Weekend trip
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07-15-2007, 15:35
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Weekend trip
For sure I would carry an unmounted spare as well as belts
On 15/07/07, Gardner Yeaw > > My wife and I took the 'Happinest' (last weeks 'Bird of the week) > for a weekend trip to Saylorsburg PA. and stayed at the Silver > Valley Campground. We had a nice weekend and did some sight seeing > and visited with family. On the way we were stuck in some pretty > slow moving traffic for a while, but it eventualy opened up. That's > when we discovered that the vent on the right front side (in fornt > of the heater element) wasn't staying closed. It was 80 or 90 > outside and the right and left heat and defrost registers were > blowing real hot air at us. Naturaly, we were whizzing along a road > that has a two foot sholder, so pulling over was not an option. Once > we got to the campground, I was able to re-attach the control cable > to hold the vent shut! > > So over the weekend we began to think about trips we would like to > take after I retire. Alaska was the top choice. Given the little > problems we have each time we venture out, I have been thinking of > what I would need to do to prepare a 1978 coach for a two or three > month trip from New Jersey through Alaska and back! Hoses (power > steering, radiator, heaters, transmition cooler, hot water heater), > belts, idler pulley bearings, tires, brake components, compressor, > just for starters. Spare parts??? > Front stone shield, toad stone shield, spare tire? > > Maybe I am crazy, but it sure would be a hell of a trip in the > vintage bird. > > I figure I have three years to get ready.. > > Gardner > 78FC33 > > > -- Rob, Sue & Merlin Robinson 94 WLWB [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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Weekend trip - Gardner Yeaw - 07-15-2007, 15:25
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Weekend trip - Mike Hohnstein - 07-16-2007, 00:07
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