The trouble I run into is this model is not listed with most parts houses. I needed a front brake job recently and the brake lines were located at Advance Auto after much dismay. Same problem to locate the wiper bushings. At Advance Auto,for the bushings, no deal. Found them only at O'Reilly Auto. Makes me crazy.
* This post was last edited 09/10/08 08:03am by Old & Slow *
If it's an '89, it isn't an MB400 (Dodge stopped making the motorhome chassis in either '79 or '80).
So it must be a '79 MB400 with 440?
'73 Concord 20' Class A w/Dodge 440 - see profile for photo
The cool thing, is being newer, it came with a remote control. THAT will be handy in the MH.
Leeann wrote:
If it's a Dodge, it isn't a 460. A 460 is a Ford...Chevy's got the 454 and Dodge has the 440.
If it's an '89, it isn't an MB400 (Dodge stopped making the motorhome chassis in either '79 or '80).
So it must be a '79 MB400 with 440?
If it's a Dodge, it isn't a 460. A 460 is a Ford...Chevy's got the 454 and Dodge has the 440.
If it's an '89, it isn't an MB400 (Dodge stopped making the motorhome chassis in either '79 or '80).
So it must be a '79 MB400 with 440?
Thanks Leeann,
At 74 I'm old and finding the right parts for my prize 24' 1978 Tioga (the plate shows the mfg of the Van cut away shows 1979) has made me 'crazy' Sorry. I'll try to do better.
Old & Slow wrote:
Edit to be~ '1979 Dodge Mb400 440'
The trouble I run into is this model is not listed with most parts houses.
Edit to be~ '1979 Dodge Mb400 440'
The trouble I run into is this model is not listed with most parts houses.
I run into that all the time too. they have no record of another over 300, and they say they stopped putting the 440 in stuff in 78.
Just makes it more challenging.
Hey... anyone have a source for "fender flares"
Old & Slow wrote:
Thanks Leeann,
At 74 I'm old and finding the right parts for my prize 24' 1978 Tioga (the plate shows the mfg of the Van cut away shows 1979) has made me 'crazy' Sorry. I'll try to do better.
Thanks Leeann,
At 74 I'm old and finding the right parts for my prize 24' 1978 Tioga (the plate shows the mfg of the Van cut away shows 1979) has made me 'crazy' Sorry. I'll try to do better.
Hey, relax - it isn't a problem, we just need to know the details to help
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Is it the Dodge VIN plate that says '79 or the Tioga ID plate? Split year manufacture is a normal thing in motorhomes - the manufacturers buy a chunk of chassis, then build on them as they need to. On occasion, you'll even get a 2-year difference in build date.
'78 was the last year that Dodge put the 440 in cars (I think), but they continued to put them in the bigger trucks and motorhome chassis until '80 (had a surplus, maybe?).
I have a parts manual, so I just bring my guys the Chrysler part # for whatever I need and they cross it. However, my guys have all the paper books and no problem looking things up when I forget. That's why I go there. Don't go to Advance/AutoZone/O'Reilly's/whatever - they simply don't know that there are paper books (if they even have them). If you go to NAPA, tell them to look in the books, not in the computer - they have all the info, but not in the computer.
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Eyeteeth: Just a followup to a former discussion. The vinyl stuff I used on my shower surround that reacted to the liquid nails bath & shower formula.(As it has set the reaction has tempered some and it doesn't look as bad) Well, I used the silicone calk bath & shower type and it worked great. I stapled the vinyl on the top and bottom as both of those are covered with the shower pan or moulding so I just need something to help it stick to the wall and the silicone seems to have worked great. I don;t know if this helps you or not... I will get some photos of all this one of these days and show you how it came out.
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!