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We have a 1984 Newell with a 6V92 Detroit Diesel engine w/turbo that we bought in April of this year. The engine has run very smoothly and extremely quietly since we bought it. Have driven from California to Texas with no unusual engine noises or issues. Last night when we started it to return it to storage there was a loud clatter/clanking noise coming from the engine bay immediately upon starting. Had sort of a metallic sound. I turned the engine off and looked in the bay for smoke, broken belt, anything - but found nothing wrong. I then searched online about possible causes. Feared it might be a broken rod, damaged piston or similar issue. Then I thought it might be the diesel equivalent of knocking (detonation) but don't know why that would suddenly happen. 

Today I discovered that with the engine running (and making some louder than usual noise) I can turn the ignition key to off and remove the key. I do not hit the kill switch. When I turn the ignition off the noises stop immediately and the engine is its old, quiet self. What could possibly explain this? Is the starter not disengaging after the engine starts? It starts fine immediately. I also drove the coach about 30 miles at speeds up to 65 mph today and everything was fine re the engine (sounds, temp, pressure, speed, power). What mechanical thing in the engine bay stops working when the ignition is turned off?

Lessons Learned from Selling My RV - 2019

I recently sold my 2007 Newell P2000i Triple Slide RV (coach #800). I started the process in early April of this year and finally completed the sale at the end of August. This is a brief description of the process I used and some lessons learned along the way.

I first gathered as many pictures as I could and then wrote up a narrative about the coach which talked about how many miles, how it is equipped and I focused especially on all of the “add ons” that we installed along the way (TV systems, EasySteer, Road King Shocks, Batteries, etc) so as to highlight things that would separate our coach from other similar Newell Coaches.

The first ad placed was in the Newell GURUs website. One of the administrators, Michael Day, was extremely helpful in me getting the ad properly placed. I don’t think I’d have done it without him. The good news is that I got a few inquiries fairly quickly; nothing very serious, but inquires nevertheless. The only problem with this website is that when you get into the non-Newell world, not everybody knows about this website.

The next ad I placed was on RvTrader. If there was one mistake I made with them, it was that I selected the 8 week option which limits one to 20 pictures. So almost every time someone was interested, their very first question was “Can you send more pictures?” That became a pain. You can run a 52 week ad that allows for 50 pictures. I started getting inquiries almost immediately and by the time the process was over, I’m guessing I’d had over 50 inquiries with 7 or 8 being seriously interested. I started at a “too high” price and kept lowering. When I would go to their website and select all Newell coaches nationwide, and then sort by price, it became pretty obvious after time where my coach and price should be. When I got to that point, I started getting 4 to 6 inquiries per week. The eventual buyer came from the RvTrader website.

In May I was contacted by a company based in Las Vegas called Seller Networks. They will put an ad together based on information you provide, and then post on something like 15 other websites with whom they had partnerships. I paid somewhere around $350 for this service. I would go to some of these websites from time to time and look for my coach and I think I always found it, but something about those sites made me think that they weren’t that user friendly. Number of inquiries from this service? ZERO

In early July, I was contacted by a service called Vehicle Selling Solutions located in Omaha. They focus on Ebay. I am more familiar with Ebay. I know people who’ve bought cars there and I looked at advertised RVs and it looked like a decent number of coaches were advertised. They wanted to do a program where they did an auction for 10 days; I would establish my “buy” price that only I would know, and we’d see what happened. If the auction didn’t work, then they would place a classified ad on Ebay. By this point it had been over 3 months with very few SERIOUS looks. Which means I was beginning to get a little frustrated so I decided to give this a try even though the cost was around $900. The auction was a total bust. It lasted the 10 days. There were a total of around 40 bidders; but the final bid was exactly $100,000 less than the price I said I’d accept. The only people making out from this were Vehicle Selling Solutions who got to add another 40 bidders to their database. We then placed the classified ad, and ran it until it sold, lowering the asking price along the way with the other websites. Total number of inquiries from this service: ZERO

Along the way:
A wholesale dealer in Michigan offered me a full $100,000 less than I ultimately sold it for.

I had a full price offer in the first week from a lady in California who wanted to take delivery in front of my house; asked only one question about the coach (did it have rust; not much here in Oklahoma); and insisted on Paying via PayPal. Didn’t respond

A guy offered to trade his business with multi million dollar potential for my coach. I suggested he keep the business, hire someone to run it to earn the millions and he buy my coach

Another guy offered to trade his piece of property in British Columbia for my coach.

