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Re: [GMCnet] Bringing Onan back to life due to impending hurricane [message #182025 is a reply to message #182017] Mon, 27 August 2012 20:28 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
ljdavick is currently offline  ljdavick   United States
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The ONAN has an electric fuel pump. It's likely that the old pump is plugged up with gunk and may need replacing. Perhaps a gravity feed to the carb would work???

It cranks - that's the first lucky thing! Care to stick your tongue on the spark plug wire to see if you were going to be lucky twice? (don't - it would put you into a very bad state - worse than Mississippi!)

I'd wager a plastic poncho that the ignition will be fine, but the fuel will need a little work.


Larry Davick
Fremont, California
A Mystery Machine
'76 (ish) Palm Beach

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robin Hood" <loxley@gmail.com>
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 5:50:49 PM
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Bringing Onan back to life due to impending hurricane

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?

On Monday, August 27, 2012, Robin Hood wrote:

> Where us thus jumper and pin business located? I see a start button but
> nothing eke I recognize as pins or jumpers in this context.
>
> Is the spark plug a 13/16 size?
>
> I bought a lawn implement battery.
>
> On Monday, August 27, 2012, Mickey Space Ship Shuttle wrote:
>
>>
>> the best way to do the points first is get some sand paper and just but
>> it between the points and lightly move it back and forth
>>
>> on both sides that should get them working from rust and it worked on my
>> old honda a all the time.. do not loosen the points to do it.
>>
>> if it ran when it stopped it is already in place, just get the rust off
>> the faces of the points with sand paper.
>>
>> warm regards:
>>
>> mickey
>> 77 palm beach
>> anaheim ca.
>>
>>
>> On Aug 27, 2012, at 11:07 AM, Robin Hood wrote:
>>
>> > Yeah, about the whole "points" thing... uh, that stuff is kind of
>> > 1800s clockworkery to me. :) I changed out the points to a Pertronix
>> > in my 68 Pontiac. I have no idea what it means to clean and adjust
>> > points. :) Let me try the other stuff first and then I can work my way
>> > up to the distributor.
>> >
>> > I really REALLY need to take a junior college class in automechanics...
>> >
>> > On 8/27/12, Jon Roche <lqqkatjon@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> here is the link to the step by step onan trouble shooting.
>> >>
>> >> http://gmcmotorhome.info/generator.html
>> >>
>> >> make sure it has enough oil in it. top off the oil.
>> >>
>> >> if it has points(probably does). clean the points and re-adjust.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> 75 palm beach
>> >> St. Cloud, MN
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>> > Jackson, MS
>> > 2003 Buick Lesabre
>> > 1968 Pontiac Catalina
>> > 1978 GMC Royale motorhome
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> Robin Hood
> Jackson, MS
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> 1968 Pontiac Catalina
> 1978 GMC Royale motorhome
> 1977 GMC Palm Beach motorhome
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1968 Pontiac Catalina
1978 GMC Royale motorhome
1977 GMC Palm Beach motorhome
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