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Whatever happened with this motorhome? I am pretty sure I owned it for a short time. I got it from a guy that had let it sit for decades. I cleaned out a dumpster worth of trash, put a new Weber carburetor on it(it would barely run, smoked and idled at about 4000rpm and backfired like Uncle Buck's motorhome when you shut it off when I first got it), and then traded it for a VW Bus pop top. I think that guy sold it shortly after, probably to you thebonds. I really liked the look of that tandem axle motorhome. Unfortunately the lack of a second actual bed killed my plans for it. It seems that you were heading in the right direction with it though. I hope it lives on!

I thought I would update this post that I installed a brand new Weber 32/36 carburetor with manual choke and it runs like a dream. I knew these Toyota engines were stout! I haven't driven it much yet, but it had no problems at all getting up to 40mph on the main roads by my house. Idles perfect and sounds beefy (which is quite humorous) when the second barrel opens up at full throttle. I'm hoping it can at least cruise the highways at 55mph. I read somewhere that the engine/trans combos in these were designed so that the engine is producing maximum torque at 55mph, so hopefully that is a realistic goal.

Here's a picture I snapped underneath from the rear looking forward. The front axle is powered and uses a standard leaf spring setup. The rear axle appears just to be for additional support using a beefy axle with springs on the outside.

Hey there! I just picked up this motor home for the lovely price of FREE and am starting to tackle some of the obvious problems. It has sat neglected for a very long time. I'm not familiar with Toyota engines but have done quite a bit of wrenching on other cars/motorcycles over the years. Anyway, enough about me... The engine starts up easy enough but has a very low, choppy idle while puffing black smoke. It's obviously extremely rich. Once it warms up a bit the idle becomes very fast but the smoking goes away for the most part. When you shut it off it produces a loud backfire (reminds me of Uncle Buck!). The previous owner was no help with trying to diagnose the problem, but from my limited experience with carbs and him telling me this 20r engine has an automatic choke I'm guessing the first problem is that the choke is stuck ON fully or not operating properly. Is there any way to test that or are there any other obvious problem areas I should look at? I want to see if it will run properly as it sits before I start going through it.