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Test Drive and Mechanical Failures

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Dale Earnhardt's 1997 Newell Coach: I ALMOST Bought It! (Tour and Inspection)

What happens here

The RV is successfully started after an overnight charge, showing a faulty exhaust system that doesn't fully expel smoke from the tailpipe. A test drive reveals a significant air leak in the rear air leveling system, causing the back of the RV to remain unlifted and rub against the tires. The creator also notices that one of the dual tires is heavily worn. The seller offers unhelpful suggestions and blames the RV's problems on the buyer's presence, highlighting the seller's lack of transparency and increasing the creator's frustration.

Goal: Evaluate the RV's operational condition through a test drive

Tools and materials

  • 1997 Newell RV Newell — The subject of the purchase evaluation

What they say

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after charging all night hopefully does if it doesn't that doesn't bode well for me buying this thing generator fire up now - yeah [Music] mitten you touch up on the phone the other day about uh Eric yeah and uh I remembered I heard something right down there mm-hmm I pulled that out this morning and they're all you know the push Connect meetings yeah and I don't know what was loose but I found this last night we got Dale intrigued Stuart heart 96 there you go yeah I mean the initials of everybody who signed it that's not an original which one says there was something here where you've got his surreal we're sitting here in the belt now I want to hook it up make sure all the faucets work make sure the well Bosco gets hot all that stuff make sure like the shower works and you said the ice makers disconnected back here yeah on the backside because that's what drawer right here it got wet the drawer expanded Ayanna unless they got a little bit of mold in that drawer fire it up good for test drive it's the first time this thing's left the yard in like two years I think he said was build some rubber in this tire here is a groping on something up in there it's got like override lever and I'm not sure what that squeaking is from what I understand you're supposed to change the steer tires every five years and the drive tires the back ones are good for about seven just as these things are so heavy if they start to dry rot we believe there's an air leak significant one the back of the look at all [Music] [Applause] so the it's got a ride height sensor bar on there and it's like in the wrong spot and I tried to jack it up with the hydraulic jack and I didn't even have enough nuts to pick it up the whole way so he's sitting there trying to do it it just came off completely so Forked because the snow sort of our thinks it doesn't need to be lifted what's going on here so he's all mad we can't get the hydraulic leveling system to even work you can't even drive it I've driven this thing yet and we're screwing with it this is like tweaking out going up and down and she's like I give up you got through the whole thing I've seen everything you know how it is or that he wanted her you don't and I'm like well obviously he's a lot more than I thought I did because can you drive it right now so what are you thinking now he's just sitting out there steaming because he got himself an icy garden ornament now like if I I can't even make him an offer guess if I made him an offer I…

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