| Back On The Road / Onan MSD Ignition Kit Experience [message #345345] |
Mon, 15 July 2019 11:50  |
jtfred
Messages: 132
Registered: January 2015
Location: Grand Marais, MN
Karma:
|
Senior Member |
|
|
I'm back on the road after 3 years in storage. I just got back from a 600 mile weekend with relatives in central MN. I had spent some time going through things to make sure everything was ready for the weekend. We took some short trips to shake it down and I felt that things looked good enough to go. I even got the A/C and cruise working. Within the first 20 miles of leaving home I wasn't able to hold speed going up hills. I figured that it was a fuel filter, but there wasn't a parts store open for a hundred miles so I would get as much speed I could going down (about 55) and limp up the hills (about 30). Sorry if I was holding anyone up on Hwy 61 between Grand Marais and Duluth, MN last Thursday night. I had my son pick up a filter in Duluth and within 20 minutes I was able to go as fast as I needed for the rest of the trip. I had forgotten how fun these things are to drive!
Now that my enthusiasm has been renewed in the old coach I'm wanting to get to a couple of things that I didn't get to already. One thing is getting the Onan running again. Before moving back to MN from GA where I bought the coach I had tried to convert the Onan ignition to a pertronics DIY setup. I was never able to get it going and threw in the towel. I wasn't even able to get it running by converting it back to the original ignition. I gave up and moved on. Now I'm thinking that this is the next project.
I have been thinking about the MSD ignition that JimK is selling, but haven't seen much about it mentioned in this group. Has anyone converted their Onan to this type of ignition? I'm assuming the setup is easier that the DYI approach I was doing previously and it sounds like the spark is much stronger. What do y'all think?
Thanks!
JohnF
Grand Marais, MN
1978 Eleganza
John Fredrikson
Grand Marais, MN
1978 Eleganza
|
|
|
|
GMCforum
Search
Help
Register
Login
Home
