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Arrived home Thursday afternoon (May 6th) after a relaxing trip north from Santa Rosa via highway 101 to Newport and then home via Portland and I-5. The trip lasted 8 weeks and the GMC travelled 6300 miles in 145 hours of engine time. Average gas milage was 5.152 towing a Mazda Protege and includes 101.4 hours of GenSet time. Gas prices ranged from 1.099 in Texas to 1.719 in California. I changed oil twice and the oil filter once. Encountered several en-route inconveniences due to a less that perfect alternator pulley for the load I was asking of the alternator. With 20/20 hindsight in place the first fan-clutch change was unnecessary and was done due a mis-diagnosis of what ultimately turned out to be alternator pulley problem. The second fan-clutch change was due to the replacement failing in less that 5000 miles. The replacement was not a GM/Delco clutch. When the alternator pulley came loose for the 3rd time on the eastbound leg of the trip I was able to catch it in time and retighten it and even double-nut it. However, as soon as I applied a load the pulley was slipping on the shaft again so I disconnected the load totally to at least get to my destination and friendly territory.
To assure that I could indeed make it to Dallas I connected a 10 amp battery charger to the coach battery via the front window. GenSet was running anyways for the AC so it was a minor "adjustment". The alternator problem has been solved in Dallas with a better pulley and the westbound trip was pure joy.
The Front Office.
Note the Variable Injection Control. I added a little extra length to the harness so that adjustment can be made easily. Once adjustment is made the controller stores under the passenger seat. The other item on the "desk" is a mouse. It's completely selfcontained in less than 6 inches of real estate. Works great. Less than 2 inches of movement covers the whole screen.
Tucked away at customer site in Dallas, TX. The caboose is real. John is a train buff... and I don't mean the model kind.
My GMC workstation.
...and behind the GMC workstation the mess that keeps it all going.
And the longer the trip... the messier it gets.
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