Cabinets

[johnny]

Robert Cosby posed on Facebook he had some takeout cabinets from his GMC. I needed the one over the dinette, so I went over this morning and picked
it up, along with two small ones he had. Unfortunately he wasn't there, one of the other folks said he'd had some water problems at his house. I
sent him a message, "Thank you!!"
So I started home and my Town and Country started giving problems. Running hot, strange shifting. I decided to travel streets instead of the freeway
- good choice. The charge light came on, went off, came back. Directly on Old Milton Pkwy (4 - 6 lane divided main street in a 'burb just north of
the city, it quit. I started pushing it to the very close turnoff, several people stopped and helped. Got it up on the curb on a side street and
thanked them profusely. Called Paula, after an hour and directions from the po-lice she got there. I tried to charge the battery from her car, all
that happened was the jumpers got too hot to hold. So, we came home in her car, A - Tow driver just called, said he found it and was loading and
heading this way.Under $200 for the tow, 40 miles or sop to here. Someplace either the battery (3 month Die-Hard) has a shortening in it, or more
likely one of the cables is touching ground someplace. I'll sort it out Monday. Robert posted the cabinets on one of the GMC facebook sites, I have
the two single door ones if someone wants them let me know. Same price as I paid, free. Even with the tow, less than having one made I suppose.

--johnny
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Foolish Carriage, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
Braselton, Ga.
I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me in hell

 

[Carl Stouffer]

Off subject to GMCs, but pertinent to your post, I had a similar problem with my '87 XJ a few years ago.

The volt gauge would all of a sudden inadvertantly peg on the high side, the lights would get very bright, then it would go back to normal. This
happened several times before I got to where I was going, then it seemd to stop. On the way back, it started in with the same behavior, then quit and
coasted to the side of the road.

Upon investigation, It had blown a fusible link. When I twisted the ends of the burned wire together, it would crank, but not start. I have AAA
premium, so I called them and they towed me to my mechanic's shop, 97 miles away (towing was covered up to 100 miles)

It turned out that a wire had rubbed bare after only 30 years and 240,000 miles and shorted out somewhere under the intake/exhaust manifolds on the
left side of the engine. Jim had it running within 10 minutes of it arriving at his shop.

It sounds like something similar.
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Carl Stouffer
'75 ex Palm Beach
Tucson, AZ.
Chuck Aulgur Reaction Arm Disc Brakes, Quadrabags, 3.70 LSD final drive, Lenzi knuckles/hubs, Dodge Truck 16" X 8" front wheels, Rear American Eagles,
Solar battery charging. GMCSJ and GMCMI member

 

[mghamms]

Price of the tow shouldn't figure in. It would have happened anyway. Just luck of the draw.

> Robert Cosby posed on Facebook he had some takeout cabinets from his GMC. I needed the one over the dinette, so I went over this morning and
> picked it up, along with two small ones he had. Unfortunately he wasn't there, one of the other folks said he'd had some water problems at his
> house. I sent him a message, "Thank you!!"
> So I started home and my Town and Country started giving problems. Running hot, strange shifting. I decided to travel streets instead of the
> freeway - good choice. The charge light came on, went off, came back. Directly on Old Milton Pkwy (4 - 6 lane divided main street in a 'burb just
> north of the city, it quit. I started pushing it to the very close turnoff, several people stopped and helped. Got it up on the curb on a side
> street and thanked them profusely. Called Paula, after an hour and directions from the po-lice she got there. I tried to charge the battery from
> her car, all that happened was the jumpers got too hot to hold. So, we came home in her car. A - Tow driver just called, said he found it and was
> loading and heading this way.Under $200 for the tow, 40 miles or so to here. Someplace either the battery (3 month Die-Hard) has a shortening in
> it, or more likely one of the cables is touching ground someplace. I'll sort it out Monday. Robert posted the cabinets on one of the GMC facebook
> sites, I have the two single door ones if someone wants them let me know. Same price as I paid, free. Even with the tow, less than having one made I
> suppose.
>
> --johnny

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