Life has been REALLY busy the last few months, and we had dropped the Saffron Schooner (we are still looking for an official name for the coach) off at Cooperative Motor Works to get the roof rails resealed. After 40 years, the material at the seams where the sides and roof meet had long since dried up and cracked allowing several leaks in the coach.
Jim at the Co-op is a great guy and entertains his friends and clients with a daily stream of consciousness blog that is usually complete with lots of great photos. He did a write up on the roof repairs to our coach Here.
Here is our baby inside getting worked on (click the link above for the full story).
She is getting a few other things taken care of as well while there. On the way up to Orlando to drop it off, I was humming along US 192 around 60-65 mph when she started missing, bucking, backfiring, and ultimately stalling leaving me to coast off the road. I checked out the carb and she was getting fuel from the float bowl ok, So after a minute I cranked her and she started right up. Throw the air cleaner back on the Let's GO! About 10 miles later a repeat performance, but this time we were getting closer to town which was nice. After consulting with Jim (who was waiting for us at the Co-op) I stuck a piece of wood under the engine cover to allow the hot air out. Apparently after 40 years, the Ignition module (only electronic part on the engine) was breaking down under heat duress.
It seemed to work as the next 40 miles went by without incident...Time to buy a spare to carry on board!
We will be picking her up this weekend, so we are excited to get her back and go camping!
