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Our coach has a leaking front Ridewell 7423 ride height control valve. Other posts remark that the King of the Road K870005 & K870006 are a replacement for the 7423. The King of Road valves are either left or right arm part number dependent, otherwise the K870005 and K870006 are the same valve body. I also read that in other coaches the front valve is a RH valve. My picture below reflect's how my valve is mounted in the coach. The vertical rod on the left is attached to the center of the front axle beam. Given how it's mounted on my coach, I think I need a LH arm PN K870006 for the front HCV. The details for the valve on Dayton's site say that if the control arm is longer than 7 inches that other valves should be considered. The control arm on my valve is 12 inches.

Question is, does what I have look familar to other coaches of same year range and the K870006 will work? Even if control rod is 12 inches.

While you wouldn't (shouldn't!) be using these stands for any coach work, I thought someone might have them for other purposes, so I wanted to post this Harbor Freight jack stand recall:

https://images.harborfreight.com/hftweb/..._61197.pdf

Just happened to see this.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/184279390047

The p.o. had a warranty policy with GS at like 4400 per year. I decided to give them a call, since making a trip to newell will be in excess of 3 to 5 k on the low side.

I was quoted 6k for 12 months! OUCH!
Think maybe I should just save up 500.00 per month and put it in some type of account and pray I have no major issues

hi all,

i was helping a guru today with an airbag leveling problem.  so i got a few of my spare airbags off the shelf and put my boroscope inside them.  

the pictures below are from a firestone w01-358-8087 bag that is for the front of the late 90's to early 2000's.  this particular bag i replaced on my coach and kept this one as a spare as it look fine from the outside.  

putting the boroscope inside it shows cracks that are not showing at all on the outside.  

just thought you might be interested in seeing it.  i am not saying it was ready to leak or blow, just showing you pictures.  

tom

All,
After setting a while, when selecting either the salon slide or bedroom slide to open or close I hear the hydraulic motor run with no movement in the desired direction.  If I keep the switch pressed and run the system for several minutes the slide then moves with no issues. Can't tell if the locks release immediately or just before the room moves.  For sure, on extending the salon, when the sequence commands the floor to come up it does not come up level for 30 to 40 seconds.....all the while I have the switch pressed to extend.  It seems to me the fluid in the lines have drained back to the tank. The pump running then recharges the lines. Is there a check valve that keeps the lines pre-charged with fluid that is common to all the hydraulic circuits of the system?

https://www.arizonaluxurycoach.com/shop/...ry-2-Slide

this coach i know well because it is mine.  i am trying to no longer be in the two newell club.  

i am having steve at arizona luxury coach sell it for me.  he is a class act and has an indoor air conditioned showroom.  

i did a lot of things to it to make sure it was in nice selling condition.  low mileage and low genny hours.  

have a look and contact steve for more info.  for anyone serious about it i will be glad to answer questions about it privately.  

i have a contract with him so am not selling it outside of him.  i have found i am a great coach buyer and not so great at selling.  i just want to keep everyone that i have had.  darlene says our 02 is enough and i dont need two of them.  go figure.....

tom

We were at the Newell factory in Miami Monday through Thursday. They got our slide out air bag replaced along with a few other items. Work went well but very hands off experience. The only area you are allowed in is the customer lounge. Disappointing for our first time there. We will have to go back at a later time after this corona crap is over. That will probably be another multi thousand $$$ check then too. Lol.

We discovered something surprising about our plumbing yesterday. We have owned this 84 Classic coach for a year but had only used it a few times prior to the past month. We started boondocking a few days ago. We noticed that our shower was not draining and water from the kitchen sink seemed to be coming up through the shower drain. After several attempts to clear the shower drain we decided to carefully inspect the plumbing in the water bay. We have only two tanks, which we realized before we bought the coach. We have a fresh water tank and what we thought was a combo black/grey tank. Nope! The grey water from the shower and sinks never goes into a tank. It simply goes over to a discharge/drain paddle valve and backs up in the closed pipe until it comes up through the shower drain. The toilet discharges directly into the second (black) tank but nothing else goes into it. I suddenly realized the importance of what the previous owner told me when she said they never boondocked when traveling. They always stayed where they had full hookups. No need for a grey tank if you are always hooked up when you run the shower or wash dishes. Never boondocking also helps explain why we have a lot of stuff that runs on 120 voltage such as our water pumps, water heater and our Norcold freezer/frig. This rig is optimized for RV park station to station life, not for boondocking. Changes must be made to give us the flexibility we want.

Clarke and I recently replaced the alternator on my 84 Classic  (6V92 DD) at Tom's place. (Will post more about that later.) Since then the speedometer and the odometer quit working properly. The speedo needle vacillates around 15 to 20 mph around the actual speed and the Odometer has quit moving at all. Is there ANY possible connection between the gear driven alternator and the odometer and/or the speedometer? It is a rebuilt Leece alternator.