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Posted By: Gene in NE on 07/08/14 10:45pm

cheeze1 wrote:

Was it my rebuild? Gene should have them.

I will have to do some more looking if it was your rebuild being discussed. Here is one of the postings you had posted 12/07/08 06:11pm Apparently the photos were on PhotoBucket and have been moved. Sorry.

2002 Trail-Lite Model 211-S w/5.7 Chevy (click View Profile)
Gene

Posted By: burlmart on 07/09/14 03:28am

quietjake wrote:

A camp site too far.......

set out last week to camp in Central Oregon.....

managed to get not quite to the top of the Santiam Pass....when the motor first weakens considerably (limp mode?) then dies, restarts, moves along then dies twice more.....all in a non-shouldered 2 lane section. Very dangerous.

Heavy traffic, managed to fire it up one more time & move to safe off-road area.

Flat bed tow bill to nearest repair shop was just under $400....which the tow operated said (not related) but it turned out that he was over his weight limit 400#.

The 6L 213 goes in to the shop tomorrow. When the Reader of the Chicken Bones comes up with a diagnosis I'll post more woes.

Sure hope it is something just needs resetting. I am not familiar, but recall that a few others have had the 'slow down'

2005 Trail Lite 213 B-Plus w/ 6.0 Chevy

Posted By: Scottiemom on 07/09/14 03:53am

When we bought our 213, it had sat for 2 years. The second trip out with it, we had a similar experience. On ours, the fuel pump had died. Without any gas treatment in the tank for those 2 years, the mechanic thought the gas had broken down and ruined the seals in the pump. Fortunately we were near the shop which would do the work, but we first had to sit out the weekend. Once it cooled down, we were able to drive it to a campground, then back on Monday for the fix. They had to remove the driveshaft to drop the tank. Terry had them dispose of the remaining gas and clean the tank, then put in the new fuel pump/filter and 10 gallons of clean gas. It was about a four hour fix and about $800. Now when we store it for the winter, he adds gas treatment to it.

She works fine now. Did Alaska the next year without a hiccup.

Dale

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Posted By: Teacher's Pet on 07/09/14 05:11am

She beat me up this morning! Hope it's something minor! Fuel pump hurt the wallet but she's ran strong since, not a hiccup as scottiemom said, on our 11,200 mile Alaska trip last summer.

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Posted By: ronfisherman on 07/09/14 06:03am

Teacher's Pet wrote:

She beat me up this morning!

I can believe that. [emoticon]

I hope you meant that she got up before you. [emoticon]

No help from me on the 6.0.

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Posted By: Scottiemom on 07/09/14 06:28pm

Posted By: 2wheelluge on 07/09/14 08:26pm

Gene in NE wrote:

cheeze1 wrote:

Was it my rebuild? Gene should have them.

Yup, those were the pages. Well, if anyone else has some images, I would like to see them. I was going to review them with my wife. We have decided we are going to keep this rig awhile and making this change makes a lot of sense.

Dennis Siemsen
Cresco, Iowa
2007 Holiday Rambler Augusta 213 B+

Posted By: cheeze1 on 07/09/14 08:37pm

I removed them from Pbucket because it was running so slow. I will repost them and provide a link here by tomorrow.

Chas Morristown, NJ
Trail Lite
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Posted By: burlmart on 07/09/14 08:45pm

2wheelluge wrote:

Well, if anyone else has some images, I would like to see them. I was going to review them with my wife. We have decided we are going to keep this rig awhile and making this change makes a lot of sense.

Those were where Cheeze put in two twin beds using pillows to make them day sofas. No more dinette, and Cheeze also removed the six inch wide storage space between the sofa and the RV wall.

Snowman9000 did just the sofa removal for a twin bed and pillow backs.

I think we would miss the more contoured for sitting feel of the jack knife sofa during day use.

Posted By: quietjake on 07/11/14 05:54pm

OK gang.....got "Arvey" back, bad fuel pump....

$914 parts & labor
$400- to flat-haul it out of the wilderness (good insurance paid that)

Stuck between economic shock mode & relief it wasn't worse.....

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