Capt Steve
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How did you do on your cruise control project? I'd like to get mine working on my '78 but I have no knowledge about how a CC works.
DRTDEVL wrote:OK, I'm back... Finally decided to look into the cruise control today after I welded new supports for my battery tray (rusting away). Right off the bat, I noticed its plumbed wrong. The cruise actuator is under the master cylinder on the firewall, and everything moves freely by hand, but it has 2 vacuum lines, and I know its not right. Both of them go to a little tin can on the firewall... and nothing else is plumbed to it.
How does this hook up? I'm guessing the canister has a check valve in it (if not, I'll get a universal one), but where in the system is this routed? Why 2 vacuum lines to the actuator?
Its a 1980 Winnebago Minnie Winnie on a 1979 chassis... what I thought was a CB300, but I found a sticker in the cabin that this little 20.5 foot unit is actually an MB400, probably because it was ordered with the 10,500 chassis.
My rig's a little old but that don't mean she's slow.
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PolCat-76-Avion
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We are putting up for sale our 1976 Avion RV for sale. 22 foot. It is on page 826 of this post. What might these be worth?![[image]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48435052832_2bd02ca960_z.jpg)
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my440
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Hi hope everyone on here is doing ok.
8.75 x 16.5's are here!
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my440
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PolCat-76-Avion wrote:We are putting up for sale our 1976 Avion RV for sale. 22 foot. It is on page 826 of this post. What might these be worth?
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Absolutely a beautiful rig!
Not sure what it would be worth.
Considering the prices for the modern junk $10.000 and up would be a deal to the one that loves it the most.
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eyeteeth
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Very Sharp!
PolCat-76-Avion wrote:We are putting up for sale our 1976 Avion RV for sale. 22 foot. It is on page 826 of this post. What might these be worth?
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PolCat-76-Avion
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my440 wrote:PolCat-76-Avion wrote:We are putting up for sale our 1976 Avion RV for sale. 22 foot. It is on page 826 of this post. What might these be worth?
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Absolutely a beautiful rig!
Not sure what it would be worth.
Considering the prices for the modern junk $10.000 and up would be a deal to the one that loves it the most.
We couldn't find one of those die hard Avion lovers here in northeast Wisconsin. Had to settle for about what we had in it.
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my440
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PolCat-76-Avion wrote:my440 wrote:PolCat-76-Avion wrote:We are putting up for sale our 1976 Avion RV for sale. 22 foot. It is on page 826 of this post. What might these be worth?
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Absolutely a beautiful rig!
Not sure what it would be worth.
Considering the prices for the modern junk $10.000 and up would be a deal to the one that loves it the most.
We couldn't find one of those die hard Avion lovers here in northeast Wisconsin. Had to settle for about what we had in it.
Sorry to hear but you got out what you put in plus had nice rig to work on. Now that it's gone expect many Avion lovers to come forward. ![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/wink.gif "wink")
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Ashton1012
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Whats up everyone. I have a 1977 Dodge Sportsman RV with the 360. Bought her for 750$ and drove her to a friends house where it sat for a year. In august I finally had the money to fix her up for the roughly 500 mile drive home. So far shes had...
New tires (8.5 x 16.5) all around plus matching spare
Spark plugs, wires, distributor cap and rotor
Thermostat
Oil and filter
Radiator flushed and filled
Exhaust manifold gaskets
PCV valve
Air filter
Im sure im missing some stuff, i spent about two days working on her before I was confident to drive home.
Somethings Im currently working on;
Just replaced the fuel pump
Gas tank is currently out and has been cleaned. Ordering a new fuel sending unit and need to find a new tank bolt/plug then Ill reinstall the tank.
This Spring before I take her on some adventures;
Valve cover gaskets
Maybe the intake manifold gaskets, Still undetermined at this point. Once I get the valve covers and carburetor off Ill take a look to see if there are any leaks.
Carburetor rebuild
Transmission flush and filter replaced
The radiator has a small pinhole leak on the very top, easily accessible should be a quick fix.
Gauges do not work. I replaced the relay which cost me about 50$ (non returnable because it was an electronic part) and did not fix the problem. This stresses me out obviously as I don't know my operating temp or my oil pressure.
Exhaust needs to be replaced. There is a leak where the manifold attaches to the pipe, and the muffler has a bunch of holes drilled in it from the previous owner. I plan on replacing with dual exhaust, hopefully opening up a little bit of power.
Somethings I need help with!!
I cant find a matching fuel sending unit. Anyone know where to get one?
I have an issue with my drivers side duelly. The tires do not bolt on straight, and look extremely wobbly driving down the road. I took it back to the shop where they said they fixed the problem, about 45 minutes later another driver began flashing their brights until I pulled over, and they told me it is very apparent. By this time I was almost an hour away from the first shop, and had another 45 minute drive to the next. So I went to les schwab in the next city. Guy came out and tried to line them up, but said it would be impossible because my rims are supposed to have spacers and without them there is no way to line up the duelly. I do not believe that is the problem, because I had no issues before the new tires (same rims) were installed. I also dont have this issue on the passenger side, that does not have the spacers he was talking about either. I ended up driving the RV home and did not have issues, but Id rather not ruin my new tires this season so I need to address the issue. Anyone have advice?
Eventually Id like to rebuild the suspension, but I'm not sure where to look for parts. Do I just search for suspension parts for a B300?
Thank You!!
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Oldfrank
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Hello folks!
Just bought a 1973 Midas Mini with 47k miles. Excited about the adventure ahead. Anyone have an old owners manual for one of these they could share?
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Leeann
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Welcome!
You’d need 2 owners manuals - one for the ‘house’ - or the Midas stuff - and one for the ‘coach’ - or the Dodge stuff.
What engine do you have?
'73 Concord 20' Class A w/Dodge 440 - see profile for photo
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