| [GMCnet] Best laid plans, page six……… [message #75304] |
Mon, 01 March 2010 19:12  |
Terry Skinner
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Best laid plans, page six………OK, that’s it, I’m done. It’s time to go
home. I blocked off the back tank with a 3/4 inch PVC cap in the fill
spout and a couple pieces of doweling plugging the supply and vent
hoses. Front tank works well and carries 25 gallons, my 5-gallon tank
would be my reserve. Wednesday afternoon I loaded everything in the
GMC including the wife, dropped her off at the airport to fly home and
I headed out I-10 for LA. Spent the first night at Quartzsite.
Everything was working good. Was getting about 10 miles to the gallon
so every 200 miles was a gas stop (more or less). Spent the next night
in a truck stop just before Bakersfield. Next day was spent driving
I-5 up as far as Williams. Lucky for me the wife was back home keeping
a weather eye out for me. The forecast was for 12 inches of snow in
Southern Oregon along the I-5 route. Now I don’t know about you but
that snow and slush I had back in Dallas was more than enough.
Williams CA was a hard left and out to the coast and 101 North. Spent
one night in Ukiah CA and one night in Bandon OR. Saturday night on
Feb. 27th 2010 I got to sleep in my own bed next to my lovely wife.
Glad to be home……….Terry
PS Next is the epilogue, what I would do different………..
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Terry Skinner
253-686-2624
Roy. Washington
'76 GMC
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| Re: [GMCnet] Best laid plans, page six……… [message #75306 is a reply to message #75305] |
Mon, 01 March 2010 19:32  |
Tim Conway
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On Mar 1, 2010, at 8:25 PM, D C *Mac* Macdonald wrote:
> What happened to Page Three???
Here's a copy...
Tim Conway
LI NY 78 PB
Best laid plans, page three………another day another dollar, or something
like that. Next stop was Monahans, Texas. All day long the engine is
giving me trouble. Any kind of a grade and the engine would start
missing and coughing and sputtering. By this time I am running on the
reserve (front tank) and switching to the main (rear tank) when it
tries to quit. Several times, when it quit, I looked down into the
carburetor and gas was bubbling out the jets. Maybe one of the
mufflers are plugged and over heating the crossover. Or maybe it could
be the ignition control module. I always carry a spare in my GMC. Or
maybe it could be the plugs are gapped too far. This is a ’73 and back
then it was 0.065, now we use 0.045. Don’t forget the fuel filter in
the carb inlet. Plus a couple in line filters to install at each tank.
That auto parts store made a fortune off me. I spent two days in the
RV park next to the golf course changing these things. Even found a
muffler shop that would cut out the original mufflers and replace them
with straight pipes. That cost me $165. Next day here we go again. For
those that have not been in this part of Texas it is flatter than a
pancake and we are running at 65 to 70 MPH. No more snow, or rain for
that matter. Then we started getting close to El Paso and the GMC
started acting up. Same thing, switching tanks back and forth. By the
time I got thru El Paso the GMC would only run on the reserve tank and
then only down hill. What a mess. I found an RV park in Las Cruces and
spent the night. Next day I rigged a 5 gallon can inside with a 3/8
hose running out the window and down to the selector valve. That way I
could run on the reserve tank and switch to the 5 gallon tank when she
was acting up. What did you expect from an alley mechanic?? Yes, I
used lots of duct tape to hold it in place………..Terry
PS tomorrow will be page four and a little easier
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| Re: [GMCnet] Best laid plans, page six……… [message #75339 is a reply to message #75304] |
Mon, 01 March 2010 22:18 |
UziYaH
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Registered: July 2007
Location: 10-O-C
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Terry,
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Thanks so much for sharing this great adventure. My wife and I know the roads you traveled as we owned and operated our own eighteen wheeler for many years, and I was raised in Chico, CA, and my wife in Riverside and Santa Monica.
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What amazes me is that you had the resourcefulness to continue when I would have burn my coach to the ground, even if I had to walk home. It's nice to know these coaches can be repaired and brought home even in adverse mechanical and weather conditions. Good on you for doing so.
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I do wish more GMC motorhome owners would post and/or make movies of their adventures as you and Dan Gregg have done. Thanks so much for doing so.
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Respectfully,
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Howard Nylander
Royale Class of ‘78’, ‘Rocinante’
Afton, Tn.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slPjdIWmXr8
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--- On Mon, 3/1/10, Terry Skinner <gmcnut@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Terry Skinner <gmcnut@gmail.com>
Subject: [GMCnet] Best laid plans, page six………
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Date: Monday, March 1, 2010, 8:12 PM
Best laid plans, page six………OK, that’s it, I’m done. It’s time to go
home. I blocked off the back tank with a 3/4 inch PVC cap in the fill
spout and a couple pieces of doweling plugging the supply and vent
hoses. Front tank works well and carries 25 gallons, my 5-gallon tank
would be my reserve. Wednesday afternoon I loaded everything in the
GMC including the wife, dropped her off at the airport to fly home and
I headed out I-10 for LA. Spent the first night at Quartzsite.
Everything was working good. Was getting about 10 miles to the gallon
so every 200 miles was a gas stop (more or less). Spent the next night
in a truck stop just before Bakersfield. Next day was spent driving
I-5 up as far as Williams. Lucky for me the wife was back home keeping
a weather eye out for me. The forecast was for 12 inches of snow in
Southern Oregon along the I-5 route. Now I don’t know about you but
that snow and slush I had back in Dallas was more than enough.
Williams CA was a hard left and out to the coast and 101 North. Spent
one night in Ukiah CA and one night in Bandon OR. Saturday night on
Feb. 27th 2010 I got to sleep in my own bed next to my lovely wife.
Glad to be home……….Terry
PS Next is the epilogue, what I would do different………..
--
Terry Skinner
253-686-2624
Roy. Washington
'76 GMC
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Royale Class of "78" "Rocinate"
E-10-o-C
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