A New Member to the Family!
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04-04-2006, 09:37
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A New Member to the Family!
Andy:
Congratulations on your new toy! I'm sure you will enjoy it despite its tortoise like climbing qualities! I also have a 83FC35, mine with a 250HP turbo. You are doing the right things, change out all the filters (what pressure does your racor gage read at idle and at full power), review the posts on driving techniques for hills, ensure you are operating it in the correct rpm range and take it out for another run as clogged filters and poor driving techniques can really ruin performance. 25 MPH does seem a little slow for modest hills and there are a multitude of items to check and review (rear end ratio, injectors, injector pump, fuel pump, fuel pump in the rear, valve lash, injector pump timing, transmission shift points or slip, brake drag, tire pressure, u-joints, retarder bearings, wheel bearings) before you are sure you have squeezed the most out of your machine. However, these are heavy beasts with a fairly small power plant by todays standards and one must keep expectations in check. I personally have driven mine over 25K miles in the last few years with trips from Connecticut to Alaska, Utah, Florida, (In Canada, Alaska and Utah occasionally climbing some substantial 8-10% grades that seem to go on forever) with hundreds of stops along the way and found the speed/climbing ability to not hurt my enjoyment of the trips in the slightest - However, in the hill country, my wife fondly refers to it the slowest thing on the road ![]() FC's may climb slowly, on a typical full day of travel, the guy with the 500HP machine might get there 10-15 min ahead of me as hills typically don't make up the bulk of a day's drive! Good luck and keep inquiring info from the forums, the folks here make owning one of these machines fun! Harry Saddock 83FC35 South Windsor, CT --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "M.L. Perkinson" <mp222116@...> wrote: > > I had same problem with my 80fc with 84 motor.I found it needed air. Have a drier hose running from front that I fitted to the air filter. Made all the difference. You might ask Ralph, > Randy and Jeff among others whart they think about the need for air. Maury 80dc 31' > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Andy Coleman > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > Sent: 4/4/2006 3:16:11 AM > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] A New Member to the Family! > > > Hello Everyone, > > Proud to say that I've just officially joined the Wanderlodge Family. > I'm now the owner of a 1983 FC-35 with a 225 HP turbo 3208. Bought > it Sunday. Drove it 500 miles from Malta, Ohio to my home in Central NJ. > > I wonder what the neighbors think about the new, brown addition to my > backyard! > > Bought the bus from a family that did not use it much. Only a few > thousand miles of driving over the past 3.5 years. > > The power steering pump leaked fluid all the way home. Had to re- fill > several times. > > The worst problem I had, however, was speed. I averaged under 50 MPH > through the 500 mile journey. Some of the Pennsylvania hills on Route > 70 & 76 slowed my coach down to 25 MPH in the right lane with the > emergency flashers on. Any upward elevation change, even slight ones, > slowed my coach down into the low 50s. It was the long climbs that > choked it. And the only excess weight in the bus was my girlfriend, > tool box and 100 gallons of gas! > > A good friend of mine is a diesel mechanic. He is going to take a > look at the bus for me shortly. I told him about this great forum, > and he recommended that I ask experienced folks like yourself if this > performance is normal, or an indication of a problem. > > I realize that they are heavy buses, but are they really that slow? > Even with the turbo? Creeping along in the right lane is dangerous! > > My friend and I are going to change the fuel and air filters, adjust > the valve lash, replace the belts. Anybody else have suggestions? > They will be greatly appreciated! > > Andy Coleman > Wanderlodge Virgin No More! > 83 FC - 35. > Spring Lake Heights, NJ > > > > > > SPONSORED LINKS Recreational vehicles Wanderlodge Automotive maintenance > Recreational vehicle dealer Used recreational vehicles Automotive radiators > > > > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > Visit your group "WanderlodgeForum" on the web. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > WanderlodgeForum-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > |
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A New Member to the Family! - Andy Coleman - 04-03-2006, 19:15
A New Member to the Family! - erniecarpet@... - 04-03-2006, 19:43
A New Member to the Family! - Mike Hohnstein - 04-04-2006, 00:34
A New Member to the Family! - Gregory OConnor - 04-04-2006, 02:18
A New Member to the Family! - George Lowry - 04-04-2006, 03:33
A New Member to the Family! - erniecarpet@... - 04-04-2006, 04:31
A New Member to the Family! - Scott Forman - 04-04-2006, 06:27
A New Member to the Family! - Mike Hohnstein - 04-04-2006, 06:44
A New Member to the Family! - M.L. Perkinson - 04-04-2006, 07:52
A New Member to the Family! - hsaddock - 04-04-2006 09:37
A New Member to the Family! - Henry Jay Hannigan - 04-04-2006, 10:56
A New Member to the Family! - George Lowry - 04-04-2006, 12:20
A New Member to the Family! - Chuck Wheeler - 04-04-2006, 14:02
A New Member to the Family! - Jay Darst - 04-04-2006, 14:11
A New Member to the Family! - Andy Coleman - 04-04-2006, 18:27
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