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  Can't turn Engine Off

Posted by: [email protected]
03-30-2023, 01:52 PM
Forum: Help, I need help ASAP
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Started my 1986 8V92. No air and now I can't turn the engine off. Tried rear controls also. Same result.

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  Buying #125

Posted by: Burlyman
03-27-2023, 12:20 PM
Forum: General
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Hi gurus.  Friday morning we fly out to AZ to pick up a 1986 #125 from Mark and Marian, known here as Little, and we will drive her back to Oregon. This will be our first Newell.  Wayyy back in 2006 I test drove a '92 and I still remember how well it drove compared to my Rockwood gasser.  That deal fell through, but it's been on my mind for a future coach ever since.  We are excited to do some land-based traveling again!

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  HWH raised floor slide

Posted by: rheavn
03-27-2023, 04:38 AM
Forum: Slides
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Here are a couple pictures.  Slide mechanism is above floor and hydraulic boom is below floor.

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  1999 45 ft Newell in Orlando

Posted by: backroadrunner
03-26-2023, 08:40 AM
Forum: Coaches for Sale (Please read the info in the Category description)
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Hello, I have spotted a 1999 coach on marketplace, Orlando Fl. for sale.  My question is has anyone gone and seen it or know anything about it? It has been there for awhile.  Owner not responsive. Huh  FYI I am looking to buy and I realize this is a for sale column sorry.  Thanks

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  monday april 3rd hwh slide seal party in wittmann

Posted by: encantotom
03-25-2023, 01:13 PM
Forum: Slides
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TJ, one of our gurus will be in wittmann for a few days to work on his slide seal.  it has rolled out and has no leaks.  so we are either going to do one or the other. it is a drivers side salon slide seal.  
first....see if we feel comfortable getting it back in place without removing the slide.   
or second, take the slide out with my slide cart and clean and reglue the seal in place.  
if anyone would like to join us first thing that monday morning to help or observe, you are welcome.  i live in wittmann, az,   between surprise and wickenburg.  the more the merrier.  
i am not super experienced, but this will be the 4th seal i have helped with.  
let me know.
tom

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  1996 Alison Transmission ATF capacity?

Posted by: Wanderman
03-25-2023, 04:33 AM
Forum: Drivetrain
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I am stuck on the side of the road with an abraded transmission cooler line. Since I have lost all my transmission fluid, I need to refill.

Anyone know the capacity for my Allison?

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  Tank Quantity Sensor - Black and Fresh - Coach 1482

Posted by: hypoxia
03-24-2023, 07:39 AM
Forum: Plumbing and fixtures
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Black Tank Quantity has been intermittent ever since owning the coach.  First the data (Phone) connection was corroded so I soldered a new connection on.  Then it remained intermittent, being correct part of the time so I decided to replace it.  The sending unit is a Kavlico P4050-3G which is probably the same as P4055-3G.  I couldn't find any available in the market so ordered one from Newell.  It arrived as an assembly which included the sending unit, wire harness, Silverleaf data circuit board and PVC adapter 1" NPT to 1/4" NPT.  Replaced it and quantity is accurate now.

The PVC adapter is 1 1/8" and the sending unit is 15/16"

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  Fitting Leak Hydraulic Cooler (In front of Drive axle)

Posted by: Wanderman
03-24-2023, 07:18 AM
Forum: Drivetrain
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I'm sitting in Bay 7 at the Newell factory, waiting for some finishing fiberglass work. Decided to run the washer/dryer for a test. While looking underneath for water leaks I see about 2-3 gallons of ATF on the floor, leaking from where the techs found a leak and repaired it.

The factory is closed on Fridays (pretty much) so i called the emergency number and spoke to Jim, he is trying to find someone to come out and figure out what's wrong.

Seems pretty ironic to get stuck at the factory after a week of work!

Stay Tuned

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  The tag (tail) that wagged the dog.

Posted by: Jack Houpe
03-23-2023, 02:54 PM
Forum: Suspension/Tires/Wheels
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Our coach has driven miserably since the day we purchased it, I've flown airplanes for many years and would say it's like flying in foul weather the entire time you're driving it. This is our first motor coach and our first Newell never have driven anything other than a class b van so it was a new experience which I was not happy with. Thank God for this forum and the people with knowledge who have helped us along the way, we have now a coach which is drivable and I would like to explain what happened to make it this way.

