Pat

Electronic flasher will fix it.

Chuck who? And what axle?? Do you need a axle?

You didn't need fourty acres!!

My worst guess is that you need a new blower motor. Beyond that, your guess is as good as mine. Maybe better because your there to see and hear it.

Sounds nice, but I sure would not want to be the one to start cutting on the roof of a new Tacoma.

Do you ever see dealers covering RVs? I have read lots of bad things on other forums about covering RVs.

There is no room behind the cab passenger seat. I think you would have to attach baby seat to seats in the coach. As to the legal thing, consult your local sheriffs dept or police dept. As to the safety part of this - . I drove tractor trailer over the road and have seen to many accidents to comment.

That depends on how far you want to re-condition. I would think, doing it yourself, you could do a extremely nice re-conditioning for $8-10 thousand. The most expensive item would be the frig unit. They can be right up there and could easly take you over the limit. You will likely need new tires also, at about $100 each. I would think those would be the two big items. Every thing else is like remodeling the house or maintaining the car.

My 21 foot 4x2 Sunrader with Coleman Polar Cub air conditioner is 9 foot also. That was measured with a height stick for oversize loads so it is accurate. My best guess for width is about 7 foot. My new home-built rear bumper measurers 75" and it is a couple inches less each side than the width of the shell of the coach. Therefore my best guess on the width would be about 81 inches plus the mirrors. 8 foot (96") is the old normal legal width (including mirrors) of a tractor trailer in most states. My guess is that by the time you substract the width of the mirrors, 6 inches per side, you are down to about 84 inches on a average. Therefore my 81 inch guess should not be to far off.

I had a friend who had a Jack Russell. His sister had Irish Wolf Hounds. The Jack Russell would not let them out of his sisters SUV when they came to visit. Was a very strange sight to see, one Jack Russell holding off two Irish Wolf Hounds. Very protective dogs, too. Was not long ago that one gave its life protecting a group of kids from two pit bulls down in New Zealand.

SC, Welcome to the Toyota Motorhome Forums. Looks like you found a nice one. You can find a copy of the owners manual over at the Yahoo Toyota Campers Group forum in the files. There should be instructions for turning on the pilots on each appliance. There are instructions for the repacking the axle both here and at the Yahoo Groups also. You should not have to worry about that for a while. For the windows, you want to use Putty Tape (http://www.pplmotorhomes.com/parts/caulks-sealants/97741.htm) and a very thin coat of ultra clear silicone windshield sealer over the explosed side of the putty tape. There is a discussion going on about how to do this over at the other Toyota group right now. The fridge takes at least 12 hours to get cold on gas, longer on electric. The brown switch??? I don't know but it sounds like the outside light or the water pump. My outside light switch (brown) is right near the door. As to the gas gauge, are you talking the cab gasoline or the coach propane gauge? Suggest you visit the Yahoo group. They are more active, but it is hard to follow discussions over there. This site is better laided out, but not as active. You can find a link to them about 3/4 of the way down the main page here. Pat

Did you miss the part about the staples? If your going to pull up the carpet, be ready to replace it.

Well, if he is a good mechanic, he is not charging good mechanic rate which would be around $100 a hour depending on where you live in the country. I don't know why the exhaust manifold, but do know that bolts break and can be a bear getting out. Click on the following link for information about the bolts: exhaust manifold bolts As to the Bilsteins being the best, well the just might be - plus they can be rebuilt - plus they are warrantied for life. But they are very hard to find. If one breaks in Tim Buck Too, you could wait a week for a new one, unless you have access to internet and can get it overnighted. Monroe shocks are excellent and have a good warranty, but it is not for lifetime. Monroes can be found anywhere and are often available the next day if they are not in stock. I would not hesitate in putting the "best" monroe on my mh. The catalytic converter could be at fault. There are places out there that have generic catalytic converters very reasonable. Get one of those rather than a OEM replacement. It will be just as good and much cheaper. What did he say about it? Idler arm - Get a Moog. In fact, for any suspension parts, Moog is usually good. They are usually much heavier than OEM parts. They still put grease zerks on most of their stuff so you can grease them. Just make sure you do grease them and use the same grease from day one. Don't switch greases, as they will get hard and quit working.

Depends on the size of what you call "kids".

I hesitate answering any mechanical questions because I am not a mechanic and have never been a mechanic. But considering no one has offered help, I will try. What do you mean "very slow Winnebago Warrior"? Why do you consider it slow? Will it do the speed limit? Have you done a tune up, changed the spark plug wires, changed the air filter? Are you brakes dragging? Is your transmission fluid low or does it need changing? I see you have a couple other threads going which mention problems which could be affecting the power and speed of your motorhome. Hopefully you have this problem already addressed. As to adding camping supplies and water, wait til you get close to where you are going. The various Toyota motorhomes are already pushing the limit weight wise without adding anything. Adding a generator should not affect the bottom line of your engine power. I doubt you will notice anything. The Honda 2000 is extremely popular with RVers because it is so quiet, 58 db or there abouts.