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  cruise control jerky fix on 1990

Posted by: encantotom
08-30-2012, 09:19 PM
Forum: Drivetrain
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i was going through some old pictures and saw the ones i took when i fixed the jerkyness of the cruise control on my 90.

when i was driving on the freeway with the cruise, it would be jerky sometimes.

the DDEC2 uses a hall effect sensor to calculate the speed and cruise control.

the sensor are about the size of a 50 cent piece in diameter and mounted on a plate on right behind the driveshaft. there is a round disc with holes in it attached to the driveshaft. the sensor on the top is the cruise and the same one on the bottom is for the speedometer.

it essentially counts the holes and calculates the speed and what needs to happen for the cruise. if the gap is out of adjustment, it hits and misses.

the gap is 30 thousands and there is a locknut to loosen it. it is really really tight. there is not much room underthere so be careful and block the coach up.

i used a hammer to hit the wrench to break it loose and ended up hitting myself in the head and donated quite a bit of blood to the ground.

but regapping it fixed it permanently.

thought it might help some of you sometime.

tom

   
   
   

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  Stainless steel front strip

Posted by: rheavn
08-30-2012, 06:28 PM
Forum: Exterior
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Tom,
Did you install the stainless strip yet? Picture? I know it will look great on your coach!

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  Water Heater Leak

Posted by: Flick
08-30-2012, 11:49 AM
Forum: Plumbing and fixtures
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Guys there is a section of hose on my water heater that is between two copper pipes. The reason there is hose is that there was what appears to be a restrictor valve on there. I have attached a pic here hopefully so you can see what I am talking about. The hose leakes near this valves and so my thought was just to sweat back in pipe rather than hose. I have now discovered the resrictor is an odd size and that is why someone had used hose to put this in. Now this restrictor is suspect at best. It is old and has loads on deposits on it and probably does not let water pass well or restrict as it may be intended. I assume I need this on there for some reason correct or could I simply toss it and sweat the two pipes togther?? see the pics for the area and the valve.

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  Front & Tag axle wheel bearings

Posted by: rheavn
08-30-2012, 10:23 AM
Forum: General Repair
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My Country Coach called for changing the wet wheel bearings every 30,000 miles. I have carried this practice over to my Newell. I use a 75/90 synthetic oil. I post this as a reminder to others.

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  Generator Mufflers/silencers

Posted by: encantotom
08-29-2012, 06:28 PM
Forum: Generators
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howdy,

i am trying to decide what muffler to put on the generator. i have one that has a rattle. i spent some time looking to do the same thing on my 90 and never reached a conclusion. the 90 has one uffler and it exits in front of the drivers side rear wheel.
my 02 has two mufflers and the exhaust exits through the roof after being combined with the exhaust for the aquahot.

i called newell and they were not sure what exhaust they used. but they were 51 bucks.

they gave me a part number that they thought was napa, but it wasnt. an A-3012, which if you do a google search does show under a round glasspack muffler. but my coach has a rectangular muffler (2).

i would love to quiet it down more.

i have tried to research differences between mufflers on gas and diesel engines. but not lots of info. other than a lot of people do straight through exhaust or glasspacks for diesel.

so....any of you have any wisdom to share on the genny mufflers?

there are cool silencers for diesels, but they are expensive and take up more room than i think i have to use.

thoughts?

thanks

tom

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  Wine Country

Posted by: prairieschooner
08-29-2012, 10:08 AM
Forum: Travel Logs
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You know that you are in Wine Country when you go into a grocery store and there is Wine Tasting! We went to Albertsons yesterday for a few items and there it was, a tasting bar, best deal yet was that it was free.
Wine Country is Fun! and now we are off to a local Winery but it won't be free.

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  Paint Job Contemplation

Posted by: Flick
08-29-2012, 06:22 AM
Forum: Exterior
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We are considering whether or not to paint our coach. The paint is faded and is so busy that we are not sure we want to keep it. I have a company looking at it now who has a paint booth big enough to handle it who is calling me today with an estimate.

