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Posted By: bingbill on 04/23/13 08:38am

Hey! New guy here. I have a 1977 explorer 280. Got it last fall. needs some work. Mostly electric stuff. I have searched the internet but couldn't find anything. Looking forward to getting to know you dodgers!!

Posted By: Phantom59 on 04/30/13 04:51pm

Anyone here know the approximate weight of a 79 Dodge Transvan 20' with dual wheels? May have a deal on buying one but it's not roadworthy so I need to figure out how to get it home.

Posted By: Leeann on 04/30/13 06:49pm

Welcome!

Ummmm...I don't think I have any info on the Transvan, but I'll look on my comouter tomorrow. The championfleetowners.org has gone down and I don't know when/if it'll come back up.

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

Posted By: eyeteeth on 05/01/13 07:20am

Haven't touched base for a bit, not since returning from Florida with the Camper. Thought I'd pass the latest along.

Tried starting up the old beast recently, wouldn't go... I dug out the original 30+ year old rusted, corroded, melted ignition control (again) and she fired right up. These new units are absolute junk. This will be the fourth time I've replaced the new control, at least they're under warranty. You'd think it would be more cost effective to make ONE that worked instead of constantly replacing them under warranty.

Apart from that... can't wait to get camping!

Posted By: Leeann on 05/01/13 02:50pm

eye, you can get a Mopar module from Mancini, not terribly far from you in Clinton Twp:
http://chucker54.stores.yahoo.net/elconunecu.html

Posted By: eyeteeth on 05/01/13 03:03pm

But I can get another one of these replaced free under warranty

However... definitely looking that. [emoticon]

Thanks for the link.

Posted By: Leeann on 05/01/13 03:15pm

Yeah, but it's a PITA [emoticon]

Sure!

Posted By: Phantom59 on 05/01/13 08:50pm

Found an interesting conversation on another site where someone was asking advice on buying an old Dodge RV. The major consensus was that buying any old RV was a big mistake because they were low quality when they were built and the just got worse with age. Pretty much don't waste your time buy something much newer.
Not sure about the rest of you but I love my 80 dodge and wouldn't trade it for a brand new class C. [image]

Posted By: Leeann on 05/01/13 09:00pm

Funny, I've spent less in repairs and upgrades than those I know with brand new RVs.

You couldn't make me buy a new one.

Posted By: Phantom59 on 05/01/13 09:04pm

I spent 5 years as a RV tech at a dealership and have first hand experience in the new pos

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