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Posted By: Kendas on 08/27/08 02:37pm

Leeann wrote:

Almost all the roads here in MD have off camber turns, too - they actually improve in design (but not in repair) when you get to PA [emoticon]

Sam complains about 'em mightily.

I hate them on my '84 Wing too. Front end gets light and you drag floorboards if you go too fast. [emoticon]

1978 21ft Tioga Dodge 440 Motor,
4.5kw Generac and 80 watts Solar
1984 Goldwing Interstate (Daily driver)
Misc Things I've done to my RV pictures

USAF Retired
To Err is human... To Forgive is not SAC Policy.

Posted By: bgodowski on 08/27/08 04:26pm

Hey all! I thought I'd toss in my card too. I have a 78 Dodge Champion Motorhome, class A. I have redesigned a new doghouse that has 5/8" plywood and sound deadoning material on the bottom, metal slip-in rails and foam/carpet on top. I hear nothing. My exhuast runs way back behind the right rears. My HUGE issue is like other Champions...ALLLLL over the place when anything larger than a VW passes me. Then to try and correct puts the thing into a "porpoise" that can only be stopped by braking and an occasional emergency lane use. I have "some" stabilizer thing up front on my leafed-drop axle, and not-so beefy sways @the rear. So I was thinking about wider radials, front end check of course, but most important; weight disto. Most I can't change but my grey/blacks are large and cumbersome. I'm glad to see you all had solved with combo/smaller tanks. Any Dodge M40 chassis to help?

* This post was edited 08/27/08 04:50pm by bgodowski *

Posted By: Nitefire36 on 08/29/08 10:13pm

Hey All

I have got now a 19ft 1977 Dodge Brougham 360 engine that we just Bought.

I never thought i would find a place with so many people and many on here with Rv`s like mine ,I am new to here and I sure need some help on this.
I must say i have been reading alot on this forum and have been Amazed..Has anyone found a repair manual for like my RV.I sure havn`t
I been doing alot myself

My question is does it matter what size of batt or certain kind , or just a car batt goes in the outside comparment door.
2: I dont have a generator with it so i need to get right size
3: I need to figure out if the inverter is working as well as water pump for fresh water tank ( I need to find wireing diag on this.

Drive Slow ,Enjoy The road RVing

Posted By: Doug in CA on 08/29/08 10:36pm

Hey Nitefire:
I have the wiring diagrams for the 18ft Concourse. Its smaller than yours but the wiring may be the same. I have the whole manual actually for the 1977 Dodge Chinook Concouse if you think it will help. Not sure if the wiring is the same or not but it must be similar.

Posted By: Doug in CA on 08/30/08 11:14am

Tried to send a diagram. Didnt work - sorry

Posted By: Kendas on 08/31/08 08:33pm

Leeann wrote:

Ken, that's why you're supposed to have a helper [emoticon]

I want pics of 'em installed...and I wanna know how they feel, too. Dangit.

Okay Leeann... I climbed under the RV this evening as it was sprinkling for your pictures. Note that I'm not totally done as I still need to adjust the springs to align with the frame. It still rides much better than it did without them.

Posted By: Leeann on 09/01/08 04:34pm

Thanks, Ken [emoticon]

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

Posted By: Kendas on 09/01/08 09:02pm

NP... I love crawling under things in the rain, just like any other worm. [emoticon]

Posted By: ALnCORY on 09/02/08 10:39am

Nightfire,
congrats on the Brougham.. I have a 74 Brougham I bought last year. I have been spending most of the time on it fixing water damage and resealing drip rails, windows etc. I am still working on the inside now and haven't hooked up batteries or anything. I do plug mine in to house power and everything works fine with the inverter set for 110. I would suggest trying that first to make sure your lights and plug ins work, refer gets cold when set to electric. I understand you want to use a marine deep cycle battery for the coach(side compartment). Others here can give you advise on this but I think most people use multiple batteries hooked together to extend usage time. I don;t have manuel to help you with but I have just spent time crawling around it trying to figure out what goes where. Anywho... welcome aboard... 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: Leeann on 09/02/08 10:47am

Kendas wrote:

NP... I love crawling under things in the rain, just like any other worm. [emoticon]

We use an Odyssey battery for our coach battery (bought at http://www.batterymart.com). We were dry camping this weekend and never got below 12.28 on the charge, even though we never ran the generator (better part of 4 days).

Lots of people have had really good luck tying 2 6v golf cart batteries together, too.

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