RE: How many of us are there? Owners of Dodge based RV's?
this tread goes worldwide ; )
Thank you Mark for starting this tread
Johnny.
Oslo.Norway
Landau Regency 320 1976
Thank you, Johnny! You make this thread world class!! :D
Mark
Mounds, Oklahoma, USA
RE: How many of us are there? Owners of Dodge based RV's?
I'm the wealthiest man in the world.
How so?
All these people here, posting in this thread, are
friends of mine, doing the same thing I am, with an
older RV...
There is a veritable gold mine of information here,
and it grows continually. It covers all aspects of
what we're doing, and even offers quite unique answers
to problems we run into.
There are people who are looking for this information.
Those who come here find more than that. They find a
community unto itself of kindred spirits and brave souls.
This has a life of its own. Even if I were to stop (not any
time soon, though...) it would continue, and be cared for,
by some really wonderful folks here.
Thank you everyone! For everything you do, share and bring to
this little bit of Cyberspace. I owe you all dearly, but
at the same time, I really am the wealthiest man on earth!
your l'il fat buddy
Mark whiteknight001
RE: How many of us are there? Owners of Dodge based RV's?
Hey, Mark! Good to see you ;)
Hey lady!! It's great to be. I'm most indebted to you for
many things- you're our "First Lady" of our thread, and for
all the ways you help people in here, you're kinda like our
"Den Mother", in the best sense of the word. Thank you Leeann!!
I really mean it.
If it weren't for you, and some other folks in here, this
would be just another archived thread. You all give it life...
Four years, three hundred pages, and it's still going. There
is more here than a mere thread.
IT'S ALIVE!!!! mwahahahhahah!!!!
(had to throw that in for Halloween... kinda cheesy, I know..)
your old pal
Mark
RE: How many of us are there? Owners of Dodge based RV's?
OK, this is really momentous...
Nearly 300 pages of reply posts to a thread I started
by asking if I was the only nut on the tree. You folks
are the greatest! Indeed, we are mighty upon the earth.
The dust from our Pentastar Caravan hides the travels of
the sun itself!!
Thank you all, for who you are, and for confirming that
a message in a bottle like this thread once was, has been
replied to by so many others with their own "bottles". It
truly seems that we are not alone in this world, nor are we
alone in our desires and pursuits, and the reason we hold
for them. We demonstrate the true spirit of ingenuity that
makes us unique, whether on the roads of our nation, or our
lives. I am honored beyond words to see this, and be part of
it.
Our Group Mantra: "Mine's paid for. Is yours?"
A song that fits this group: the Police's "Message in a Bottle"
May God bless...
Mark "whiteknight001"
RE: How many of us are there? Owners of Dodge based RV's?
Hey, Mark!
Hope everyone had a safe and pleasant weekend.
Like Jerry Lewis would say:
Heeeyyyyyy LADY!!
Been a few days... I hope everybody here had a great weekend too. I sinned and fell off my diet, and made up for some long needed quality time with folks I love... they forgive me...snif...(huge nose blow)..snif...
WHY CAN'T I FORGIVE MYSELF?!?
OK, I'm gonna check for leftover potato salad, and another beer...
you want something while I'm up?
Mark
RE: How many of us are there? Owners of Dodge based RV's?
Spoke with the inspector today... finally. I think I like the guy. I don't remember his exact phone questions.. but essentially... it was something like.
Do you have an RV? - Yes
Is it parked in your driveway? - Yes
Are all the tires inflated? - Yes
Does it run? - Yes
Well, I don't see much of a problem then... don't pull the motor before I formally inspect and you'll be fine. Won't be this week, but probably next week sometime.
Then we chatted on the phone for about 10 minutes trading neighborhood stories.
We'll see what happens.
Eyeteeth,
I like the guy already. When he said "don't pull the motor" I think
that cinched it. You're good. I had double trouble living in town- from parking my RV (behind a six foot high privacy fence, mind you...) and all my antennas and towers. Everybody hates a ham radio operator in the 'hood. Almost as bad as they hate seeing the JW's going door to door. The antennas and towers are eyesores, and the reason their TV signal is messed up? Running all them radios...
If you have a neighborhood or property owners association to deal with, it's worse. Those folks get militant. And they can be quite picky about all their little bylaws and stuff. I got around all that, with a visit to the neighborhood elementary and junior high schools. In the elementary school a ham buddy and I set up to receive and talk to the International Space Station. Very brief but fun, and a lot of space folk are hams.
