diff --git a/lib/mongo/repl_set_connection.rb b/lib/mongo/repl_set_connection.rb
index f07c7f9..95e5741 100644
--- a/lib/mongo/repl_set_connection.rb
+++ b/lib/mongo/repl_set_connection.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ module Mongo
 
   # Instantiates and manages connections to a MongoDB replica set.
   class ReplSetConnection < Connection
-    attr_reader :nodes, :secondaries, :arbiters, :secondary_pools,
+    attr_reader :secondaries, :arbiters, :secondary_pools,
       :replica_set_name, :read_pool, :seeds, :tags_to_pools,
       :refresh_interval, :refresh_mode
 
@@ -101,9 +101,6 @@ module Mongo
       # TODO: get rid of this
       @nodes = @seeds.dup
 
-      # The members of the replica set, stored as instances of Mongo::Node.
-      @members = []
-
       # Connection pool for primary node
       @primary      = nil
       @primary_pool = nil
diff --git a/lib/mongo/util/pool_manager.rb b/lib/mongo/util/pool_manager.rb
index 35ad9c6..4b1e48c 100644
--- a/lib/mongo/util/pool_manager.rb
+++ b/lib/mongo/util/pool_manager.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ module Mongo
     def initialize(connection, seeds)
       @connection = connection
       @seeds = seeds
-      @refresh_node = nil
       @previously_connected = false
     end
 
@@ -31,11 +30,7 @@ module Mongo
     end
 
     def healthy?
-      if !@refresh_node || !refresh_node.set_config
-        return false
-      end
 
-      #if refresh_node.node_list
     end
 
     def close
diff --git a/test/replica_sets/basic_test.rb b/test/replica_sets/basic_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d79cf9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/replica_sets/basic_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+$:.unshift(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'lib'))
+require './test/replica_sets/rs_test_helper'
+
+class ConnectTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  include Mongo
+
+  def teardown
+    RS.restart_killed_nodes
+    @conn.close if defined?(@conn) && @conn
+  end
+
+  def test_connect
+    @conn = ReplSetConnection.new([RS.host, RS.ports[1]], [RS.host, RS.ports[0]],
+      [RS.host, RS.ports[2]], :name => RS.name)
+    assert @conn.connected?
+
+    assert_equal RS.primary, @conn.primary
+    assert_equal RS.secondaries.sort, @conn.secondaries.sort
+    assert_equal RS.arbiters.sort, @conn.arbiters.sort
+
+    @conn = ReplSetConnection.new([RS.host, RS.ports[1]], [RS.host, RS.ports[0]],
+      :name => RS.name)
+    assert @conn.connected?
+  end
+
+  def test_accessors
+    seeds = [RS.host, RS.ports[0]], [RS.host, RS.ports[1]],
+      [RS.host, RS.ports[2]]
+    @conn = ReplSetConnection.new(*seeds, :name => RS.name)
+
+    assert_equal @conn.host, RS.primary[0]
+    assert_equal @conn.port, RS.primary[1]
+    assert_equal @conn.host, @conn.primary_pool.host
+    assert_equal @conn.port, @conn.primary_pool.port
+    assert_equal @conn.nodes, @conn.seeds
+    assert_equal 2, @conn.secondaries.length
+    assert_equal 2, @conn.arbiters.length
+    assert_equal 2, @conn.secondary_pools.length
+    assert_equal RS.name, @conn.replica_set_name
+    assert @conn.secondary_pools.include?(@conn.read_pool)
+    assert_equal seeds.sort {|a,b| a[1] <=> b[1]},
+      @conn.seeds.sort {|a,b| a[1] <=> b[1]}
+    assert_equal 5, @conn.tags_to_pools.keys.length
+    assert_equal 90, @conn.refresh_interval
+    assert_equal @conn.refresh_mode, :sync
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/replica_sets/connect_test.rb b/test/replica_sets/connect_test.rb
index 95bd8b6..68bc750 100644
--- a/test/replica_sets/connect_test.rb
+++ b/test/replica_sets/connect_test.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ class ConnectTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     @conn.close if defined?(@conn) && @conn
   end
 
+  # TODO: test connect timeout.
+
   def test_connect_with_deprecated_multi
     @conn = Connection.multi([[RS.host, RS.ports[0]], [RS.host, RS.ports[1]]], :name => RS.name)
     assert @conn.is_a?(ReplSetConnection)
@@ -24,43 +26,6 @@ class ConnectTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     end
   end
 
- # def test_connect_timeout
- #   passed = false
- #   timeout = 3
- #   begin
- #     t0 = Time.now
- #     @conn = ReplSetConnection.new(['192.169.169.1', 27017], :connect_timeout => timeout)
- #   rescue OperationTimeout
- #     passed = true
- #     t1 = Time.now
- #   end
-
- #   assert passed
- #   assert t1 - t0 < timeout + 1
- # end
-
-  def test_connect
-    @conn = ReplSetConnection.new([RS.host, RS.ports[1]], [RS.host, RS.ports[0]],
-      [RS.host, RS.ports[2]], :name => RS.name)
-    assert @conn.connected?
-
-    assert_equal RS.primary, @conn.primary
-    assert_equal RS.secondaries.sort, @conn.secondaries.sort
-    assert_equal RS.arbiters.sort, @conn.arbiters.sort
-
-    @conn = ReplSetConnection.new([RS.host, RS.ports[1]], [RS.host, RS.ports[0]],
-      :name => RS.name)
-    assert @conn.connected?
-  end
-
-  def test_host_port_accessors
-    @conn = ReplSetConnection.new([RS.host, RS.ports[0]], [RS.host, RS.ports[1]],
-      [RS.host, RS.ports[2]], :name => RS.name)
-
-    assert_equal @conn.host, RS.primary[0]
-    assert_equal @conn.port, RS.primary[1]
-  end
-
   def test_connect_with_primary_node_killed
     node = RS.kill_primary