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Re: [GMCnet] I give up. (Onan) [message #192235 is a reply to message #191667] Tue, 04 December 2012 18:27 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Robin Hood is currently offline  Robin Hood   United States
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Update!

Tom Phipps is kindly joining me tomorrow to mess with my Onan. I have
cleaned a lot of the caked on gunky oil and gotten after it in general
with degreaser and Simple Green, plus a ton of shop towels.

I installed the replacment fuel pump and the fuse, and jumpered the
board 5 to 9, andd was rewarded with the sound of the new pump
priming.

I tried starting it without the board jumpered, but it catch and then
quit just when you thought it was about to start running. I
rejumpered, and it started.

I let it run for a minute, and stopped it. Then I took off the jumper
wires, and tried it.

It started and stayed running! Huzzah!

I let it run for another 30 seconds and then stopped it.

To do! Cut a gasket for between the carb and intake. Check that I've
got 120VAC out of the hot wires. Adjust throttle if necessary. Once
we've established that Mr. Onan is basicly up to the task, I'll order
a carb rebuild kit, perform an oil change, and in general clean it up
and do the things that are easier to do whilst it's out of the coach.
I do NOT want to have to pull this thing out anytime soon! It's going
to be enough trouble getting it into my Royale; I'm going to have to
take the generator out of its power drawer and install it into the
power drawer in the Royale. (The ambitious theives removed the entire
power drawer from the Palm Beach's frame).

Huzzah I say!





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Robin Hood
Jackson, MS
2003 Buick Lesabre
1968 Pontiac Catalina
1978 GMC Royale motorhome
1977 GMC Palm Beach motorhome
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