Just had a sickening experience I feel compelled to share. It happened at Council Road RV Park in Oklahoma City. I just checked in and paid for a 4 night stay. The owner then immediately kicked me out of the park when he saw me using a multimeter t...
So I'm restoring a 1987 Establishment RV on a P30 chassis. My next big project is to replace the radiator(you have to trust me that it's my best option).Once I have the radiator off I intend to do lots of preventative maintenance including:-new fan c...
I have a typical ASME propane tank under my rig, and the gauge suddenly stopped working. It was 3/4 full at last check. It is an old needle gauge in the dash(1987). I push a button when the key is in the ignition and the needle jumps to current propa...
I'm new to the world of RVs(I recently took on a 1987 Establishment as an affordable way to live through nursing school)-I'm still at the stage of wondering "What does that button do?" So on that subject, I have two buttons in the drivers dash area c...
Curious about two air valves near my front drivers tire, I know the lower one is for my driver side air bag. (The passenger side has its own valve) What could the upper one be for?-the hose goes straight through the floor and disappears under the dri...
UPDATE:I have my ship back! In the end, I broke down and got a new carburetor from NAPA, and it runs great. I had a local old-school mechanic put the new one in for me. In the final analysis, I had a bad in tank fuel pump and a clogged 30 year old ca...
PaulJ2 wrote:My guess also is dirt in the idle circuit. One more thing I didn't see Wes cover. Make sure the idle-stop solenoid is working on the carb. The throttle linkage rests against this while idleing with the key on. Retracts with key off furth...
It's going to take a while for me to work through all the vacuum lines(I managed to find a diagram)-I'm noticing that several lines run to the fuel canister(vapor canister?). Could there be troubles in the canister?
Born To Travel wrote:Sounds like a vacuum leak.. Check all vacuum lines on engine.. If they are original replace them anyway....Is the vacuum created by a pump? Could the pump be failing?
