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I now own coach 385.  It has been discussed on NewellGurus by other owners and now it’s issues are mine.

Are there replacement options for the basement units in these coaches built in 1994? Basement replacements, roof mounts, mini splits?

I think these are Dometic, but I am not positive.

Any thoughts are appreciated.

2002 Newell 631 for sale
https://www.motorhomesoftexas.com/Pre-ow...8?ref=list

I am new to Newell motorhomes, I am thinking of buying one and have sold our Newmar. I have 100k to purchase with, my question to all is I am looking at 1990 to 1999 models or newer if I can afford it. What do I look for, what issues should I know about? Your knowledge would greatly aid me in buying a great unit. The wife and I want to travel more but not go broke keeping the Newell alive. Our Newmar was great to us, but I have always loved the Newell line of RV's style and ride.
Any information you have please share.

Thank you in advance!!!

Hey all. I’m looking to install a shallow floor safe under our bed, and into the carpeted floor. I’ve taken out all the screws around the parameter and in the middle to the motor housing, but it does not want to come out. 

I would not try to cut the hole while still there. No clue on what’s under there.

This was under my booth dinette where my in-built vacuum resides. Any ideas what it might be? No markings - maybe for the phone/doorbell system?  I don’t see a speaker on it… Grok thinks it is: It could be for the furnace/water heater ignition — Suburban or similar RV appliances often use spark ignition modules that look very similar (big filter chokes for EMI suppression, capacitors, and terminals for 12V power, ground, thermostat input, and high-voltage output to electrodes). The labels like T- T+ often mean transformer/coil terminals, IN- for sensor input, and cryptic ones like OW ID IGH could be worn/abbreviated for “output white”, “ignition drive”, “ignition high/ground”.

Gentleman,

Is it possible to by-pass the hot water heater in the aqua hot and add an 8-gallon water heater to the system?
I have found a water leak coming out of the Aqua-Hot when I turn on the water pump.

Mark

Anyone have the Silverleaf RV-C OmniScope Program?  I just ordered it from Trillium Electronics to help resolve Silverleaf issues.

So rumor has it a certain guru is planning on being at the Big Meadow Family campground in May 2026, so I asked if it was alright if he did not mind if we tried to do another No Rally at the same time and he for some reason said yes, haha.. 

This will be an unstructured gathering, so you will be free to do whatever you like or get together with your neighbors and organize a gathering if you like. I am sure this will be a great time. Folks will gather around if someone needs to repair something and help or just watch and give advice. 

Come join us, I am sure you will have a great time!


So here are the details:
Dates:
May 10th to the 16th, 2026
Location:
Big Meadow Family Campground
Townsend, Tennessee
https://bigmeadowcampground.com/

I have booked May 10th to the 16th on site 64. The sites along this row are the longest pull through sites so if you are towing a trailer etc I would recommend one of these sites. 
If other participants want to list their site numbers feel free to as you book your site. 

The campground is right at the foot of the Smokey Mountain National Park, so there is lots to do and see. I would recommend bringing a toad to get around and see the sights.

Coach has been sittin in storage since beginning of November. Cranked fine, ran fine.

Went to crank it up today.  Turn the key and…. Nothing.  No crank. Isolated each the chassis batteries and checked voltage and they were about 13.6  House was 13.6.  Batteries were merged

Checked voltage at the starter and it was 13.6 positive and ground with the meter ruling out bad battery cables

Checked the starter relay where the rear start switch is, red on the small wire of the relay, and black to ground on the battery and turned the rear start switch.  It went from 2.7mv (switch off) to 6.0mv (switch on) and 22mv (switch in crank position).  I would’ve thought this would have had volts not milli volts going thru it.   

I’m thinking the relay is bad??  I’m going to jump the relay next time I’m out where I store it.  But does anyone have the part number for this??  So I can have a spare??  Or confirm that it’s bad?  Or can anyone shed any other light on the subject??

Thanks

Does it hurt the airbags, or anything else, to lower the coach all the way down, to its lowest point, for long periods of time?  I would love for the step out to be lower for my aging dog but wasn’t sure if it would hurt the bags to be fully compressed for months at a time.