| [GMCnet] Clasco on the road [message #212483] |
Thu, 27 June 2013 10:08  |
glwgmc
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Registered: June 2004
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Note to self - self, whenever someone else has driven the coach, be sure to check everything.....
With the transmission fixed (we elected to have the 3.5 chain installed as long as the trans had to come out anyway) we headed for Santa Cruz where two of our sons live. Very hot day. The coach felt very sluggish, not at all what our other coach felt like with it's 3.5 chain. As we started climbing the steep grade over the hill from San Jose to Santa Cruz the engine water temp rose alarmingly. Once we crested the brakes felt wonky like they were going away. We managed to get to one sons house stressed out about what might have gone wrong that would have the coach loose power, over heat and loose braking, and what we might have to do about it.
Anyone guess yet what this issue was?
Yup, the tow truck driver set the emergency brake, something I rarely ever do. Leaving Manny's is a downhill experience so I didn't notice that it was set. Our dash air has some electrical glitch that I will sort out today so the windows were open on this very hot day. Out on the freeway with all the traffic, noise and confusion all I felt was a sluggish coach that did not seem to have the power one would expect from the 3.5 effective gear ratio. Going up over the grade the dragging brakes heated everything to the point that the rear brakes were faded out on the downhill side so felt really strange! Once they cooled off and I released the e-brake everything returned to normal. Now all I have to worry about is whether the rear brakes are fried beyond recovery.
Once we confirm the state of the rear brakes we will make the last 500 miles of this most interesting 3500 mile journey back to Kerby, Oregon.
With the exception of the odd failure of a $.50 clip ring holding the chain gear in place on the original transmission and the improbable omission of that same clip ring on the replacement transmission, the only trauma has been the initial over heating caused by a faulty fan clutch, an electrical glitch preventing the dash air from working a few days ago after 2800 miles of blowing cold, and this failure on my part to notice the e brake being left engaged. Not bad for a 36 year old coach coming out onto the road for the first time in a long time. Before I jinx this last 500 miles with my optimism, let me add a "so far" to that last few sentences!
Jerry
Jerry Work
The Dovetail Joint
Fine furniture designed & hand crafted
in the 1907 former Masonic Temple building
in historic Kerby, OR
Http://jerrywork.com
541-592-5360
Cell 541-499-1027
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Jerry & Sharon Work
78 Royale
Kerby, OR
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