It is a pleasure to watch Mike work on anything, he is indeed a real mechanic. I am lucky to have a Mechanic Mike to work on my stuff, there are so few of them around.
A mix of older and younger guys gathering in a garage to get their hands dirty, learn and fix engines is very cool. I have not seen another channel that has the mix you guys have. Mike, LIttle Dirt Bike and Racer will long remember the evenings tinkering in the garage long after Road King and Daddy Dirt Bike are gone. Right buddy? It sure beats video games and DVDs so keep it up guys and I am envious of the "fun" you all are having.
Mike is fearless. That thing is huge, probably big enough to run your whole house (and a neighbor or two as well!) You can't beat the price, that's for sure.
The way that ( number 3 or 2 ) spark plug came out reminded me of the old Lodge Spark Plugs. Anyway, you have another good project going here ROADKING, this one can (pretty well ) power your home in case of a power outage. Good stuff!
Nice change of pace kind of alternate project. It'll be the underdog we all hope to see back in action out at the RoadKing International Headquarters there.
I like the air cooled backup generator sets. Back in the day we worked on some Deutz powered units and they were very simple, rugged and reliable. I have seen a large supermarket with a water cooled unit as a standby, which is hardly used.
There was just an Identical one on Ebay that is 30 miles from me that went for $1000 that was running with the muffler and transfer switch, now that was a deal eh!!☺
805ROADKING You might be able to find a Hall effect electronic ignition conversion for it. I like points but that conversion works way better, the unit at our shop lights right off. Hope the ol beastie has output. Not sure about this model, but flight systems in Harrisburg pa repairs or improves a lot of the control boards and voltage regulators for all kinds of units.
"determine what kinda mess we got ourselves into" hahaha, that kinda mentality is why I love watching your vids roadking. Keep up the good work guys! Loving the watercooled project too by the way :)
Nice and clean on the inside, should be a good engine. Onan's are the best. At 15,000 watt with a 4 cylinder engine, I would be willing to bet it runs at 1800 rpm, and will be easy on fuel and quite... as most Onan's are. The generator at my dad's house has a big old Wisconsin heavy duty air cooled cast iron engine that runs at 1800 rpm. It's super quite, and runs about five hours per gallon of gas.
I have seen fords rot there plugs out. especially plow trucks. most change there plugs often. because they rot. cool project. much to learn on this one 😀👍
Onan jb/jc series. Good stuff , great little 1800 rpm air cooled 4 cyl....we have one for standby at work. Being that working on generators puts food on the table for me, this is great!
That is a big one !!!...Somebody needs to send you guys a battery powered impact driver ....I rarely use a ratchet on small bolts since I got my HF 1/4 impact/driver
This will be a stroll in the park for you guys. I bet you would have figured out a way to braze that carburetor back or something. I imagine that this will be a nice relaxing project for you guys I'm looking forward to seeing what you guys do with it.
you are most likely correct. I know it can be welded with a high-frequency welder but I don't know if they have one of those. I thought it looked like cast iron at first.
great deal,i wouldve bought it at that price. i won a box of small engine parts,alot of briggs and stratton and champion plugs for 10 dollars. the place was a swamp from all the rain,people were overpaying for stuff and i left at 12.30. auction didnt end until 5.30......
I have one of these with the diesel engine. Old military unit and it will power my house and the neighbors house at 1800 rpm. There are really heavy duty units.
damn someone mentioned that POS engine ford made ,, i hate those rotten cock suckers what was it that caused the problem with the ford engine anyway ,, I had a 2003 ford truck blow a spark plug out of it's head ,had to have the ford dealer fix it under a recall
Depends on the year and what plug they took. Yes the ones that took the normal looking plug they were known to spit them out at ya. Then they went to some odd looking plug that would carbon up and the plug would break on the way out. Napa couldn't keep the spark pug extractor tool in stock. I didn't want to mess with Ford because of all the problems with the 5.4L. Got me a GMC then found out how common the AFM lifter failure and oil burning problems are with their 5.3L
I got rid of that truck with 50K miles on it ,, i never trusted it after that ,,I am a diehard chevy lover myself but i happen to have a number of fords too ,,my work trucks are all GM ,, but i do have a new ford , 2015 F150 I do love it ,, it's the 3.5 liter Ecoboost model ,,so far i have just over 60K miles with zero problems aside from some stupid stuff ,,I've been using it for my delivery/hauling service for the last 3 years and it has done wonderful ,, has loads of power ,tows really well , aside from my F150 all of my vehicles are Pre 1990 , old iron
Too damn funny, just the other day I was watching someone getting an old engine running again and HE busted off a couple of spark plugs just like that! I remember thinking "Never seen THAT before" Now I have twice in a week!
twocvbloke Eh not really , if ya have a central ac unit it's gonna have fun with that maybe. Some of those can run over 100amps locked rotor. But yea it's better than a 3600rpm peashooter.
