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    1986 Itasca 4cyl.

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  1. We were operating too close to the temp red line on long hills. Stopped at a carwash and back flushed the radiator, air conditioning radiator and transmission coolor... and estimate a 10% to 15% change for the better. Just thought it might be helpful to pass that along.
  2. Thanks to you advanced guys for taking the time to share your experience and expertise. It's really helpful! It has taken 15000 miles to get "comfortable " with the automatic transmission overdrive on our '86 22re. In the first 5000, it was all about high revs to keep that little 4 in its power range. That was the only way it could pull all that wieght, right? Overdrive was just for the long downhills. We were pumping the throttleand moving the gear stick expecting the truck to jump and skip like a passenger car. We were straining to keep up with the pace and the antics of the 4 wheeler public. The mileage was around 14. Sometimes it sounded as though the engine would jump off of it's mounts. The temp guage was wild. In the second 5000, we quit using the OD altogether. It had no "guts" anyway. We thought " what kind of morons were those Toyota engineers to install OD in a rig like this, anyway??" We got the same noise, same mileage,same temp and the same hard work driving the thing,wishing we had a 6. In the last 5000, we use OD all of the time, unless we are in city snarls. Now we are inclined to keep the accelerator at the 1/3 level... we increase our following distance so as to avoid braking/acceleration. We expect that we'll go slower up the hills and a little faster on the way down. We stay in the slow traffic lane when there is one. The 4 wheelers curse and do their best to get around. We let the transmission shift itself....it's an "automatic" afterall. At around 55 it cruises in OD turning around 2000 rpms. It is quiet, smoothe and [amazingly] does not seem to be lugging. When we hit a slight grade, it shifts itself out of OD reliably at around 50 ... returning the rpms to 2800. Then it shifts out of third to second at around 40, I think, ... returning to 2800 rpms. When we looked up the torque for the 22re, 2800 rpms was the top of the curve . Now we marvel at the cleverness of those Toyota engineers. The noise is minimal, the temp meter is more stable, the mileage is just shy of 20 and it is a pleasure to drive.
  3. Problem: The new alternator in our beloved '86 Itasca charges the truck battery, but not the house battery. The original owner's manual tells me there is a three way switch in the truck cab. If my understanding is correct, the switch is designed to choose between the truck battery and/ or the house battery or to use the house battery to start the truck engine, if the truck battery is weak. I have... SEARCHED the cab to find the switch, can't find it... ...hired folks with multimeters to diagnose the problem, they say the wiring is fine but no luck getting both batteries to charge..... replaced the solenoid/relay under the hood,no result... and am sick of exchanging the batteries to keep each fresh. There is a finned aluminum looking "isolator" mounted on the wheel well near the new relay ... could that be the problem? Would appreciate any insights. Many thanks, in advance, Teahouse
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