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les was asking about these so i thought i would post.
i bought them at ryder fleet products. mine were all hazed over so i replaced them all.
http://www.ryderfleetproducts.com/ryder/...tDetail.do
tom
Gang,
My bay door locks are looking a little old. The rubber that covers the mechanism is falling apart on all the locks. All but one are still working, but they are really corroded and ugly.
Does anyone have experience in swapping these out? I can see a Ford part number on one of the actuators.
The wiring appears to be just simple spade connectors, but the way that Newell holds the wires is suspect. The wires are wire tied to little square plastic things that (had) glue / adhesive. The glue has long since given up so the wire just hangs there with little plastic squares attached. Maybe some of the industrial double stick tape would hold the plastic thingys?
Thoughts?
Cheers,
bill
From time to time, I have felt like I was not getting continuous hot water from my Aquahot. I have replaced the cartridge in the shower and the tempering valve next to the Aquahot unit.
Normally, I start a shower with plenty of hot water, but the hot water eventually gets colder and sometimes I end up with a very luke warm shower.
I learned something today by reading the maintenance manual for the Aquahot. You can only expect continuous hot water while using the diesel burner.
I know that the Newell version of the Aquahot has two electric elements compared to the normal one element. I will try some experiments to compare the results of diesel heating vs electric vs diesel + electric.
Just food for thought. Feel free to comment and set me straight!
hi,
if it is cold weather, a couple of questions. 1st, is can the aquahot heat the coach sufficiently running just on the two electric elements if you have 50a service.
second is if not, how much fuel does the aquahot take in diesel mode to keep the coach heated.
tom
hi,
yesterday darlene and i drove down to tucson and met Les & Cheryl and Phil & Judy.
they are great folks and we spent a cold afternoon and evening learning about each other and talking newells and lots of other things.
we had a wonderful dinner together and talked for hours.
thanks to the 4 of them so being to warm and gracious to darlene and i.
looking forward to seeing them again in mesa sometime.
tom and darlene
we are having record cold streak here in mesa. we actually covered some new plants and covered some plumbing. i woke up at 3:45am and got up to see how cold it was in the coach. it was 36 degrees inside and it was 26 degrees outside. i have left the electric bay heater on so it is a cozy 50 degrees in the bay.
supposed to be in the mid 20's for the next 4 nights. that is cold for here.
signed,
frosty in mesa
darlene and i are headed down to meet les & cheryl and phil & judy.
is there anyone else in the area?
tom
Since getting our '98, we have had a water pressure issue in the kitchen and shower. Bathroom sink, toilet and outside bib are fine.
So far, we've done the following
- Soaked shower head and faucet head in vinegar (marginal improvement)
- Changed water pressure regulator in plumbing bay (nada)
- Replace cartridge in kitchen faucet handle (some improvement )
- Removed old giant water filter in plumbing bay (couldn't get parts anyway, but no improvement)
- Replaced filter cartridge in small filter in plumbing bay (slight improvement )
- Added two large external filters ( no change)
Grohe fixture in kitchen, unknown in shower.
Driving me crazy!
Phil & Judy Horton
Coach # 470
1998 43 feet, single slide
Two elderly dogs
'75 Porsche 911S
20 foot car trailer
Presently @ Lazydays, Tucson, Az
Howdy Guru's-
Denise and Jeff here...traveled from the 'old site' were we were lurkers/wannabes.
We have been looking and learning about Newell's and have had the great pleasure to speak to several of the forum members.
We are actively looking to buy and have already eliminated our house and are full-timing in a 5'ver...proved the model/lifestyle...so now it is "Newell Time" 
I married a Miami, Okie gal and she grew up knowing the Newell product.
So easy sell there...just had to make sure the RV down-sized lifestyle was for us...and we both love it more than we thought!
Looking at late 80's thru the 90's...
Hope to learn more and will contribute when we can.
We are in Norman, OK
Happy Trails.
D & J
I have fabricated a 1/2" pipe clamp to compress the 4 gas springs that lift the rear engine cover. The pipe is long enough to compress the 28" springs and I ground down the pipe clamp edges to 1 & 3/16" to fit in between the spring housings. I will bring it to So. Dakota if anyone wants to us it to change out their springs. Photos attached.