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  Mid Teens in Browning MT

Posted by: Richard
08-07-2024, 11:18 AM
Forum: Newell Sightings
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As we were leaving East Glacier, we spotted a mid teens Newell pulling a white enclosed trailer just outside Browning. Good looking coach!

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  CareFree Awnings

Posted by: jbell18
08-06-2024, 07:36 PM
Forum: Help, I need help ASAP
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Hello Gurus
I have a 2012 Newell Coach and the Carefree awning control panel no longer works near the entry way of the coach.  Up until today there was a green light on ( sometimes in blinked ) above the power switch and now it appears the control isn't getting power and i can't manipulate the awnings. 

I checked the 110Volt breakers in the electronics baby and the 2B breaker for the awning is in the correct position and not tripped. I reset it just to check and still no power to the controller.  Does anyone have any incite about this? 

Note: I also removed the control panel and disconnect the telephone style connector on the box and reinstalled.  Still no power to the box.  

Any information or incite would be greatly appreciate.

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  Water leak at slide roof where the seal almost seals.

Posted by: xGE_97
08-06-2024, 02:32 PM
Forum: Valid Slides
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I'm visiting a Canadian friend that is new to Newells. He has a 2010 coach with a 16 foot long living room slide and it leaks. I'm not listing his name or coach number, at his wish. We narrowed the leak down to the middle of the slide where the seal rests against the slide's outer skin. The seal is inflated but does not seem to seal well in the center. I can watch water well up along the inside of the sealing area, eventually dripping over. There are two tabs on the top inboard edge of the slide. Each one is about 4 to 5 feet in from the side. It looks like these tabs go into spots in the top of the slide opening. My guess is that these keep the slide roof from sagging. The tabs appear to be solid. I can't move them by hand. The tabs are about 1/4" thick, so I think they don't bend easily. Since the slide is in, I can't tell if or how hard they touch structure.
My temporary solution for him would be to find some 1/16" thick vinyl strip and stick it to the top of the slide with 3M tape, such that the slide seal keeps water out. This would get him to Newell on his way home at some point. Thoughts, anyone?

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  New to RVing, first purchase will be a Newell

Posted by: dmsinnott
08-05-2024, 03:38 PM
Forum: General
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Hello everyone, my wife and I have sold our house in south Florida, closing this week, and will be purchasing a Newell very soon. We have been going to RV shows for over 5 years and we have visited a number of dealer showrooms. We have seen many configurations, I cannot begin to count the number of driver seats I have tried. But I always come back to my first sit in a Newell in Tampa a few years ago - it was the first and only one I felt completely comfortable in. So we have been on the hunt and watching RV Trader closely for several years, and the time has finally come to make the move.

I have been consuming the great information on this site (thank you for all the posts!) and understand there are a few Gurus that do inspections. Are there any in the Phoenix area that we could hire to inspect the two we are considering for purchase? Since this is our first RV we plan to buy used, budget is $250K. There are a couple in the Phoenix area that are under this number; I expect to spend an additional 20-30% of the initial cost for maintenance, unknowns and simple modifications so we can get on the road and begin the adventure with confidence. I would like to have a good understanding of what the coach needs are before I sit with a sales person, negotiate and sign paperwork.

I have a small fleet of older cars, mileage on all but one well into the six figures. I have discovered over the decades that mileage does not matter, maintenance and regular use matters. I do not like mechanical work - so I take the vehicles to experts. I prefer to do preventative maintenance rather than repairs, so they are all immaculately maintained. I figure that plan will also work with RV's, it's just the dollar amount increases by an order of magnitude. But in a RV mechanicals are just one part of the whole; I understand that there is rarely a time that everything is working perfectly. Although I detest mechanical work, I do love to tinker - electrical, plumbing, woodworking, everything a home requires. I always have projects to do. I'm an electronics engineer by education, an information security geek by profession - which makes me a professional troubleshooter. Without a house, I will be hungry for projects - and what better way to get to know your home on wheels than to dive into the non-mechanical projects that will be there to do? I love to learn, and I have no doubt the learning curve will be a vertical line for the foreseeable future. We plan to live and work from the bus at least 10 months a year. We are SO looking forward to sleeping in our own bed rather than hotels (I'm writing this from another nice yet uncomfortable hotel room) We've driven across the country coast to coast six times, staying in hotels or with friends/family, unpacking, packing. We are ready to explore this spectacular country we call home without unpacking. Is there a better way than in a Newell?

