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We have found THE most gorgeous place to stay in Ruidoso, NM! This place is new and the owners, Lisa & Jimmy are two of the finest people you will ever meet! This resort has been and is a labor of love for them and believe me you will fall in love with your surroundings in this park!  They are open year round so come on out for your Fall travels! You'll feel like you are in heaven as you sit outside your coach in your Texas sized iron rocking chair next to your coach-side fire pit over looking views that go on forever!  We were only planning to stay a couple of days but just might not leave at all!  Their website is: www.RuidosoMotorcoachRanch.com

Jim

New listing for #522, 1999 2-slide.  $129,000.

http://panterracoach.com/coaches/1999-ne...ble-slide/

Happy Birthday to my beautiful, wonderful wife!  Unfortunately for her Birthday the coach gave her problems as the water pump kept shutting off.  If we waited a few minutes and flipped the switch in the kitchen the pump would work for a few minutes and then seemed to lose prime.  The previous owner has the 12-volt pump disconnected (which is his MO for anything that fails...) so not sure if it works or not but I would like both systems working.  
Curtis at Newell said there is either a water valve (we have two a blue handled ball valve and a red handled ball valve) or the system has an automatic fill valve.
I know I have seen two faucet inlets in the bay to fill the tank - I can't remember what they are marked though... I think one is marked 'city something' and 'inlet something' (maybe) ... I will send pictures when I get home after while... 


Fresh Water and filtration circuit info: 
I talked to Curtis at Newell (excellent info and was very friendly and knew his stuff!) and they said that the water going to the ice maker/refrigerator and to the little water spigot next to the kitchen sink faucet BOTH go through a set of TWO filters (Everpure - will order new ones on Amazon).  This water comes either from the tank or from the city water supply so it will be well filtered.  I will be adding a UV filter inline also after these two filters so the water will not have any contaminants... 
The REST of the coaches water supply goes through a single (rope type) filter system that gets rid of sediment before getting inside including feeding into the tank from the city water fill.  

Alie, my wife of 22 years passed away yesterday morning of complications of colon cancer. she had an exceedingly rare case and in the end there were no treatments capable of arresting it. I am in awe of the grace with which she handled the indignities of continual losses of body control, she only complained once saying: "this sucks". I know I would have been far less gracious.

What can I say about her? She was full of life, contributing to the betterment of her community. She loved being Jewish. She really liked our 93 coach and the trips we took. She really enjoyed the short time we spent with Rhonda and Richard. I'm sure she would have enjoyed meeting more of the guru's.

She ate healthy and exercised regularly. According to the doctors she would have died 5 years ago had she not lived this way. According to her friends, before the cancer become known, she told them these past 5 years were the best in her entire life.

She made me a better person and I will really miss her.

Was gonna post here first in case any of my fellow gurus are interested. I'm selling my 2014 Rzr 900 quad seat orange madness for 14k.. I paid 19k a year ago when I bought it new.. If anyone is interested pm me

Well plans changed and instead of spending the winter in Vermont this year we decided to go back to our winter spot near Yuma az on BLM land. My front ac unit has decided to stop blowing cold air, gets down to about 70. It is around 100 outside, 90 inside.
The other ac units are blowing in the 50's. The front was working fine but on start up I was watching the amp gauge and it pegged out max then settled down this ac is also on the same leg as the back ac. I have been having problems with the blower motor and it finally went on the front unit so I pulled the mid ac blower unit and put it in the front because it seems to provide more cold air and I need the front cooler than what the mid ac can do. The Mid ac blower motor is a new replacement from newell which says they can no longer get replacements. So now not being able to get cold air from the front ac unit i moved the good blower motor back to the mid ac and between the back ac unit and the mid unit the coach is tolerable but the front is still very hot. Mind you we are off grid so we run the gene for about 5 hrs in the later part of the day/night. 
The ac units were checked out and recharged last year by Newell and the front ac unit was working very strong before it stopped producing cold air. 

Anyone know of a supplier for the blower motors?

Brad

I filled the tank up with a gallon of 50/50 antifreeze and the guage is still showing 'LO'.  
Help!  Do I need to 'reset' it somehow???  Cold showers in the morning I guess :-(  

Guys once this summer we pulled over because we thought we smelled propane. I used a propane detector and could not find anything. The smell ceased. I have had a gas detector alarm in the coach the last couple of years and it's never gone off. Which brings me to today. 

The coach was winterized a week ago. I pulled it out of the barn today and drive it to my house to empty it of things for the winter. As I worked in some of the bays I kept getting a slight smell of propane. I checked and the main valve was closed. It has been closed for several weeks. We could smell it inside the coach a little as well. The tank is about half full. 

Any ideas of how it could be creating a smell if it's shut off?  I read online there is a pressure release valve. However, it seems that this only activates if the tank is overfilled. My tank is only half full so I assume it should not be venting right???

I think I will take it to the RV place here in town and have them hunt this smell down. Maybe do a pressure check to see if there is a leak. Any other ideas or suggestions guys?  A gas leak scares the heck out of me. 

Hi,
My name is Richard Watts and married to Marla Shelton-Watts.
Am retired with a horse farm in Ocala, FL.
Recently purchased a 2002 Newell. Coach #619.  First coach ever.
We are complete novices.
This site has already been so helpful.  Thank you.  Love having a forum admin with the same year coach!!!
We've already put on 4000 miles and seem to come home with a list of "to dos" each trip.
Slowly knocking them off.
Will need to solve an annoying compressor noise and leak issue and I think the drive axle airbags.
Would love to understand when the 12v compressor is meant to operate vs the 110v (and when the engine compressor is working).
I think I have the prosine inverter figured out.  That may be short lived.
Will post questions and progress and pix as we learn.
When I figure out how to change avatar, I'll post pix of coach.
Richard

We have the HWH air leveling system and I notice that once I have the coach set, level and the ignition key is off there is a lot of 'sway' in the coach when others are walking around.  Is there a way to stiffen up the air bags or deflate them all the way so there is less sway?  I miss the hydraulic levelers on our old coach... maybe I should get a couple of jack stands...