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[attachment=2580]This is sone pictures of the 85 I saw. Stan Phillips we were at a FMCA rally in Wells Maine with 65 coaches. Only 2 Newell's 30 years apart. He has had it for 15 years.
There were 3 of us at waters edge rv resort, the one that lives there full time, mine and a 2003 triple slide with the copper paint job and the pink ribbons . The owner bought it in April. He is from Kansas City.. Will be joining gurus shortly.
In prep for our upcoming trip, I was crawling around under the coach with the grease gun. Much to my surprise, I saw this when I went under the rear.
This officially qualifies as Houston, We have a problem. You may be able to see the brake chamber is about 180 degrees from where it is supposed to be. Further examination shows the brake chamber is mounted to a bracket, and the bracket is bolted to the backside of the drive wheels with 4 5/8 bolts.
The mounting ears on the bracket failed. When I look at the ears, it looks like the failure occured over time. There is very little fresh fracture area, and most of the broken area appears that it is hammered smooth. That would have happened each time the brakes were applied and the bracket tried to rotate.
Now comes the fun part. Inside the bracket tube is the rod that turns to activate the cam for the brakes. The design feature that kept the bracket captured was that the inboard end of the rod has the slack adjuster attached via circlip.
But...........there was not enough room to slide the bracket off the rod. And to take the rod out meant taking the wheels off the coach. So I put the ears back in place with the bolts, clamped the bracket in place with c clamps and tacked the ears back on. I then could move it out of the confined space enough to get the welder to it. Sorry I don't have any pictures of the fix, but I was pretty covered in grease and dirt, and getting out the phone for a photo op was not on my priority list.
I'll go ahead and try to find a replacement to have as a spare. That way it'll guarantee this one doesn't break.
Needless to say I didn't have brakes or e brakes on that wheel. I don't know how long it's been that way, as I haven't been under the rear for several months. I guess the moral of the story is it wouldn't hurt to shine a light around occasionally to see what you can seen under there.
My buddy and dear friend (as he is to all that know him) has had a motorcycle accident and has broken his neck. He is going in for surgery Monday morning. I just got off the phone with him and he has asked for prayers from of all of us. Ron is a man of strong faith and he as I do, believe in the power of prayer.
I have talked to him on the phone and he says that he is not paralyzed and has localized numbness but is in a lot of pain.
He does not need help with the coach and i know that when he does we can figure out how to help him. He and Jean are in Sante Fe, NM.
As i find out more i will let you guys know. and if anyone else hears anything, please post it here.
tom
Gang,
I just had an interesting encounter. I am sitting at the Newell factory and minding my business when one-two-three class C motor homes pulled in. The three motor homes pulled up side by side and several folks exited the RVs and started looking around.
I got the impression that they were looking to camp.
I went outside and asked if I could help them. They told me in broken english (German and French) that they were just looking around. I told them that this is the factory for the best American built RV and that it was also probably the best in the world. (Of course there was a lot of arm waving as I tried to make myself understood to the group).
I showed them my engine, and told them the price of a new Newell. "Ah, very expensive" was their reply..."but worth every euro" was retort.
Turns out they flew to Los Angeles and were making their way down Route 66 going to Chicago I think. So cool and such a great adventure. They waved and drove off into the evening.
So, in case Newell gets a surprise order from German or France, I want a commission.
Cheers,
bill
hi all,
for those of you with fully electric coaches with basement air's, i would be interested in how many amps you draw on each leg absolute heaviest use scenario.
i know the 4 basement airs take roughly 22-25 amps for each pair on each leg. so there is 50a. the 110v compressor takes 6-8 amps, frige a few amps (except when defroster/ice cube release is on),
water pump would gues 6-7 amps (guess didnt look)
microwave,
clothes dryer,
lights
has anyone who lives full time actually "run" out of power?
what do you think your realistic worst case power draw is in total?
the 4 months we lived in it last summer i never had any issues. in fact, we lived on 15a for 2 months of that. ran lights, av gear, microwave, water pump, compressor and fridge. used genny for sir con if we needed it.
thanks
tom
No Newell sightings today but I met an interesting man who has spent the last several years delivering Newell Coaches and driving for several interesting people. His name is Al Misel, nice guy.
He was telling us stories of new deliveries and how much fun the rallies are. He highly suggested we try to go. I think next year may be our chance.
We also took the 09 Camaro and the 74 Newell to the car show. The Newell took first place in the "Special Interest" and we took second in the"High Performance Street Machine" class with the Camaro.
Stay Safe All,
Roy...
Help on the location of the breaker ect for the 110 volt compressor? 95 newell coach #372
I discovered that my tail lights only work when the headlight switch is set to parking lights. First thing I did was to replace the relay but the relay is not the problem. In the fuse/control panel at the co-pilots feet, connector #10 connects the switches with the relay in the back. The only time #10 has power is when the headlight switch is in park mode. I must have a bad switch, but which one. Does the headlight switch or the running lights switch control the tail lights? With that answered, I can replace either of the switches, or perhaps find another power source for the tail light relay.
howdy,
got to thinking that i should figure out how to run a hose from the DD exhaust to outside so i can run the engine without getting asphixiated.
any ideas how to do that? and on another note, could someone measure the diameter of their round exhaust downpipe?
was thinking about a small dog or cat door. i cant really run up through the roof, so would need to run outside. and if it is a vent right on the outside of the wall the exhaust would dirty the stucco. if i used a small pet door i could close it up and run a hose out on the ground away from the building a little ways.
ideas on what to use for the hose?
thanks
tom