As I mentioned in yesterday's post we discovered an exhaust leak in Glenn and Laureen's Newel, so Monday was dedicated to getting a temporary fix installed which would hold until they reach All Aboard America on Wednesday where Leo will provide a permanent fix.....
The breech is right where the flex tubing
connects to the muffler elbow
......about 9 years ago I found an exhaust leak and applied this same temporary fix. Went to Home Depot and bought an 18" x 12" sheet of aluminum, cut it down using my tin snips to a 4" x 18" strip, wrapped it around the area of the breech, and then installed two stainless steel hose clamps to hold it in place. This should get them another 330 miles to Mesa, AZ where it can be fixed properly. In all, including the time we spent at HD it took about 30 minutes to fix.
TLE and Laureen went shopping after we had fixed the exhaust leak, but when they returned we showed them how to deploy the Zip Dee awning, and TLE spent some time sewing little plastic tabs on their new shower curtain so it could be hung from the little aluminum slide inside the shower......
....by the time we finished with the awning, and the shower curtain it was time for dinner......
.....our first meal shared in their 'new' coach!
I'm really happy they chose to come south and spend a few more days with us as now I feel much more confident about their knowledge of their Newell. We spent time hooking them up to 'city' water, learning how to dump their single waste tank using their unique to this coach setup, and talking more about the differences between inverter power, propane generator power, and shore power, and the circumstances under which they would typically use each one. Glenn and I ran the generator for about 30 minutes under load to determine the operating parameters......the normal operating temperature, and the normal oil pressure. It ran flawlessly for that time, and the blower ran quietly, and smoothly.
We bid them adieu a little before 9 pm and headed back to our Newell for the evening. it was a good three days working with them, and as Laureen says.....'RV school is out of session for now!'.
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Nice easy fix on the Newell learning curve for your friends. I am sure they will love that coach.
ReplyDeleteClarke, what's the blower?
ReplyDeleteInstead of a fan to pull air through the genset radiator, there is a blower in the right front compartment blowing outside air through the genset compartment.... think squirrel cage.
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