Made it to Glacier from Yellowstone [message #130572] |
Fri, 17 June 2011 10:56 |
Rickmo
Messages: 105 Registered: January 2011 Location: Gladwin, Michigan
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We have made it to West Glacier without any mechanical issues. The patched water tank is holding well and all other devices seem to be working as intended.
We spent the last two nights in Hungry Horse and are moving on today to the east side of the park in St. Marys.
We saw another GMC in the parking lot at Old Faithful last Monday. Hung around a while to see if the owners returned but no luck.
Weather has been terrible, rain and more rain. I have not used the wipers since the steering box seal blew out. I took the filter out of the brass nipple in the wiper valve, it was full of black stuff. RainX on the windshield is working pretty good for now.
Got the Remflex gaskets from Jim K and installed them. What a difference! Big thanks to Jim K for all his help and encouragement!!!
Gotta go pack up and move on.
Rick Seebeck
Gladwin Michigan
1973 Canyon Lands
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Re: Made it to Glacier from Yellowstone [message #130574 is a reply to message #130572] |
Fri, 17 June 2011 11:19 |
Dennis S
Messages: 3046 Registered: November 2005
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Rick,
That's great news. Thanks for the update ---
and POST SOME PICTURES!!
Dennis
Rickmo wrote on Fri, 17 June 2011 10:56 | We have made it to West Glacier without any mechanical issues. The patched water tank is holding well and all other devices seem to be working as intended.
We spent the last two nights in Hungry Horse and are moving on today to the east side of the park in St. Marys.
We saw another GMC in the parking lot at Old Faithful last Monday. Hung around a while to see if the owners returned but no luck.
Weather has been terrible, rain and more rain. I have not used the wipers since the steering box seal blew out. I took the filter out of the brass nipple in the wiper valve, it was full of black stuff. RainX on the windshield is working pretty good for now.
Got the Remflex gaskets from Jim K and installed them. What a difference! Big thanks to Jim K for all his help and encouragement!!!
Gotta go pack up and move on.
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Dennis S
73 Painted Desert 230
Memphis TN Metro
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Re: Made it to Glacier from Yellowstone [message #130575 is a reply to message #130572] |
Fri, 17 June 2011 11:24 |
idrob
Messages: 645 Registered: January 2005 Location: Central Idaho
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Rickmo wrote on Fri, 17 June 2011 08:56 | We have made it to West Glacier without any mechanical issues. The patched water tank is holding well and all other devices seem to be working as intended.
We spent the last two nights in Hungry Horse and are moving on today to the east side of the park in St. Marys.
Weather has been terrible, rain and more rain.
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Looks to be crappy on the east side of the park also, with little open. Best private park on the east side is the KOA. Johnsons is kinda poor. St. Marys campground, in the park, and Rising Sun, in the park, are open, but not Many Glacier or Two Medicine (as of last weekend anyway) The going to the sun highway is closed as you know, but you could not take the GMC over it anyway due to length restrictions.
I just returned from there, yep, yep, wet, cold, rainy. Still a great park to go to but wish you could have seen it in the sun, with all the green and yet icy mountains. The aspen leaves are just coming out now, so it is still a bit bare.
Rob Allen
former owner of '76 x-PB
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