Thank you for reading, we are looking forward to meeting as many of you as we can.

David and Tammy Sinnott
Plantation, FL
Newell chassis TBD

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  Tank drain replacement

Posted by: Jack Houpe
08-05-2024, 04:19 AM
Forum: Air Operated Systems and Leaks
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Had some spare time yesterday and decided to change the old type tank drains and run 1/4" tubing with 1/4 turn ball valves to a location that is accessible, this was recommended to me by senor gurus and it makes sense and wonder why Newell didn't think of this. Before doing all this I put the coach in raise then put the 20 ton jack stands underneath the rear and front then hit the dump so I'm assured the coach will not squash me like a bug but I still get nervous when I was dumping the air from the tanks laying on my back watching for any movement. I've lost enough weight that it makes it much easier to get between the drive and tag wheels and scoot myself to the desired spot not as quickly as Richard but I can get there. The hardest tanks are the front tanks most certainly the one dead center of the coach, another what was Newell thinking. Confused One thing I noticed is I had no more than a couple table spoons of water in all my tanks combined and think this is because my Junair compressor has a automatic water dump on the output air side and we replaced the air dryer soon after we bought it. Pictures will follow as I'm waiting for the sun to come up and finish the job.

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  POR 15

Posted by: Latitude 28
08-02-2024, 02:20 PM
Forum: Exterior
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Okay POR-15 experts.  Have a project, not Newell related, but wanted to ask....what is the best way to applied POR-15?

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  S60 air filter replacement

Posted by: Pluto
08-02-2024, 12:07 PM
Forum: Anything else
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Hello all,

I feel like this should be relatively straightforward, but I'm in the engine bay trying to figure out how to remove the air filter.  The filter minder is close to the red line and I'd like to change it before heading to AZ but I'm not sure how to get it out.

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  Tag axle rotors on older units

Posted by: rvguy
07-31-2024, 06:58 AM
Forum: Drivetrain
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Well as everyone knows I have rebuilt everything in the suspension on this coach except for replacing the tag axle rotors. after a quick call to newell I found out that these rotors are no longer available thru newell or meritor. Meritor part number 3218t1138.  I have been calling around to different makers of air disc brake rotors and get the same answer  no longer available and no cross reference available.  Has anyone else ran into this issue ??  Mine dont need replaced yet but trying to stay ahead of the ballgame if and when they do need to be replaced. I called newell enginering and they are looking into this as well. The shop at newell says they have not experienced this yet. 

So what are we supposed to do if we get a cracked tag rotor ?

I have the specs on the rotor and will continue to search for one that is close and might need some machining done, but I was hoping someone might have already run into this issue.

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  Threaded connector nut

Posted by: BusNit
07-30-2024, 01:39 PM
Forum: Electrical
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Does anyone know what this part is called? I placed a call to T.H. Anderson Pump company in Texas who rebuilds these Bennet Shifters but they think I would need a whole new harness. I believe this plastic nut can snap over the existing connector. I discovered this today while doing my perusing under the bus. It's cooler under there than it is outside.

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  Aquahot not firing, dripping diesel

Posted by: Pluto
07-30-2024, 05:50 AM
Forum: Heating Systems
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Hello all, my wife and I recently purchased coach 525 and I am trying to work out a couple of bugs on it.  Last night our aquahot was not coming on so I went to check it out and it was leaking diesel from around the burner and all over the bay floor. 

Our previous coach, a foretravel grand villa, did not have the aquahot system so I'm not familiar with the system at all.  On top of that the unit in our coach has been modified with the "becket system" which I am also not familiar with, adding to the complexity of diagnosis. 

Between getting ready to move to Arizona from Florida in two weeks, trying to figure out how to remove or rear ac system and trying to get someone to look at it and a number of other things going on, it's been difficult for me to keep everything under control.

If anyone can point me in a direction on how to diagnose our Aquahot issue I would be very grateful.

Thank you,
Tyler Phillips

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