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Daniel's Onan [message #369518]

Thu, 21 April 2022 11:18

Carl S.

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Registered: January 2009
Location: Tucson, AZ.

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After two and a half years of not being able to travel outside of Europe, due to Covid restrictions, Daniel and Marjon Jacobs are in the US on an extended vacation in their GMC, "The Flying Dutchman". The coach has been stored at Ken Booth's place in Lake Havasu, AZ and ken helped out with a few renewal items to get them on their way. After a few stops at various other GMCers, most of the issues with the coach have been worked out due to the gracious help of several fellow GMCers.

By the time they got to me place, in Tucson, the main remaining issue has been the Onan. At first, the Onan would fire up and run as long as the prime button was engaged. Release the prime button and it would quit. After pulling the cover off the Dinosaur control board and inspecting the connections, I took the main wiring plug apart, sprayed it with electrical cleaner, tightened up the sockets, and put it back together with a little dielectric grease. The result was that the generator would start and run without the prime switch being engaged and carry a light load for a short time.

After running for probably less than a minute, it would start to stumble and hunt and than die like it was running out of gas. The fuel tank is full, and the fuel pump has been replaced (at Steve Weinstock's place). The strange thing about this is that the 5 amp fuse on the board would blow at about the same time. WE tried several fuses, even a 10 amp, with the same result.

Any ideas???

Carl Stouffer '75 ex Palm Beach Tucson, AZ. Chuck Aulgur Reaction Arm Disc Brakes, Quadrabags, 3.70 LSD final drive, Lenzi knuckles/hubs, Dodge Truck 16" X 8" front wheels, Rear American Eagles, Solar battery charging. GMCSJ and GMCMI member

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		Daniel's Onan By: Carl S. on Thu, 21 April 2022 11:18
		Re: Daniel's Onan By: Matt Colie on Thu, 21 April 2022 12:24
		Re: Daniel's Onan By: rjw on Thu, 21 April 2022 12:59
		Re: Daniel's Onan By: Carl S. on Thu, 21 April 2022 13:47
		Re: Daniel's Onan By: Bill Van Vlack on Thu, 21 April 2022 14:56
		Re: Daniel's Onan By: Ken Burton on Thu, 21 April 2022 21:21
		Re: Daniel's Onan By: Carl S. on Thu, 21 April 2022 21:35
		Re: Daniel's Onan By: Ken Burton on Fri, 22 April 2022 04:05
		Re: Daniel's Onan By: Carl S. on Fri, 22 April 2022 09:13
		Re: Daniel's Onan By: AndrewCudlipp on Mon, 25 April 2022 16:02
		Re: Daniel's Onan By: SteveW on Fri, 22 April 2022 10:20
		Re: Daniel's Onan By: Carl S. on Fri, 22 April 2022 10:23
		Re: Daniel's Onan By: Ken Burton on Fri, 22 April 2022 13:43
		Re: Daniel's Onan By: JohnL455 on Fri, 22 April 2022 20:09
		Re: Daniel's Onan By: Carl S. on Sat, 23 April 2022 15:56
		Re: Daniel's Onan By: Matt Colie on Sat, 23 April 2022 18:55
		Re: Daniel's Onan By: Matt Colie on Sat, 23 April 2022 18:56
		Re: Daniel's Onan By: JohnL455 on Sat, 23 April 2022 20:18
		Re: Daniel's Onan By: jhbridges on Tue, 26 April 2022 11:15

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