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Re: [GMCnet] New Ownership, New member, Long road ahead. [message #354806 is a reply to message #354805] Sun, 17 May 2020 17:26 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Ken Henderson is currently offline  Ken Henderson   United States
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Alex,

Most things have been covered pretty well for you at this stage. But one
concern you mentioned may be easy to solve (AFTER you fix that engine oil
situation): The backfiring may well be due to the centrifugal fly weights
in the distributor being rusted in place. With the distributor right at
the rear of the engine, the easiest thing on the engine to reach, that's an
easy problem to fix -- pull the distributor cap and rotor, then check the
visible kidney-shaped fly weights for free rotation. If they're frozen up,
a little penetrating oil, twisting, and lubricating oil will get them free
and PERHAPS fix your backfiring.

Welcome aboard; we'll look forward to following your adventure(s). :-)

Ken H.
Americus, GA
'76 X-Birchaven w/Cad500/Howell EFI & EBL,
Manny Brakes & 1-Ton, Troy-Bilt APU, etc., etc., etc.
www.gmcwipersetc.com

On Sun, May 17, 2020 at 5:37 PM Matt Colie via Gmclist <
gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:

> 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
> --
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> SE Michigan - Twixt A2 and Detroit
>
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