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Get one of the little fans that go inside the refer part. They will blow air across the freezer bottom and help cool things a bunch. Also a loaded refer cools better than an empty one. So for testing get as many 1/2 milk jugs full of water as you can fit inside. Then see what happens.

Forget using O/D EVER. Just tootle along at 55-65, enjoy the view. Relax your Toy will get you where you want to go. I live in the Rockies and have no problem going places.

My 86 Escaper is aluminum tubing framed.

Most people sleep at night and drive to the new location in the daytime. So figure somewhere 8-20 amps need for the drive. That leaves you with 40 amps for battery charging. In a couple of hr of driving your fully charged. Using LED lighting and running light is good your battery has less drain on and will charge sooner even with a stock alternator Remember even if you have a 160 amp alternator you can only safely charge a battery at about 13% of its rated capacity. On a 27 sized battery that's about 14 amps. The only reason to have a 160 amp alternator is if you have a very heavy load, like an electric winch or your running some monster inverter to run your house A/C off your 12v system going down the road. As usual your opinion may vary

Maybe kitchen cabinet contact paper?? Walmart???

Check to see if there is fuel in the carb. Also try removing the gas cap and see what happens. Maybe the Onan pump is to weak to pull against the vacuum in the tank after the Onan has been running for awhile

With the alternator removed, take it to a Auto parts place. Most of them can check it. A tester can dial up a load so it can work the alternator at full output or at a lower rating.

Once a belt is let slip to long it becomes glazed on the sides of the v and slips more, of course more glazing means more slipping an so on. I have machined groves in side the pully to help give the belt traction. Also there limits to how much power a belt can transmit, thats why there are dual belts on the large RVs with high amp alternators. It takes a little more than 1hp to run a Toy stock alternator at full output. It takes over 3 hp to turn a high output alternator.

Do you have the 5 bolt with faux duallies, or the 6 bolt?? The 5 bolt may need an axle too. The six bolt can be done from the outside with out draining the differential. The labor should be close to the same but parts will be more for the six bolt, unless the 5 bolt needs the new axle then its way more. You main problem may not be how much, but who will do it. No idea at all about a "fair price" sorry. Depends on state and town where your stuck.

About the only 5th wheeler I've ever seen that would even be remotely possible is a SCAMP. They mostly make a small 13ft bubble trailer, but for a few years they made a 5th wheel about 17ft long. I think it would be much easier to find a Toy with a good house and a bad engine. There is a thread here somewhere titled "Put the sawzall down". Way down near the end there are photos and information of a couple who built a new house on a standard PU chassis. Maybe strip yours down to the frame and built a new house????

My 86 Escaper has the flange glued to the tank. Can you find a flange with a slightly smaller pipe and put it inside yours?

Lets see, new Cam, port matched-pocket ported head with O/S valves, Over bored TBI, 2.5" exhaust and a little diddle on the air flow meter. Also a HD 3 row radiator and an external trannie cooler A stock 22re is 105 to 112 hp depending on the year, so I'm only talking about a 25-30 hp gain. If you buy things from a good shop they will have dynoed the possibe combos and have a good idea what your going to end up with.

I think making the frame as stiff as possibe and letting it float on the truck frame would the way to go. If you really get in to bad roads think about using bushing between the frame and truck and between the camper and frame. That way would get room for 2x the flex before it gets to your camper. Bushings are cheap. For a truck can you make a removable flatbed too?

Hot rodded 4 cylinder. 140 HP

Air Bags!!!! Air shocks place the load on the lower shock mounts. The mounts will often fail in several years. They just weren't designed for that much load. Airbags place the load on the frame and axle

To work with a Honda 2000 you will need one of the minis. They are in the 9000 btu range and will cool your Toy OK, ionly a little slower than the "full sized" 13500 btu units Go to an RV dealer unless you know what your doing. Nothing will ruin your day like dropping a brand new off the roof when your trying to install it.

www.velvac.com They made most of them and have a online sales system

I live in the Rockies. My Toy over heated climbing the passes with the old orginal radiator. I replaced it with a new 3 row HD radiator, no more overheating. I DO NOT know if a new 2 row radiator would have cured the overheating, but the 3 row sure did. WME

Looks like some thought was given where to make the cuts. What are you going to use for windows in the smaller openings. Glass or plastic?

See and you thought Sadie was just going to be a fun thing to play with. Didn't know you had your own St. Bernard.

If this is the unit you changed the automatic to a 4sp, then your back to anything that you removed and installed somthing else in its place. Its major anoying, but common and its an easy fix

You can do the rod bearings easily from the bottom, but not the mains.

Sorry Dude, this is where reality rears its ugly head. The drag savings would be worth about 1-2mph and wouldn't do anything leaving a red light. Start looking for a 22R in a wreaking yard. That would be about the cheapest way to go. If you have the skills, a Okie overhaul (ring job) can be done for under a $100 , rod bearings, rings, gasket set. Dont even have to take the engine out of the truck

Are you sure its a rod and not a loose damper or flywheel or a clutch pressure plate l?????

Most of the orginal "owners" manuals were just a 3 ring binder with the manuals from the equipment manufactures. Like the refer, roof A/C the stove etc... The various grops have post most of them in the file sections.