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After reading Bill's post of the mini fire in his AC control panel, I thought to myself, that I should open both panels and snoop around. But, I didn't. 

Last night the front AC wasn't blowing cold air. Today's investigation revealed an overheated and degraded splice in compressor number one wiring. It was a quick fix but it did bring up some things that I thought I would kindly mention. 

I have had three similar occurences in my 9 year Newell ownership where an electrical connection degraded and melted. ALL were in the AC control boxes. There is a lot of current driving the compressors, and in my opinion the wiring on the boards and from the boards to the compressors in undersized. The bad connection at best creates heat and melts the wiring. At worst it just reduces voltage to the compressor and fries it instead. I could have easily had the same fire that Bill did.

The second location for electrical thermal issues is the 50 amp plug. The screws holding the wiring to the lugs loosen over time. 

The point is to add these locations to things you check from time. 

When we get home, I have a AC project that I will report on. With input from Russ I am going to add external high amperage contactors for the compressors similar to what you would find on a home unit. I also will replace in the splice in the system with soldered connections. 

I was just hanging out on Woodward watching the cruise cars (yeah I know the Dream Cruise doesn't start until Friday night but don't tell that to the thousands of cars already cruising) and along comes a very early vintage front engine Newell. It was looking good. Is this a great event or what.

If you haven't heard, the Woodward Dream Cruise is the largest one day car event in the world. 32,000 cars (and at least one Newell) and more than a million people. It takes place on Woodward Avenue just north of Detroit.

hi,

here are the two setups i made to test for air loss.  the line is just screwed on the double gauge setup to prevent me getting whipped with it.  

you would put this inbetween where you are trying to isolate a pressure loss.  

then you turn the valve off and you can see which side is losing pressure.

the smaller one is an inline one for checking pressure

tom

http://www.rvtrader.com/dealers/Trawick-...-115393316

Little information so far.  Listed by Trawick Luxury Coaches.

$539,900

$525,000

http://www.rvtrader.com/listing/2008-New...-115368294

Nicely redone 1990, $89,995

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Legacy Coach just listed #1271, 2009 Quad Slide.  Originally a Newell Show Coach.

http://www.legacycoachinc.com/Site/2009_Newell.html

http://www.rvonline.com/single-ad.asp?Recnumber=65684

A few days ago while traveling on I-90 in Sturges, a large group of motorcycles decided to stop on the interstate and I had to stop extra hard.  This resulted in a flat spot on each of the tag tires which are only a year old.  I know, I should have been going slower.  As a result, I feel a little vibration at low speeds but they are smooth at 65.  Obviously I do not have ABS on the tag wheels.  The vibration is not a problem as far as driving the coach, but I wonder if the flat spots can do any damage to the coach.

I noticed today some small spots on the front of my car that looks like diesel droplets.  Would this indicate that I have an injector out of spec?

Hello All,

I haven't been on this forum for awhile. A couple of years ago I almost bought a Newell but bought a Wanderlodge instead. I chose another Wanderlodge because I had previously owned two and was more familiar and comfortable with them. I am now in the market for a newer coach and have been looking at Prevosts and again at Newells.  I would like to buy a coach in the '05 to '06 model year. I have noticed that there are several '05 and '06 Newell 2000i coaches on the market for sale at around $300k. As compared to a Prevost in the same vintage, these Newells are a bargain. 

Can anyone here shed some light on why this is the case? It appears the quality of the Newells that I've looked at online is as good or better than a Prevost costing $100k to $150k more. This is especially true when comparing the interior of a Newell to any Prevost conversion including Liberty. The Newell interior is far and away better. The rear bath floorplan is exceptionally nice and functional.

So I ask the following questions;

Are there extraordinary high levels of repair & maintenance costs causing the current owners to sell at the lower price levels?

Does anyone have any ideal or an educated guess regarding what the average annual cost is to keep an '05 or'06  Newell 2000i maintained (mostly by the factory)?

Has anyone compared the drivability of a Newell to a Prevost of the same vintage?

Is the engine size (HP) adequate for the weight of a 2000i model? Are there any cooling issues on steep grades?
Is a 500hp DD sufficient or does the coach really need the 650hp engine?

Are the mechanicals reliable? i.e. chassis parts premature wear, etc.?

I would surely entertain buying a Newell over a Prevost if I  could get more comfortable with what the level of maintenance is on a (say) '05 or '06 2000i model coach.  I do want to look more closely at what these Newells have to offer and intend to test drive one soon.

So any information that anyone is willing to share on the reliability and performance of a '05/'06 Newell 2000i coach would be greatly appreciated..... 

Chuck