Trip report

[al chernoff]

Manny, is a modulator another spare part we should carry...
al

> Just got back early this morning from a trip to San Felipe, Baja. About 1400
> miles I think, my wife and I, her sister and new husband.
> in this one. Back to his shop to removed the gear and match to another. His
> gears had the same pitch but not the longer stem. My idea was to cut the stem
> off of mine and use his gear. That we did.
> I also got an extra gear from him. He didn't want any money for the help or
> the parts.
> The ladies made a nice lunch for us. Opened a bottle of wine too.
> Note here. HE really was looking out for us. What are the odds of finding a
> place open on a Sunday or finding Ernie?
> By 2pm I was ready to test drive. Working fine. We arrived home at 12:30am.
>
> Manny Trovao
> 73 Custom/ex-Glacier
> San Jose, California

 

[john wright]

Emery,
After reading Manny's story, it was the Governor not the Modulator that
failed. The modulator is on the the passenger side of the tranny. Ours
failed on the way back from Myrtle Beach near Dolly wood in Tenn.. The
PO had bought a spare. So I change it in the rest area that we made it
to and we were on our way. I also found a brand new modulator for the
tranny in the spare parts I got with the coach.

J.R. Wright
GMC GreatLakers
77 Eleganza II
Michigan

>

>
> al
> >>
>
> Mine seeps to be working alright but does anyone out there know if there are
> differences in modulators for the 455? I recall reading something on the
> GMCnet way in the past that Caspro uses a different spring in theirs.
>
> Emery Stora
> 77 Kingsley
> Santa Fe, NM

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[jim bounds1]

Daren, Nelson & I had a stellar trip home. We pulled in to New Orleans
Fri. afternoon with "damn the torpedos" Nelson at the wheel. He dropped
down right in the middle of the French quarter and darn if he didn't find a
parking spot right in the middle of it all! I shot a photo of the dumpster
parked under the gold statue, its on the front page of my web site.

The coach ran super, no trouble until we hit the toll plaza in Orlando
where a funny little noise turned out to be blown out fan clutch bearings.
It got us all home though.

Thanks to all who came by to see us at the rally, you made it worth doing.

Jim Bounds
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>

>
>al
> >>
>
>Mine seeps to be working alright but does anyone out there know if there are
>differences in modulators for the 455? I recall reading something on the
>GMCnet way in the past that Caspro uses a different spring in theirs.
>
>Emery Stora
>77 Kingsley
>Santa Fe, NM
>
>

 

[ron & gina]

Hi all,

Well got back from our short vacation trip, Did not go to Powell Lake as it
was still too cold, So we ended up going to Lake Havasu for five days, So it
was a short trip for us and the kids but very very nice!!
The Pumpkin-Rose ran great with it fully loaded of fuel, water, and lots and
lots of supplies. ( Gina always thinks its better to have more then less)
When getting on the on ramp the kids following us in their suburban towing
their boat said I was pulling away from them going up slight grade. Ran
the Onan to and from Havasu in 95-102degs. with no problems, my makeshift
air exhaust deflector worked pretty good while on a dirt road. Coach engine
temps where great while running both A/C units. Tranny temps still the same,
peaked out temps 300. avg.225, top pan temp @ 220. avg.@ 165deg. Guess thats
where mines run. Didn't get fuel mileage as I'm trying to get tanks low
again to repair the fuel leak I found, Its on a "T" @ tanks on the
vapor/overflow from tank filler line, Guess the place that the P.O. had the
tanks checked, installed these lines with the tanks down, for all the screw
clamps are facing the tanks.

Ron&Gina
73 Pumpkin-Rose
Ft. Mohave, AZ.

 

[dave lowry]

>Just got home with my 72 toro parts car. Picked it up his morning in Ventura.
>Logged 761 miles, no problems at all.
>Left home yesterday by way of 101 south to 152 east to 5 south and cut across
>126 to Ventura. It felt good to go up the grapevine at 60 miles an hour at
>2500 rpms. Filled up in Ventura, gas $1.57 per gallon. 38.1 gallons for 382
>miles. The return trip, towing the toro I took 101 all the way home. Haven't
>filled the tank yet. Good trip.
>
>
>Manny Trovao
>73 Custom/ex-Glacier
>San Jose, California

Why didn't my phone ring?

 

[gene]

way to go, Al went by your place at about 1 pm.... lots of traffic.

did you use a tow dolly ??

gene

>Just got home with my 72 toro parts car. Picked it up his morning in Ventura.
>Logged 761 miles, no problems at all.
>Left home yesterday by way of 101 south to 152 east to 5 south and cut
across
>126 to Ventura. It felt good to go up the grapevine at 60 miles an hour at
>2500 rpms. Filled up in Ventura, gas $1.57 per gallon. 38.1 gallons for 382
>miles. The return trip, towing the toro I took 101 all the way home. Haven't
>filled the tank yet. Good trip.
>
>
>Manny Trovao
>73 Custom/ex-Glacier
>San Jose, California
>
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