| Re: [GMCnet] 3847.5 mile trip report and scrap aluminum [message #282505 is a reply to message #282496] |
Sun, 19 July 2015 17:12   |
Sandra Price
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Registered: May 2006
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Fantastic! Never fear.
Sandra and Bob Price
On Jul 19, 2015 4:33 PM, "Glenn Gregory" wrote:
> Well enjoying our road trip to Coloardo the coach performed well at 1000
> feet to 12000 feet above sea level. We were into the 4 barrel alot more
> above
> 10000 ft as to be expected. Temperature from 70 to 100 degrees and no
> signs of vapour lock running the cheapest gas we could buy when we needed
> it. On
> the way home thru Iowa i commented to my lovely navigator how well things
> were going when we hear a noise (note to self DO NOT SAY THIS AGAIN). Hear a
> stange noise pull over to investigate and see antifreeze hitting the
> ground, run inside and shut engine down. Think may have blown a rad hose but
> NOOOOOOOO. Apparently the less than 1 year old Hayden fan clucth has split
> in two and launched the viscous part of clutch and fan into the aluminum
> radiator. Honey we need a tow truck. Check the blacklist and find Karl &
> Lois Jirgens about 50 miles away and they have a parts coach with needed
> parts to get us rolling. How about that, get a tow to Laurens where they
> live and get to work. Hauler drops us off around 4pm and my lovely
> apprentice
> and I get to work. Karl says he and Lois will be back at 6.30pm and we
> will all go to dinner (a nice mexican restaurant i might add). We get the
> rad
> out of parts coach, go for dinner, get rad out of our coach, i have beer
> (well 3 maybe 4 if you must know), apprentice has wine, go to sleep. Back to
> work by 6am checking to see if it will all fit as remember making some
> mods when installing aluminum rad, all checks out. Back together, full of
> fluids and on the road by 1pm. All not possible without the Blacklist, if
> you are not on it best be getting on it.
> --
> HTH.........
> Glenn
> 76 Glensbroke
>
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