Odyssey 4x4

RIP Linda, you'll certainly be missed.

Linda was an absolute legend in the Toyota motorhome community in my opinion. She had more knowledge than most and she as always quick to help out. RIP Linda.

It's at auction on ebay, the reserve price is not mentioned from what I can see. Bidding is currently at $2,375 with 5 days left.

hah! My Odyssey is my home made "poor mans overlander", but it was in no way cheap to build! We just got back from a 6 week 2300 mile trip around Virginia and the blue ridge as well as the Outer Banks of North Carolina and she did great. Wow are the Outer Banks gorgeous!

It all depends on where the leak is. If it's just a valve and the tank is in good shape, I'd repair it. Perhaps consider finding a propane shop that will reinspect the tank, replace the valves, and give a new certification on it.

about 700 miles into a trip, the truck is running great. I’d say it’s a little peppier leaving lights, nothing crazy but every bit helps on these overloaded engines. I also confirmed that it is no longer sucking paper into the exhaust when hot. Unfortunately I’m still having a low idle after a long interstate drive followed by a heat soak (getting gas). The idle cleans up completely normal if I turn the AC on. I’m thinking it may be in the idle air control valve. I’ll pull it apart after this trip.

Job complete, indeed a pain in the butt due to the actual work and the waiting on shims. Luckily I was able to order them all from my Toyota dealership for around $70 for 6 shims. The shims were about $12 a pop on the website. I learned that if you call and ask price straight from the parts department they are something like 35% higher cost! Thanks to multiple websites as well as user Ctgriffi, I had everything needed to get the job done. The Schley 88250 tool was indeed the best way to fully compress the buckets down to get the lift stopper in place to then pop then shim out, I wouldn't want to do the job without this tool. Cylinders 5 and 6 were the toughest. I used the shorter of the two bent screwdrivers shown in the photo to get cylinder 6 compressed down, then had to blindly get the stopper in place which is really difficult. It helps to have a dental type mirror to peek from behind and make sure the stopper is on the bucket adequately but not on the shim. It also helps to have an extra set of hands to pass you tools back and forth as you attempt to get the shim out. Definitely make sure you don't slip the valve stopper off of the bucket without the shim in place, I almost did a few times and it was tense. I only drove the truck for a short 10 min ride after the work but it feels good, perhaps a bit more pep in her step. I also checked my throttle position sensor while it was out of the truck and found it to be out of spec, so I'm glad I was able to get that into proper working order as well. We will be doing some travels here in September and I look forward to see how the truck does.

I’ve done the same on mine with what seems to be success, although it’s much larger than the original. Notice the large canister in the passenger rear of the engine compartment. The canisters don’t wear out, but the internal valve can fail. That’s what happened to mine. The valve seized shut, causing the fuel tank to over pressurize under the right conditions. When you’d go to remove the fuel fill cap, especially after driving on hot days, there would be a massive amount of pressure in the tank. It was no longer properly venting due to the failed valve in the canister.

Alright so just for the heck of it I went ahead and pulled the remaining shims on the near out of spec intakes of cyl 5 and 6, here is my updated table. I ended up just ordering all shims rather than swapping around. I ordered 6 shims in total, 3 intake and 3 exhaust. Cylinders 3/5/6 intake shims and 2/4/6 exhaust shims. The total was about $75 from my local Toyota Dealership.

Alright, thanks to a array of tools (home made and professionally made), we just finished up measuring clearances and shims. Here is what I've got, if the "old shim size" is blank, it was because I did not remove the shim to measure it since clearances were satisfactory to my understanding (this is my first time doing this). So according to this chart, I have ordered as follows... Cylinder 2, new exhaust shim 2.70mm Cylinder 3, new intake shim of 2.85mm Cylinder 4, new exhaust shim of 2.65mm Cylinder 6, new exhaust shim of 2.50mm Does this seem right? I know that cyl 5 intake is near the max of its spec, but it is in spec and a real PITA to get the shim out, so I did not remove that shim or order a new one.

Message sent, thanks!

tool discontinued, they cancelled my dang order.

Definitely. I think with a drawing that good and the dimensions provided it could be put into a CAD program and cut out at a metal shop.

Tool successfully ordered from auto tool world website, lets hope it's actually in stock and ships.

Oh that’s epic, thanks! Perhaps I can get my cousin to laser cut one out for me, he owns a machine shop lol