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used some of this in working on a friends 07

tom

About 6 months ago my alternator quit working.  It is 39 years old, and the odds were it would happen someday.  As you know, having a functional alternator on a mechanical diesel engine like the Detroit Diesel 6v92 (what we have) is not a necessity, and, in fact, I drove almost 2,000 miles without it before having it rebuilt while we were visiting Tom and Darlene last month.  The removal took about 20 minutes, and Tom and I delivered it to Turbo and Electric of Phoenix later that same morning for rebuild.  They warned it could take two weeks, or more, but it was done in just 8 days at a cost of $542.  They are the same people who rebuilt my brother-in-laws Leece-Neville off his 1984 Newell a year ago.

The reinstall was easy, taking just 40 minutes with a two minute assist from my wife, Elaine.  Once this was done I installed the new digital tachometer from Speedhut I wrote about recently.  I ran the engine for a few minutes after reinstalling the alternator, and it worked as it should.  We left Tom and Darlene's this past Sunday (2/28/21) to head to Yuma for dental appointments.  About 60 miles out of Wittmann the alternator quit working. Of course, my mind goes to dark places when things stop working, and I wondered if I had made an error while reinstalling it.  

The next day (Monday) we drove the final 20 miles to the Mexican border crossing and it was still not working.  After returning from our dental appointments I once again removed the alternator (in the parking lot) to be sure all was well.  This is a gear driven alternator, and you must engage the two shafts properly when reconnecting everything.  I was able to confirm pretty quickly all was well, and I had installed it correctly, but still it would not put out any electricity.  I attached a multi-meter to the positive and negative terminals, and turned on the engine again to find ZERO volts.  At first I thought something internally had failed again, but then I realized that there should be some sort of reading on the multi-meter as that positive cable goes to the batteries, right?  Then I remembered there are two 90 amp breakers in the rear electrical panel....one for the batteries, and one for.....you guessed it.....the alternator.  I first pressed the red battery breaker button to find it was fine.  Then I pushed hard on the alternator button, and heard an audible CLICK.....that fixed the problem.

   

   

More often than not it is something simple, and not catastrophic.....one of these days I'll learn that lesson....I hope.

Woohoo! Closed on #808, a 2007 model, today and driving home starting tomorrow.  A short 2300 mile trip.  Looking forward to getting to know this beauty and to learning from everyone here.

https://www.rvtrader.com/listing/2004-Ne...5015718429

As always i have no affiliation with the Coach, but i check ALL THE TIME!

Trying to find my dream coach (90's Series 60(8V92TA) No Slide, self contained bathroom or split bathroom/sink and shower, Primus OK Must have propane)

Rick

We did some work to make our coach fit our needs better.  I tried to add some before and after pictures.  This is after 1.5 years and reading many posts on here as well as some individual advice from the guru’s and lots of patience from my wife!

Update on our mini split install. Some pictures of the process. I will say the AC is ice cold and cools 95 outside to 60 inside without problem.  And it is so quiet you can not here it. One of my mistakes was the unit I bought it a duel unit so it cools and heats but I did not look carefully at the heating range, which on the unit is down to 35 outside.  Problem for me is I am in cooler temperatures so I often see temps in the teens.  So if I had to do again I would get one with a lower heating range.

Very nice looking 1983. Was previously owned by a Guru who listed it here with coolant in the oil. OLD AD http://newellgurus.com/showthread.php?ti...light=1983

No mention on the ad of the engine issue. Has inspection report shown. https://www.ebay.com/itm/NEWELL-WIDE-BOD...SwZf9gMX0v

Anyone have a favorite?  Looked back at some old threads, but didn't see anyone mentioning anything recently.

Just dropping a line introducing myself and our new coach 582, a 2001 2 slide 45 foot Newell. We have been happy Country Coach owners (97,  36 foot no slide Intrigue, 10357) for about 9 years before hand but have pretty much outgrown it ?. Happy to meet you all and start learning all over again!

Newell has interior shoots of #1510 posted. 4 slide, bath and a half. https://www.newellcoach.com/default.asp?...dInventory