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I just had a burst hydraulic line, the supply that runs up to the power steering, through the center of the coach. This happened while my coach was at my local paint shop getting a fiberglass crack repaired. It's all fixed now, but I want to post what we went through to help anyone in the future.

After finding a mobile repair guy (which was a tough job), we decided the section of the hose with the hole could be spliced. This was done, with the proper hose and fittings, only to burst again in a new place. Now the only thing to do was replace the entire hose, about 45'. I called Newell for their guidance, and they gave us good info, but said it's a tough job. A few days later, we had the hose and began the repair. Oh, all this in the parking lot of the paint shop.

Disconnecting the line at both ends, we drained the fluid into new containers. Newell said the two lines, supply and return, were not tied to anything within the troughs, but were fastened together in the center with a plastic tie. Actually, in my case, it was duct tape. As the lines exit the trough, they are tied. All that, of course, has to be removed. Newell said it would take one person up front feeding the line and two in the back pulling.

We put fittings on the new line, coupled the new and old together at the front of the coach, taped the fittings to make them as smooth as possible, and began to pull it through. At first, pulling on the old line in the rear just stretched the line. It was stuck. Finally, with a good tug with 2 people, the duck tape snapped and the line began to feed. as the fittings moved through, occasionally we would have to go inside the bays and help it along. In my coach, all with hoses and cables are visible in a couple of the bays. Once the fittings made it into the last section of trough, it pulled right through. We hooked it up, put the fluid back in, cranked the engine, checked for leaks (none!) and we were done. It took about 4.5 hours.

I can't express how grateful I am to the service guys at Newell. They really come through and know these coaches inside and out. Any questions? Ask now before I forget this ever happened!

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Unfortunately, it's time to sell our Newell. I would like a little input on my thoughts on selling.  What price do the Gurus think would be fair to ask for our 94 Newell. It was designed by Felix Sebatis, Nascar owner, as a Hospitality Coach with a rear horseshoe lounge and has served us very well. We bought it in 1999 from Newell and used it for our business until 2013 when we retired from racing events in the U.S. We have maintained it religiously and never missed a race in all those years. Always stored inside when at home base. We've thought about updating/changing the interior, but think it would be wiser to keep the price low so a new owner could make those changes to their taste. It has one of the first 60 series with a 4 speed allison. 300,000 trouble free miles and has never used a drop of oil. All airbags have been replaced and the HWH system works well. Basement airs work although 1 was used for parts as we never had a need for all 4 at the same time, and have accumulated extra parts for the airs because they became difficult to find. I can give more details, if needed, but don't want to make this too long. Thoughts? Tom, you have experience with changing a Hospitality Coach, your thought?

rolled my #2 slide seal off the nipple the other night. How has anyone sealed the gap till I can get repaired?

Hi all,

Yea, not a newell thing but at least part of the newell house.   

my big garage doors let in a little water when it pours rain in a few spots.  

i tortured myself with all kinds of exotic solutions.....expensive/thicker seals, putting something on the floor, etc.  

but....this is what i did for 4 bucks a door.  it is supposed to rain alot early next week, so i will see if it works.  

i used 5/8" round foam backer rod that i got at home depot in 25' lengths for 4 bucks.  i used a wire to push through the seal on the bottom of the garage door, taped the foam rod to it and pulled it through.  there was 5 feet on each side left so i just pushed it back in and doubled it there.  

seems like that should create a better seal on the bottom of the door.  

well at least it was a cheap try if not.

tom

Pulled into an RV park in Mesa, AZ, late today and I could not get either of my slides to extend.  I observed a large amount of red hydraulic fluid leaking at the center front of the coach.  It seem like it is leaking from the generator bay, but I cannot extend the generator either.  Too late today to sort things out, but I am wondering if the leak could be in the generator bay, an is there a way to extend the generator without hydraulic fluid?  Fortunately, I am going to be here a couple of weeks, so time to figure this out.  The last two weeks remind me of the old saying = when it rains, it pours.

The coach we are looking at has 22.5 315 tires/wheels and it was recommended to change these to 365 (?) size wheels/tires.  There is supposed to be a Prevost spindle/part that make the process much cheaper/easier.  Will these bigger tires rub on the wheel wells (1998 45')?  I am not sure the coach is overweight but figured since it needs new tires anyway on front it would be a good time to do the whole shebang at once... How much does this cost if not done by Newell?  ie: I will buy everything and have a local shop install everything?  

