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lincolnmania

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  • My Toyota Motorhome
    1986 toyota 2wd pickup with 1977 sunline mini roundabout truck camper
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    schuylkill county pa

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  1. you should be able to use a compression fitting.......the propane past the regulator is low pressure 5 psi or less.......i have seen compression fittings used on brake lines (over 1000 psi) though not legal to connect brake lines with compression fittings in most states, i still see it all the time.
  2. my mother and i bought a 81 revcon motorhome in 2001 for 12 grand when we got it we asked the insurance company to insure it for the replacement value which at the time was 25 thousand........it runs her about 400 a year, but go figure two months after i get the truck camper for the toyota she informs me that she wants me to come get the motorhome and keep it and use it since my dad wont go camping anymore.
  3. ordered the engnbldr 268 cam, i am just waiting on the cam to arrive, i have all the other parts on the shelf waiting for install also picked up a magnaflow dual outlet muffler and i am going to modify two stock replacement tailpipes and install 2.25" pipe from the head pipe out and fashion up a dummy converter.
  4. 14 bucks a night for state parks in pennsylvania
  5. looks like a nice project! cant wait to see progress...... was out assesing the rot on my truck camper this morning lotta fun.
  6. i have gabriel coilover shocks on my 86 pickup......really helps with the truck camper loaded or 1800 lbs of coal in the bed.......i got them from autozone, retail price should be around 75 dollars a pair
  7. ted suggested the 268 cam still undecided on the head gasket, was reading in alot of places to only use a genuine toyota head gasket the head came today, and a new water pump and fuel pump got delivered, waiting on the timing set yet and have to buy the cam. are the head bolts torque to yield or can u reuse them? headed to the yard sometime this week for a 30 spline 4.11 carrier out of a early 90's 4 runner. from what i was reading the carrier housing needs some minor clearancing to fit the 4.11 ring and pinion.
  8. hey there! i'm scott. awesome forum here, been reading a bunch, found alot of useful information here in the past few hours. i do not have a toyota motorhome, i have a truck camper and a 86 2wd base pickup with the 22r, 4 speed manual and the 3.07 ratio semiflater 8" rear. the truck camper is a 77 sunline mini roundabout......i know it's not a motorhome, hope i can fit in here lol. i got mocked on a toyota pickup forum for wanting to haul such a thing, and on a truck camper forum they are all about diesel dualies and 4,000 pound campers. i am a mechanic by trade and i have worked on toyota motorhomes in the past so i may be of some help. the truck was given to me for a 200 dollar repair job, and i got the camper on craigslist for 400 dollars, both are in excellent shape for the age, i'll post a video when i'm done. i drove about 160 miles to get the camper, got 32 mpg up to ny and 17,5 home lol i was foot to the floor just about the whole way, third gear foot to the floor up the mountains i had a hard time maintaining 60 mph level and 50 up hill. unloaded the camper and started saving my money for go faster goodies. so i got a day to work on my own stuff and i decided to check on the miss that's been getting worse. decided to do a compression test.....#1 spark plug is cross threaded so i leave it alone, #2 has 40 psi, #3 has 160, #4 has 160.......have been losing small amounts of coolant, but does not leak externally or overheat. ran a leak down test and the cooling system built up a tiny bit of pressure and the intake valve is leaking. so i ordered a new engnbldr 22r head, a steel backed guide timing set, a water pump and a new fuel pump, still have to order a head set and head bolts and a cam, but i am looking for suggestions first on those parts. obviously the 3.07 carrier has to go, how bout the 8" semi floater with single wheels, think i'm ok with say a 1600 lb payload? the camper weighs 980 lbs dry. i am going to replace the bearings before a long trip, but the way i see it, the yoda axle is still superior to the ford f150 8.8".......i'm a lincoln guy and i lost an 8.8 axle in georgia with my 86 town car so i know how scary it is, the rear discs i converted to kept the wheel on. the toyota axle bearings press on to the axle, the ford 8.8 uses the axle shaft as the bearing race and c clips. whenever i get the chance going to see if i can find some 4.10's out of a 4 runner at the yard, i would like 3.73's but toyota trucks are few and far between around here, have to settle with what i can find and afford here is a link to the video
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