those mirrors are your friends . look at them alot
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Hello everyone! My son came by to look at the damage and showed me that it was from the rig scraping against a wooden light post when I was pulling out. He even pointed out the flecks of yellow from the reflector strips on the pole. I need to be more careful! I've never driven a large vehicle til now.? Thank you all for your help and insight, I do appreciate it! I'll share it all with my son and go from there.? I will definitely be back with different questions as I learn more about my lil' rig in the?future. I hope all?is well with you and yours!
Have a great day, Cheryl
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While it's difficult to tell from just the photos, this does not look like collision damage to me.
I think what happened is the fasteners holding the corner trim piece to conform to the contours of the back wall/side wall joint
have pulled out of the wood, likely due to the wood rotting from moisture intrusion. If forced to guess, I suspect the trim
piece was pulled up a bit by something like a tree branch catching on it, which allowed water to get in and soften the wood
around the fasteners.
In the long term, you should probably do a more thorough inspection to see how extensive the wood deterioration is and
what allowed the water intrusion, and correct that situation when you can.
In the short term, I don't believe any significant additional damage will be caused by driving the ToyHome in its current
condition. A quick-and-dirty cosmetic repair to prevent further moisture intrusion is desirable, but not strictly necessary.
If you're son is handy, he should have no trouble with the techniques involved. RV coaches like your Dolphin are basically
wood frames covered with plywood (and some fiberglass sheeting).
Good luck,
Buzz L.
San Jose, CA
Former '86 Dolphin, '89 HiLux, and '96 Tacoma owner
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That's a decent sized trip if you have any structural damage, do you have an honest body shop or best rv place that can just look at it to see if it is still structurally okay, if so your son sounds like he could do a fine job, and the caulking idea might work fine.? Best of luck on your first adventure!
Greetings! I'm Cheryl, I just joined, thanks, it's good to be here. I finally got my 86' Toyota Dolphin on May 8th and I love it! This is my first post.?
I guess I backed into something and now a seam on the rear of my lil' Dolphin is damaged. Is this something I can fix myself or is it a job for a professional? My son is very good at fixing most everything. I have a short trip planned for this weekend, about an hour and a half away from home. I feel like driving the rig like this will make it worse. I really hope we can fix it before Friday. Fix it tips would be greatly appreciated!?
Thanks for looking, Cheryl
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Absolutely. Stainless steel or weatherproof screws are better to use in this situation. ------Andymon
p.s. don't use the old holes. the screws have pulled out of the wood in those places. drill some new holes in the trim
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p.s. don't use the old holes. the screws have pulled out of the wood in those places. drill some new holes in the trim
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i agree except for the drywall screws. get some stainless steel screws. better in the long run
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My take is that there is no significant structural damage here. I'd fill with cheap flexible colorless caulk to seal the area, clean the back and side, then use mad amounts of blue painters tape to pull the corner piece against the caulk until it cures. Maybe some drywall screws evenly spaced to hold the corner piece in place. If you want it to look pretty, thats someone else's domain. ------Andymon
Greetings! I'm Cheryl, I just joined, thanks, it's good to be here. I finally got my 86' Toyota Dolphin on May 8th and I love it! This is my first post.?
I guess I backed into something and now a seam on the rear of my lil' Dolphin is damaged. Is this something I can fix myself or is it a job for a professional? My son is very good at fixing most everything. I have a short trip planned for this weekend, about an hour and a half away from home. I feel like driving the rig like this will make it worse. I really hope we can fix it before Friday. Fix it tips would be greatly appreciated!?
Thanks for looking, Cheryl
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Greetings! I'm Cheryl, I just joined, thanks, it's good to be here. I finally got my 86' Toyota Dolphin on May 8th and I love it! This is my first post.?
I guess I backed into something and now a seam on the rear of my lil' Dolphin is damaged. Is this something I can fix myself or is it a job for a professional? My son is very good at fixing most everything. I have a short trip planned for this weekend, about an hour and a half away from home. I feel like driving the rig like this will make it worse. I really hope we can fix it before Friday. Fix it tips would be greatly appreciated!?
Thanks for looking, Cheryl
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'89 parts vehicle Dolphin
Not my ad
Looks like it's in Minnesota.
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Re: 1991 Warrior - What is this thing in the taillight wiring?
Thanks, Doug.? It's definitely related to the tail lights.? The trailer lights tap in just aft of that connector (and I agree that it's almost certainly a connector) and they all work, as do the taillights, reverse light, brake lights, and turn signals.
