05-03-2017, 12:37 PM
When I had the steering gear in the 77 coach overhauled I, too, thought I could just muscle it in and out, nope, followed by a litany of expletives deleted and a collection of bruises that got more colorful with time.
I changed the fuel filter on the 77's generator. I could not get it to start afterwards. I bled the system until I had a bucket full of fuel, still nothing. Took the fuel filter off and reassembled, still nothing. Took it to my favorite mechanic. Whoa, one of the gaskets in the filter was the wrong one and blocking the fuel instead of sealing it. Once you see it you can never not see it, but until you see you can't see it.
If every mistake produces knowledge I should be a genius by now. I'm not, I remain deeply human as in "to err is human"
I changed the fuel filter on the 77's generator. I could not get it to start afterwards. I bled the system until I had a bucket full of fuel, still nothing. Took the fuel filter off and reassembled, still nothing. Took it to my favorite mechanic. Whoa, one of the gaskets in the filter was the wrong one and blocking the fuel instead of sealing it. Once you see it you can never not see it, but until you see you can't see it.
If every mistake produces knowledge I should be a genius by now. I'm not, I remain deeply human as in "to err is human"
Jon Kabbe
1993 coach 337 with Civic towed