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All,
When I was at Newell last week I talked with an owner of a 2011. When his coach was in storage he would turn off the 110v air compressor and use an air compressor plugged into the Air In port at the rear of the coach. Today I tried to do the same thing but when the air compressor got to 100 PSI a very audible air leak occurred. The leak sounded as if it came from behind the tag axle on the passenger side of the coach. Once the air leak started the air pressure would drop below 90 PSI. We tried this three times with the same result. Is this the air dryer leaking? Any thought on the cause of the air leak.Thanks in advance.

Reese Cantrell
Newell Coach 1242

I live in Calhoun Louisiana, when we bought our Newell I was told about a parts dealer near me, I have managed to lose his number. Could anyone help me find him?? Tia

Gurus,

When I bought my coach, I was advised to register it in Montana and save sales tax along with the tag costs.  It seemed shady to me and I am a bit of a rule follower, so I registered the coach in Alabama.

Today, I ran across a video that is from the Georgia Revenue guy talking about how he went about finding Georgia residents registering their exotic cars in Montana.  

Youtube video about Montana Plates

I have not verified the veracity of the video...but it seemed that this might be of interest to a least a few of the gurus.

Bill

We are now officially Newell classic hoarders.  We just bought coach #129 (1987, 37') in Maine and ran into a couple issues on our drive home to San Antonio.  BTW Michael, the engine is a silver 8V92 and it is mechanical, no DDEC.
As we were leaving a cramped RV park in Pennsylvania, I made a hard right turn and heard a POP and then no power steering and a few seconds later my wife informed me that there was red fluid on the ground under the coach.  The hydraulic line from the steering pump feeding the steering box had burst just over the rear air bag.  
We had the coach towed to a nearby diesel repair facility.  They said the hose burst where it apparently was rubbing on the frame and they repaired it.  We took it for a test drive and as we made a hard turn onto the shop driveway... POP again.  The same hose burst but this time up front just before the steering box.  They repaired that and then the same line burst again up front but not where the repair had been made.
They suspected that the steering pump had a relief valve that was not working and sent the pump to a "hydraulic specialist" who checked the pump over and said it looked fine but he could not see any type of pressure relief valve in the pump.  The plan is to replace all of the hydraulic hoses with true, crimped hydraulic hose (the existing appears to be a steel reinforced fabric hose) and in the process look for some type of relief valve in the system that isn't working.
I called Newell and spoke to 2 of the Jims there and they said they didn't know about an '87, but newer models have a distribution block after the pump.
Does anyone know if there is a relief valve somewhere in the steering system on '87s?  Any ideas why the hose all of the sudden is bursting over and over??  The previous owner had this coach in storage for at least a few months this summer and only drove it in the wintertime to go south.  He told us the only repair that he had done in the time he owned it (about 3 yrs) was to have the steering pump O-ring replaced because the pump was leaking a little.

The Sunshine bridge on LA Hwy 70 across the Mississippi River will be closed through January for repairs.  It was hit and damaged by a crane barge on 10-12 and is closed.  I know most gurus won't travel this route but it is causing major traffic delays on the I-10 bridge across the river in Baton Rouge, especially at morning and evening commute times.
Just a FYI to be aware of increased traffic if anyone is planning that route.

Can anyone tell me about how much coolant there is in a 93 with a 8v92?? Thanks in advance

Another newbie question, When traveling at slow speeds (slow traffic etc) every once in awhile ( hot exhaust message) pops up on Dash screen then it will turn off when i get to traveling faster. Question is is this my regen system working? of is it just hot exhaust coming out of tail pipe?  I own 1403 a 2010 coach with a 2008 cat c-15 installed in it. Thank you John

In the past I have always carried tarps to protect my carpet when a grease monkey needs to enter my coach for service.  I had some work done at the house and the worker put down masking film to protect the carpet.  It clings very well and never tore over the 5 hrs he was working.

It gave me the idea to try it in the coach.  It clings down to the carpet whether you fully open it up or use it in a less wide folding.  It has not moved or tore in my walking on it.  It is a very lightweight product & inexpensive.  Instead of a box of tarps, I will be carrying a roll of this in a drawer.

It comes in a couple of widths.  I got the stuff that is 6' X 90'.  

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0067N...0DER&psc=1

All,
At Newell getting the air leaks fixed and a new air compressor. Anybody else at Newell?

Reese Cantrell
Newell Coach 1242

We are going to be having the front fiberglass end cap redone and I’m wondering what others are doing.  We drive at night a lot and I want better/great headlights.  I have seen the upgrade to 2004-up style projector type lights and would really like something like the newer coaches and trucks have that include a set of LED lights around the head lights (or LED head lights)... any ideas/pictures?  I’ll add some pics here as I find them