I am wondering if any of you have had your coaches painted and have tips and or suggestions for us as well as prices so I have something to compare this to. Not sure if I should be calling some place else in the Midwest that An possibly drive it to to have this done. This place does this for the local RV dealership as well as trucks. I assume that Newell must have someone in Oklahoma who does this for them but that is a full day drive for me. That might be ok if it were a place we could do things via emailed pics and such to plan things out etc and I just am driving it to have the work done and not just looked at.

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  generator stalling when moving sometimes

Posted by: encantotom
08-28-2012, 08:28 PM
Forum: Generators
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hi all,

i had a problem that i fixed earlier this summer but thought you might be interested in it.

my genny would run all day long sitting still. however, on startup it would start, then pause like it was choking, then it would rev back up and be ok.

however, as soon as i would drive off with the genny running, it would shut power down. as we watched it more (thanks michael) it would come back on in 50 seconds (the power that is) and that was the time for the power monitor/protection system in the transfer switch would wait before starting the power back.

we found that the gennymotor was stalling just enough for the power to drop below the voltage level that was set in the power monitor such that it would turn off the power to the coach to protect it.

for both issues it ended up being the electric fuel pump mounted on the genny that has an internal check valve that was bad causing fuel to drain back and choke the genny for a brief moment.

i got a new one from powertech and took about 15 min to install and it fixed everthing.

http://powertech.myshopify.com/products/...-fuel-pump

i ordered it directly from powertech.

tom

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  Wire Glue

Posted by: rheavn
08-28-2012, 03:55 AM
Forum: Electrical
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Here is a product that I have found useful for several years in doing rv repairs. I have never had a repair fail when I used this product. I use it when soldering is inconvenient or I don't want the heat of a solder gun. It is easy to use. The link is to ThinkGeek, but others sell the product.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/b70c/?r...MgodjEsAgg

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  Trailer Wheel

Posted by: whatsnewell
08-27-2012, 08:29 PM
Forum: Suspension/Tires/Wheels
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A few weeks ago while we were in Forks, WA I noticed my right rear trailer tire's tread was separating, so I took it down to the local tire store and got the tire replaced for $120 (tire, balancing, labor) and reinstalled it. I, apparently did not tighten the lugs enough...I should have used the torque wrench at 90 foot pounds, but I was in a hurry, and then forgot about it. Well, your mistakes never forget about you, and this one reminded me this morning on I-84....we had just passed the intersection of I-84 and I-184 when a motorcyclist passing me on the left indicated I should pull over...I assumed something was wrong with the coach, or trailer, so began to pull to the shoulder....as I checked the right side view mirror I saw the passenger side trailer fender flopping in the wind, so I thought I had a tire had blown. The next exit was only 1/4 mile, so I exited and parked on a side street and got out to see the bad news. Well, it wasn't a blown tire, the entire wheel was GONE! The lugs had sheared off at the brake housing...all six were gone with the wheel. Half the fender was bent up, and the dust cover was gone.

I decided to call Good Sam ERS to send a mobile service out, and as I walked back to the coach to get my phone a guy drove up in a public utilities truck (can't remember the name) and asked if I was missing something...I wasn't sure what he was getting at, so I just said "Yes my trailer wheel".....he said "well, I saw it come off and stopped to retrieve it from the roadside brush, and then tracked you down". I said, "wow, that must have taken a while" (we had been stopped for about 15 minutes at this time) and he said he just got off at the next exit and drove both directions looking for the coach (it's hard to miss, right?). His name was Royce, and I will be eternally grateful to him for his Good Samaritan gesture.

Anyway, I decided to take off the brake drum, and take that with the wheel over to Big O Tires just a few blocks away. The rim was ruined as the lug holes where all oblong now, but Big O had the same rim for $30, so they just switched the tire to the new rim, and then ordered new lugs form a local parts store. The parts store did not have the right dust cover so the service guy, Brant, modified it to somewhat fit temporarily, and I used duct tape to be sure it doesn't come off before I get the right one. I reinstalled the brake drum with the new lugs, and the wheel, then used my torque wrench set at 90 foot pounds to torque down all 6 bolts this time. 90 was what the tire shop recommended.

All is well that ends well...it could have been worse.....just let your imagination run wild for a couple of minutes....I did. Well, that was my adventure for the day!

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