| [GMCnet] Best laid plans, page two……… [message #75195] |
Sun, 28 February 2010 16:45  |
Terry Skinner
Messages: 379
Registered: January 2004
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Best laid plans, page two………As soon as that GMC and I hit the end of
the driveway we were on the road. Never heard from the PO again. Not
even a call to see if I was making progress. First stop was a truck
stop to set the bags and air up the tires and don’t forget gas. Tires
were from 20 lbs to 75 lbs. They looked like new but were 10 years
old. Roll the dice and hit the road again. I wanted to get thru Dallas
because snow was in the forecast for the next day. Engine was running
good outside of every now and then it would stop running. No big
thing, just change from the main tank to the reserve and “keep on
trucking”. By evening this was getting to be a regular thing so I
stopped at a KOA campground. Tried to plug in the power cord and there
were sparks everywhere. More evidence of the pack rats. They had
chewed thru both 120vac and 12vdc wiring. That was a cold night. Next
morning I ventured on into Dallas to find a set of 12v magnetic
taillights. Just as I got into the busiest part of town one of the
water hoses that run to the back bursts spewing the coolant all over
the road. Did I mention that there was a foot of snow on the ground?
Lucky for me someone had installed gate valves in the heater hoses and
I was able to close off the offending hoses and fill the radiator back
up. This was done with a 16 oz coke bottle and a ditch full of
rain/snow water. I took the southern route around Dallas looking for a
Home Depot to get fittings to fix the heater hose. It was cold in that
GMC. By night fall I was West of Fort Worth and stopped at an RV park
where I could spend the night. Next morning I Wired in the magnetic
tail lights, hooked up an electric pump to help the gas up to the
engine and tried to get the propane furnace to work. After installing
$42 worth of propane the fill spout started leaking. That was scarry!!
Banging on it with a 2 by 4 and jabbing with a screwdriver I got the
leaking stopped. Furnace still didn’t work. What else can go
wrong??………..Terry
PS page three is better yet
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Terry Skinner
253-686-2624
Roy. Washington
'76 GMC
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