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  Tires on a 1982 38 Classic

Posted by: wil6707
06-18-2021, 01:27 PM
Forum: Suspension/Tires/Wheels
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Hi Folks!

Quick one.  I'm in the process of trying to get a newly purchased Newell home. The GVWR label on my coach show that all the tires are 11R22.5s all the way around, however what it actually has on it are 315/80 R22.5 on the front and 12R22.5 on the back.  The front ones are 2008 and I can't even find a DOT date on the back.  I have a 200 Mile drive to get it home - I'm thinking about just replacing all 6 and being done with it for now, but I'll probably do at least the front two.

Any ideas why the tire sizes might be different from what is on the sticker?

One more thing - anyone know if a 1982 has left-hand threads on the driver's side lugs?

Thanks!

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  Website Updates

Posted by: Scott
06-17-2021, 09:38 PM
Forum: Whats up
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Howdy all,

Just a quick update from your system administrator.  I recently (about 2 weeks ago) moved our DNS to Cloudflare for a couple of reasons, but it primarily blocks some of the spam our phenomenal administrators, Clark, Michael, and Forest, have been fighting.

I also have blocked all Tor traffic (What is Tor?).  This shouldn't impact any of you, but if it does, please let me know and I'll work with you.  

If you're experiencing any issues with the website, to include registering or general goofiness or inconveniences, email us at [email protected] and we'll sort you out. Please be patient if you encounter issues, we do this for fun, and my old man (Tom) refuses to accept donations. Ya'll couldn't afford me anyway. This forum really was started on a whim on a weekend and it still stuns me the community it has become.

On a different note, if you want to purchase Newellgurus for $100,000, you can contact me directly.

-- Scott

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  Completely Remove Salon Slide From Coach

Posted by: Latitude 28
06-17-2021, 08:14 PM
Forum: Slides
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Hello Gurus,
Has anyone had their HWH salon slide completely removed from their coach?  Do you have any pictures?  Does the umbilical cord have a terminal strip to disconnect the wires from the coach in a convenient location?  Does the drop down floor come out with the slide?  Reason I am asking....the hydraulic actuator rails have some nylon slide bearings that are captured in the track assembly (not the ones that are under the stainless steel slide plates) that may need changing.

Thanks

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  starlink internet

Posted by: encantotom
06-17-2021, 04:41 PM
Forum: General
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starlink low orbit sat internet is something us rural folks have been waiting for.  and soon to be on airplanes and mobile for rv and truck use.  

i signed up on the waitlist last year.   and to my surprise i got my setup about 2 months ago.  

where i live there is no cable, fiber.   i have a phone line and used dsl for the first year or so but i was getting 1-2meg down.  and slow up.  

then small local companies started doing point to point wireless out here.  i used one and it better than dsl.  but has slow capped upload and i have a home server and lots of security cameras.   no goo

changed to the other local wireless company and it worked good for a couple of years.   a lot of intermittent outages and speeds went between 5 m to 50 m depending on time of day.  

now comes starlink......better than nothing beta as they call it.  they tell you it will have outages and even give you an app that helps you position the dish and tells you how long of outages and for what reason.   

i typically get outages of a few seconds to a few minutes averaging about 5 minutes a day.   much better than what i was getting

now for the upside.......i typically get around 25-50ms latency and on average about 100 -120m down and 15-30 m up.  today i had one speed test that was over 300m down.  

for 500 bucks you get the dish, the tripod (which i used until i mounted dishy on the pole), a starlink router, power brick for all of it.  

the dish and router are POE.  

we ran a shielded 75ft cat 6 cable from my equipment room to our grocery store room where the cable from the dish comes in from outside.  did have to put a hole in the wall and you can see i put a hot water heater disconnect box (i took all the guts out).....well, forest put it on....

got a schedule 40 galvanized  2 3/8 post and put it 30 inches in the ground.   it aint going anywhere.  

