Anyone interested in 83 Pace Arrow Tear down and Rebuild?

fulltimin wrote:

Bruce Brown wrote:
^^^ Ecoboost with the 10 speed auto is the real deal.

This one was the 6 cyl 3.5L engine. There are newer versions of this van with a rating of 27 on the highway with a 2.5L 4 cyl engine.

@ $4.50 to $5.00 a gallon or more, mileage makes a significant difference on long trips.

We bought 268 gallons of gas on this trip. The moho would have been 687 gal figured at 8 mpg.

I think you'll find that engine is in the Transit Connect, the smaller one. The Transit (the bigger one) only has V6 options.

Trying to keep this somewhat Class A related, I've often wondered why they don't offer the 6.7 PowerStroke in a Class A.

fulltimin wrote:

Bruce Brown wrote:
^^^ Ecoboost with the 10 speed auto is the real deal.

This one was the 6 cyl 3.5L engine. There are newer versions of this van with a rating of 27 on the highway with a 2.5L 4 cyl engine.

@ $4.50 to $5.00 a gallon or more, mileage makes a significant difference on long trips.

We bought 268 gallons of gas on this trip. The moho would have been 687 gal figured at 8 mpg.

That's why this spring we altered our plans and did not go out west. Instead, we did a SE US "loop", and saved 3,000 miles. My MH got 7.2mpg this trip, so we saved close to $2,000. Still had fun and saw a lot.

Al

Bruce Brown wrote:
^^^ Ecoboost with the 10 speed auto is the real deal.

This one was the 6 cyl 3.5L engine. There are newer versions of this van with a rating of 27 on the highway with a 2.5L 4 cyl engine.

@ $4.50 to $5.00 a gallon or more, mileage makes a significant difference on long trips.

We bought 268 gallons of gas on this trip. The moho would have been 687 gal figured at 8 mpg.

^^^ Ecoboost with the 10 speed auto is the real deal.

FloridaRosebud wrote:

fulltimin wrote:

sundancer268 wrote:
Glad you had a safe trip and are back fully relaxed and ready to go to work. I managed to fix my cruise control today, I really need to get off my keester and cut the grass, It still hasn't been fully cut since I got back from my trip. I still hate cutting grass as it aggravates my allergies. I also am not sure it is worth over $5.00 per gallon to cut. Takes my mower about 5 gallons to cut the place so $25.00 plus to mow.

We did have a great time and the entire 3 week trip including van rental, gas, food and misc, cost us about $2,500, which is about $1,000 less than what gas would have cost for the motor home figured at 8 mpg.

In this situation, I am glad we rented a van.


Glad to be back. Hope everyone is doing well! I missed you all. :)

So inquiring minds want to know - what did you rent? What type of fuel and what was your MPG?

Al

Rented a Ford Transit medium top cargo van. Being 6' tall, I could stand up pretty straight in the cargo area, as long as it was not under one of the roof ribs. They were head knockers.

Engine was gasoline, with a v6 and 10 speed automatic trans.

20.5 mpg for the entire trip which was roughly 5500 miles. Roughly 2000 miles were on Interstate roads, at about 65 mph. Most of the rest mileage was on 2 lane roads, sometimes through small towns.

The 2 lane roads were usually between 55 and 65 mph.

The van was basically a 2500, and a 2020 year with about 28000 miles on it when we rented it.

We had close to 12 feet behind the pilot and co-pilot seats for cargo. Inside overall width was 68".

fulltimin wrote:

sundancer268 wrote:
Glad you had a safe trip and are back fully relaxed and ready to go to work. I managed to fix my cruise control today, I really need to get off my keester and cut the grass, It still hasn't been fully cut since I got back from my trip. I still hate cutting grass as it aggravates my allergies. I also am not sure it is worth over $5.00 per gallon to cut. Takes my mower about 5 gallons to cut the place so $25.00 plus to mow.

We did have a great time and the entire 3 week trip including van rental, gas, food and misc, cost us about $2,500, which is about $1,000 less than what gas would have cost for the motor home figured at 8 mpg.

In this situation, I am glad we rented a van.


Glad to be back. Hope everyone is doing well! I missed you all. :)

So inquiring minds want to know - what did you rent? What type of fuel and what was your MPG?

Al

sundancer268 wrote:
Glad you had a safe trip and are back fully relaxed and ready to go to work. I managed to fix my cruise control today, I really need to get off my keester and cut the grass, It still hasn't been fully cut since I got back from my trip. I still hate cutting grass as it aggravates my allergies. I also am not sure it is worth over $5.00 per gallon to cut. Takes my mower about 5 gallons to cut the place so $25.00 plus to mow.

Fully relaxed and ready to go to work? Surely, you jest! Lol...

After driving about 2750 miles in 6 days, I am ready for a little break. I think I'll take this week off yet, and catch up on some things that need to be done around here, before getting back to work.

We did have a great time and the entire 3 week trip including van rental, gas, food and misc, cost us about $2,500, which is about $1,000 less than what gas would have cost for the motor home figured at 8 mpg.

In this situation, I am glad we rented a van.

I do have some new ideas for the moho though. Living in 60 sq ft for 3 weeks, gave me a few ideas on how to utilize some of our living space.

Btw, I am not planning on utilizing one in the moho, but, using a composting toilet is not nearly as gross as it sounds. Just saying.

Glad to be back. Hope everyone is doing well! I missed you all. :)

Glad you had a safe trip and are back fully relaxed and ready to go to work. I managed to fix my cruise control today, I really need to get off my keester and cut the grass, It still hasn't been fully cut since I got back from my trip. I still hate cutting grass as it aggravates my allergies. I also am not sure it is worth over $5.00 per gallon to cut. Takes my mower about 5 gallons to cut the place so $25.00 plus to mow.

Bruce Brown wrote:

sundancer268 wrote:
Just paid $5.459 for Diesel near Myrtle Beach, SC. Hurts, but I didn't by my coach to set at home. Still have about 1000 miles plus or minus before we get back home. People are still out, I have had some trouble getting sites on the weekends.

We're at $6.50/gallon for diesel locally. We have a ~1,600 mile trip coming up. We're figuring easy math for the budget @ $1.00/mile - just insanity. That same trip 2 years ago would have been ~ 30 cents a mile. Good times these days. :R

In any case, back on topic, obviously Fulltimin won't be taking his project on the road with him.

How about $ .216 cents per mile with average gas $4.461 a gal?

Even if I could have taken the moho along, there was no time to work on it.

Yes, I am back.

On the way home. Currently near Sturgis, SD.