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Posted By: Scruffy5 on 03/13/05 08:23am

Westtexus welcome, i'd say your ballast resistor is on its way out. to check it,unplug the leads and use an ohmeter to check the resistor.i don't know what the values should be,maybe someone else would have those for you on here.I'd just replace it there cheap and easy to come by or they were.If you haven't got one of these little porcelain gidjets they use a risistor wire in it's place.check it

Scruffy 1977 25'Allegro

Posted By: truckerger on 03/13/05 08:28am

Mine is a '73 B300 Monaco. It was in bad shape when I got it but the interior and all the appliances now look good and work. Its a bit ugly on the outside and I was wondering if anyone out there knew where to get new fender skirts? Thats the only thing I need other than paint to complete this awesome coach. Thanks TG

Posted By: Odd_Couple on 03/13/05 08:30am

Just a note on our 1972 "Melmar" on a 300B chassis. I'm wondering if anyone else has an aluminum exterior. Ours is basically coated siding that had oxydized to the point that it was showing patches of bare metal. We finally decided to try painting it ourselves rather than pay the price of a professional job. After sanding the surface to remove any loose or chalky material, we used the Original Kilz (alcohol based) and then painted it with high quality Behr house paint. It turned out great and has held up perfectly for over 2 years and several thousand miles. Anyone else tried painting their rig?

Richard and Sandra

Posted By: new v'er on 03/14/05 12:18pm

Hi Truckerger,
These two sites may have what you are looking for. You may need to sit down when you see the price the fenders command. [emoticon]

http://www.all-rite.com
http://www.edmontonrv.com/

Good Luck

Regarding your LOT in Life: Build something on it ... or park your Dodge on it.">
Bill & Laurie
1976 Dodge Sportsman Midas Mini 226

Posted By: pugmaster on 03/16/05 12:27pm

We painted our "76 dodge ourselves. She has a aluminum skin that had lost most of the paint. As you did, we did a lot of light sanding, but we used a industrial grade primer and then painted her with 3 coats of Rustoleum high gloss paint. We applied each coat very lightly allowing plenty of drying time between coats.We got a beautiful smooth finish and very easy to clean and wax. Been almost 3 yrs and she still looks like a she was just painted.

Posted By: new v'er on 03/16/05 03:11pm

Odd and Pug
Thanks for sharing the tips on painting. I'm toying with the idea as well. Any things to watch for in the process? Did you use spray guns?

Posted By: pugmaster on 03/18/05 12:51pm

We bought an automotive spraygun set with a the 1gt sprayer, 1pt touchup gun and an airbrush. Already had an air compressor. Been looking often at that airbrush, considering attempting a little fancy decorative work on the sides and back end. Gotta practice on some scrap sheet metal first. Never tried airbrush work. Be glad to offer advice on your painting project. Took a while to get up the nerve to
attempt it, but once I got started I really enjoyed it.

Posted By: LadyCat1947 on 03/18/05 01:02pm

We just bought a 1976 Minnnie Winnie 20RG (don't know what the RG stands for) Right now we are fixing it up, making it our own:-) Dan is in charge of the mechanics and I am in charge of decorating.. Dan says the emgine and transmission etc are in great shape, so that is very good news:-) The inside isn't bad just very dreary with all the dark paneling and brown curtians. The cushions are ugly so my first order of business is to get them reupholstered:-)

This is our very first RV (I am 57 Dan is 62) and we just love it (it hasn't even left the driveway yet.lol)

Cat and Dan in Ohio:-)

Posted By: FrizzleFried on 03/18/05 01:08pm

If your "kitchen" is in the rear, I would bet that RG means "Rear Galley"....being that "Galley" is a common word used in the boating community (and perhaps the RV community?)

Posted By: new v'er on 03/18/05 01:24pm

Pugmaster,
Thanks for the tips. Did you paint indoors? Did you tape off parts or remove them first. What was the sanding and prep process?
I know the temptation at the graphics. Been there with two boats.

FrizzleFried,
Welcome. We kind of went through the same process except I had to tear out the entire roof/ceiling. We installed FRP(the white bumpy fiberglass)paneling on the walls and ceiling. Gluing the stuff to the ceiling nearly lost me my religion. [emoticon]

While I had the rig tied up Laurie painted all of the cabinets with a cranberry paint and stensiled and painted Loons in one corner of each of the doors and drawers. We then applied satin waterbase polyurethane for duability.

The whole color scheme resulted from some fleece material with loons.
While the rig was topless we installed new carpet and dropped in a sleeper sofa to replace the jacknife sofa.

Best wished to you both.

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