MontanaChinook

You CAN change it in your profile settings, which is how mine got to be how it is...

Why not just make friends with a local commercial address? I know where I live there are a dozen people working at different commercial addresses who would accept a package for me. When I had a canoe shipped, it was delivered to the local freight transfer facility where I picked it up. I had an upright bass shipped to a clay-making art-supply facility where I have a lot of friends. Even if you're in the middle of nowhere, I'm sure a local business, which is closer than Oregon or 500 miles, would take the shipment for you. Sounds like it's pretty pricey but if it ends up being the only option...

You can go one of two ways. 1. Patience and acceptance. They are slow. That's the way they are. They are long-lasting, underpowered engines. Good gas mileage. Always have been and always will be. Just keep it in top running shape and accept that it's running as strong as it ever will. 2. Throw all sorts of money at all sorts of products, mostly gimmics, reaping single digit hp gains that are 99% in your head because you want them so badly your mind will latch onto anything and say "yeah, it IS doing a little better up hills"... I mean when it comes down to it, the solution to an underpowered Toyota motorhome is to buy a different motorhome, and get the 7-9mpg all the other motorhome owners are bragging about. Or check out the sticky on the top of this page and see the work mtdave has put into his. Awesome, but definitely not worth it or practical for the majority of people out there wanting more power.

Ha! Nice. I hung out with these two for a few days in Moab. Really cool people. Almost joined them on their journey when they left, but I had my own plans I was following... They're better at making the living-on-the-cheap rv lifestyle work than I am, that's for sure. To each their own; how they've set up their camper works for them, though some of it wouldn't work for me. And they're still re-thinking things as they go. They're young and will be the first to admit they know nothing about auto mechanics. I went over some basic engine stuff with him, at least as far as checking coolant and oil and just looking things over to make sure they look ok. But both are talented in other ways and she can definitely cook

Either way seems acceptable. It's obviously how it was meant to be set up. It's how I initially had mine set up. I think there was a thread on a 32/36 swap where someone had issues with that hose sucking oil into the carb. Because of that and probably some other reasons I can't think of right now, I went with the K&N breather. Possibly because of the size of the Weber air filter housing compared to stock, combined with the location of that port compared to stock, it's affecting something. I don't know. Could be that instead of supplying fresh air into the valve cover, the port is close enough to the throat of the carb that it's actually creating suction on that hose.

Looks like this is the best photo I have of the spring. You can kind of see it back there. And maybe your carb doesn't have this port on the base? You can see where my PCV valve is routed in this photo. I plugged the location which is plugged on yours, but the base I have for my carb has a port in it for the pcv. I've put a breather on the front hole since taking this photo.

I'll try to post pictures of my setup soon. That spring is definitely not hooked up correctly. The back vent goes right where your arrow is pointing, yes. Looks like someone plugged that port. You may need to search a junkyard for parts. You can connect the front vent to the base of the air filter housing, but a little K&N filter is maybe better. That's what I have anyway.

Might have been, except to the general public, and probably a lot of chain parts store employees, those things mean very little. Parts person just knows what his computer is asking him, guy with a new motorhome just knows he has an 83 Dolphin. 2366CC wouldn't have any relation to 2.4L engine displacement to my mind, just a few years ago, and I had done quite a bit of my own repairs at that point.

He's asking if his engine is 2.2L or 2.4L. As far as I know, the 20R was 2.2, 22R 2.4, making his engine a 2.4, which is information a parts store will probably ask you when looking up parts.

The 22R is 2.4, 20R is 2.2.

Hey I followed your thread over on Marlin Crawler. Nice to see you over here. That looked like a great trip.

Photos would be great. Some doors are reversible, so there will be holes for mounting on both sides. Depending on the seal you're expecting, you might just be expecting too much. It's hard to say just from your description. Could be totally normal, could be out of adjustment, could be the seal is shot. Hard to say. My fridge is brand new. My latch doesn't work very well. If I push on the door when it's closed, there is give, due to the seal being a soft, insulative material.

Yep. Looks just like that and better, 360 degrees around. More trees on the other side of the valley... Great place to spend the summer.

Absolutely. I seriously considered the last one someone posted on here (last one I saw, anyway), but I just can't justify spending close to 10K, then spending whatever else I need to make it liveable. Plus a lot of them are V6, or more modern EFI, and I just don't have the skills to work on those. Yet anyway. That means more money for a mechanic instead of fixing it myself. So it seemed like a bad financial idea until I have more consistent work. Right now I need to keep being super cheap. But yeah, I'd really love to upgrade. Fridge seems to be doing fine. It's been a cool summer here in Montana and I have housing with this job, so...the one time I've used it since May, the fridge worked great. But mostly the Chinook has sat in a nice field, unused all summer.

Yeah the grocery store is no problem. It's the park/trail system parking lot I got kicked out of. I agree though, asking permission is best. If nothing else, you know. Going to bed not knowing if you're going to get a knock on the door in the middle of the night is not cool.

That's really tempting, but I have to admit I'm hesitant to buy a V6. I just don't know them as well and can see it going to a mechanic more often than getting worked on by me, which realistically puts it out of my price range. Sure looks nice though

Yeah it's pulled up a blank page the last few times I tried to go there. This has been over a couple day period.

Other people will know way more, but as far as I know, a compression test doesn't have anything to do with valve adjustment. They only affect the engine when it's running. Compression test tells you whether your rings or valves are allowing oil past them, but not whether anything is out of adjustment. Low compression means replacing stuff, not adjusting stuff. But I think those numbers are actually pretty good, though I only know 4 cylinder specs...

Wow. Sounds like a neglected engine! Sounds like you're doing the right stuff to it, though. I would check to see if the egr valve is stuck open. Beyond that, you're looking at electrical tests and emissions tests that I don't know much about... Good luck.

Yeah, replacing just about anything you have easy access to while you're in there is always a good idea. Especially if you're doing it yourself. Parts are cheap, mostly. Labor and break-downs aren't. Just like with older Subarus. To get to the timing belts you have to take all sorts of stuff off, like the water and oil pump, just to get the timing cover off. So if you do the belts, you do the oil and water pump, no question. It's a lot of work getting in there, and the parts are pretty cheap, and all sorts of other reasons why not.

Nope, haven't seen it. I'll take it off your hands for you if you don't want it though

In the end you'll just need to decide how you want to treat your camper. As you can see, they can go some crazy places. I've definitely had mine in crazy places. I was a little more aggressive with taking rough roads in my camper at first. But seeing and hearing the way things rattle around and vibrate and creak and crack back there, I've become a bit more conservative. It will do damage, and it will stress and loosen things. But maybe that's ok with you. Like Linda said, use it how you want to use it, and deal with the consequences. It is good to know what the consequences could be, though. Karin's right; they weren't built for driving down rough roads.

Yeah that's pretty cheap, so I guess why not. I've cleaned a few of them in my trucks over the years. Soaking overnight in brake cleaner has always freed them up. But you're right - it's tough if you don't have the camper at home.

Don't buy a new one. Just unbolt the one that's there and soak it in something like brake cleaner overnight. When you can blow through it from the bottom (gross, but you'll get over it after spitting a couple times), it's good. It's common. It's not defective, needing to be replaced. It just needs to be cleaned.

You'll really need to be more specific. First thing that comes to mind is the speedometer cable, but it's really hard to say...