| Huge Public Thanks - Onan [message #252041] |
Thu, 12 June 2014 20:19  |
Steve
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Registered: September 2013
Location: East Greenville, Pa
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I have been missing from the forum since end of April, best described as a Career Death Spiral. I have finally pulled out of it and owe a couple of people here on the net a HUGE thanks. My last real posts related to Onan the Barbarian. I had been trying to make the Onan produce electricity. I had it running well but no electricity.
I offer a HUGE public thanks to Tom McManus and Jim Miller!!
First, in a desperate attempt to having a functioning generator for the GMC, I traveled about 700 miles round trip to Chesapeake VA to source another Onan. Had a great trip in the 69 Chevy pickup, camped on the banks of the Chesapeake Bay, and met Tom McManus, a great guy who is building a really cool 1973 stretch. Anyway, a Huge thanks to Tom for giving me hope of electricity in the GMC when I was becoming very discouraged. New Onan still hangs from the engine crane as I have not had time to get it running. I removed the spark plugs and oiled the cylinders/rings before cranking. It cranks a little slow and no sign of spark yet but I will get it going.
Second, I had been working with Jim Miller to troubleshoot my original Onan and really learned a lot from Jim's systematic, methodical approach, along with the Maintenance Manual. When all else fails, read the manual. Anyway, with Jim's help, and input form others I now have the original installed Onan working. It has been working reliably since about the time I got back from Chesapeake with its replacement. Maybe it saw its replacement coming and decided to run before I junked it. Anyway, a Huge thanks to Jim Miller. I lost contact with Jim and have not seen him on the net so I hope all is well. I fell I have learned enough to help others going forward.
I will post more details about the Onan success so others can benefit, just the short story here now. It seems the problem was loose connections and corrosion in the coach breaker box. The connection from the Onan to the breaker was loose and corroded enough that it was not drawing power or "exciting" the generator. I tightened the breaker connection and it came to life. The screw tightened over a full turn. All connections have now been cleaned and tightened.
Just the latest in my Love/Hate relationship with Onan the Barbarian. Oops, one more thanks to Duanne Simmons. I got the DVD from his presentation at the Spring 2003 Rally. Watched 2 of the 10 chapters so far.
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