My first really serious inquiry was a couple from Arizona who drove all the way to Oklahoma to look at it. I discovered AFTER they had come and gone that on the drive here he had talked to the Newell salesman that had sold me the coach and ended the conversation by saying “I think I’m going to go buy that coach”. Well that didn’t happen. I’m pretty sure the reason is that I talk too much; told too many stories about when we bought the coach, things that happened which to me seemed funny but to him probably sounded like horror stories. I think I literally talked him out of buying the coach and left the impression that it was a darn good thing I only lived 206 miles from the Newell factory. Lesson learned: answer their questions; keep mouth shut otherwise.

Another thing I learned has to do with pricing. I knew going in that I was probably NOT going to sell for the amount I still owed on the loan. The question then became “how much lower than that number am I going to have to go?” At this point, it gets pretty difficult when you know that every time you lower the price, YOU are the one that is going to have to make up the difference out of your own pocket. Then one day something occurred to me, and here’s an example. Suppose I sold a coach and the selling price was $50,000 under the loan balance. Ouch! But hey. I could have put another $50,000 down when I bought it; then I would have been OK and maybe slightly lower payments. But I didn’t. So that money stayed in my savings account earning 10%. So over the 5 year period I owned the coach; I made back $25,000 on the money I didn’t spend up front. And given the array of expenses that go along with owning a coach (payments, insurance, storage, DirecTv, fuel, maintenance, travel costs, RV parks) in my case I’ll recover this difference in less than a year by NOT paying these costs. So my message here is that being “upside down” on your loan isn’t
much fun, but it might not be as bad as one thinks.

In conclusion, were I to go thru this again, I would still place an ad on Newell Guru’s website. Newell owners will always give you good feedback. Otherwise, I would advertise ONLY on RvTrader; forget these other services, and not let the price get stuck when it is too high. Look; compare to other coaches, and soon you’ll home in on the price you’re going to get.

Hello everybody!!!
At this time I do not have a coach. My wife and I are enjoying looking at all the coaches. We have recently decided that we want to move into a coach full time . So we are trying to ge as much information  as possible about the top coaches  that we like the most.   Newell, Monaco Entegra ,anjd  Tiffin. 
Newell by far is my favorite coach I like the way that it is different than all the other coaches.  So that is why I am here to learn all I can from all of you!!!  We will probably be ready to buy a senior next year. I look forward to making new friends and looking for the perfect coach!!!

Just wondering if any of you with mechanical Detroit Diesels have retrofitted you dash with this combo analog - digital engine temp gauge ?  Too good to be true, or the real deal ?

https://amzn.to/2MEfuaX

Thanks,
Guy

Hello all I went to check the coach today after the monsoon and the door bell was chiming. We have never been able to get it to work and still doesn’t work or do the three internal phones. I know there is a terminal in the rear with what seems to be phone wires but I know nothing about phones or this communication setup. Any help wold be greatly appreciated. Thanks Joe Galowitch coach 469

Hello All,
I placed an order back in January with Larry at Atlas Radiator.  Back then there was a 12 week lead time.  Just before going in production I was to be notified of the 50% deposit which is no problem on my end.  I never received a notification and my existing radiator finally gave it up in June and I replaced the core......that is working great so far. 

Having said all this, received a call yesterday that the radiator at Atlas was complete and ready to ship.  Wonderful, except I really won't be needing it right now.  I told the caller that I would pass on the information as they were going to put in inventory.  So if anyone is needing a radiator get in touch with Larry ASAP.  The part # is 424347 REV D. Attached a drawing supplied by Atlas.

I have not paid anything to Atlas so you would be dealing directly with them.

Thanks
Steve Denton

We fired up the genny & headed to Albuquerque for concerts weekend.  Had front & rear AC's on while driving. Noticed coach interior seemed to be getting warmer. Looked up and saw no power indicated on the control panel.  Generator was running. Flipped the transfer switch a few times, no luck.  Shut generator off and re-started, still no luck.  Put refrigerator on propane, flipped inverter on so as to have AC power to run laptop with Silverleaf engine monitor program.  Continued to Albuquerque as time was of the essence to make it to concert. Missed about 30 mins but that is much better than the last 2 years when I had to give tickets away altogether. My question is:  any recommendations on where & what to check when I start trouble shooting today or tomorrow?  We are back in our normal space at Rt 66 and shore power working fine.  Just hate the prospect of having to drive home with no house AC.

My compressor check valve is engaging after a short time (minute or less).  The coach is in the shop and our mechanic is troubleshooting but has not found the cause as of yet.  Are there any recurrent issues that would cause the compressor to kick off prematurely that you are aware of?

I went the the coach this morning started it up, everything 
Seemed fine ....then turned on the rear view camera
NOTHING
The screen said something like NO connection, lots of lines
Across screen

Any ideas where to start looking for the problem???

OKC area.

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