CASA COUNTDOWN

SOOR MOOR

2006-07-21T20:58:00.000-07:00

CRAB, CLAMS,HAMBURGER AMD DOGS

SOOR HAPPENINGS

2006-07-21T04:39:00.000-07:00

MACERATOR DEMO -- MAYBE JUST A DUMP

JIM K QUAD BAGGER

SOOR AGENDA

2006-07-20T04:30:00.000-07:00

SOOR AGENDA

UNDER THE PIER ---------------- City of Charleston - wild life under the pier $1.00
CRABBING ------------------------ City of Charleston - how to crab off of the pier $1.00
CLAMMING----------------------- Rosemary teaching how to Clam, - need $6.00 permit
SEA FOOD DINNER --------------Clams, Crab, DFF Turkey, Dogs, Hamburgers

TECH STUFF TO SEE

454 CONVERSION
Kanomata Quadra Bagger
B&F Curtis -- products
Tandy / Rose 4 Bagger
Fantastic Fan Install
34 mm Master Cyl
Front Bogie Disk Brake
Onan DVD

COOL THINGS TO DO AT SOOR

2006-07-19T05:51:00.000-07:00

UNDER THE WHARF

Thr. at 10 AM

wildlife tour under the wharf

STEPPING STONES

Bring some broken glass, china, stones

we are going to make stepping stones

Bring some boots, we are going to do some clamming

RAZOR CLAMS

As Kelvin says it is going to be cool at the rally

Here is the weather

http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/USOR0072.html

COOL THINGS TO DO ON THE WAY TO SOOR

2006-07-17T22:22:00.000-07:00

Buy an excellent GMC on the way to the SOOR

Jean Miller will make a great deal on this GMC

Make Her an offer

http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/gallery/showalbum.php?aid=1481&uuid=mrerf

COOL THINGS TO DO ON THE WAY TO SOOR

2006-07-15T14:59:00.000-07:00

FREE DUMP STATIONS

ON THE WAY TO SOOR

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Rest area details at Brookings

At Harris Beach State Park

Northbound with Southbound signing and access Hwy 101, 2 miles north of Brookings (milepost 355.7)

Restrooms, Picnic Tables, Drinking Water, Welcome Center, Public Telephones, Accessible Facilities, RV Sanitary Dump Station, Travel Info Gazebo, Vending Machines. Wireless internet access.

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City of Eugene

410 River Avenue

Eugene, OR 97404

COOL THINGS TO DO ON THE WAY TO SOOR

2006-07-15T07:22:00.000-07:00

NORTHWEST RV SUPPLY

http://www.nwrvsupply.com/index.htm

Northwest RV Supply
86325 College View Rd.
Eugene
OR
97405
541-746-9092
541-736-5573

Passenger Seat Desk

2006-05-23T16:17:00.000-07:00

The least used space in the GMC has always been the Passenger Seat area. On the road and while we are camped I have always wanted a flat desk and a place to work that did not take up the table or living area.
Gene Ransom, once told me he built a swing-out desk for his wife to work on while they were traveling. So with that idea, I have started on my Mezzanine desk.
Here are the beginning pictures of the prototype of this desk. I have used it on two trips (one to Casa ) and it has worked very well.

To see the work in progress, look here

http://tinyurl.com/r5qs4

The plan was to implement the following features:
1 Flat dash while running down the road for feet and navigation computer (no more sliding off of the dash)
2 Power station to provide (I hate cables all over)

12 volts
110 inverter
110 shore power
5 volt Ipod power
USB ports
Cable Storage
Cell phone storage
Audio plug (Ipod)

3 Slide away under the Dash Mat
4 Hard surface that will match the table and dash for for writing,computing and food
5 Can be used sitting straight or at 90 degrees
6 Will not interfere with the engine hatch cover
7 Will not interfere with the TV / DVD player
8 Desk can be removed, it is attached by blocks in the slot behind the windshield. (pix to follow)
9 Drink holder

The idea is that this desk will not be visible in the retracted position. The Dash will now be flat so the co-pilot can put her feet up there or work on projects. No longer will I have to clean off my computer, printer, manuals, antennas, etc while we are camped. I now have my own space where I can get on free WIFI at 4AM from the campground..... priceless.

Well, there is more to come, but I thought you might like to see what I showed at the Casa rally ;>)

CASA KNOCK SENSOR PLACEMENT

2006-05-17T14:33:00.000-07:00

Several folks here on the left coast, have been complaining that their MSD knock detectors have been getting extraneous signals from our noisy engines. Most have placed the detector in a hole in the rear of an engine head.

