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02-22-2021, 03:12 AM
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Senior Member
Solo Rvers Club Retired Fire Service RVer's
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Oregon.
Posts: 400
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I'm baaaaaack!
Well, I am not actually a new member, but I have not logged in for
such a long time I might as well be. I murk* almost every day but
have not posted in quite a while I guess.
I unfortunately had to sell my lovely Cummins B5.9 12V Engine
with a Holiday Rambler wrapped around it, and am now breaking in
my "new" 1997 Pleasure-Way Excel-RL van on a Dodge Ram 3500 chassis
pulled around by a 5.2L V8 318 Magnum engine.
*murk - an RV Mutant who lurks.
See https://www.irv2.com/forums/f64/r-u-...7739-6288.html
Randm Musing / RVM174
Charles
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1997 Pleasure-way Excel-RL
1997 DODGE RAM 3500 5.2L V8 318 MAGNUM
Charles, RVM174, Looking for the rainbow!! 
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02-22-2021, 04:29 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2019
Location: Alberta
Posts: 1,976
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Morning. Welcome back. Always room at our campfire.
Good luck with your new RV and hope you enjoy many happy miles.
I'm sure you have lots to offer with your experiance so please don't be a stranger.
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Jeff and Annette Smith. Sparky, lemon Beagle.
2022 Chevy Equinox RS.
2007 Dutch Star
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02-22-2021, 06:11 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Crawfordville, FL
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That 1997 is a good-looking camper. The 318 cubic inch displacement engines were great sweet engines.
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Simple Life
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02-22-2021, 08:19 AM
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Senior Member/RVM #90
Monaco Owners Club
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Columbus, MS
Posts: 54,768
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Hi ! Welcome to IRV2! We're sure glad you re-joined us! 
Good luck, happy trails, and God bless! 
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Joe & Annette
Sometimes I sits and thinks, sometimes I just sits.....
2002 Monaco Windsor 40PBT, 2013 Honda CRV AWD
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02-22-2021, 11:00 AM
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Community Moderator
Newmar Owners Club
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Point Pleasant Beach, NJ
Posts: 31,512
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Welcome!
Glad to have you back again. There’s always room for more input.
Let us know what we can do to help you
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Tony & Ruth........... FMCA#F416727
2016 London Aire 4519, Freightliner chassis, Cummins ISX, 2018 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited, Blue Ox Avail with AF1. TST 507 TPMS
No amount of money can buy you an extra second of time.
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02-22-2021, 12:45 PM
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Senior Member
Solo Rvers Club Retired Fire Service RVer's
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Oregon.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BoJango
... The 318 cubic inch displacement engines were great sweet engines.
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Yes, it is. I research everything to death, and that is one reason I bought this rig. Cast iron block, cast iron heads, and the rest to match. It has a reputation as being just about bulletproof. Runs llike a charm, with 88,500 on it.
Downside is mileage. I just checked the in-town, and it is 9.4 mpg. Have not checked it on the highway yet. I found an old for-sale ad for the rig that claimed 14 mpg on the highway, but I do not know when that was. Hopefully I will still get that.
Happy Trails .....
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1997 Pleasure-way Excel-RL
1997 DODGE RAM 3500 5.2L V8 318 MAGNUM
Charles, RVM174, Looking for the rainbow!!
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02-22-2021, 03:01 PM
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Senior Member
Tiffin Owners Club
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Where we park it!
Posts: 13,145
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Welcome baaaaaaack!!!! Congrats on the new rig.
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momdoc
2018 Tiffin Allegro RED 37PA
2020 JEEP Trailhawk
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02-23-2021, 03:11 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Crawfordville, FL
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Randm Musing, just always go down hill and it should get excellent gas mileage. We feel lucky to get 8 miles per gallon with our Class A diesel pusher.
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02-23-2021, 08:43 AM
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Senior Member
Solo Rvers Club Retired Fire Service RVer's
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Oregon.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BoJango
Randm Musing, just always go down hill and it should get excellent gas mileage. We feel lucky to get 8 miles per gallon with our Class A diesel pusher.
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You are right, of course!! And since it is down hill both ways I can just shut off the engine and get almost infinite gas mileage. Will likely have trouble with the gas going stale in the tank!!
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1997 Pleasure-way Excel-RL
1997 DODGE RAM 3500 5.2L V8 318 MAGNUM
Charles, RVM174, Looking for the rainbow!!
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02-23-2021, 09:43 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Media, Delaware County, Pa.
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Welcome back....Maybe after you do your (I just bought it and better start fresh) maintenance on it the mileage will improve. You know...plugs, wires, cap rotor, air and gas filter and new PCV valve, check vacuum wires for cracks etc, clean and adjust carb if it has one....and naturally, check that tire pressure...... You may get her up to 12-14! Good luck.
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Glen and Nancy~ Media, Pa (Phila area)
2000 Fleetwood Discovery (G) / Cummins Diesel
'99 Jeep Wrangler
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02-23-2021, 09:52 PM
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Senior Member
Newmar Owners Club Spartan Chassis
Join Date: Jul 2020
Location: Texas
Posts: 118
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It's never too late to be back... and no baaaaaaack pain
Welcome back!
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Doug & Nancy Nies
2021 Newmar Dutch Star 4081 (Spartan)
Daily & Toad: 2020 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon
For Fun: 2016 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat
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