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  Travel Light on HWH panel

Posted by: encantotom
08-12-2017, 02:52 PM
Forum: Suspension/Tires/Wheels
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hi all,

before this last trip, my green travel light does not come on when i am in travel mode.  the solenoids clearly engergize and it appears to work.  the light is good because if i turn the ignition key on accessory, the light comes on.  

i talked to mark at newell and he had no idea.  

i am in the hwh calling list and have been for 2 weeks.  i called them again a few days ago and they said their call return time is currently 5 weeks.   yes, that is right, 5 weeks.  

any ideas? and or any ideas if something else might not be working if the travel light is not on?

thanks

tom

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  Words you should never utter !!!!

Posted by: Richard
08-12-2017, 12:19 PM
Forum: Travel Logs
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"This trip has been without any coach issues"

It summons the curse of the the coach deities, and brings in Murphy's grandpa for good measure. 

We are 4500 miles into this years tour, and except for a nail in a tire, have been without major incident. I had puffed up my chest and bragged to Rhonda about how effective the winter projects had been in producing a smooth sail. 

So, the baby boy (all 6'3" of him) and his significant other flew into Montana to stay with us at Glacier National for a week. On the first night they arrived, the son flushed the half bath potty in the middle of the night and it jammed. I awoke in the morning to step into an inch of water. Oops. 

Ok, first step is send them and Rhonda out hiking so I can dry out the basement. I have a small wet dry vac so that helped get the water out of the basement carpet, and for good measure I removed all the basement ceiling foam panels to let the underneath dry also. That wasn't too bad.

Next I decided to rebuild the sequence valve in the potty cause it was sticking. This is where the curse hits. I put in new o rings from my o ring kit obtained at Harbor Freight. I could not get the valve to work properly even after three rebuilds and installs. I can tell you that the first time the removal rebuild and install took over an hour. I can know do it in fifteen minutes. But all the effort was to no avail. I finally figured out the o rings that I had were not sized as marked in the kit. I now suspect either poor quality control or that they simply put the closest metric o ring in the SAE kits. 

Just to make things interesting, I remove the top on the working potty to check a dimension on the valve, and I hear air. Lots of air. It's coming from where the air supply fitting screws into the valve. Ok, that seems simple enough. Remove the tubing, tighten the fitting, and air leak should go away. Well, that's what should happen but not when the valve body (old style, black injection molded version) actually has split where the fitting is screwed in. Those of you who play with fittings know they are tapered, so when you screw a tapered fitting into an already split part, the split grows. Now, we have a leak that the aux pump can't keep up with. 

So, a quick recap. Two guests, no potties, one stressed Richard. 

Ok, so the solution appears to be to drive to the nearest hardware store and obtain proper 3/4 X 9/16 X 3/32 orings  Oh yeah the nearest store is in Browning, 35 miles away. And oh yeah, that's the closest place our phones work too. So off we traipse to get the o rings. Like an idiot I did not take an old one. I thought that as the lady fished them out of the parts bin that they didn't look like the right size, but I clearly saw the size printed on the lid.

I don't like to throw money at problems, but I knew the split valve was FUBAR (fouled up beyond repair) so while ordered a new valve from Mullaney, I said send TWO. 

Drive forty miles back to the coach and install the o rings obtained at the hardware store, hoping to get one functioning potty. I have dead ended the air lines to both so the air doors will work and at least we can shut the doors at night. Reassemble and lube the valve, install, and voila, the same negative result. It doesn't seal off at the end the stroke. I may have invented some new bad words at this point. 

We take the kids back to the airport and I get more o rings at HD. When we get back to the coach, the sequence valves have arrived. I take one of them apart and measure the o rings. Yep 3/4 X 9/16 X 3/32. Hmmm, the Harbor Freight  o rings don't measure out to be exactly this size, and guess what, neither do the hardware store o rings. Arrrggh. The Home Depot rings do measure to be the correct size, however it's a moot point since I now have new valve assemblies. 

The new valves had the potties functional in about thirty minutes. So don't worry that we were holding it for five days. 

I can't tell you how happy Rhonda is to have indoor plumbing again. 

We have returned to cell phone land and internet, we are in Kalispell tonite. 

Never will I utter those words again.

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  Dash indicator lights?

Posted by: Nebraska Neweller
08-12-2017, 09:48 AM
Forum: Electrical
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Where can I get some of these? This is a dash indicator light from my 1985 Newell.

Hopefully someone knows where to source these.

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  Coach financing

Posted by: rheavn
08-11-2017, 09:45 PM
Forum: General
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Have not used this bank & have no interest in it.  Supposedly they can finance coaches up to 20 years old.

Maybe this can help someone.  If some one deals with them please post a review, good or bad, of your experience.

https://www.incrediblebank.com/specialty-loans

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  Need a tag axle hub

Posted by: Shamu406
08-11-2017, 08:19 PM
Forum: Help, I need help ASAP
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I am in need of a right rear tag axle hub, (Meritor) and possibly a (Meritor) brake rotor as well. 
So far, I have found the hub for 1397.00 Part# A333U4181
And the rotor for 240.00 Part# 3218K167
Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks!
John

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  Oil Leak Located

Posted by: 77newell
08-11-2017, 01:56 PM
Forum: Drivetrain
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For the past couple years I've had a small oil leak leaving oil on the driver side of the engine near the bell housing. After several clean and observe attempts showing nothing I resorted to flourescent dye. Whoa nellie, my Fumoto oil drain valve glowed bright. I had thought the oil on it had ds ended from above. Wrong. The oil above had ascended from below and gone sideways no less. That two stroke oil is tricky stuff. Oh wait, I'm using synthetic 4 stroke oil. Maybe that is why it got sideways.

Lesson learned: oil doesn't alway flow down hill, sometimes it gets suckered up.

May your engine stay clean and dry.

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  New and Looking

Posted by: arteides
08-11-2017, 12:42 PM
Forum: Please introduce yourself
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[attachment=4902][attachment=4902] I am new to Rv's and have basically narrowed it down to Bluebird or Newell Want to buy used as i am not wealthy. But i need to be able to move my home for now as I have to go and find work elsewhere. I am currently on East Coast, but hate it i prefer rockies and west. So i dont know if i have the right idea but think for now i need to be able to go where the work is so to speak.

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  Airing up to travel height

Posted by: rooster
08-11-2017, 03:46 AM
Forum: Other Stuff
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My 1988 Coach, #174, seems to take a long time to air up to travel height.  How long should this typically take from dump mode?  Thanks    Peter

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  Led lights

Posted by: Yachts
08-10-2017, 06:34 PM
Forum: Exterior
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Added these today. Looks better than I thought. They change color too..

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  Vendor for Motorized Shades

Posted by: bikestuff
08-10-2017, 04:58 PM
Forum: Interior Things
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I think this question has been asked and answered but I cannot find it.

Has anyone replaced their motorized window blinds?  Newell wants north of 1K per window to do these, and I know this is an easy DIY if we can find good vendor.

Not only are my motors getting tired, but the fabric has been stained and has some holes from previous owners.  I keep looking at my old shades and cant help but think I need new ones.

So...Does anyone have a good source for the motorized shades?

Bill

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