{"id":379,"date":"2010-09-15T17:46:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-16T00:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/?p=379"},"modified":"2010-09-15T17:46:00","modified_gmt":"2010-09-16T00:46:00","slug":"day-45-fuel-issues-and-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/2010\/09\/15\/day-45-fuel-issues-and-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 45 &#8211; Fuel issues and friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sept 14th<\/p>\n<p>The GMC started acting up a little.\u00a0 It would suddenly lose power and act like it was running out of gas. Since we had an earlier case of a loose electrical connection\u00a0 on the fuel pump I checked that first.\u00a0 One of the leads was loose so I tightened it a little &#8211; it is a slip-on connector so a little tweaking was all I had to do.\u00a0 That didn&#8217;t fix it so I stopped at an AutoZone and bought and installed a new fuel filter &#8211; the large one that goes ahead of the Carter Electric pump from Applied GMC.\u00a0 That seemed to make a huge difference but did not get it all.\u00a0 More on that tomorrow.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_382\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_2948.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-382\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-382\" title=\"IMG_2948\" src=\"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_2948-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_2948-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_2948-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-382\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dan &amp; Teri <\/p><\/div>\n<p>We arrived at Dan and Teri&#8217;s house at about 3:30 and were greeted very warmly.\u00a0 Dan drove me back and forth to the local AutoZone to get a manual heater hose shutoff valve to replace the one that had been leaking since I installed it on the second or third day of this trip.\u00a0 We had a delicious homemade dinner, met one of their daughters and her family &#8211; beautiful kids, the oldest of whom looks just like Dan.\u00a0 We had an enjoyable evening with lots of GMC and other stories.\u00a0 We went to bed a little early but we had just crossed a time zone and were a little GMC-lagged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"facebook\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/2010\/09\/15\/day-45-fuel-issues-and-friends\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-facebook-plugin\/facebook_share_icon.gif\" alt=\"Share on Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/2010\/09\/15\/day-45-fuel-issues-and-friends\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on Facebook\">Share on Facebook<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sept 14th The GMC started acting up a little.\u00a0 It would suddenly lose power and act like it was running out of gas. 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