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I just wanted to give a heads up to anyone traveling in the Ft. Wayne, Indiana area, who might need service on their Allison Transmission. I won't bore you with the details but my recent experience with the local authorized Allison Service Center, Clark Power, was disappointing, to say the least. I'm not sure how they train their staff at other locations but the ones in Ft. Wayne are far from being $140 per hour professional Techs. FYI: They are also a DD authorized center and they couldn't even give me a DDEC read out. Hope all is well with all the Gurus.

Can someone point me to the  locations of the info (V.I.N.) tags on a 1986??

Are there more than 1??

Thanks, Mark

Gurus,

On the way home from the rally I noticed that my engine was running a few degrees warmer than usual.  When I got home, I remembered to look at the radiator fan.  It was not spinning.  Hmmm.  I called a fellow guru and he suggested that I unplug the relay for the hydraulic fan.  (Located near radiator fan on bottom left looking towards the front of coach).  

Today, when I did that test with engine running, the fan went from not turning at all to turning at full speed.  Plugging the relay back turned the radiator fan off.

I then tested my dash AC that got fixed at the rally.  Now my radiator fan ran at about half speed.  

So far so good, but then something weird happened.

I turned the dash AC off, and expected the fan to turn off again.  But it continued to run at the slow speed.  Engine coolant temperature was not yet even warm (125F).

I turned the engine off, and then restarted.  Now the fan turns at the slow speed.

Questions:  Should it concern me that sometimes my radiator fan runs slowly and other times it does not run at all?  Could this be a sign of a radiator hydraulic motor getting ready to fail?  

Apparently the radiator fan motor has multiple speeds....what controls the speed?  Clearly if I unplug the relay, it goes to full speed, but what tells it to run a slow speed?

Cheers,
bill

I was wondering what monitors for which others might set alerts. The obvious one to me when I first set up Silveleaf was for coolant temp. I've added an audible for battery voltage after my belts shredded due to the (new!) A/C compressor locking up.

Just wondering what others are doing here for proactive alerting.

Need to replace our ThermoKing alternator on our 8V92. Has anyone done this and what did you use?  Thanks so much.

the step has stopped going in and out  worked about noon and later, no workeee. checked the known fuses and power. the light for the door work and the light for the step is on. 

any suggestions. already tired of doing barrel rolls getting out and slipping and busting my rear on the entry.

Today I got a chance to put my generator training that Gordon gave us at Bella Terra to good use.  This is a Power Tech 10kw with an Isuzu Diesel engine.
Driving home Saturday it quit after 3 hours running.  Would start but shutdown after a few minutes.  Today it would shut down a couple seconds after starting.  Fan was ok, oil level ok, coolant level ok (overflow bottle was low but radiator tank was full).
When it would call for preheat and the fuel pump starts I found the pump was not getting 12 VDC and not working.  So after talking with Gordon he helped me to figure out it was either the relay or the fuel pump.  I jumpered 12 VDC to the pump and it worked so I changed the relay.  Started up and ran 1-1/2 hours.  Turned it off and started again ok.  Ran it with both air conditioners running for 2 hours and no problems.  
I'll run it again a few more times over the next couple weeks to make sure I didn't overlook another problem.
This is just one instance of the incredible value and knowledge you can pick up at one of the Guru Rallies.
Thanks again Gordon!

Greetings Gurus:
Richard Entrekin and Tom McCloud reached out to us with a question about some instances of rivets shearing between the slides on some coaches. As we looked into it, we decided that conducting a bi-annual inspection is a good practice to add to your list of maintenance procedures. Please see the attached letter, and related inspection process. As the letter indicates, should your inspection reveal the need for a repair, please contact Newell for support.
 
Best Regards,
Grant Kernan
General Manager
Newell Coach

Fellow Gurus:

Please help me help a friend with an answer to his question.

Question today is a older newell with a 8V92 has a model 68 air dryer that is no longer available...what is the preferred choice replacement?

Thanks - Russ

to all of the mothers who make our lives so much better in our Newells (and other brands).