GMCforum: GMCnet » [GMCnet] Repairing the Burned Floor

Home » Public Forums » GMCnet » [GMCnet] Repairing the Burned Floor

Show: Today's Messages :: Polls :: Message Navigator

[GMCnet] Repairing the Burned Floor [message #188123]

Wed, 24 October 2012 18:03

Gary Berry

Messages: 1002
Registered: May 2005

Karma:

Senior Member

Hey All;

A couple of years ago I was heading up the Grapevine (big long
grade in CA) and the floor started smoking where the driver's side
muffler hangs. Seems it was really hot outside and I was towing a
trailer with a buggy on it and I had the throttle mashed to the floor.
I guess the muffler got a little cherry red on me. Anyway, I pulled
over at the Flying-J almost at the top of the grade and put out the
still smoldering floor/carpet. Since it was pretty much all down hill
from there, I continued on to the next town with an AutoZone in it. I
bought a couple of metal drip pans, some wood screws and a bunch of
washers. I made some standoffs with the washers (about 20 on each
screw) and then installed the pans over both mufflers. Haven't had a
problem since. Today I'm fixing the damage. Here's some pictures of
the repair...

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/fulsgld/1973%20CanyonLands%20Stretch%20GMC/Burned%20Floor/HoleintheFloor1.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/fulsgld/1973%20CanyonLands%20Stretch%20GMC/Burned%20Floor/HoleintheFloor2.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/fulsgld/1973%20CanyonLands%20Stretch%20GMC/Burned%20Floor/HoleintheFloor3.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/fulsgld/1973%20CanyonLands%20Stretch%20GMC/Burned%20Floor/HoleintheFloor4.jpg

--
Gary and Diana Berry
73 CL Stretch in Wa.
_______________________________________________
GMCnet mailing list
Unsubscribe or Change List Options:
http://temp.gmcnet.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gmclist

Report message to a moderator

[Message index]

		[GMCnet] Repairing the Burned Floor By: Gary Berry on Wed, 24 October 2012 18:03
		Re: [GMCnet] Repairing the Burned Floor By: Ken Burton on Wed, 24 October 2012 20:24
		Re: [GMCnet] Repairing the Burned Floor By: Gary Berry on Wed, 24 October 2012 20:29
		Re: [GMCnet] Repairing the Burned Floor By: Ken Burton on Wed, 24 October 2012 21:33
		Re: [GMCnet] Repairing the Burned Floor By: WD0AFQ on Wed, 24 October 2012 22:34
		Re: [GMCnet] Repairing the Burned Floor By: mike miller on Thu, 25 October 2012 01:22
		Re: [GMCnet] Repairing the Burned Floor By: WD0AFQ on Thu, 25 October 2012 09:01

Previous Topic:	Thinking about Non Steal 16 inch rims
Next Topic:	The valley of the coked oil

Goto Forum:

-=] Back to Top [=-

Current Time: Sat Jan 11 05:44:52 CST 2025

Total time taken to generate the page: 0.01292 seconds