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Re: [GMCnet] Bringing Onan back to life due to impending hurricane [message #182024 is a reply to message #182022] Mon, 27 August 2012 20:31 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Robin Hood is currently offline  Robin Hood   United States
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Ok, I'll read them. Or "RTFM" as they say. I was hoping I would get really
lucky and the thing would work straight away without me having to actually
LEARN something. Can't have that, apparently. :)

On Monday, August 27, 2012, John Wright wrote:

> Robin of the Hood,
> Here are the manuals for the 6k Power Drawer,
>
> http://www.bdub.net/manuals/Onan/Onan6kwNH_Operator-Parts.pdf
>
> http://www.bdub.net/manuals/Onan/Onan6kwNH_Major-Service.pdf
> This has the trouble shooting guides for the fuel system
>
> http://gmcmotorhomeinfo.com/generator.html#Gov
>
> JR Wright
> GMC Great Laker MHC
> GMC Eastern States
> GMCMHI
> 78 Buskirk 30' Stretch
> 1975 Avion (Under Reconstruction)
> Michigan
>
> On Aug 27, 2012, at 9:15 PM, Robin Hood wrote:
>
> > In all honesty I don't think I could I can identify the carb. I
> > mean, yeah,
> > the fuel line goes into something, but it doesn't look like a carb
> > as I'm
> > used to seeing one. I didn't try taking anything apart. I didn't
> > hear any
> > clicking from the fuel pump, and with zero suction on the fuel hose,
> > I'm
> > sure the carbs got nothing in it.
> >
> > On Monday, August 27, 2012, John Wright wrote:
> >
> >> Do you have fuel to the carb? If not that is where I would look
> >> first. You need the fuel pump as gravity feed does not work well.
> >> Does the carb have fuel in it? It might be full of junk too.
> >>
> >> JR Wright
> >> GMC Great Laker MHC
> >> GMC Eastern States
> >> GMCMHI
> >> 78 Buskirk 30' Stretch
> >> 1975 Avion (Under Reconstruction)
> >> Michigan
> >>
> >> On Aug 27, 2012, at 8:50 PM, Robin Hood wrote:
> >>
> >>> Ok. A glob of 10w30 went into each cylinder through the plug holes
> >>> (which
> >>> did turn out to be 13/16). The lawn battery turned it over nicely,
> >>> but I
> >>> got no suction from the fuel line. I took video but that's the gist.
> >>>
> >>> Advice?
> >>>
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