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Has anybody had a problem with the 6-pack manifold corroding?  A guy on the Foretravel forum just posted the following and another guy had a similar problem and had to replace his manifold.  Gordon (Bestgenman) did a great job of moving his front manifold to the front basement compartment.

"Upon pulling our front six pack, it was hard to miss some heavy corrosion near the top of the port side, starting where it makes contact with the steel mounting bracket. Intergranular corrosion, a term I had never heard of until Jet Doc made mention of it in another thread. There was also some lighter corrosion in a few  places on the valve side, including the spot faced area under the outer o-rings for both lift solenoids. This corrosion is porous. Even if a good seal is obtained by the o-rings, air would likely migrate through through the corrosion. Being these manifolds are made from 2024 alloy, welding is not an option. What to do?

IMO, the only reliable fix is to replace the manifold, or remove all of the corroded material. Using a mill, I took a minimal cut on the mounting face, removed a fair amount of material on the port side, and, since I don't have the proper spot face tooling for the valve side, milled that entire side with an end mill. Although the o-rings WILL seal to a milled surface, (been there, done that, many a time) I took a fine table stone to it for good measure. For areas with smaller spots of corrosion, not where a sealing surface is, I used a die grinder with an oval single cut burr. The limitation of how much can be removed from the valve side is dictated by clearance between the raise valve spigots and the two isolation check valves under them. If too much material is removed, the spigots will interfere with the plastic check valves. I needed to remove .045" form the valve side, and that's pretty close to the limit. YMMV. Anything more than a light cut on the valve side will require a re-chamfering of the six valve holes (to accommodate the fillet radius on the valve spigots) and re-tap the 1/2"-20 holes to the original depth with a bottoming tap. This manifold needed an additional half turn of the tap in order for the valves mate up. After machining, I soaked the manifold in vinegar, overnight, and then washed in soapy water, rinse ...blow dry with air gun.

While the manifold was available, I reverse engineered it. Crude (but accurate) drawing on hand, should the need arise to make them in house. BTW, on our coach, the front and rear manifolds appear to be identical, though I didn't verify that 100%"

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https://www.motorhomesoftexas.com/Pre-ow...ll-7349613  Link to listing at Motor Homes Of texaas
56,639 miles LISTED $439,500     Ben Curtis 936-615-6684
[email protected]amic Tile Floor Entry, Kitchen, and Bath Rooms
67" X 80" California Queen Cross Island Bed
Powered Bed Extend and Retract
Power Driver and Pass Shades
Solid Surface Through-out
Bath and a Half Floor Plan
Heat and Massage for Front Chairs
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My freezer won't get below room temp. The Fridge works fine.(2 compressors on this model.) I had an appliance guy look at it and he said its probably low on Freon, but only after he thought it was the control panel and replaced it.    

I think my next step is to look for a second opinion and can these be recharged ? Do any of the Guru's know if they can be recharged ?

I looked into replacing the unit, I see a wide range of pricing.  I'm looking for input from the Guru's

Can a "stand alone" or "built in" household unit, withstand the highway abuse that a motorhome gives a fridge with vibration. Is one better for a Coach over the other ? Salesmen say they about the same, some say the built ins (3x's more expensive) are better. 

Has anyone installed a stand alone, and secured it ? Do they last as long ?

my search of an 700TC comes up with used units on Ebay at $8,990 to $2,500 plus shipping, all refurbished or used.

What is the typical life of a coach refrigerator freezer combo ?

A 2009 Newell has been going through primary and secondary compressors like crazy (each only lasting a couple of years).  This coach has 151k on it, and I can't help but think that the air bags have gone beyond their useful life.  I'm told there are eight of them, and for Newell to replace they're quoting $3,500 + or -.

But Newell said it all depends on "how the bags were maintained"

I deal with rubber expansion joints (isolating pumps and machinery from hard pipes) and I know they don't like direct sunlight, high heat and a lot of cycling/movement.  But I don't know what you could do to "maintain" them.  The only aspect I can think of is when the vehicle is stored - maybe leaving them at "travel height"

Any insights?

                            [attachment=6969][attachment=6969]     Hello,
I need to sell our beautiful 99 Newell. My husband past away in February and I can't drive this coach. This was Karl Blades show coach in 99
Lots of extras
$89,000
The 30ft featherlite double stack  trailer is also for sale $21,000            

I have a 1996.  Is this the rear access panel to my generator compartment?

We pull a new to us 2005 Continental enclosed 26 ft trailer for our car and toys and everything else that won't fit in the coach. We pulled it 10 thousand miles last year, and I think it's time to inspect and service the axles. Today we put new Goodyear Endurance Trailer tires on it, and sent the "China bomb" tires to the recycler .It has two Dexter 5000 pound axles, that have Dexter Ezlube grease systems. Being old school, I have always pulled brake drums, removed, inspected and cleaned bearings and hand packed them with fresh grease, installing a new seal . Any experience with this Ezlube system? Sounds to good to be true.

Thinking about buying a Winegard booster.
Anyone have any experience with this product?

I'm not a Newell owner yet, but keep gravitating towards them.  My wife is from Chelsea, OK, which is about 50 miles SW of Miami so it would be disloyal of her to purchase one made elsewhere.  At least that is what I keep telling her.  We are in OK pretty frequently and would like to make a run down to Miami to visit their shop.

Our preferences lean more towards a mid-entry coach around 40ft in length but I do like the bath and half floorplan as well. Newell has a good looking 2011 model (1415) that is the mid-entry and bath and 1/2 but a little longer than we prefer.  MOT has a 2005 40 footer as well but would need some remodeling.  All about finding the right floor plan.

Glad I found this site that is specific to Newell.  Definitely has helped me wade through a lot of valuable information.

Mike

Hi all,

I have been camping in Montana and have seen a tremendous increase in the leak down rate of the air system. I'm now getting just over 1.3 minutes of compressor off time and about 1.25 minutes on time. I had the system performing in excess of the 45 minute rate just last month. I am on my way to Vancouver B.C. and need a shop with a pit that can search out the leaks. I cannot get under the coach well enough to find the problem.  

Spokane would be a good stop for me or the Seattle area.

Regards,

Mike