I've pretty much ruled it out as a source of my clearance light problem unless they brought the wiring for the clearance lights all the way back to that connector which wouldn't make any sense at all.??
I'm quite certain that connector hasn't been unplugged in 34 years so I'm not touching it witihout some clear evidence that it's part of the problem.? I'm not that brave.? :-O
Rick in NH
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Re: 1991 Warrior - What is this thing in the taillight wiring?
Its a connector, this would be a bad place for a fuse.? It is a toyota connector.? Probably a standard chassis component.? I'm guessing a tail light or signal fuse.? Only one way to know.? Turn all lights and the emergency signal on, disconnect the connector and look for failure. Or run both a?+ and - wire from a battery?(with a low amp inline fuse in the + wire), disconnect the connector and attach the leads to the aft end of the connector. Something should light up.
On Mon, Jul 1, 2024 at 11:37?AM Doug Hertzog via <itsuptoyoudad= [email protected]> wrote:
I vote for ¡°a connector¡±, but it could be a fuse.? Either way you can most likely open it and look.? You can also check continuity with a volt ohm meter it you think it might not be working.? ?
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Re: 1991 Warrior - What is this thing in the taillight wiring?
I vote for ¡°a connector¡±, but it could be a fuse. ?Either way you can most likely open it and look.? You can also check continuity with a volt ohm meter it you think it might not be working.? ?
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Re: 1991 Warrioir clearance lights
See attached. Hopefully it helps.?
Brandon
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Re: 1991 Warrior - What is this thing in the taillight wiring?
Thanks, rz.? I'll do that.
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Re: 1991 Warrior - What is this thing in the taillight wiring?
look under the hood. there are many connectors like it.? you have to push the tab on the side to disconnect it.??
? ?yes you have to remove the taillight to get to the clearance light wiring
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Re: 1991 Warrior - What is this thing in the taillight wiring?
Good afternoon, Jogues and Andymon.?
I'm thinking probably not a fuse.? I'm pretty sure that cable is strictly for lighting and there are fuses up front that protect that.
Andymon's suggestion that it is some kind of connector makes more sense for the reason he suggests.
I haven't tried opening or disconnecting that.? I'm too old, big, and arthritic to accomplish very much by crawling around under there without raising up the rear end somehow.? It sits too low to the ground for me to get around under there on a creeper.? Anyway I don't dare mess with it too much without some evidence that it's part of my clearance light problem... really hard to imagine they brought a separate wire all the way back to that connector (if that's what it is) for just the clearance lights.
Rick in NH
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Re: 1991 Warrior - What is this thing in the taillight wiring?
Looks to me like a connector; the kind you would use to connect 2 wiring looms. Maybe the maker had several different sub-looms for different setups.
Just a guess but I¡¯d think ? fuse ?.? Did you try opening it?
On Saturday, June 29, 2024, fld via <fld=[email protected]> wrote:
Anybody have any idea what this thing is?
It's the thing marked "??" in about the center of the picture.? It's located on the house underside between the grey and black tanks, about 2 feet forward of the rear bumper.? Out one side is the taillight wiring and the other side goes forward (somewhere).
Still working on troubleshooting my clearance light problem... tail lights and front and rear marker lights all work as does the trailer light connector... I know this, because while metering the trailer light connector I shorted it out and blew the fuse (lucky I have plenty of spare fuses).
Rick in NH
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Re: 1991 Warrior - What is this thing in the taillight wiring?
Just a guess but I¡¯d think ? fuse ?.? Did you try opening it?
On Saturday, June 29, 2024, fld via <fld= [email protected]> wrote: Anybody have any idea what this thing is?
It's the thing marked "??" in about the center of the picture.? It's located on the house underside between the grey and black tanks, about 2 feet forward of the rear bumper.? Out one side is the taillight wiring and the other side goes forward (somewhere).
Still working on troubleshooting my clearance light problem... tail lights and front and rear marker lights all work as does the trailer light connector... I know this, because while metering the trailer light connector I shorted it out and blew the fuse (lucky I have plenty of spare fuses).
Rick in NH
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Re: 1991 Warrioir clearance lights
Thanks, rz.? What is the best way to get access to it?? Do I need to remove the left taillight assembly or is there another way?? I've been crawling around underneath there and don't see anything obvious.
Rick in NH (whose toyhouse won't pass state inspection until I can figure out a fix for this...)? :-(
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Cheryl F
Jogues