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    I installed a good used water filter for the 110v air compressor, a gift from Tom. I am curious to know what empties the water from the filter. There is a brass electrical valve of some type on the bottom of the glass bowl. I have attached a photo.

If anyone needs a new entry door striker for a Series 2000 Newell, they are still available from your friendly Ford dealer. The part number is D2AZ6522008A. I paid $17.62 plus tax in Albuquerque for one. I got the part number from Chuck Clarke at Newell and they have them in stock also. Since I am traveling, I wanted to try to find one locally. It is typically not on the shelf but available for pickup by noon the next day. I called from Santa Fe yesterday, paid for it over the phone, then when I got to Albuquerque today, I drove over and picked it up.

I had a striker unit that I could not get the washer off of without destroying the threads on the striker bolt. The new one has a threaded washer on it so when the plastic piece breaks next time, I should be able to remove the washer and slip on another plastic bushing. Those bushings are available from Autozone and likely others. They are packaged in a pack of 2 short and 2 long. The long ones are what Newell used, at least from 1990 - 2001. Someone with an older and newer Newell will have to speak for those.

You will need a T-50 torx wrench to remove and install the striker bolt.

I run 25 lbs of pressure on my tag and was wondering what others are running. After putting on new tires i don't want to drag the tag which has been the case in the past. My brake adjustment could be an issue, I plan on making a stop at Camp Newell on the 29th of this month and will have them check the brakes etc.

a few years ago a bunch of us got together in creede, colorado for a mini ralley.

clarke and elaine were in their coach and darlene and i were in ours.

we went through a short tunnel just the two of us and i made this goofy video of us honking our air horns in the tunnel.

yea, i know is goofy, but i ran across it today so though i would post it for you guys to laugh at it.

tom


http://youtu.be/jY5xFe-zoaw

I may be storing my coach for a few months and wonder if I should deflate the air bags or leave them in the level position. The storage pad is quite level.

I am going to replace the turn signal flashers. Is there a particular flasher that I should use considering that I plan to install LED tail-lights in the future?
Thanks

i ordered a WD live video server today. i want to be able to have a bunch of movies on a portable usb hdd and play them in hi def on any tv.

so scott did the research for me and i bough this one.

http://wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=330

i got it refurbished from WD on sale for 48 bucks. i already have a portable usb HDD.

once i get it i will do a review of it for you guys.

tom

West bound on Academy Drive, cream with black Newell about 3:30 pm today. Late 90's or newer.

We are spending 2 nights at the Cheyenne Mountain State Park. About to grill some steaks for dinner. Looking up at the entrance to NORAD.

Because of the Wanderlodge fire it has me thinking hard about any and all recalls pertaining to a Newell Coach. I'm concerned about any recall and sure the factory will take care of any they know of but what about the Newells which have changed hands and the new owner doesn't receive notice about the recall with a hazard waiting to happen.

Bob

Report Date : October 2, 2012 at 12:30 PM
NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number: 05V242000
Vehicle Make / Model: Model Year(s):
NEWELL / MOTOR HOME 2003-2005

Manufacturer: NEWELL COACH CORP. Report Receipt Date: MAY 27, 2005

NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number: 05V242000 NHTSA Action Number: N/A
Component: EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE:LPG WATER HEATER
Potential Number of Units Affected: 71
Summary:

ON CERTAIN MOTOR HOMES EQUIPPED WITH VEHICLE SYSTEMS' AQUA-HOT AND HYDRO-HOT WATER HEATERS, WHICH USE WEBASTO BURNER TUBES, THE BURNER TUBES DO NOT MEET SPECIFICATIONS AND COULD FAIL PREMATURELY.
Consequence:

THE SURFACE TEMPERATURE OF THE EXHAUST TUBE EXITING FROM THE HEATER CAN INCREASE AND COULD POTENTIALLY IGNITE COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS IN OR AROUND THE VEHICLE.
Remedy:

VEHICLE SYSTEMS IS CONDUCTING THE OWNER NOTIFICATION AND REMEDY FOR THIS CAMPAIGN. OWNERS MAY CONTACT VEHICLE SYSTEMS AT 1-800-685-4298 OR NEWELL AT 1-918-542-3344.

