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We flew back to AZ for my brother in laws funeral this past week and returned to our new home in Ozark yesterday. We are keeping the coach in Gilbert AZ under a covered and powered storage facility since the humidity is low. Over the course of the week, we stopped in to check on it and spend some time unwinding. Coach looks great. Started right up after a 5 month slumber. Over the course of its stay, the Victron would report a shore power loss. The facility would plug it back in when I called them. I believe the issue was my dog grooming neighbor would knock the plug out of the socket when they plugged their vans in. I tie wired a support in to help combat my cord coming out. At first I thought it was a malicious thing but when I saw the 20 something year old girl drop off the van at the end of the day, I just realized they were careless. Either way, I really enjoyed being back on the coach. we do miss it but have no where to park it on our property until a building goes up. Our HOA does not allow visible boats and toys left out. We have a small 24x30 shop but it is surrounded by a septic system so I cannot expand the building where it sits. No funds to build a new one further back on the 3 acres for now.

I was surprised to see how clean the coach was and that it still had a new smell on the interior. Despite keeping the waste tank clean and sanitized, I still expected to detect a musty cabin odor, but nothing of the sort. 


While we were away, the window company installed new windows on the house. Took 6 weeks to get them in from order date.

So this past weekend and last week we went over to Florida Flywheelers park starting on Wednesday. The weather was perfect for dry camping, a small shower on Wednesday evening. Florida Flywheelers is essentially a tractor show, but the grounds also have probably one of the largest flea markets you will see. There are tons of things to do during the show, I will add some pictures of the highlights. We enjoy watching the tractor pulling and just riding around looking at all the junk, I mean stuff for sale! haha! There is a small village with buildings set up that have all kinds of different displays, including a working sawmill running off a steam engine. 

This is a picture of our Newell on the right, center is a 1953 GM 4104, and a 1998 Prevost conversion.
   

   

Some of the village buildings:
   
   
   

Here is a video of a steam tractor pull that my buddy filmed:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xm9zqnsJWnE

Here is my buddy leaving in his 4104, he has owned this coach since 1979:
https://youtu.be/Lve4wVQl23w

My air problems continue to plaque my coach. I've replaced the Governor on the Compressor and relocated the Governor to the right rear compartment forward wall with a new separartion filter, and new air lines, the PPV on at 70 psi, off at 75 psi , Control Valve on my Air Dryer, the Heater Selenoid on the Air Dryer, disassembled and cleaned the Air Dryer. 

The  problem I have now is my drive axle air bags are not inflating and my air is back stuck at 75 psi. The front and tag axle bags inflate. I have the coacch plugged into an external air source as I purchased an ultrasonic leak detector from UE Systems which has helped me locate a few leaks, which I've repaired. I also found 4 ride stabilizers and purchased them as I have a very small leak on the right side, very small bubbles, but a leak. 

I replaced my 12 volt air compressor in 6/24, it comes on maybe once a day for 1 minute 30 seconds, builds 100 psi, enough to flush the toilet but not enough to operate the pocket doors. I rebuilt the original 110 volt Gast compressor with factory rebuild kit as I had a cracked cylinder head, which didn't help. I am in the process of replacing the Gast with a new twin cylinder California Compressor with higher cfm capacity. When I plug in external air I can operate the pocket doors and generator slide, but brake and supply won't get higher than 75 psi. Unplug the external air supply and my supply pressure drops almost immediately, while brake pressure has only dropped 2 lbs. in 3 hrs. 

I am hoping somebody has some directions that will help me solve these ongoing air issues.

Thanks so much,

Jeff Rahn

I'm looking for a manual for a Seaward Stove, model G2247-T-5200.  It has no knobs, just an electronic display and controls.

Hi, i’m an experienced coach owner.  Looking at a well maintained 2005 Newell.  225,000 miles.  Maintained at newell every year for last 10 years.

Love the Detroit.  Any comments?

Everybody needs one of these....apparently hard to come by still trying to get mine any hints on how to get one?
   

I have a number of things left over from the sale of the 99. Email [email protected] if interested. Buyer pays postage. 

Seals for HWH lock pins or cylinders, enough to do 4. $10.00
One rebuilt and tested (new seals) slide cylinder for front slideout.   $500  They are over a 1000 from HWH and six or more week lead time. 
Two fuel filters for generator, WIX 3417  $25 for both
Three Firestone air bags for drive axle. Used. The have the large inlets. No signs of cracking and less than ten years old. Yours for the shipping. 
One front airbag for the Dana IFS 84 suspension. Large inlet, age unknown, but no cracking. Yours for the shipping. 
Two Koni Red shocks for the rear. Very good shape, took them off to use Roadkings, RK's were no better. 50 for the pair.
One rebuilt Aquahot circulation pump. Tested, works, leak free, ugly. $25
One almost new drive motor for generator blower. $50



I also have a DDEC III engine control module that was original to the 12.7 Series 60 Engine. It has a small problem with the memory module in that it does not keep track of mileage in one of the memory registers that feed a VMSPC. It runs the engine just fine, with no check engine or stop engine codes. I replaced it with a DDEC IV which corrected the fuel mileage calculation on VMSPc. It would be a great spare to carry on board for a 12.7 Series 60. A remanufactured DDEC III can run over 2000 greenbacks. I think 500 is a good price for the DDEC III

Going through 49 East 3 Newells travel   opposite direction which really unusual. You lucky if  see one on the trip

Hey all gurus, its been awhile since I posted, Once I sold my beloved 746 I've been getting a itch to be back in the Newell family. I
know there are varied opinions on this subject. But what does having a salvage or rebuilt title do to the the price difference?  Would that be 20% to 30% or more from a non rebuilt title?

I've rebuilt plenty of cars that had salvage titles but they are not in the same ballpark as a Newell or Prevost etc.


Just looking for opinions.

rundlc

As I am trying to get my hands on another brand rig, I have spent some time on the requisite forums. One of them even uses the same platform as Newellgurus. They are glitchy, really hard to post pics, and difficult to just read through the thread titles. 

The point is that it makes me appreciate the behind the scenes work that Scott McCloud has done for years to make this platform run very well for the users. 

Thank you again.