Grayslake, IL 6/1
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 7:50 pm
Colin was in NE Illinois on Saturday for the annual stop in Grayslake. This was the 7th Itinerant Air-Cooled visit for my 78 Campmobile. Although my original To Do List was larger, we focused on replacing most of the exhaust this year. The original exhaust was a rusted, glob of metal parts. Luckily I found a used crossover pipe and right side heat exchanger to go along with some other new replacement pipes that I collected over the last few months.
We had a slow start by trying to remove and preserve as much of the original parts as I could. I should be able to restore the afterburners and crossover pipe for future use. As usual, Colin took on the hardest work. I was sad to learn that some monkey had glued the copper manifold gaskets into place. It took him a while to clean up that mess and get things ready for us to install the new parts. It took us the entire day, but we were eventually able to get the new exhaust hung. I still need to get everything tightened down but the main parts are in place. I don’t think that I’ll have the time or energy to get that done until next weekend. I’m still too sore to get back under there.
Thanks again for all of your help Colin. My bus and I truly appreciate your service!
We had a slow start by trying to remove and preserve as much of the original parts as I could. I should be able to restore the afterburners and crossover pipe for future use. As usual, Colin took on the hardest work. I was sad to learn that some monkey had glued the copper manifold gaskets into place. It took him a while to clean up that mess and get things ready for us to install the new parts. It took us the entire day, but we were eventually able to get the new exhaust hung. I still need to get everything tightened down but the main parts are in place. I don’t think that I’ll have the time or energy to get that done until next weekend. I’m still too sore to get back under there.
Thanks again for all of your help Colin. My bus and I truly appreciate your service!