Griff in Fairbanks wrote:


Yup, seen it before, just couldn't remember where. A friend in the '70s would jack up the front of the vehicle to get clearance and right angle for hoist. (He also cautioned to take care ... he once knocked the vehicle off the jack stands when he bumped it.)

StingrayL82 wrote:

The cherry picker boom extension is at the machine shop being modified, and it'll be ready Friday. I ordered an engine lift plate from Summit Racing yesterday and it arrived today...didn't even ask for overnight shipping...they're awesome.

I'm going to move the motorhome into position, in front of the garage, sometime this week. Saturday I pick up the 360 from the engine builder, and so begins engine and transmission re-installation.

All that's left is suspension, brakes, new toilet and windshield, and it's done.

There's a part of me that dreads finishing this project, and I don't know why.

Ballenxj wrote:

WHOO HOO! Just remember, I want to hear your quarter mile results. <--- I do hope the little winkey avatar let's you know when I'm kidding, but just for the sake of argument, make one pass sans the toilet, and the other with.

DRTDEVL wrote:

Here's a quick question... Anyone have a 79+ Chassis? The A/C setup is different in the 79 and later chassis than the older ones. My grandfather did not believe in AC, and only used the Winnie on the Pacific Coast. He removed everything under the hood, and nobody was able to locate it after his passing. I know it was a single-row pulley set and would have used a model RV2 compressor, but I need to see where everything hooks up... the evaporator is separate from the heater system (directly behind the center of the dash) with different ducts and a separate fan control on the same bezel as the heat/defrost. I have no idea where to source the manifold lines, where to mount the receiver/drier, if its an orifice tube or expansion valve system (but I can disassemble the dash to find that out), or the bracketry to mount anything... but I am pretty resourceful with retrofitting similar parts from junk vehicles. I can adapt just about any condenser based upon the fitting sizes, the space available, and the ability to put the largest possible condenser in the space (need more cooling on R134a than on R12).

Anyone have one and some pics of how everything is routed and mounted?

DRTDEVL wrote:

Here's a quick question... Anyone have a 79+ Chassis? The A/C setup is different in the 79 and later chassis than the older ones. My grandfather did not believe in AC, and only used the Winnie on the Pacific Coast. He removed everything under the hood, and nobody was able to locate it after his passing. I know it was a single-row pulley set and would have used a model RV2 compressor, but I need to see where everything hooks up... the evaporator is separate from the heater system (directly behind the center of the dash) with different ducts and a separate fan control on the same bezel as the heat/defrost. I have no idea where to source the manifold lines, where to mount the receiver/drier, if its an orifice tube or expansion valve system (but I can disassemble the dash to find that out), or the bracketry to mount anything... but I am pretty resourceful with retrofitting similar parts from junk vehicles. I can adapt just about any condenser based upon the fitting sizes, the space available, and the ability to put the largest possible condenser in the space (need more cooling on R134a than on R12).

Anyone have one and some pics of how everything is routed and mounted?

DRTDEVL wrote:

Here's a quick question... Anyone have a 79+ Chassis? The A/C setup is different in the 79 and later chassis than the older ones. My grandfather did not believe in AC, and only used the Winnie on the Pacific Coast. He removed everything under the hood, and nobody was able to locate it after his passing. I know it was a single-row pulley set and would have used a model RV2 compressor, but I need to see where everything hooks up... the evaporator is separate from the heater system (directly behind the center of the dash) with different ducts and a separate fan control on the same bezel as the heat/defrost. I have no idea where to source the manifold lines, where to mount the receiver/drier, if its an orifice tube or expansion valve system (but I can disassemble the dash to find that out), or the bracketry to mount anything... but I am pretty resourceful with retrofitting similar parts from junk vehicles. I can adapt just about any condenser based upon the fitting sizes, the space available, and the ability to put the largest possible condenser in the space (need more cooling on R134a than on R12).

Anyone have one and some pics of how everything is routed and mounted?

Eric Hysteric wrote:

StingrayL82, photos please :-)