I salvaged the circuit board, motor, and air bladder from a previously working jetpaq pump. The mechanical seal failed on the pump, and NO parts are available from Grundfos. I tried to fix the mechanical seal, but my fix altered some critical clearances between the impeller and the the pump housing that did not manifest under manual operation. The impeller welded to the housing making the rendering the pump beyond repair. Hey....you win some you lose some. 

Hopefully these parts may rescue a Jetpaq pump some day. 

Who knows their street worth since no parts are available. I don't want to separate the parts, and I am guessing the board, motor, and bladder should be worth about 150 bucks. 

We drove 6 hours Friday to Kansas hoping to see the coach that night and to meet the owner of #478 and his lovely wife.  We had to stop for the night at about 9pm and since it was late were not able to see the coach (I was exhausted).  The Rubicon performed flawlessly (we decided to take the Jeep rather than our Wanderlodge since it was going to take too much time to get it out of the site it is wedged into currently).  Saturday morning we went to the home of the owner and were able to see the coach first in the barn with the slides in and were able to see the coach interior very well.  The coach is very nice inside and had everything we wanted.  Karen went through the coach in detail with the owner and felt it had ample storage space for can goods and linens.  I helped the owner pull the coach out into the warm Kansas sunshine and was able to get some good pictures and video of the coach exterior.  The top is mostly black and the clear coat is coming off on the driver side.  The owner did spend some time in the last 10 years sitting in Florida and also had a spot in Colorado so it was not inside all the time but when it was at home in Kansas it did stay in the barn.  I will have the top re-clear coated soon.  The tires all need replacing - 22.5 on front(2009) (need to change them to the larger tires/wheels/spindles soon) and the rear 24.5 (2004) also.  I will do some research and find good pricing on the tires.  The drive wheels had Cats Eyes on them but they were non-functional so I will either replace or repair them as I like the functinality of them and especially being able to check and air both tires from one location is nice.  The coach drove fine and had a Howard Power Steering that worked well, 2-stage Jake brake that worked, no vibrations and was very quiet (the other coaches we drove all had whining steering boxes).  The engine was very smooth and quiet - he showed me the floor of the garage where the coach always set and there was a spot of oil about 10" wide, not bad after sitting in the same spot for 10 years!...  The engine was dirty and dusty but nothing out of the ordinary.  I will plan to test/replace the batteries if needed - he had regular car batteries (2) in the back where normally 2 8D batteries would go but the coach started right up with them.  The other oddity was that the owner had added a spray nozzle in the bathroom toilet area instead of fixing the ($500 Newell cost) valve for the water.  To use the toilet you  would use the spray nozzle to clean the bowl instead of flushing like normal - I will have to fix this as Karen will not like this too much.  At least he kept the old valve so I can match it easily.  There was a small bit of water staining on the wall under the bathroom window so I will probably need to 
The slides came out easily and he showed me where they had 'fixed' the slides with a couple of dabs of silicone RTV (I read about this on this site already) to fix leaks.  I will add the air pumps for the seals asap (also on this site).  The only concern I saw was the RTV used down the edge of the slides to cover 1/8 to 1/4" gaps where it looks like the slide room was pulled too far in and pulled the outside skin loose.  Maybe there is an adjustment for this - I will be memorizing the HWH slide manual soon I'm sure...   
Every single light I tried on this coach worked, simply amazing for a 17 y/o coach!  I will change out all those little halogen lights for some LEDs when I find a decent replacement!  
The generator started and ran smoothly and the AquaHot system seemed to work fine - we were running on electric but I will check it out after I buy it to be sure as we will be in cold weather frequently.  It did concern me that he was using a 12-volt trickle charger on the engine batteries and there were two other cords running into the passenger side bays (not sure why) even though he had it plugged in to 50amp power... either the inverters are not running or the batteries are not staying charged (or both).  Speculation abounds... Karen seemed to like this coach as much or more than others as they all seem to have strengths and weaknesses but we both agreed on the floorplan.  Our current Wanderlodge (90WB40) seems to have better/more cabinet space/cubbie holes but maybe we missed a bunch of it.  Karen was disappointed with the lack of storage under the bed as the slide mechanism seems to take up most of the space, we can always store our bathing suits under there (old Miata trunk joke) ... 

Looking at a coach that has a switch on the dash labeled TAg Axle so I'm assuming it has a steerable tag.  How can I test it please?  Owner doesn't know about it...

California Coach has #732 listed at a $30,000 price decrease, now $299,000.

45'8", 2005, 3 slide, center island bed.

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