Samuel wrote on Mon, 09 September 2019 14:30
> 1976 Palm Beach
Samuel,
Welcome to the group, family, cult, asylum.....
Well, I guess that I don't have to tell you that there are many here with a lot of experience with GMC electrics (not to mention that a few were EEs
before they even got to being owners).
You have also already had a good introduction to why we encourage the new people here to write sigfiles. You can do this easily as you are working
the group from the forum. Go to <Control Panel/Account Settings> then find <Preferences> and scroll down a little and you will see the Signature
box. Fill in the name you want to be known by (so we know who we are helping), a short about the coach including major mods (it can matter a lot -
did you notice that the answers got more specific when we found out that you had a 76PB?) and lastly a geographic reference as those that work the
list by e-mail can't see the Pittsfield, IL in the header. This will allow us to be much more effective with you questions. There may also be
someone in striking distance that can assist you.
But, as soon as you are though there, if you do not have all the service documentation for everything, go to GMCMI and download everything you don't
have. Three of those should be the wiring diagrams for Chassis, House 12V and 120V. If you print them carefully, you can tape them up as a mosaic
and they will be very helpful. You are obviously literate and have a IQ over 80, so you are ahead of many of those that you might be trying to pay to
do what the coach needs. Yes, it will need a lot of attention. It is a 40+ year old vehicle (not a truck) carrying a same age house that has been
though a continues earthquake. With care, they can be reliable. If you don't have a good grease gun, get one and a couple of tubes of Valvoline
Synpower. That grease is pricey, but grease is way less expensive than parts....
In the case that you may not have noticed, the real value in being the owner of a TZE is not that you have a new big toy, but it is the community that
it connects you to. There are several thousand brand old friends that are available for some level of assistance. You may have already started, but
trust me, you have not yet seen this community work the magic it is capable of. The power that can be brought to bear here is truly awesome.
There is an International Convention coming up in early October (~03~10) in Mansfield OH. That is about 550 miles from Pittsfield, that is a very
long day or two short road days. If you can get the time and can make it there, it is worth your while to do so. If you don't and with a new coach
and still employed, we will understand. But you should watch for the next fall rally. Speaking of which, you are in Great Lakers country. We
(GMCGL) have rallies all the time and all over. Get to our website and watch for one that you can make. The next is in Algonac MI and that too would
be kind of a long run for a new owner. (This will almost be a joke for you before long, we don't even count excursions that we can make in a single
day.)
Now, as I said before this is a community of helping and supportive people the likes of which you may never have known. The only one like it that I
know of is that of the watermen that are my world. For this reason, I took up welcoming new owners here much as one would be welcomed there. So,
May the Good Lord bless this coach and all those that set forth within her.
Welcome Samuel
Matt
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Matt & Mary Colie - '73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan
OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
SE Michigan - Twixt A2 and Detroit