IDIDieselJohn
0-60....eventually
For the blocks I have no idea, I just know they never came turbo from the factory.
I don't know why...but apparently that's what is it.
I don't know why...but apparently that's what is it.
1990 Fleetwood Flair IDI swap?
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The stack is more than likely from the Genset. Installed quite a few like that when I was in the Rv service business. Lot's of Rv'ers where overcome by CO from gensets running them while sleeping.
If smolkin is serious about getting an RV, He should take a good look at this one. Serviced a few Fleetwood Flairs, and to me they were nothing but junk, Fleetwood had really bad quality back then. Fact is they built a new building in Decatur IN just for warranty service, hired a 125 people for that. I knew the guy thst did all Fleetwoods warranty back then with only 5 guys.
smolkin
Stuck inside Mobile
Oldbull8, I am beginning to get a feel for the build "quality" (or lack thereof) of this particular Flair...I took another look today and found enough problems to keep all 125 of those guys busy!
The seller may be lying about the engine; I gave him until the end of the week to prove to me it moves under its own power or the deal's off (no money exchanged yet thank goodness). There's a few more places where the ext. sheathing is separating from the wall...is that spot-fixable without ripping it all off? And I have yet to see a single wiring diagram for any of the 12- or 110-V systems...in fact, I downloaded the owners manual, which basically says that no diagrams were available from Fleetwood so don't even ask! At least the 110V fusebox and circuits work OK off of pole power.
Were there other small (<30') Class A rv's built on a F or E chassis during that era?
I like the looks of the one Shadetreemechanic posted, but not the size. It's only my wife, my elderly dachshund, and me, and I only have 30' of driveway space for it.
Silver Burner
Burnin' Oil&Rubber
Sorry, didn't realize you were specifically looking for a class A. Born Frees don't come in class A's. The newer ones will come on an F450 or F550 front though.
smolkin
Stuck inside Mobile
Yeah, there's a few class C's on CL here that are in my price range (cheap), but I like the mini-bus look. I may end up going class C if I can get a good deal.
It's almost impossible to fix that spot that is delaminating, back in those days the glue/contact cement was not very good. The inside walls and outside was and still is all sandwich together, then put in a vacuum chamber to pull everything together.
You'll never find a circuit diagram, just a brief description of the 12VDC fuse panel and what the 120VAC circuit breakers control. Later years they did color code the 12VDC wiring and gave a description of what each wire went to.
To change the engine, you have to support the whole RV then drop the front axle, drop the engine out the bottom, one hell'va job to change it. Many a Fleetwood Southwind with the GM 454 CID was replaced that way. Cost was $8500 back then, at least I was told that by owners.
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Shadetreemechanic
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http://chattanooga.craigslist.org/rvs/4032844925.html
as long as you don't get in a hurry.
as long as you don't get in a hurry.
smolkin
Stuck inside Mobile
This is very similar to http://gulfport.craigslist.org/rvs/4016383724.html which I may go look at this weekend. Might be a little more, but needs a lot less. I have no experience with 6.2's though and both of these are a little bigger than I wanted.
Shadetreemechanic
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Buy either one and you will be in the market for a turbo. Banks made a good kit for the 6.2 if you can find one.
smolkin
Stuck inside Mobile
A little update: I happened to find a pretty sweet deal on CL that I couldn't pass up, and I decided to table the motorhome idea for the moment. I will probably keep looking for a slide-in camper in the 8.5-10' size, since I have a vehicle now that should be able to carry it.
Oh yeah, about that
...
I went ahead and got this thing instead:
Never had a turbo before...let's hope I don't live to regret it...
Oh yeah, about that
...I went ahead and got this thing instead:
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Never had a turbo before...let's hope I don't live to regret it...
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Shadetreemechanic
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links don't work for me.
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