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We have friends (Mimi and Steven Tyler) who have a Celtic-Rock band. They have been working hard for years building a fan base, recording etc. This past weekend they asked me if I would take them to a gig in Cincinatti, OH. Their gear totally filled the storage bays.
We had a great time...I was concerned that I may have a mechanical issue that would prevent us from getting there on time so we left at 10:00 am Saturday for their stage call at 9:30 pm. (The downside of being the headline act is you are last up and last to leave)..The Newell ran great. The only problem I had was the pressure relief valve on the water heater started seeping but I was able to get by for this trip.
The band members were great...(there were seven altogether, plus their assistant and 3 kids) I really enjoyed spending time with them.
Navigating the streets in downtown Cincinatti was a challenge....The parking lot we were supposed to park in was designed for automobiles so I had one of the band-members get out and block traffic so I could back in off of the one-way street.
No Sweat!!!...............................................................
Well , not MUCH sweat.!
I've mentioned before that our coach was originally a band-bus. It has 6 bunks in it that we plan to remove in the future when I get all of the outside work completed. The bunks were certainly welcomed for this trip. They could sleep on the way down. I slept in the rear salon during the opening acts of the show so that I could be alert for the drive home. I arrived home at 5;00 am Sunday...Felt great!

here's their link:
http://www.mimiburns.com/

i see that newell went to a cummins 600hp with an allison 6 speed tranny from the cat 625hp with the 10 speed zf tranny.

anyone know the reason why? i thought the 10 speed zf was to die for and now they are back to the 6 speed allison?

tom

Bill Johnson, aka bikestuff, replaced his VMS unit, so he had an extra. Bill was nice enough to allow me to try his old VMS unit as I have had questions about the reliability of my dash gauges. Most of my dash gauges record readings that are consistent with the VMS. Two gauges are not even close. My oil pressure gauge has always run between 18-25 psi--VMS shows oil pressure as 48-50 psi. My voltage gauge has recently began registering around 11 volts--VMS shows 13.6 volts.

Thanks Bill..........................

This morning around 9:30am we were on I-25 southbound in Colorado, about 10 miles south of the Wyoming border when we spotted a late model Newell going northbound toward Wyoming. Black, red and gold. I'm so unused to seeing Newells that I didn't realize it was one until I saw the back cap in my mirror, and the word NEWELL on it.

I know this is a question that only comes up when you have a problem.

i thought it would be a good discussion on how to have your newell towed. i recognize that the different vintages and sizes of newells may have different optimum ways, but i thought we should have some ideas shared so others can find them easily.

i had my 1990 38' no tag towed when i had engine problems. they used a super big flatbed rig and used a winch to pull it up on the flatbed. they had to put a wheel in the trailer hitch to help it roll since it would have totally drug on the ground at the rear when they were tilting it as they pulled it up on the flatbed.

please others please share what you know to be the procedure for towing your coach.

thanks

tom

Would it be possible to have some sort of location map or searchable chart so that members who are willing to be visited could be contacted? Several other brand-specific forums that I'm on have such a feature, and being able to contact someone who is nearby and owns a coach like what I'm interested in is a big help.

i thought it would be an interesting thread to provide data on what speed provides the best fuel economy for different engines used in our newells

i will start with some speculation on my series 60. i have read that the optimum rpm for best efficiency is 1400 on a 12.7L series 60.

i had taken a few pictures of my vmspc while driving so had a couple of data point.

70mph was 1566 RPM on a snapshot i had taken. from another one it was ~ 11 RPM per MPH in 6th gear.

so to hit 1400 RPM i would need to be at ~55 MPH.

i tend to drive in the mid 60's typically. i heard somewhere else that MPG goes up about 1 MPG for every 10mph you slow down if you are driving 55-75mph. i got about 7.4mpg on my 4300 mile trip. lots of long grades and hills on it and pulling a car.

any other data on this and for other engines as well? i know on my 8v92 i seemed to get about 6.5mpg no matter what i did...

discussion?

tom

Hello from SW Missouri. I was pointed to this forum by someone on the Wanderlodge owners' forum, and thought I'd introduce myself.

We're a bit over two years from retirement, and between now and then we intend to purchase a DP to use as a full-time coach. We've done our homework (we think) and have settled on an older high quality coach. Newells have been mentioned several times, but they seem to be fairly rare, so we haven't considered them much. Current front-runners for us are 93-95 Foretravel U300's (like the mid-entry and slanted windshield) and a 95 Wanderlodge BMC (like the Cummins engine, the steel body, and Aqua-Hot).

If you know those coaches, you will recognize that they are all wide bodies with no slides and have decent headroom. Those are really the main physical points for us. We're figuring on spending about $30,000 or so for the coach plus about $10,000 for upgrades/repairs. Obviously, then, a coach with all new tires is worth more than one with old tires since we won't have to buy tires.

I woke up today excited about the fact that our coach would finally be done with all the little fixes it was going through and heading to the paint shop for a beatiful new paint job. Well that came to a screaching halt with a call from the mechanics saying that after they dropped the oil pan to change it they found these brass shards in the pan (see the pic).

They are going to let everything drain out and tomorrow reach in and see if anything is loose or where this could come from. They fear it is a Wrist Pin Bushing. If so they are hoping they can isolate the damage to one cylindar on one side. worst case I am looking at a complete rebuild. They said that could be upwards of $25k. Tom was kind enough to connect me with his mechanic who agreed with their immediate plans.. However, he said he wants me to call back with their findings to comment more. he did say he can get rebuilt engines from a place in Missouri that he has had very good luck with for aboutn $18k. Unbeleiveable!! The mechanics asked if there was 40wt oil in the engine to which I replied no I dont think so because others told me not to use that and the guys in Texas seemed well versed in things.

Well I sent the head dude a text and he tells me they did in fact use 40wt. Now shame on me for not watching my own back, but given the fact they do this for a living shouldn't they have known this??

   

Gang,

I recently replaced the mirrors in my coach with upgraded larger & heated mirrors with the turn signal LEDs embedded in the mirror. They even have rear facing cameras! Very cool and very pretty.

Here is my question....Do any of your coaches have a separate switch to control the mirror heaters? I have a fuse for "Mirror Heat" but have no idea how it is wired.

(When Newell installed the new mirrors, I am pretty sure they wired them incorrectly since now the heat comes on with the turn signal)

Should the heat turn on with the key...or should there be a separate switch that I would turn on in cold weather?

Cheers,
bill