Total Rebuild of a 1979 Dodge Class C

Aurabbit79er wrote:

Aurabbit79er wrote:

oldtrucker63 wrote:
I think that repair will hold although I don't think them bolts you used to hold them on will, You will be spending time replacing Manifold Gaskets, It looks like you might get about 500 miles out of them,Gaskets, Good luck

Thanks I'll take all the Good luck I can get(I hate that other kind of luck), and of course I hope you're wrong.I passed the first road test last weekend, 350 miles, 10 of it off road in the desert above Barstow.

After a bumpy drive through a sandy wash and then up a hill I shook her pretty good. The next morning I found Ice cycles and a leak in the bathroom.

I had to fix a loose fresh water fitting on the toilet. An easy fix.
The engine never ran so smooth and My mileage went from 6 to 9 miles a gal. I thought I was using more than I should.
I need to ask, why are the new bolts bad?
And I got the gaskets at O'Reillys for $18. They are bad Too?


After Breakfast Shots from our Hosts. There was no driving that day.

Just got back from mining in the desert above RedRock Canyon. Now I have over 700 miles on my repaired Manifold and still purrs. Had an adventure off road with a broken fuel filter, stalled out. I had the spare and changed it out on a dirt road in the rain in just 10 minutes. Always have spares with you of the basics, filters, belts, hoses, fluids.

I was just going by the Hex head bolts with them washers on them,...Maybe it will stay, Hey That's a good looking Sluice Box your using there, Did you build it or but it somewhere,...I would love to be sitting there between them Guitars and the Banjo there,......Looks like a great time, I don't like to Dig all that much but to fill that kind of box I would be one hell of a Dirt digging Hillbilly.