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hi,have just registered and thought i would just say hello,have recently bought a 1979 dodge pb motorhome i think its a ci motohome Monza,shes a beauty,inside needs a bit of update but the body is in terrific condition,got a bit of electric problem at the mo,she starts,sometimes,runs like a dream then starts spitting and you know what and stops try to start her again and she just spits and you have to blip the throttle to try and keep it going,its had a new weber carb,new fuel pump,coil,points,condenser,just waiting for a new dizzy cap,gonna keep puttin new bits on her till i find it,but if anybody has any ideas would be eternally grateful,have now got the pb bug,still trying to convince the other half.will try and put some pics on soon cheers Ian
 
Hello and welcome!

Excellent choice of van.

The problem is either going to be fuel or electrics, is the fuel filter full when she stops? Maybe some dirt in the line or pump somewhere? The symptoms sound a bit like fuel to me, but I could be wrong.

If its electrics, I would look at the low tension side, try wiggling the coil wires etc and tracing the switched wire to the coil to see if there's a loose connection somewhere.

cheers

Rupiert



www.littleyellowcar.co.uk
 
cheers mate found that the LT wire was brittle at the coil end and the outer plastic would just crack when you bent it have renewed it as far down as i can,near where it goes into the loom might have to go further its annoying at the mo cause shes all road legal and dying to try her out,will keep you posted.Ian
 
Hi Ian and welcome to the forum - Great to hear from you

Hope you get to enjoy your new wheels soon - sounds like you may have found problem, but if you're still a bit bumpy it may be worth checking for gunk from the tank in your new fuel pump, it may be picking up some crud if the tank is grubby.

Looking forward to seeing pics:p:p:p

Bessie - four star commerdation
 
good stuff, keep going through the things one by one.

I know the feeling of wanting to use all the legal time as possible and do the other stuff when you have to!

good luck

Rupert

www.littleyellowcar.co.uk
 
hi and welcome,
was this the van that appeared on ebay for about 12 hours,from rotherham i think,looked nice and tidy if its that one.bring it to the next meet up in two weeks if you can
 
HELLOwelcome aboard [}:)]:D

"RAN"the van FORSALE. "SYBHIL" & N0.1 Probably won't get restored unless I win the lottery.
 
Hello and welcome! Not much more to say really - listen to the people above who sound like they know a thing or two!
 
i must say your a helpful friendly lot,thanks to all,in answer to steve,yes it was on e bay in rothrham had arranged to go and view it but the old guy pulled the listing prior to me going,dont think he really wanted to sell,but he was 75 and decided it time he stopped driving,so i twisted his arm and he sold her to me,think its a she anyway,i dare not tell you what i paid else you will all feel sorry for the poor old bugger,not the van the seller.anyway looking round i think i live quite a way from most people,in between sheffield and chesterfield about 3 miles off junction 30 M1 but if anyone ever in the area or if anything happening commer wise round here get in touch it would be nice to meet up,cheers Ian
 
we were going to try and buy that one,glad you got it.
bring it to the meet next weekend its an easy trip for you,M1thenM42
if you decide not to finish the van let me know as we would be interested
really look forward to seeing it
 
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Originally posted by dodgepb

i must say your a helpful friendly lot,thanks to all,in answer to steve,yes it was on e bay in rothrham had arranged to go and view it but the old guy pulled the listing prior to me going,dont think he really wanted to sell,but he was 75 and decided it time he stopped driving,so i twisted his arm and he sold her to me,think its a she anyway,i dare not tell you what i paid else you will all feel sorry for the poor old bugger,not the van the seller.anyway looking round i think i live quite a way from most people,in between sheffield and chesterfield about 3 miles off junction 30 M1 but if anyone ever in the area or if anything happening commer wise round here get in touch it would be nice to meet up,cheers Ian




I'm just near the M62/A1 junction, not far from you. Home of the 'Commer museum' or 'Commerland'. Always welcome to drop in :)
 
yippee shes running,new dizzy cap,new points,new condensor,bit of solder on the pigtail(still waiting for a new one)and she fired up like a good un,so shes running and all legal a test run this weekend is the order of the day,not to far in case i'm not as good a vehicle fixer as i think,nearly said mechanic:).will try and get some photos on this weekend.cheers speak soon,Ian
 
silly as it sounds i had the same trouble the other week in that old triumph 2000 i bought, it turned out to be the rotor arm was knackered inside the dizzy,the spark cept arcing across and wasnt fireing properly;):p
 
dodgy repro rotor arms. they conduct and then burn through -I had this problem about 9 years ago in the morris - confounded 3 AA men!

Rupert

www.littleyellowcar.co.uk
 
i know in the end i had a rac man show me a trick, he cut a fnger off a rubber glove and some how put it over the out side of the rotor arm, and he then wraped a bit of duct tape or something roynd the inside of it to make it a tighter fit, it worked a treat and got me all the way home with no bother after that.;):p
 
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