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09-08-2009, 11:15 PM | #1 |
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motorhome park ? need help
Does any one have any documentation on the motorhomes not having a park or the p on the column in a factory sheet or something of that nature ? I have a running bet with a couple of my buddies that dont believe me that my motor home a(1969 Caveman eddition)did not come with park any help would be appreciated thanks in advance Jay
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09-09-2009, 12:28 AM | #2 |
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Re: motorhome park ? need help
You are correct. But i dont have any documentation.
My 69 C-30 motorhome didnt have a Park position on the column.
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09-09-2009, 01:30 AM | #3 |
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Re: motorhome park ? need help
Ok...where is Andy when we need him????
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09-09-2009, 06:16 AM | #4 |
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Re: motorhome park ? need help
i've never seen any documentation on the topic... but to this day, most med duty trucks don't have park.
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09-09-2009, 06:31 AM | #5 |
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Re: motorhome park ? need help
You can document our actual experience.I had a`70 Custom Camper/30 with no park.It doesn`t have to be a motorhome.The first TH400s installed in the C/30 had the park cog missing and no indicator on column.These were the first time autos were used in C/30s and mostly just in campers.
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09-09-2009, 11:10 AM | #6 |
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Re: motorhome park ? need help
Yeah, Ford tried jumping the gun with putting a Park cog on their heavier duty tranny's in the mid 60's. The problem? IT WOULDN'T STAY IN PARK! It would pop out and, because a lot of people don't set the E-brake, the truck went BYE BYE! In fact, it was so bad, they put a decal in the door jamb that stated the truck may not stay in park, so set the brake! Only Ford...
Long about '69 ish, Ford must have snuck a peak at a Chevy and got it straight... Last edited by 69GMCLonghorn; 09-09-2009 at 11:10 AM. |
09-09-2009, 04:11 PM | #7 |
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Re: motorhome park ? need help
many of fords autos back then would pop out of park.
The reason any other truck builder makes them like this is the oposite reason, the INability to pull them out of park when on a slight or steep hill. The weight of the vehicle (and everything in it) is all pushing on that pawl and it basicly gets jammed. It's called torque lock. Some cars had issues with this too, I know the Chrysler 80's cars with the 2.2/auto would jam up on even the slightest of hills. |
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09-09-2009, 07:04 PM | #9 |
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Re: motorhome park ? need help
My 69 GMC (was a class B) did not have a parking pawl or the P on the column. Has been since changed
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09-09-2009, 07:20 PM | #10 |
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Interesting..... Anyone got a picture?
Did the indicator read r-n-d-2-1?
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09-09-2009, 08:38 PM | #11 |
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09-09-2009, 10:56 PM | #12 |
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Are you talking about the van frontend motorhomes or the chassis motorhomes? The tilt column I just put into my 71 came from a chassis MH and it had park.
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09-10-2009, 12:08 PM | #13 |
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truck front end n thank you all for the help Jay
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05-07-2014, 04:41 PM | #14 |
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Re: motorhome park ? need help
Just picked up a 1969 Custom Camper/30 with the motor home. I'll get a pic later, but it doesn't have "park."
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05-07-2014, 06:01 PM | #15 |
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The other thing that people don't realize (touching back on getting it out of Park on a hill) is with ANY vehicle, it isn't meant to have the vehicle held in place with the parking pawl. The BRAKE is supposed to hold it. I have always set the brake first, THEN throw it in Park, in any vehicle. It takes a whopping 3/4 of a second...
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