| Re: [GMCnet] Onan repair or replace [message #317405 is a reply to message #317393] |
Thu, 11 May 2017 19:45   |
jhbridges
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Registered: May 2011
Location: Braselton ga
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I couldn't find a troy-bilt so I used the Harbor Freight one, looks to have the same engine as Ken's. It wasn't that noisy, but the Onan >is< quieter. From the outside, the Honda isn't, although I haven't spent any time inside a coach fitted with one. In that it's liquid cooled, it is a lot more complex. Here's the cheap way:
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/g6827-new-genset.html
That's in a 23'. There's enough room in a 26' to slide mount it. Frankly, I suspect 5000 Troy-Bilt Watts are about the same as 7500 Harbor Freight Watts. The engines look identical. That was simply the smallest electric start Harbor Freight listed. It installs so you can still use the yanker cranker if all the batteries are flat. And, the started pad is on the smaller Harbor Freight units, but you'd have to do some surgery to mount it. It seemed simpler to go with the bigger one. If I did a lot of boondocking, I'd totally rebuild the Onan for about the same or a bit less than buying the Honda. It will run longer and be quieter in the bargain. I put that one in in favor of a Junkerac variable speed set. If the 23' had had a 4KW Onan in it, I'd have rehabbed it. My current 26' coach has a 6KW Onan, it ain't going anywhere. As long as it's fixable it will get fixed. After 40 years it runs like a top, pulls both air conditioners and the water heater and microwave. Your mileage may vary.
--johnny
Foolish Carriage, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
Braselton, Ga.
I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me in hell
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