Our Clark Cortez’s ailing carburetor had created a lack of progress in our RV restoration, so the time had come to make a decision: We chose to throw it to the side and get electronic fuel injection (EFI).
Author: Andy
Ey up! I’m the calm, laidback, English one of the two. If L is the fuel, I’m the engine -- Without her, I’m pretty happy being sat still. That said, when I’m out and moving I make the most of it. I’m super squeamish, a stickler for the rules, and if I’ve not had a cup of coffee in the morning it’s probably best to let me be. I love fishing, hiking, and vehicle mechanics and I’m not scared of learning something new!
After a mishap followed by the most serious mishap and yet another mishap, it’s no wonder we admittedly put off this dreaded most intricate mechanical job: changing our V8 engine valve stem seals.
This is stage we have built up to—Andy finally moves forward in his immigration process. This time, it is the final stage: U. S. citizenship!
We heard back from USCIS after petitioning the government to remove the conditions on my permanent resident status because my conditional Green Card was expiring.
According to my immigration attorney, there was only a 33% chance my ‘lottery visa’ or H-1 B visa to live and work in America would be selected.
The day after paying a deposit to hold an apartment in England, my manager pulled me aside at work and asked, “Hey, do you want to work in the States for six months?”
Our 1965 Clark Cortez motorhome’s speedometer needle was bouncing so much that a spring could have been attached to it. Accuracy was not its strong point.
Our auxiliary belts were brittle and cracked, which means out with the old and in with the new!
We tackle the constant squeaking, creaking, groaning, and banging noises heard when our Cortez is moving by upgrading our suspension.
Since L and I have had our 1965 Clark Cortez motorhome, we’ve had a problem getting our RV to reliably start. It’s finally time to test if our engine is healthy …
It was a simple job, but it got us custom mudflaps, which will protect our RV.
Finding petrol spraying from the front of our Cortez’s carburetor was not what we expected, nor planned to tackle, but when you have an antique RV predicting next jobs is a rarity.
In the on-going saga of getting our 1965 Clark Cortez motorhome to run reliably, we remove a questionable electric fuel pump and replace our mechanical one.
After removing the insulation from our RV, we tackle taking out the plumbing, gas, and heating components. Now our Clark Cortez is down to its bare metal bones.
A Clark Cortez motorhome’s Achilles heel is its transmission, which means L and I try to make sure it is in as good of a condition as possible. Find out why the transmission is so fragile here …