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That first video was from me (bufbooth), it was the Shipshewna, IN Toyota Rally in 2011.

Rear Brake pictures from my 1990 Toyota.

My rear brakes acted the same way, I had to adjust the rear brakes with the manual adjuster which helped, but the thing that really helped was to flush/bleed about 1.5 quarts of brake fluid through the rear brakes. I think I had a lot of moisture in the lines. My rear brakes will now lock up on payment.

Nice Toyotas....Also, be sure to watch the rally section for a future midwest toyota rally.

Any thought of adding a small wind turbine?

Wanted to thank everyone who attended the Galena Rally, it seemed to be too short compared to past rallies. I was a bit out of sorts on this one, my recent work schedule really side tracked me on planning group events and the weather was a bit strange, it was up and down, hot and muggy and then cold and damp. The hair cut that Mrs. Clark took on the way there sidetracked me a bit, the back part of the canoe rack got clipped off from hitting a low/unmarked underpass...I was fearing major roof damage but only the rack took the damage. It was still good to see past friends and meet new Toyota owners. Galena is very nice town to visit for a weekend, nice rolling landscape and the downtown area looks like its 1900 (or earlier).

Firedawg: I just recently (last month) installed new brake drums that I purchased from Rock Auto. In addition to the drums, I purchased the brake shoes and a brake hardware kit (new springs, etc..), and the two (per side) rear axle seals. You need to pull the rear axles out to get to the brakes, that would be a good time to replace the two axle/oil seals. Also, the cone locking washers are sometimes hard to get off, the manual states: REMOVAL OF REAR AXLE SHAFT REMOVE CONE WASHERS (a) Remove the six nuts and washers. ( Insert two service bolts and one turn. © Tap on the shaft and remove the six cone washers. I have had good luck with just putting a 14mm socket over each on and tap the back of the socket with a hammer, the cone washer usually falls into the socket. Dennis...

PPR... The vauxhall I rented in the UK about 10 years ago was too big for those rural roads, it was like playing chicken with on coming cars..that is both of us held the center (centre) lane until about 100 feet away from each other until we each started to hug the side of the road. Any recommendations on motorhome (caravan) rentals in the UK, I was thinking about a family trip to the UK next year and thought it would be fun to rent a motorhome to tour the country...plus more roomly, there will be 5 of us. Dennis...

I have a 1990 Odyssey, the stock tire size was 195R14. When I purchased it 8 years ago it had 3 two year old Goodyear Wranger HT 185R14 load range C on it, two different brands for the other three tires of the same size, and another brand of the same size but 16 years old. At that time the three non-Goodyears were cracking badly so I replaced them with new Goodyear 185R14s. After 8 years of service and about 25,000 miles, three of the rear tires start cracking so I replaced all the rears with the Hankook RA08 195R14 LR-D and kept the Goodyears on the front and made one the spare. Soon after that I realized that the Hankooks were a good 1 inch taller than the Goodyears and thought I might have issues if I ever had to put the Goodyear spare tire on one of the rear Duellies, so that is why I just purchased the Hankook as a spare, that is it will exactly match the current tires in the rear and will still work for me as a spare for the front. My rear axle weights 4,000lbs and the front weights 2400lbs. The Hankooks as duellies have a 1,984 capacity and the Goodyears have 1,800 capacity. So my rear capacity is double and the front is 50% more. When it is time to replace the front tires, I will go with Hankooks. Dennis...

For anyone attending this weekend's Galena Toy-In, does anyone have a how-to request for the Tech-Talk? Dennis...

I actually looked at a brand new Dolphin in 1994 (I think). The full sticker price was $32,000 but after talking with the dealer for about 10 minutes the price was down to $19,500. It was the last two they had with no more Toyotas being made, they wanted them off the lot. I recall being shown a coach building video that ran about 20 minutes that showed the motorhome being made. Dennis...

Picked up a new spare tire today...a Hankook RA08 195R14 Load Range D from Discount Tire...they did not have any in stock but was able to order directly from Hankook (out of Chicago). It was ordered on Monday afternoon, and had it mounted by noon today.

I just purchased at Lowes a gallon of some white elastomeric coating/paint made for aluminum RV roofs for $23 a gallon.

