Dodge Vogue villa grande 1979 won't start
Hi, I have a Dodge Vogue villa grande 1979 thats been in storage for 5 years. It used to start fine but now it doesn't. It turns over but never starts. I have removed the engine cover inside the Vo...
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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
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
