Expert advice for Insane person?
I have been searching for advice on buying a used RV and most of the best links led to here! Hopefully an experienced RVer can help us with their experience. There is a 1974 Pace Arrow motorhome....
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My first thought is stay away from it.
A rebuilt transmission would cost something like $2,000. Any problems with the engine would also be expensive. It is a different story if you know how to fix such things.
Probably the carburetor floats will start leaking soon, or might make it run rich if they have leaked in the past. If the engine runs OK when cold, then will not run at all once it is warmed up, it would indicate a carburetor problem. Rebuilds are fairly straightforward, but can be tricky to calibrate. Back in the 90's it was easy to buy a new carburetor, and local mechanics knew how to rebuild them, and worked on them daily. Since 1990, I can't think of any domestic cars with a carburetor, and knowhow to fix them is retiring daily! So very few carbs are made today, compared with 50,000 a month in the 70
s.
Water damage might be a problem. Don't know until you see it. It might smell moldy, or not. Have the roof leaks been repaired? The wood that made up the sidewalls could be rotten, and that will be a problem at 50 MPH on your trip to Florida.
I would keep looking for a unit that has fuel injection. That would be 1988 or later.
Fred.
A rebuilt transmission would cost something like $2,000. Any problems with the engine would also be expensive. It is a different story if you know how to fix such things.
Probably the carburetor floats will start leaking soon, or might make it run rich if they have leaked in the past. If the engine runs OK when cold, then will not run at all once it is warmed up, it would indicate a carburetor problem. Rebuilds are fairly straightforward, but can be tricky to calibrate. Back in the 90's it was easy to buy a new carburetor, and local mechanics knew how to rebuild them, and worked on them daily. Since 1990, I can't think of any domestic cars with a carburetor, and knowhow to fix them is retiring daily! So very few carbs are made today, compared with 50,000 a month in the 70
s.
Water damage might be a problem. Don't know until you see it. It might smell moldy, or not. Have the roof leaks been repaired? The wood that made up the sidewalls could be rotten, and that will be a problem at 50 MPH on your trip to Florida.
I would keep looking for a unit that has fuel injection. That would be 1988 or later.
Fred.
