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New member here.  I have been contemplating selling my bumper pull camper and buying a used motor coach so that I can pull my boat on family trips.  I have seen this Newell sitting for years in my local area and while I do not need any more projects, after doing some internet searching I realized this might be worth looking into.  I gave it a quick look the other day and can see it has pealing clear coat, cracked sidewall tires and some rust stains around trim strips etc.
I got ahold of the owner and he is an older gentleman in poor health.  He claims the interior was redone in the late 90's and that it has no known mechanical problems other than it needs new batteries.  Any idea on what year it is and a price range I might want to offer.  I will stop and look inside tomorrow, I am assuming it has lots of issues from sitting that the owner is likely unaware of.  I am thinking it is worth $10-20k ?  Edit... Tried to post a picture, but it did not go through...

i thought i would start a new thread on my replacing the front salon slide seal.  i followed paul's thread with great interest on doing his.  that said, my slide mechanisms are very different.  so it will be a different process.

there is no access to the two slide rams in the front driver side front wheel well or in the bay behind the entrance door.  shucks...that would have been alot easier.  

on mine, you have to unthread the two rams after dropping the slide floor.  i will take pictures as i do it.  also, paul in his coach had a limit switch you had to remove that senses when the slide is fully extended.  

mine doesnt have the same kind.  mine has a sensor that is tripped by a magnet, just like the magnets on top of the slide that sense when the slide is in and puts the slide pins down.  

my cart is done except for glueing the carpet on the two platforms.  

i am just finishing up putting the new inverter in and once that is done i will start on the slide.  

the magnetic sensor was in the bay directly under the center of the slide.  

once i get the inverter in, i will pull the slide in just a little so i can take the valence off and all the pieces that stop the slide from extending completely out.  

tom

Hi, coach 317 here, I believe the classic body style, in need of rear bumper any advice on best place to get it from?? Thanks in advance

Hello,

Any advise gratefully received!
I have a 20KVA Power Tech genny, After starting it runs for only around 10 seconds before shutting down, the green light flashing twice which indicates genny over temp, this is not possible as its only been running for 10 seconds from cold, if i reset it then it just does the same.
Any advise as to what the problem could be?
Thanks in advance,
Rob

Motorhomes of Texas has a 4 slide, rear bath, P2000i with 72,170 miles for sale.

http://motorhomesoftexas.com/coachrv/new...ath--P1296

I'd love to tap the collective wisdom of this group - specifically about Newell's Murphy Bed option.  I've seen it offered in a number of coaches like this one https://www.newellcoachsales.com/default...lInventory and this one  https://www.newellcoach.com/default.asp?...dInventory.

From a "daytime" aspect, I really like the idea of literally having full use of a second living room.  The idea of mounting a large TV on the bottom of the bed (Mini theater if you will) and having an adjacent couch or pair of theater chairs seems really inviting to passengers when the road side views are...monotonous.   But I have concerns/questions I can't find answers to.

1) How hard are they (weight wise) to put up and down?  Are they counter-balanced, electronically operated or other ways "assisted" in their operation?   Could someone's wife do it without issue?
2) Why are they always just 66" wide?  We really like a King sized bed, but Murphy beds never seem to be offered any wider, why?
3) Elevation off the floor.  I did see one up close, and when the bed was down, the top of the mattress hit mid-calf.  Are they always that low to the ground?
4) Bed comfort.  Are you giving up anything in the comfort of the bed?  Can you accommodate a sleep number mattress?
5) Putting it up.  Stupid question, but when your DW sleeps under three blankets, do you have to disassemble all the bedding or is there a way to keep it all in place when going vertical?


Any info really appreciated!!!

2 slides, mid bath, https://www.rvonline.com/single-ad.asp?Recnumber=70527

Even though I am a production line coach owner, I've read enough here to know all Newells are different.

However, Patty and I plan on full timing when I retire and feel we will need 4-5K CCC.   Our present coach has 4,500 lb CCC.

Should we be looking at only two slide coaches in this year range (2002-'04)?  Seems that some fuel tanks are very large, and there might some capacity moved from fuel to "stuff".  I read some owners have upgraded to a 365 tire from a 315, but I don't see how that would help assuming that the 315's carried max load of the axle rating. Did they change the front axle too?

Thanks, I appreciate your help. I will have many more questions.

During our last tour of the country, we developed a small leak in the hydraulic fan motor. I didn't want to tear into it while on the road, so 5000 miles later, we have a nasty grimey engine bay. 

Tom was here to help me get the motor out, and it was quite a learning curve that may help someone else in the future. 

First of all, it wasn't the hydraulic fan motor that was leaking. There is a device bolted to the hyd motor, that is supplied with hyd fluid via a small hose coming off the hyd motor, and a small return line going to the hyd reservoir. There were no identifying marks or lableing on the device that brought up anything in google that looked like the device.

The device is called an Overhung Load Adaptor. It is made by a company called ZeroMax. https://www.zero-max.com/b-overhung-load-adaptors#1  Mine was model L600130. The purpose of the adaptor is to keep any sideways load off of the hyd pump motor. It's a pretty simple device with two tapered roller bearings mated back to back to handle both axial and radial loading. The spline from the hyd motor slips into one end and the other end is the tapered hub for the fan. 

My model was a Zeromax 600 series overhung load adaptor with a high pressure seal on the output shaft. Here is an invoice with the part numbers for the overhung adaptor seals.

The pump is a Vickers MFE 15. I replaced the front seal on it just for grins. Here is the invoice for that seal.


Here are a few tips that Tom and I learned along the way.

We confirmed the leak at the OHLA seal, by taking the motor out but leaving the hoses attached. Then we cranked the engine, and unplugged the speed control solenoid to make it run on high. A white paper towell really shows up red ATF. 

The OHLA has to be taken apart to get out the front seal. Remove the rear seal by standard neanderthal method. There is a huge circlip that holds the bearing assembly in. It takes a serious pair of circlip pliers to compress it enough to remove. The circlip has a bevel on it. When reinstalling, place the bevel facing outward or to the rear. The bevel preloads the bearings. When the bearing assembly is out, the front seal is punched out the front. Carefully press in the new one.

The front seal on the Vickers hyd pump is easily removable without disassembling the motor. I drilled two 1/8 holes in the face of it, screwed in two small sheet metal screws, and pulled it right out. 

You are going to drain almost all the ATF out of the hyd system when you take the hoses off the motor. Be prepared for the flood. It would probably help to empty the reservoir first, but the hoses are still going to spew ATF.

Thanks for letting us join.  Patty and I are searching long and hard for our last coach.  We started off looking at other Alpines until we discovered that the CCC's were too low on newer Alpine Coaches.  So we have moved on to tag axle coaches.  Originally Country Coach, Newmar and Foretravel. I have always liked the Newell.  Especially the model with the raised roof line.  Can't tell you what years or why it was raised.  So I am going to lurk here and eventually ask some questions after I have read all I can here. 
Safe Travels
Tom, Patty and the "BIG DOG" Hannah.