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Posted By: glw on 09/08/07 11:53pm

startfirst wrote:

I have a 1975 Tioga with 36,000 miles on it. Runs great and getting ready to go to Mexico. I'd rather send the money on vacations than on a new one.

Ditto on that startfirst! I have a '77 Chinook and the $60-$80 grand diff. in price from NEW, can take me a lot of places... [emoticon]

Gary Webb
Phoenix, AZ

Posted By: glw on 09/09/07 03:27am

Griff in Fairbanks wrote:

glw: RE: rumble ... check your driveshaft. It may be 90 or 180 degrees out of sync.

Griff,

Got out and looked at the driveshaft Sat. All's well there, but came across a gasoline leak while under there. [emoticon]

Guess when this Mech. changed the fuel filter, he pulled the line, which in turn janked on the fuel line which ripped the fuel line coming out of the tank hooked up to the line to the carb. Hmmm can ya figure that out...LOL. It was old and shoulda been replaced anyway, guess one of those things that just get over looked.

All fixed, probably get a lot better MPG now........ [emoticon]

Just a reminder to everyone, check things out on every trip...Ya never know what you'll run across..... [emoticon]

Posted By: Trish Davis on 09/09/07 08:04am

whiteknight001 wrote:

79powerwagon wrote:

Trish Davis wrote:

Go off for 2 days to come back to 4 pages of new information.
Sheesh.

AND WE MISSED YOU!!! [emoticon]

Yeah. And Ma taught us to share things... hee hee!!
M

Aww. I'm touched. Really.
Well, it sure would explain a lot....

Griff, thanks. But I know... Oh how well I know.
78 LeBaron, 79 St Regis (I loved that car), 72 Monaco.
Each taught me something new about Chrysler durability and each taught me the fellas at Dodge would get bored an play "hide the ballast resistor" on unsuspecting owners.

Yes, the Monaco was a tank.
I liked it so much, I bought it back off the guy I sold it to.
The St Regis is still running around local.
Ass-end of the LeBaron was sitting on the ground in the junkyard 3 yrs ago.

Posted By: Leeann on 09/09/07 05:43pm

Phew...we finally got all 3 tanks completely hooked up, the mechanical fuel pump removed and the electric fuel pumps working.

Starts easier and runs better...and doesn't flood the motor, either [emoticon]

We'll be playing with the setting on the fuel pressure regulator, but so far, all is good.

'73 Concord 20' Class A w/Dodge 440 - see profile for photo

Posted By: 79powerwagon on 09/10/07 05:21am

WOO HOO Leeann! You want to do mine next? [emoticon]

She ain't purdy, but at least she's slow!

Posted By: Leeann on 09/10/07 06:14am

Heh....I didn't do anything [emoticon]

The bf did all the work...I just sat there in my blue chair and 'supervised.' [emoticon]

We sealed up the 2 spots on the roof. Turns out, the really leaky spot at the back was the factory's fault. Under the fiberglass tape and black roof tar goo (that looks factory-installed) were 3 incorrectly drilled holes. With nothing in them. We sealed 'em up and put eternabond over top....the damp spot at the front was just due to the fiberglass tape stuff coming up slightly. We've fixed that, too.

Hey, Griff! Got your DSL back yet?

Posted By: eyeteeth on 09/10/07 07:12am

Fixed the wiring issue. I removed both taillights... (good thing) and it was definitely screwy. I have to conclude in almost 30 years, I'm first one to pull a trailer with it.

I found what appeared to be the original splices behind one of the taillights, (first time finding crunchy electrical tape) and from that... It looked OK. But because I had both lights off, I was able to figure out the problem... green went to green... white to white, yellow to yellow... only on the RV, Green turned out to be the ground, yellow was the passenger side, RED was the driver side, and black was the running lights.

Put new wire in, hooked everything back up, and the trailer is happy now. Plus I'm feeling much better pulling it around now.

Posted By: Leeann on 09/10/07 07:21am

Hehehehehehhe....ye gods. Don'tcha just love factory and PO garbage???

Glad you fixed it, eyeteeth [emoticon]

Posted By: Griff in Fairbanks on 09/10/07 07:26am

Leeann wrote:

Hey, Griff! Got your DSL back yet?

No! Dammit!! When I finally post to MTW, DSL will be back. (Yes, I saw you joined ... that's the only place left for Charley to hang out ... and he misses your motorhome shenanigans as much as mine.)

79powerwagen - Back off ... I got second dibs on Leeann! (I assume her BF has first dibs.)

eyeteeth - Ain't old trucks fun? Anything more than ten years old has a 50/50 chance of screwed up wiring ... the older it is, the greater the chance that someone did some "creative" wiring ... the official name for name for fixing the wiring is "unf***ing the truck".

In most houses, green is ground, white is neutral, and black (and red) are hot ... you'll find that coding on the 120/240 circuits in your motorhome sometimes.

1970 Explorer Class A on a 1969 Dodge M300 chassis with 318 cu. in. (split year)
1972 Executive Class A on a Dodge M375 chassis with 413 cu. in.
1973 Explorer Class A on a Dodge RM350 (R4) chassis with 318 engine & tranny from 1970 Explorer Class A

Posted By: Griff in Fairbanks on 09/10/07 07:37am

Just won the bidding on these on eBay ...

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This is second choice for valve covers to go with the air cleaner/plenum. (after polishing and/or powdercoating.)

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Nitey-nite all ... you're just getting up but it's the end of my day and bedtime for me ...

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