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Posted by: wepaddle4
04-09-2017, 02:32 PM
Forum: Suspension/Tires/Wheels
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I have an intermittent rattle in front end, sometimes you can feel it in the steering wheel.
I lifted the front end today and lifted the axle off the ground.
It looks like I have some play in the bushings for the arms that attach to the axle.
I'll start making calls tomorrow to see if I can locate parts.

Does anyone have a source and/or part numbers?

Thanks

Scott

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Posted by: 77newell
04-09-2017, 08:13 AM
Forum: Big Rig Friendly places to go
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I've mentioned in a couple recent posts about watching the amazing river traffic on the Mississippi. The park in right on the river, even in it at flood stages, just across the river from Memphis (think Graceland, Sun Record, Stax Records, The Lorraine Motel and Civil Rights Museum, great BBQ, and lots of other things to do) via two Interstate highway bridges. There are three sections to the park. One section is back away from the river and the other two sections are right on the river. One of those is set up so motorhomes face the river through the windshield and the other section is set up for 5th wheels to have their tails toward the river. I'm currently in the latter section and parked "backwards" which requires running the utilities under the coach to get to the hookups. That inconvenience is more than worth the effort to get a great view of the river. I'm literally a coach length away from being in the water.

Currently, due to flooding to the north there is an amazing amount of driftwood floating by. Driftwood is like clouds in the sky, you can imagine they are all sorts of thing. My favorite is that the driftwood looks like mythic river monsters of all sorts of crazy shapes and movements. You can tell I'm easily entertained.

The sites are mostly long enough for our coaches and the while there are some gravel roads the turns are wide and the trees cut high. Some sites are paved. The approach road passes over the levee but I don't see any marks indicating bottoming out and in my 39ft coach it never occurred to me to worry. Just be prepared for a steep rise and decline, thankfully both are short.

Lots of travelers stop here for the night, get enthralled and regret not staying longer. It's about 2.5 miles off both I-40 and I-55.

I hope this helps

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Posted by: encantotom
04-08-2017, 07:53 PM
Forum: Air Operated Systems and Leaks
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hi all,

i know some of you have put in or have coaches that have a ford vacuum pump that sucks the air out of the slide seal so it wont get caught.  

could someone please put up an electrical and air schematic for me on how it is installed?

i need to do it and dont want to have to figure it out on my own.   yea richard, i know a long time ago i took pictures of yours....somewhere...

tom

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Posted by: Rjbjfire
04-08-2017, 05:44 PM
Forum: Towing
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I'm looking for info and advice on towing my 1972 Buick Electra Limited behind our 1974 Newell.  I looked into hauling it on a trailer but I would need a heavy tandem axle trailer.  I think it would look much cooler running down the road behind the Newell any way. 

Any suggestions on towing setups?  Any advice or suggestions would also be appreciated. The Buick is set up from the factory to be towed.  It is in the owners manual anyway. 

I tried to attach a picture of a Buick like mine so you can see what I'm talking about. 

Thanks!

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Posted by: encantotom
04-08-2017, 10:22 AM
Forum: Get Togethers
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hello gurus,  

darlene and i host an annual BBQ for friends and family that will be taking place on Saturday Evening, April 29th at our place in Wittmann, AZ.

if any of you are in the area and are interested in attending, please contact me at [email protected]

no cost and only thing we ask is if you have any lightly used clothing to bring as we gather clothing to donate to a local charity thrift store that serves our little community.  

normally i have full hookups available if you are in your coach, but i will not have any avail for this. there is parking for coaches, but with no hookups.  

we hope some of you can come.   

tom and darlene

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Posted by: bryguymi
04-08-2017, 08:47 AM
Forum: Slides
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Hello all, I have a couple glide-out questions from a newbies perspective that I would greatly appreciate your thoughts on. First, I've heard mention frequently that one should check the seal to make sure it's not sticking to the glide before retracting the glide.  This is easily done on the vertical sides and the horizontal bottom, but how about the horizontal top of the slide? Or is the most potential for sticking on the vertical sides, as opposed to the horizontals on the top and bottom.?  Second question, looking at the bottoms of all of my glides, they have metal tracks that they slide in on, it appears. What should I lube them with? Thank you all in advance!

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Posted by: HoosierDaddy
04-07-2017, 05:46 PM
Forum: Air Operated Systems and Leaks
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My microphor has never worked on the 12V air compressor alone. Today I was trying to sequence the events to determine what to repair. So I turned on 12V comp. and let it run til it shut off. ( probably 7-10 minutes). I flush the toilet and it "stalls out" after the flap in the bowl has closed. It sits there leaking air and gurgling as the 12V comp. runs, eventually the bowl flap appears to leak as the air pressure is lost. Air pressure at the regulator is 5-6#.  If I go to the air pressure regulator and shut the air off to the toilet the compressor eventually tops off the tank and shuts off. Then if I open the air pressure regulator, as the air pressure reaches around 25# I can hear air hissing in the system and then as the pressure builds to 38-39# I hear a small thump in the toilet and everything seals up normally. I have tried this procedure with a starting air pressure of 40# as well as 45#.
I rebuilt the toilet last summer and overall performance improved. It works fine using the engine or 120V air comp. It acts as though there is not enough air volume/pressure to complete a flush even though the 12V compressor kicks on almost immediately.

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Posted by: bryguymi
04-07-2017, 06:06 AM
Forum: General
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Hi All..........we just purchased our first Newell, coach #599. Picked it up in OKC, drove directly home to Michigan because of time constraints, dealt with rain and high winds (30+ mph gusts) all the way.  But it drove great!

Got home 7pm last night, still raining, only to realize that our garage door was 5 inches too low.  ugh!  Bled the air bags and rolled in very slowly, cleared the highpoint a/c unit with one inch to spare.  Smile

Shut the garage door to start exploring the interior; slides 1 and 2 went out just fine, slide 3 won't go out (it worked fine in pre-purchase testing).  Called Newell 911, and still working with them currently to fix the situation. 

Overall, kind of a rough start to our first Newell experience, but I still think we're going to like it lots.  Smile

Bryan

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NewellCoachSales.com is listing the September 2017 availability of #1519. Likely have a new Newell on order with September delivery.

http://www.newellcoachsales.com/default....lInventory

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2008, quad slide, C-15, 625 HP, ZF-12 speed. $599k at Newell

http://www.newellcoach.com/newell-coaches/coach-1223/

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