Alvin

Hey, I just bought this one (NEW) for $195 and free shipping from Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=sunforce+1000W&x=0&y=0&ih=8_1_3_1_1_0_0_0_0_1.104_185&fsc=-1 It needs to be wired into your RV battery. I've installed mine, it runs the microwave, and my audio system with no noise. Great unit. I don't know how long the sale will last so get it fast! (no connection with amazon. )

We put in a 2nd fuel tank just in front of the existing 17 gallon tank. The 2nd fuel tank adds an additional 23 gallons. The total is now 40 gallons. Both fuel tanks are filled through the same existing spout, with a Y-fitting in the fuel line. Each tank has it's own air tube which goes up to the fuel spout for air release while filling. Also the bottom of the 2nd tank is slightly higher than the bottom of the existing 17 gallon tank. It seems to work perfectly, although we're about to give it a real workout on a 6000 mile trip across country and back; the system was pressure checked, then leak checked with fuel. We also had a 3600-watt Generac installed (actually is was already there when we bought it... unused since the previous owner never hooked it up... it's a new generator); the generator fuel line is connected to the 2nd tank. We believe that because the 2nd tank is higher there is no chance of the generator running us out of fuel at night. Generator consumes up to 1/2 gallon per hour if fully loaded and 1/4 gallon per hour if unloaded. The whole project took about 4 days and we were only charged $1000 total... plus the $138 to fill the tanks for the first time so it could be checked for fuel leaks. Very clean. The only thing that had to be slightly moved was the parking break line, but this was accomplished with the help of a pulley welded onto the frame. ------------- Vehicle wise, we have also replaced the spark plugs with iridium hot plugs (to burn at a high temperature) and installed a $44 K&N Air Cleaner. We had the oil changed and put an engine reconditioner product in the oil. We expect better MPG's but don't know how much yet. The old air cleaner was VERY dirty... we could get as much as 25 to 30% high mileage... we were getting about 11-mpg average. I'll let you'all know.

Hi, Anyone know of a source for 14"x6", 6x7.25", 3-spoke RIMs for a Toyota 1989 Odyssey? Would like to purchase a 2nd RIM for upcoming 6000-mile "odyssey". TIA (thanks in advance), -Al

Wow, that is a helpful post! Thank you thank you Derek. We ordered the tires today ($217 total including mounting/balancing etc) and will have them installed as soon as we can. We're doing multiple things to the vehicle right now, the major thing is attempting to find a local solution for increased fuel... a very tough cookie to crack. (proposals have been additional plastic tanks with a skid guard, a custom 43 gallon addition tank connected with the primary tank, etc.). We may have the vehicle back to us Saturday. All of this is in preparation for a 5600 mile round trip to the Restoring Honor Rally at the Lincoln memorial on August 28th... but I will not take the RV with only a 150 mile range. Two weeks away... don't know if we can accomplish all we need to do, but thanks to you I'm one huge step closer (and I will have not one, but TWO spares for the trip.)

I have AT&T, but out here in the west they're horrible unless close to a city. Instead, I use a verizon mifi wireless access hub. Cost is $60 per month (including taxes, fee's) and it will do up to 5 devices at the same time. I have not found anyplace yet where we don't get 3G coverage.

I'm calling around here in Utah and the prices I'm getting for 185R14's are all well over $100 each. Have the prices gone up? I'm looking at all 6 if I can get the price under $100, but if not, I can get by with just replacing the two front tires only. ($125 installed is about what they're pricing at here). TIA.

Hi smon, we just blew a 185R14 front driver side tire sunday night on California's I-14 near Palmdale, CA. (May I just say that the I-14 is about the worst piece of #$%! concrete joke-of-a-bumpy-freeway I've ever driven on... it literally beat my tire to death.) We had a spare but were unable to find anyplace that carried that tire in Palmdale on a Sunday evening (it was just before closing time for most dealers) so we ended up driving on a pretty good spare all the way back to Salt Lake City. No further problem. The reason I mention it is that it seems in my limited experience that the 185R14's are harder to find on the spur on the moment. We're considering putting on all new 185R14's, but carrying two spares in the future... which may be an over-reaction.

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Good point about the extra fuel. I was thinking about generator usage in the Utah/Nevada desert area (about 1/2-gallon per hour) for the Air Conditioning. I'm attaching pictures of the generator. It is for permanent RV use. Gererac QP-40G http://www.generac.com/RV/Gasoline/Products/QuietPact_40G/

Hi All, this is my first post, and I'm new to the RV universe. Bought a 1989 Odyssey with good working everything, except that it has a new generator in the generator void, which appears to have been installed about 2 years ago, but had never been hooked up to gasoline or power... it has never run. I am making it my project to get the generator hooked up, but the first thing is generator fuel. The fuel system for my Odyssey works great, there is nothing wrong with it. It is currently a small tank (probably about 17 gallons... I'm guessing... first trip with vehicle is this coming weekend and I'll know more). I think the last owner said I could only go 220 miles before needing a fillup... at 15mpg. My options are... 1) run a fuel line from my generator to the small fuel tank. 2) Install a 2nd fuel tank, and run fuel lines from the generator to the 2nd tank, and also from the vehicle (using a switched valve) to the 2nd tank. 3) Replace the original fuel tank with a new bigger fuel tank... (I want to have it built, I'm thinking 25 to 50 gallons would be fine), and have the generator fuel line run to this. I know a fuel tank fabricator who could help me with this. Any experience with this from anyone else? I'm leaning toward option 3, replacing the original fuel tank for something humongous. A 2nd question, what is the biggest fuel tank anyone has ever put into his Toyota Odyssey? Is 50 gallons unheard of? I looked under the vehicle, and there seems to be lots of extra space. Thanks in advance. Alvin