Showing posts with label mechanical. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mechanical. Show all posts
Monday, July 2, 2018

New front wheel cylinders and brake shoes

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The wheels are notoriously difficult to remove on the old travcos with the lower fibreglass skirts. It involves: Jacking up on frame and let...
Monday, June 19, 2017

New brake booster

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Myrtle's brakes were a bit soft so we embarked on the adventure of replacing her brake booster. Myrtle has a single hydraulic system wit...
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Saturday, July 23, 2016

Pump Problems

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This season we needed to replace two pumps. The first was the fuel pump. There was some difficulty in getting it as the person working at th...
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Saturday, September 21, 2013

New starter relay

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On Myrtle's last trip she was a little testy with starting so today we spent sometime investigating. We originally thought of her ballas...
Sunday, July 18, 2010

Almost there!

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Myrtle is getting very close to completion. The new exhaust manifold was installed today and works well. We also put in a new Victor Reinz ...
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Friday, July 16, 2010

New 318 poly exhaust manifold!

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As luck would have it, I was talking (whining) about trying to repair or find a replacement 318 poly exhaust manifold at a local parts store...
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Friday, July 9, 2010

318 Poly Engine Resources

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Mopar Magazine (September 2001) has an article on the 318 Poly Engine: " Chrysler's Poly-Head Engine - Mopar's Rodney Dangerfie...

Master Cylinder & Exhaust Manifold

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Today we had intentions of installing the new master cylinder for the brakes, which we found via Family Car Parts . They were great to deal...
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Lights, vent and vintage cooler!

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I was pleased to receive my new door seal, amber and red teardrop marker lights , and metal roof vent from Vintage Trailer Supply . The lig...
Friday, February 19, 2010

Windshield Wipers

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We found two 212 wiper arms from AM Equipment ( https://www.amequipment.com ) from Traction Heavy Duty Parts ( https://www.traction.com/...
Monday, February 15, 2010

The 318 poly engine

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The 1957 - 1967 Mopar 318 Poly (Semi-Hemi) 'A' engine used in Myrtle has a partial hemispherical head. It is a mostly different en...
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Saturday, October 3, 2009

Myrtle is officially a registered Canadian!

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After an expensive overhaul of key safety and mechanical items Myrtle has passed her "out of province" inspection and is registere...
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Monday, August 3, 2009

Purrs like a kitten

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Before the big storm, we tuned up the engine and completed the following; new electronic ignition, new spark plugs, new carburetor linkage, ...
Friday, July 31, 2009

Bed and Bolts!

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We removed the back little shelf that was in the bed area. This gave us an extra long bed space, totaling about 86 inches. We got a...
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