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Topic: B+ motorhomes

Posted By: mstanis on 04/02/15 09:36pm

2wheelluge - Good Luck with your new RV. Your rework / photos a few pages prior showed me what could be done with these B-Plus, C-, C units! 2001 Trail-Lite B-Plus 211 w/ 5.7L Chevy

Posted By: quietjake on 04/21/15 02:23pm

....bout time to get the old RV ready for the season.....

Posted By: Gene in NE on 04/21/15 02:35pm

quietjake - That is quite a vehicle. Looks to be comfortable in the water or in the air. That is quite an exhaust system - 2 engines with duals on both. Our current plans are to drive about 800 miles on May 15, 16, and 17. 2002 Trail-Lite Model 211-S w/5.7 Chevy (click View Profile) Gene

Posted By: mstanis on 04/21/15 08:36pm

quietjake - Nice rig, what's your typical mpg? Finally burned the starter motor out on my unit. Replaced that and put a distributor cap and rotor into my previous non starting MH and spayed the intake with cleaner. To my surprise, it started up, ran rough at first. Left the battery connected this time. Started it a few times during the week, then drove it 200 miles last weekend without a problem... FYI - Saw a service bulletin on the 5.7L Chevy Engines from that era that showed the distributor housing screens being susceptible to clogging up. A cleaning is recommended. Mine looked clogged. It has ~27K miles, but it is a 2001. Still trying to get the courage to replace the fuel pump as a PM maneuver. Happy Trails!

Posted By: quietjake on 04/21/15 09:00pm

"Still trying to get the courage to replace the fuel pump as a PM maneuver." Figure dropping $1000 for parts/labor for in-tank Chevrolet RV replacement. Plus towing. My buddy lost his fuel pump in a very similar rig (large Chev 350 V8 Van) a few years before mine. re: "Nice rig, what's your typical mpg?" that rig runs on hard coal....

Posted By: mstanis on 04/21/15 10:19pm

How about...miles per bushel of coal? MPB(C)? I was considering tackling the fuel pump swap (hence the courage - or - stupidity!) Still might be better spending the extra $$$ for a shop to do it. (Pump ~ $200, labor estimated $800+ does makes me ponder though) Just mulling things over...

Posted By: quietjake on 04/22/15 09:18pm

yes, I was gobsmacked by the co$$$$t of the dern fuel pump....but there were literally NO other choices.... and they have to drop the tank to get to the pump.... and they have to mess with the fuel lines.... etc etc etc.... it wasn't the 'labor cost' via flat rate OR actual hourly rate, that was the spendy portion. plus when we went to fill-up the first time after the repair, there was some kind of glitch that made the fuel flow ULTRA slow....so much had to take the rig back to mechanic (lucky we didn't run that 1/3 tank all the way dry).....they found an odd constriction of old filler tube parts they had to remove, that never was part of the repair. Fixed it, no charge. In any case, good luck.

Posted By: Teacher's Pet on 04/23/15 05:26am

I had the same problem with the 1st fill-up, summer 2012, right after the in tank pump was changed out. Couldn't get more than a 1/10 of a gallon in it without the pump shutting off. I thought we had to take it back 10 miles to the mechanic. DW suggested another station, which I did, just to prove to her it had to go back. She was right, I was wrong. We have not had it happen since. Just glad it didn't choose to happen again, on the Alaska Highway the next summer. '06 Phaeton 40' QSH '14 Ford Flex SEL AWD Toad '04 R-Vision Trail-Lite 213 Scottiemom's Pet or husband to Dale RV.net Rallies 13, Other Rallies 21, Escapades 7 Fulltimers since 2005, Where are we? Our Travel Blog

Posted By: burlmart on 04/23/15 07:30am

that happened at costco and we got it going at another station. no fuel pump fail yet on 2005 tl. is there a probable time frame for these to go out? or mileage? or model year? 2005 Trail Lite 213 B-Plus w/ 6.0 Chevy

Posted By: Scottiemom on 04/23/15 07:47pm

When they changed our fuel pump in the tank on the 213, they had to drop the driveshaft, then the tank. Dale Dale Pace Widow of Terry (Teacher's Pet) Traveling with Brendon, my Scottish Terrier 2022 Honda Odyssey 2011 Mazda Miata MX-5 2021 Coach House Platinum III 250DT Fulltimed for 15 years, now living in Florida http://www.skoolzoutforever.blogspot.com/

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