hansamsterdam

Hi Bob, thanks for your message ! Nice, that you were in the Netherlands with your wife, in ALMERE lives my son Dave with his wife and 2 children, Cheyenne is 2 and a half year and Jayden is 6 weeks old and I am the grand-father, yes, I am getting older but I have still have the Toyota and makes me young and old by the worries, I bought this old thing almost 5 years ago, first I have fix a Volkwagen Westfalia , but my wife think the VW were to small, so I saw somewere the Toyota, I bought it by his space and looks, but after a week I had many regrets, It was throwing money away, I was alone, not critical, I learn a lot about this, how much you want something, you must be critical for your expensive earned money, I payed 5000 euro= about 6700 dollar far too much, for that money you have a nice sunrader in America, the Sunrader you do not see here around, I think I have the only Toyota Mini-Cruise in the Netherlands, only the Toyota Dolfin you see sometimes. I see om Ebay and other items, that you have very splendid Toyota campers, specially the Sunrader, wich camperpart is of fiberglass, that much better, then the alluminium camperpart I have, much weighty , that little thing is over the 2000 kilo's, and after 26 years little holes come in the allu, wich after so many years oxedeert (dutch) therefore I bought the cover, otherwise I have in a few years a RV with holes like bullets, HaHa. The Netherlands is not a real Campercountry, the petrol is now 1 liter 1,50 euro = almost 2 dollar !!, and the Toyota runs on 1 liter about 4 a 5 mile, far too much, the engine ( 20 R) must renovate, I think, but that cost a lot, and what runs that runs, then you have the caming (trailerparc) a day cost about 20 a 25 euro = almost 30 dollar, we are going oft to a farmerscamping, that cost about 12 a 15 euro=16 a 20 dollar, and you have taxes, only the RV of 25 years old you do not have to pay roadtaxes anymore, but to have a RV besides your normal car, it is not cheap, but for me it is a occupation, but the trouble with these old Toyota's, you cannot have parts, only in the States at the carpartswarehouses and others, but they do not ship to Europe, It takes me 5 months to get a new chromegrille with chrome covers, thans by Pat, who helps me to buy the parts at Carbodyparts and sent the parts to my adress, now I looking for a new chromefrontbumper. The Toyota is now a little bit better, but I have still a lot of work, next time I shall tell you more about it, You have bought a Sunrader, splendid for you, can you sent a picture ? I do the same soon, first I must learn how to do it, from my son Dave, Did you know that Almere 40 years ago were water, they found boats, when they digging ? nice to know, the Netherlands were former 80% water, we make land, we are good in that kind of things, Oke, bob, I see you next time, have a nice weekend with your wife and.......of course your SUNRADER, greeting from Hans in Amsterdam

Hi BoB, it is not a silly question, it is a real fact with these old Toyota's, for you know it, you have everywere rust, if you have no garage or place for a roof, then the campercover is a option, You still drive almost everyday, you can put the cover maybe in the weekend on the sunrader or a few days when bad weather comes,. I have the same problem, in Amsterdam in the Netherlands , its rains a lot, I bought a campercover a few weeks a ago, because the last 4 years my Toyota mini-Cruise 1981 was at a farmer for 6 months, but the problem is , I could not drive sometimes a few miles for the engine, I could not do fix something etc, besides the 25 dollar for to stable the Toyota in the month, It is a choise, what you do, I do not know at the moment if it is bad for the Toyota , the cover must rule the moisture, there are smalle holes in the cover, to do that, I do for the time being the cover on the Toyota the whole year, because on the front of the roof the water can not leave, I think this is a constuction fault, maybe later I make I topbox on the roof, I like the alluminium box, you on Camperparts on Ebay in the states, they are not in the netherland, not cheap 600 dollar, For me is the cover always better then standing in the rain all the times, when it is a nice sunday, I do the cover away, doors open ventilate the whole thing, put the battery in the Toyota, and drine a few miles, clean things etc. I do it may way ( hans sinatra) to get the old Toyota keeping alive for another few years, the only thing, I be afraid, that someone set fire in the cover, when I let my dog out ( Lunah, a Alaska Malamute) in the late evening, I always check my Toyota. I let you know, how things are going with the cover and of course with the Toyota, I hope, you can read my schoolenglish after 45 years, and maybe you can do something with it. Further I wish every member nice christmasdays and a good and healthy TOYOTA 2008!!!!!!!!! greetings from a newby Hans from Amsterdam in the Netherlands

Hallo without a name, thanks for your reaction, I cannot understand every word english, special the technical english, and I am not a mechanic, but I understand that the the airpump has no use, not for a better cooling or performance of the engine, can I also leave the situation when it is now , I mean , i do not chance anything, thanks and greeting from Hans

Hallo I am Hans from Amsterdam, and I read the problems, I think you have already solve the problems, and this already a while ago, but I want to say in generally , that the heatwater and heatingsystems of this campers are not of tis time anymore, they are often rusty and old, some over the 20 years, even they are dangerous, also the taps getting older and weaker, but this is not concern for every camper of course, some campers are still perfect, after so many years, they stay maybe inside all the time, that is the difference, I think. My Toyota Mini-Cruise from 1981 stands for 25 years outside, I think, and in Holland is there much rain, so had a lot of problems, I took the heaterssysteens and taps completly out and you have nowedays compact heaterboiler ( o.a truma) 12v and elecrtric and there is a inbuiltheater , you can make on the place where you the heater get out under the seat (Carver-1,5 amp.120 volt), and the space and opening, I get the heatwaterboiler get out, I use for the jack and stuff, for I have a flat tyre, so maybe, someone I could hel[p with these problems, because you have no rest with sleeping and sitting in your camper, when the heaters are not save, greeting from Hans

Hallo Folks, I am Hans from Amsterdam in the Netherlans, I hope, I can explain with my schoolenglish of 45 years ago the problems with my Toyota Mini-Cruise, also i can not understand everything with the computer, what to do , but I try, I even do not know if this writing comes anywere, so I make it not to long, so I will see if it will be succeed. I save about 5 years ago my Toyota from the yunk-yard, and try to renovate it, but we have no parts here in Europe, so it is not easy, I need a new chromefrontnumper and I have a question of the airpump, that have no belt, is it better for the engine (20R) or can it runs without a airpump, nobody knows, what is was, do anyone know , were I get parts, because the carpartwarehouses do not sent to europe. thanks and greetings from Hans