landyacht318 wrote:
Try and find the humor in your waste of time.
I like the recommendation that the owner of a 40 year old rv just buy something newer, because obviously they have lots of money laying around, and they came to a RV internet forum for help as all the high $$ mechanics in their area were dumbfounded.
Regarding Co vs CO2, how many threads on this forum have had questions or comments about about the parasitic draw of their CO2 detector, and specify it as co2 multiple times?
Nazifornia lists no allowable CO2% parameters, but Utah does?
Seems unlikely.
Not "humor" or even "sarcasm" with my suggestion.
I DO have sever antique autos, one that is 118 yrs young and one that is 46 yrs young.
NEITHER vehicles are practical for EVERY DAY USE, PERIOD..
BOTH vehicles consume HUGE AMOUNTS OF TIME AND MONEY just to keep them is "derivable" condition for OCCASIONAL USE.
I GREW UP working around engines (Hit and Miss oil well engines) and equipment OLDER THAN YOU (unless you are 100 yrs old).
Finding a mechanic that even has a clue what a carburetor is on a automobile and how to adjust it is like pushing a boulder up a mountain WITH YOUR NOSE is pretty much not happening.
Most of those good mechanics which worked on vehicles in the 1970s and before are retired OR DEAD.. The kids of those mechanics sold the business and or scrapped the equipment because they didn't have a clue, didn't understand, didn't care, could be bothered with old technology.
Heck 10 yrs ago, my Dad couldn't even find a mechanic that could work on a 1987 EFI engine with OBD1, most of the mechanics had tossed out the shop manuals AND EQUIPMENT.
Sorry, A 40 yr old MH is not worth much, tossing a lot of money and energy into a 1979 vehicle such as that is pretty much flushing good money right down the sewer system.. Whats the OP going to do in 2 yrs when it doesn't pass AGAIN?
A 1979 engine IS a wimp, it eats fuel like it is going out of style and barely had enough power to make it up steep hills. 1970s was not "kind" to automobile engines with the mandated pollution stuff.. Wasn't until you get into the late 1990s, early 2000 before you started to get engines much, much more powerful (AND FUEL EFFICIENT).
Yeah, I remember when my Dad bought his 1980 truck, 400 CID with 4.10 axle, 11% grade up hill EMPTY it topped out at 40 MPH! Empty mileage was barely 6 MPG with a stiff wind to your back, loaded with a TC was getting 4 MPG!
Don't give me that pity party thing about money, if you can afford the fuel you are feeding it, should not have much of a issue with finding a slightly newer than 40 yr old MH which will get better fuel economy (saving you money) and have considerably better power..
Parts for that old stuff (especially Dodge) is not easy to find nor cheap.. Heck for my 46 yr old antique car I have had to MAKE nearly every body part by hand.. Some mechanical parts I have to MATCH other parts from similar body/chassis of different vehicles..
And forget about finding parts for my 118 yr old antique, those parts are not sold in stores and I must MAKE EVERY THING BY HAND WHEN IT BREAKS..
While I suspect the OP might be able to get the CO2 near the requirements this time, the next time down the road the emissions requires CAN be "tightened up" to the point it will never pass! Seems to me, the OP is buying only a couple more yrs in their state..
You can thank a lot of the green folks for this, it is planned obsolescence via "emission testing/regulations"..
Perhaps take a step back and think of it like computers, 1979 vehicle would be like trying to operate a Commodore Vic 20, Atari 400, Timex Sinclair on the Internet today.. That technology was cutting edge back then, now, not so much..
