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Posted By: eyeteeth on 10/05/09 09:47am

AlnCory

This should solve one of your problems.
Link
Good deal.. the first couple trips are always the most interesting. Glad to hear you made it both ways. That always helps. [emoticon]

(coming from someone whose last 'trip' lasted about 3 months before being able to the the RV home.)

Posted By: Leeann on 10/05/09 02:59pm

Sam - turn the fridge over and leave it for at least 1/2 an hour, 3 if you can. Then turn it back over and test again.

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

Posted By: ALnCORY on 10/05/09 04:41pm

Thanks Eyeteeth for the link....
and it was nice to make it all the way there and back.....

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: eyeteeth on 10/05/09 05:51pm

Leeann wrote:

Sam - turn the fridge over and leave it for at least 1/2 an hour, 3 if you can. Then turn it back over and test again.

And it doesn't hurt to occasionally tap on the coils while upside down. If something is lodged and blocking the flow, that 'can' help. Also, make sure if you turn it upside down clockwise, you continue clockwise to right it. Or... counter-continue counter.

Both suggestions that came from a friend that does it for a living.

Posted By: The Boodles on 10/06/09 01:30pm

Hey, so it turns out the radiator does have a hole in it. I assumed it was a hose. Would any early 70's B body van radiators work? Or do I need an engine/year specific radiator? I called a retailer and they gave me some******about oh it's really tricky, we'll install if for $500.... I'm just going to call some junk yards and see if I can round one up, but just wanted to make sure that I could fit pretty much any old Dodge van radiator.

Posted By: eyeteeth on 10/06/09 02:39pm

I'm not sure about the range of donors, but from someone who just had the entire front end apart on his MH... tricky it is not. I swear I see them on Ebay (for mine anyway) for under $200. For someone who knows what they're doing, I could see it done in an hour... for someone mechanically inclined making it up as they go? A leisurely afternoon.

I'm trying to remember mine... and I think it was all of three hoses and four bolts...

Posted By: Jer&Ger on 10/06/09 06:17pm

I've found some soft spots in the overhead bunk in the MH this last weekend during a rain storm we had. It looks like I'm going to have to pull the roof off and start from the top. I'll try to get some pics and post them as I go, maybe it might help someone else when they run into this...Jerry

Jerry & Gerry, our pets (dogs), Byron, Coco
1976 Monaco, 440 ci. Dodge Sportsman chassis

Posted By: Cricket&Sam on 10/06/09 08:45pm

Well, no luck with the refer unit. Guess Ill have to stick with my coolers this trip. Not like I wouldnt have had them anyway, the refer isnt big enough to hold all the beer to last a full weekend at the races lol.

Got the water pump that I ordered today. Installed and running, only one small water leak, on the fresh water tank fill hose. I will replace that tomorrow. Then I can check the hot water heater and will be finished with checking and learning all the working systems.

I was a little intimitaded at first. Having never been around a camper or rv before. But things seem pretty simple and easy to figure out. This should make our race weekends alot more enjoyable. Just have to find a refer and a/c before the May race.

Thanks again for any and all help that eveyone has given.

Sam
76 Dodge Leprechaun
Getting started.

Posted By: Leeann on 10/06/09 08:56pm

Sorry about the fridge, but good thing you're ready to go to the races [emoticon]

Posted By: 79powerwagon on 10/07/09 05:06am

The Boodles wrote:

Hey, so it turns out the radiator does have a hole in it.

Odds are very good any rad from a Dodge van will work with maybe a bit of drilling. But for under $200.00, you can get a NEW aluminum radiator from Summit Racing or Jegs that will easily out perform any factory unit. Just be sure to cool the transmission, too (some after-market racing radiators don't have the provisions).

Also, can you just have yours rebuilt/recored?

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

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