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My 90's Newell Coach: 7 Things I Hate..and 7 Things I Love! (6 Months of RV Ownership Thoughts)

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A significant advantage for a DIY owner is the ease of finding replacement parts. The RV is built largely from readily available, pre-existing commercial components, such as a Detroit Series 60 engine (common in semi-trucks), 90s Ford F-series headlights, 80s/90s Chevy pickup truck side lights, and 70s Ford door handles. This broad compatibility simplifies repairs, as parts can often be sourced from truck stops, auto parts stores, or general hardware stores, reducing reliance on specialized RV dealerships.

Goal: Utilize readily available commercial parts for efficient DIY repairs.

Tools and materials

  • Chevy pickup truck side lights — Side light replacement
  • Ford door handles — Door handle replacement
  • Ford F-series headlights — Headlight replacement

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let's move on to number two number two on the list of things i love about this thing is how easy it is to find parts for it because it's pretty much built out of pre-existing components um like the engine is all over the road semi-truck stuff series 60 you can get it any trucker parts place any you know peterbilt fleet pride whatever it's it's easy to find and as far as like the interior pieces go a lot of things are standard household items like if i my deadbolt's bad i just go get a new deadbolt for like a house heck even the headlights on this thing are from a 90s f-series ford uh the side lights are from square body like you know early nine late 80s early 90s chevy pickup truck the door handle there pretty sure that door handle is like i said from a 70s ford or something something like that it's just a lot of things are not newell specific so if you look for it you can find it somewhere and it's probably readily available or pretty easy to source that's uh that's a big plus when it comes to working on things yourself and ease of maintenance and all that stuff i haven't i haven't had to go to newell for anything newell specific yet the only thing that on this that i could think of that you would have to get from newell is the board for the ac control like the ac units because they don't make them anymore uh the company that made the basement units in this are is not in business anymore so the control boards couldn't be found well newell didn't want anybody to be hung out to dry so they had the boards produced themselves to be able to continue to service these things that's something you would have to get from them but that's a rare really rare instance where you would be limited to getting it from newell number three on my favorite things about

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