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When i bought my coach the previous owner did not have the fancy elbow for the sewer connection. I looked everywhere for a reasonable replacement. I did not like the "cup" idea. So I went to the store and bought a fitting saver reamer. Looking everything over i removed the panel that holds the city water pressure regulator. Since I had just rebuilt that on Saturday it wasn't hard to pop the rivets off to make room for a drill. Proceeded to ream out the old style fitting about 1 inch deep. I wanted to use it as a union to glue in a new fitting. Dry fit everything and realized I would have to trim the new fitting about 3/4 inch so it would clear with an elbow attached. Got everything test fit pulled apart cleaned up and glued together. No more searching for connectors. I'm now able to buy hoses that readily attach and seem mostly universal anywhere. As far as I'm thinking... problem solved.
Ive had my coach (639) raised to replace the Aquahot and generator exhaust system. The front and mains were on heavy duty ramps and the body was cribbed with jack stands. The tags were not raised and still resting on the ground as the mains were only raised about 5". It sat like that for sever weeks as I ended up having to completely rebuild the entire aquahot (unfortunately not just the exhaust). Anyway, I pulled the coach out and drove about 1/2 mile when the passsenger side tag locked up. I park the coach and called Newell for advice. They immediatley asked if the coach had been sitting and said the brakes can get stuck and told me how to cage the brake. I went back with the 1' ( I think) socket and backed the bolt out of the brake chamber. I was not sure how far to back it out and did not want it to fall completely out. After backing the bolt out with the ratchet it started to spin freely. I backed it out by hand until it got tight. I then put the socket back on it a made probably 8 to 10 complete 360 degree turns. The wheel was still locked up. I did a few more turns and same thing. I then played with the tag weight increase/ decrease button and it finally started to turn. I got the coach home, but not sure where to start. This senerio does not sound like the brake getting "stuck" as it rolled fine for 1/2 mile before locking up. Not sure why the tag weight button would change thinkgs aside from maybe applying enought weight to turn a still partially stuck brake. Any ideas????
I did a word search but did not find info-
How is the long trim strips attached- I see a phillips head screw on each end but I need to inspect under the trim. I suspect it covers a seam- just below drivers side rear slide.
thanks
JD
I have this on the inside drive wheel -never seen anything like it. Can someone identify and tell me how to inflate/check pressure?
Thanks
JD
Co-pilot seat footrest motor gearbox broke. The motor assembly 538248 is made by Smith Richards Inc.. Easy to remove, I ordered a replacement Footrest Motor Drive
As many of you know I'm selling my house and moving to Maine. I bought coach 435 last fall and have done most of the repairs it needed before winter. Airbags and tires are almost completely replaced. Waiting on 4 more airbags for the drives. Tires are uniroyal all the way around and not horrible on price.
The first weekend selling the house was rough with loading up 5 people and 4 dogs and being gone while they do open houses and showings. I decided it's time... loaded everything we needed into the coach and away we went.
Drove about 50 miles and stopped just to check everything and saw belts hanging out of the rear hatch. Looks like the dash air conditioner compressor is seized up. Now I'm 50 miles from the nearest parts store so 100 miles round trip I might as well keep going. Turned on the generator and made sure the inverter was charging everything and continued down the road. The next 150 miles were trouble free. Made it to my destination. A friend's place about 30 miles from Homer Alaska.
The driver commander on the dash said I was getting about 5.5MPG way better than I thought it would get.
Since I bought the coach in the fall I didn't want to get water in the system since it had been dry for years already. On Saturday my buddy and I tackled that. Honestly it went better than I thought. The water filter housing had been frozen at some point and pulled all the threads so major leak there. One 3/4 sharkbite and thay problem was solved. All the shut off valves were drippy but a quick snug up with a socket fixed that. The city fill regulator was leaking out the top and bottom connectors. We removed that and soldered some new copper pieces and almost got it fixed. The bottom connection is leak free but the top connection busshing was to far gone to save. This concluded Saturday.
Yesterday I had to drive our pickup back to the house and get my son from his grandparents house so I got fittings to replace the upper connection. Water should be flowing trouble free today.
Now that water can come in everything needs to leave as well. The air valves were locked up and stuck in place so we took those apart and cleaned everything up and reassembled with silicone grease. Slide like champs now. At least by hand. Seems I've got an air leak from the 110 compressor I need to locate.
To the sewer hose connection the simple solution would be to find the right fitting but I've searched everywhere and I'm not fond of the cup idea. I purchased a 3 inch fitting saver reamer and will be boring out the old fitting and gluing in a 3 inch Valterra connection. Then all readily available sewer hoses will work as they should.
By the end of the day I should have a fully functional coach. Or I'm going to need to rebuild all the valve connections from the black tank and Grey water bypass.
Let's hope for the first outcome. Either way Coach 435 is back on the road after her 6 year vacation in a heated storage garage.
Gurus,
Many people on here talk about wanting a project. This may be it!!
Coach 622, a 2002 Newell may be for sale. It has been here at Newell for some time and is rumored to be towed away soon. Don't know anything other than that. I heard this from a couple of people here. If anyone is interested they can call Newell and ask to be connected with the owner for more info.
If you're interested, don't hesitate to call Newell.
Hi Guys, as I am 90 miles from the Mexico border I wanted to share with you the availability of parts at significantly reduced rates when purchased in Mexico !!
I am in the process of opening a trade account with DIREGO Mexico. I have attached a PDF of the 2022 catalogue.
PLEASE, those with knowledge of part numbers for Airbags, brake drums, brake pads PLEASE take a look at the DIREGO pdf and idenify the parts needed for Newell coaches and I will provide pricing as soon. as my trade account has been opened.
I'm NOT paying $500 an airbag when I can pop over the boarder at Tijuana and pick these up at a fraction of the cost. Ditto Brake drums at $800 each !!!
Rge PDF is attached below, please browse, identify parts and I will attempt to source ...
Hutch
I am shopping for a Newell and found this on Facbook Marketplace.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/ite...08cb8c7dae
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/ite...08cb8c7dae
It is a 1990 apparently ? Not too far from me over the boarder in California.
Anyhoo, What detroit would it have back in 1990 ?
Cheers
Hutch
Hello everyone, this is Hutch. I am from the UK and am looking for a Newell coach to purchase. I am looking for a solid running project that I can upgrade and catch up on maintaining as I live aboard !!
I am reasonably handy and can certainly DIY most things. I need to absorb as much knowledge about the Newell's altough after watching a few Youtubers it seems they are all very different due to bespoke designs.
Anyhoo, If you see me online, I am absorbing as much information as I can. I have just watched the Youtube explanation of the Newell Air system in detail.
I have NOT purchased one yet, I want a Detroit Series 60. There are a few on RV Trader, and budget is not going to stretch to anything mid naughties !!