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N2hcky

N2hcky

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Went this past Sunday to take a look at a coach 2 hours away.
I knew it had a bad motor so it really hinged on how nice the rest was.
Long story short......I finally found the right one for us.
Rebuilt motor sitting on engine stand came along with the deal.
Now I have to wait until first week of Nov to get it home.245642071_4578891392171565_8228047728426246429_n.webp
 

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Exterior looks recently painted. Zip-Dee awning is a bonus. Looks well cared for. Hope the inside looks as good as the outside.
Will you try to install the rebuilt engine there? or get it home to install? If you are bringing it home on a tow, try to get a Landoll type roll-on truck. Towing from the front can be dicy especially for a 2 hour trip.

Check the age and pressure in the tires. Rule of thumb is 65 front and rears at 60 psi.
 
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Exterior looks recently painted. Zip-Dee awning is a bonus. Looks well cared for. Hope the inside looks as good as the outside.
Will you try to install the rebuilt engine there? or get it home to install? If you are bringing it home on a tow, try to get a Landoll type roll-on truck. Towing from the front can be dicy especially for a 2 hour trip.

Check the age and pressure in the tires. Rule of thumb is 65 front and rears at 60 psi.
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Best we can tell it was a hi quality paint job done in probably late 90's. It has always been stored inside.
It was renovated inside with a few different cabinet doors and such also in the 90's.
I will be doing the motor at my place.
I have a guy to transport it that does it very often.....lucky enough he is about halfway between my place and the coach's location. He uses a lowboy trailer.
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How long has the replacement engine been sitting on a stand? Who did the rebuild? A reputable engine builder? Do you have access to the rebuild specs and parts used?

Before you install that engine, answer the above questions. If the engine has been sitting for a considerable period of time, read and follow information in this article. Failure to provide adequate lubrication to that new engine could leave you on the side of the road in the first couple of hundred miles.


JMHO
 
LarryW said:
How long has the replacement engine been sitting on a stand? Who did the rebuild? A reputable engine builder? Do you have access to the rebuild specs and parts used?

Before you install that engine, answer the above questions. If the engine has been sitting for a considerable period of time, read and follow information in this article. Failure to provide adequate lubrication to that new engine could leave you on the side of the road in the first couple of hundred miles.


JMHO
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That has yet to be determined. We know it has been sitting for a few years.
I was not going to trust their work. I was going to tear it down and double check the work.
 
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That has yet to be determined. We know it has been sitting for a few years.
I was not going to trust their work. I was going to tear it down and double check the work.
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Good for you!! After reassembly, fill the pan and oil filter with 5w30 and run the oil pump until you see oil coming out at the rocker arms. Hook up a oil pressure gauge and make this a good time to precheck oil pressure. Also look over the engine for oil coming out of oil galleries that were not plugged. I did this on a engine redone by another builder...fortunately while on the engine stand. Builder had failed to plug an oil gallery on the back of the engine between the motor and the transmission. If I hadn't caught that, I'd....at a minimum... would have had to pull the trans. :-(
 
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I see it's another GMC with an aviation connection. These GMC's really attract the aviators. Check the paint over carefully. If it has been stored inside all its life it could be the original paint. I have a 74 yellow canyon lands with mostly original paint that is still very presentable after a good wash wax and polish. Take some good pics of the Muriels and share them with the group. The aviators amungst us are curious. If you don't plan on keeping the Muriel they can be removed with rubbing compound and save the paint under them. Enjoy your new project. With lots of work we now have a fun and reliable coach with over 13000 miles so far this year.
 
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I see it's another GMC with an aviation connection. These GMC's really attract the aviators. Check the paint over carefully. If it has been stored inside all its life it could be the original paint. I have a 74 yellow canyon lands with mostly original paint that is still very presentable after a good wash wax and polish. Take some good pics of the Muriels and share them with the group. The aviators amungst us are curious. If you don't plan on keeping the Muriel they can be removed with rubbing compound and save the paint under them. Enjoy your new project. With lots of work we now have a fun and reliable coach with over 13000 miles so far this year.
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Current prev/owner is a pilot and the previous owner that had the work done was also a pilot/mechanic.
Doubt it is original paint......sans..... stripes.
It shines well as it sits right now.......brother of previous owner owned a body shop.
I kind doubt I will keep mural but it may grow on me......not gonna be in a hurry to change that.......I will repaint the original style stripes at some point.
I will take all kinds of pics when it makes it home.
 
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Current prev/owner is a pilot and the previous owner that had the work done was also a pilot/mechanic.
Doubt it is original paint......sans..... stripes.
It shines well as it sits right now.......brother of previous owner owned a body shop.
I kind doubt I will keep mural but it may grow on me......not gonna be in a hurry to change that.......I will repaint the original style stripes at some point.
I will take all kinds of pics when it makes it home.
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Stripes were an option so not all of them had them. Ours doesn't have them now but did when new. There is a sticker inside the glove box door that lists all the original equipment as sold. We haven't decided if we are going to put them back on or not. We like them both ways. The yellow ones attract a lot of attention and comments. Had one guy come up to us and say "OBVIOUSLY" that's not the original color. What color was it originally? My answer was not only is it the original color, most of it is the actual original paint. Photo taken 2 days ago.
 

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N2hcky,

Welcome to the group, family, cult, asylum.

You have just collected a whole heap of new old friends. Do not be put off by the forwardness here. This is a very helping and supportive community. Every body here has an agenda. That agenda is to see to it that you get to understand and enjoy your coach as much as we all know you should.

To this end, please fill in a sigfile with your name, so we know who we are helping, a short about the coach including major or important mods and finally a geographic location because one or more of those new old friends might be in striking range and be a valuable asset to your effort.

Welcome N2hcky

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Still researching the options. Pros and cons for them all.
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Factory service manual has it going down out the bottom.

I can't figure out who thought it was a good idea to bring it up through the hole the first time on a trolley system, down the middle of the upholstered interior and then out the side door. Seems like a lot of rigamaroll but apparently it stuck b/c that's how a lot of people do it.

I'd go out the bottom, you could even dig a hole and lower it in which would avoid getting the coach up in the air.
 
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Factory service manual has it going down out the bottom.

I can't figure out who thought it was a good idea to bring it up through the hole the first time on a trolley system, down the middle of the upholstered interior and then out the side door. Seems like a lot of rigamaroll but apparently it stuck b/c that's how a lot of people do it.

I'd go out the bottom, you could even dig a hole and lower it in which would avoid getting the coach up in the air.
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I too think that out the bottom makes the most since. I would never think GM would expect the techs to take enough precautions to drag one through the inside.
They had lifts for the coaches so out the bottom for them would be the logical choice.
Now we have to think of what we have to work with.
Thinking I will be be building some hefty ramps and out the bottom.
Toyed with the idea of out the window opening behind driver.....but that could open another can of worms.
 
Hey Guys, You do with what you have available.
When I had to take the transmission out the first time, it went out the bottom. I had to get in down onto a piece of 7mm OSB and put sand on the floor so I could slide it while it was rolled over on its side.....
Going back in was a real trip.....
Matt
 
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