1939 ONAN GENERATOR REPAIR (part 2)
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- Опубліковано 20 сер 2024
- One of our Engine Buddys donated a 1939 Onan Generator with a few issues and we're gonna see what it takes to get it running
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Oh yeah! That smile on Mike's face when he noticed the little bulb was lit! Nice 2 part series RoadKing ! Newk from Kentucky
Another Kentuckian. Glad to know you.
@@rickey5353 Northern KY 7 miles from Cincinnati. Still a Kentuckian! ...Newk from Kentucky
@@timothynewkirk2654 4 miles. neighbor.
Thanks Newk!! Yeah I said that to Mike and he didn't even realize he did it!!☺
@@rickey5353 When the virus madness is over, we'll meet up! Check out my Willys, International combo project! newkbikini12@yahoo.com. Newk
I can't believe how original it is! That's a survivor there! No need to restore that it tells its story in its rustic look. They sure made things better back then! I'm sure people will enjoy seeing that at the shows just as much as some of your fully restored units! Great job guys!
Thanks Wheels!! It came out of a Vol.F.D in a very small Rural town, probably hardly seen any use!!☺
Wow! What a great episode! That generator is a GEM! Hope to see that at Jacktown this Summer.. You're so right about Berryman, I only found out about it 6 years ago... Best stuff ever! Thanks King and Mike!
Thanks Buddy!! I wonder how good Berryman was before the Government helped them make it!!☺
I didn't know about Berryman but have been using a similar set-up that Gunk makes. That works well too.
WOW ...when the little bulb lit up I was jumping out of my chair..All it needs is to. braze that muffler back on .What a sweet running little engine
Yeah Buddy!! I forgot all about the bulb till it lit up!!☺
That is cool as hell. Love seeing old stuff brought back to life
Only two videos in and it's already running? Has to be a record... :P
Yeah Buddy!! It would have only been 1 video if the carb wasn't pooched!!☺
As they got into it became more obvious just how good a condition that generator was in for its age. This was a very cool look at a classic machine.
My face lit up as the bulb did too. Feels so good when this old tech just works as intended!
Yeah Buddy!! ☺
It looked absolutely untouched under the shroud. It's in fantastic condition. I enjoyed this one. Thanks RK and Mike. mart.
Thanks Mart!! Yeah the whole unit looks and runs like it hasn't had much use at all and the insides look untouched!!☺
Weve got a light Mike,brought smiles all around,great stuff
Yeah Buddy!! That light made everybody smile!!☺
RK and Mike have gotta be the most genuine guys on youtube. Every time, without fail.
Thanks Buddy!! You Rock!!☺
You guys did a top floor job with this generator...cleaned up real good and Mike a good job freeing all the gunk out of the carb and then it ran like a top....good going guys....CHEERS
Thanks alot Gator!!☺
Wow, what a find and such a fantastic fix. You two make a phenomenal team. Mike must have a degree in Onanology I would say. So very entertaining. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks D!!☺
That commercial kitchen stainless steel work table makes a great workbench.
Yeah Buddy!! One of our Buddys gave that to Mike!!☺
Love when the old iron runs like it was just off the line..good job RK and Mike!
Thanks Kong!! It's nice to find something like this once in a while!!☺
So nice to see you two collaborate and fix it quickly! Your homework on it RK, sped Mike up and Mike keeps trying to pound (joke!) electrical stuff in your head Road King! For those who wonder about the oil in it, I distinctly heard you, RK, say there was oil in it.
Nice machine! How many Watts is it able to put out? It puts out 115V RMS AC. Do those odd plugins work with our current plugs?
Thanks Bob!! There's no room left in my brain to learn Generators, that's Mike's Gig!! It's only 600 watts!! We had to make an adapter to use them outlets!!☺
That was great. Nice to see Mike. Was only worried about the spark plug threads. Nice to see it running.👍👍
Thanks Joe!! Yeah we were lucky we were able to clean that plug up a little!!☺
What a lovely little unit, I wouldn't mind one myself.
