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Hi All - I'm relatively new to the forum, wife and I bought '93 Toyota Winnebago Warrior 21RB. We test drove it and it ran fine, but the day the owner was going to bring it to the mechanic for inspection it started stalling on him - we made him a lower offer and towed it to mechanic. Prior to our buying it the truck had a few things done to address this stalling issue- new (refurb) computer, new ignition coil and coil igniter. Once we bought it, our 1st mechanic thought it might be bad gas, after sitting on it for a couple of weeks (and doing nothing) he drained the fuel tank, and also replaced the fuel pump. Then the engine would run and not stall in idle, but dies when it goes to 1st. He thought it may be a wiring issue - but didn't have the reader to test the OBD-1 computer & suggested finding a mechanic that did, in case the computer would send a code. We weren't very happy with that mechanic anyways - very slow, and non-responsive - also charged us for diagnostic time ($300 - in addition to the $500 for fuel pump replacement and draining tank). We had it towed via AAA to another mechanic we've worked with before & they said they'd done work on older vehicles and would be able to diagnose. They have replaced tested and replaced the original air flow monitor - but that hasn't solved the problem either. These guys only have 1 tech who really works on older cars, and they are fitting our Winnebago in when they don't have more pressing jobs; so its taking an inordinate amount of time to diagnose the issue, not to mention fix it. All that to say - any ideas? Is this a typical issue that comes up? Thanks and sorry if I'm not terribly succinct.