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I was not having any luck with the kids soap bubble solution.  Edited; (Tom, back in 2017), mentioned there is glycerin mixed in to make the bubbles.  A quick Giggle search came up with a recipe that works.  I used 1/4 cup of Dawn, 1/4 cup glycerin and qt of water. The glycerin gives the soap some hang time allowing the tiny leaks to show up.  If you can get to your suspect area i.e. entire hose I use a sponge to wipe down the area with the solution.  
   

Hello all!

My wife and I are very impressed with the build quality and design of the Newell motor coaches and currently in search of a 2000-2008 Newell. We have been full timers for over 7 years over the last 15 years and owned 5th wheels and 45' diesel pushers. The last coach we purchased was a brand new 2019 Tiffin 45OPP and loved the layout. We drove from Missouri to California to pick it up and drove directly to the factory service center because we knew there would be issues due to past experience with new RV's. While there, I started the Facebook group "Tiffin Red Bay Roll Call" to help create communication and community with other Tiffin owners at the service center. There are almost 10,000 members in the group now. Although Tiffin was better than others we had owned previously, I still was not very impressed with the lack of attention to detail in the manufacturing of our Tiffin.

I have run shops, turned wrenches, restored 50's & 60's classic cars, do almost all my own mechanical work, flipped homes & built houses so I am very comfortable with working on all of our RV's, but have been unimpressed with most we have owned. The thought that I have observed with the attention to detail on the Newell coaches has impressed me in both the mechanical ingenuity and visual design aspect. I know there is no such thing as perfection in the RV industry, but the Newell coaches fit the bill for me better than others. The Prevost builds by other manufacturers are nice as well, but Newell tops our list. My wife and I are a bit OCD and just like better quality in anything we purchase, build or do.

Our goal is to purchase a good condition Newell to travel full time until we find a nice property to build our own RV/Tiny Home community. We have enjoyed the RV lifestyle....most of the time.... and have wanted to do this for many years.

If you are selling or know of someone selling a well cared for Newell please let us know. We have a couple we are going to look at, but keeping our options open.

Thank you

Jim & Cara Buchanan

I had a repair company remove my control
Box under the drivers seat to send off for repair. The slide seals weren’t deflating. Took 4 months but got it back repaired.  Problem is the repair company deleted all their notes to re install and now the box is installed incorrectly and the coach is inoperable,  won’t level up for travel mode, nothing is correctly connected, in a way worse position than when I started. What can I do? Newell and Hwh said I’m screwed,
My insurance says it’s a normal
Wear issue I’m not covered. As we can’t determine the cause of the original issue. Done go after the companies liability insurance?

so almost done with the drive axle air bags and have decided to go ahead and replace the shocks on the drive and tag, I think that is all thats left to do.  Currently the drive axle has koni on them and the tag I have no idea, still researching the part number. so question is  is koni still the best shock out there for the money or has someone tried something different ?

Generator cooling blower cycles up and down 

I believe that this cycling of load may be causing my victron inverters to disengage and not preform properly. Shuts down charging and other inverter functions. 
Any one have a guess as to why the fan is cycling so fast 10 second intervals after running for 10 min.

"HELP"

If I recall correctly, someone was looking for the U trim that goes around the entry door edges as well as several other edges on the coach.  Tried the search function to no avail.  Did anyone come up with a part number or source?

I am researching storage for my Newell near Ft Lauderdale. My wife is averse to flying and we are west coast people. We have never been to Europe and would like to cruise to and from the east coast, travel Europe and come back to our coach for a serpentine trip back to NV. 

This would be late summer 26' for about 3-4 months.

From our East coast friend's, what are our options? I would love, indoor, climate controlled and power. Am I dreaming?

Today I will be testing a inverter mini split compressor on a cruise air built in evaporator, if this works then anyone with older cruise airs will have a alternative for the future. The only hiccup might be the interface between the compressor and the cruise air control panel.

We are doing a conversion on our 40 xl, it has 3 cruise air units which we will be replacing with a single LG 24k btu 3 zone heat pump compressor using 12k btu LG Art evaporator in the rear and a 12k btu LG Art Mirror evaporator in the front using two zones to start with. In our Newell we have the art up front and the mirror in the back plus a duct unit over the refrigerator. We normally only run the 12k art and the 12k duct unit for the whole coach.

I have a couple of these lights that were removed when I put strips in.

Cover the shipping and they’re your’s.

Hello, gurus. I'm the new owner of coach 1223. The compressor has been cycling about every 5 minutes. 

Problem Description
The water collection bowl for what I believe is the air leveling system in the bay just in front of the engine on the passenger side is leaking air. The air is coming from between the metal housing and the plastic bowl at the bottom of the vertical openings in the metal housing as circled in the attached picture. I assume the seal for the drain valve is leaking. There does not appear to be air leaking out the bottom outside the metal housing (air leak detector ordered and on the way), but you can hear and feel the air coming out from the bottom of the open windows in the metal housing where I circled in the picture. 

My Question
Does anyone know how to disassemble the drain valve at the bottom so I can attempt to replace the seal that is leaking? The drain valve spins, but does not unscrew. This is usable as it is, and I don't want to do more damage trying to take it apart until I know how to do it right and fix it.