Holy crap this was a pile of work!……….

….……..All THAT was put into this 454 Chevy “diver down” thru the front of this Argosyso if you have one of these and want all of that please don’t bring it here…….Ill help you get it done but the guys here can’t take time away from out GMC production any more.  David outdid himself on this project…..its not like he got the short straw its just so much more involved.  So remember, he has to reinstall the radiator…..we actually had the original radiator recorded……plugging the cave entrance with it, other coolers….we bypassed all the OEM coolers putting in separates…the heater core had to be reproduced and all before David can start it up!

Man it’s tight in there!

our guru cabinet maker lives in his GMC right out back of his table saw…..dude, that’s dedication!  This too……….this is a “wrap” interior, original bulkhead cabinets covered and retexture.stay tuned for upcoming finals…..

I’ve run into a delima.  Maybe you guys can help me.  I’ve been lurking on Facebook concerning this spring season of motors failing.  I say season because when winter is over and the coaches come out of hibernation……all those ole war horses stretch out a couple sprain something!  Stands to reason the more use will cause this.

But that’s not the problem, the problem is with these motors and transmissions giving up comes folks that understandable had not figured on the considerable investment in a fresh drive train folks start looking at alternatives and the circle comes back around of ideas on cheating doing things right start happening………

Putting a fresh, proper drive train to pull 12,000 is not cheap and it can’t be done to be done cheap!  A car motor built cheaply may work for a bit and driven carefully may keep on keepn on but every time you mash the gas on your GMC is like doing a burn out in your car and look, it you drive that old car hard you know it won’t take it.  Well bunky that’s the scenario your sitting in!

Hey, hope springs eternal…… Anymore the springs are going dry……. A used or cheaply fixed motor put into a motorhome is not a good idea when it takes all of 2 days to get the lump out and another 2 or 3 to get it back in!  Hey and if you hurry that job and break some other 45 year old part you’ll be doing that too.

Someone buys a rebuilt motor for $1500.  Brother that’s a “wish motor”…….. Put all that time and money putting that puppy in only to find that dog won’t hunt!

Do it once, do it right and don’t think you can cheat and win.  Oh and don’t blame everyone around you for your misfortune………  I’ve got a guy mad right now because he has to pull up his intake to fix the known problem of the cracked concave intake! He blames me because im the one who showed and told him about it.  See, don’t blame others for your issues……yes, it does happen all the time……Guys, when something is broken you need yo fix it well……just no way around it.

See you guys tomorrow

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