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Posted By: markit63 on 07/16/05 05:31am

I purchased a 78/79 Dodge Grand Slam 22' and to my amazment everything works but required a little minor repaire to get some of the stuff up and running. The MH has 61k miles and the drive train
is in exelent running order, I had to replace the header gaskes on both ends and do a oil (Mobil 1 Syn)change. Next will be a gear oil change on the rear end and seal check (as suggested by mechanic). The refrig will have to be replaced, i have removed the old one and
have a sorce on a good used one. I'm happy so far, I payed 2k and for the most part lucked out on everything working even the Kohler
4.5 Gen but it needs some repair to the starting circut as my mechanic has set up a manual start button and you have to manualy ignite the feild (this wouldnt be fun in the rain.LOL)

Posted By: FrizzleFried on 07/16/05 03:37pm

Welp...the wife and I just made the decision to KEEP the old rig and bring it with us when we go to Idaho in March. We were considering selling the thing, but we have put so much time and effort in to it that we just couldn't do it. I have a feeling that when we are ready to upgrade, it is going to be a difficult thing to part with this, our first RV.

Posted By: fourthclassC on 07/16/05 04:17pm

My best RV ever. 73 Tioga 19'. Same layout as a 98,000$ chinook. Sleeps 5 and fits a regular parking spot. Many updates and much better quality then my new 94 Tioga 24D. Too bad Dodge stopped supplying cutaway vans to the RV industry. I have a lot of Mopar info (mostly MB300) and would be glad to share.
Thank you

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Posted By: taomom on 07/17/05 04:10pm

Hi!

We just bought (on Ebay) a 1977 Dodge Brougham Sportsman...360 engine, I think. We drove it from Dallas to Tampa and experienced some minor issues: the windshield wipers quit in the rain, but we just had to replace that little plastic piece and that was fine; we discovered that the gages stopped working when we turned the headlights on, but that seems to come and go at will; the dash a/c is not working, but the seller said he'd pay to fix that; and the water is stinky, but I got help here on another forum and hopefully that will be OK soon, too.

It has about 85,000 miles but the preevious owner replaced the engine just 7,000 miles ago. It's got air shocks so that makes for a gentle ride and oh, yeah, it still has some of the orange shag carpet around the top bed!

Does anyone have an owner's manual they could sell me or tell me where I can buy one?

WE LOVE OUR MOTORHOME!!

Angela B

Angela and kids
Puppy, our Great Pyrenees guard dog
1977 Dodge Brougham Sportsman (blue and white)

Posted By: taomom on 07/17/05 04:11pm

I also wanted to ask...I've seen around these forums that some parks don't allow older vehicles. Have any of you run into that?

Angela B

Posted By: FrizzleFried on 07/18/05 12:50am

Welp....went camping this last weekend....at Vale Lake in the Temecula Valley, California. Hot was the order of the day, and, unfortunately, my A/C decided to stop working after about 2 hours. I do believe it ran out of freon, though I am not 100% sure. It is the original unit and is 27 years old, so I guess I can't complain all too much.

I am going to have the freon checked...depending on the results of the "once over" I will decide whether to have this old unit worked on or just purchase a new unit. I can get a new Carrier 13.5K BTU unit for about $500 shipped via ebay. My current unit is a 11K BTU model so I am sure a 27 year newer larger model will cool my 22' rig quite handily. I am a LITTLE concerned that the portible PowerWise 3500 generator I just purchased WOULDN'T fire up a 13.5K unit...though I am pretty confident it will considering that it fired up that 11K OLD ass unit without issue and I would imagine that power consumption has dropped in these units over the last 27 years?!?

We shall see. Bottom line is that $500 is $500 and considering that I need to drop some new meat on the rig ASAP, things could start to get expensive ...especially for a $3,900 dinosaur desert rig.

So, of course, I am hoping it is just the freon...

Posted By: HiTech on 07/18/05 11:12am

After 2 hours? I wonder if it iced up.

Posted By: Sportsman76 on 08/02/05 10:04pm

Hi folks, I just bought a Dodge 440 Sportsman 1976 (38,oo K original miles) as my first RV and took a trip to MOAB and Leadville. Only problems I encountered were broken AC and alternator belts.
I have significan smell of Propane which seems to be coming from the cooking range. Any suggestions how to install a propane detector and which one is the most cost effective?

Posted By: Sportsman76 on 08/02/05 10:10pm

Sorry, another question. Is there a way to power the overhead AC without a generator on the road. The installation is suggested at over 1300 dollars?? which I obviously do not want to spend

Thanks

Posted By: Griff in Fairbanks on 08/02/05 10:17pm

Sportsman76 wrote:

Sorry, another question. Is there a way to power the overhead AC without a generator on the road. The installation is suggested at over 1300 dollars?? which I obviously do not want to spend

Thanks

An large enough inverter should work, provided your engine alternator is up to the task. You may need to upgrade your alternator also.

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

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