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We got home on Sunday late afternoon, this years trip was to Skidaway Island, GA, our first trip with just our youngest child, the two older kids are both in college.
A very nice state park, big pull though sites with water and sewer, very scenic with big oak trees and Spanish moss.

I had my first tire blowout on the way down Saturday night about 85 miles north of Savannah, sounded like a bomb going off, drivers steer tire was shredded, the coach handled it great; it was easy to get pulled over and stopped from 70 mph.  I had a spare and tools, but the breaker bar I had wasn’t enough to loosen the lugs.  A great guy from the GA DOT sponsored auto road side assistance service helped out with a 3’ breaker bar (and gave it to me when he left).  I bought a new set of six tires before leaving Savannah.  My tires were 10 years old (I know) I keep them covered and inspect them carefully before every trip, the rears just started to show weather check this spring, the fronts still looked perfect.  I figured this was going to be the last year on them anyway.

Traffic on this trip was worse than any previous spring break trips, Atlanta was especially painful, seems to be getting progressively heavier the farther east we go, it easily added several hours to the drive both ways; we were thinking about Edisto Island South Carolina next year but I may rethink that and go back west towards Louisiana instead.

We came back through South Carolina and the Smoky Mountains, the coach held 40mph or better in the hills, no heat issues except when going up the state park campground road at Norris Dam, Rocky Top , TN.  First and second gear hill climb at heavy throttle ran the temp up to 200 by the time we made it to our site.  We spent 2 nights here, interesting little town and a nice park.

Good trip overall, would have been great without the hours of traffic headaches.
Back home and back to work.

Scott

The bedroom slide is refusing to retract again.  The front slide room came in just fine.  
The Engine/Chassis batteries have over 13 volts on them and the hydraulic motors are running.  Newell said I may need over 14-volts in order to have enough juice to run the slide in.  
I am trying to find a diagram that shows the motors in the front bay L1 - anyone have one? 
The wires are labeled but I’m not sure which are front and rear.

I'm getting ready to install a solar panel system and need expert GURU advice.  The question is, where is the best place to penetrate the roof to run wires to the batteries? Thanks in advance to all GURU respondents!

Hello I have a 2007 with ZF suspension and need to replace the linkage to the sway bar.
Does anyone have a source on suspension parts for this coach?

Thanks  Steve

Gang,

I have been having problems with my drivers side window making noise.  If I manually grab the slider window, I can wedge it in a way to make it quieter.

I have found a very close match to the window felt, but cannot figure out out to replace.  

Has anyone done this and have advice?

Thanks,
bill

Well, it looks like coach 540 will have all new slide seals soon.

Went to flush the toilet yesterday and it barely hissed when I pulled the handle. Walked outside and I could hear the air hissing out of the bedroom slide seal. Doh.

So I'm trying to assess whether to have someone do the work or try to do it myself. We're at least a few hours away from anyone capable (read: that I trust) of doing it and even of those that I've called, their timelines are pretty far out.

So I'm wondering a couple things:

1. How hard is it to get the slide in? Does the whole bed have to come apart to get to the guts of the slide? I couldn't find the steps to bring the over-retract the slide anywhere. How long does it take?
2. Does anyone know someone in Southern California that has done this or they would trust doing it? I've tried Brian Miller but he is tied up for a few weeks out.

I know the actual seal installation itself is fairly easy, I watched them do the salon seal last year. It's the over-retraction of the slide that's the wildcard for me.

My screen door was hanging up as I opened it. Took a small block of beeswax I had and rubbed it on the bottom rail. Smooth opening now.

I had a problem with both the speedo & tach not working intermittently.  The odometer would go blank & then come back as I drove.  The tach would not work, then the next time I started the engine it would work.  No rhyme or reason to when they would work.

When I was lubing the chassis I disconnected the three sensors on the left side of the transmission.  I sprayed the connectors with a electric connection cleaner.  Both the tach and speedo have worked since.

Hope this helps someone else.......................................

Has anyone tried running the dryer while driving ?

My main concern is the venting. Is the vented area on the last 6-8' of the drivers side coach in a pressure or vacuum zone ? In other words, will the dryer vent or retain the heat ?

HI. We are previous RVers and are working on getting back on the road. We previously owned Monaco, 2008 Camelot, 2007 Dynasty, 2009 Dynasty.  We moved to The Villages FL, from Sarasota, FL. & 50 year residents.  Sold the coach and have spent 7 years having fun in The Villages.  But we are ready to travel again. We have been researching and really like the Newells. We are looking for something between 2005 - 2007.  We would plan on purchasing by the end of the year and traveling about 6 months a year.  Love this site, great information. Look forward to meeting every one after we find our coach.  
Ray & Lynn Lake