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REALLYRURAL

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  1. Sorry, about being remiss in finishing a story that I started. To make amends I will review my notes and post as the story makes sense. The outline of the trip is that I left central Florida picked up I 75 and hit 81 to head north. That route was great. I made a few side trips met some wonderful people and found that Loves truckstops are the place to fuel, stop, shop,and get some rest. The highways are in great shape until you get to Pennsylvania then everything is a shit show. However, the drive was so much more enjoyable than any experience on 95 has ever been and if one has a towed or motorcycle then one could spend months exploring. The most unpleasant part of the trip was getting through Atlanta. I do not believe it is possible to find a decent way around or through this area. It holds everyone hostage who gets anywhere near.
  2. Sounds like a ground issue. Broken or bad grounds can cause some funky things to happen. Might not solve your problem but checking all the grounds on a regular basis. Both ac and dc can prevent a bunch of problems
  3. Most likely you have a problem in the wiring underneath or a bad ground. Crawl underneath and look at the wiring harness. Bring a test light and figure out which wire is which. Pretty common situation and the wiring needs maintenance on these rigs.
  4. 150 thousand miles on it. Drive it like you stole it. It did not get that far without someone giving it some love. Runs,drives smooth, shifts right, no roof leaks, stops well (well enough the front brakes on these rigs do most of the braking) and all the lights work. Make sure you have good brakes, new tires, a full coverage motorhome policy and go have as much fun as you possibly can with it. Change the fluids if you have time.
  5. The layout of your rig really apeals to me having spent much of the last ten years living and working out of my ToyHomes. For the most part these rigs have no comfortable place to sit for extended periods. So having multiple places is the next best thing. Change where you sit and lay down so you do not get out of whack. So the layout of yours is really inviting. If you invite someone in they can sit in the chair or the settee on the pass side and you can be a host without having to move around the hosted. It is a good looking rig and set up well.
  6. I received an insurance payout of 14,500.00 for my 91/92 Warrior in October 2022. Put the rig off the road for a brief trip through a stand of alders. Insurance declared it a total loss. I purchased the rig back for 4k from the insurance company. Full coverage motorhome policy from S t a te F a r m 220.00 per year.
  7. To get at the rearend without jacking it I locate an elavated parking lot and back up to the drop off. Easy way to check the fluids and the airbag lines. A write up of what the inspection procedures are in Penn on a ToyHome would be interesting.
  8. So been in Florida since mid January. Towed a trailor with the Yamaha Tw200 on it and have sinced picked up a Kawasaki KLR650. Planning to head up I75 to check out the Smokies and some of the great motorcyle rides there. Leaving on the 22nd and wanting to hit the area on Monday so that I do not have to compete with the weekend warriors at Deals Gap. Just put new tires on the 91 and ckecked all the fluids. It should be interesting taking the Toyhome through the mountains with a trailor with two motorcycles on it. So far on my trip the RV has got as alway 10 mpg no matter what. The KLR gets 45 mpg. Anyone been up through those areas this time of year? Hope To See You On The Road.
  9. Been in Umatilla (30 miles north of Orlando) since Mid January. I have seen several Toyhomes around here. Have spotted a Sunrader in Leesburg around 441 several times. The A340 is a tough transmission no need to do without the overdrive.
  10. I just purchased new Hancook Vantras for the front. Tire Rack 303.86 for two. I replace the 4 rears in January 2021. The pair that were replaced I had put 10,000 miles on them. They came with the rv and had a date code of 2217. Twenty second week of 17. They were showing some cracking in the center of tread and my alignment is off and it wore the outside on both tires (might be caused by loosing the airbags). If it was not for the alighment problem the tires would have over 50 percent tread. I would be replacing them at this point anyway as they were six years old, showing some cracking and about to put two to three thousand miles on in the next few weeks. I like the Vantras been using them on two different rvs with great results Buying them from Tire Rack they come with free roadside assitance and a two year warranty. That is a nice added bonus to the tires and a bit of peace of mind on a long trip. https://www.tirerack.com/content/tirerack/desktop/en/tires/trhp.html The nuts on my valve stems where just about corroded away (you might want to check on that). You can get the correct stems here: https://www.toyotapartsdeal.com/oem/toyota~valve~for~tubeless~tire~90942-05026.html?vin=&make=Toyota&model=Pickup&year=1990&submodel=2 Wheel Drive&extra1=&extra2=&filter=(d=USA;1=3VZE;4=STD;7=RCB;8=WT;9=HLF;11=EFI;13=IV6;14=T1) The part number is correct so you can call a toyota dealer and they can get them. Dealer in Leesburg Florida said they where 5 days out and 22 bucks apiece. I did find that the stem hole on my spare tire had been drilled out so I had to use a different stem.
