First time owner. Seasoned road junkie.
Hey ya'll, my wife and I just bought a Class A RV for $2500 in the south bay from a private party. We got some standard questions for the most part and some showing off. First pix if I can fuggure o...
Forum Discussion
MrWizard wrote:
dodge/chrysler M50 chassis
everything in the drive train, brakes and chassis electrical is dodge
you can get a chassis/truck manual for the engine and chassis
all the appliances are std RV appliances and most of the instructions and manuals are available online
the placement of 12v 'HOUSE' wiring and the 120v wiring will be individual to that model MH, but once you locate and identify, where each is located, you will have most of the info needed for any trouble shooting
Right for the most part its cut and dry, once you've dealt with 120AC or 12DC its just knowing how to differentiate the two by where the power source comes from or what kind of appliance it goes to.
And as for the plumbing and gas it should be mostly copper, clear plastic and PVC.
And yea I looked a little into the M50 chassis.
The only thing I'm really grappling with mechanically aside from the power plant is the crazy huge lug nuts (5 lug) haven't measured them but they look to be about 1 1/4 - 1/2" as the two outter rear tires will need to be replaced before we drive for extended periods of time.
I'm hoping I can find the proper lug wrench at walmart if not I suppose camping world should have it.
And speaking of what kind of jack would I want to suspend this beast off the ground? Least a 2 ton right?