Mike is going to power his whole street with his CAT lump and generator, you're just keeping it personal lol. Will that be enough to power a house if there's a blackout? 1,2,4,3 is the firing order used on earlier ford 4 cylinder car engines, I never did understand why there was 2 different firing orders with different makes of 4 cylinder engines.
A company called Flight Systems reworks the control boards for the JC's and the starter can sometimes be found at a local parts house by looking for something like a 1946 Studebaker.
$80?!? wow, that was a steal! I wish I had an auction like that near me lol. Where are you going to get your parts from? I've got a 4.0kw in my RV I need parts for and haven't really found any good parts places for these ☺
Sebastián Kigelman That ain't that big really , I have a few "residential" customers with 250kw, and one with a 400 for the "office" which I ever see anyone doing any work whatsoever. Most of the decent places around here have a 80-100kw at least.
I have a fantasy of building an electric t-bucket and was wondering if a Harley style V-twin would have the power and be smooth enough to power the backup generator?
With all the generators for sale out there can you have Mike give a small tutorial on inverter or conventional generators during one of the Onan Generator Restoration video series? I live in the country and have a transfer switch in the meter box that is provided by the rural electric cooperative. I have a 7000 watt generator but would like to have something larger like this one but is it going to provide the same clean or dirty power as my REC provider does? EDIT: I am worried about all the electronic circuit boards that are in moderern appliances these days. Thanks 1CN
ChrisB257 Yea they suck, I do service on them so I find em all over. In control cabinets , on top of nice warm intakes on v8s....key is to find where they come in and block the holes. I'm talking about a housed unit , open units you are screwed in mouseproofing.
My Generator Mechanic is on Holiday in the Grand Canyon right now!! But I've been gathering parts for it, not easy on a 40 year old obsolete machine!!☺
Hey 805ROADKING Do a google search for the user forum Smokstak. Then go to scroll down to the Onan section. All the info that you will ever need is there. The smart people there can help you out with wiring, build sheet, how to replace the relays with modern ones. I have the same unit running on NG. I have the high compression heads so I get full out put in KW on NG. If yours is a tri fuel unit you will get full output on gasoline and propane but not NG. Its a Onan JC 15 KW the unit I have and it was built in the year 1975. This unit will out last and out power any 15 KW Generac or Champion junk thats out there. 1800 RPM Onan built the best generators out there for years. For you Generac people out there I dare you to put 15KW load on your unit to see how long it lasts. That Onan will do that for weeks and not even complain, Generac ha good luck. Enjoy it guys. I will be watching for the rest of the videos.
Go to the smokestack. www.smokstak.com. They should be able to point you in the direction of a new distributor. There is a sponsor there Onan Dan and he sells parts for them as well. The tri fuel carb is worth a fortune as they and not able to be found. I think I read some place that the old allis Chalmers 4 cylinder distributor was the same. Ask the smart guys at the forum. Great site, sign up. My user is stretch67 there.
so just out of curiosity roadking ,, this is an onan genset i can tell just by the color ,but what model is this ,, i have never seen an onan genset with a 4 cylinder engine like this one ,,if i didn't know better i'd almost say that looked just like a Lister engine that's a neat old generator set I've got several old onan units ,, even a 2 cylinder diesel Onan from the early 50s ,,and a 75KW onan genset with a ford 300-6 engine, just a week ago i came across a rather new Onan/Cummins generator set , I gave the guy $250 for it complete was told it wouldn't run cause the engine was junk,wouldn't crank ,, ,,turns out after some checking and a quick inspection the reason it was removed from service and replaced is it has a stuck fuel injector ,leaked a cylinder full of fuel causing a ( Hydro Lock) ,,someone spent $20,000 to replace this generator which has 600 hours on the meter ,and all that's wrong is a $99 fuel injector ,,it's a 125KW standby diesel genset ,,it's currently mounted on a utility trailer with a 100 gallon fuel tank ,,made in 1998 it's powered by a 5.9 liter cummins turbo diesel ,, the exact same cummins used in dodge trucks ,, I've seen these used as irrigation power units for center pivot irrigation systems and have 10,000 hours on them still in service,,no clue what caused an injector to fail with so few hours ,, but most likely caused by crappy contaminated fuel
Nice ,, i wonder how common they are ,,I've seen tons of the old BGA/BFA 4KW units from this time period mainly used in RVS ,,i haven't seen one like yours yet though I've been collecting equipment like this for a while ,,most of what i have isn't rare stuff though
do a good job fixing it, bit of a clean up and you will hand it down to your kids....or sell it for shit load, people pay for quality these days . i've got a 7.5kw onan twin from 1980 ish with about 13000 hours, never missed a beat...
