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  1. Yea, I didn't even realize there were codes. That makes sense, some early version of codes. I have a OBD2 reader, but the RV obviously predates it. Another thing I need to look into. Reading diagnostic codes + fuel pressure gauge. Regarding the mechanic - It depends on the mechanic, but when the thing works how do they diagnose it ? They take an educated guess, which is basically about as good as we're going to get on a forum but I get the benefit of multiple people telling me on here, all of whom have experience with Toyotas. A mechanic will just be the guess of one person and often leans towards whatever costs you $$. Since I am posting.. It has an add-on gauge that is hard to see. Basically by the shifter in the center console. You really have to strain to read it and not something you'll easily watch while driving. My understanding it was an oil pressure gauge. Does that make sense to you guys or did I perhaps not remember what I was told. Does this thing have an oil pump? I need to go get the Haynes manual out of it. haha ! Is it common to install such things? Thanks again folks!
  2. Thank you for this one Ed. I think this is probably the best idea yet. The problem here is the diagnosis. I don't expect a mechanics to do anything but swap out parts and give me the RV back. If this will tell me that it is a fuel issue, then that's a huge bit of data and it isn't costly either. Now I just need to find the fuel rail and the right hole to screw it in.
  3. I will look into changing out the fuel filter. Sounds easy enough. It is weird because it only seemed to happen when the truck had been running for some time and it was hot outside. I wish I'd gathered the temperate gauge reading both times and so forth. Don't think an overheated engine would behave like that though. It makes sense if it was starved of fuel and fuel filter sounds like an easy thing to swap out. (the gas tank is empty too if that helps the process..) Thank you everyone for your thoughts.
  4. I don't have the exact make/model with me ATM but can go get it. This is a 90 model with the 6 cylinder engine. So it runs a tiny bit rough but once it starts it is good to go .. that is until I stop it and it doesn't have enough power to get moving again. This has happened to me twice. Once I was driving on a hot day on the highway. So I got off the highway and was on an incline of maybe 10 degree, maybe a bit more, stopped at a light. This is a standard transmission and it just wouldn't go up the hill. I have a reasonable amount of experience with standard transmissions (have had multiple vehicles) Regardless, it was like it didn't have enough power and wanted to stall. I was a bit anxious being on the access road of the highway, but some guy had a tow rope and kindly pulled me off to the side in a parking lot where I camped until early in the morning. I then started it and it drove home just fine. So from then on I only drove it at night after it had cooled down. The problem never occurred again. Then when I decided to go move it to a more permanent parking place during the day and the same thing happens. It was a Summer day and after having driven it for many miles, I pull into my driveway and it'd barely want to move. If I remember right, it is like the engine no longer has sufficient power to get the truck moving. Now, I never noticed the problem while it was moving. So somehow the engine was providing enough power to keep it going, but from a stand still it'd just stall when I tried to take off. I has an after market oil gauge and I BELIEVE the temperature indicated that it was hot the last time it happened. I'm just never expecting it when it has happened and I'm not a car person. I've fixed my own car a few times but I'm not any sort of mechanic,. There is also some AC unit that has been overhauled on the truck. (uses a different coolant?) I can get more details if anyone wants them. My problem is that this is a hard problem to have occur. I wouldn't mind swapping out some parts but have no idea where is going on here. I may try driving it tommorow while it is still hot and see if I can get the problem to occur on country roads. Problem is, I just don't have any diagnostics skills outside of looking at the gauges. Thanks for any help, pointers to threads, youtube videos. I'd like to have this fixed. As it is I am considering just selling it. Having a mechanic just dump money into somethig that is hard to diagnose. I mean.. I can't imagine. Drive it around in traffic until it stalls and can't move? How would a mechanic even know if it has been fixed under normal circumstances? Edit - It is quite hot here in Texas. So I am considering trying to recreate the problem before it starts to cool off. When I do that, I want to have all my diagnostic things lined up so I can get as much info as possible. That is secondary part of my question, outside of guesses as to what the issue may be.
  5. The mirror from Mill Supply looks to be what I need. I may order it but it burns me to pay $12-$16 in shipping for a $16 plastic thing that doesn't weigh much.
  6. So I bought a 91 Warrior. Love this thing to death, however there was a huge blind-spot on the passenger side. Basically when merging into a road via a Yield sign, I could not see traffic approaching. It was awful and needed to be addressed. Here is the weird part. Only the driver side has a convex mirror on the lower portion. So there are 4 mirrors, all flat except the driver side bottom mirror. After looking at some threads on here it appears they are factory originals, or at least the lower mirrors are. I'm trying to figure out why it was a flat mirror on passenger side. I have purchased a convex mirror but I'm not sure I like it. I may restore the original one and just try adjusting it so the face is not parrallel to the main/flat mirror. Has anyone seen a mirror configuration like this? Perhaps 1 original mirror was replaced with a similar but not original mirror? Thoughts?
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