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I wanted to take the coach out for a ride today but the rear brake needle shows 0. Dryer pops off as usual. Brake release will release when pushed but obviously rear wheels are locked. What is the next area to check? Check valve on rear tank? If so, I can't get to it without moving the coach forwards as it is parked over dirt. So frustrating. This has been sitting for a couple of months.

Full alignment/balance shop near Beaumont/Houston TX? Got new tires all around and the handling is bad… all over the road and very jiggly. I want a shop that can put the whole rig on the rack and align and let me know what parts I need to calm it down… I may have to drive to the mother ship…

I accidentally drilled a hole in a power steering line that was under the floor and in the path of a condensate drain. The hole did not go through entirely but through the first braided layer. I called a few places but they only service construction equipment. I don't think Leo wants to deal with it as I did not get a warm and fuzzy feeling. Don't blame him. Not sure what or where I could possibly go with this. Any ideas? Ironically I used a new sharp bit and didn't even feel it go through the 1/4" chassis steel.

Last weekend took the Newell out for the first time this season up here in Alaska. Went up to a place called Hatchers Pass overlooking the Matanuska Valley with no cell service. Everything functioned great till we attempted to depart Sunday afternoon. When we attempted to place the rig into travel mode to pull in the slides the hwh refused. After more then a few attempts I manually leveled the coach to ride height then switched the slide controls on to deflate the slides....nothing. Checked the fuses in front of the passenger seat, all looked good- opened up the hwh brain box under the driver's seat all fuses checked good. Went back into the coach and wiggled all the spade connections in front of the passenger seat, said a quick prayer then checked the air pressure switch on the parking brake under the dash - magically I noticed the orange light on the slide controls were illuminated. I quickly pulled in the slides and drove down the mountain into the safety of my shop. Once parked the issue persisted. I pulled the air pressure switch from the pack in the rear and the one in the front attempting to force the hwh into travel mode with no avail. I checked the boards in the brian box again looking for bad connections, corrosion or any other obvious issues- nothing. I jumped the air pressure switch for the parking brake again with no results. Then I remembered my old Country Coach once refused to go into travel mode requiring me to manually level it until I discovered a lose wire connection on the ignition. I checked the ignition wiring- sure enough i had a lose wire... reseated the wire and the coach immediately went into travel mode and the hwh slide controls came to life. Hopefully this will help someone in the future!

Jesse and Sara White
2001 Newell Coach #581
Wasilla Alaska

Hey folks,

New to the community and am considering a 2014 2020p.  Any insights or information about this model would be helpful whether positive or negative.

Thanks in advance for your responses.

2018 Newmar Essex
2022 F150 toad

Kathleen and I originally wanted a no side 40 footer and ended up with a 45 with slides, I know everybody says why would you want a no slide coach when you have a slide coach well because they are a luxury item that comes with cost, extra weight slide seals and problematic hydraulics on the early versions. If you can work on things like this and have plenty of time then it's no issue but if you take it to Newell or have it done somewhere else it's a lot of money. I found myself working continuously on our coach to get it where it is today for a year and a half both of us have slaved to get our coach where it is. So we went back to the original plan but I want a series 60 not that I have anything against the 8v92s because they're a great motors it's just now I'm liking the series 60 as ours is dry as a bone and has never gave us a lick a problem other than when the turbo went out January 2023. To get to the point we bought a 96 Prevost 40 ft non-slide coach with the series 60. Driving it it's like driving a sports car compared to a semi not that I'm bad-mouthing Newell but we've never experienced a 40-footer non-slide driving ability in comparison to a 45 with all the extra weight from the slides. No not leaving The forum and we have no plans on selling the Newell, Kathleen suggestion is to give it to our son.

Hey all, I am at the Sanlan RV resort in Lakeland FL while attending Sun N Fun (I have an exhibitor booth) and had three failures over the last two days.

1. The accumulator tank fitting began leaking (it was a bad repair anyway by a previous owner) right now it's capped and I finished pre-assembly on a new set of fittings. Hopeully that WON'T leak.

2. The Dupree power dump valve blade broke along the bottom edge, so when retracted did not pull up the rubber piece and then crushed it when going down. Thankfully I am hooked up to sewer at the park, so no messy disaster. Since replaced with  new one with new gasket.

3. The power dump valve lower fitting was leaking and has a hairline crack on the swivel. I cannot for the life of me find one locally and shipping won't get here in time. I plugged the 1/4" air line for the moment and while it's slightly leaking it's holding well enough. The fitting is a 1/2" push on with a 10/32nd UNF mail thread.

Unless someone knows where to find one locally, I will ship a bunch back to the house and will replace when I get home.

Come and visit Sun N Fun... pretty cool stuff.

Cheers!

Coach was parked at the house for a day and becuase it was only a day I didn't plug in.  After 24 hours or so I got a notice on my phone that power was out and I went out to the coach and inverter had shut off and the fault light was on.  I fired up generator as I was leaving in coach in an hour or so and I still had 59% left on my SOC.  First time this has happened to me and I'm tyring to figure out what I should be looking for as we're heading out on a trip the end of the month and boondock the whole time and I'm not a fan of hearing the generator all the time.

I recently bought coach 165 and had the oil and coolant changed before I drove it from Las Vegas to my place 5 hours away. I gave the shop Delo 100 but they used 10w40. How urgent is it for me to change to the single weight?  I’d like to put another few trips on it before i  take it in to have the oil pan seal replaced and then put in the correct oil. I’d say probably 16 hours of driving. I have a mobile guy that can change the oil but cannot do the seal and don’t want to waste that expensive oil. The engine is in great shape with 70,000 miles. 
Thanks in advance,
Mark

Looking to tap into the braintrust here.
I plan to hardwire install a watchdog. 
Why some may ask!?! 
Well, I have one and it will allow me the extra Bluetooth power monitoring that I do not have. 
Have to, no. Want to, yes

So my question is a pro/con of installing before or after the existing Surge Guard ATS?