Ken,
Welcome to the group, family, cult, asylum...
I'm back, but with no new specific information about sending units.
Yesterday was a very wearing day. I tried and only partly succeeded to correct the balance of my coach. This means a lot of crawling under the coach
with a 1-1/4 socket wrench and even worse was the getting up and down. But, I am still here to see that you are properly welcomed.
What I am going to do that I did not do last night was to properly welcome you and ask you to fill in a more complete sigfile. You got part of it,
but having the rest is a great help to those that want to assist you. More about that down the page...
If you go to and scroll down, you will find the signature file box where you can finish filling in your name (we got
that) a bit about the coach (we got 73 Canyon Lands (2?)) and a geographic reference so others that may choose to assist and are in striking range
will know. Specific mods about the coach are also welcome. (I have one for you.)
Your coach is a 73, as such it does have some OEDs (Original Equipment Defects), many of these were covered by recalls but even those that were not
are not a big deal as they are still capable of being mitigated. If your coach is a 23 foot (can you say Unicorn horn?) there are more than a few big
differences. Most of these are covered in the downloadable manual X7425, but they are not in the later X7525 manual. Most of these have to do with
the generator (APU) and plumbing.
There is one mod that I will recommend that you look into promptly. If it has not been changed, you still have Kettering (points and coil) ignition.
If you do, think seriously about going to a Pertronix 1181. If you look on Ebay, they run between 60+ and more and there is only one difference.
There is an kind with a timing ring and the Lobe Sensor (LS) version. The ring kind is more trouble to install, but it is supposed to be more
accurate. Both work great and are good with the stock coil.
If your coach has been changed to HEI, please carry a spare and known to be good module and heat sink goo. A spare coil is also good and don't let
the plugs get too wide. If you have an air filter housing that was hammered accept HEI, make sure it still seals the filter element well, many so
modified do not.
Here comes the best part, by finding us here, you have also just connected with a couple of thousand brand new old friends. But be aware that just
about everybody here has an agenda you should know about. That agenda is to see to it that you get to enjoy both your coach and what it can do for
you as much as we all have on a regular basis. This is why we also need to know where you are and about your coach so advice can be accurately
targeted. It is also a community of help and support like very few that I know of and in actual fact, I only know of one. That is that of the
watermen that are my world. Because of this, I like to welcome the new people here much as they might be welcomed there. So,
May the Good Lord bless this coach and all those that set forth within her.
Welcome Ken
Matt
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Matt & Mary Colie - '73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan
OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
SE Michigan - Twixt A2 and Detroit
