| [GMCnet] Jim Bounds [message #140339] |
Sun, 21 August 2011 19:08  |
mjbourgon
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Hi there all
Just returned from two week vacation in coach to Corpus Christi, Texas. Great time. First I must apologize to the great people in San Antonio.
In turmoil I left San Antonio early and missed out on a great time set up by the San Antonio bunch. Sorry guys. Poor planning on my part and grand daughter screaming about the beach and the sand.
Had problem with coach coming back up from corpus. Coach just stopped running. Gave Jim in Orlando a call and he could not have been more helpfull. He explained what needed to be done and got me back on the road. Thanks Jim. Distributor problem and after new parts all is up and running and made it back to El paso. One more problem occured yesterday morning leaving from Fort Worth. We were about 40 miles west of Fort Worth when coach felt wobbly and next thing I saw smoke coming out of rear wheel well. Back tire must have blown and destroyed itself. This was a brand new Michellin tire and will get it replaced tomorrow at discount tire. No damage to coach so no major problem. Decided one thing on this trip no more travelling in the south in the middle of a heat wave. If you are not using your coaches do so, had a great time
Marcel in El Paso
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| Re: [GMCnet] Jim Bounds [message #140351 is a reply to message #140339] |
Sun, 21 August 2011 20:37  |
GeorgeRud
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Perhaps check the bearing on that wheel to see that something is not binding up and creating a lot of excess heat and causing the tire to fail.
You can pick up an infrared temperature pyrometer at Harbor Freight for not very much money these days. That makes it easy to check the temps as you walk around the coach.
George Rudawsky
Chicago, IL
75 Palm Beach
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| Re: [GMCnet] Jim Bounds [message #140366 is a reply to message #140339] |
Sun, 21 August 2011 22:54 |
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Kerry Tandy
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Marcel,
You should have stopped by when you came through Merkel and let me respond
fpor all the good hosptality youhave shown us in the past in EP. Glad you
had a good time. Maybe next time.
Kerry Tandy
Bewartz Farms
Gold Canyon, AZ
Efax-253-563-2514
To see where we are now, click on
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http://www.satellitefriendly.com/user/info.php?id=bewartz
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Pray Incessantly!!!
On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 19:08, marcel bourgon <mjbourgon@earthlink.net>wrote:
> Hi there all
> Just returned from two week vacation in coach to Corpus Christi, Texas.
> Great time. First I must apologize to the great people in San Antonio.
> In turmoil I left San Antonio early and missed out on a great time set up
> by the San Antonio bunch. Sorry guys. Poor planning on my part and grand
> daughter screaming about the beach and the sand.
> Had problem with coach coming back up from corpus. Coach just stopped
> running. Gave Jim in Orlando a call and he could not have been more
> helpfull. He explained what needed to be done and got me back on the road.
> Thanks Jim. Distributor problem and after new parts all is up and running
> and made it back to El paso. One more problem occured yesterday morning
> leaving from Fort Worth. We were about 40 miles west of Fort Worth when
> coach felt wobbly and next thing I saw smoke coming out of rear wheel well.
> Back tire must have blown and destroyed itself. This was a brand new
> Michellin tire and will get it replaced tomorrow at discount tire. No
> damage to coach so no major problem. Decided one thing on this trip no more
> travelling in the south in the middle of a heat wave. If you are not using
> your coaches do so, had a great time
> Marcel in El Paso
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| Re: [GMCnet] Jim Bounds [message #140368 is a reply to message #140351] |
Sun, 21 August 2011 23:19 |
bukzin
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[quote title=GeorgeRud wrote on Sun, 21 August 2011 18:37]Perhaps check the bearing on that wheel to see that something is not binding up and creating a lot of excess heat and causing the tire to fail.
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Last time I was in a GMC coach in the South was just outside
of New Orleans in 1979.
One of the rear wheel bearing gave out and we had us some fun
on the roadside!
Bukzin
1977 Palm Beach
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| Re: [GMCnet] Jim Bounds [message #140384 is a reply to message #140366] |
Mon, 22 August 2011 06:11 |
mjbourgon
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Thanks Kerry
We were a bit on a short leash. Maybe next time.
thanks
Marcel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kerry Tandy" <bewartz@gmail.com>
To: <gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 20:54
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Jim Bounds
> Marcel,
> You should have stopped by when you came through Merkel and let me respond
> fpor all the good hosptality youhave shown us in the past in EP. Glad
> you
> had a good time. Maybe next time.
>
> Kerry Tandy
> Bewartz Farms
> Gold Canyon, AZ
>
> Efax-253-563-2514
> To see where we are now, click on
> http://map.datastormusers.com/user1.cfm?user=38
> http://www.satellitefriendly.com/user/info.php?id=bewartz
> Blog:http://bewartz1.blogspot.com/
> Pray Incessantly!!!
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 19:08, marcel bourgon
> <mjbourgon@earthlink.net>wrote:
>
>> Hi there all
>> Just returned from two week vacation in coach to Corpus Christi, Texas.
>> Great time. First I must apologize to the great people in San Antonio.
>> In turmoil I left San Antonio early and missed out on a great time set up
>> by the San Antonio bunch. Sorry guys. Poor planning on my part and grand
>> daughter screaming about the beach and the sand.
>> Had problem with coach coming back up from corpus. Coach just stopped
>> running. Gave Jim in Orlando a call and he could not have been more
>> helpfull. He explained what needed to be done and got me back on the
>> road.
>> Thanks Jim. Distributor problem and after new parts all is up and
>> running
>> and made it back to El paso. One more problem occured yesterday morning
>> leaving from Fort Worth. We were about 40 miles west of Fort Worth when
>> coach felt wobbly and next thing I saw smoke coming out of rear wheel
>> well.
>> Back tire must have blown and destroyed itself. This was a brand new
>> Michellin tire and will get it replaced tomorrow at discount tire. No
>> damage to coach so no major problem. Decided one thing on this trip no
>> more
>> travelling in the south in the middle of a heat wave. If you are not
>> using
>> your coaches do so, had a great time
>> Marcel in El Paso
>> _______________________________________________
>> GMCnet mailing list
>> Unsubscribe or Change List Options:
>> http://temp.gmcnet.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gmclist
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