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On Wednesday October 18th my family and I are official Newell owners! I flew to California to meet Ron and Susan over there, went through the entire coach and decided to drive it back to Sarasota, FL. Yeah, that was 2475 miles home.....as a first time driver of an RV or a Diesel engine, ever. Except downtown Phoenix (AZ), but mostly Houston (TX), everything else went absolutely great, I don't like downtown traffic at all!. 

I've been learning to drive it, how it responded (I've been sweating my whole drive home). I was particularly impressed during the mountain passes over Texas (from Fredericksburg to San Antonio) as there were some nice inclines but didn't have a single issue with them.

I left Palm Springs on Wednesday 18th at 6:30PM(PST) and arrived home on Saturday 21st at 12:00PM (EST) all in all, loved it. rested and fueled diesel a couple of times (didn't want to fill up because I was concerned that a full tank(weight wise) will be an issue while climbing mountains! Also, I was concerned with the engine overheating (no history of it as far as I know) but after being stuck in heavy traffic in a few places and climbing lake Charles bridge at a speed of 10-20 miles per hour and absolutely no signs of overheating left me with a happy feeling I can't describe , it never reached 190f 90% of the time the needle was stuck at the middle position of the gauge, 170f perhaps?) 

So I've been stripping some things already as we want to modernize the interior a little bit (new flooring, new curtains, new wallpaper, etc.)

Really happy and excited about what is to come with an RV in the family!!!

Quad slide, bath and a half with bunk beds. Front entry. Allison transmission, C-15 625 hp. Murphy Bed

https://www.rvtrader.com/listing/2009-Ne...5000359107

Hi All, wondering what sort of routine everyone uses for arrival and departure, specifically around levelling and slides.

Trying not to idle any longer than necessary at campgrounds on either end of the visit.

Do you run the engine while leveling or relay on 120V compressor? And for getting back to travel height?

I had a bad relay for my Jun Air which I only recently got replaced, so I have until now run the engine both for leveling and returning to travel height. But this morning before departing I tried to go to travel height with the Jun Air. Ran for about ten to fiteen minutes with the key on, Jun Air on and air gauge showing 70+ PSI. I had hit the travel button (twice because OCD) bit when I went to check the height, the rear was fully down still. Cranked up the engine, went outside and I could visually see the coach rising up off the rear tires. So it seems like the Jun Air was not enough somehow to get to travel height. It is entirely possible too that I have a big enough leak somewhere that the Jun Air cannot supply enough to both the leak(s) and the airbags.

Also noticed at the campsite today that levelling seems to take a long time. I know the HWH cycle will run for up to ten minutes only. This site visually looks fairly level. Of course for all I know it may be a nice place to build a Mystery Spot venue. Ran the leveller with just the Jun Air and came up with Excessive Slope with thw rear still low. Running it again with the engine on and it hit Excess Slope with the left side low this time. I ran the leveller a 2nd (3rd?) tiime and within maybe a minute the HWH declared level.

The other thing that gets me is the slides in travel mode. Park. Put slides out. Run leveller. Wait ten minutes. Excess slope. Now what? Return to travel height (10+ more minutes), bring in the slides, move the coach and try again it all again?

All in all I feel like I am missing something as this feels like a lot more idling than it should be.

Thanks, as always for the collective wisdom!

https://www.rvtrader.com/listing/2004-Ne...5000520220

2004, bath and a half, quad slide, ZF suspension with steering tag.

Here are the instructions that Newell provides for any one who needs to winterize their coach.

How to winterize your coach
 

    We are trying to decide on what type of surfaces for the sites.. this is not a money issue as much as a choice of what is best.. stamped stained concrete is an obvious choice. But there is a new product out there from a company called true grid, their product is permeable pavers . It is a plastic grating that is filled with the aggregate of your choice.. has been used in many parking lots for heavy trucks so I am not concerned about the ability to hold up to coaches. Another advantage is it drains almost instantly and reduces the need to control storm water run off.  It is also super environmentally friendly. When installed it becomes like a very dense gravel pad.. what is everyone's opinion on this.

All of the credit goes to Julius @"Pardue101" for finding and specing this blower. This only applies to the nose mounted Kohler gensets as far as I know. 

Grainger #1XJY4  is a drop in for the existing motor and belt  driven blower. Be advised Newell welded a flange on the blower outlet to enable mounting to the coach. I simply cut the flange off the old one and welded it to the new one. 

Make sure you order the 220V model.

The direct drive is much quieter than the original. I did not measure it with a dB meter, but Rhonda commented immediately. I decided to replace my original because the bearings were getting noisy again. 

I don't know why anyone would want or need the old blower, but I'll keep it for a little while. 
I do have a newish drive motor that I will put in storage, but you have to come here to pick it up, or I will bring to the next rally.

Today i serviced my Generator (1995 385)
I changed oil, filters and replaced the air filter. 
I found the filters at a local truck parts store,  they had (much to my surprise) the air filter.
IF you are looking for a replacement air filter, It's a Baldwin PA1690-FN

I am a first time Newell Owner and recently purchased a 2004 #696 coach which appeared to be in excellent condition (or what the previous owner deceptively lead me to believe from 1200 miles away).  After bringing it home to Seattle we found that the coach had serious water damage requiring removal of the carpets and walls throughout the front and rear of the coach.  Long story short, I have removed and replace all the plywood in the affected walls, new wallpaper, replaced the carpet, replaced the entire floor of the rear bathroom, new heat mat, new tile on floor and resealed all the affected windows.  

Yesterday I reinstalled the two front seats in the coach and realized that I had forgot to mark the lower bolt hole that connects the seatbelt retractor mechanism to the wall.  There must be a frame mounted bolt behind the new plywood wall, just behind the end of the wrap around instrument dash board, that I need to drill through the wallpaper and plywood board to bolt this retractor mechanism to.
 
Basically, I have 'painted myself in to a corner'.  For those of you who have any model year coach around my year I would greatly appreciate if you could measure from the bottom of the overhead cabinet where the end of the curtain track, inverter and slide controls are mounted, down to the center point of where your lower seat belt retractor bolt is located.  I fortunately did mark the upper bolt that measures 9 and 1/2 inches from the cabinet as a reference point.  (It is not really a cabinet but I will call it that for lack of intelligence and being very frustrated).  If you could confirm that the lower bolt hold is centered or not centered to the upper hole that would be helpful too.
 
I have attached pictures of this area for reference.  I am hoping that I only must drill once to find this mysterious nut that is welded to the subframe of the wall that the seat belt retractor bolts to.  We are just a week away from trying to get this coach to Indo California for the winter and hoping to get this problem behind me.  Much appreciated for all those that can give me relative measurements based upon the location of your lower seat belt retractor.

P.S.  This newellgurus web site has been really great for fixing other problems.  My industrial sized air compressor in my shop was cycling every 45 minutes when I brought the coach home and now it comes on just once a day.  The motorcoach air compressor could not keep up with the air leaks.  Yes I bought a real lemon but now it is getting back to restored condition.  I just need to stop painting myself in to corners.

Dallas