That's a great idea! I had considered one for the main vent but hadn't thought about it for the bathroom vent. I appreciate it!

Got the new board from Flight Systems yesterday.
Plugged it in and it's still finicky as hell!
Pulled the 12pin and cleaned it well. Pulled the starter and solenoid and cleaned all the terminals with a wire brush on the grinder. Cleaned the coil posts with a Dremel and a wire wheel.
Put some 320 sandpaper between the points and gave them a good resurfacing (pitted from a bad condenser)
Set the point gap at .016"

After all of this it ran but was hunting a lot. 45 minutes of adjustment later and I have it running pretty decent. It still hunts under heavy load, but I got it to hold with both roof AC's on, which is a first.

I have a few questions:

First is timing. how do you time this thing? All of the points I have dealt with have 2 adjustments, one for point gap and another for timing. The Barbarian only seems to have 1 adjustment, which adjusts both. With the point gap set correctly the timing is off. If I correct the timing (with a light) the point gap is off. I ordered new points and condenser so perhaps my points are just worn, but this seems like a lose lose situation? I adjusted the timing for the highest idle for now.

Next up was that godawful squeal I told you guys about in my other thread. and Yep it's the standard broken starter bracket. I couldn't find a break in it anywhere and i couldn't wiggle it, so I though it was fine. But while messing with it the symptoms got worse to the point where the starter would only engage 1 out of 3 times. Upon inspection I finally found the break! So I ordered a new starter bracket from JimK over at applied.

I do feel much better with the solid state relays and modern circuit board of the flight systems board. And for 135 shipped to my door and a 3 yr warranty I'd say it's a great upgrade.

As you can tell I *try* to work on one thing at a time until it is in perfect working order, at present it's the generator. So does anyone have any other suggestions on things to check, adjustments to make, classic problems etc? Any advice on the hunting condition? The only sure fire way I found to eliminate it was to set the governor too high, this resulted ina smooth run, but too fast and with too much voltage (150+V)

As you can tell I *try* to work on one thing at a time until it is in perfect working order, at present it's the generator. So does anyone have any other suggestions on things to check, adjustments to make, classic problems etc? Any advice on the hunting condition? The only sure fire way I found to eliminate it was to set the governor too high, this resulted in a smooth run, but too fast and with too much voltage (150+V)

... Any advice on the hunting condition? The only sure fire way I found to eliminate it was to set the governor too high, this resulted ina smooth run, but too fast and with too much voltage (150+V)

Mark,
Are you saying that people should read the manual? Are you kidding, c'mon get real!

Regards,
Rob M.

Yes,
I have read the manual cover to cover several times.
The trouble is when you follow the chart you get "solutions" such as:
Hunting Idle: Dirty Carburetor
Lean Mixture
Defective fuel pump
Etc Etc
You're shit out of luck

Once I exhaust all of those I come to you guys

SONICJK wrote on Fri, 03 July 2015 08:41

Yes,
I have read the manual cover to cover several times.
The trouble is when you follow the chart you get "solutions" such as:
Hunting Idle: Dirty Carburetor
Lean Mixture
Defective fuel pump
Etc Etc
You're shit out of luck

Once I exhaust all of those I come to you guys

If you don't want someone to suggest what you have already done, you need to state what you have already done when seeking help. I am guessing you didn't tear into it to check for a valve or valve seal leaking. Did you mess with the throttle linkage stuff?

Lean Fuel Mixture - Readjust
Dirt Carburetor
Dirty Fuel Filter
Defective Fuel Pump

Valve or Valve Seal Leaking

Linkage Out of Adjustment
Linkage Worn or Disconnected
Governor Spring Sensitivity Too_Great
Linkage Binding

Justin, I understand what Ken is saying but at the end of the day, it's your coach so you can do as you please.

That said, Ken's suggestion that you try and hit a rally before you make any hard decisions is a great one. Next month on the 16-18, the GMC Dixielanders are having a rally at Noccalula Falls near Gasden Alabama.