early 90's C on a Ford e350 7.5l V8
I'm thinking of buying an old class c with an early 90's Ford chassis. I've been rving for 25 years and am pretty comfortable fixing and maintaining the house stuff but not to sure about the chassis. ...
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SoCalDesertRider wrote:
Most folks never bother to change the rear axle oil, transfer case and front axle oil (if 4wd), or engine coolant, and let the tranny oil go way too long between changes. Those are things I usually do soon after buying a used vehicle, so I know I'm starting fresh with everything and I have a reference point as to when to change them in the future. I do engine oil/filters and brakes/hub bearings as needed, since most folks do keep up with those somewhat.
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In addition check the u joints and carrier bearing.
There is very little airflow up around the engine and this leads to high temperature around the engine resulting in high amounts of heat coming into the cab and contributes to shorter life of spark plug wires and exhaust manifold problems. Having a air dam fabricated and bolted to the frame immediately behind and below the front bumper will direct air up and around the engine flushing the excess heat out.
If you think you are overheating measure the temp of the upper heat radiator hose. Ford used a voltage regulator for the instrument panel that when it starts to fail it will show a false high reading on the temp gauge.
