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Adrian, I'm glad you decided on the Newell.  It was great to have met you and your wife.  My Jake brakes are fairly quiet also and does not have a lot of impact when I turn it on.  The transmission indicator goes to 5 and as I slow down I can feel it more.  A lot of the forum members have had their Jake brakes programmed to turn on at 4 on their transmission.  This might have been done on the red coach.  I have learned to live with mine the way it is.  The 98 you decided on it a much better coach than the red one by far.  The Newell factory is not much out of your way home to Iowa.  You might take the coach by and visit with them.  They are a great bunch of people.  You can give them your coach # and they can tell you a lot about your coach and so can Michael Day.  He is our Newell historian. Welcome to the crowd.