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Posted By: Orion_42 on 05/28/20 08:14am

Good to hear, TP. Still have my 211 and have found that, in these times, it makes the perfect long-range transport while not being too big to park and maneuver anywhere. Also, gas being cheap means 12+mpg ain't as big a deal as it used to be. We've been using it to take us the 120 miles between our vacation home and winter home. Replaced tires and did some graphics updates last year and it still looks like new with only 58K miles on it. A personal porta-potty on wheels is a good use until the campgrounds all open up completely.

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Posted By: Teacher's Pet on 07/15/20 04:01pm

Trip to Florida last month was uneventful. All went well with the B+ and trailer. B+ now parked at our place in Polk City. Since then we made another trip to Indiana and brought the Miata down to it's new home. Three day trip back, we did the Tail of The Dragon through the TN and NC mountains, great views, with and 318 turns in 11 miles.

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This Saturday we fly to Ft Wayne IN for a great niece's graduation party. Monday we pick up a Penske rental truck for hauling the last stuff out of storage. Hope to be back for Granddaughter's Birthday "Parade" in Melbourne FL Friday evening.

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Posted By: Orion_42 on 07/15/20 04:09pm

Sounds all good. Did you, or are you, going to tow the Miata? I’m pondering a toad to pull behind my M211.

Posted By: Scottiemom on 07/15/20 04:24pm

Orion_42 wrote:

Sounds all good. Did you, or are you, going to tow the Miata? I’m pondering a toad to pull behind my M211.

It was always our intent to pull the Miata behind the B+, but it's not quite ready. Got base plate on and wiring done.

Terry can add more.

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Posted By: Teacher's Pet on 07/15/20 04:36pm

As the Miata goes, all set up except disabling steering lock and changing trans lube to Redline transmission gear lube, plus need to install an elbow to "overfill" 6 speed trans. Health problems in past few years has gotten in the way when we were in Indiana as we fulltimed.

Posted By: Orion_42 on 07/15/20 09:26pm

Excellent. I may hunt down a used standard shift model for same. Thanks

Posted By: Scottiemom on 06/27/21 07:47pm

Okay, any of you with the Chevy Express chassis. I made a trip from Florida to Virginia to Indiana and back to Florida. About 8 weeks altogether. Was home in Florida for 2 weeks and headed back to Indiana last week for a family funeral.

I wonder if any of you have had this problem. I had several times where I tried to fuel and the pump kept shutting off. I thought the station might be out of fuel. I would move on to another station and fill. This started happening more frequently and today I tried to fill first thing in the morning and couldn't. Kept shutting off. Moved on down the road, filled up with no problem. I had a short driving day so my full tank of fuel would get me to my destination, which is my sister's house where I plan to stay. Decided to top off my tank. . . no joy. Again, I drove on and at the last opportunity, tried again. I was able to get an additional 5 gallons in which I was happy with because I have enough gas now to get to my regular mechanic in this area. I have been reading and suspect the EVAP canister or something else with the gas fill mechanism.

I am hoping it's something my regular mechanic can deal with, but I suppose a Chevy garage can help.

It is a 2004 R-Vision Trail-Lite 213 on a Chevy Express van chassis. This is the only problem I have had with it and I am glad it happened when it did, because I was able to get to my destination and decide what to do next.

Dale

Posted By: IAMICHABOD on 06/27/21 08:16pm

I,like you sometimes have a problem with filling my tank on my Express Chevy based Class C, Everything else checks out OK but I have found that if I hold the nozzle at a 45 degree toward the rear of the Motorhome I have no problems. It seems that small filler tube doesn't vent well and holding that way lets the vapor recovery work.

I also have the same problem on my GMC Yukon the trick also works on it too.

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Posted By: bobndot on 06/27/21 08:25pm

Hi Dale, this is probably a common blocked canister where the vent hose becomes clogged as well. It should be a simple fix by your mechanic.
Its EPA ORVR - 'Onboard Refueling Vapor Recovery' related , as you pump gasoline into your gas tank it pushes out air thru a vent tube canister filter setup. When the air can't escape due to a clogged line then the nozzle at the fuel pump shuts off.
Those nozzles are highly intelligent, I don't how they know when those canisters are clogged but they do. [emoticon]

Posted By: Scottiemom on 06/27/21 08:25pm

IAMICHABOD wrote:

I will certainly try that. I have tried about every other position and I have found if I hold that rubber flap back that surrounds the nozzle it seems to help. But today that didn't work either. Push the nozzle all the way in, pull it out a little, etc. Today when I got the 5 gallons in, it took a long time as it was just trickling in. I will try this. Thanks for the suggestion.

Dale

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