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Old 08-27-2015, 08:30 AM   #1
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Parts galore

If I was about to start then I'd have been interested in this for the parts....

With a blown transmission and everything else that's gone wrong, the engine is going to be high on the list for the next most likely problem. Click image for larger version

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As all I need as of now is batteries, $600+ hauling + disposal of the remains is a but too much.

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Old 08-27-2015, 08:47 AM   #2
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Call a nearby Scrap yard and see if the scrap would overcome the trash generated...
For $600 and a little towing - there's value there for someone.
Somebody will jump on that... Hahaha
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Old 08-27-2015, 08:55 AM   #3
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Lol yes. Not going to be me though. I feel for the owner because of the money thrown into it. The transmission must have been the straw that broke the camels back. Even though it should be fixable, it sounds like a case of the owner quitting spending money on a Money pit.
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Old 08-27-2015, 09:04 AM   #4
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What a fool. It looks like it has a overdrive unit, probably on a Turbo 400. He can get a used transmission for a ccuple hundred bucks and be back in business.
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Old 08-27-2015, 09:07 AM   #5
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I'm wondering why his transmission went at 100k miles
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Old 08-27-2015, 09:19 AM   #6
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I'm wondering why his transmission went at 100k miles
Because its a huge rv built with light truck components.
I've seen RV's with major failures in half that mileage.
At today's uber-low scrap prices, it wouldn't be worth it unless it were free. Which some of them are. I got a bunch of GOOD appliances and parts off a free rv on CL.
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Old 08-27-2015, 10:04 AM   #7
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They just reduced the price to $500. My best guess is it'll get down to $300. That might be worthwhile for batteries
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http://columbia.craigslist.org/rvs/5190995383.html
Lol. I think it's some kind of scam. The phone number turns out to be Bell South (not mobile) for cocoa Beach, Florida.

The photos are a storage unit, not Love Chevrolet.

*sigh* typical bloody crookslist
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For what it's worth, if someone wanted to check it out, first see which transmission is in it and give the exhaust a good sniff. If you notice white smoke and a slightly burned power steering fluid type smell, you might be in luck.

Since it's "heavy duty", it'll probably have a 400 trans. The 400's have a vacuum modulator, to regulate pump pressure based on how hard the engine is working. It's just a rubber diaphragm in a metal housing. If that diaphragm breaks, the engine vacuum will suck the fluid right out of the pan, leaving the transmission useless and the top end of the engine well lubricated. You wouldn't be the first person to score a heck of a deal for the price of a modulator ($50-ish?).

If it's the 700R4, it'll be the early "small shaft" style. Let them keep it unless you need the batteries or tires or whatever.

And yeah, CL is full of scammers, but they're usually trying to sell 2007 Accords for $600 to see who bites...
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Really and truly only things I'm in need of are white & grey tanks, a fridge and batteries.

The white & grey tanks will be those blue 15 gallon drums - possibly up to 3 each. They're dirt cheap.

The fridge will probably be home made using a Walmart cooler and a couple of Peltier components. (Plus fans and heatsinks)

Batteries would be useful but I can get all the capacity needed locally.

The alternator would be handy - combined with a bicycle wheel and some plastic guttering as a wind turbine.

Other than that, there's little on that motorhome of any interest. It was advertised 9 months too late!
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Is the home built fridge something of your design, or could you point me at the info for that? That sounds interesting.
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Old 08-27-2015, 05:34 PM   #12
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Is the home built fridge something of your design, or could you point me at the info for that? That sounds interesting.
It's my own design. Peltier elements are available for $3-$8 on eBay. Connect it with a heatsink from a CPU and a CPU fan, put 12v 5a through it and the non heatsink side will be 20C cooler (about 35f).

Make a hole in a cooler and put the cold side into the hole. Insulate well and your cooler will be 20C cooler inside.

Now, if you add a heatsink and a low powered fan inside then it should cool faster.

If you put more Peltier elements cooling the hot side then maybe you might get a few more degrees coolness though the power used will be high enough to question the worth.

One guy built his own Peltier air conditioner!
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Hopefully, whoever ends up with it is a Member here and we all get to hear

"The rest of the story"
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Old 08-27-2015, 11:54 PM   #14
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Hopefully, whoever ends up with it is a Member here and we all get to hear

"The rest of the story"[emoji14]opcorn:
I did notice that the post had vanished from craigslist. I was left with many questions...
1. Why a Florida landline number when the bus was purportedly being sold by a garage in south Carolina.
2. Why the long spiel about how much had been spent on it?
3. Why did it seem too good to be true?
4. Why were there no contact details for Love Chevrolet?
In the words of a classmate from highschool - there's more fish there than on a trawler!
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the key to the good freebies is being first to get there. Here is one example that popped up this AM. Its about thirty minutes from me. Not the BEST but its free. I could get whatever is worth getting and make a few hundred on the scrap.

https://orlando.craigslist.org/zip/5193875165.html

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Old 08-28-2015, 09:07 AM   #16
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Hah. I have seen free mobile homes. Usually no title, 40 years old and the site owner won't allow them to be broken up on site.
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