Coast Resorts Open Roads Forum: How many of us are there? Owners of Dodge based RV's?

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Posted By: Griff in Fairbanks on 09/19/07 04:02pm

75Americanclipper wrote:

http://www.rodandcustommachines.com/smallblockhemiheads.html

Yes I saw that a while back ... also saw the price tag ...

If I had a lot of spare change, I'd be tempted.

Anyone want a fairly complete list of stock Mopar engines? (Leeann left out two small blocks and one big block.)

(And, I've heard of bored and stroked LA small blocks in the 440 range ... but not OEM stock.)

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 09/19/07 04:07pm

75Americanclipper wrote:

man I was cool when I thought I had a 440 and now, I guess I still am,
and I think I might light up my tires for this, ok I did it in the dirt and got side ways, but was fun, but I do in my 64 comet mand now that car has power in it.

jc

Twenty lashes with a wet noodle for mentioning a Ford in a Mopar thread ... [emoticon]

Posted By: 75Americanclipper on 09/19/07 04:10pm

sorry for that but it's a Mercury, I saw some one had a mercury too. Yes my Dodge RV pulls my Mercury behind it, looks cool when too old ride going down the road.
jc

Griff in Fairbanks wrote:

75Americanclipper wrote:

Twenty lashes with a wet noodle for mentioning a Ford in a Mopar thread ... [emoticon]

Posted By: Griff in Fairbanks on 09/19/07 04:14pm

Leeann - those things you have on the east coast are called hills ... if you want to see mountains, come to Alaska. [emoticon]

My aunt, who lives in the DC area, thought all the hills around Fairbanks where mountains ... until she saw Thompson Pass.

Posted By: 75Americanclipper on 09/19/07 04:17pm

man I got to get up there before I die, man I love it up there, some day I will make it there

jc

Posted By: Leeann on 09/19/07 04:19pm

Yeah, yeah - tell that to the motorhome! Mostly going through western Pennsylvania....

I left a couple out on purpose as I've never heard of the others being installed in motorhomes. So there!

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

Posted By: Griff in Fairbanks on 09/19/07 04:20pm

Posted By: ALnCORY on 09/19/07 04:49pm

We have some nice mountain passes in Idaho also, but the "hills" in western Penn, and West Virginia can slow you down plenty. I do love Alaska though, haven't even been to the interior where Griff is yet. Maybe next trip. Read the 98.00 paint job story, lots of work. Mine isn't so faded that I think I will just wax it up and leave it at that.... A.

I don't think anyones dying statement ever contained the words "I wish I had spent more time in the office", so lets go somewhere!

Posted By: glw on 09/19/07 05:09pm

OK Guys and Girls, Here I go again.

As mentioned before, I really only have about 300 miles on my rig and been looking for leaks and such. I haven't found one till today when plowing around. Geeez the things you can find to mess with if you got the time.....LOL.

I do not have my "Dodge Service Manual" yet LeeAnn, so bare with me OK.... [emoticon]

Gear box off the steering column. I did have a major lube job done on this rig when I bought it so this may be like "overflow"? But don't like the looks of it. Steering does have some play and have heard no noises (as if I could over this ROAR from the tires....LOL.

Any comments? I do not think this should look like this, but could the "LUBE JOB" be a possible culprit?

Gary Webb
Phoenix, AZ

Posted By: Griff in Fairbanks on 09/19/07 05:17pm

glw wrote:

No, that looks normal ... definitely not excessive. (Power steering fluid often seeps by the seals in the steering gearbox.)

More often than not, steering play is loose tie rods or ball joints/kingpins. (Or, underinflated tires.) I'd look there first. I'd leave the gearbox alone unless you want a pristine, just-like-new rig.

Oh, BTW, the picture was a tremendous help!! [emoticon]

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