So, I know this is ill advised, but I don't really have much of a choice. I've looked into having my vehicle transported and it's cost prohibitive. It's a 1977 Toyota Scat body Motorhome with a stock 20R and 4 speed manual tranny. $6300 to transport, which is far more than I paid for it. I have a friend up there that went and test drove it. It got up to 62 on the freeway with relative ease. Steers fine. Brakes are a little spongey. It's currently in Oregon and I'm in Louisiana. My friend is most likely coming this way in July and can follow behind me.

Advice I'm looking for is what steps are a good idea to accomplish before the trip. My thoughts are initially on safety. My plans are to get new tires all the way around, track down the brakes issue and fix it, and verify that the steering is sound. After that I'll give it a tune up, check the distributor, wires, and plugs are good, oil change, change the fluid in the tranny and the rear end, check and pack the wheel bearings, flush the radiator and engine and refill, and make sure all the lights work and fix any that may not. It looks like the valve cover may be leaking, so I'll investigate and repair as needed.

I'm going to ship a bunch of parts to have for the ride, just in case. I'll have a new oil pump, water pump, brake parts, couple of U-joints, fluids, fire extinguisher, etc.

I want to do a Weber 32/36 carb change and possibly put a header on it. I've thought about putting a D.U.I. distributor on it, as well. Kind of thinking that doing too many changes to it all at once and then taking it on a long road trip might leave me with too many questions if something fails (like did my change cause a problem or is it something else?)

So, while I know it's not the best case scenario, it's what I have to do. Any advice and suggestions are welcome to help make it a decent trip.

 

Brakes would be a priority for sure, I don't doubt it could do 2500 miles if it's well taken care of, but of course beats the shipping price and time for sure Never drove that far before so I don't have much advice aside from the basics like you mentioned. An energy drink or a few might help with all that driving perhaps..

 

Hey, thanks for the reply. I've driven it from Washington in an '86 Dodge mini truck and a few times in my '15 Tacoma. I like long distance driving, so that part doesn't bother me. I just was looking to see if anyone that's had one of these trucks had any insight that I might not have been thinking. It'll be an adventure, for sure!! Also, I've had AAA for about 15 years now, it might finally pay off.

 

Add some pics of the motorhome in here! Or a link to the listing you got it from. Always curious what other 77-78 motorhomes are out there.

 

Tried to post more but they all said they were too large.

 

Rather interesting how they slapped the mirrors onto the RV body and not putting those really wide set mirrors onto the doors, pretty unique sorta like some busses do!

 

Yeah, I kinda like them. My grandkid said "Oh look, it's got ears!"
I'd imagine there aren't replacements. There's a knob by the attachment point so you can fold them in. Hopefully, they live a long life. I guess I'll see how much I like them when I finally get to drive her.