C. Botts said his dyno folks moved his sensor to the front motor mount to a more quiet location. We all did a lot of theorizing about how to drill a hole in the motor mount, so while I had his GMC trapped at the Casa rally, I crawled under and I think this is where they put the sensor
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/gallery/showalbum.php?uuid=mrerf&aid=59
http://tinyurl.com/jd73s

This spot is on the passenger side of the engine just above the short shaft drive line. There is an empty hole there on my coach so this looks like a possibility.
Now Larry Schaffer said he was going to test this location, but he has not been heard from yet. I thought someone else might be interested in trying this location and if you do not have a knock detector, this url also points to Emery's knock detector you could build.
If you want to know what the heck a knock sensor is, you can read here
http://users.california.com/~eagle/knock.html
if you are going to use a knock controlled spark advance efi, you should also be interested in this placement.
good luck and check back when you have some data
gene

WHY DO A FRONT END CONVERSION ?

2006-05-08T05:18:00.000-07:00

Here are some great notes on why do a conversion From Bruce

There are lots of other reasons these hubs might be better:

1) Much larger front brakes and huge calipers
2) Completely sealed bearing cassettes...no maintance
3) Gets the front track in line with the rear without spacers
4) Rotors come off without disassembling the whole front hub
5) Better outboard CV joints that are readily available
6) Gets rid of lower A-arm weak outter end
7) Uses modern ball joints...heavier duty
8) Can design in all the caster you think you might want
Drawbacks...
1) To do it correctly, you need to move the upper A-arm mounts about 2" up or
will have radical neg. camber on jounce and rebound
2) New custom driveshafts, tierods and brakelines are needed
3) Brake balancer may also be needed

I'm sure there is more but this is the "Quick" list.
I have mine all mocked up but real work keeps getting in the way.
Bruce in SB

BILL HUBLER'S NEW FRONT SUSPENSION

2006-05-06T06:00:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures of the new knuckles / hubs /ETC

that Bill Hubler has adapted to his GMC.

Bill is a very creative and friendly owner. He was eager to share his ideas and describe the difficulties of his projects. He has more on the way for our coaches, but is looking forward to some down time floating on the oceans of Mexico ;>)

I think he said these come from a 1 Ton Truck. He welded the new Parts to the old control arms.

Bill is a very creative builder. In his real life, he has been building turbine Crop Dusters

As always, the devil is in the details. He said the axles had to be special made to match the spline in the final drive. Cost hundreds of dollars to get these made. He is thinking of the next version, and is making a fixture to help in the alignment. With this version, he wanted more Caster, and he welded it in, but would like more. Wow this is not for your average bolt-it-on owner

Just in case you did not know, this is the same Bill Hubler who did the diesel conversion. Here is a link to his presentation at a rally

http://www.bdub.net/Diesel.pdf

Very interesting reading for the details, like it took cutting up 3 pans to the drive line through the pan in the proper location. His engine is shown below.

THE CASA RALLY WINE FESTIVAL

2006-02-26T06:39:00.000-08:00

CAMPING WORLD - GOOD PLACE TO VISIT

2006-02-14T09:19:00.000-08:00

How could you resist a stop at Camping World while at the Rally

http://www.campingworld.com/stores/stores.cfm?store=25

You can even stop overnight if you are late.

CAMP DUTCH OVEN COOKOFF

2006-02-01T03:54:00.000-08:00

At the Pacific cruisers Quartzsite "5 buck" rally, Bob Lamey and Ed Staal brought their Dutch ovens' and fed the owners of the 30 GMCs' at the rally. It was excellent and fun. They even talked Freddi into cooking one night. Stew, Chulapas, soup, the food was excellent. Now Dutch Oven cooking takes hours, and is sort of like watching grass grow, so you have lots of time to visit and do rally stuff.

So I am thinking, if we had a Dutch Oven demonstration and Cookoff at the Casa Rally one day, there would be tons of food for a Potluck and lots of new recipes tested. Ummmmm, there should be lots of that Gilroy Garlic available. I will run this by the Rally Master.

If you look at this web page of Byron's
http://papadutch.home.comcast.net/dutch-oven-recipes.htm
you will see how this cooking is done and the unlimited types of food that can be cooked.

So bring your 20 briquettes, Dutch Oven, and oil drain pan (you have to put the charcoal in something) and try this traditional family cooking.

BONFANTE GARDENS

2005-09-29T01:22:00.000-07:00

This attraction is near the rally. Look carefully at the times and days they are open. You will not see trees and gardens like these in other places

http://www.bonfantegardens.com/gardens.html

http://www.arborsmith.com/treecircus.html

COUNT DOWN TO THE CASA RALLY

2005-09-29T00:32:00.000-07:00

There are many things to do and see at the GMCWS Casa de Fruta rally. Keep returning to this Blog to see what is going on.

These gardens is one example of things you might want to see on the way to the Casa Rally.

Here is their web page and some other links to view

http://www.undergroundgardens.com/
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/places/forest.htm
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tips/getAttraction.php3?tip_AttractionNo==4590