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Re: How many of us are there? Owners of Dodge based RV's?
FrizzleFried wrote: Welp....went camping this last weekend....at Vale Lake in the Temecula Valley, California. Hot was the order of the day, and, unfortunately, my A/C decided to stop working after about 2 hours. I do believe it ran out of freon, though I am not 100% sure. It is the original unit and is 27 years old, so I guess I can't complain all too much. I am going to have the freon checked...depending on the results of the "once over" I will decide whether to have this old unit worked on or just purchase a new unit. I can get a new Carrier 13.5K BTU unit for about $500 shipped via ebay. My current unit is a 11K BTU model so I am sure a 27 year newer larger model will cool my 22' rig quite handily. I am a LITTLE concerned that the portible PowerWise 3500 generator I just purchased WOULDN'T fire up a 13.5K unit...though I am pretty confident it will considering that it fired up that 11K OLD ass unit without issue and I would imagine that power consumption has dropped in these units over the last 27 years?!? We shall see. Bottom line is that $500 is $500 and considering that I need to drop some new meat on the rig ASAP, things could start to get expensive ...especially for a $3,900 dinosaur desert rig. So, of course, I am hoping it is just the freon... Did you check the filter? If you do end up getting a new unit try to get the one without the rotery compressor, luckly mine came with the reciprecating type compressor (mmmmmmmmmuch longer life) I would have to look at it to see what make and modle it is though. i know its not a carrier and as a A/C contractor I dont hold that co in high reguard as far as quality.lol480Views0likes0CommentsRe: How many of us are there? Owners of Dodge based RV's?
I purchased a 78/79 Dodge Grand Slam 22' and to my amazment everything works but required a little minor repaire to get some of the stuff up and running. The MH has 61k miles and the drive train is in exelent running order, I had to replace the header gaskes on both ends and do a oil (Mobil 1 Syn)change. Next will be a gear oil change on the rear end and seal check (as suggested by mechanic). The refrig will have to be replaced, i have removed the old one and have a sorce on a good used one. I'm happy so far, I payed 2k and for the most part lucked out on everything working even the Kohler 4.5 Gen but it needs some repair to the starting circut as my mechanic has set up a manual start button and you have to manualy ignite the feild (this wouldnt be fun in the rain.LOL)463Views0likes0Comments
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