VMSpc SilverLeaf Electronics For 1995 Newell Coach

[Richard and Rhonda]

I just installed the VMSpc system from Silverleaf VMSpc | SilverLeaf Electronics, Inc. on a 95 with a Series 60 Detroit. Most of you know that the VMS systems can give you all kinds of engine and transmission data, and it is the system now used in the new Newells.

The coach was origninally equipped with the Detroit Diesel Pro Driver. It was kaput, and the replacement cost was about a $1000. I bought the VMSps to install on my laptop for about $400.

The install went according to the excellent instructions on the VMS website except I did not have the round diagnostic plug at the front of the coach. I had the rectangular 12 pin plug. VMS supplied a wiring diagram, and I was able to figure out the hot, ground, data +, and data - wires pretty quickly. Four wire taps, the kind that you squeeze together to splice two wires without cutting into the first, were used. I was in business in about 20 minutes. I routed the cable to exit so the laptop could ride on the console.

The point is that it's a nice toy, you can easily program it to get the information you want, and the install is very easy.