Great fire up episode! Yeah, I love my Berrymans Chemdip too! You guys stay well
Great generator! Not too shabby for a 80 year old unit, doesn’t even smoke!
Yeah Buddy!! It came out of a Vol.F.D in a very small Rural town, probably hardly seen any use!!☺
That might been the easiest vintage engine you guys ever got running, nicely done!
Thanks Bill!! Yeah that would have been a 1 video deal if it wasn't for that gunk in the Carb!!☺
Another win! Looks and sounds new. Love that little indicator light.👍Tony
Thanks Tony!! It came out of a Vol.F.D in a very small Rural town, probably hardly seen any use!!☺
Nice job, the quality of things was much better back then .made to last.built with pride .great video thanx.
Thanks Andrew!!☺
That is a nice little generator. That will be a fun piece to have around the shop
Yeah Buddy!! It's nice to find something that ain't beat to death once in a while!!☺
Man, that turned out great! You guys scored on that one RK. Outstanding.
Thanks GP!! Yeah it's nice to find one like this once in a while!!☺
Nice one RK and thanks to Mike it runs again, was waiting for this part to see what happened.
Thanks Wiz!!☺
Mike is a smart guy he knows his stuff
Yeah Buddy!! ☺
Thanks once again. We are having out long weekend up here (Canada) but this year it is much difference than any other day.
Thanks Bruce!! Yeah things are gonna be alot different from now on!!☺
She runs like a swiss watch King .. NEVER A DOUBT !! .. ENJOYED
Thanks Buddy!! Yeah it's a sweet little machine!!☺
Fantastic work Mike & R. K.
Thanks Glenn!! It's nice to find something like this once in a while!!☺
That thing runs sweet!
Yeah Buddy!! It's nice to find something like this once in a while!!☺
Good running engine! Sounds strong.....good job, guys!
Thanks Larry!!☺
The J series were common on outboards and generators and others , J6J is on a lot of my outboards ! Nice 👍 find !
Thanks Bud!!☺
Don’t know if they’ve changed the formula at all, but I can remember Berryman chem dip smelling like creosote, and if you dove into it with bare hands, they’d stink like railroad ties for days.
The point to point wiring, with the wire bus bar for the outlets reminds me of the underside of a 20’s TRF radio.
Nice to hear it run!
It does stink a little, but not like creosote!! I'm sure the Government helped them make it work a little better in recent years!!☺
Yep - Fire hydrant valve and the barrel drain are all part of the valve and stem. When the valve is fully open the drain is closed. The drain opens as you screw the valve closed.
Yeah Buddy!! ☺
Great job fella's! Runs great!
Thanks alot Buddy!!☺
What a sweet little generator.
Yeah Buddy!! ☺
What a great little generator👍
Yeah Buddy!! ☺
That's just plain cool nice job guys
Thanks Gary!!☺
Mike those are some of the largest pistons I have ever seen.
Sweet running rig and smooth power supply. Good one guys!
Thanks George!! It's nice to find something like this once in a while!!☺
"Was there ever any doubt?" No doubt here. That was a great video. Thanks fellas
Thanks Frank!! I know if Mike can't fix something, than it's just unrepairable!!☺
Good job, guys
Thanks Jim!!☺
You and Mike, Roadking. The Onan Brothers ! LOL!
Yeah Buddy!! ☺
That's in great shape for 1939! Great project! It runs great too!
Yeah Buddy!! It's a nice little unit!!☺
I didnt see it but,I hope you put oil in the crankcase!
Fantastic!
They may have started selling those plugs to the public in 38, but I would guess they actually started making them (possibly for special armed forces orders) before that. And judging by the serial on the plate on the side, I reckon it might be a 1937 model.
love it, good video guys
Thanks alot Ken!!☺
Nice little motor!
