Trip report

[johnny]

Nothing proprietary - pressure test and examine the pan. Today is the first day it quit raining and my cold has left enough to worry with it.
Tomorrow, on the ramps and see what we find. The pad should be dry by tomorrow (my pad is outdoors).

--johnny
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'76 23' transmode Norris upfit, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
Braselton, Ga.
"The road goes on forever, and the party never ends" --Robert Earl Keen

 

[johnny]

Finally, sunshine and over 45 degrees. After some trouble, I got a tube all the way into the transmission pan, and it's (very slowly) siphoning the
fluid into some gallon bottles. Looks like three - four hours to get a couple of gallons out of it. The idea is to drain it below the level of the
pan, so I don't make a colossal mess on the pad. Which mess would certainly end up in the BWD's coat. Later this afternoon I should be able to get
the pan off and see what's in it.
Once it's repaired I will replumb the transmission and oil cooling systems back to stock. On Manny's advice, I'll add one simple cooler to the
transmission lines, after the radiator cooler. I thik I know where I can get a set of stock lines for both the transmission and the oil filter
adaptor, I'll probably add a set of J.R.'s flex lines for the oil cooler. The coach is currently a plumber's night mare, because the PO hauled a
heavy trailer full of Harleys in the Rocky Mountains. Experience with my 23' indicates that the stock setup is sufficient as long as the fan is
working properly and the radiator isn't plugged or obstructed. I only see two hills of any consequence, it sails over both with the recored radiator
and new fan clutch with either the Mousetoad or the ratrod clipped on the back. I expect the same from the 26'.

--johnny
--
'76 23' transmode Norris upfit, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
Braselton, Ga.
"The road goes on forever, and the party never ends" --Robert Earl Keen

 

[johnny]

As I remove things, I learn. One thing I've had re-emphasized... don't overdo it. Or take the motto from Thurber's Fable of the Bear. I just
lifted out two forced air coolers, a relay, and several miles of wire. Yet to be removed because the weather chased me out from under it, several
miles of rubber tubing with multiple splices and connectors. When I'm done, the rebuilt trans will have the original steel lines to the cooler in the
radiator, and to a 'U-tube' cooler in front of the radiator per Manny's suggestion. Of the four fitted, these two were bypassed. We'll be going back
to stock with a helper. I now have two used forced air coolers for sale. Offers?

--johnny
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'76 23' transmode Norris upfit, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
Braselton, Ga.
"The road goes on forever, and the party never ends" --Robert Earl Keen