ran 1 inch liquidtite flex conduit from the dish to the house.  to run the cord in.  buried it about 6 inches deep.   had some young boys come over and dig the hole and trench....i aint no dummy

the dish is poe powered and rotates and moves in elevation to find the sats.  it even has a heater to melt snow and ice.   not a problem here as it was nearly 120 here today.  

they claim they will be doubling the speeds within the year.  

so, i know those of you in the city this is not something you will use, but for us country folks this is amazing.  and soon to be for rv's too.

i pay 99 a month for service and no caps.  

i was paying nearly that for much less service.  seems that rural folks pay more for less when it comes to internet.  

tom

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  Towing a specialty vehicle

Posted by: arcticdude
06-17-2021, 11:29 AM
Forum: Towing
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I've got a specialty vehicle that I think I'd like to use as my toad on some occasions.  It's not flat towable, nor would I want to make it so. Those of you that use an open trailer, how dirty does stuff on the trailer get when you tow it?  Does stuff take a lot of abuse from road debris?  My normal toad does get some abuse from debris getting kicked up by the coach, but since I drive it a lot of the time as a daily driver it's gets beat up some anyway.  I'd like to not subject the specialty one to that if possible.

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  where is the ping pong ball

Posted by: encantotom
06-16-2021, 11:44 AM
Forum: Other Stuff
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if you look at the picture of my shop, at the back is a ping pong table.  my grandson comes over most evenings and plays.  

the last while, forest and cindys coach has been in the open area in front of the ping pong table.  

they left yesterday for colorado.  

a few nights ago, my daughter said that a ping pong ball had somehow bounced directly into the engine exhaust pipe and they couldnt see or get it out.  

i forgot all about it until last night they were playing and my daughter found a greasy ping pong ball......

when forest started his rig up, it shot the ball out.   

forest said we could keep it as a souvenir   ha

it wasnt even melted....just greasy.  

ya have to laugh at things....

tom

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  HOT Exhaust

Posted by: Winegrower
06-16-2021, 08:11 AM
Forum: Drivetrain
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SAFETY CAUTION[/b]: If your exhaust exits straight back it may cause excessive pressure and temperature in the front tire(s) depending on which model coach you're driving.  The p2000i single exhaust exits directly in front of the left front tire of the towed vehicle and in our case caused excessive pressure and temperature (46psi and 171degrees F)  when climbing grades at slower speeds and high turbo boost which reduced the air flow.

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  1983 AC Issue

Posted by: eighty3
06-15-2021, 08:07 PM
Forum: Air Conditioning
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Hi Everyone, we just bought a 1983 Newell Coach. We are new to the whole motorhome experience and this bus needs ALOT of work. When we bought it we didn’t realize how much work it needed but now that’s it’s home we’ve had so many unexpected issues. However we are excited to make it work. One of the issues so far is the AC. When we connect the bus to the electric pedestal everything turns on except the AC so we aren’t sure if there is a specific switch for that as we were told ac worked.

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  RV Washing & Detailing

Posted by: Gregory
06-15-2021, 08:47 AM
Forum: Exterior
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I live in Houston (my coach is stored in Rosenberg, TX).  My coach is #1681 and it is a 2020 model.  I usually wash the coach myself and have a deionized water system.  I would like to have a good detailing done, possibly with even clay bar done.  Does anyone know of a good detailer in the Houston area, either as a mobile setup or if I had to take it to them?

Thanks,

Gregory

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  gas grill connection question

Posted by: Tfrazier
06-14-2021, 08:10 PM
Forum: Anything else
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Hi everyone. So I got a new grill for the coach. But I am struggling on how to connect it to my onboard propane. I have a gas connection point in one of the bays that I am pretty sure is for a grill. I want to get an extension hose so that I can move it away from the coach when in use. I have found plenty of hoses that would get the job done. I just don't know about the connection.  The attached pictures are of the gas connection on the grill and the connection point in the bay (capped off right now).

I would appreciate any input.

Thank you, Tony

       

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