I have been using a Cradlepoint MBR-1400 WiFi as WAN Router in my coach for about 6 months. Even with a Hawkin Indoor Directional Antenna, I was not getting great reception from most RV WiFi signals. We are currently traveling with a long-time friend Don Bradner (Wanderlodge owner). He has been using an EnGenius Outdoor router on his coach for about a year and I was surprised how much stronger signal he was getting. I did some research and ended up ordering a EnGenius ENH200 Business Class Long Range Wireless N Outdoor Client Bridge from Amazon for $73. Since we are Amazon Prime members, I got second day deliver free. I ordered the router in Cheyenne for delivery to Golden, CO shortly after our arrival. Don came over and we set it up in about 30 minutes for a test. It received a much better signal than the Cradlepoint even indoors. Then onto the roof. We already had a lot of wires running across the roof, a cellular antenna, a radio antenna, a CB antenna and the DirecTV antenna on the front and a DataStorm Satellite/DirecTV antenna on the rear of the coach with the wiring running to the front. As a result there were several roof penetrations so we didn't have to create a new hole in the roof. We chose the DataStorm penetration since it was the newest and largest (5 existng wires). We opened that penetration up and ran a single ethernet cable (I used a 50' cat 5e cable, would have preferred cat6 but for WiFi cat 5e is adequate).
    The gray wire is the new ethernet cable for the EnGenius

We looked at various mounting options such as mounting the unit on its edge to the side of the CB antenna mounting bracket and finally decided the easiest and most secure method was mounting it flat on top of the cable bundle from the DataStorm, about 4 feet from the front of the coach.
    Note the opening for the ethernet cable is mounted toward the rear of the coach.

Don has his mounted on the electric lift for the TV antenna but my TV antenna is at the rear of the coach and I didn't think that was necessary for adequate reception. Don used the stretch electrical tape to cover all the openings to maintain a weatherproof environment with a flat mounting position and both taped and tie wrapped the unit to the cables between two wire clamps that had previously been drilled into the roof. I fished the ethernet cable down through the cabinet in front of the passenger seat, behind the TV, across to the drivers side, through the wall into the light cove on the drivers side, down into the window valence and around the edge of the window to my desk. I used a strip of Velcro to attach to the felt/carpet on the inside of the valence panel, over the wires and ot the felt/carpet again to hold the cables securely and out of sight. The ethernet cable plugs into a power injector that comes with the unit then you need a short ethernet cable to plug into a switch (or a computer if that is the only unit you will have on your network) or the WAN port of a existing router. Don uses a single router at a time (although he has multiple routers in his coach) but I am double NAT'ing using 192.168.5.1 for the EnGenius and feeding it into the WAN port on my Cradlepoint which is still on 192.168.1.1. That gives me flexibility and make it easy to move my computer system (3 computers, one network laser printer and 2 Network Attached Storage units between the house and the coach without having to redo the network setting every time. If you don't have as complicated a system, you can use the EnGenius as a standard router (its default is 192.168.1.1) and run the ethernet cable directly to a computer or a switch after the power injector. The setup and changing from one WiFi signal to another (which you will do a lot when traveling) is not difficult but is easier the second time. I will be happy to provide more guidance to anyone that wants information in setting up the router.

The result so far has been satisfying. Using a standard WiFi USB adapter, I don't get a strong enough signal to connect. Using the Cradlepoint WiFi and WAN router, even with the Hawkin Directional antenna I get high 70's to 80's (not great to barely useable). With the EnGenius on the roof, I am getting signal strengths in the upper 50's to low 60's. That is a significant improvement. It makes the difference between getting a strong signal and getting a signal that keeps dropping.

My signal is NOT as strong as Don's with his mounted vertically instead of horizontally and elevated an additional couple of feet but I didn't have a way of mounting it vertically and higher without a lot of trouble and expense.
    EnGenius viewed from the rear of the coach. Other mounting option would have been to set it vertically next to the CB antenna and strap it to the CB antenna mounting bracket (center of roof in front of the unused Satellite dish.

I will update this thread as I travel and use the system more. In the meantime, if you have any questions, ask away.