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We've been looking for five years for the perfect Newell. Ideally with mid-entry and a Murphy bed...and affordable for us. Yesterday we spent 90 minutes with the owner couple of a 2003. I'm not going to divulge the coach # at this point as I don't want a problem with the owners.
The coach looks clean and was nicely detailed. Mid-entry but standard queen bed. The coach has newer tires and batteries and some of the airbags have been replaced. Two new-in-a-box bags are stored in a bay.
This Newell is the only one I know about that spent time at a Camping World facility where the inverter was initially replaced with a 24v unit which fried some stuff. The remote control panel of the new Xantrex did not fit the panel over the driver's seat. So they jammed it in and left two pieces of the old unit cracked and in place. Looks awful. When he mentioned Camping World I was astonished.
With all four AC compressors running, powered by the gen set, the temperature and humidity never reached a comfortable level during our 90-minute visit. It was 94 outside and very humid. Outside, condensate was running off the sides of the coach. The owner didn't know the drain tube location(s). Can anyone help me with this?
The refrigerator was not working although the interior light was on. Can its compressor be replaced without removing it from the coach?
I ran a CarFax which reported damage in a collision in 2009. The owners said they weren't aware of an accidents involving this Newell as they didn't own the coach at that time. Does this materially affect the value of the coach?
Impossible to read any labeling on switch panels...aren't they supposed to be backlit?
There wasn't time during this visit to get demonstrations of the AquaHot Diesel & AC, hot & cold water system, black & grey tank dump valve operation, awnings, washer & dryer, etc
The Detroit Diesel ran without smoke and sounded great. Genset functioned perfectly, both legs reported at 122v. The power draw was 20 amps on each leg which seemed right with four ACs running.
The two rear slides functioned briskly. These have the carrier covers that must be re-positioned before operating). The front slides were already out and I should have gotten a demo...but again, out of time on this visit.
I would greatly appreciate comment from the wise owls here about what I've learned. I'd not wanted to buy a pre-2004 coach, but this one is nearby and looks pretty good, inside and out.
Thanks!

So.. After checking all my RV keys (CH751, etc) and all the keys I received with the Newell I have found I do not have a single Bay door lock key nor the key to turn on the alarm. The common style RV keys seem to fit, but obviously they aren't cut for the lock.

Anyone have any leads before I begin replacing all the locks??

Especially for the alarm switch.

Thanks,

im at the beach relaxing and my screen door is not retracting
i pulled on it alittle to see if it would catch and spring back and more came out by no luck going back in ?
any ideas would help..thanks

(a floppy mess )

On our last trip, my wife hands me a small round plastic thing that she found in the bathroom floor.  Further investigation it belongs to the curved shower door roller.  It had exploded apart with the small ball bearings missing in action.  The roller was no longer operational and for fear of the door falling off I removed the door and stowed it below.  BTW that door is heavy get help taking out of the coach!  I didn't, and was very fortunate not to break me or the door as I tripped on the step coming out of the coach.  Bought a shower curtain from Walmart and some hangers and we are back in business. 

Now for the rollers.  Knowing they are expensive started looking around for a suitable metric bearing replacement in order to rebuild the old roller.  Found a nice bearing that was about a .001" too big on the O.D. and .002 too small on the I.D.  Those bearings where $25 ea. and I needed two per roller...so $50 and some machine time might get me back in business.  Someone suggested calling Liberty Coach as they had them pretty reasonable.  Liberty wanted $325 each and had them in stock.  Unable to find another source I found some on Ebay for $99....https://www.ebay.com/itm/164662266606?hash=item2656a2caee:g:n-0AAOSwtilb7Na.  Ordered them, now the door is fixed, and we are back in business.

Rumor has it that one of the original gurus has gone over to the dark side-----------------------------bought a Prevost.  Just say its not so!

Does anyone have any leads on a classic in/or around Arkansas?

So.. I have one of my toilets working quite nicely. (1/2 bath) the other seems to work differently. I know a PO worked on it, and I'll wager something is put back together improperly.

Can someone more knowledgeable than me look at this video and let me know what to repair/adjust?

Thanks!

http://www.starweb.net/RV/Newell_Mircrophor_flush.mp4

Forgive me for not introducing myself at the beginning.  My name is George, and my wife and I are looking to purchase a Newell coach.  I have a fairly extensive mechanical/electrical background, so I’m looking ahead to what mods I may need/want to do, or have done.

Can the battery system, both chassis and coach, be changed to use lithium ion batteries?  And if so, is it something that can be done by the owner?

Thanks in advance.

George

I've recently saw a facebook post for an 85 Newell in Tulsa, Ok. If anyone is looking for a classic 85 newell with 8v92, and allison reach out to Ms. Janet at 

nine#one#eight
#2#eight#nine#
six#seven#four#5 

I've spoken to Ms. Janet about the coach, but I did not get a chance to look at the coach outside of the pictures sent. Beautiful red coach with red interior. Not affiliated. No kick backs - just passing this on to someone who may be looking for one..

Does Newell use an Exhaust brake or a Jacob’s brake?