  11. I rebuilt my 1988 toyhome overhead with thin tongue and groove cedar from home depot and glued it with 3m 5200. It was a relatively easy rebuild and I stopped and enjoyed the rig for a few years before digging deeper.
  12. The pvc products I used on this project all come from home depot and Lowes. PVC now comes in 4x8 sheets 2x8 sheets of different dimensions. It also comes in 1x1 to 1x12 in many lenghts. To do the forward end of the cab overhead I used a FRP (fiberglass reinforced plastic) sheet that is normally used in bathroom walls or other wet locations. I made the bends very easy to do and has held up very well after 20 thousand miles. All the wood was replaced with pvc 1x whatever was needed. except for under the roof I used 5/4 pressure treated decking. The wood at the bottem of the skirts was replace with pvc and glue with a marine adhesive.
  13. Well Upload a bunch of pictures of you rig.
  14. I did purchase this rig for less than 10 sheets of plywood and the previous owner had dumped it at a salvage yard. I cannot purchase storage this size for less than 100 bucks a month. I am goiing to rebuild and put this rig back on the road. But seriously, awesome save! Out of curiosity does it have the evil bad axle?! Not starting the whole OMG its unsafe ordeal, just wondering lol. Ths rig has a full floating dana axle. The front end has failed torsion springs.
  15. Who was the member you got rid of?
  16. Allow me to personally attack you Fred. Your a eeeeeee moron and have helped a hijack a very nice informational thread. You suck and have added nothing to the coversation. Maybe you have no skils to offer?
  17. Fred with all due respect. I consider it a personal attack on myself to have a moron or multiples of morons question hard facts of how an automatic transmission works when I have rebuilt hundreds of automatic transmissions and have tried my best to provide a guide that will help members of this forum. I was trying to provide a how to with pictures. Others just provided nonsense. What can you provide on the subject?
  18. I got a tip from a neighbor that this was at a local salvage yard. Not sure how I am going to register this but here is the build plate. Any thoughts? I drove this home from the salvage yard that has dozens of rvs that have been driven in and are now worthless. It needs new floor pans on the pass and drivers side. 270 bucks on ebay and some skill set. Make sure the lights work and replace the floor pans this rig is good to go camping. Not full rv but camping without laying on the ground. The four speed 22r was a hoot to drive and the engine runs like a singer sewing machine.
  19. I purchased a 1983 Dolphin today from a salvage yard and drove it home. It needs new floor pans on pass and drivers side and attention paid to the lights. Other than that it runs and drives like a singer sewing machine that is well oiled. This is the first time I have driven a toyhome with a 4 speed. It was a complete hoot to drive. Just stick your foot in it until it starts to rap and shift. My 91 with the 6 cylinder is not anywhere close to fun to drive as one of these four bangers. Thanks for all the pictures. I can use them as a reference. Please post more pics of underneath and engine bay if you can. Best of luck
  20. Cover the roof with 4x8 sheets of pvc from HomeDepot and secure it with 3m 5200 and self tapping screws on the edges. Cover the seams with overlapped strips of pvc.
