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Re: New Ownership, New member, Long road ahead. [message #354805 is a reply to message #354789] Sun, 17 May 2020 16:31 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Matt Colie is currently offline  Matt Colie   United States
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Registered: March 2007
Location: S.E. Michigan
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Gurr,

Welcome to the group, family, cult, asylum.....

You found your way here and that is good and will serve you very well.

What matters about what you have is that it is a '73 26'. It is probably a Canyon Lands, but that really does not matter as that is just a color scheme.
The dipstick should be out under the right (driver side) hood. Look next to the radiator. Full will be a 6qt fill and that is more than it should be, but run it that way until you know her better. Oil is cheap, engines are not.

The headers are probably because the right manifold cracked and there are no NOS available. The Edelbrock carburetor was probably because someone convinced the owner that the Quadrajet was inferior. The problem there is that our guy (Dick Paterson) has never managed to get anything but a right number Rochester to work well in the coach application.

PO had the tanks down? If he did not replace all (and I mean all) of the rubber under there, you will have to have them down again. (Ask how I know.)

Big advice for today, Start Five lists:
Needed Now - What has to happen for her to be safe and dependable
Winter Jobs - I live in the north and so there is a per-determined time of no activity I use this for special projects
Waiting - Things you want to do but are waiting for money, parts or time
Abandon - Things you had in the list above but have put aside
Deferred - Things you though you wanted but are now not so sure - you just have not given them up
Done - This is the Best Part of the list - move completed things here and put in a date and it will be valuable record.
This last one matters a lot because your GMC life will be a complete blur in the very near future.
Yes there are six headings, but that last one fills itself - and that is rewarding.

Now, you will very soon discover that the coach is more than just a big new toy. It will be your connection to this community. This community is a very helping and supportive community. That is why you need to redo your sigfile. With your real name, because we like to know who we are helping and when you meet other owners (and you will) they will know who you are, and short about the coach so you don't have to keep telling us it is a 73 and finally a geographic reference because half of those reading get this as e-mail and don't see the Berkeley in the header.

You will be hard pressed to come across an issue that someone here has not addressed. You may get several answers, but if you get that advice here, it is probably about as good an answer as you can get. So please ask, we can save you a lot of grief.

Finally, as I said, this a helping and supportive community like few others. The only one I actually know of is that of the watermen that are my world. For this reason, I have taken to welcoming new owners here with a paraphrase of the welcome used there. So,

May the Good Lord bless this coach and all those that set forth within her.

Welcome Alex

Matt

Matt & Mary Colie - Chaumière -'73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan with OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
SE Michigan - Near DTW - Twixt A2 and Detroit

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