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  1. Thanks for the correction, WME. Always willing to learn, and I believe you, but I can't seem to find any recent 18' axle breaks. Could you please post a link?
  2. FullyHuman: It's a 18' Sunrader? If yes, you're OK with the original axle. The 18 Sunrader is one of the great classic Toyota Motorhomes, I've never heard of one breaking an axle...certainly not within the last 20 years. Just keep it light. They'll run 200,000 miles or more. Don't let that "death trap" crap scare you. Get out there on the road and HAVE FUN with it.
  3. Search "Velvac Mirror Head" on eBay.....you'll probably want a pair of 6.5" x 6" mirrors for each side or, better yet, for a startling clear look at the road behind and to reduce your aerodynamic drag a bit, get a single 6" x 10" head (and stick on a convex spot mirror)
  4. Dan: If you get the Weber conversion kit it will come with a DGEV carb all set up for your 22R engine. The electric choke is plug-and-play for your application....the wire from the old carb plugs directly into the Weber carb choke. (I think you might be able to get a manual choke version too, but it costs more and would really complicate the installation.)
  5. Totem, I don't think you can blame the lights for making us see spots at the Led Zepplin concert. I think it mighta been that wackyweed everyone was smoking.
  6. What a great project! Some notes: It doesn't take much insulation because the space is so small, 1/2" or 3/4" insulation seems to be typical on Toyota motorhomes. My Sunrader had scrap pieces of 1/2" headliner foam in the walls. Keeping it light will be your big challange. House type construction with 2x4's will get too heavy. I'd suggest 1x2's with 1/4" plywood fiberglassed on the outside. Make the roof curved rather than flat. I've also lived with a boat wood heater. We found it was too much heat for a small space when burning wood and very difficult to regulate. We ended up burning a few charcoal bricketts at a time, which seemed about right. Now and then you'll see homemade motorhomes done in gypsy wagon style...very cute.
  7. Hey, I had that same bolt break on my '84 22R engine! Thermostat cover, the one closest to the valve cover...right? I clamped onto it with a vice-grips, then soaked it good with PB Blaster, went away overnight, next morning soaked it some more...then started working it with the vice-grips. Put pressure first in the tightening direction, then pressure in the loosening direction...soak it some more...pressure CW, pressure CCW...repeat, repeat. Finally, I could see a slight movement on the pressure cycles and wasn't long after that the d**n thing gave up and screwed out.
  8. Yes, probably a vacuum leak. You can find it by spraying carb cleaner around the intake manifold and listening for a change in idle. That said, I had a too fast idle on my Weber installation...turned out, I had that nut on the end of the throttle linkage too tight. It needs to be very loose, other wise the linkage will bind. The Yotatech folks have some great info on setting up your Weber.
  9. Meek: Details, please. More details and pictures! Very interesting.
  10. Great tip, Linda '86 Sunrader, looks good in the picture, it's a 21'?, and....wait for it.....47,000 miles! If I hadn't just bought a Sunrader 18, I'd be there myself.
  11. I agree it's a fuel problem. I had identical symptoms on a trip to Florida a few years back. We pulled into a NAPA store and described the problem to the guy behind the counter. He handed us a fuel pump which we installed in the parking lot....problem fixed. But it coulda just as well been a plugged filter...
  12. Sounds like a great plan/adventure. I really hope you go ahead and do it. You'll find plenty of folks here that will help you. I think your $950 per month income is probably enough, if marginal. I'd suggest you budget 10% of that into an emergency fund every month to cover the unexpected. A couple waypoints for your budgeting: first, until last year, my wife and I and two large dogs traveled America every summer for 10 years (we were teaching at the time), we'd start the summer with a fully stocked and maintained Toyota motorhome, then strictly boondock as is your plan. We made good use of the great state parks in Oregon, but usually we paid nothing for camping. We'd eat some fast food but mostly we cooked our own. We'd travel about 1000 miles a month. Our budget was $2000 for the summer....or about $700 per month. Second, at the other end of the spectrum: my father traveled full time in a 30' Bounder (not Toyota)towing a little car and with a dog, he liked steaks and whiskey and truckstop food and stayed mostly in RV parks. He made a yearly loop around the western US, gulf coast in winter, mountains in summer. He was tight with a dollar but would spend it if needed. His income was $2500 per month.
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