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  mystery tire valve

Posted by: [email protected]
06-17-2025, 04:06 PM
Forum: Suspension/Tires/Wheels
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I have this on the inside drive wheel -never seen anything like it. Can someone identify and tell me how to inflate/check pressure?
Thanks
JD

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  Villa Seat Footrest Motor & Gearbox

Posted by: hypoxia
06-17-2025, 07:19 AM
Forum: Interior Things
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Co-pilot seat footrest motor gearbox broke.  The motor assembly 538248 is made by Smith Richards Inc..  Easy to remove, I ordered a replacement Footrest Motor Drive

       

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  First time out in 435

Posted by: cwl1979
06-16-2025, 11:24 AM
Forum: Full Timing Experiences
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As many of you know I'm selling my house and moving to Maine. I bought coach 435 last fall and have done most of the repairs it needed before winter. Airbags and tires are almost completely replaced. Waiting on 4 more airbags for the drives. Tires are uniroyal all the way around and not horrible on price. 
The first weekend selling the house was rough with loading up 5 people and 4 dogs and being gone while they do open houses and showings. I decided it's time... loaded everything we needed into the coach and away we went. 
Drove about 50 miles and stopped just to check everything and saw belts hanging out of the rear hatch. Looks like the dash air conditioner compressor is seized up. Now I'm 50 miles from the nearest parts store so 100 miles round trip I might as well keep going. Turned on the generator and made sure the inverter was charging everything and continued down the road. The next 150 miles were trouble free. Made it to my destination. A friend's place about 30 miles from Homer Alaska. 
The driver commander on the dash said I was getting about 5.5MPG way better than I thought it would get. 
Since I bought the coach in the fall I didn't want to get water in the system since it had been dry for years already. On Saturday my buddy and I tackled that. Honestly it went better than I thought. The water filter housing had been frozen at some point and pulled all the threads so major leak there. One 3/4 sharkbite and thay problem was solved. All the shut off valves were drippy but a quick snug up with a socket fixed that. The city fill regulator was leaking out the top and bottom connectors. We removed that and soldered some new copper pieces and almost got it fixed. The bottom connection is leak free but the top connection busshing was to far gone to save. This concluded Saturday. 
Yesterday I had to drive our pickup back to the house and get my son from his grandparents house so I got fittings to replace the upper connection. Water should be flowing trouble free today. 
Now that water can come in everything needs to leave as well. The air valves were locked up and stuck in place so we took those apart and cleaned everything up and reassembled with silicone grease. Slide like champs now. At least by hand. Seems I've got an air leak from the 110 compressor I need to locate. 
To the sewer hose connection the simple solution would be to find the right fitting but I've searched everywhere and I'm not fond of the cup idea. I purchased a 3 inch fitting saver reamer and will be boring out the old fitting and gluing in a 3 inch Valterra connection. Then all readily available sewer hoses will work as they should. 
By the end of the day I should have a fully functional coach. Or I'm going to need to rebuild all the valve connections from the black tank and Grey water bypass. 
Let's hope for the first outcome. Either way Coach 435 is back on the road after her 6 year vacation in a heated storage garage.

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  2002 coach 622....May be for sale??

Posted by: xGE_97
06-16-2025, 09:29 AM
Forum: Newell Sightings
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Gurus,
Many people on here talk about wanting a project. This may be it!! 
Coach 622, a 2002 Newell may be for sale. It has been here at Newell for some time and is rumored to be towed away soon. Don't know anything other than that. I heard this from a couple of people here. If anyone is interested they can call Newell and ask to be connected with the owner for more info. 
If you're interested, don't hesitate to call Newell.

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  Buying bus parts from Mexico ?

Posted by: Newell_fox
06-15-2025, 08:18 PM
Forum: Parts info
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Hi Guys, as I am 90 miles from the Mexico border I wanted to share with you the availability of parts at significantly reduced rates when purchased in Mexico !!
I am in the process of opening a trade account with DIREGO Mexico.  I have attached a PDF of the 2022 catalogue.

