Carb Adjustment [message #98669] |
Sun, 05 September 2010 18:40 |
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jaholland
Messages: 565 Registered: June 2010 Location: Sweet Home Alebamy
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I went thru the CARB , cleaned it and adjusted it, installed an auxilary electric fuel pump between the tanks and all new fuel lines.
The vacuum is good, the dash A/C is frigid and the old 403 is purring like a contented kitten. We decided to road test it's performance
before taking another long jaunt.
We put the "Ole Gospel Ship" thru the paces by taking her up and down Mount Cheaha, up and down Lookout Mountain, up and down
Signal Mountain, down thru Sesquatchie Valley, Up and down Sand Mountain and also the Big Rock at Nocalula.
The Tranny Re-Program Kit worked well, The Fan Clutch worked as it should, the water temp stayed on the cold side only climeng a little
near the end of each hard pull. No Vapor Locks Or Fuel Starvation and I did not have to use the electric fuel pump. I am very pleased
with the performance of the ole gal,
however just south of the Steel exit on I 59 South I did notice a slight viberation in the steering wheel when the ole gal got over 75 mph
BUT that could have been the road condition after all it is still Alebamy ~
Anyway , it was a good lil ole road test that went well and I am well pleased with the Ole Gal ~
Joe
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" Joe & Lavelle " " "
'sweet home alebamy'
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Re: Carb Adjustment [message #98700 is a reply to message #98669] |
Sun, 05 September 2010 22:14 |
C Boyd
Messages: 2629 Registered: April 2006
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bishop1 wrote on Sun, 05 September 2010 19:40 | I went thru the CARB , cleaned it and adjusted it, installed an auxilary electric fuel pump between the tanks and all new fuel lines.
The vacuum is good, the dash A/C is frigid and the old 403 is purring like a contented kitten. We decided to road test it's performance
before taking another long jaunt.
We put the "Ole Gospel Ship" thru the paces by taking her up and down Mount Gee Haw, up and down Lookout Mountain, up and down
Signal Mountain, down thru Sesquatchie Valley, Up and down Sand Mountain and also the Big Rock at Nocalula.
The Tranny Re-Program Kit worked well, The Fan Clutch worked as it should, the water temp stayed on the cold side only climeng a little
near the end of each hard pull. No Vapor Locks Or Fuel Starvation and I did not have to use the electric fuel pump. I am very pleased
with the performance of the ole gal,
however just south of the Steel exit on I 59 South I did notice a slight viberation in the steering wheel when the ole gal got over 75 mph
BUT that could have been the road condition after all it is still Alebamy ~
Anyway , it was a good lil ole road test that went well and I am well pleased with the Ole Gal ~
Joe
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2056676&id=1266255830&l=7a962eb8eb
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Sir: nice coach and very cool license plate.
C. Boyd
76 Crestmont
East Tennessee
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Re: [GMCnet] Carb Adjustment [message #98896 is a reply to message #98669] |
Tue, 07 September 2010 20:57 |
bill schurman
Messages: 97 Registered: February 2004
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Your color scheme is identical to mine. I believe that it is fairly rare. Mine is a Palm Beach model with a Eleganza interior (thank GOD).
William S. Schurman
P.O. 773325
Steamboat Springs, CO at the foot of Rabbit Ears Pass
970-846-4212
> To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
> From: acts238bishop@yahoo.com
> Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 18:40:31 -0500
> Subject: [GMCnet] Carb Adjustment
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> I went thru the CARB , cleaned it and adjusted it, installed an auxilary electric fuel pump between the tanks and all new fuel lines. The vacuum is good, the dash A/C is frigid and the old 403 is purring like a contented kitten. We decided to road test it's performance before taking anotherlong jaunt.
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> We put the "Ole Gospel Ship" thru the paces by taking her up and down Mount Gee Haw, up and down Lookout Mountain, up and down Signal Mountain, Thru Sesquatchie Valley, Up and down Sand Mountain and also the Big Rock at Nocalula.
>
> The Tranny Re-Program Kit worked well, The Fan Clutch worked as it should, the water temp stayed om the cold side only climeng a little near the end of each hard pull. No Vapor Locks Or Fuel Starvation and I did not have to use the electric fuel pump. I am very pleased with the performanceI believe that
> however
> just south of the Steel exit on I 59 South I did notice a slight viberation in the steering wheel when the ole gal got over 75 mph
> BUT
> that could have been the road condition ~ Anyway , it was a good lil ole road test that went well and I am well pleased ~
>
> Joe
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> http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2056676&id=1266255830&l=7a962eb8eb
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> Joe & Lavelle of ALEBAMY
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> Previously owned a '65 6cyl Cortez, '68 8cyl Cortez, 1973 GMC 26' Canyonlands & Now a'78 Eleganza II 26' {"The Ole Gospel Ship"}
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