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    Portable AC?

    It’s not really a swamp cooler. A swamp cooler releases heat to the outside and cool humid air inside. This gadget puts cool air out the front and warm air out the back. When the air in the room mixes it is the temperature you started with plus perhaps a bit warmer due to the heat added by the...
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    Bogie Greaser

    John I broke one off and I got it out by bending the end of a stiff wire (less than a 1/8”) pushing it into the tube and hooking the inside edge and pulling it out. Emery Stora > > A couple of weeks ago The Stretch blew a tire on the driver's side rear. Did a good deal of damage to the...
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    1978 Center Kitchen Royale for Sale

    What did it sell for? Emery Stora > > Sold > -- > Bruce Hart > 1976 Palm Beach > Milliken, Co > > Got Mechanic Coming > > _______________________________________________ > GMCnet mailing list > Unsubscribe or Change List Options: >...
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    Changing door hinge pins?

    I don’t know for sure but I just looked at a picture of a 1977 on the Internet and it looks right. Emery > > Emery, what year please Sir. I have a 78 Suburban and they are different. > > > > > > >> The hinges on the Chevrolet Suburban with the doors that swing to each side are...
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    Changing door hinge pins?

    The hinges on the Chevrolet Suburban with the doors that swing to each side are identical to the GMC Motothome. So if you need new hinges check with a Chevrolet dealer parts department. Emery Stora 77 Kingsley Frederick CO > > Anyone have any tricks for removing the door hinge pins....mine...
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    Windows again

    Can you reverse the sides of the windows? Put the driver’s side onto the passenger side and vice Versa. That would seem to achieve what you are trying to do and you wouldn’t have to disassemble the windows. Emery Stora > > You can’t just rotate the frame 180* and reinstall on same side...
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    'brake' light on dash. what does it mean?

    Ken Don’t be so dammed right all the time. Every time you post about 50 people grab their books to see if you are correct! Emery Stora > > Darn you guys and your nit-picking!!! You should know I'd have to look at > the wiring diagram! > > Emery, I hate to tell you this, but you got it bass...
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    Proper/Optimal fuel grade for GMC

    Emery > > Chevron 87 octane swill gas. (Alcohol) or Top tier Costco 87 octane > regular. Buy from a busy station on major routes. Not some backwater > station. Fresher is better than aging on gasoline. > Jim Hupy > Salem, Oregon > >> On Fri, Aug 21, 2020, 10:17 PM Vadim Jitkov via Gmclist <...
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    'brake' light on dash. what does it mean?

    James - it just occurred to me that perhaps your dash bulb is burned out for the parking brake warning light. Emery Stora > > There is no warning light that tells the driver that the e-brake is still > on, that the factory installed. There should be, that is for certain. If > you really want...
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    'brake' light on dash. what does it mean?

    Jim — you are wrong on this one. I seldom have found you in error but you are this time. I have a 1977 Kingsley. In the Owner’s Operating Manual for 1977 on page 24 t says: To help remind you, the “Park Brake” light is designed to come on if the parking brake control is not fully released and...
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    'brake' light on dash. what does it mean?

    There are actually two brake lights on the dash. One in the speedometer cluster is actuated by the switch on the side of the parking bracket by the floor. The other is in the warning light cluster. This is actuated by the Brake combination Switch which is located in the brake lines on the frame...
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    Atwood electric water heater

    You can buy an adapter that bolts in and allows you to use screw in elements. Much easier to service. Check Home Depot or Lowe’s. Emery Stora > > Ok so its an EH6 with the bokt in element (4 bolts) not the screw in. > > So question is are residencial heating elements the same as rv units...
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    High winds

    I had heard that parts of the Midwest had 100 mph winds last week. I was talking to Bob Dunahugh today and found out that it hit hard in Cedar Rapids, IA. He told me: > > > “I talked to a farmer last night that lives about a mile North of our house. He has his own weather station for his...
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    Black tank wash down.

    The problem is usually with hair tangled around the sender. Microbes will not work for that. You will have to remove the sender and clean it by hand. Emery ’stora > > I have used the microbes in the tank and it has worked. My tank sender unit is not working so I’ll have to check into that...
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    Setting on the skids

    You can easily rebuild your compressor. The kit comes with new piston and rings. When you clean the inside of the cylinders do it with fine wet or dry sandpaper Do it wet. You will get better speed than with the suggested scotch right. Emery Stora 77 Kingsley Frederick CO > > Thanks...
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    Setting on the skids

    Your are correct about the positions of the switch. Yes, in auto it should raise or lower to the height set by the link. You should block the back and then adjust the front torsion bars according to the maintenance manual. Then you can adjust the links for the auto feature. Emery Stora 77...
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    Setting on the skids

    If you are fully lowered it might take 5 or ten minutes to completely raise it. If your compressor rings are worn badly perhaps more. Emery Stora > > Also, do you or anyone else have an observation on the amount of time the factory or other compressor should take to raise one side of the...
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    Setting on the skids

    Why are you checking at the top of the belt line? There is no spec for that. It can vary depending on the compression of your frame pads. The hold auto switch only has the two positions If it won’t stay in one you should take the switch apart and clean it. Do it indoors over a towel on a table...
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    Transmission cooler lines

    Jan I have not seen the need for flexible hose. The steel lines seem to have plenty of flex and I have had them in for several years with no problem. Emery Stora > > Thanks Larry. Turnquist suggested I should up my tranny cooler lines to 3/8”. So hoping I have better luck with fittings. I...
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    Onan board connections

    I was working in my Onan and removed the wires from the board. I wasn’t too concerned because the small numbers inside the Molex connector would guide me. The wires are marked with numbers for the terminals but my wires had darkened and discolored so I couldn’t read most of them. But inside the...