09-25-2015, 06:26 AM
I did Steve. Our original plan was that I would park my coach next to theirs at the campground so that we could go through it and be near Richard's tools. The weather did not cooperate and we had a storm system that swirled over us for 2 days and rained almost non-stop. So we decided to tackle the project in the large horse stable my coach resides in year-round. My only hesitation was that it has a very fine soil that is almost powder like and gets you pretty dirty but the owner brought us some plywood and cardboard to lay on so it worked out fine.
We started out in Richards coach before we left with a Todd tutorial. I told Richard that I felt like I needed to know the air and electrical system better so he sketched out the "theoretical" systems and walked me thru those. After we got to the coach we looked it all over and found it fairly close to theoretical. So the findings overall:
-transmission leak we think is simply from the speedo cable into the tranny. Richard rerouted a little so it took some pressure off of it and also installed an o ring.
-sniffed around and found no major air leaks.
-airbags looked good.
-he said he could not believe how clean the bottom of the coach was with little to no rust
-my up leveling valve in the rear six pack is not working. Will need to get a new MAC and replace that next spring
I think that is the summary. It was very reassuring to be able to have someone like Richard with his amazing knowledge afirm the coach was in excellent shape and to learn more about how the systems work. He is an excellent teacher and I enjoyed the time they were here. They took off this morning heading South, but hopefully we will see them again as they pass thru in the future.
We started out in Richards coach before we left with a Todd tutorial. I told Richard that I felt like I needed to know the air and electrical system better so he sketched out the "theoretical" systems and walked me thru those. After we got to the coach we looked it all over and found it fairly close to theoretical. So the findings overall:
-transmission leak we think is simply from the speedo cable into the tranny. Richard rerouted a little so it took some pressure off of it and also installed an o ring.
-sniffed around and found no major air leaks.
-airbags looked good.
-he said he could not believe how clean the bottom of the coach was with little to no rust
-my up leveling valve in the rear six pack is not working. Will need to get a new MAC and replace that next spring
I think that is the summary. It was very reassuring to be able to have someone like Richard with his amazing knowledge afirm the coach was in excellent shape and to learn more about how the systems work. He is an excellent teacher and I enjoyed the time they were here. They took off this morning heading South, but hopefully we will see them again as they pass thru in the future.
Todd & Dawn Flickema
Former owners of a Classic 1984 Newell
71 Karmann Ghia
Sioux Falls, South Dakota