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Total Rebuild of a 1979 Dodge Class C

oldtrucker63
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I would say some of you have seen the start of this build that my brother bgriffey had posted, Well I have now bought the RV from him and plan to post the pixs of the build I have found a lot of rot in this RV I have torn out everything on the inside and have the rear opened up and the skin off the lower driver side, I will be buying a camera for my wife for christmas and im sure she will take the pixs if I can learn HOW to post them on here, Please remember its winter here in Kentucky so it will be slow but we will keep the pixs coming, Like I said this will be a total build from floor to walls and roof and custom inside build so I would appreciate all the help I can get this will be my first build and I will be learning as I go so any info will help. THANKS......Tony Griffey.

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oldtrucker63
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I have been framing some walls today, Also did some house cleaning too, She looks a lot better now.:B



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oldtrucker63
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john b wrote:
Hi Trucker: You just experienced the old water hose theory,the farther you need to get the water the larger you need the hose to start out with for any quantity to be delivered very quickly' You definetely caused the compressor into thermo overload to protect it self. Sometimes I find them machines be smarter than me too!! Ha Ha! good luck it's looking good! jb
LOL Yeah I guess that is why they say Computers don't make mistakes People do.....LOL:S
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Hi Trucker: You just experienced the old water hose theory,the farther you need to get the water the larger you need the hose to start out with for any quantity to be delivered very quickly' You definetely caused the compressor into thermo overload to protect it self. Sometimes I find them machines be smarter than me too!! Ha Ha! good luck it's looking good! jb
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oldtrucker63
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If I don't hurry I'm going to miss a lot of early camping out this spring, I think I'm going to miss all of this spring, Maybe I can just fill that bathtub with beer and ice Invite some friends over and camp right here in the back yard.:B
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oldtrucker63
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Reddale76 wrote:
Hey old Truck, as for the A/C it could of been a Thermal protector. If you were getting a voltage drop it could of overheated the compressor and kicked out then after cooling off it will reset itself. I had this happen to mine till I put in a 30 amp circit.
I believe your right, I ran some house wiring from the house breaker box and hooked up a outdoor plug, It is still a 15/20 amp plug But I can now plug the RV straight into the plug with the RV 30 to 15 amp adapter, Seems everything works good now, When I turn the AC unit on now the light don't dim any at all, So I think the extension cord was not carrying the right amount of amps to the RV, I will buy an 30 amp plug and get me a metal box and then I will have me a 30amp hook up at home.
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Reddale76
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Hey old Truck, as for the A/C it could of been a Thermal protector. If you were getting a voltage drop it could of overheated the compressor and kicked out then after cooling off it will reset itself. I had this happen to mine till I put in a 30 amp circit.

oldtrucker63
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I'm going to get a fat Extension cord from my brother, I think this is the trouble, The cord that I have is not big enough the supply the right amps to the unit.
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Teacher's Pet wrote:
Maybe the compressor starter capacitor blew out.
That is what it sound like, I don't know what went wrong But something caused it to quit cooling, The compressor would not come on, The thing comes right on and cools great now, Its just that now the Unit compressor kicks on a lot faster than it did before the thing made that popping sound.:h
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I love self fixing problems......

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This unit had been sitting for 3 years without anyone even touching it, Then I bought it and I have been restoring it for the last two years, I tested the unit last summer but it did not run long, Maybe 20 mins So this time was the most it had run in the last 5 years, Whatever made that noise has made the unit start up a lot faster than it would before. :h
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I don't know what it was, It did not kick the breaker, The fan would still run, Just the AC would not kick in when I would move the temp switch I could hear it click but it would not kick the AC unit on, I went back out after about 2hrs and everything worked just fine, In fact I think it ran better than before, Used to when you turn the temp switch so that the AC unit would or should kick in the thing would take a min" and it would be like there was not enough power to make it kick on, But now it starts right up and cools like it should, Whatever it was has made the thing start up faster.
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capacitor or if you are plugged into your house which is only 15 or 20 amp you probably tripped a breaker in the house. Don't run a standard extension cord from your camper to your house or you will have a voltage drop that will overheat the circuit. I have a 30 amp dedicated socket at my house, but in the front yard. When I am working in the backyard on the camper I use my champion generator to run it. I'm too lazy to hook up the camper and pull it in the front yard. Hope everything's good, if the a/c just flat out died it's not all bad. The unit got 32 years of service. That's pretty amazing

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Maybe the compressor starter capacitor blew out.
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I painted all of the ceiling today, I think it will look great after all of the trim go's up and them little flower looking things that has the screws in them, The paint is still wet so when it dries it will look good.





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