| [GMCnet] [Fwd: Weekend Trip] [message #84915] |
Mon, 17 May 2010 08:20  |
Patrick Flowers
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Subject: Weekend Trip
From: "George Zhookoff" <gzhookoff@e2m.com>
Date: Mon, May 17, 2010 8:57 am
To: "GMC Email 2 List" <gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org>
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My #2 son-in-law and I ran up and back from Atlanta to Berry College in
Rome, GA. It was British Car Day at the college. The round trip was
202 miles. The coach ran great. I've completed a total frontend
rebuild. Coach is nice and tight going down the highway. I had
repaired a loose ground for the A/C clutch last weekend so we gave the
A/C a workout. About 90 miles into the outbound leg the A/C started to
squeal. No problem figured I retighten before return leg.
Walked the car show. There were a couple of hundred cars. In a weaker
moment I gave my SIL one of my Healey's. He's working to restore the
3000.
Got back to the coach and worked on tightening the A/C belt. I have one
of those no-longer available belt tensioners. We cranked up the Onan
and fired up both A/C units. Here's an issue. The circuit breaker on
the Onan pops after a while. Any ideas?
Ride back was uneventful. A/C cranked cool air. The fan clutch would
kick in every now and then but the water temp stayed at 185. Is the
heat from the A/C causing the fan clutch to engage?
Changed the oil yesterday. Took a Blackstone sample and dropped a
Mondello magnet into the filter and added ZDDP. We're headed to
Charlotte for the NASCAR All Star Race this weekend. I'm looking
forward to the trip where the tools stay in the box. I know all the
work is paying off.
Thanks for all the help along the way!
George Zhookoff
78 EL II
Atlanta
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| Re: [GMCnet] [Fwd: Weekend Trip] [message #85015 is a reply to message #84915] |
Mon, 17 May 2010 20:02  |
George Zhookoff
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Art, where.and what are you ordering for a circuit breaker? I guess I need one too!
George Zhookoff
78 EL II
Atlanta
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Sent: Mon May 17 21:53:42 2010
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] [Fwd: Weekend Trip]
I just got back from Tampa Fl and every time I kicked on the AC My engine temp would go up about 10 degree. My old clutch fan would kick in at about 185 and run until it brought the temp down to 180 and drop out. I tried the one recommended to give better gas mileage. It does but did not bring my temp down. When it got to 95 outside I had to shut down the AC. I turned on the generator and used the coach AC. Then my generator circuit breaker poped. I asked several when at a Sunshine rally this week end and they said I needed a breaker and it was a common problem.
So I am going to get a new breaker and a new heavy duty fan clutch. I did get better gas mileage with the lower friction clutch. Today when I was coming home and it was 80 degree out the lower friction clutch worked fine.
Art & Doris
76 El
On May 17, 2010, at 7:35 AM, patrick@gmcmotorhome.com wrote:
>
> ---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
> Subject: Weekend Trip
> From: "George Zhookoff" <gzhookoff@e2m.com>
> Date: Mon, May 17, 2010 8:57 am
> To: "GMC Email 2 List" <gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> My #2 son-in-law and I ran up and back from Atlanta to Berry College in
> Rome, GA. It was British Car Day at the college. The round trip was
> 202 miles. The coach ran great. I've completed a total frontend
> rebuild. Coach is nice and tight going down the highway. I had
> repaired a loose ground for the A/C clutch last weekend so we gave the
> A/C a workout. About 90 miles into the outbound leg the A/C started to
> squeal. No problem figured I retighten before return leg.
>
>
>
> Walked the car show. There were a couple of hundred cars. In a weaker
> moment I gave my SIL one of my Healey's. He's working to restore the
> 3000.
>
>
>
> Got back to the coach and worked on tightening the A/C belt. I have one
> of those no-longer available belt tensioners. We cranked up the Onan
> and fired up both A/C units. Here's an issue. The circuit breaker on
> the Onan pops after a while. Any ideas?
>
>
>
> Ride back was uneventful. A/C cranked cool air. The fan clutch would
> kick in every now and then but the water temp stayed at 185. Is the
> heat from the A/C causing the fan clutch to engage?
>
>
>
> Changed the oil yesterday. Took a Blackstone sample and dropped a
> Mondello magnet into the filter and added ZDDP. We're headed to
> Charlotte for the NASCAR All Star Race this weekend. I'm looking
> forward to the trip where the tools stay in the box. I know all the
> work is paying off.
>
>
>
> Thanks for all the help along the way!
>
>
>
> George Zhookoff
>
> 78 EL II
>
> Atlanta
>
>
>
> --
> GMCnet Listmaster
> '73 CanyonLands
> Tyrone GA_______________________________________________
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