No wonder it fired right up, those big pistons on the bench probably scared the living daylights out of it :)
Awesome channel and video thank you
If it was up to me I will just leave it I will clean it up a little better I wouldn't paint it or nothing wow that's a great little generator you found there mister Road King
Thanks Mel!! We're not gonna paint nothing Buddy, it has a nice Patina for it's age!!☺
@@805ROADKING yeah it does buddy
That Mike, he's one smart fella. :)
Yeah Buddy!! And he's still in his 20's!! Imagine what he's gonna be like when he's our age, I hope we're around to find out!!☺
That does sound sweet! I wish that blasted Tecumseh powered gennie I have would start that easy.....
It's nice to find something like this once in a while!!☺
That carb float looks like a fishing bobber!
Yeah Buddy!! ☺
very cool , nice one,,
Thanks Bud!!☺
That thing is almost perfect! :) It just needs a muffler repair or a new muffler :)
Yeah Buddy!! I'll get Lil' Dirtbike to weld that up one of these engine nights!!☺
That thing is friggen cool!!!
Yeah Buddy!! ☺
steady as she goes
Yeah Buddy!! ☺
more than likely it was used to power communication radios in the field home bases for the military
Very cool
if you read through it go to page 83, your generator is there in the picture. it is a 1938
Excellent me buckos
Thank You Matey!!☺
I love how the engine speed stayed spot on when a load is put on it, taken off, then put back on.
I bet with the modern engine oils that are sold today, a generator like this could conceivably last forever. Engine oils back then were horrible.
Yeah, It's nice to find something like this once in a while!!☺
Ohhhhhh ROADKING,...next time how about using a stand for the camera,..all that moving around had me a tad whoozie there!
I guess I was watching so closely that finally it caught up to me,...then again,..it's probably just me,.so no worries. I just stopped the video for a while and came back to it.
This is a heck of a gen set for sure,.I'm glad you two got at this one today. Thanks for this.
Oh by the way,..Amazon.ca only wants something like $190.00CAD for a 3/4 gallon can of this Berryman Chem Dip kit here n Canada! Just FYI.
Thanks Reg!! I know Canada has some goofy prices on everything but that's ridiculous!! It only cost $30/gal from any local Auto Parts Store around here!! I'm calling the Prime Minister tomorrow to see what I can do!!☺
@@805ROADKING Yes we do,..BUT in this case it's Amazon. There's a bottle of Nu Finish scratch remover polish that sells for around $12. here locally,..on Amazon, same polish,
same size they want about $64. Buyer beware, is a good saying to remember.
As far as calling our 'Prime Minister' goes,...save your breath,..he's beyond help, anyway!!!!
Cheers.
Awesome project by mike and roadking. I need to talk yo mike going to be buying 2 whole house gen sets. One for my house and one for my parents house. I really dont know anything about them
I'm sure he'd talk to you, just don't mention GENERAC!!☺
@@805ROADKING LOL not interested in thosed thinking about a kohler or maybe cummins or something else
Hello fellas, I really like the topic. But I do not see a fire extinguisher handy. Sometimes that is the best prevention with a pound of cure. Just saying for safety. Keep up the great work and look forward to see you at a show when they open. Peace and stay virus free too.
Thanks alot Buddy!! You don't have to see an extinguisher for it to be handy, ya just have to know where they are at!! There were 3 of them within 10ft of us!! One in my truck, one in Mikes truck and one hanging between the walk in door and the overhead door!!☺
@@805ROADKING I would rather check and be certain for your safety, then find out a tragedy occurred through the grapevine. Peace too.
Another survivor.
nice
What can you run on a generator that puts out 115v dc?
Anything that doesn't need AC. Computer power supplies for instance will convert AC to DC before they do anything else. They will work fine. Heating. Some lighting - some of the modern stuff won't work but will not be damaged by trying.
Resistive loads are usually fine on DC, such as filament bulbs, heating appliances (not that 600w would get you much!), universal motors, stuff like that...
That was fun seeing how clean the guts are. Too bad 600 watts (5 amps) doesn't go too far these days.
