Totem Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 (edited) your sunrader is rapidly approaching the better than factory standard; that to which all others shall be judged against. Simply beautiful work, love it. Wasn't kidding when i said i'd love to buy a gas cap well cover like yours. mine is crumbling. i believe its identical to yours in dimensions. Edited July 21, 2016 by Totem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwolfgti Posted July 21, 2016 Author Share Posted July 21, 2016 13 minutes ago, Totem said: your sunrader is rapidly approaching the better than factory standard; that to which all others shall be judged against. Simply beautiful work, love it. Wasn't kidding when i said i'd love to buy a gas cap well cover like yours. mine is crumbling. i believe its identical to yours in dimensions. Thanks for the compliment! Â I can make one for you, i don't have my old one to make another template and i don't really wanna pull the new one since it is screwed and glued in already. If you can get your old one off and keep it mostly intact i can work with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totem Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 (edited) heck ya you are on. .. as soon as my last summer trip is done, i will send it over. another question... how hard was it to source that glass to the windshield and install it. JDE has me a bit worried now.. that i wont be able to get a shop to do it. Edited July 21, 2016 by Totem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwolfgti Posted July 21, 2016 Author Share Posted July 21, 2016 1 hour ago, Totem said: your sunrader is rapidly approaching the better than factory standard; that to which all others shall be judged against. Simply beautiful work, love it. Wasn't kidding when i said i'd love to buy a gas cap well cover like yours. mine is crumbling. i believe its identical to yours in dimensions. Ok let me know when you get it pulled. Â The glass isn't an issue getting. Â Its the same as an 84 toyota pickup and there are thousands of those on the road so don't worry about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick1922 Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 Peace, Thank you for sharing the details of your remodel. Can you share the dimensions of the metal frame you fabricated for the tail lights? Patrick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick1922 Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 Do you still have extra decals? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linda s Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 6 hours ago, Patrick1922 said: Do you still have extra decals? He is selling them on Ebay http://www.ebay.com/itm/TOYOTA-SUNRADER-RV-CAMPER-FRONT-OR-REAR-DECAL-REPRODUCTION-DECALS-PAIR-/401072829637?hash=item5d61cdb4c5:g:VUEAAOSwzgRWw4XX&vxp=mtr Linda S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwolfgti Posted August 24, 2016 Author Share Posted August 24, 2016 Few more updates going on with the camper. Painted the rest of the cabinets today and yesterday. Took all the cabinet doors off and painted the edges a gray color then the rest a cream. Â Looking forward to getting them back on. Also have new knobs for all the cabinet doors. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linda s Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Looks great. I painted the doors in my Nissan and did the 2 tone too. Gives a nice professional look Linda S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwolfgti Posted August 25, 2016 Author Share Posted August 25, 2016 21 hours ago, linda s said: Looks great. I painted the doors in my Nissan and did the 2 tone too. Gives a nice professional look Linda S Thanks Linda, i like the look too, next up will be the flooring and reupholstering the cushions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwolfgti Posted January 31, 2017 Author Share Posted January 31, 2017 Decided to pull the motor today. I'm going to rebuild it because it was using some oil and could probably use a freshening up anyways. Will probably put a little better cam in it for power also. Took about 2 1/2 hours to get it out. None of it was real difficult, just takes a little patience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwolfgti Posted February 27, 2017 Author Share Posted February 27, 2017 Kinda stalled on getting the motor apart. Ended up buying a 73 challenger project car that i've been working on. Today i finally decided to get the motor torn down so i can get it to the machine shop and order oversized pistons, better cam, and basically a full rebuild kit. The motor had 130k on it and was using some oil. Once apart today i could see that the one timing chain guide had broken and the chain was wearing into the timing cover. It wasn't making noise so i would have never known. Pieces of the plastic guide were in the oil pan and partially plugging the oil pickup. Will also be putting a new clutch in while i've got it this far apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwolfgti Posted April 12, 2017 Author Share Posted April 12, 2017 block bored .040 over, new pistons and rings and crank are back in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bwolfgti Posted April 14, 2017 Author Share Posted April 14, 2017 Coming along better now, i plan to put the motor back in next week. Head was resurfaced with new valve guides and seals, New water pump, fuel pump, gaskets, clutch, turned flywheel, cap, rotor, plugs etc. Anxious to start it up. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwolfgti Posted April 16, 2017 Author Share Posted April 16, 2017 Resurfaced flywheel and new clutch is on. Pretty much ready to set back in at this point.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WME Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Varoom,Varoom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwolfgti Posted April 24, 2017 Author Share Posted April 24, 2017 Back in and running. Took it out to do the initial break in and runs really well. Just need to adjust the valves and put some miles on it.