HockeymanVT Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 I am thinking of joining the RV community at retirement ... May of 2008! .. I have the possibility of buying a well maintained 1985 Toyota Dolphin with 200,000 miles. I understand all the variables that go into the issue but is there any reasonable hope that there is still life in this engine? Thx, Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WME Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 If its the orginal engine, its a real crap shoot. In a car it would still be usefull, but luging a house around kinda shorten its life. Do a compression check and a cylinder leakage test and see what they show. Worse case is its about $2000 for a rebuilt engine, less if you do it your self. So price your offer accordingly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HockeymanVT Posted November 15, 2007 Author Share Posted November 15, 2007 WME, Thanks, I will my mechanic check that out specifically. I am sure I could convince him to help me with an engine swap if needed. Now all I have to do is convince my wife on the project! ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keitholivier Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 Did you buy the motorhome ? If you need a new/rebuilt engine you could pay me a visit in Michigan and I could install the one I just rebuilt last summer. I'm going with a bigger engine and tranny in 2008 because I'm just too impatient and intend to spend a lot of time in and around the rockies at 6000+ ft where one has even less power than normal...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geysergazers Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 At 150,000Mi our '82 21Ft Dolphin (4600Lb) was down to 130PSI compression pressure. BTW, the service limit is 128PSI. A "new" junkyard engine fixed that. Ms Dolphin (our '86 21Ft Dolphin, 6000Lb rolling) has 165PSI compression at 75,000Mi. Lew SKP #100106 Hotel Dolphin-400 nights and 50,000Mi in 4Yrs http://traveldolphin.blogspot.com/ '86 21Ft RB Dolphin, 22RE, A43D, One Ton Rear Axle 5960LB rolling on P195/70R14 Load Range "B" tires Kyocera 125W Solar, Solar Boost 2000E MPPT Controller Lifeline Grp27 AGM Atwood 7916II, Dometic 2410, Insinkerator 2.5Gal 1500W WtrHtr Rear mount 8KBtu 10.8EER Frigidaire A/C Permanent Macerator Sewage Pump (no Stinky Slinky for us!) Rostra Servo-Motor Actuated Cruise Control Sprint Sierra Aircard 595 in an IBM ThinkPad R52 Cyfre Dual-Band Cellphone/Aircard Amplifier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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