The junior high demo was cool- we took an excerpt from The Tonight
Show with Jay Leno that had two groups pitted against each other-
in one corner, two young men, late teens who were text-messaging champions. In the opposite corner, two ham operators set up to send and receive Morse code. Both groups had the same message. Modern technology versus 150+ year old code via carrier waves, and three guesses as to who won. And the first two guesses won't count.
We repeated the show format, selecting two students who were fast text messagers, and we set up our gear. The football coach provided the message to send and receive. With the same results. We described different aspects of community service hams perform, and I had pictures of the Kobayashi Maru looking like a large white hedgehog, bristling with antennas, with a magnetic banner on its side that read "Mobile Radio Communications Center/Amateur Radio Emergency Services. I made sure to park the Koby, washed and appropriately regaled and bristling menacingly, on the street two days before the school demos.
The result? Kids say the darndest things. Nothing further was said
about either the Koby or the antennas. Whenever the cable company would come out for "signal interference problems" they would assure the parties affected that it wasn't caused by the "crazy radio guy"
in the neighborhood. It finally reached a point that the cable company sent out a letter on the subject to their subscribers.
That was some needless stuff to endure. I guess if it doesn't say "Prevost" or "MCI" and look like something a rock star would tour
in, you're game. Probably, at the center of it all, truth be told, it's just eating a hole through their miserable little selves that you have something they wish they did, and it's paid for. Like a line
from an Alice Cooper song: "Some folks live for no reason."
Hang in there- things have an odd way of turning out for the best.
"Illegitimi non polvo de Carborundum sans tu permiso"
Mark
RE: How many of us are there? Owners of Dodge based RV's?
I'd be hard pressed to know how the PO couldn't have known. Originally I wanted to go pick it up alone. But the family insisted on coming along. Had I been alone, I probably would have bailed on the deal. It took me all of a minute or two inside to find the signs. Discolored Ceiling, spongy floor, de-laminated plywood, Rotted ceiling... Enough there to know what it was hiding was going to be depressing.
But... I still have this outlook on it:
The unit is 100% paid for.
It's a floor plan they haven't made in over 25 years... and it's perfect for us.
This is the worst of it...
It's all replaceable wood... cheap materials... but time consuming.
Doing it myself, I can save many thousand dollars in labor.
I learn a lot in the process
I know it will be done the way I want...
... and will give me many years of use when I'm done.
I just have to grin and bear it for now... fix what I can, when I can, when I can afford it.
Eyeteeth,
Your words sums up everything about our group. We are truly some
of the most practical people in this world. Mine looked pretty bad too, especially around the water heater and plumbing. But I've been able to build it back to what I think is better than new, and make things easy for me to work on, as I go. I wish for you all the best!
Mark
RE: How many of us are there? Owners of Dodge based RV's?
countessaisobella - Trish is right about the Ford --
RUN, do not walk away from this one.
Other problems she didn't mention:
- The seller has a reserve on it, which means you're gonna pay more than the listed price for it. How much more? The only way to find out is run your bid up until the reserve is met ... then you're stuck with the deal.
- The seller has less than a 99% positive feedback rating. The only way to get that is to piss off a few people. I rarely bid on anything from anyone with less than a 99% rating and then only after carefully reviewing all the negative feedback.
- The salvage title bothers me too and I've resurrected vehicles from junkyards.
Personally, I think there's a lot better options available that don't have the headache potential of this one.
My lovely barefoot Contessa-
I must agree with them as well- there are too many problems with
this rig. Consider the others, but pass this by... Anyone who would
put a reserve on something with a salvage title wants to unload a
real pile of junk. Especially with the 460. The words "aluminum nightmare" are very real. We'll find you a rig, dear one. And whether
it's Ford, Chevy or our familiar and trusty Dodge, it'll be worth the wait.
your tin man
Mark
RE: How many of us are there? Owners of Dodge based RV's?
Posted By: Leeann on 04/03/08 08:58pm
Okay, I'll try to ignore the four-letter word starting with F on the grill
OK. Leeann, Ferdz aren't that bad- I've got an old '82 F-350 flatbed
called Ol' Whitey- in my estimation, I am more partial to Dodge, but
the old fella was headed to the salvage over a minor problem- a timing
gear and chain set. I paid the slackjawed drooling idiot P.O. $50 and I've been laughing ever since.
I woulda called him 'Mater, but that's taken.
Mark
RE: How many of us are there? Owners of Dodge based RV's?
Nobody is insane here... It's just that most of us are not wedded to reality.:h
I like to think that Reality and I have a long-standing love/hate thang goin' on... she hates the way she loves me and I love the way I hate her...
Mark
RE: How many of us are there? Owners of Dodge based RV's?