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linda s Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 You do good work. I was wondering if I could adopt you. I could use a son who likes to work on cars and motorhomes of course. Linda S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwolfgti Posted April 25, 2017 Author Share Posted April 25, 2017 2 hours ago, linda s said: You do good work. I was wondering if I could adopt you. I could use a son who likes to work on cars and motorhomes of course. Linda S Haha, sure, i work for food and lodging  I enjoy getting away from my normal day of working on vw's and tinkering with this instead. Different kind of challenge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunkaman Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 being that my skill sets are in carpentry/construction, i am in awe with your project. what a great accomplishment! good luck, joe from dover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwolfgti Posted April 28, 2017 Author Share Posted April 28, 2017 On 4/25/2017 at 7:14 AM, hunkaman said: being that my skill sets are in carpentry/construction, i am in awe with your project. what a great accomplishment! good luck, joe from dover. Thanks, if you can build a house though you can rebuild a toyota motor. Just need the basic tools, time, and patience. I forgot to add i did put a slightly more aggressive cam in it. Its the RV cam so i'm hoping that'll help with power too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WME Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 (edited) Who's cam and what are the numbers? Edited April 28, 2017 by WME Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwolfgti Posted April 29, 2017 Author Share Posted April 29, 2017 20 hours ago, WME said: Who's cam and what are the numbers? Its called the RV cam from engnbldr in Oregon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WME Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 IÂ used Teds HO 270 degree cam. A small loss at the bottom end but from 2500 rpm and up a nice boost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwolfgti Posted April 30, 2017 Author Share Posted April 30, 2017 13 hours ago, WME said: I used Teds HO 270 degree cam. A small loss at the bottom end but from 2500 rpm and up a nice boost. Nice, i probably should have gone a little more aggressive but he recommended this one. Did it affect fuel mileage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WME Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 (edited) As far as MPG I couldn't tell, my right foot was all too happy to use the extra power. If I remember right my mileage was in the low 13's @ 60-65 mph I did have to tweek the the AFM to run a bit richer as the factory setting was a bit lean with all the modifications. Ted did not have your at the time I did my mods, choices were the Crawler or the HO.  Edited April 30, 2017 by WME Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onnani Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 Bwolfgti are you still selling the aluminum LED housings?  I don't see an active sale on Ebay and i'm interested in purchasing a pair of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NissanSunrader1984 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Well hows the build going... No posting recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwolfgti Posted October 26, 2017 Author Share Posted October 26, 2017 On 8/2/2017 at 11:49 AM, onnani said: Bwolfgti are you still selling the aluminum LED housings?  I don't see an active sale on Ebay and i'm interested in purchasing a pair of them. I don't have any more right now. I was gonna get more cut, but haven't gotten around to it. 43 minutes ago, NissanSunrader1984 said: Well hows the build going... No posting recently. Nothing new really. Just been using the camper all summer. Got some camping in last weekend also.. This winter i'd like to do the floor and hopefully recover the cushions and some other small things. I'll update if i do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NissanSunrader1984 Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 That's great. Wondering if you have access to or anyone knows where I might find / locate a few items? First off I'd love to have a wiring diagram... especially the wiring that connects the tail lights / clearance lights...I'm having issues refreshing my lighting system.  The other issue I'd love to tackle is how I might best build a custom set of upper cabinets. I've removed the old ones... refreshed and strengthened the lower ones..( I'll try to get around to posting before and after photos of everything in a few days ). I've made notes taken photos and video of most of what I've done. I've learned a lot...yet still have a ton of questions to ask those that know the inner working of this rare machine. I can say I find them extremely simple yet not well built like I was lead to believe. I find their structure lacking as well as the under belly under used as well as poorly designed. Rust is a issue I could use some suggestions on as well. So..excuse my long winded reply...just thinking out loud. Thanks for the reply. Yours looks great... have  agreat week..safe Travels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwolfgti Posted October 30, 2017 Author Share Posted October 30, 2017 On 10/28/2017 at 5:37 AM, NissanSunrader1984 said: That's great. Wondering if you have access to or anyone knows where I might find / locate a few items? First off I'd love to have a wiring diagram... especially the wiring that connects the tail lights / clearance lights...I'm having issues refreshing my lighting system.  The other issue I'd love to tackle is how I might best build a custom set of upper cabinets. I've removed the old ones... refreshed and strengthened the lower ones..( I'll try to get around to posting before and after photos of everything in a few days ). I've made notes taken photos and video of most of what I've done. I've learned a lot...yet still have a ton of questions to ask those that know the inner working of this rare machine. I can say I find them extremely simple yet not well built like I was lead to believe. I find their structure lacking as well as the under belly under used as well as poorly designed. Rust is a issue I could use some suggestions on as well. So..excuse my long winded reply...just thinking out loud. Thanks for the reply. Yours looks great... have  agreat week..safe Travels. No i'm not sure where to find a wiring diagram. There isn't a ton of info out there on these machines, but searching thru this forum and you can learn alot from what others have done. Seems to be mostly trial and error and getting advice from others that have tackled some of the same problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek up North Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 'Typical' Sunrader wiring diagram. The best (and only) I've found. Next to useless. Sunrader Wiring Diagram.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek up North Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Though different years and makes (Dolphin & Winnebago) than yours, you'll probably get an idea how RVs are wired and I doubt that the Sunrader differs much!, 90 095714.pdf 90 095715.pdf 085259.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NissanSunrader1984 Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 Thanks everyone. I hope this reaches everyone that contributed to my question...I'm new to the forum. I haven't spent much time on forums so I always wonder if those we communicate with receive our follow ups and sincere gratitude for the help and guidance so many offer. Thanks...to you all. I hope to follow up soon with a ton of material I've been compiling...with photos and info and charts and docs... It would be nice to have a place we could all go to simply pull up anything we need anytime we need concerning our Sunraders...and it's community of interested owners and seekers of RV remodeling and restoration. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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