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While tracing wires for my Aqua-Hot rebuild i toned the line for the wet bay thermostat and noticed this was cracked. Looks like a water filtration unit of some sort. Anyone know exactly what this is?

My wife and I just purchased 717, a 2005 4 slide with D60.  We previously had a 1979 Chieftan that we used to camp in practically every campground in the colorado mountains. Before the Newell, we travelled the eastern US in a 1997 Prevost Marathon.
Retired mechanical engineer, I am familiar with HVAC, electrical etc. I have performed all the maintenance on cars and coaches for the last 40 years.
Difficult decision to change from the Prevost, but a four slide Newell seemed to be a much better value and we wanted more space when parked.  
The Prevost came with a 3 inch thick binder with all the chassis maintenance and repair information. I have been able to do engine overhead, brakes, air bags etc.
Not sure what is available regarding the newell- only received a very sparse owners manual.
I have already noticed the tone on this forum is the most respectful and supportive of any forum I view/participate!

1986 Newell Coach 8v92 with 4speed Allison Tranmission
Just driving along, lost power, was able to get to side of road.  Presently will go in reverse. Had some transmission fluid exit the upper driver side of the 8V92 motor which might have come out of transmission dipstick? Lost aprox 2 quarts of transmission fluid, replaced it but still will not go in forward. I think it is the torque converter or something in the transmission?
I looked at the linkage on the side of transmission and it seemed to be working fine. Reverse & neutral seem to be there but when you go to 1-4 gears it won't go. I can feel it shift into reverse  fine, but when trying to select forward gears it tries to rock forward slightly and does not move and  motor bogs down like under load
There is no problem w/brakes or air pressure. Looking for suggestions. Probably Kalispell MT or Missoula MT might be best bet for service ?.  This is coach #106 allison 4 speed automatic transmission w/a 8V92
Looking for a mechanic recommendation !
Any ideas the problem ?
Need tow & mechanic  ideas  asap
Thanks in advance Jeff Helser 512-567-1827 [url=http://voice.google.com/calls?a=nc,%2B15125671827][/url]

Good morning, I have a 2007 number 802. I need a key blank for the mid entry door. No luck with the factory or the lock manufacture or the local lock shop. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Tom.

We were at the Newell Rally in Hearthside a couple of weeks ago. I was honored when Andrew and Brad drove up to my spot to make a video of my coach! They went around the resort and interviewed several people. We really enjoyed the rally and on the 11th hour just as we thought it couldn't get better, it did!

https://youtu.be/1D9oinh2UKk?si=MhCglTZ8dPKTDjrx

So I drop by storage unit to pick up a few things and before leaving I hear the most strange sound coming from the bay in between my engine and the house batteries on the curb side.  I believe this houses the air system for rear slides?  It's a repetitive sound over and over again and if you expel air from the top desiccant it will stop for a second and then keep right on making the same repetitive sound.  I think the link posted will take you to YouTube where I uploaded it.

I got out my bubble and my Amprobe and the Amprobe per the attached pick gets a 99 on that black knob, but I have zero air leaking there.  Assuming that means the sound is resonating from that knob?  Where I was able to see signifiant leak is in the seam on the little metal rectangular piece at the bottom.  I've circled that in red where it's leaking and also one with bubbles as it's leaking quite a bit.  Not sure if that needs to be replaced or if it can be taken apart and have some type of seal replaced.  Not exactly sure how it even comes off the wall?

Hopefully this is not clear as mud.  I guess the good news is that I found a pretty good sized leak along with one push fitting that needs changed to compression, but otherwise I'm at a loss as to what this sound is and how to fix that box from leaking.

https://youtube.com/shorts/QZwxTDf-sSU?feature=share

I had seen this when i purchased the coach     and thought it would be no big deal to fix.     However, I'm not sure how the leather valance comes off. I cant seem to locate any hardware holding it on. any help or thoughts would be appreciated.    
I really hope its not attached internally to the half round pillars.

