Where to get Exhaust Parts for Toyota RV's ????

[hemisportabout]

Hello,

Just bought my 1987 Coachmen Travelmaster 21ft Toyota a few weeks ago. This thing is great, all I had to do was modify my garage door to 10' from 7' and pulled it right in! Can't do that with most other RV's in a residental location like mine in the suburbs! Didn't think it would be this difficult to get an exhaust. It is a 22 RE. No one here in St. Louis, MO can lift it, the track from rubber to rubber is too narrow (48") to fit on the big lifts. Can't find any shop so far to fabricate exhaust so I figured I would buy the pieces and put it on myself. This has proven to be quite complicated. My wheel base is about 137" and I'm not sure which parts to buy to make it come out right. I have searched the internet and this site and not found much info. Surely I'm not the only one with this issue : Where are you guys getting your exhaust from??

Any help greatly appreciated!

Thank you,

Brad Neal

St. Louis, MO

hemisportabout@yahoo.com

[Diesel_Aggie]

What type of lifts do they have? The "[ ]" style where adjustable bars slide in from each side to the frame? The drive on type where there are two wide ramps on each side? I've had regular Toyota pickups on the second style at an exhaust shop with no problems. What about finding a shop with a pit? Have you gone down the list of shops in the Yellow Pages to confirm no one can do it? Seems odd in a town the size of STL.

I'm not sure if Toyota ran the exhaust all the way back on the chassis cabs or not when they were shipped to the motor home converters. If they did, have your local Toyota dealer look up the parts. Taking your VIN in will be a big help. The Toyota dealer parts software is great and has VIN # support back to at least 1983! You might also contact www.1sttoyotaparts.com They are a dealer that sells wholesale to everyone. 25% off Toyota MSRP, no sales tax, you pay shipping. Now keep in mind some dealers mark up considerable above MSRP so yo might save even more.

You can also look at http://www.toyodiy.com/parts/ which is a rather cumbersome older version of the Toyota dealer parts fiche. You'll have to have your VIN number to get anywhere unless you know all sorts of Toyota chassis numbers. Remember that you have a HiLux.....that's what the pickup is called in the rest of the world.

Last option is pull the bad parts yourself and have a shop duplicate them and reinstall yourself. Most auto parts stores have generic hangers that can be made to work. If you have a Toyota system with nice factory style hangers welded underneath I'd keep that if I could. Much nicer set up.

Just as info I ordered a section of pipe from Toyota from the catalytic converter to the back of the truck including the rear hanger attached to the pipe for something like $160. This was for a 22RE 1990 Pickup extended cab 4x4. Obviously a different part, but not much newer. It was in stock at the Dallas parts distribution warehouse.

[louie]

I went to CarX in Ballwin, MO to have a 2.25" exhaust system installed. This is oversized, stock is 1.7/8" . I supplied the turbo muffler ( ordered 2 still have 1) can sell it to you for $40.00. I live in Ballwin,MO. cell 618-530-7869.The job cost me $173.00 plus muffler.

[Gulfstream Greg]

If your going to do the entire exhaust from manifold back you might have to purchase the down tube (first one off the manifold) from Toyota. I have done two exhausts so far. One on our previous 86 Turbo 22rte (turbo) Sunrader and on our present 91 V6 Gulfstream. The 86 I bought 2.5 inch mandrel bent pipe components from JCWhitney along with a high flow cat and muffler and using a wire feed welder put it all together myself. A bit more complicated than that though. For the 91 I bought a cat back system from JCWhitney. It mounted on all the OEM hangers but I still had to do some mods to make it work.