Hi,
I recently purchased a 24 ft 1980 Dodge Midland. I am looking for help getting to know it. I can't find an owner's manual (LOL) and I don't know anything about rv's. I have my own little library on rv's but a lot of it deals with more recent gadgets/equipment. I would welcome any suggestions
hola, welcome, and all that....
Good to have here.
You will find most of the systems (water, water heater, black & grey tanks, etc) on yours are the same as whatever anyone around here has got.
Except Griff, Leeann, and me --we have Class A Dodges, we just hang for the ambiance.
Sherry
Welcome to our thread! While we are mostly Dodge class C owners, there is room in our hearts for other species such as Ford and Chevy, and our lone Dodge/Benz Sprinter Bird of Prey piloted by the Chancellor of the Klingon Empire. Trish, Leeann and Griff (and a few others) keep us in line and outta trouble, they really are our class "A"s!! Just dive in and have fun! Browse the posts, ask plenty of questions and join the elite few in RVing that can truly say: "Mine's paid for."
Happy trails from the lunatic in the left lane ahead of ya!!
Mark
RE: How many of us are there? Owners of Dodge based RV's?
I thought this was a forum for discussing Dodge MH's. Where's the mod's to get this back on topic?
Jer & Ger, welcome!
I went to your profile and looked at the picture of your rig, and wished mine looked one-tenth as good. This is indeed a thread where rigs like ours are discussed- mine's a '72. I personally apologize for the rambling- it's sometimes hard to not jaw a little about things, and I've met folk from all walks of life, situations and occupations. There is a
wealth of information and advice here I never thought existed. When I brought our rig home the first time, my YF honestly thought I had gone south mentally for good. After feeling sorry for me for a while she decided to "decorate the playhouse" too, and it's been fun ever since.
'Specially since I can't sew worth a dang...
Welcome to our unique little group out here- we all have our reasons for loving these old tubs, and we all like the new shiny stuff. But
some of us just can't see making that degree of an investment for a
recreational rig. Most of these old rigs have many years of life left to 'em too. And it's just so much fun to say "Mine's paid for." That
just says everything...
Browse through our posts and join us- tell us about your rig, how you bought it, what you've done to make it your own. And if it has a name-even better! Mine's the "Kobayashi Maru"- Star Trek speak for "no-win situation". Believe me, that's what it looked like sitting in the driveway right after I bought it.
Happy Trails!
Mark "whiteknight001"
RE: How many of us are there? Owners of Dodge based RV's?
Oh yes, must keep this on track, kind Lady. (Don't want to upset the Mods)
If you are seeking an old Dodge motorhome, or at least a C class, I shall offer you my assistance (whatever the hell that means!) in your locating of said rig. I have offered this to other members here, and I continue the offer. :)
Eric
Hear! Hear! Most nobly proferred by one of earnest spirit and chaste heart! I am in the presence of a noble brother! Sir Eric, may your
days be long and filled with joy!
Mark
RE: How many of us are there? Owners of Dodge based RV's?
I hope someone on list can suggest a source for a power steering pump.
My RV is a '73 Starcraft Starcruiser, with what I understood to be a M400 chassis. The P/S pump is shot and I have not been able to find one locally through the usual suspects. Although, I may not be asking for the right one.
I do know it is a Dodge 413 engine, and the power steering pump from a 440 D300 will not work.
Help!?
Thanks,
Jay
Welcome Jay, and don't let Knight's SCA-speak scare you off! :B
The easiest way to get the part you need is to take the old pump with you to the store and simply ask for a Dodge pump of the chassis year, then compare the new one to yours. Make sure to look at the mounting points and the pulley (if provided).
Eric
Jay-
This is probably the best bet- when you walk in with the excised organ, as it were, freshly dripping fluids from the evisceration, this usually brings out the most educated of the Borg auto part drones. They, unlike their inexperienced counter parts, can exercise higher mental comparatory function apart from their computer network Collective for brief intervals... lol.
I have two NAPA guys that just cringe when I walk in with a slain trophy, thump it down on the counter, and in my best Okie Redneck drawl, say:
"Ah needs me one uv these witgheydydghits... Ah think this one is daid...or clabbered"
happy hunting!!
marquis
RE: How many of us are there? Owners of Dodge based RV's?
Jay,
A pump for the big block passenger car (400 from 73 Dodge Charger, for example) should fit, just don't confuse the parts drone by telling him it's for a van or motorhome.
:B
Budd
Well spoken Budd!!!
Most folks manning parts counters today are like the Star Trek
Borg- in order to find anything they must access their collective
(a.k.a. com-pew-ter) to hazard a guess at anything. hee hee...
Welcome to our thread!!
Mark