I have followed this thread about counterfeit oil filters and have seen videos of the production of counterfeit filters.  The possibility of having an "O" ring in the filter getting sucked into the engine is real.  I started a list of filters I need; oil, air, air dryer, coolant, fuel, etc. and realize they are all probably being counterfeited.  I no longer look for the best price, now I look for the source and will go directly to the manufacturer if needed.

With two alternate titles. The first is gratitude to Steve Bare (rheavn) for showing us all how to make one of these. The second alternate is, FOLLOW YOUR OWN ADVICE KNUCKLEHEAD!

The background is that I have lived with, fretted with, and gotten aggravated with a slow leak down on the left rear corner of the coach when parked. It makes the bed tilt head down slightly because of the east west bedroom slide. That gives me acid reflux. Yeah, I know, more info than you needed. 

Air bags two years old. I have been under there a dozen times with soapy water and could not find a leak. Six pack rebuilt sometime in the past few years. I concluded that the ping tank that is between the six pack and the air bags must be leaking. The solution to that is bypass the ping tank. In preparation for that I bought all the necessary DOT fittings and tubing to make that happen. I had all the goodies in a bag for the last year just waiting on a slow couple of days to do the work. 

Now, if you had presented me with that problem, I would have told you to install an isolator rig between the six pack and the exit line for that side to confirm which side of the system the leak was on. Nah, I don’t need to do that, after all others have had ping tank leaks, why should my coach be any different. 

I had a little chat with myself, and said self ‘take the time to use the isolator’. 

Well, dang. 

I installed said isolator which took about 15 minutes. It tool longer to get out the tools than it did to install it. Aired up the coach, inflated the bags, noted pressures on both sides of the shutoff valve, and then closed the valve. The next morning I said Hmmmmm when I saw the pressures. The air bag side was steady at 100. And the six pack side was lower at 80. I cranked the coach, left the shutoff valve closed, and let the supply side build to 120, and the six pack side raised to 120. 

That told me that the air bag, hoses, ping tank, and fittings were not leaking. 
It told me two more things. One the raise solenoid is leaking because the pressure decreased to the supply pressure. Two, the check valve in the six pack which is supposed to prevent pressure from the air bags from feeding back into the supply line was leaking. 

Of course, took the six pack out, used a kit from Tom and refreshed the solenoids. Took out the check valves and installed new o rings on the sealing section. 

Problem solved without two days under the coach rerouting air lines. 

This is really a long winded way of introducing some of our newer members to a very handy tool to have on board for diagnosing and not guessing when it comes to air leaks. Looking at the pics, the middle part is easy to comprehend. Pics of the air line ends show one female setup and a male setup on the other end .In this case it was for 1/4 tubing, but you can see the rig is made to simple disconnect the air line in question and insert the isolator. 

Thanks again Steve.

For those of us having the older Dometic DN1070 under counter ice maker, my repair guy has a good solution.

If the unit is still cooling, but leaking water, or making bad ice, or no ice, he has a good solution. He identified the ice maker itself as a Whirlpool made item. Our coach, a 1991 # 277's ice maker had 1989 date on it. It was leaking water and making bad ice, sometimes.

My repairman installed a new Whirlpool part # 1129313 ice maker which includes a new water valve. You'll need thermo-conductive mastic or RTV to seat the ice maker on the cold plate. You do have to butt splice the harness together. You'll use the old connector and part of the harness with part of one of the new harnesses provided to fabricate the new connector harness. He said to just match the colors, green to green, white to white etc. The new harness will slip in from the rear and plug right into the new maker in the box.

Now, lots of ice and NO water in the ice box! Just clean ice.

What happens is the gearbox on the motor will shed a tooth or two and the cam will just stop moving which may keep the water flowing, or the heater on, or just stop all actions. In any event, the new ice maker will correct that all of those problems.

He ordered from a parts place in Chicago.

If you have cooling problems, I think he said the compressors are still made in Brazil.

Nice to have ice!

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