motorhome.JPG 932 hits | 73.91 KB | Posted: 7/25/07 The new toy has come home. this is a 1982 27' southwind motorhome. it has a 502 big block and an TH4...
motorhome2.JPG 776 hits | 59.69 KB | Posted: 7/25/07 Here is the front end. this is in good shape for its age.
motorhome3.JPG 823 hits | 69.07 KB | Posted: 7/25/07 here she is in front of Jezebel. They lost a fan on the way up so i going to do a ford Taruas fan sw...
motorhome4.JPG 736 hits | 53.89 KB | Posted: 7/25/07 here is the back end.
motorhome5.JPG 563 hits | 35.17 KB | Posted: 7/25/07 ok here is the pass side firewall as i got it.
motorhome6.JPG 1280 hits | 54.28 KB | Posted: 7/25/07 here are the 2 batteries. It is a wiring mess. i going to clean it up as i do the fan swap.
motorhome7.JPG 908 hits | 57.54 KB | Posted: 7/25/07 this is the current fan relay the wires are too small and one of the fans burned up.
motorhome8.JPG 796 hits | 52.62 KB | Posted: 7/25/07 this is the fan fuse.
motorhome9.JPG 766 hits | 62.69 KB | Posted: 7/25/07 one more look at the wiring mess. lots of wires going many places.
motorhome10.JPG 1322 hits | 64.39 KB | Posted: 7/25/07 ok time to get some parts. 1 constant duty relay, 12AWG wire and connectors. the wire tap is fron a ...
motorhome11.JPG 1202 hits | 65.9 KB | Posted: 7/25/07 the relay will handle the high spike turn on the fan produces. the NAPA number is ST88
motorhome12.JPG 1002 hits | 69.64 KB | Posted: 7/25/07 i used 5/16 tec screws to hold the power tap to the firewall.
motorhome13.JPG 758 hits | 73.11 KB | Posted: 7/25/07 i did this swap over two nights so some of the wires were moved and deleted after the next day. this...
motorhome14.JPG 832 hits | 69.2 KB | Posted: 7/25/07 here is the battery after the 1st night. i had to run a temp power to the power tap and i needed the...
motorhome15.JPG 809 hits | 60.99 KB | Posted: 7/25/07 i had this cable from a 3G alt swap that did not get completed. this is way over kill but the end is...
motorhome16.JPG 774 hits | 55.11 KB | Posted: 7/25/07 here is the cable with the correct lug end.
motorhome17.JPG 710 hits | 67.23 KB | Posted: 7/25/07 here is the tap side of the cable. this will allow anything to be powered here.
motorhome18.JPG 769 hits | 68.46 KB | Posted: 7/25/07 here is the battery side after the power tap is installed and jucied up.
motorhome19.JPG 800 hits | 66.32 KB | Posted: 7/25/07 ok i decided to install the relay next to the power tap.
motorhome20.JPG 1056 hits | 72.46 KB | Posted: 7/25/07 one side of the smaller terminals needs to goto a ground.
motorhome21.JPG 746 hits | 69.49 KB | Posted: 7/25/07 i went to the battery for the ground. i will get another tap and goto it and clean this side of the ...
motorhome22.JPG 767 hits | 78.23 KB | Posted: 7/25/07 the other side of the small terminal goes to a ignition hot powr source. the distributor was swapped...
motorhome23.JPG 770 hits | 75.59 KB | Posted: 7/25/07 this temp probe was alread in place and working so i used it to save time.
motorhome24.JPG 832 hits | 80.84 KB | Posted: 7/25/07 this is the old fan. one works the other lost its main bearing. the power feed wires are too small. ...
motorhome25.JPG 896 hits | 82.34 KB | Posted: 7/25/07 i upgraded the trigger wire and connector.
motorhome26.JPG 615 hits | 61.77 KB | Posted: 7/25/07 here is the old (bottom) and the new fan
motorhome27.JPG 955 hits | 62.14 KB | Posted: 7/25/07 here is the other side of the fans.
motorhome28.JPG 858 hits | 34.54 KB | Posted: 7/25/07 NAPA called and the fan install kit came in. this is 4 zip ties and i got some connectors for the fa...
motorhome29.JPG 1205 hits | 82.19 KB | Posted: 7/25/07 here is the new fan in place and ready to run.
motorhome30.JPG 717 hits | 74.12 KB | Posted: 7/25/07 wel after all the work the new relay was dead. i swapped it out for an older one i had that tested w...
1982 Motorhome
