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Drive south to visit the lava beds south of Klamath falls. Those are great as well.

Great trip!

Nice. Enjoying our 91 Warrior around Oregon on several trips this summer. Love how it can go to many places larger rigs can't.

At the end of the season, I'm wanting to clean and caulk several areas that can benefit. Windows still look great - spoiled by the fact that the prior owner kep it in his shop for it's whole life. (I am renting space in a pole barn as well). On these warriors, there is a metal strip at the bottom of the sidewalls that runs the entire length of the sandwiched side walls. What are recommendations to do this best and guarantee a good seal? The part to the left and right of te wheel well where they also join at the load floor sure looks like an opportunity for water intrusion as well as on this metal strip. I'm surprised that there aren't any drains in case water gets in there.

Enjoyin camping on the Oregon Coast at South beach State Park. There are a half dozen toy's at the park this weekend. Almost like an official toy-in.

Enjoyin camping on the Oregon Coast at South beach State Park. There are a half dozen toy's at the park this weekend. Almost like an official toy-in.

Great work. It gets lots of us thinking about a swap.

Our 1991 Warrior has the Norcold fridge that is 2-way (LP or 120v, no 12v). Since in most cases I am going to parks that have electrical, I've wondered about installing an inverter and running the fridge off of that when I am driving enroute. The added feature in my mind is that not needing to run LP when on the highway is a nice safety benefit. Has anyone tried this? Yes I could go to a 3-way fridge, but an inverter seems to be a less expensive option that also gives me additional uses provided that it does not put too much stress on the coach, truck battery and alternator. Any suggestions to find out the 'starting amps' requirement of the fridge's 120v heater?

On our 2nd outing, I had an interesting situation where the windshield wipers would not turn off. (1991 Warrior, V6). My young son was sitting in the driver's seat when it was parked and I think he had fiddled with the wiper control. Of interest, they would still run on intermittent in the "off" position. In the intermittent position, they ran on "low". When I adjusted the intermittent setting to the fastest setting, the wiper control returns to normal and they shut off as expected. I can use the wipers on the intermittent setting (one intermittent speed) and on the other settings. Anyone else experienced this? I anticipate that the intermittent control/adjustment is the culprit. I've not yet disassembled the column to inspect.

On my 1991 Warrior, the airbag adjustments are located in the driver's side dualie wheel well. You will see the two air hoses leading to that point and they are simply filled with an air compressor. Per my owner's manual, mine are supposed to be kept <100 pounds. I put 90 pounds in them. One of mine was already at 90, the other was only at 40. In my case, the air bags don't look like the typical "firestone" airbags like Bill shows in the above post. Those are likely a better designed setup. Mine are much smaller, single chambers. Instead of looking like 2 doughnuts stacked on top of each other, mine look more like the size of a 12 ounce pop/beer can. A bit larger than that, but you get the point. In the case of the ones that I have that came from the "factory", the are more about ride comfort and less about ride height. I don't see any height adjustment resulting from filling them.

Should be interesting how this plays out for folks. I'd prefer to stay 'all Toyota' partly because of emissions testing in our area and avoiding the hassle with the state. I sure have to think that the added horsepower and reliability of the 3.4 is a compelling option.

I actually like that these Warriors had the generator compartment without a permanent generator installed unless you paid for the option. That gives me the option to just use it as the only outdoor "basement storage" on these rigs when I don't need a generator at the campsite. If you do, just have a portable one in there, pull it out, plug it in and enjoy! Permanent one probably would have added 75-100 lbs of weight.

Newbie - 1991 Winnie Warrior 3.0L V6. 13.99 on our first trip, relatively flat, using Oregon's 10% ethanol regular fuel. Most of the trip was 55-60, except for about 20% of it at 65 MPH. Accelerating with care. I suspect that I will get 1-1.5 MPG better when I get a chance to gas up in Washington. David - with your rig being so similar to ours, I'd like to hear if you've done anything special to eek out a couple more MPG than I've seen so far.

Thanks - Had the front end inspected upon my return, all of the tires rebalanced and inspected by reputable shop and the front end aligned. I found that the rear brakes shoes had around 2/32 left so went ahead and replaced, flushed the brake fluid, replaced the bearing seals and re-packed. (bearings are in great condition). Front brakes still have a lot of pad left and good rotors.