Handbasket
Asheville, NC
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LeRoy, take the model # and other info and go to the funroads site. Order a service manual. They're well written, and pretty comprehensive.
Jim, "My karma ran over my dogma."
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The LeRoys
St Petersburg, FL, USA
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What is the funroads site? I've never heard of that?
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jimdubya
Paducah, KY
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I had a similar problem on my Tioga last year. As long as the truck engine was running everything was OK. If I tried to start the generator with the truck engine off, I had the same problem as you. It turned out to be a bad ground connection on the house battery. Good Luck! They are frustrating to find.
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Handbasket
Asheville, NC
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www.funroads.com. It's the Onan RV web site. Parts, manuals, etc. You'll need your nameplate data.
Jim, "Mo' coffee!"
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Traveling4Sports
Texas
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WOOHOOHOOHOO!!! Jimdubya you are the man!! I cleaned and replaced the cabin battery terminals after I read your post earlier today and the Onan fired right up!! It only cost me $2 for each battery terminal and $4.95 for the cleaner/sealant too help keep them from corroding again.
I had checked and rechecked every connection on the generator end of things, but never thought that the battery connections would cause such a problem. Now, I know!!
Thanks for all the great input!!!
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Traveling4Sports
Texas
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WOOHOOHOOHOO!!! Jimdubya you are the man!! I cleaned and replaced the cabin battery terminals after I read your post earlier today and the Onan fired right up!! It only cost me $2 for each battery terminal and $4.95 for the cleaner/sealant too help keep them from corroding again.
I had checked and rechecked every connection on the generator end of things, but never thought that the battery connections would cause such a problem. Now, I know!!
Thanks for all the great input!!!
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jimdubya
Paducah, KY
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Glad you found it right away. Congratulations
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Traveling4Sports
Texas
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I have been messing with the flippin thing on and off for a month!! Thanks for the advice!! Super helpful and saved me a ton of $$$$$
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Traveling4Sports
Texas
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I have been messing with the flippin thing on and off for a month!! Thanks for the advice!! Super helpful and saved me a ton of $$$$$
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markbrumbaugh
Spring, Texas
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Once in a blue moon, mine will do that. I go out and trip the circuit breaker at the Onan genset, and let it warm up for a few minutes. Then when I turn flip the breaker back on, it pulls and fires away. Maybe some bad gas, I don't know, but the indicator lights said service required and I was in the middle of two weeks in CO dry camping. Never failed again that whole trip. (I do religously set the altitude if more than a 3000 foot change from day to day.)
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