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| Kerry Pinkerton vs George Beckman [message #279101] |
Fri, 05 June 2015 00:51  |
George Beckman
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Location: Colfax, CA
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I am a plodder. I read with fascination all the things Kerry does. I have groused about this before. He must not sleep. Me, I plod and still take a snooze many afternoons.
I am currently "getting ready" to pull the Final Drive back far enough to see why the governor won't come out. My work goes something like this:
Day 1, put it up on stands.
Day 2, re work my stands
Day 3 fail to ever get started on the GMC
Day 4 Take the header loose.
Day 5 One more great effort to get the governor out
Days 6-8 Think
Day 9 pull the modulator and drain the fluid
Day 10- filter the fluid with a coffee filter and think about using it again. (I has about 1000 mile on it.)
Day 11 Lay under the coach and think about things
Day 12 Take the bolts out of the left CV joint.
Day 13 Buy some lock-tight for the day I put bolts back in the CV Joint.
Now, it is not that I am laying around watching TV all day. I get lots of things done. Today I replaced some decking. The trouble is Kerry is building things, inventing things and and has pulled his transmission a couple of times. Me, not so much,
But I have big plans. After this weekend, with the big retirement party for our Pastor at our place, Monday I plan to get back out to the barn. (Oh yeah, I have been spending the hours on sprucing up the grounds.) Who knows, I may get the half shaft pulled out of the final drive. Then I may come in and read about what Kerry has accomplished.
'74 Eleganza, SE, Howell + EBL
Best Wishes,
George
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| Re: [GMCnet] Kerry Pinkerton vs George Beckman [message #279104 is a reply to message #279101] |
Fri, 05 June 2015 01:14  |
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USAussie
Messages: 15912
Registered: July 2007
Location: Sydney, Australia
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George,
The answer is simple
Kerry is FAST!
You (like me and many others) are HALF FAST! ;-)
Regards,
Rob M.
The Pedantic Mechanic
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From: Gmclist [mailto:gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org] On Behalf Of George Beckman
I am a plodder. I read with fascination all the things Kerry does. I have groused about this before. He must not sleep. Me, I plod
and still take a snooze many afternoons.
I am currently "getting ready" to pull the Final Drive back far enough to see why the governor won't come out. My work goes
something like this:
Day 1, put it up on stands.
Day 2, re work my stands
Day 3 fail to ever get started on the GMC
Day 4 Take the header loose.
Day 5 One more great effort to get the governor out
Days 6-8 Think
Day 9 pull the modulator and drain the fluid
Day 10- filter the fluid with a coffee filter and think about using it again. (I has about 1000 mile on it.)
Day 11 Lay under the coach and think about things
Day 12 Take the bolts out of the left CV joint.
Day 13 Buy some lock-tight for the day I put bolts back in the CV Joint.
Now, it is not that I am laying around watching TV all day. I get lots of things done. Today I replaced some decking. The trouble is
Kerry is building things, inventing things and and has pulled his transmission a couple of times. Me, not so much,
But I have big plans. After this weekend, with the big retirement party for our Pastor at our place, Monday I plan to get back out
to the barn. (Oh yeah, I have been spending the hours on sprucing up the grounds.) Who knows, I may get the half shaft pulled out of
the final drive. Then I may come in and read about what Kerry has accomplished.
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Rob M. (USAussie)
The Pedantic Mechanic
Sydney, Australia
'75 Avion - AUS - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
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| Re: [GMCnet] Kerry Pinkerton vs George Beckman [message #279107 is a reply to message #279101] |
Fri, 05 June 2015 01:45 |
Ronald Pottol
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Registered: September 2012
Location: Redwood City, California
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A kindred spirit. Though I might just skip step 10, and buy new.
On Jun 4, 2015 22:51, "George Beckman" wrote:
> I am a plodder. I read with fascination all the things Kerry does. I have
> groused about this before. He must not sleep. Me, I plod and still take a
> snooze many afternoons.
>
> I am currently "getting ready" to pull the Final Drive back far enough to
> see why the governor won't come out. My work goes something like this:
>
> Day 1, put it up on stands.
> Day 2, re work my stands
> Day 3 fail to ever get started on the GMC
> Day 4 Take the header loose.
> Day 5 One more great effort to get the governor out
> Days 6-8 Think
> Day 9 pull the modulator and drain the fluid
> Day 10- filter the fluid with a coffee filter and think about using it
> again. (I has about 1000 mile on it.)
> Day 11 Lay under the coach and think about things
> Day 12 Take the bolts out of the left CV joint.
> Day 13 Buy some lock-tight for the day I put bolts back in the CV Joint.
>
> Now, it is not that I am laying around watching TV all day. I get lots of
> things done. Today I replaced some decking. The trouble is Kerry is building
> things, inventing things and and has pulled his transmission a couple of
> times. Me, not so much,
>
> But I have big plans. After this weekend, with the big retirement party
> for our Pastor at our place, Monday I plan to get back out to the barn. (Oh
> yeah, I have been spending the hours on sprucing up the grounds.) Who
> knows, I may get the half shaft pulled out of the final drive. Then I may
> come
> in and read about what Kerry has accomplished.
> --
> '74 Eleganza, SE, Howell + EBL
> Best Wishes,
> George
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| Re: [GMCnet] Kerry Pinkerton vs George Beckman [message #279124 is a reply to message #279107] |
Fri, 05 June 2015 09:50 |
George Beckman
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Registered: October 2008
Location: Colfax, CA
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Ronald Pottol wrote on Thu, 04 June 2015 23:45A kindred spirit. Though I might just skip step 10, and buy new.
Ronald and Kerry,
I probably will put in new fluid. At $10 a quart, I hate to keep tossing it. Mobil stock must be up.
And now I see that Kerry may have bogged a bit on the head he is replacing. Now we are talking. I know about bogging.
I guess on the Left Coast we think we are taking the bolts out on the left even when the left is on the right. Sorta like the new fangled time Kerry talked about.
'74 Eleganza, SE, Howell + EBL
Best Wishes,
George
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| Re: Kerry Pinkerton vs George Beckman [message #279125 is a reply to message #279101] |
Fri, 05 June 2015 10:05 |
jhbridges
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Registered: May 2011
Location: Braselton ga
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Leave us not mention the amount of time my coach has been up on blocks for cooling upgrades. Recore, clutch, JR hoses, pumps, canister hoses, etc. I blocked it up two days after it got home from Patterson. It's still up.
It is to me a toy on which I practice my hobby of wrench turning. Time doesn't matter.
--johnny
Foolish Carriage, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
Braselton, Ga.
I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me in hell
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| Re: Kerry Pinkerton vs George Beckman [message #279140 is a reply to message #279101] |
Fri, 05 June 2015 12:53 |
Joe Weir
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Registered: February 2013
Location: Columbia, SC
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looks like my work schedule.... 
76 Birchaven - "Wicked Mistress" - New engine, trans, alum radiator, brakes, Sully airbags, fuel lines, seats, adult beverage center... those Coachmen guys were really thinking about us second hand owners by including that beverage center...
Columbia, SC.
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