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I am trying to source an OEM fuel pressure regulator for my 89 3.0 but they have been discontinued by Toyota (Part no. 23280-65010). I tried ordering from Japan as well as the usual Toyota parts websites and dealerships, no luck. The only other place that shows having it is YotaShop website but I really don't want to pay $170 for a FPR. My next options are aftermarket, Standard motor products, Delphi, WVE, Beck / Arnley. Any recommendations on the closest option to OEM quality? Pic for fun...

Live in the mountains? Hate going slow? Like the Toyota size lifestyle? https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1977-dodge-tradesman-b300/

Thanks extech. I found just what I needed.

engine means nothing. 1 ton chassis with dual rear wheels all the same. rockauto shows several brands

Hello All, I'm in need of a source for front brake pads and 6 lug rotors for my 1987 Sunrader with a 22RE. I saw on the site a list for a 1992 6 cylinder set of part numbers, but wasn't sure if mine would be different. If this topic has already been thoroughly discussed, my deepest apologies. Please point me to the reference. Can anyone help? Thank you, Doug

Im always looking at the current tire offering/availability and I recently stumbled across winter tires. I believe its been awhile since something like this has been available. Petlas Full Grip PT935 - 185R14 102/100R D

Wow old thread. Does your heater have a winterize bypass kit installed?? It may still be in the bypass position.

good afternoon, we have a 1989 dolphin, the water heater is not working properly. this is what is doing.... full tank of propane, the stove is working good, I can start the boiler with the switch by the sink, I can ear the boiler flame going on but after 5-10 minutes no hot water come out of the shower or kitchen sink. Any advice. Thanks

Just completed 400 miles round trip up to El Mirage dry lake for some camping and some Land Speed Racing spectatorin' This is up near Mormon Rocks in San Bernardino County, and then up by Wrightwood There were many, many Toyota motorhomes made/sold, but it's pretty lonely out there these days

Well my “before anything else” starting point is going to be charging wiring upgrades…. I redid my grounds, but the other week my truck shut down on lunchtime. The power wire on the alternator vibrated itself apart. I was able to strip it back and replace the terminal and get back online in a few minutes, but it’s a silly small like 12g wire. I think I will run a larger gauge wire from the battery to the alternator, and repurpose the current wire to install a secondary fuse box on the driver’s side. Housings…. The only way I get off inexpensively, is to DIY something and use what I have. I already spent money on crystal Depo housings for my truck. The other has Toyota fluted housings that are also supposed to be pretty good. If I’m buying a premade option, I’m going with the “Crazythegod” projector housings. Those at least let me swap bulbs out. But for that money I can probably DIY a better quality setup for a little less and use high end Morimoto parts….

I’m keeping my original Koito sealed beams. The upgrade so far was to free up the rusted screws in case they need to be replaced. I do like those Koito H4 lenses though.

1977 GMC 4x4 High Sierra by Chinook. This one is a wowsier. LOTS of photos. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1977-gmc-jimmy-10/

Thanks, will follow Your path,and let you know..😃

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Good deal.. The RV 12v system is in basically 2 parts. The original that runs the truck and the house 12v system. Check the voltage on the truck battery with the engine running, 13.5V+. That means that your alternator is good. Next follow the truck battery wire and find the isolator, its either a 35mm film canister sized thing or a 4x6x4" box with fins. The way it works is 12v from the alternator goes in and it splits 12v to the truck battery and 12v to the house battery. Follow the wires and check the voltage on the terminals. With the engine running and the voltage to the isolator and truck battery good. The next check is voltage to the house battery. If the v on the house battery terminal is good then check the voltage on the house battery, should be 13.5v +, isolator v good and battery v bad, this were things get interesting. Depending on the previous owner actions. You could have a fuse between the isolator and battery or a circuit breaker Follow the wire with your voltmeter checking at every point. In my Escaper the wire to the house battery had 6 splices and was losing 1.5v. Good luck and go slow P.S. Google 12v charging system, lots of diagrams.

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Do you have a voltmeter?? They are in the indispensable category for people with MHs.

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Figure out where the oil leak is coming from on that 3.0…. They have several common spots. Two spots can have minor drips that can quickly go to blowout all the oil status. The back cam seal plugs, and the oil cooler/heat exchanger on the side of the block (oil filter bolts to it). If you are handy, neither of these is horribly hard or expensive to fix. The oil cooler is more likely to cause a cursing fit though.

Well that was a waste of time. The cumbersome factory tub is also not quite square, and also a bit of a pain to mount securely (see photo above) without a bunch of blind screws and bracketry. Opted to toss it after all my work. Switched to a simple cabinet, then realized the wall I installed (see pic above) does not play well with the outside wall paneling, which is not flat. My dimensions were such that the fridge would fit fairly tightly, but wow - literally zero clearance to play with, considering the space would taper slightly on the forward end due to the coach wall. It was going to be SO tight, I could not trust my measurements, and the space is both tapered AND a trapezoid. I'm pretty good with geometry, but lost my nerve. Ended up drawing an exact duplicate of the space on the pattern paper I bought for the dinette project and this stuff. Then cut an exact duplicate of the new/larger fridge's base to lay on top of it and confirm the fit and where the cabinet opening needs to be in this slightly off space. Worked a treat. Ready to build the fridge cabinet floor, and walls now. Which means I have to wait till that's done and installed to mark the opening for the fridge in the cabinet face. Argh. Back at it.

Yea but that’s okay as the info is great and very suited to the pickup platform most of our RVs are on. In theory I can run those koito housings on my ‘runner, if I grill swap it. I almost went down this route too, but a couple pieces needed are really hard to find. But you may hit on a point I hadn’t considered too… I had been running some good quality halogen bulbs I order from the UK, but my last set popped a bulb and I threw in some replacements I found that may have been dubious quality…. The good bulb may have burned out as at some point around that time I lost the ground from the battery to body. So everything was going through the noisy engine ground…. I’m going to have to look into those HIR bulbs some more, VERY INTERESTING! Currently, I have some vintage KC Daylighter auxiliaries on my daily. They take H1 bulbs and I’ve tried a couple different things out. The wiring burned up after tropical storm Debbie came through…. Even a week after some, of the main roads around here were still flooded out. I took a turn down a road that looked okay at first, but it quickly got deep. I ended up having to go into 4Lo. It was 18-24” deep for close to a mile. The only causality was that wiring, so I considered it a big win lol! Anyways lots of homework and studying to go do!

The one I'm looking at has a 24x65 inch dinette on one side in the back and a 72 inch couch on the other side in the back. I've only seen a dinette in the back which is the 500 model.

I would imagine they made quite a few of them. By that time there were no more axle issues and rear dinettes have always been popular. Of course at over 30 years old there are bound to be fewer of them out there Linda S

For all these parts work on my 86th dolphin Seabreeze

How many 550 Dolphin models were made. I've never seen one before and am looking at one for sale near me. I think they might be kind of rare. If anyone has one chime in please.