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Topic: How many of us are there? Owners of Dodge based RV's?

Posted By: Ballenxj on 06/19/16 09:21pm

new v'er wrote:


Still will camp but not sure what the road holds up ahead as we are retiring in 2017.

Best of luck on your journeys.


Downsizing ">


Posted By: Ballenxj on 06/20/16 10:45am

Came back to get a status check on Griff in Fairbanks.
How ya doing Griff?


Posted By: z89101 on 06/28/16 11:55pm

Griff in Fairbanks wrote:

Someone has been nice enough to post appropriate pages from the OEM parts manual --> HERE

Do not pay any attention to the sections that say "motorhome" or any of the Mx or Mxxx series ... these are Class A motorhome parts.

It appears, based on a quick look, that the rotors were used on D-series (pickup), CB-series (commercial box van), and B-series (production van) as well as MB-series (Class C motorhome).

If you have trouble reading this, let us know and somebody will help you.

Even marginally competent parts counter-people should be able to use these OEM numbers to cross-reference to their company's part numbers.

Voice of experience: Compare the new parts to the old parts before installing the new parts. I've encountered cases where the parts databases have errors on vehicles as new as 2000 ... the older a vehicle is, the greater the possibility of errors (or lazy data entry people).



I have it all in hand - OEM manuals and Parts Lists from Chrysler/Mopar.

The 163" MB400 WB 440CI chassis has the 13" rear drums and many more upgrades.

Most of my resources are in factory print media - ****, Accurate, Finite.


Posted By: eyeteeth on 06/29/16 07:07pm

Thought I would check in real quick. The RV has been in the driveway all spring/summer so far. Over the winter the cab over finally gave way... I debated whether i wanted to try and repair it or try and find another RV.

A job change and my wallet said we were going to try and repair it. So, I got a friend, and we've been chipping away at it. I'll have pics at another time. Unfortunately two boys in Boy scouts, school, playing on different spring soccer games, and band rehearsals.... in between the rain drops have definitely dragged the project out. Good news is the light at the end of the tunnel is really bright.

Right after that... the power converter/charger also went out over the winter. So, I have a new unit from Progressive Dynamics that I will be installing as soon as I can get into the bottom of the closet. Looks like it should be pretty simple. Simple enough I which I would have done it sooner. I could probably take pics of that process too if anyone is interested.

Also... since we're keeping it for a while longer now. I'll probably have a few more questions looking for the proper parts. I have some HVAC controls I'll need to replace at some point. We my just try and take her back to Florida in a couple years.


Posted By: z89101 on 06/30/16 06:28pm

Ebay has been great for us, and Craigslist (found RV salvage in Las Vegas as well - a few that were NOT overpriced :-) ).

To those that have house problems - structural - look to hybrid metal/wood rebuilding. Youtube is a good source, but as you know the search terms to get the videos are at times of the wall, so try to be creative.

Angle Iron is a BIG benefit, so is channel metal.

Great coffee fuels great action. :-)


Posted By: eyeteeth on 07/05/16 07:07pm

Whoo Hooo... Cab over (Job I was dreading tackling) Is done... solid, feels good to be completed finally. Swapped out the Power Converter this weekend too. (Another job I was dreading...) If I knew how easy it really was I would have done it sooner. Kinda happy now. Well, Happier anyway. If I can figure out out to post pics here (My old photo service went away) I'll post a few pics of all the latest work. Ive me a bit... let me figure this out. [emoticon]


Posted By: Leeann on 07/05/16 07:23pm

Photobucket or flickr and I wanna see 'em [emoticon]


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


Posted By: eyeteeth on 07/05/16 07:30pm

Lets see if this actually works. New Converter
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Posted By: Leeann on 07/05/16 08:05pm

Either use the link from the hosting site that has IMG tags, or add them front and back yourself or use the advanced post form and click the symbol that looks sorta like a mountain with a yellow background and paste the link in between.


Posted By: eyeteeth on 07/06/16 06:45am

Leeann!

Yea... I tried all of those, plus and few more. my old hosting service went away. I was going to open a flickr account, but it was forcing me to create another new email address with them, and I don't what to do that. So instead I am working with Goggle photos as I have a gmail, but the links they're giving me don't seem to work. So... back to the drawing board when I have a little time.


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