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Sensata Technology has pulled the plug on their Magnum Inverter product line.
Looking for ideas for making an open bay door warning. Each door has a switch which turns that bay LED light on when opened. What is the best way to send a warning to the driver?
Hello everyone,
I am trying to find the air dryer for the air compressor. I have checked everywhere with no luck but not sure where to look? The airbags and hwh system is not supplying adequate pressure. I believe it is air compressor and will replace it possibly tomorrow evening if the air compressor arrives on time. Can anyone tell me where the air dryer is located? It's an older system the coach is a 94 Newell and the air compressor shows 28599 Detroit diesel 501 compressor and vin is 1N9450X85R1011341.. thank you ?
-Leah-
This is a new thread which addresses avoiding cargo bay door latch failure discussed in THIS thread. It's important to note that the bay latch handle has a lever which pushes the inner mechanism against the microswitch which activates the electric latches on each end of the bay door. That lever does not even touch the inner mechanism once you release the handle. If the inner mechanism sticks while it is pushing the microswitch, there is NOTHING you can do to keep it from burning out the two bay latches.
Check your bay door latches! Look at the mechanism from the inside of the bay door, they are not covered or obstructed. Operate the bay door switch handle & watch the mechanism move when you release the handle. It should SNAP back into place. If it doesn't you have a problem.
I tested all of my cargo bay handles today & found two which were sticking but still moving slowly. On the bench, one stopped moving completely which would have caused the latch to burn out. The worst was on the fuel bay (the dirty one in the photos) , the other was on the battery bay. I cleaned them with mineral spirits & they both stopped moving without help. I put light oil on the surface surrounding the washer in the photo & they moved freely after that. A dry lubricant may be better. I think the fuel bay latch mechanism should be covered to keep the corrosion down. I may Velcro something over it.
The latch handle is a TriMark 030-2000 (Patent 6708537) adapted by Southco for their electric latch. I propose drilling a hole in the handle assembly (preferred) or the bay door to add a push button momentary switch to actuate the latches. That would eliminate all of the electrical & mechanical action the handle currently has which is THE problem. The handle movement would be disabled & it would just be used to pull the door open.
Here are photos of the latch & switch. Video of Latch Assembly Dragging As Mounted On The Door It should snap back
Picked up a 1977 36' pusher with a Cummins 555 and an immaculate interior. The exterior is just as impressive—no dents and the paint is still quite presentable. Fired it up and drove it two hours home last summer without a hitch.
Not long after, a friend told me about another '77 wasting away in a storage yard. This one’s a gasser and nowhere near the quality of the pusher. Newell must have had very different price tiers back then. We got it running, and it drives, but with missing roof vents, water damage has taken its toll. Still, it has some great parts I can use.
Fast forward to last weekend—another friend mentioned a 1980 about an hour away. I wasted no time and drove down to snag it. Originally powered by a Cat 3208, someone swapped in a Detroit. It’s 38' long and still sitting on what looks like the original tires! Plan is to get it home tomorrow with fresh rubber.
Now I’m in a dilemma—three Newells, plus two bus conversions: a 1974 MCI and a 1974 Buffalo with a basement bedroom. Not quite sure what I’m going to do with all of them, but here we are!
We flew back to AZ for my brother in laws funeral this past week and returned to our new home in Ozark yesterday. We are keeping the coach in Gilbert AZ under a covered and powered storage facility since the humidity is low. Over the course of the week, we stopped in to check on it and spend some time unwinding. Coach looks great. Started right up after a 5 month slumber. Over the course of its stay, the Victron would report a shore power loss. The facility would plug it back in when I called them. I believe the issue was my dog grooming neighbor would knock the plug out of the socket when they plugged their vans in. I tie wired a support in to help combat my cord coming out. At first I thought it was a malicious thing but when I saw the 20 something year old girl drop off the van at the end of the day, I just realized they were careless. Either way, I really enjoyed being back on the coach. we do miss it but have no where to park it on our property until a building goes up. Our HOA does not allow visible boats and toys left out. We have a small 24x30 shop but it is surrounded by a septic system so I cannot expand the building where it sits. No funds to build a new one further back on the 3 acres for now.
I was surprised to see how clean the coach was and that it still had a new smell on the interior. Despite keeping the waste tank clean and sanitized, I still expected to detect a musty cabin odor, but nothing of the sort.
While we were away, the window company installed new windows on the house. Took 6 weeks to get them in from order date.
So this past weekend and last week we went over to Florida Flywheelers park starting on Wednesday. The weather was perfect for dry camping, a small shower on Wednesday evening. Florida Flywheelers is essentially a tractor show, but the grounds also have probably one of the largest flea markets you will see. There are tons of things to do during the show, I will add some pictures of the highlights. We enjoy watching the tractor pulling and just riding around looking at all the junk, I mean stuff for sale! haha! There is a small village with buildings set up that have all kinds of different displays, including a working sawmill running off a steam engine.
This is a picture of our Newell on the right, center is a 1953 GM 4104, and a 1998 Prevost conversion.
Some of the village buildings:
Here is a video of a steam tractor pull that my buddy filmed:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xm9zqnsJWnE
Here is my buddy leaving in his 4104, he has owned this coach since 1979:
https://youtu.be/Lve4wVQl23w
My air problems continue to plaque my coach. I've replaced the Governor on the Compressor and relocated the Governor to the right rear compartment forward wall with a new separartion filter, and new air lines, the PPV on at 70 psi, off at 75 psi , Control Valve on my Air Dryer, the Heater Selenoid on the Air Dryer, disassembled and cleaned the Air Dryer.
The problem I have now is my drive axle air bags are not inflating and my air is back stuck at 75 psi. The front and tag axle bags inflate. I have the coacch plugged into an external air source as I purchased an ultrasonic leak detector from UE Systems which has helped me locate a few leaks, which I've repaired. I also found 4 ride stabilizers and purchased them as I have a very small leak on the right side, very small bubbles, but a leak.
I replaced my 12 volt air compressor in 6/24, it comes on maybe once a day for 1 minute 30 seconds, builds 100 psi, enough to flush the toilet but not enough to operate the pocket doors. I rebuilt the original 110 volt Gast compressor with factory rebuild kit as I had a cracked cylinder head, which didn't help. I am in the process of replacing the Gast with a new twin cylinder California Compressor with higher cfm capacity. When I plug in external air I can operate the pocket doors and generator slide, but brake and supply won't get higher than 75 psi. Unplug the external air supply and my supply pressure drops almost immediately, while brake pressure has only dropped 2 lbs. in 3 hrs.
I am hoping somebody has some directions that will help me solve these ongoing air issues.
Thanks so much,
Jeff Rahn
I'm looking for a manual for a Seaward Stove, model G2247-T-5200. It has no knobs, just an electronic display and controls.
Hi, i’m an experienced coach owner. Looking at a well maintained 2005 Newell. 225,000 miles. Maintained at newell every year for last 10 years.
Love the Detroit. Any comments?