2 speed rear diaphram needed

[MjrBummer]

Well, I took the Skewlie to Viroqua, WI. for the holiday weekend. One of the first things I did was get her stuck. D'OH! I had to wait until the next day for a 4-wheel drive tractor to give me a tug out. 2 truck hooked up at once couldn't budge it. Had to do a little re-sodding afterwords too. My bad! If it wasn't for the extra platform for the LP tank and generator, I probably would've made it. Nobody would pull me out until they got all their pictures in either. How embarrassing! We all had a good chuckle over it though.

It ran good on the way there after my carb rebuild last Wednesday. A bit more power and better mileage. But on the way home, I started losing vacuum and the two speed rear wouldn't shift into high. After some rolling around under it in a grocery store parking lot in Westby for a while, I finally traced the leak down to the diaphragm in the two speed vacuum cylinder. It took me a while to get things degrease and cleaned up enough to get some duct tape to stick, but it got me home without failing again. I managed to find a couple part numbers to get a replacement. So far, I'm coming up with GM P/N: 3847058, and Bendix P/N: 374451. I found one on eBay for $35.00.

I still have to get some plugs, wires, cap & rotor and see if the distributor is working properly after sitting for so long. I almost had some the other day, but the kid behind the counter decided he was gonna be smart and talk down to me. So I just ended up walking out with nothing after telling him he needed to go back to school.

Even with getting that old 327 running better, it still isn't very well suited to be pulling a 30 foot bus around. I'm seriously considering selling it to finance an engine upgrade that would fit the bill a bit better. Somewhere in the neighborhood of a 454 and a 5 speed transmission. I'm figuring that even with the bigger engine, it would be working less, and get better mileage. Heck, even if it got the same mileage, I'd be happy with better highway speeds and being able to sustain speed up the hills. I would like to pull my 65 Baja Bug with me once in a while too. Just pulling my bike seems to be a drag.

L8rs!
Bill