PLEASE, those with knowledge of part numbers for Airbags, brake drums, brake pads PLEASE take a look at the DIREGO pdf and idenify the parts needed for Newell coaches and I will provide pricing as soon. as my trade account has been opened.

I'm NOT paying $500 an airbag when I can pop over the boarder at Tijuana and pick these up at a fraction of the cost.  Ditto Brake drums at $800 each !!!

Rge PDF is attached below, please browse, identify parts and I will attempt to source ...

Hutch

.pdf Catálogo-2018-2022-DIREGO.pdf Size: 10.85 MB  Downloads: 16

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  Does anyone recognize this coach ?

Posted by: Newell_fox
06-15-2025, 12:45 PM
Forum: Howdy and Welcome to Newell Gurus
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I am shopping for a Newell and found this on Facbook Marketplace.


https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/ite...08cb8c7dae

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/ite...08cb8c7dae

It is a 1990 apparently ?  Not too far from me over the boarder in California.

Anyhoo, What detroit would it have back in 1990 ?
Cheers
Hutch

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  Howdey doodey

Posted by: Newell_fox
06-14-2025, 05:19 PM
Forum: Please introduce yourself
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Hello everyone, this is Hutch.  I am from the UK and am looking for a Newell coach to purchase.  I am looking for a solid running project that I can upgrade and catch up on maintaining as I live aboard !!

I am reasonably handy and can certainly DIY most things.  I need to absorb as much knowledge about the Newell's altough after watching a few Youtubers it seems they are all very different due to bespoke designs.

Anyhoo, If you see me online, I am absorbing as much information as I can.  I have just watched the Youtube explanation of the Newell Air system in detail.

I have NOT purchased one yet, I want a Detroit Series 60.  There are a few on RV Trader, and budget is not going to stretch to anything mid naughties !!

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  Televator issue

Posted by: [email protected]
06-09-2025, 08:56 AM
Forum: Televisions, Satellite, Audio Visual Stuff
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Good morning

I’m new to the Newell family having bought my first one just a few months ago. I’m having issues with the televator (tv lift). The tv lift is an activated decor lift.  I was out camping and lost all power one evening, while the tv was up. After restoring power, the tv lift will not go back down. When I flip the switch to retract the tv it just makes a beeping sound. It seems like I may need to do a reset or reprogram the limits or something along those lines. Problem is I don’t have a manual in all my info. I’ve called activated decor and received a voicemail where I left a message. After no response I emailed their info email address and still have not received any response from them. It’s been about 10 days now. Does anyone on here have a manual or a procedure for setting limits or resetting the lift? I’ve read that there is a control box for these and there is a reset inside that box, but I don’t seem to see any type of box in the tv cabinet area. I have attached a photo of the remote control for the lift.

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  I need light covers

Posted by: HoosierDaddy
06-09-2025, 08:07 AM
Forum: Interior Things
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If anybody has some light covers like this that you would part with I am interested. I need several and would pay a fair price!!

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  316 Updates

Posted by: HoosierDaddy
06-08-2025, 07:06 PM
Forum: Air Conditioning
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I spent my spare time over the winter updating 316.
I installed a Growatt 6k invertor/charger and an LG mini-split system. The pics show the condenser unit (24k BTU) in the bay that formerly held four of the six house batteries. It draws air up through the floor behind the unit. You can see the ducting next to the battery rack. The air is then exhausted out the side. The next bay houses the Growatt, the two Litime 8D size 24 volt Lithium batteries, two Victron 48/12 volt charge controllers that feed 12 volt to charge the two 8D AGM house batts and the engine start batts. The inside pics show the low-wall mounted unit(15k BTU) positioned just behind the driver seat and an upper wall unit(9k BTU) on the back wall in the rear bedroom. I have eight 450 watt solar panels that I plan to install ASAP.
All work was done by me in my shop with the help of a couple buddies who assisted with routing the refrigerant lines. I was quite challenged because much of the skills needed were learn as I go.... Trial and error!!!
I would like to thank Jack Houpe for helping me with most of the technical decisions, patiently explaining how things work, helping me correct my mistakes, and "talking me off the ledge" about midway through when the project seemed overwhelming!!

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