Foxy

We have a 91 Warrior with aluminum roof. I weigh 220 and been up there a few times with no problems. Wouldn't want to jump up and down or take a large crowd. The closer you keep to the edges, the better. One other note is to wear shoes because that metal gets very hot in the sun. I have no idea about other brands. There are a couple of people here who rave about Dolphins and bad mouth the Warriors, but we love ours and haven't had any real problems with it. Foxy

There is a simple converter for this available from most auto parts stores. I bought my current one at Walmart for about $12.

It's a continuous duty solinoid rather than a Starter Solinoid although it looks similar. I used to use a Cole Hersey M24117 to isolate marine battery systems but I don't know if that is still a good part number. I would check the battery fluid level, check the cells with a hydrometer, and see if you can charge it up out of the vehicle. The battery itself may be shot. I had one that seemed pretty dead, but was able to revive it with several days on a trickle charger. Make sure that the positive battery cable is not in contact with metal and check votage on either side of the isolator solinoid. Engine off, you should have 12V leading into the soilinoid but not out. Engine on, you should have 12V on both terminals. If you do, the solinoid is good.

I'm not sure about the bolts and attachment of the cab top to the RV, but there are no squeeks in our Winnabago. The only sound it seems to make is blinds banging if we forget to raise them. I would think that the bolts should be replaced and would not be expensive even if you sprung for SS. I would use a polyurathane sealant like Sika or 3M 5200 and not silicone.

I added a Class 3 universal RV hitch to my 91 Winnebago and have now towed a trailer almost 4000 miles with it. The trailer with 2 sailboats on it weights around 700-800 pounds with tongue weight of about 50-60 pounds. We have hit some pretty bad pot holes & bumps along the way. We have traveled the Blue Ridge Parkway which has some pretty steep grades. No problems at all and yes, I've checked out the frame a number of times especially after hitting the really bad potholes. To install the hitch, I had to cut off the metal skid brackets to bolt the hitch to the frame but the cross bar of the hitch is a little lower than those brackets were so we are not going to bump the tanks. Not sure what others have, but the extended frame is 3" Channel and looks to be reasonably welded to the truck frame with maybe 8 inches of overlap. While none of our RV's are rated to tow, I think most people are making a bigger deal out of it than it really is. Foxy

We have a 91 Warrior as well and are across the state from you in Sebastian. Some of the guys have listed places for used parts in the past and can make other suggestions. Also have to ask this dumb question because I missed mine at first. You did look under the rear end of the vehicle? I found this link which lists a dual rim. New and not cheap so you should talk to someone to verify that its right. http://www.toyotapartscenter.net/partlocat...playCatalogid=0

Foams I suggested are available from any boat building supplier. Try Composites One and see if they will sell direct to you or point you to a builder near you that they supply. A local builder who will sell you a sheet or two. You can order small amounts from http://www.jamestowndistributors.com/ but a google search might get you a better price.

Not sure what the original foam core is in these. As a boat builder for 35 years, here is how I would fix it. Rough up the exterior fiberglass skin with 40-60 grit sandpaper. Cut strips of PVC structural foam, such as Divinycell or Klegecell, or Airlight to fit in the curved area and glue in using a mix of West Epoxy 105/206 and Q-cells to a mayonase consitency. For the flatter panels, you can use sheets. Clean up the inside and laminate with a 10-12 oz roving or cloth. You can either paint or cover that with formica. Do NOT use polyurathane foam or styrofoam as it has no structural value as a core material. The foam will quickly break at the bond line. I hesitate to use much wood or plywood except where it is necessary to fasten things. It adds a lot of weight and Toy homes are weight sensitive as it is.

I bought my 91 Toy RV this June and the tires all looked good. Previous owner saved all receipts that showed they were replaced in 06 and indicated milage was less than 1000miles. DOT code 0206. We did about 4000 miles of driving this summer and the rear tires are completely shot. While crawling around looking closer at things I noted that they had used 185 R14 on the inside rear and right front, and 195 R14 on the outside rear and left front. The invoice said they sold 6 185 R14's. Talked to my regular mechanic who also owns an RV and he said that the mismatched tire sizes where likely the cause of the excessive wear. Also suggested replacing all 6 tires and keeping the one good 185 R14 as the new spare. The old spare has a DOT code of J249 and while the tire looks great, it's also a light truck tire and appears to be only a 4 ply. The new tires will all be 8 ply load range D. One other bit of advise he gave me was for future tire rotation. Always keep the same tire pairs and L/R orientation for the pair. Both fronts go to right rear with left going inside & right outside. Right rears go to left rear keeping the old inside to the new outside. Left rears go to the front with inside going right and outside going left. Does this make sense?

Just been through the delima myself. The easy route would have been to get one of the racks that goes in a class III hitch, which we have installed already, however I really did not want to add much more weight to the back end. We also have a canoe and would like to car top it as Mike does rather than towing a trailer for it. Adding an aluminum ladder and ladder mount rack was about half the weight of the receiver rack and I now have a way to the roof for the canoe rack. We have about 500 miles carrying 2 bikes and the ladder rack works well.

I have a 91 Warrior and added a class III universal RV hitch to the frame. The brackets bolt to the C-channel frame. The local RV shops would not do the installation because towing is not reccomended by Winnebago. We are towing about 600# so I was not too worried about it and added the hitch myself. I would not go over 1000#. I did have to cut off the two skid brackets in order to mount the hitch, but the hitch is as low as the brackets were, so the holding tanks are still protected. You need a converter for the lights to function properly. (about $16 at the auto store) We have towed the trailer about 3500 miles with no issues.

The compressor belt is not that hard. There is a plastic sheild under the front of the engine that is held in with 4 bolts. Remove that shield and the tensioning pulley is right there and easy to reach. Loosen the pulley and then loosen the adjusting screw. If I had to replace the alternator belt, I too would probably replace all three at once since you have to remove the power steering belt and compressor belt to change it.

Resistance increases roughly by the square of the windspeed X the frontal area. I calculate that when you increase speed from 60-70MPH, you increase the wind's resistance by about 36%. There would be other factors, but thats pretty significant.

The no trip odometer is a pain. Nancy started a log and writes down the milage, driving conditions, amount of gas and cost each time we fill up. We also write down what we do for maintenance as well as where we stop and camp and other things about the trip.

Sebastian Inlet State Park in Florida is pretty nice. Camp sites are on the Indian River Side, not on the Ocean, but its a short walk to the beach. Surfing is great, fishing is great! You can rent canoes or other small boats at the marina. There is also a campground just north of the park where you can park boats right behind your camp site. http://www.floridastateparks.org/sebastianinlet/default.cfm

We purchased the same model last month and have put 2 weeks & 3500 miles on it since. No major problems and it performs well. Broke a belt on the AC, but you have to expect that sort of thing on a older vehicle. The previous owner had replaced the timing belt recently so you might check and see if that was done. Also see when the tires were replaced last. Even if they look good, lots of sitting does them no good. The one thing we notice is a big difference in fuel economy with speed. 55-60 and we got around 15mpg even towing a small trailer. 65-70 and we got 9-10 mpg.