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โMar-02-2012 06:26 PM
swatmo wrote:This looks like a 360 engine to me, The photo of the springs, What you can see of them looks like the springs are ok, I would say you need a good set of shocks Front and rear, The master cylinder looks new though, Good luck with the project it should be a lot of fun, You can check my rebuild and see a lot of photos of what tearing one apart looks like, This should make a great RV for what your wanting, Although I would build it back with LP gas/water/stove Fridge/Heat and AC Good luck and when you start the work then start you a page so you can add the photos, And take a lot of photos and post them, There is a lot of Us that love the Picx's, Oh Yeah Welcome the the forum.
Hi, I am so glad to have found this topic, and would like to thank everyone who has participated for all the useful information I have already found within.
I recently acquired a quite well used/abused/modified 1976 Dodge Tioga Class C Motorhome. At least, this is what I think I have, and I am hoping to find out more about this machine here. The carriage is only mostly present as the rear half or so of the siding had been removed to work on the frame and was never replaced. The chassis,engine, and electrical systems also show signs of heavy tinkering. The person from whom I purchased the machine knew very little as far as specifics on what has/hasn't been done to the RV.
When I went to pick up the machine, I hopped in turned the key and it started right up with minimal engine noise, but as I rolled it out of the parking lot... it died, then it would start but would die immediately after drive was engaged... then it wouldn't start at all for awhile. eventually I figured out that if jiggled the throttle for the first little bit after getting rolling it would run just fine. So I was able to make the 50 mile trip back home by carefully jiggling the throttle whenever it seemed like it was going to die.
I have some plans for this beast and would appreciate any information or help that anyone has to offer concerning how to successfully complete my dream on a limited budget.
1. First I plan to dismantle the carriage and scrap most of it, I know that some components are likely to have some resale value and I plan to sell those off to add to my budget for fixing up the RV how I want. I would love any information about what I can expect to find when I start taking this thing apart, and which pieces I should be careful to preserve. I plan to rebuild the carriage entirely out of wood and with little to no electrical, gas or otherwise powered appliances. So there is no chance of me requiring any of the current appliances.
2. Second I plan to rebuild the chassis to the point where it is reasonably reliable and able to make long distance trips. Here I would also love any information on where to start, which books i need, which engine I have even !!! any advice would be much appreciated. I am not sure if the engine that is in there now is the original one at all.
I included some pictures in this post that I hope will be helpful in determining where I should start. I originally included each of my images using IMG codes but they weren't showing up for me. So here is a link to the photobucket album containing all the images:
http://s931.photobucket.com/albums/ad151/walking75/
Thanks ahead-of-time for all the help.
Peace,
Sean
โMar-02-2012 01:08 PM
โMar-02-2012 01:06 PM
swatmo wrote:
Awesome pictures ! Thank you so much Griff.
swatmo wrote:
Thank you rehoppe for the advice, though I am not sure I completely understand, it sounds like you are suggesting that i might replace the carb. which i might but really I dont know know what CFM means or what the CFM of the stock is, or even if any of the componants in the vehicle are even stock.
swatmo wrote:
Seafoam. I plan to do this today, how do i determine how much gas in the tank... the gas gauge isn't working, and we have no idea how much gas was in it when I got it. I don't know how much gas is in it, I won't know how much seafoam to add or is this not so important.
swatmo wrote:
Griff (or anyone) do you know where I can get pictures like that for the whole chassis. It would be a lot of help.
swatmo wrote:
Shocks. when I drove the machine home it was very bouncy almost the whole way. Weather was windy so there was some concentration involved in keeping the thing going straight, is this what you meant by excess sway? How would i know if i had bad springs.
โMar-02-2012 12:44 PM
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โMar-01-2012 07:36 PM
swatmo wrote:
Thank you very much: Trish, Griff, Leanne, alncory, and rehoppe. I will try things out the way you suggested using the order recommended by Trish. I will let you know how things turn out. Oh yeah... what exactly is a choke plate... is that the main flow regulator inside the carb ? the one that moves back and forth with in depress and release the throttle ? I thought that was the only thing that made any sense, but my friend said the choke is something else entirely. If that is it, could you tell me where to apply the graphite ? around the cylinder or just on the hing part ?
Any thoughts on what I need to do if the shocks on this machine are shot ? Is it something that I could do myself and what its going to end up costing me ? The guy who sold it to me did say that it has some kind of fancy triple core radiator installed and that he had recently replaced the thermostat he said he put a colder one in than whatever was standard I guess he was worried about overheating but the engine seems to never get really warmed up now so, do i need to do something about this ? and one last question sorry, any recommendations on what type of battery I should get for the vehicle ?
Thanks again everyone and sorry i don't get back very quickly I am taking care of 5 kids atm and its about all I can handle.
โMar-01-2012 06:41 PM
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โFeb-27-2012 06:35 PM
rehoppe wrote:
Sounds like your automatic choke may be sticking a bit.
Check you timing chain as well. It's done with a timing light. Don't know how many miles are on it, but somewhere between 50 and 70K miles they wear the chain and the sprockets. Use Double roller set to replace.