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Posted By: fourthclassC on 07/01/07 07:21am

Hey,
That RV you could be our old one. Same rear entry, green, 360... If it has a solid state isolator and 100 amp alternator it probably is. What I mean about a grey water tank is, orginally the rig has only a tank for the toilet. (directly under it) The sinks and shower, just go out on the ground. OK in 73 now you can go to jail for it. (go figure?) any way I added a grey water tank and figured out how to vent it ... and make it work. Much more convienent then collecting grey water in a portable blue tank or some other method. Any way I do not think I have any photos but I will check.

Posted By: 79powerwagon on 07/01/07 07:27am

Grey to the ground? I guess that's what the little tag on the wall by the kitchen sink says "put a pail under before using".

Hmmmm...... interesting!

This rig shows a 60 amp alternator on the production sticker under the hood. There is a big white ceramic unit that says Battery Isolator mounted to the firewall. Is that solid state? I don't know, I've never seen one before, but it looks like a big ballist resistor (being a Dodge guy, you know what that is).

Well, I'm off to play with it some more. I hope to have the fuel leak issue fixed today and try to sort out some of the electrical stuff.

I really appreciate all of your help!

Errr, you wouldn't happen to still have your manual to that rig, would you? [emoticon]

Eric

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

Posted By: hyp7 on 07/01/07 07:50am

Hello everyone. I'm a new owner of a dodge based class c and having trouble finding anything about it.The title states it is a 1981 cruise master,has sportsman on the doors and the guy said it had a 360 in it but the diagram under the hood only say 440. But I did notice the distributor is in the wrong spot to be a 440 so it must be a 360 I guess. It came with 3 manuals for the onan 2.8 gen but not one for the MH.haha. Does anyone have one I could download? It has a thermo quad 4bbl. and I was told they are junk. any ideas on what to replace it with? Was also told this era of MH are notorious for vapor locking which I think mine is doing now, goes great when driving but stop for a light and dies in the worst possible places at the worst possible time. Thanks to everyone on here you are more valubule then you know.
Thanks Gene

Posted By: MasterBoondocker on 07/01/07 11:12am

hyp7 wrote:

It has a thermo quad 4bbl. and I was told they are junk. any ideas on what to replace it with?

WASH your mouth ... out-with-soap ! [emoticon]

That carb has a few quirks ... but when dialed-in ... they are the best carbs out there.

79er ..... I will PM you with details.

Posted By: 79powerwagon on 07/01/07 11:18am

Thermo Quads are great carbs, especially for this application. Do a Google search for Demon Sizzler (his name is David). Nobody on the planet knows more about them than he!

If anyone is interested, here's a link to the Moparts thread that has pictures of my rig.

http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=3589731&an=0&page=2#Post3589731

Enjoy? [emoticon]

Posted By: Leeann on 07/01/07 01:07pm

Definitely wash it out with soap [emoticon]

We've got the thermoquad on our 440 dialed in - and it runs sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!

Only people who can't follow the rebuild/adjustment directions call them junk.

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

Posted By: Big_John on 07/01/07 01:54pm

My vote for the Thermoquad too. I've had them on a bunch of cars and never had any problem.

Posted By: timmac on 07/02/07 01:24am

No matter how well you get the TQ working it will still have vapor lock problems when it gets hot in late 70's vans and RV's, Put in a Holley TBI and your vapor locks will be gone for good and your fuel milage will increase... [ by the late 70's Mopar had to meet new epa smog laws and the TQ went thru changes and its quality went down ]

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Posted By: MasterBoondocker on 07/02/07 01:58am

Watch OUT you TQ fans ..... our Mopar fiend from Vegas has just gotten IN from a late-nite drinking binge !

The ONLY way that a TQ will suffer from vapor-lock is if the intake is getting toasted from massive amounts of exhaust manifold heat. The same heat would MELT a Holley carb. And even a Holley TBI system !

Leeann you have it RIGHT .... so you have actually MET our LV member ?? ... !

Posted By: Big_John on 07/02/07 01:56pm

Hyp7

Check your fuel pump. If you're vapor locking, there's a good chance the problem could be a weak pump.

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