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We are heading back to Newfoundland this summer because we fell in love with it last summer.  The people are the nicest we have ever encountered and the boondocking accommodations along the shores and cliffs are remarkable. Where else are you welcomed and encouraged to stay for free in the most beautiful spots on the island?  Most spots include trashcans and picnic tables.  If anyone is in the area we would love to meet up!  We travel with 2 Bernese Mountain Dogs, Wynnie and Lola, and they love the hikes, cool air, and fresh seafood of Newfoundland.  This will be our first summer adventure with Mickey, our new to us coach. 

Newfoundland 2025

• 6/18-6/21   PA to Nova Scotia
  
• 6/21          Ferry from Sydney, NS to Port Aux Basque, NL
  
• 6/22          Boondocking and sights along the way
  
• 6/23          Ferry from St. Barbe, NL to Blanc-Sablon, Quebec - travel to Iceberg Alley and points in between. Boondocking along the way
  
• 6/26          Return on Ferry and go to L’Anse aux Meadows 
  
• 6/21 - 7/2   Viking RV Park -         Great homemade pies, Icebergs, viking village, historic areas
  
• 7/4 - 7/10   St. Johns -Pippy Park Campground - 
  
• 7/10 - 7/14 St. Vincent - Boondocking on beach - Whale feeding just off beach
  
• 7/14 - 7/15 Dildo - beach, bar, town
  
• 7/15- 7/19  Bonavista - Boondocking on Cliffs watching the whales and puffins, lighthouse, root cellars
  
• 7/19 - 7/21 Gander - Country Inn Campground - Come From Away Show, 911 sights, Rosies Restaurant and Bakery, resupply at local stores
  
• 7/21 - 7/27 Twillingate - Cliff side Boondocking at the abandoned Sea Breeze Park Campground - $12 lobsters cooked dockside, whales, hiking, lighthouse, winery, biking, restaurants
  
• 7/28 - 8/4   Twillingate - Peyton’s Campground - Continue exploring the area, shows and shed parties,  Ferry to Fargo Island in the Jeep, need full hook-ups sometimes
  
• 8/5-8/8       Boondocking on way to Gros Morne National Park and seeing sights along the way including salmon run
  
• 8/8-8/14    Gros Morne NP - Seabreeze Campground - ocean front,  Anchors Aweigh Show,  Western Brook Pond Boat tour, National Park hiking
  
• 8/15           Ferry back to Nova Scotia. Port Aux Basque, NL to Sydney, NS
  
• 8/16 - Labor Day???  
  

   
Hi guys, we have been experiencing this more and more often, time to fix. Does anyone know where we can get the door open and door lock mechanisms mounted on the wall behind the control board as you enter the coach? As long as someone's on the inside we remove the panel, reach in and flip the left rocker one position. The right rocker locks and unlocks the door, that does not work either. So we would like to replace both but not sure where to get them. Pic attached!

Thanks, as always!

Dave

Hi all.  My wife and I decided to semi retire so we bought a very nice 2005 to try the life style change. We enjoyed our time in 738 so much we decided to purchase 1604 which was the first Newell that we had ever been in and made us fall in love with there product. Thanks to Newell for keeping high standards for over 60 years!  The Hough’s

Hi guys - we have been searching for a low side air leak for a long time and we finally found one (of course there may be others ...) - but this one is coming from the hall door valve itself. We have one on order - but my question - is there a manual shutoff valve for the hall and bath doors? I have a pneumatic diagram from a 2014 that shows emergency valves, but we have a 2003 and I cannot find anything obvious. Would like to shut both off and see if the 12v compressor will come on less often (comes on about every five minutes now ...)

Thanks very much!

Dave

Trying to identify this Stamford generator’s Isuzu engine model. It’s a 10Kw with an Isuzu 3-Cyl installed in an early 80s Newell. I believe there were only a couple options: 3AA1, 3AB1, 3AD1. Looking to perform a service and need to buy the correct parts. Any assistant would be appreciated.

The brakes used on the Prevost in the BGM video are the very same as used on late nineties Newell tag axles. I recognized them from the work I did some years ago replacing seals and bearings. In the video you will see critical items to inspect, and you will learn about lubrication of the slide pins to prevent sticking. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLJX_dYsJdU

During the night last night the shower exhaust fan opened and started running without turning it on from the control panel.  Pushing the button on the wall switch panel no longer controls the fan, but the button does switch from blue to red and back.  The fan has worked correctly for the first few days of the trip. This is not an issue urgent enough to call the hotline, and I can manually turn it of with the switch on the fan and I think I can close the lid for travel. So was just curious if anyone had any insight.  We have only had this coach for a couple of weeks and is our first time out in it so not completely familiar with any electrical quirks we may have.  Thanks

Doug 
2016 #1542

Good morning all

Our original Amana refrigerator has completely died on us.  After installing new evaporator and condenser fans it worked well for a month or so but has stopped all together now.

We have found a new refrigerator that will work for us and we are going to pick it up this weekend. 

On the thread for our refrigerator, there was mention that the original Heart Freedom 25 could have contributed to the death of our refrigerator, being that it's not a pure sine wave inverter.

My concern with a newer and probably much more sensitive electrical system on the new refrigerator is that the old inverter could possibly damage the new unit. 

Our plan is to replace the old inverter with a new pure sine wave inverter/charger from Victron (probably) ASAP to prevent any electrical damage on the new appliances.

My big question is in regards to wiring the new inverter/charger. 

The original inverter powers 3 twenty amp breakers in a small breaker box right next to it.  The box is fed by a roughly 2' section 10/3 cable from the inverter to a 30A receptacle that then feeds the breaker box, which seems simple enough.  I'm guessing that this is 240v feed, but I have not checked yet.

The thing that is confusing me is that there is an external Corcom EMI Filter that comes out of the inverter and feeds off to somewhere.   I'm not sure what the purpose of this EMI Filter is or where it feeds to.

Unfortunately I have not found any paperwork for the original inverter in the coach and we do not have any coach wiring diagrams like we had with our Foretravel. 

I'm sure a lot of people have replaced the old inverter and I'd be grateful for any advice.

I have posted pictures of the inverter layout and the EMI Filter that I'm talking about.

Thank you
Tyler Phillips

Lower small (convex) mirror is loose. Just wobbles around.  How can I dismantle and reattach the mirror?

Hi everyone.  I have a 1983 Newell that I'm getting up to spec. Repairs are going nicely but the load center is starting to go out. I need to find a replacement which is easier said than done due to the age of it. The load center is a Square D QO 8-16 series L5. Sounds searching brought up a couple of L4's but I was wondering if anyone would happen to either know the whereabouts of another L5 or an equivalent loac center that would work due to the space confines. The load center sits in the back closet so space is limited. Any help would be greatly appreciated.


1983 Newell Coach 
40 feet Detroit 6v92
Charleston, Illinois