on the interstate between Dallas and Ft. Worth during rush hour my
> engine stopped. I was in the second lane and had about 100 cars behind me and
> all four lanes were loaded with cars bumper to bumper. I quickly opened the
> hatch and determined it was the distributor. Fortunately I now carried spare
> parts for it. I changed out the module in about 10 minutes and it started up
> and we were on the way. Not before I had received many, many one fingered
> salutes from other motorists though.
>
> 2006 in Burney, TX, I stopped in town and was parked on its main street in front
> of a cafe. When we came out the engine would not start. I had plenty of spark
> but it wasn't getting fuel. Had to explain to a local police officer why I was
> working under on my motorhome in the middle of town. He wanted mo to have it
> towed away but I convinced him that I could get it running soon. I drove my toad
> on a 160 mile round trip to buy another fuel pump for my TBI system. I installed
> it and quickly determined that the old pump was OK because the new one didn't
> give me any fuel either. A call to Howell in Michigan led me to check the fuses
> and wires going to the various components and I found that one wire had broken
> from its terminal and was hanging down where I couldn't see it. I crimped on a
> new terminal and the engine came to life immediately. I lost about 8 hours on
> that one.
>
> 2007 while in Texas at about 10 pm on a Sunday night, the engine stopped running
> while driving down the road. I coasted to the side and found that my rotor and
> distributor cap contacts were badly burned. Fortunately I had spares of both
> with me and I got it running again within a half hour.
>
> In 2007 I lost an electric fuel pump alongside a two lane road near Santa Cruz
> in California which was traveled heavily by trucks. I had a spare with me that
> I had bought in Texas in 2006 but after trying to keep my legs from being run
> over by trucks while reaching up under the frame I later moved my fuel pump and
> selector valve to the outside of the frame to make it simpler to work on.In
>
>
> 2009 while driving up Raton Pass in Colorado after the Pueblo GMCMI convention I
> lost my switch pitch transmission. Ordered another one from Manny so I had to
> leave the motorhome for 3 weeks until the new one arrived and was installed.
>
> 2011 while leaving for the Shawnee convention and on I -70 about 30 miles east
> of Denver my engine started reving up but no power to the wheels. Was towed in
> and after removing the final drive found out that the input bearing had failed
> and allowed the shaft to wobble. Again, Jim Kanomata to the rescue. He sent me
> another one at no charge. HOWEVER, the wobbling of the shaft caused the output
> shaft of the transmission to break just inside of the gear teeth on the shaft
> that went into the final drive. This destroyed the transmission that I had
> replaced in 2009. Had it rebuilt and it now runs fine. Drove my car to
> Shawnee, OK, to the convention and fixed the GMC when I got back. Never want to
> stay in a motel for 13 nights again!
>
> Over the years I have had a couple of blown out tires. After this happened in
> Alabama and I couldn't find a 16.5" tire for three days I bought Alcoas and
> installed 16" tires.
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> There may have been other small incidents but I don't recall them.
>
> Considering the estimated 300,000 or more miles I have driven it and probably
> hundreds of trips over the years, there have not been that many problems. I
> wouldn't trade the adventures we have had for the few problems we have had.
>
> Emery Stora
> 77 Kingsley
> Frederick, CO
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