Engine runs

Issue Resolved:
I finally got the motorhome running. I turned out to be a dirty carb and two dirty fuel tanks. When the fuel tanks got clogged up I would dump fuel down the carb and the bowl to fill it up. I must of been sloppy and grabbed some of the bad gas with debris and put it down the carb. I did run 5 minutes just fine. It did die once but I believe I had a adjustment off on the carb so I twisted the screw out a bit. Once I did that it ran like a champ. I need to get fuel tank resolved which I have all parts just need to put together but I am waiting a few days to do that. Then I need to buy fresh fuel and see it pur like a kitten.

Maybe if ONE of these days it runs good enough I can finally start the restore inside. So much to do but so little time. 

I have 5 months to finish restore(I hope) and dont think I will make dead line which isnt all that big of a deal.

I think I found issue.

Finally after a while I finally relized that the carb was not acting the way it should. I decided to take the carb off to look inside and see what was wrong. I took carb off and found lots of debris in it. I believe this was from using bad gas dumped into the carb to help with starting.

Why engine wont start? Still no solution.

So I did some testing. I understand this was not load testing. It is 22 degrees out when tested. Battery voltage at battery was 12.45.


I tested the starter relay at 12.45. I tested the wire from alternator to starter relay and that was at 12.45.


I went into the motorhome and tested the "Batt" 12v fuse. That was at 12.45. I tried turning over engine and it spun very good. I had no gas in carb due to fuel tank issue so it didn't start.




Temp solution for gas is run out of a gas can. Both my fuel tanks have large deposits of something and need cleaning.


So onto Thursday since tomorrow will be colder. I will try to put some gas in her and hope she runs. If she does I know it's weather related.

Tear Down

This is the before pictures of the motorhome. Some of these are partially way into the tear down. There was plenty of mold damage in the back room so we decided to tear everything apart and redo it all to suit our family's needs.