Exciting news folks. The rattlevan is fixed. (It was broken and couldn't go uphill.) Thanks to much help diagnosing the problem from the friendly and supportive forum community at toyotamotorhome.org and some friends of Beth's dad, we've figured it out. It was a close call with blaming the carburetor (the whipping child of engines) and some laborious work dropping the gas tank and exhaust systems.
In the end it turned out to be something simple. The fuel pump, when it was replaced, was hooked up wrong. It's embarrassing that I didn't catch it initially but I finally did when helpful people suggested a fuel flow rate test. After a 30 second fix of the hoses, the old van blasted right up the hill like a turbocharged super car. Well, maybe more like a lazy hippopotamus with a penchant for cheetos and word of a hilltop Circle K.
Either way, we're good and ready to head out tomorrow for...hmm. I guess we better finally figure that out.
Congrats!!! I read the post at the Toyota Forum. Excellent!! Did the "bad mechanic" give a refund?? LOL Glad to hear all is better. May your HILLS be small and the roads be smooooooth.
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