Being somewhat mechanical I realized that it had something to do with the suspension but everything underneath the front had been replaced including steering box tie rod ends and sway bar bushings on the sway bar. We had worked very hard for several months trying to get this thing ready to go on a road trip for the winter from Northwest Arkansas to Florida and we accomplished that after discussing this with Richard I had mentioned that my tag axle had a negative camber which in the car world is great on the track but in the coach world it is a miserable condition I know now. After many failed attempts due to my illness while on vacation Richard and I met, he immediately stuck his head between the drive and tag axle and said your bushings are shot. I of course crawled under and looked at the same thing and sure enough it's very visible when they are, it's a good idea for anybody who has this vintage coach and a tag axle to make sure to check and see if the bushing and the axles are symmetrical. What I mean to say is look at the bushings and the bolts that hold them in place if you have one that is closer to the top on one side and one that is closer to the bottom on the other they are shot. Make sure that the bolts in the washers and the housing are the same distance all the way around mine one side was higher and the other side was lower meaning that the rubber had deteriorated as the tag axle is independent on each side and carries a great amount of weight. What would happen is that as you're driving down the road and you had uneven road conditions or a truck were to pass you the tag axle would waller around in its bushings causing the front end to turn thus the tail that wags the dog. Driving this thing was unimaginable and only part one of this story due to the bushings, part two will come along in a minute. After his suggestion and of course I was honored by meeting Steve and Bill at different occasions with all their input I ordered all new bushings for tag axle and drive axle plus a new panhard bar, made an appointment with a company in Orlando called Josam and got on the list to have the bushings and the panhard bar replaced. I had an earlier times before leaving Arkansas inspected the panhard bar and it looked like it had been replaced which I was correct but whomever replaced it failed to see the simplest thing which was the tag axle bushings. The second part of this is when Richard crawled underneath the front of the coach and said your pitman arm is half the size of a normal coach of this vintage. I have never driven a bus or anything like this in my past so I have no experience in knowing what is good or what is bad I did know that this thing turned terribly when it hit the locks on either left or right side and it gave me great anxiety to stop at a stoplight and turn to the left or right, well the pitman arm on my coach is half size because the steering box had been replaced by the prior owner and I had no idea was not the original type steering box I do not have an adjustment to take up the slack and the pitman arm is half size so if you can relate this to your steering as you're driving down the road I had to turn my steering wheel twice as far as a normal person would because the pitman arm was half the size and I do not have the turning radius as a normal newell coach. While at Josam's I encountered a beeping noise from the dash which I had never heard before, went inside and ask the chief service manager Barry to come out and check the coach which he did then we proceeded to drive out of the yard and back in but he had to stop prior to making the corner back up to make the corner coming back in the entrance because he ran out of steering wheel it had stopped then he had to back up and go at it again after that I said did you check the pitman arm because it is half the size is the other and he said well that's the problem! So on my return to Arkansas it's on my list to either replace the entire box with the original box or find a pitman arm of the same length as the original that came with the coach.

I know this is lengthy and probably some of you won't understand my translation from thought to paper but I highly recommend anybody with this vintage of coach to check the tag axle bushings, it will make your life much easier and they are NOT inexpensive. The bushings themselves can be had for less than $30 there are four of them on the tag axle to have them changed out what's a tad less than $2,500 which included a 3 point alignment which is tag axle drive axle and front end alignment. Today driving from Orlando in
traffic and back to Cedar Key for a day or two was Joy!

Thank you Steve for solving the beeping noise! They had left the tag axle switch in the up position, one more thing to learn about a Newell.

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  95 non slide 60 series for sale

Posted by: Paul
03-23-2023, 04:06 AM
Forum: Coaches for Sale (Please read the info in the Category description)
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    95 non slide 60 series, new tires , batteries,inverter, transfer switch, hot water heater,aqua hot, 20 k generator,  completely serviced 
Paul Green 740-395-4935 $59K

I didn’t no that it had a rebuilt title when I bought it. Previous owner told me minimal damage to roof, but Progressive Ins wanted to total it.

For serious buyers, come stay a few days, stay in Coach ,drive it.
If you don’t buy it after that, I’ll pay your expenses that it cost you to come and see it.
I’m that confident that you will buy it.
You won’t find any 95 Detroit 60 Newell that has been checked out like this one.

Newell Coach # 382. Mileage 203,000. New engine at 87,000 miles

NEW 
: tires, brakes, batteries, 20 different leveling valves, inverter , transfer switch, breaker on generator, hot water heater 120v compressor, AC compressor, all new shocks to assist lifting bay doors, shut off solenoid generator, complete aqua hot service , floor panel slide pressure switch, $350., commode, kitchen faucets, vanity faucets, exhaust fan, ac controls, vinyl floors, day night window coverings, 1 new exterior mirror, multiple 12 volt switches, probably 15, complete service, engine, generator ,chassis, front end suspension. Muffler. I’m sure there is more.
Thanks
Paul Green
[email protected]

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