Attention Black Listers: Trip Report

[Dean The ResourcefulNorse]

Just a quick follow up on my post about buying a 73 -26' Painted Desert in
Phoenix sight unseen and driving it to the Bay Area.

Great trip. Watching the sunrise in the desert, seeing God's creation and
some of man's destruction. Left Phoenix Monday morning and arrived in Bay
area Wednesday afternoon.

Yes, the PO was untruthful and the coach misrepresented, but if you don't
expect that, you are kidding yourself. Fuel quality was a major issue with 4
carb filter changes on the road, even after I installed an inline filter.
Tire condition of several years old and less than a thousand miles proved to
be 9 years old and fronts came apart at 65 mph even thought I had inspected
them (again and again) 50 miles earlier. And the not working fan clutch
decided to freeze up after about 600 miles.

But what a road trip. Met a lot of nice people, shared my faith in the risen
Jesus with some, and fellowshipped with fellow believers with some. PTL.

But here's a question: I have an inline filter on both coaches I own with
both having a history of "dirty" tanks. And they still allow "bad" gas to
plug up the carb filter. Is there an inline filter or fuel filter system out
there I can install that filters particles small enough to keep the carb
filter from plugging up?

TIA and feel free to PM me.

Dean

Dean Hanson 75 Avion with twin beds for Momma, 73 Painted Desert soon to be
a competition BBQ wagon for me.

 

[Jim Hupy]

There are commonly available fuel filters down to two micron size. These
will stop any rust, etc. particles, but water will flat out plug them up so
nothing passes through them. Most of the common fuel filters are in the 10
- 15 micron range. Some crap rust, etc. gets through them. The carb inlet
filter is the last resort. Solution? Clean fuel tanks, all new filters on a
regular basis, buy fuel at busy MAJOR BRAND "TOP TIER" gas stations, keep
your tanks nearly full. Prayer.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Oregon

On Fri, Oct 9, 2020, 8:37 AM Hanson Email via Gmclist <

> Just a quick follow up on my post about buying a 73 -26' Painted Desert in
> Phoenix sight unseen and driving it to the Bay Area.
>
> Great trip. Watching the sunrise in the desert, seeing God's creation and
> some of man's destruction. Left Phoenix Monday morning and arrived in Bay
> area Wednesday afternoon.
>
> Yes, the PO was untruthful and the coach misrepresented, but if you don't
> expect that, you are kidding yourself. Fuel quality was a major issue with
> 4
> carb filter changes on the road, even after I installed an inline filter.
> Tire condition of several years old and less than a thousand miles proved
> to
> be 9 years old and fronts came apart at 65 mph even thought I had inspected
> them (again and again) 50 miles earlier. And the not working fan clutch
> decided to freeze up after about 600 miles.
>
> But what a road trip. Met a lot of nice people, shared my faith in the
> risen
> Jesus with some, and fellowshipped with fellow believers with some. PTL.
>
> But here's a question: I have an inline filter on both coaches I own with
> both having a history of "dirty" tanks. And they still allow "bad" gas to
> plug up the carb filter. Is there an inline filter or fuel filter system
> out
> there I can install that filters particles small enough to keep the carb
> filter from plugging up?
>
> TIA and feel free to PM me.
>
> Dean
>
> Dean Hanson 75 Avion with twin beds for Momma, 73 Painted Desert soon to be
> a competition BBQ wagon for me.
>
>
>
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[Ken B]

I looked up those filters once and the carb filter was a much finer filter. So the big inline filter we put just prior to the mechanical fuel pump
gets most of the rust and what ever else is in the gas. The filter in the carb gets the fine stuff that the big one misses.
--
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana

 

[Jim Hupy]

The carb filter is indeed the last link in the filter chain. I is an
extremely fine filter. Any particle that can get through it, can also pass
through any carb part that it encounters, like jets, inlet valves, etc.
That carb filter will not pass water, which is hard to discover that it is
blocking all the gasoline behind it. It looks good, but passes nothing.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Oregon

On Fri, Oct 9, 2020, 3:02 PM Ken Burton via Gmclist
wrote:

> I looked up those filters once and the carb filter was a much finer
> filter. So the big inline filter we put just prior to the mechanical fuel
> pump
> gets most of the rust and what ever else is in the gas. The filter in the
> carb gets the fine stuff that the big one misses.
> --
> Ken Burton - N9KB
> 76 Palm Beach
> Hebron, Indiana
>
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[BoboBob]

Should have stopped by Vegas and I would have given you the
tires off your old 23 ft

--
Bob Broadwell
75 Eleganza II-Rebuilt performance engine, Manny trans, Manny 1-ton front end, 73 23ft with a side bath getting some updates-both living in Las Vegas