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Leeann
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DRTDEVL wrote:
EDIT: I forgot to add that my trailer with a Harley inside likely weighs only 3,000 lbs, and my 20.5 RV likely only weighs 7500 lbs with the tanks full. This would be roughly the same as your B250 pulling a race boat with the stock transmission, as that boat on trailer likely weighed in around 5,000 with trailer, and the van likely weighed about 5,500 lbs. This puts the pair in the same neighborhood.
Small outboard kneel-down boats, one runabout at 11' and one hydro at 12'. The two boats together weigh less than 200 lbs - the two of us can pick them up. The 2 race motors together weigh about 250 lbs (no gear shift, no starter, super short midsection, no cowls). The trailer is a stripped dual-axle with surge brakes boat trailer with just a wood deck and short bunks on it. All told, it's under 2,500 lbs.
'73 Concord 20' Class A w/Dodge 440 - see profile for photo
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Silver Sport Transmissions builds overdrive automatics for many vehicles, including Mopars...they have a bolt-in 4L65E conversion that will work behind a 440.
https://shiftsst.com/blog/post/mopar-street-rod-and-truck.html
John and Elizabeth (Liz), with Briza the size XL tabby
St. Bernard Marm, cats Vierna and Maya...RIP. ">
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1992 International Genesis school bus conversion
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DRTDEVL
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Leeann wrote:
Small outboard kneel-down boats, one runabout at 11' and one hydro at 12'. The two boats together weigh less than 200 lbs - the two of us can pick them up. The 2 race motors together weigh about 250 lbs (no gear shift, no starter, super short midsection, no cowls). The trailer is a stripped dual-axle with surge brakes boat trailer with just a wood deck and short bunks on it. All told, it's under 2,500 lbs.
See my following post... I found your issue. You did not have a 47RH, All the 1990 B-vans had an A518, also known as the 46RH. I had a Ram 1500 4x4 with a 46RE (same trans, just electronically controlled) and it overheated driving 70 mph into a headwind. I couldn't think of towing a car dolly in OD with that truck, it had to be in D. The 47RH (also known as the A618) is a much beefier transmission, having 6 pinion gears in the planetary vs 4. The torque converter difference is insane, too (23 spline vs. 35 spline). The 47RH was originally found in the 2500 and 3500 Ram trucks with the Diesel or the V10. It was never originally found behind a 360.
Resurrecting an inherited 1980 Minnie Winnie 20RG from the dead after sitting since 1998..
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Central_Scrutinizer
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Add another one here, or was I just a dreaming fool?? This past June, I stumbled upon this huge shrink-wrapped box (about 10 ft tall, 25ft long, about 10ft wide sitting in an exterior storage building on a friend's property.Had to ask what the heck that was. "Old motor home" I was told. "Huh?"
A Long one short, I bought this "Unknown" package on July 4th for $1200. (Weird side note, & by pure coincidence that I didnt realize, but the lil lady DID,was that the last 3 vehicles I have bought, This RV, My Harley, and my Dodge Intrepid, all bought,paid for ON A JULY 4th, my 2000 Intrepid=July 4th 2015, my 1989 1200 HD Sportster=July 4,2019, this '79 RV= July 4, 2021) Weird eh???
Anywho, what was in this humongous shrink-wrapped box on 6 tires?
It's a 1979 Fleetwood Southwind With an E-25 chassis/coach. M500 It's considered a 1980 Model, Coach plate even states: "Official Motor Home of The 1980 Olympics"...lol But they quit making these in '79 and then shopped out the remaining chassis to various vehicle manufacturers. (Did my homework)
Well I got lucky because I'm a Chrysler Dodge fan and this one happened to be a **** Chrysler/Dodge frame..... complete with a series 3 440CID engine, 4 barrel Rochester carb, and a A727 3 speed AT behind it..... Did I mention the 9 gas filters on it?...lol
Well I spent 2 days @ my friends just unwrapping this thing and seeing if it would run....and boy does it, although I've only driven it about 6 miles (Point of Purchase to Point B-my house)
....whoever bought this when it was new seemed to have purchased it w/ every **** option available on it, from the over-head 2 ppl pull-down bed over drivers cab to the 50 gal propane tank welded to frame, to the Onan BGA 4.0 Kv generator
in a rear compartment. What kind of shape was it in???
