Hello all: Seems like weeks since I wrote, so I will make this a good one.
Again, I must report that "sometimes you get the elevator, and
sometimes the shaft"
I am without engine Seems the thrust bearing went out and the crank
could move some 1/4" which I am told, is not good. Not only do you
get a nice thumping, but the engine will ultimately go... so it did.
Getting towed from Oxnard to Bob Lamy was easy, after convincing RV
alliance athat there were no places that could work on my coach.
They gave me three numbers closes than Bob, and I called each. They
said, sure they heard of GMCs but, not they did not work on them.
One said they could, after a few weeks, when they had time. They
thought they had one person who might be able to work on it. So much
for that, RV Alliance towed me to Bob Lamy.
Options now available to me"
1. Leave the coach in Bob's capable hands and in some three months,
and some $6K I would get a new engine. I feel sorry for bob as he is
only two hands and he is so busy that even I plan a year in advance
to go and have him check my coach. The 6K is not too bad when you
consider the oil cooler has to be flushed, the engine out and a new
one put in and then maybe my old core is usable (sigh).
2. Along comes Manny, bless his ornery hide, and offers me two
options. He has an engine that was running before he took it out and
he and I (questionable) could put in the old engine, and send mine
back to Statkus where it started life and have Jim Statkus redo mine.
Manny said no problem, we can do it oursleves and get gene, mr.erf to
help.
Or.
3. He could get his old engine rebuilt and then I could put that one
in and then get mine old one shipped back to Albuq and then I would
have a spare engine.
4. To have the coach towed to Albuq where it could be worked on by
Jim Statkus who put in the engine. If I left my engine to have it
redone by bob, he would feel that he would have to start from scratch
as he would want new pistons, rings etc. Statkus, on the other hand,
knew what he had done in the past, and could salvage many of the
parts.
Option 2 and 3 required Bob Lamy to allow me to leave my coach and
take out the motor etc. Then I called another of my mentors. Duane
Simmons. He said that if Bob would go for it, he too could come down
and help.
Picture four experts (but don't count me) - Manny, Duane, Gene and I
all hovering over the engine, etc. Bob thought about this and said,
you might have a problem... what happens if you get the engine in and
it doesn't work. I looked at him and knew he was thinking... here I
go. So there were options.
To Manny and Gene and Duane... God it great to have friends that are
willing to go out of their way. Manny volunteered to come down and
help me do it all. He is nuts, but I love the fact that all of these
GMC folks are there to help.
Again, I must report that "sometimes you get the elevator, and
sometimes the shaft"
I am without engine Seems the thrust bearing went out and the crank
could move some 1/4" which I am told, is not good. Not only do you
get a nice thumping, but the engine will ultimately go... so it did.
Getting towed from Oxnard to Bob Lamy was easy, after convincing RV
alliance athat there were no places that could work on my coach.
They gave me three numbers closes than Bob, and I called each. They
said, sure they heard of GMCs but, not they did not work on them.
One said they could, after a few weeks, when they had time. They
thought they had one person who might be able to work on it. So much
for that, RV Alliance towed me to Bob Lamy.
Options now available to me"
1. Leave the coach in Bob's capable hands and in some three months,
and some $6K I would get a new engine. I feel sorry for bob as he is
only two hands and he is so busy that even I plan a year in advance
to go and have him check my coach. The 6K is not too bad when you
consider the oil cooler has to be flushed, the engine out and a new
one put in and then maybe my old core is usable (sigh).
2. Along comes Manny, bless his ornery hide, and offers me two
options. He has an engine that was running before he took it out and
he and I (questionable) could put in the old engine, and send mine
back to Statkus where it started life and have Jim Statkus redo mine.
Manny said no problem, we can do it oursleves and get gene, mr.erf to
help.
Or.
3. He could get his old engine rebuilt and then I could put that one
in and then get mine old one shipped back to Albuq and then I would
have a spare engine.
4. To have the coach towed to Albuq where it could be worked on by
Jim Statkus who put in the engine. If I left my engine to have it
redone by bob, he would feel that he would have to start from scratch
as he would want new pistons, rings etc. Statkus, on the other hand,
knew what he had done in the past, and could salvage many of the
parts.
Option 2 and 3 required Bob Lamy to allow me to leave my coach and
take out the motor etc. Then I called another of my mentors. Duane
Simmons. He said that if Bob would go for it, he too could come down
and help.
Picture four experts (but don't count me) - Manny, Duane, Gene and I
all hovering over the engine, etc. Bob thought about this and said,
you might have a problem... what happens if you get the engine in and
it doesn't work. I looked at him and knew he was thinking... here I
go. So there were options.
To Manny and Gene and Duane... God it great to have friends that are
willing to go out of their way. Manny volunteered to come down and
help me do it all. He is nuts, but I love the fact that all of these
GMC folks are there to help.
