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Posted By: new v'er on 03/18/05 01:29pm

LadyCat 1947, Welcome. I meant to reply to you but FrizleFried got caught in the crossfire. [emoticon]

Have fun with the rig.

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: YukonDoug on 03/20/05 09:55pm

I have an old 1975 Fireball on a Dodge chassis. It's a 24 footer and has needed some TLC. We bought it to give me a place to live while building a house. I'ts only been on one trip (Labor Day weekend to Kusawa Lake, Yukon), but my wife tells me I was camping all summer.

I did have to reframe the sleeper because of a leaking front window. I gave it the proverbial lick and a promise because of time constraints but am planning to finish the job later. I do have a few things left to take care of, including a blocked furnace pilot orfice and blocked gas tube in the oven, a leaky intake filler line to the water tank, and some serious doubts about the integrity of my transmission. It's only showing 68,000 miles (it's a US model so no kilometers) but, hey, who knows how many times it's gone around.

Doug Rutherford
Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
1975 24' Fireball

Posted By: new v'er on 03/21/05 12:59pm

Welcome YukonDoug.

There must have been some industry standard practices back in the mid '70s. That's why we stop by here frome time to time. We have many of the same issues which may or may not be resolved. Putting our heads together seems like the RAM kind of thing to do. [emoticon]

Keep us informed on how you worked out the heater issues. Remember, it could be a silent killer.

Posted By: FrizzleFried on 03/21/05 06:19pm

I was poking around the motorhome last night when I decided to pull all the camping gear out of the back storage area next to the toilet just to take inventory (the guy I bought it from at last minute decided to leave all the camping equipment with the RV!)...low and behold, besides the wealth of camping equipment (2 propane lanters, propane stove, lantern mounts, etc.), which I knew about, was a box of papers...including:

Many mechanical receipts up to 2001...it appears that the owner prior to the guy I bought it from was maticulous about keeping receipts...from oil changes, to parts replaced...unfortunately, it seems that the guy I got the RV from wasn't so meticulous (or didn't buy much) as I have nothing from 2001 on.

Many "coach" receipts, also up to 2001...including purchase of my stove in 1995, refrigerator in the late 1980s...the two captains chars in 1995...etc....more good stuff indeed.

Also included, to my surprise, was the ORIGINAL OWNERS MANUAL for my 1977 Diamond RV. It surely is flimsy and doesn't provide much specific information, but it is just damn cool to have the original owners manual. I also have the original owners manual for the 2.7kw Onan generator (not sure how old it is...but the manual looks old), air conditioning, etc.

All in all it was one helluva find! This being my birthday, I couldn't ask for more!

Posted By: LadyCat1947 on 03/21/05 08:12pm

Dear FrizzleFried:-) My galley in on the side of the RV so that doesn't work.lol thanks for responding though:-)

Cat

Posted By: LadyCat1947 on 03/21/05 08:14pm

Thanks for the welcome new'vr:-) I tried to thank you the other day but the website was giving me fits..

Cat

Posted By: Scruffy5 on 03/22/05 01:06pm

Anyone know anything about these Carter Thermoquad carbs?Mine was leaking gas onto the intake i think through the throttle linkage and when i changed oil she was a little overfull needless to say the lower end should be good and clean.i bought a carb kit for it and i am in the process of putting it in.Question,the fuel bowl is made of they say phenelic resin and on the bottom of the bowl there's two wedge type caps that used to be glued on,but there not.is this where my flooding is coming from and what kind of glue can i use to reattach these babies?thanks for the help Scruffy

Scruffy 1977 25'Allegro

Posted By: Sound Choice on 03/22/05 05:24pm

Hey Scruffy5,
I don't KNOW a great deal about the Thermoquad, but I do have a great deal of experience...ALL OF IT BAD! Barb & I have a '74 Cobra/Dodge 440-3 engine for 5 years...it has had a Thermoquad Carb on it, to our, and our mechanics, consternation(thats constipation of the brain). (I should point out that Larry, our mechanic is an ex Dodge Truck Division Chrysler guy and no matter what he did at my request to "get us by" the T-Quad will not hold an adjustment, floods or starves, or will not properly choke on starting. Larry says it was because Chrysler used non-metalic (cheap) parts and with age and wear were not very good for very long. Even Chrysler came out w/a Bulletin reccommending conversion to a Carter AFB carb, which we are doing as of this writing. In about one-weeks time I will give you a more detailed report on the conversion. There should be others on this thread with even more experience than I who may respond also.
In addition to the Good Sam folks there is also a "Durable Dodge" chapter with FMCA which share great info etc.

"...bases are loaded and Kc's at bat...
taking it play by play!"
Kc & Barb
'74 Cobra Dodge 440(on the mend)

Posted By: westtexus on 03/22/05 05:52pm

I put an Edelbrock performer series on my 1976 440, and with proper adjustment, it runs great, starts properly in cold weather. I have had a problem with vapor lock, but have taken steps to fix that. Don't know if it is fixed yet, but I will soon. I should point out that my Edelbrock was new in the box, but the float level and drop, nor any part of choke function was adjusted. Nor would the rear butterflies open. The instruction manual did have very good instructions, for the most part, on how to make adjustments.

Westtexus 1991 Fleetwood Flair

Posted By: pugmaster on 03/23/05 01:12pm

Hi Scruffy5
Get rid of that Thermoquad!
I faught and struggled with the Carter Thermoquad and beat
my head against the dash in frustration. Even when it's adjusted
"perfect" it still won't be right. I too had to drain the oil then air out the engine for a few days due to filling with gasoline.
I finally got smart after spending a fortune on trying to keep the
thermoquad adjusted: I removed it, hammered it into new forms, made it into an interesting pile of scrap metal, then ordered a Edlebrock carb. An Edelbrock is expensive, but considering what it will save you in the future it's very well worth the cost. Installation is very
easy and Edelbrock makes a carb specificly to replace the Thermoquad.

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