11-09-2017, 05:12 PM
Finally arrived at Newell Coach in Miami, OK about 5pm today! Please let us know if any of the group is here!
I sat outside of a local NAPA store for about an hour this morning trying different belts and had no luck - the 9330 did not fit and they only had one of each belt in stock. I did discover that the alternator mounts were loose and tightened up everything. The 9500PB (long) belt worked but the alternator would hit the big hose coming down from (I guess) the radiator to the engine so I really needed a little shorter belt. We ended up finding an Advance Auto store that had a big warehouse in the back (not sure how you find these other than asking every store you call). They had all the belts we could ever need. Ended up with a 9545 (long) belt which is about one inch shorter than the 9500 (9 is the width and 50 is the length I think). This belt fit great, got two of them and the alternator was working the rest of the way to Newell. Would love to get belts that fit the ‘short’ route but there is just no adjustment for the belt with the alternator out of the loop. Will check the belts before we leave Newell on Saturday. Planning to take a quick tour of Newell’s plant tomorrow and get my parts for the Automatic Transfer switch so the Generator will work correctly. Been a busy day starting at about 3am this morning so I’m exhausted but happy to be amongst all the pretty coaches!
I sat outside of a local NAPA store for about an hour this morning trying different belts and had no luck - the 9330 did not fit and they only had one of each belt in stock. I did discover that the alternator mounts were loose and tightened up everything. The 9500PB (long) belt worked but the alternator would hit the big hose coming down from (I guess) the radiator to the engine so I really needed a little shorter belt. We ended up finding an Advance Auto store that had a big warehouse in the back (not sure how you find these other than asking every store you call). They had all the belts we could ever need. Ended up with a 9545 (long) belt which is about one inch shorter than the 9500 (9 is the width and 50 is the length I think). This belt fit great, got two of them and the alternator was working the rest of the way to Newell. Would love to get belts that fit the ‘short’ route but there is just no adjustment for the belt with the alternator out of the loop. Will check the belts before we leave Newell on Saturday. Planning to take a quick tour of Newell’s plant tomorrow and get my parts for the Automatic Transfer switch so the Generator will work correctly. Been a busy day starting at about 3am this morning so I’m exhausted but happy to be amongst all the pretty coaches!
Karen & Adrian Abshire
1998 2 slide 45' Newell Coach 498
Prior: 1985 Foretravel ORED 35, 1988 38' Foretravel U280, 2000 Foretravel 42' U320, 1990 Bluebird Wanderlodge WB40