Hay - no brakes (sorta)

[steve southworth]

Someone dropped one of those large round hay bails on I-40. By the time we got there it had mostly unrolled across both lanes. Hit it square. We
must have looked like a hula dancer for a mile or so. Got off the next exit and had very reduced braking. Front discs were packed with hay. Took a
few minutes to pick it all out of the wheels. Stops OK now.
--
Steve Southworth
1974 Glacier TZE064V100150 (for workin on)
1975 Transmode TZE365V100394 (parts & spares)
Palmyra WI

 

[rcjordan]

Mufflers were clear, I guess?

I once straddled one of those thin dry-cleaning bags with a COE truck while doing about 60 mph. In very short order, the water temp skyrocketed and I
blew the top hose. You guessed it ...the bag was sucked up in front of the radiator and positioned itself to completely cover the vanes.
--
77 Royale Coachmen Side Dry Bath
76 Birchaven Coachmen Side Wet Bath
76 Eleganza
Elizabeth City, NC

 

[steve southworth]

> Mufflers were clear, I guess?
>
> I once straddled one of those thin dry-cleaning bags with a COE truck while doing about 60 mph. In very short order, the water temp skyrocketed
> and I blew the top hose. You guessed it ...the bag was sucked up in front of the radiator and positioned itself to completely cover the vanes.

Single muffler in rear. Although we did smell some cooked hay. Pulled off at next exit to check things over.

Had a similar bag stick on the vettes cat converter. Smelled that for a lot of miles.
--
Steve Southworth
1974 Glacier TZE064V100150 (for workin on)
1975 Transmode TZE365V100394 (parts & spares)
Palmyra WI

 

[john r. lebetski]

Take a peak at your CV boots to be sure not torn.
--
John Lebetski
Woodstock, IL
77 Eleganza II

 

[robert mueller]

I hit something in the middle of the night in my '71 Mustang Mach 1 driving
from Houston to San Diego looked at all the gages and all was OK so I kept
on going.

A few miles down the road I could swear I smelled cookies! I pulled over and
noted oats all over the engine with a bunch on the exhaust manifolds.

Headed down the road and caught up with a truck that was loosing it's load
of bas of oats.

Regards,
Rob M.
The Pedantic Mechanic
USAussie - Downunder
AUS '75 Avion - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
USA '75 Avion - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
USA '77 Kingsley - TZE 267V100808

-----Original Message-----
From: Gmclist [mailto:gmclist-bounces] On Behalf Of Steve
Southworth
Sent: Saturday, April 1, 2017 8:47 AM
To: gmclist
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Hay - no brakes (sorta)

> Mufflers were clear, I guess?
>
> I once straddled one of those thin dry-cleaning bags with a COE truck
while doing about 60 mph. In very short order, the water temp skyrocketed
> and I blew the top hose. You guessed it ...the bag was sucked up in front
of the radiator and positioned itself to completely cover the vanes.

Single muffler in rear. Although we did smell some cooked hay. Pulled off
at next exit to check things over.

Had a similar bag stick on the vettes cat converter. Smelled that for a lot
of miles.
--
Steve Southworth
1974 Glacier TZE064V100150 (for workin on)
1975 Transmode TZE365V100394 (parts & spares)
Palmyra WI

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[steve southworth]

Good thoughts on the boot check. The inners are good. I'll have to take a close look at he outers. I hope they will be good as they are the super
blues.
--
Steve Southworth
1974 Glacier TZE064V100150 (for workin on)
1975 Transmode TZE365V100394 (parts & spares)
Palmyra WI