Forum: Interior Works
03-08-2012, 03:52 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 3,943
I echo Steve Bare's remark about the clearance...
I echo Steve Bare's remark about the clearance lights. We've had significant leakage at several clearance lights in the front. I was surprised to find that the fiberglas caps on the front & back of...
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Forum: Toads and Towing Concerns
03-05-2012, 04:12 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,944
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Forum: Charging Systems, Electrical & Solar
03-05-2012, 04:08 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 7,341
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Forum: Interior Works
03-05-2012, 04:01 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 3,943
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Forum: Interior Works
01-31-2012, 07:00 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,310
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Forum: Charging Systems, Electrical & Solar
01-15-2012, 04:33 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 7,341
My 2001 coach's 20KW genset (Kubota 4 cyl) has...
My 2001 coach's 20KW genset (Kubota 4 cyl) has 4,000 TT. It was a NASCAR coach so they ran the generator. PowerTech, the assembler, calls this generator their 10,000 hour unit but says with proper...
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Forum: Major Mechanicals
01-15-2012, 04:26 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 8,239
On my 2001 coach, #604, the engine cooling fan...
On my 2001 coach, #604, the engine cooling fan comes on at 25% immediately upon starting the engine. It runs at 25% because there's a solenoid that diverts 75% of the fluid back to the resevoir. The...
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Forum: Exterior Works
01-12-2012, 05:24 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 13,478
Don't overlook the high dollar alternative:...
Don't overlook the high dollar alternative: replace the Kwikee with the Executive step, the one currently used by Newell. It's quite different, more substantial, etc, etc.
When our Kwikee gave...
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Forum: Interior Works
12-17-2011, 08:08 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 7,838
I've had a few issues with sticking seals and...
I've had a few issues with sticking seals and after a slide has sat in or out for more than a week or so I always try to deflate the seal, then run a 12" plastic ruler underneath the seal.
This...
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Forum: Charging Systems, Electrical & Solar
12-15-2011, 02:05 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 10,917
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Forum: Charging Systems, Electrical & Solar
11-28-2011, 01:31 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 10,917
Power-Pulse
My Newell owning trucker friends alerted Karl Blade at Newell to the Power-Pulse. They were operating refrigerated trailers which have their own diesel engine & battery. Before Power-Pulse, what...
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Forum: Interior Works
11-13-2011, 04:13 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,902
Umbrella Storage
We were always looking for an umbrella in the coach & kept them different places at different times. No system.
So I noticed that just inside our air operated mid-door, on the air motor side,...
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Forum: Exterior Works
11-13-2011, 01:14 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,195
I learned to leave the override switch on some...
I learned to leave the override switch on some seven years ago. Too many times the coach wouldn't go into gear otherwise. Yes, the "level" light is always lighted at the panel above the driver as a...
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Forum: HVAC
11-11-2011, 10:19 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 3,997
Road Air
We've had our 2001 Newell for some seven years now. It had 82,000 miles & 3,800 hours genset time when we got it, a former NASCAR coach. At first I was concerned about the high mileage & genset...
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Forum: HVAC
11-11-2011, 10:03 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 4,168
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Forum: HVAC
11-09-2011, 11:02 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 4,168
Basement Air
Took my coach in for Newell's Annual Preventive Maintenance progarm.( I stretch it out to 18 months.) Anyway, the tech's amp meter showed inadequate draw meaning one of the two compressors wasn't...
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Forum: Running Gear, Brakes, Tires, Chassis and Pneumatic Systems
11-09-2011, 10:56 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 4,580
Our Newell started behaving oddly while on the...
Our Newell started behaving oddly while on the road, wipers would come on, lights flash, cruise on & off. It was the "clock spring" coiled paper tape inside the Smartwheel. I called Newell with the...
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Forum: General Technical Discussion
11-07-2011, 09:17 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 6,276
Winterizing a Newell is extremely simple &...
Winterizing a Newell is extremely simple & effective: Park it (and yourselves) in Palm Springs, California. Indio actually.
We've been doing it for the last seven years and no problems...
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Forum: Major Mechanicals
10-21-2011, 02:07 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 15,800
Just replaced the radiator in my 2001 Newell @...
Just replaced the radiator in my 2001 Newell @ 125,000 miles. The operating temperature had been creeping up for several years, from 180 at all times to as much as 230!
Given the significant job...
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Forum: Running Gear, Brakes, Tires, Chassis and Pneumatic Systems
10-10-2011, 09:36 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,326
When you two are speaking of your "power...
When you two are speaking of your "power steering" pump, I assume you're referring to the gear driven hydraulic pump attached to the engine which powers both the steering & the engine cooling fan.
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Forum: Interior Works
09-30-2011, 11:17 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 4,870
Hunter-Douglas Silhouette shades
The wife is pushing to replace our Hunter-Douglas Silhouette shades with new ones, just the same, but clean & unstained. Ours are operated with the cotton cord, nothing electrical. Should be pretty...
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Forum: Major Mechanicals
09-30-2011, 01:01 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 5,915
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Forum: Major Mechanicals
09-30-2011, 04:24 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 5,915
3-4 years ago, back when my engine ran a steady...
3-4 years ago, back when my engine ran a steady 180, winter & summer, the temp gauge hit maybe 200 on a long grade or at 105 degrees in the desert, the temp gauge needle would plummet, like a rock,...
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Forum: Major Mechanicals
09-29-2011, 11:31 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 5,915
Regarding the VMS 330, no, I'm not rolling in...
Regarding the VMS 330, no, I'm not rolling in cash, Richard. Just trying to get good info about my engine's actual temp. The VMS is probably overkill to get that info. At lease there's more I can do...
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