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[GMCnet] Cross country adventure, lots of rain and one persistent leak, ugh! [message #92253] Wed, 14 July 2010 17:56 Go to previous message
Gerald Work is currently offline  Gerald Work   United States
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Hi all,

We have only seen sporadic Internet access so have tried to send messages both from our iPad and from our Powerbook. The ones from the iPad were going through, but the ones from the Powerbook have not been so are stacked up waiting for Billy to approve them, I guess.

We are now on Cape Breton Island in the national park at the first camp ground after the west side entrance. Lots of rain the last few days and our one persistent leak remains a mystery. It comes in at the top of the PS rear window at just the right place to soak the bedding. Must be coming in way forward as everything aft and on top or along the side seam has been sealed and resealed. No evidence of wet anywhere else. What a pain. But, not as much of a pain for us as it must be for the tent campers all around us.

Roads get better as you get closer to the seat of socialist power in Halifax and much worse as you go away from there. Lots of pot holes, patches, bumps, ruts and uneven pavement. Poor old coach is shaking itself loose all over. We enjoy the scenery and quaint villages, but not the pounding from some of the roads.

The other thing we are struck by in this province is how expensive everything is. It is not just the 15% sales tax, it is the base prices which run 50% to 100% higher than we see at home. The two currencies are nearly at par thanks to our recent currency devaluation of about 30% so the difference is really base prices are really high here. The other Maritime Provinces that do not have such socialist governments do not punish their citizens with nearly as high base prices. Things there are still higher than we are used to, but not by this much. We added enough fuel today while in NS to make sure we can get all the way around and onto the ferry to Prince Edward Island tomorrow and had to pay $1.12 per L, well over $4.00 a gallon. Most of the time elsewhere we are filling at .96 to 1.03.

Tomorrow will see lots of 10% to 13% grades both up and down so should be quite an adventure. More later. Hopefully this message, written on Wed 7-14, will post when we next find a wifi hot spot.

Tomorrow we will have been gone from home one month. We have covered just under 5,000 miles and mileage has leveled off at 8.4 mpg based on our odometer. It seems to be a bit pessimistic so real mileage is likely a tenth or more than that. Ours is a heavy 78 Royale 26 foot rear lounge with a strong 455 with about 50,000 miles on it. Built and dyno tuned by the Dyno Shop in Santee, Ca.

Issues so far have been a starter solenoid, one Toyo tire blew (only a few date code years old, always properly inflated, stored inside in our garage, lots of tread, no sidewall cracks, PS front boggy) and a chassis battery that shook itself to death (lost one cell). So far have used one and one half quarts of 5-50 full synthetic oil.

Thanks again to the alum radiator and syn oil we have yet to see 150 degrees trans temp (sending unit is in the side of the pan) and water temp has remained right at thermo set temp no matter what the temp or terrain. We might as well have painted the temp gauge on our dash that alum radiator is so good. If you are having any cooling issues do not pass go, do not collect $200, do not try to bandaid your old one back into use, just buy the alum job and be done with that issue.

The folding bikes and the slick bile racks have been great. Easy on, easy off, they don't stick out very far, etc. The Winnegard portable sat finder has also worked just as advertised. Click the switch and if it can see the sat it will lock on within a minute or two, no muss, no fuss. We don't get the high def Programs, but that matters little with a smaller flat panel tv.

Jerry and Sharon Work
Kerby, Oregon

Sent from my iPad
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