Well shrink wrapping an RV MAY sound like a good idea, but when moistures trapped in it, it's not good. I thought the thing was originally a "Green" color....wrong,, that's mold, it's white w/ brown tones. But the interior looked showroom new. This 43 year old RV has 35,890 original miles on it, the generator, according to meter, has under 400 hours on it. It has 3 battery's, 2 under hood, and another in drivers side compartment (under driver)
Now the rough stuff:
Somebody (pray I never find them) just simply mutilated the factory wiring that went through the front firewall & under/behind dash, I had one 12 wire harness through firewall that had 10 wires cut off completely. After procuring the complete M500 schematics for this behemoth, I have about finished it...... the wiring part anyway's
Its got a RM760 Dometic fridge (works), 4 burn gas stove/oven, 1100w microwave. galley sink, bathroom sink/tub/shower/toilet (don't like the fact that the bathroom is in the rear, and one would have to go through the "master bedroom" in order to get to it, say @ 2am....lolz
Still have to replace a couple water lines w/ Pex and get this Onan gen-set cleaned up (Carb is varnish), but overall, I think it's going to be worth it..... I'd post a pic or two, but don't see a pic upload option here.
Needless to say, I'm still plugging away on this thing, and probably be ready to go boondock it in 2022.... LMAO,
"Camping in a 1979 RV in 2022"
....just sounds weird....lol
Thanks for having me
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Central_Scrutinizer
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whiteknight001 wrote:Hello Fencepost and Susan-y
Welcome to the Mopar corner of the RV world!
Stay up with us- and if you get the opportunity
to post pic's, do so! Burnt orange shag and all!
your fellow Mopar land yacht captain
Mark a.k.a. White Knight
LOL... that's what's in mine exactly... burnt-orange shag.... and it's in **** good shape still.... this one's had very little use for a '79
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Leeann
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Welcome!
Sure it’s a Rochester? My 440 - and many others - came with a Carter Thermoquad.
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Central_Scrutinizer
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Leeann wrote:Welcome!
Sure it’s a Rochester? My 440 - and many others - came with a Carter Thermoquad.
98% sure, least that's the name on the box when I put it on ![[emoticon]](http://www.rv.net/sharedcontent/cfb/images/wink.gif "wink")
Today's project is to find the converter/charger in this thing... I can't find it, it's not behind the coach fuse panel, under hood is just a electronic battery isolator and a "Starting assist" solenoid (combines the 2 under-hood battery's for starting engine when dash button pressed)
I'm guessing it's got one, all my 12vdc stuff works when I'm plugged in to the house (Shore power)
Thanks for the welcome Leeann
(found pic host)
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Central_Scrutinizer wrote:Leeann wrote:Welcome!
Sure it’s a Rochester? My 440 - and many others - came with a Carter Thermoquad.
98% sure, least that's the name on the box when I put it on
Today's project is to find the converter/charger in this thing... I can't find it, it's not behind the coach fuse panel, under hood is just a electronic battery isolator and a "Starting assist" solenoid (combines the 2 under-hood battery's for starting engine when dash button pressed)
I'm guessing it's got one, all my 12vdc stuff works when I'm plugged in to the house (Shore power)
Thanks for the welcome Leeann
Welcome to the forum. Nice looking class A, and interesting story of how you found and purchased it. ![[emoticon]](http://www.rv.net/sharedcontent/cfb/images/smile.gif "smile")
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Ballenxj wrote:
Welcome to the forum. Nice looking class A, and interesting story of how you found and purchased it.
It's 2 posts up, read-on my friend
OK, back to finding my 12vdc converter, and with thanks to this Forum, found this same thing here on mine, same Progressive Dynamics AC/DC fuse panel, same relay, with the "Charge Sentinel" LED (mine is lit and blinking) which alleged means 90% or better charge
https://forums.motorhome.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/30110031/print/true.cfm
now is that pitiful thing in the fuse panel's rear, my 12v converter/charger??
(Rhetorical question)
Think I can go one better than this tiny thing....
{crank's out a gerber file}
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My grandson, Asa and i just got our first motorhome to take some road trips together. I have been the owner of a few motorhomes in my life, and shared some of my adventures with Asa. It seems that my love of the road and the adventure of it all was past on to him. So, we just got a 1978 Class C Dodge Sportsman Brougham with a 440!
I drove it home. It needs work, to say the least, but i got it by chance for a price i could work with! $400 and i drove it home! We have almost completed just cleaning out the junk. But the fridge and stove work. Not digging the layout but,it will be so great to work on this together, to fix her up and make her "ours" and take her out on the road, to see the love of the road in his eyes and to see how he handles the frustrations that come along with the word "adventure". Lol.
I have sooo many questions. We have alot of work to do.
So very glad i came across this thread! Thank you to all of you that let others know how to do things, or how to avoid others, etc. I appreciate so much helpful information!
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