Jake Brake Series 60 - Printable Version

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Jake Brake Series 60 - Wanderman - 06-26-2021

Hey All

  So far I am LOVING the drive of my Newell. I left Albuquerque and am now In Oklahoma at the Stafford Air and Space Museum.

Have had a few issues.. but will all get sorted.

The only thing tht is not working that I woud like to use is the jake brake.

Checked fuses in pasenger footwell, relay looks OK..

Switch ON set to HGH..nada/

Suggestions?

Thanks,

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RE: Jake Brake Series 60 - Jesse - 06-27-2021

Might help, might not, but after buying ours the jake brake went out and had the same issue. At Newell they said the fuse for the radar detector which i never use also plays a role and sure enough after it was replaced it started working again.... strange I know... Figured I'd share it with you its an easy thing to check.

Jesse White Newell 2001 Coach #582

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RE: Jake Brake Series 60 - encantotom - 06-27-2021

rick,

after all you went through, i am glad things are going well.

keep in touch

tom

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RE: Jake Brake Series 60 - Wanderman - 06-30-2021

Hi all,, I still hv no Jk brake. I've got the Series 6 with two speed Jake brake, with 2 switches one ON/OFF and one High/LOW

Could somene please take a photo or send me a color coded digram of how they are wired. NONE of the Jake manuals schematics match what we have!

Many thanks

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RE: Jake Brake Series 60 - ccjohnson - 06-30-2021

Try giving Newell a call. They may be able to give you some guidance on it They were very helpful in getting me the info to get my cruise control working when someone had unplugged a few wires.

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RE: Jake Brake Series 60 - MrE - 06-30-2021

Rick, I think you took the wrong route home. You should have done what Jerry Knapp did after buying 1999 Newell Coach #521 and stopped by Tom's place in Arizona. You may think it was heading in the wrong direction, but it would have saved you many hours.

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RE: Jake Brake Series 60 - Wanderman - 06-30-2021

Hey all!
Have my jake brake working most excellently. We had a wiring diagram for a similar coachsent by Robert at Newell. Between wrong colors and a bad switch I was up in running pretty quickly.

Yes, Tom is a great guy and amazing resource for any Newell owner. I don't like to take advantage, and learing how things work and how to fix them is at least half the fun!

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