Hello Ashevillian, Regarding the Scotty coach vs the Toyota coach, they both were probably created about equal, the question now is what condition both are currently in after 20 years and which floor plan fits you needs better. I have looked at a few Scottys in the past, they are offered in various models including a full size truck chassis with both gas and diesel engines. You need to be comfortable with the history of the truck chassis. Do some research on the dodge truck chassis as a pickup truck with the same engine and transmission and see how well it has held up over the years. If the Dodge ends up having a bad history, then the Scotty is probably on borrowed time. Regarding driving in mountains, I am guessing that the Scotty would perform better, they both probably weight about the same but the Scotty's V8 engine should be kicking out about 200 to 230hp (you need to verify the exact engine in it), vs the Toyota V6 kicks out 150hp. Dennis...

Since I started this discussion...if anything gets posted that one is not interested in reading, just don't read it, or at least don't reply to it. I did not see anything wrong with what Jdemaris was posting until he was replied to twice, which forced him to clarify his statements. If this posting thread ends up disappearing, so will I. Dennis...

Tika informed me that there are now 11 reservations!

WME, so how does that work with a compressor with left and right valves, is it a manual switch that one needs to flip or is there a remote switch?

Probably any tire/shock place should be able to install the air bags if the top bracket is present. On my Odyssey, the original rubber stop is still there, about 6 inches in front of it there is a boxed in bracket that was welded to the truck frame, the openning faces the inside, so one needs to crawl under the RV to see the openning where the top of the air bag and the air line is secured. The bottow is secured to the coil springs with clamp on type of bracket. At least with my Firestone 3T air bags, there is a left and right one and if installed on the wrong side the air bag will hit the shock on the drivers side. Regarding an air compressor, if you have one installed it will put the same amount of air in each bag, which means that you probably would not be level, unless your Toyota ended up being balanced weight wise and that one evenly packed the gear and had equal amounts of water in each tank, etc... I believe a non-compressor setup is better and a lot lest costly. With a non-Compressor setup one will have two air valves near the rear bumper, and one just fills each one up until the desired height and balance is obtained. Dennis...

I wanted to see him try to get back over to the other side.

Is the transmission an automatic or a manual? If manual, do not do any of the above, manual transmissions use gear oil, not transmission fluid.

What was the reason for the custom 15 inch rear duallies? Why not 15 inches in the front? What was wrong with the stock 14 inch ones? That setup is going to require one to carry two spare tires (a 14 OEM one and a custom 15 inch one).

My wife Bonnie will have a Toyota Craft activity, Toyota Coasters! If you would like to make one or two Toyota drink coasters, bring one or two pictures of your Toyota with, all other materials will be supplied. The coaster base is a 4.25 inch square tile, just be sure your picture is less then 4.25 inches. Please see attached picture. Dennis...

My definition of bleed is to pump out brake fluid at each nozzle until one does not see any air bubbles, basically to give each bleed point (right front caliper, left fron caliper, and left rear) a good 3 to 5 pumps with no air bubbles present. My definition of a flush is to pump new fluid from the brake reserviour all the way though the system and through each bleed point nozzle. In my case I knew I had done a flush when I finally saw clear brake fluild being pumped out of each bleed nozzle. This required 1.5 quarts of brake fluid. During this process, I did not notice any air bubbles in the drain tube. My fluid was a medium to dark brown in color, and from what I have read is that brown brake fluid indicates a high moisiture content, and moisture will compress. I am pretty sure this is why I only had a half of a stiff brake pedal instead of a full stiff brake pedal that I now have. Some car manufactures recommend a flush from 2 to 5 years (depending on manufacture). I have owned my Toyota for 8 years and never did a brake fluid flush, and the guy I brought if from owned it for 3 years and never touched the brakes. There is a good chance that my brake fluid might have never been flushed in the last 23 years. Anyway, if your brake fluid is brownish in color, I would recommend a full brake fluid flush. All one needs is an 8mm wrench, about a foot of clear tubing, an empty bottle (clear one works best), and a helper. I did not have to take the tires off, just had to turn the front wheels one way or the other, and to crawl under the rear. If one does not have a helper, they do have brake bleeder devices for about $35 that will suck the fluid out at each nozzle. Dennis..

Pvc did not work too well for me, only held for one year. I used the non glue stuff that has a clamp, believe it is call plex.

My brakes on my 1990 odyssey have been always a little soft, that is half petal of firmness. I have bleed the brakes for air and adjusted the rear brakes and that only helped a little. Last weekend i put on new rear drums and brakes and bleed the lines again and still not any better. I had a friend suggest to flush the brake fluid, so this morning i flushed 1.5 quarts through the brake lines. Got in the rv and fired her up, brake pedal was firm at the top and all worked great. The fluid that i flushed out was a little dark, guessing it was original.