Dodge Vogue villa grande 1979 won't start

Here is a thread from another site regarding 440 water pump replacement
of a 440

Here

Hi,

Thanks for the replies :)

It appears that in the manual it says if you don't have Aircon (I remove it!) you can take it out without removing the radiator. The only problem is its not very detailed in its removal. I have tried undoing the bolts where the fan goes into the water pump but it wont budge at all so I assume that maybe the gasket has stuck the 2 together!

Does anyone have any suggestions regarding this at all?

Thank you for all your help and I shall search for a chassis manual :)

Kind Regards

jmd87 wrote:

2bzy2c wrote:
I have done many 440 water pumps. Easy. If you can rebuild a carb., the water pump should be a walk in the park.

Thank you for posting the results. It helps all of us learn.

Hi,

I was hoping for a bit of advice from you if that's ok?

Basically I went up to the RV and tried to remove the water pump. I can't seem to get the radiator out at all! It seems to be in a surround which is bolted to the chassis which I've undone and have undone all the hoses etc but the radiator won't move at all.

Am I doing something stupidly wrong here? Do I even need to remove the radiator?

Kind Regards
Joe

Sorry Joe,

Giving generic advice on carburetor rebuilding is one thing, but since I've never worked on a classic RV with what I imagine is a Chrysler chassis I can't help you with your radiator removal issue. Perhaps you can find a good manual (I found an early 90's vintage manual for my RV's Ford F53 Chassis by going to abebooks.com).

Anyhow, good luck with it. I'll continue following this thread and if I find something I can help with I'll chime in.

Steve

Also look for a ballast resister in the starting circuit. Our 73
Dodge 413 with a holly carb started on 12 volts and ran on 6 volts. I got to where I carried spares and just changed them out when we had starting problems.

Having a '75 GMC that is taking a lot of repairs I know the search for parts can be difficult. Most things are still available someplace but it takes some searching to find them. This is a pretty good place to come for help.

Doubtful if you need to remove the radiator. Just remove the fan and the bolts holding it. Once the fan is out of the way, that should give you lots of room to work.

You might look to see if the radiator might drop out of the bottom. Maybe. Each RV is different.

2bzy2c wrote:
I have done many 440 water pumps. Easy. If you can rebuild a carb., the water pump should be a walk in the park.

Thank you for posting the results. It helps all of us learn.

Hi,

I was hoping for a bit of advice from you if that's ok?

Basically I went up to the RV and tried to remove the water pump. I can't seem to get the radiator out at all! It seems to be in a surround which is bolted to the chassis which I've undone and have undone all the hoses etc but the radiator won't move at all.

Am I doing something stupidly wrong here? Do I even need to remove the radiator?

Kind Regards
Joe

I have done many 440 water pumps. Easy. If you can rebuild a carb., the water pump should be a walk in the park.

Thank you for posting the results. It helps all of us learn.

Hi,

Thanks Geocritter :)

I decided to take the carb apart and run the risk. The (what i believe) Accelerator pump was seized solid, Gaskets ruined, fuel bowl had alot of old fuel residue and what looked like dirt. I cleaned everything up, free'd the accelerator pump and made some temporary Gaskets. I put the carb back on the RV still didn't start.

So I checked all the fuel lines and found the filter as dry as bone (I did check all this at first but was advised to take the carb off by a passing mechanic due to all the dirt etc in it.) I checked everything and found that a simple lead and corroded on Fuel Sender unit on the fuel tank. Rewired that up and it started. I tried tuning the carb to try and get it to start better as it was always about 5 minutes to get the RV started! got it a little better but what we did was replace it with an Edelbrock 750 carb fitted that etc and it starts first time everytime which is fantastic as it never did before!

Now I have noticed that the water pump bearing has gone and have decided to replace the water pump and I was after a bit of advice. The Engine I have found is a "Chrysler 440" what pump would people advise?

I have no issues taking the pump off as I've done it on my Mercedes Gwagen before and that was harder that this to remove :)

Thanks alot for any help
Joe

I think that is good advice ^