Hi all. I'm brand new to this forum - and frankly - brand new to this whole motor home thing. I realize this is an older thread but I didn't feel right coming in as a newbie and starting a brand new one.
Yesterday we just purchased a 1986 Granville with 84k miles on it. I believe I'm the third owner and it's recently been sitting for a couple years. But, with a new battery, it started right up and handled the 50+ mile voyage home from where we purchased it without issue. Me, my wife and young son (and crazy small dog) are looking forward to having many adventures in this thing.
Candidly, this whole thing happened pretty fast. Between stumbling upon this in a 'fresh' Craigslist post and buying the flippin' thing I did my best to do some exhaustive research on it - but am realizing just how much I don't know. Which is hilariously a lot. I've dug around a little bit to try and find a manual for this (or something similar) online and, so far, have come up empty. But I'm realizing here there might be quite a few people here who at least know the general guts of the actual "RV" part in these forums. I don't suppose anyone might be willing to orient me on what is what? What to look out for with the onboard systems? Which things should totally be fixed right away and which things are lower priority? Haha, I'm basically looking for not only "RV 101" but "Toyota RV 101". So. I'm either your worst nightmare, or an exciting opportunity for you to mold and enlighten. I like to think I'm a fast learner. But. Pretty much everyone thinks that, right?
This weekend we're going to clean it out ( the former owner wasn't concerned about the random stuff left in side, and the cupboards are full of...random stuff. Although I did discover a flat screen TV there's a mount for in one of the kitchen seats yesterday. Score!), and I was going to do my initial fiddle with the water system and such (the electric works and the rooftop AC pumps cold air). But I figure before I do that I should have at least some idea of what I'm doing and what I should be looking for. Anyone have any guiding principles for this era?