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Hello everyone,
My wife and I are proud new owners of 1990 number 234, AKA Lynn and Jeff's coach.  Currently at Keesler AFB, Mississippi and awaiting orders to move *somewhere* in July/August.  This is my 10th coach and, by far, the smoothest and quietest ride of any of the coaches that I have had so far.  As a former Air Force aircraft sheetmetal mechanic, I appreciate the aluminum construction and rivets.

Chris
1990 Newell #234

I'm on my first day  out on a 2 week trip to Colorado and noticed the volt meter only reading between 11 and 11.5 volts.  I don't think it will create a problem for the trip since we are staying in parks with hook-ups so the batteries will get charged each night for the next days driving.  Is there a problem with this thinking?  Should I have it checked out immediately?  I already know the drive end seal needs replacing, I plan on doing that when I get back.

Hello,

I have a propane/electric Dometic fridge in my 99 coach. It no longer cools and I see the yellow signature of an ammonia leak. There are companies that refurbish the cooling part of the fridge. You pull out the old, drop in the refurbished and all's well. Of course, you have to get the fridge on the floor to access the back. Has anyone done this? I've looked to see how the fridge is held in place. Newell says there is probably just a strip of wood holding it in.

David

I am gonna put the punchline at the top before I tell you a long Bill story.

If your Headhunter Mach V pump goes bad....call the Headhunter support line at 954.581.6996.  Tell them what is going on.  They can give you an RMA number to send the pump for minor repair....or....they will request the serial number be sent to them and they will send you a new pump for 50% off.  (Around $600).

I have had two pumps replaced at Newell over the years.   I did not want the old broken pumps so they got thrown away.  (I wish that I knew that they were worth $600 each).

So here is the story....

I bought a new HH pump to carry with me in case I had problems.   It sat new-in-the-box in my basement bay for about three years.   I happened to be at Richard Entrekin’s southern headquarters and mentioned that I had a water leak.  He said...lets take a look at it.   Between the two of us, we found a leak IN THE CASE OF THE PUMP!  (I think I posted pics at the time).  Richard supervised me while I replaced with my spare pump.  I told him that he could have the old leaky pump if he wanted.   

Fast forward a few months...I am again at Richard’s house and again I had a leak in my water pump.   This time the pump was leaking at the rear seal.   Harrumph!   In the meantime, Richard had repaired the case of the leaky pump that I had given him.   He graciously offered it back to me.   Once again I replaced my pump in his driveway.   The pump mostly worked, but had a bad pressure switch which I robbed out of the pump with a leaky rear seal.

The point of this story is how much I have appreciated being a member of the gurus.  Various gurus have given me pieces and parts that they thought I could use and I have reciprocated in kind.  This sort of camaraderie seems to be in short supply theses day.   

Thanks to Richard for his generosity and thanks also to all the gurus.

Cheers,
Bill

I can’t find the “waste tank flush” hose connection on my new-to-me 2010 Newell. Surely it has one.  Any ideas?

when we stayed in the coach last year for 7 months, towards the end the salon slide flat floor would drop over the course of a month or more.  when in the shop parked with the slides out i noticed that after about 6 weeks the floor had dropped about an inch.  

this means the hwh floor up solenoid is leaking.  so, i got a couple of RAP90729 solenoids and replaced the floor up one.  

the pictures show how my coach solenoids are oriented.  i know there are many different orientations of hydraulic manifolds so i can only speak for mine.  btw, my genny slide is hydraulic as is the genny compartment lock.  it has a pin just like the slides do.  at least on my manifold, the solenoids are only labeled for their function.  not for which slide it is.  i just unplugged valves and tried them to make a schematic as to which is which.  

years go i found a guy on another forum who made and sold a tool to go in the end of the older hwh solenoids.  it is very handy.  the new solenoids are different.  

a tip is that to remove one solenoid valve, you have to relieve the pressure on both sides of the cylinder.  in this case, i backed the hex nut off on the floor up AND floor down solenoid.  otherwise there is still pressure on the floor up and you cant get it out.  you can hear the fluid pressure releasing as you do the second one.  meaning i backed the 1/4 inch nut off 4 turns on the floor up.   then the same on the floor down and then you can hear the pressure releasing.  then you can easily remove the bad solenoid.  

i have had slide creep out when the slides are in (that caused me to replace my front salon slide seal as it rolled out then) and i have replace the room extend solenoid valve to fix that previously.  what i would do there is to release the air from the slide seal before doing both extend and retract solenoids to prevent any slide movement with the seal pressurized.  

the new solenoids have a flipper on the end instead of the 1/4" nut on the old ones.  much easier.  note to self....for the valve to work the flipper leverl has to be sticking straight out.....

i just tightened the new valve in with a channel lock being careful not to over tighten.  they are self priming so you just operate the slide and check it.  worked fine and then i checked for leaks at the valve and there were one.  

btw, you will loose an ounce or so of fluid while you are changing it.  

the valves are pricey.  i bought mine from a hwh employee who lives near my son in prescott arizona who is a traveling serviceman for them.  

thats my 2 cents worth

tom

I have been taking my coach to places and letting them change my oil at about $400 or so. 
Since I have a nice enclosed building I'm thinking of changing my own oil.  What do you guys use to drain and transport the old oil? 
I have to look in my manual but I think I need about 13 gallons of oil.  I know to check the air tanks.  Rear end/transmission? What else? 
Any suggestions welcome! Yes, I understand about chocking up the coach and will definitely be SAFE under there! This is all if I get brave enough to crawl under there...

I saw this one last week at USA Luxury Coach in Clearwater, Florida.  Given my experiences there, I would HIGHLY recommend getting the coach OUT of there ASAP.

        Coach 603 is traveling with several friends with sob coaches here in Virginia. Owner tells me it is a very low mileage coach. I think 20k?  and he recently purchased it as the second owner.He is headed to the mother ship soon for some tlc. Coach looks spectacular.  I let him know about you gurus . He didn't think he has heard of the group.

I’m trying to find the best solution to extend my built-in Waste Master Sewer Hose. I would like to attach an extension to the built-in hose nozzle and have another nozzle at the other end of the extension.  Does anyone have a recommendation for this?

Thanks