Yeah, it should be good enough for a fan and some low wattage lights around our canopy tent at the shows!!☺
@@805ROADKING That would be cool
@Tim _BBQ Actually, it goes quite far these days, with all of the energy-saving stuff that's out there. All of the bulbs inside my house are 60w-equivalent LED's but they only use 13w each. This thing could run 46 of them, which is probably more bulbs than I have in my entire house! I don't think it would be able to run a refrigerator or a furnace, or anything like that, but it is definitely still useable :)
They built them tough.
Yeah Buddy!! Try and buy anything today that will still be here in 80 years and still start on the 1-2 pull eh!!☺
That was too easy!
Yeah Buddy!! ☺
She's a beaut.
Yeah Buddy!! It came out of a Vol.F.D in a very small Rural town, probably hardly seen any use!!☺
The valve your referred to, are called back seated valves. They are common on LP gas tanks that most people don't realize, and they leak while opened unless you open the valve all the way back seating it. I'm curious why you guys don't use a ultrasonic cleaner when working on carbs.
Most of the stuff we work on don't have carbs, they have mixers!! And they usually just have one big needle jet!! And the stuff we do work on with carbs have problems like this one and an US cleaner wouldn't do anything to the tar and varnish in there!! It's just alot easier to disassemble it and clean it right!! We do have a US cleaner, most of the time it's more trouble than it's worth!! They're good for the lawnmower guys, you tell a customer you put their carb in the US Cleaner it impresses them and you can hit them up for another $50!!☺
Gotca
Would you happen to know what brand the twisted ratcheting box end mike has? I've seen them before and I'd like to pick up a set. Great video once again Roadking, been a fan for a long long time!
Gear Wrench X beam is popular.
Thanks Zoomy!! Yeah I think I gave them to Mike for Christmas many years ago, I believe they were made by Channellock!!☺
What does the flicker points do on that classic gen set glad you took that to Mike to get get running later sir
@Robert Mailhos It has something to do with maintaining a smooth and consistent electrical output, so that lights being powered by the generator don't flicker. Mike covered it on one of his videos, but I can't remember which one it was.
Hey Road King just think what that would cost to build now a days that is very cool
Yeah Buddy!! Or try to buy one that will last 80 years and still start on 1-2 pulls!!☺
Great job by the both of you. What RPM is it spinning at? Since it's not AC, I'd guess it's not the standard 1,800 or 3,600?
Thanks Rob!! 2400 RPM!!☺
Wow what's that in the background at time index 7:07? Looks like some kind of home made up tractor contraption! Mikey should do a video on that, or maybe as a new sub to his channel I missed it.
The Onan construction is amazing with all those cast aluminum parts! The simplicity of that carb is amazing too!
Ok I have to ask, is that 115vDC or did I miss something in the video? Thanks for sharing guys. Best Wishes & Blessings. Keith Noneya
I don't know what that thing is and he's probably told me a couple dozen times!! He did build it, I think it might be a Bolens Tractor with a huge Wisconson Engine!! And yes the generator is 115v DC!!☺
@@805ROADKING Hey bud, I've never heard of a 115 vdc engine/generator or even know a reason to have one. Could you talk about why there is such a machine? Oh and I forgot to mention I thought that crank case was amazing, like a big block of steel board and honed to fit the cast head on it. That is probably the most unusual small engine/generator i've ever seen. Had I not seen it on your channel anyone who had mentioned it I definitely would have given a strange look. Thanks again for sharing and the nice reply. Best Wishes & Blessings Road. Keith Noneya
Hey Keith, I spoke to Mike and he agreed to do a video about the DC Gen with me. He's the expert!!☺
@@805ROADKING That would be great, look fwd to seeing it. Thanks
"Not serviceable"
Not in Roadking's Vocabulary
Yeah Buddy!! ☺
So what devices would use 115 volts DC?
You can use light bulbs and alotta small AC electrical tool, but not all of them!!☺
Is that a thd motor?
it is from 1938. i found it.
Nuffa this
is there any engine he can't wake to life???
If there is, I've never seen it!!☺
Hope you put oil in that before you fired it up!
Purrs
Yeah Buddy!! ☺
I think it's a 47 look at my comment on part 1
First