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Just a reminder as people are starting to plan their summer travels in and through Colorado.  Hwy 50 between Gunnison and Montrose will have an ongoing project with daily closures for 2 years starting soon.  If you can it would be best to avoid Hwy 50 through this area.  See the below for more info.

https://www.us50info.com/

Gotta get me one.

I have a 2001 #586 and I've read my user manual and there isn't any instruction on how the docking lights work.
I see there is a docking light switch on the dash. I toggled this and they did not light. I suspect you must be in reverse to have them come on but cannot find anything that tells me so. If they are inop I want to fix them before I go on my trip to NY this summer. 
What are the correct sequence of steps to get them to light?
Thank you,
Hank

This is true confession time. The entry door on our coach has ALWAYS dragged a bit when opening and closing. I just learned to bump it with my knee when opening. It never got very high on my “fix” list.

@"Lee Dove" got me thinking I need to fix that. I recently visited with @"bikestuff" , and his door opens and shuts like a vault door. 

So, I got door envy. 

My door was not scuffing on the sides but rather the bottom of the door was dragging on the stainless steel door sill that Newell used for ever. Since the rivets holding the sill down had sheared I suspected something was going on. I removed the sill, and like most things Newell, it is a jigsaw puzzle to remove. I found the steel under the sill had rusted a bit, just enough to scale and flake. But the scaling raised the door sill a bit. Wirebrushed and painted the steel, reinstalled the sill. No more scuffing. 

But wait, the door has always been a bit cocked, in that the top sticks our about 1/4 inch when the bottom is flush. Rhonda doesn’t like to slam the door to get the top deadbolt to lock. Ok, what to do about this? The hinge has 29 screws on each side, and I figured it I could slot the holes in the hinge I could pivot the door to align it. A carbide milling bit on a Dremel works, just wear gloves and eye protection because it generates a million SS splinters. I milled the top half of the holes in one direction and the bottom half in the other while leaving the very center hole alone. That way I could just pivot the door slightly on the hinge. After realigning the door, and tightening down the screws, I put a few rivets in the top and bottom to prevent the door from moving in the enlarged holes. Ok, maybe more than a few. 

Now it just goes CLUNK!!  Rhonda is going to skin me for not doing this a long time ago.

Hi, I am broken down in Tulsa. I cooked my motor and now have antifreeze in my oil Pan suggesting a blown head gasket or cracked manifold etc. If you know of a good Detroit 2-stroke mechanic or shop near Tulsa it would be a huge help. I was given the name of Dennis Hodges but he said he is to old and busy with oil field repairs. He did refer me to Fleet Service of Tulsa. If you have any advice or experience please reach out. Thanks, Eric Nichols 317-727-1970
Or [email protected]

So I,  had a flight out one morning early to go watch my middle daughter graduate from Stanford. We were staying at a campground in Shiner, TX at the time. My wife wasn't going so the day before I left I, dumped and flushed the holding tanks. Maybe the valve was open for 10 or 15 minutes max. Anyway the next morning I was up and on my way to the airport in Houston by 5am. About an hour after I got to John Wayne airport in Oakland, California my, wife called frantic saying after her morning bathroom visit she went to the kitchen to start breakfast then was on her way back to the bedroom to get dressed and out of the corner of her eye she, saw a rat in the toilet bowl...Closed the lid so it couldn't get out ran around frantically trying to figure out what to do. Finally grabbed a handful of plastic walmart bags opened the lid reached in grabbed the rat and took him outside. I would have just flushed him and filled the tank half full and drained again. I thought it was pretty funny she, didn't...... Anyway don't leave those valves open for too long as critters do live in sewers..

https://youtu.be/4x3lMeRtnXA

Some examples of both recent exterior paint design work by Newell and new paint design work from Ryan Loucks

Newell announcement: https://www.newellcoach.com/blog/ryan-lo...gns--29957

I’m working on a 1987 classic with the tag axle. I noticed the rear tires spinning, actually very hard to move from a start. I have to try to ease in the pedal. My first guess is the tag pressure is to high and raising the drive tires enough to were they are not making enough contact with the payment.

My main question or were I need help is I read there is a adjustable regulator on the bulkhead, found it I think. I question if it’s installed correctly or if it needs to be a special type of regulator. The one in the middle of the picture was reading full air pressure 125psi. I tried to turn it down but it lowers the gauge below it also, is that ok. I’m thinking it’s plumbed wrong?

If anyone has or could provide a picture of their setup to compare or experience in how this thing is supposed to work. Greatly appreciated. Comments

I'm a semi retired owner/operator trucker and still gigging  musician. Wife and I, got out of trucking in 2017 and have been  fulltimers for 5 years now.. We generally work 4 or 5 months a year as gate guard's in the Texas oilfields. After that I, usually get booked at a campground to play music for their guests through the winter months in return for site and amenities. I will be playing at https://www.rv-resort.com/ in Benson, AZ from Oct.15th this year through April 15th next year. I have 24 song's currently playing on Spotify., IHeart radio and also sold on Amazon. I have owned four bus conversions a Flxible, 2 MCI s and a Prevost.this is my 1st Newell.

Does anyone have the owners contact info on this one??
I’d appreciate it