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Posted By: ALnCORY on 05/14/09 08:49am

Nice looking Tioga, Tioga76. My brother lives in Englewood. I plan on making a run out to see him in my old dodge one of these days and do some camping along the way. Lots of great camping out here in the mountain west.

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: overdrive75 on 05/14/09 07:00pm

Ok, so here is a rear axle ratio question. In my pickup I have a 4:10 and when the trans is in third at 60 mph I am turning about 2600 RPM. On the motorhome at 60 I am trunning 2900 almost 3000 RPM in 3rd. The tire height is about the same between the two. This leads me to believe that I have something other than a 4:10 in the motorhome. Two questions. 1) Pickup has a lockup converter. Does my '78 Torque Flight 727 have a lockup converter with the 360 engine? 2) Was a 4:56 a possible axle?

Posted By: Griff in Fairbanks on 05/14/09 07:14pm

overdrive75 wrote:

1) Pickup has a lockup converter. Does my '78 Torque Flight 727 have a lockup converter with the 360 engine?

Unlikely.

overdrive75 wrote:

2) Was a 4:56 a possible axle?

Yes, my '73 chassis has a 4:56 axle.

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

Posted By: FrugalFreak on 05/14/09 09:06pm

Beautiful Rig Tioga76! I wish mine had been yellow themed outside instead of just Poop brown. my inside is yellow on seats at least. Wanna trade [emoticon]

P.S. Can anyone confirm that air breather can as the same one on a 440-1? or does anyone have a pic of one for a 440 carter 4 barrel or the mopar part number. I hate to ask SOOOO many questions, I just have SOOO many. I AM a Dodge RV grasshopper. [emoticon]

* This post was edited 05/14/09 09:15pm by FrugalFreak *

15' ??Unknown?? Travel Trailer

Posted By: 79powerwagon on 05/15/09 04:05am

OD, remember tire diameter has something to do with final drive ratio as well as the rear gearing. My old PW had 3.91 gears and 32" tires, 1900rpm at 45mph.

And speaking of tires, I FINALLY found a set of tires for my rig! That means (Trish and Leeann, you listening?) I can finally install those beautiful red wheels onto my apple green rig! [emoticon]

She ain't purdy, but at least she's slow!

Posted By: overdrive75 on 05/15/09 05:15am

79powerwagon. I am very aware of impacts on tire size and overall final drive. The I rolled one of the tires up next to the pickup's last time I had tham off the MH. They were deadly close in size. This led me to the conclusion that I have a different axle ratio, larger numerically, than the pickup, or the transmission does not have a lockup clutch. Some of the litterature have have on the 727, granted all they talk about is cars, says that in 1978 it did have a lockup clutch in the Torque Converter for all combinations except the 440. But this literature only discusses cars. I need some more info on the trucks.

On another note, 2 leafs added to the left pack, motorhome is all but level now. I drove it down a twisting road and it no longer feels like it wants to rolll over and have it's belly petted on right hand curves.

Posted By: Leeann on 05/15/09 07:55am

Damn....NOOOOOOOOO - not apple red wheels with apple green rig.....

I highly doubt you have lockup in your MH. My '90 B250 with 360 and A518 didn't have lockup - vans that came from the factory with a towing package don't.

My '73 440/727 doesn't, the '75 MH with 360/727 didn't. And there is no mention of lockup with the Loadflite 727 (Torqueflites are in cars) in either my '73 books or my '75 books.

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

Posted By: goreds2 on 05/15/09 10:36pm

Tioga76 wrote:

I have a 76 Tioga 23' Class C with the 360. It has about 88K miles, and still has all the original appliances in working order. I've had it about 3 years now, and aside from some minor maintenance it has been very reliable and I have enjoyed camping in it. Here are some pictures!
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Nice Rig Nice Color.

See Picture In My Profile
I have a 1989 Dodge XPLORER RV Class B - Purchased 10/15/10 IN CASH
Fiance' purchased a Class C 2002 Dynamax Carri-go on 5/1/15 IN CASH
We've got the best of both worlds

Posted By: Tioga76 on 05/15/09 10:39pm

overdrive75 wrote:

Tioga76, nice looking MH. How does that thing do climing the grades out there in Colorado with the 360? I have a similiar size MH, and the wife wants to visit her friend in Idaho this summer. So it would be a long run from MI to Idaho Falls. We are trying to decide weather or not to tow the Jeep with us. I am not to sure of the power to climb the hills out there though.

Going west out of Denver on I-70 I keep it in second gear up the big grades and I can do about 40 mph without pushing it really hard. I feel like the MH has just enough power as-is that it doesn't struggle too bad, but I don't know if I would try to tow anything with it.

ALnCORY wrote:

If you have time try to get a spot at the Moraine Park campground up in Rocky Mountain National Park. Wonderful views up there!

FrugalFreak wrote:

Beautiful Rig Tioga76! I wish mine had been yellow themed outside instead of just Poop brown. my inside is yellow on seats at least. Wanna trade

You can have my burnt orange swivel chairs if you want. [emoticon]

Posted By: Tioga76 on 05/15/09 10:57pm

Well, the Tioga failed the emissions test today because of smoke. [emoticon]

The problem I have is that after I drive it around for awhile and then shut it down, the carb gets completely flooded after about 5 minutes. So when I go to the emissions place it takes them 5 or 10 minutes to hook up the equipment, and it won't start unless I hold the gas pedal to the floor while its cranking, and then it makes a huge cloud of black smoke when it starts. Does anyone know what might be causing the flooding? I replaced the original carb with a rebuilt one last year (the original had the same problem). The carb does not stay flooded after the engine is running; it only floods after I shut it down. The carb is a Holley 2210 2bbl.

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