  21. With my 1988 Toyhome I did a complete new E-Bay head as the temp gauge would start doing wild swings and erratic temps did not make any sense. Whenever the temps would start swinging upwards or it started getting erratic I would go over everything, timing, valve adjustment, and replace thermostat. It would come out of it for a few thousand miles then start acting up again. That was when I did an E-Bay Head that came with everything needed. It was China made but was of high quality (from a prototype machinsts perspective) , came with new valves, and functioned as it should until the temp swings started again after maybe 7 thousand miles. It was back to throwing everything I could at the problem but I was pretty sure the the head and gasket were not the problem. I finally blew the head gasket and ended up pulling the head and threw it on the surface plate at the shop and it was perfectly flat. So it was good to go to put a new head gasket with out any machining. It was then I looked at the bucket of thermostats I had replace over the time of ownership. Like six of them. Some were after market others were from toyota. I took them and put them in a pot of water on my buddys stove. Some worked some did not. All did not work as they should all the time. Turns out our rigs really overtax the thermostat and wears them out in short order. I then drilled three 1/16 holes in the new thermostat and never had another overheating problem in the next 10k miles before selling that rig when I completed my 1991 restore. Your experience may vary.
  22. Hi Gary I replaced the head on my 88 Toyhome. Bought the complete kit for 220 bucks included everything needed (new head, head bolts, gasket, gasket cement ect). I just checked ebay and they are still plenty of head kits in that price range. Brand new. With a new head you can leave any issues the old had behind. Having the new head to look at is helpfull when you are dismantling your engine. If you can read the Haynes manual and have some tools or a hundred bucks to by some then you can replace the head gasket. Torque wrenches can be rented from some autopart stores. 2 years after replacing the head I lost a head gasket due to a worn out thermostat. These rigs give the thermostat a workout and when you start getting temp swings that is the first thing to check. I replaced the head gasket in my buddys driveway. I got the parts from Autozone in Salem Mass. The parts guy was a Toyota Guru and got me everything needed using the vin number over the phone. I replaced the bolts at that time just to be safe. I think it was around 125.00 for all the parts at that time (2017). The intake has a whole lot of 11mm bolts. A 10mm and 11mm 6point wrench is a must for breaking things free 12 points will round some of them over. I got them from a snap on dealer it saw at a garage. I replaced the exhaust gasket with a thick graphite reusable one from a rock crawler website Good luck
  23. Back to the rebuild. My first attempt at rebuilding the roof was using 1/4 plywood. I made side to side support with 1x2 oak and glued and screwed together. It did not look bad but I had to travel out of state for work so I covered it up and came back a year later. Upon starting again it was obvious that picking up where it was left off was not an option. Enough moisture had got to the 1/4 ply and other plywoods used to make them moldy and de-laminating.. So I tore everything out and choose pvc boards and panels for everywhere wood was before except for structure like the top plates on the wall. I used pressure treated 5/4 decking held on with3 inch long by quarter diameter deck screws I picked up at Fastenal great screws. I used aluminum channels for the side to side roof support. I built it so that I can stand in most places on the roof and can add more strength down the road. I was going to use the original filon on the overhead and front but backtracked on that and went with pvc everywhere on the roof except the front. I used 1/16 FRP there and it worked out well and was easy to make the curves. The camper wall on the drivers side is tongue and groove pine and has worked out fine. If I was going to do it again it would be pvc panels then select out of the millions of patterns of wallpaper for a finish. I screwed and glued the roof. I used a marine adhesive that has held up well.
  24. This is not where I want to go with this thread but I will explain the transmission for you. The output shaft (part number 678) is driven by the driveshaft. The only thing directly hooked to the output shaft (part number 678) is the forward planet (part number 582 the third picture from the left shows a picture). The forward planet (582) is on a spline on the end of the output shaft (678) it is locked on with a cir clip (part number 694). The forward planet (582) spins the forward ring gear (592 the picture all the way to the right) which spins inside of the the forward drum (part number 554 fourth picture from the left) that holds the the forward clutch (part numbers 126 and 106 make the forward clutch) The forward clutch is held into the forward drum by a Cir Clip (part number 876).. When towing in neutral the only thing affected is that forward clutch assembly and it burns up from lack of lubrication. Here are the pictures of mine. It is the only thing I replaced to get the transmission up and going 10k miles ago.
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