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On my first trip south with 1987 coach 146 the transmision will down shift ok but will not shift back up , to get back to neutral or reverse I have to move the tranny linkage with a broom handle, the newell guys said to spray some lube into the shifter control on the tranny, any one have this issue ?
Don & Linda
1987 Newell Classic 40 foot tag axle, silver 92 Turbo Ddec1
Coach #146
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Hi Don,
Is it an air actuated shifter? Mine did the same thing. I think because it sat so much without being moved. I sprayed lube on it, used a "tool" that I made that worked better than a broom handle, and I put some air tool oil in the air line that actuates that air cylinder. The more I used it the better it worked.
1993 Newell (316) 45' 8V92,towing an Imperial open trailer or RnR custom built enclosed trailer. FMCA#232958 '67 Airstream Overlander 27' '67GTO,'76TransAm,'52Chevy panel, 2000 Corvette "Lingenfelter"modified, '23 Grand Cherokee.
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Hey Don,
How is the shower working?
Bob & Peg Standeford
1999 Newell #516 Series 60 DD 2 Slides
2004 Saturn Wagon
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Hi bob , you know the shower is still not working, these gd happy hours are taking up
Too much of my time , we were at parker for 5 nights , pirates den rv park ,2 dollar pints and 5 buck pitchers. I better get my shi_ together .we are at indio with our buds, ciao don
Don & Linda
1987 Newell Classic 40 foot tag axle, silver 92 Turbo Ddec1
Coach #146
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I should have posted this a while back ! After getting some expensive quotes from the shop in Chandler ,they wanted to replace my shifter control module ! It turned out to be a broken wire under the cover on the shifter module, I fixed it with a few inches of wire and a shrink sleeve !
Don & Linda
1987 Newell Classic 40 foot tag axle, silver 92 Turbo Ddec1
Coach #146