A new project after the water cooled Briggs?????? That will run the house and shop!!! Those little critters (mice) will get into anything. There is nothing easy about an easyout. This is the last video i watch on this computer. I am setting up a new one I7 16 gigaholes RAM and 2 titrobots hard drive. haha I should be able to do Editing like crazy!!!
I won't go on and on but it is a big job getting a new PC to act like you want it to. No BING, now a google home page, Cortana shut off and fifty other things. Movie editor (no more windows movie maker after jan 10) Now I need a new camera and change the old computer from vista to win 7????? I have a laptop with win 10 so I have a path to follow.
You are interesting people doing interesting things. I like your channel, I really do. But will you please, please stop waving the camera around. I can't see much when you do that, and it makes me dizzy.
jbmbanter It's an onan jb/jc series. Check the tag to see which but they look similar. 1800 rpm air cooled 4 cyl. Idk I think I've seen at least a late 60s model and I know I've seen a late 80s model. Great little units.
It is a pleasure to watch Mike work on anything, he is indeed a real mechanic. I am lucky to have a Mechanic Mike to work on my stuff, there are so few of them around.
Yeah Buddy!! ☺
A mix of older and younger guys gathering in a garage to get their hands dirty, learn and fix engines is very cool. I have not seen another channel that has the mix you guys have. Mike, LIttle Dirt Bike and Racer will long remember the evenings tinkering in the garage long after Road King and Daddy Dirt Bike are gone. Right buddy? It sure beats video games and DVDs so keep it up guys and I am envious of the "fun" you all are having.
Thanks Bud!!☺
Mike is fearless. That thing is huge, probably big enough to run your whole house (and a neighbor or two as well!) You can't beat the price, that's for sure.
Yeah, no doubt he can get it running if I can get the parts!!☺
The way that ( number 3 or 2 ) spark plug came out reminded me of the old Lodge Spark Plugs.
Anyway, you have another good project going here ROADKING, this one can (pretty well ) power your home in case of a power outage.
Good stuff!
Thanks Reg!!☺
She's a green lass & a real sweetheart.
Nice change of pace kind of alternate project. It'll be the underdog we all hope to see back in action out at the RoadKing International Headquarters there.
Good one Roadie! I use an Onan (1986 vintage) for my house back up. Tough, reliable and quiet! Carry on! Zippy~
This is going to be awesome to follow. Really looking forward to more!
I like the air cooled backup generator sets. Back in the day we worked on some Deutz powered units and they were very simple, rugged and reliable. I have seen a large supermarket with a water cooled unit as a standby, which is hardly used.
roadking you got the right guy on it.Mike will get it going
Yeah Buddy!!☺
$80.00 ???? Holy crap son! Thats a huge deal!
A 15k generator will power a couple of houses, you'll be a popular guy during the zombie apocalypse!
There was just an Identical one on Ebay that is 30 miles from me that went for $1000 that was running with the muffler and transfer switch, now that was a deal eh!!☺
805ROADKING
You might be able to find a Hall effect electronic ignition conversion for it.
I like points but that conversion works way better, the unit at our shop lights right off.
Hope the ol beastie has output.
Not sure about this model, but flight systems in Harrisburg pa repairs or improves a lot of the control boards and voltage regulators for all kinds of units.
Looks like fun. When Mike pulled off the intake I thought those were Volkswagen heads and cylinders lol
I think it would be sweet to see modern electronics on that old generator.
Yeah Buddy!!☺
Had one of those ONAN's at the plant I retired from . . . auto start (power loss). You could hardly hear it run. Good luck with it! ;) Rog
Thanks Bud!!☺
Yay restoration project! What a steal for $80!
"determine what kinda mess we got ourselves into" hahaha, that kinda mentality is why I love watching your vids roadking. Keep up the good work guys! Loving the watercooled project too by the way :)
Thanks alot Dallas!! We always like starting a project on a positive note like that!!☺
Nice and clean on the inside, should be a good engine. Onan's are the best. At 15,000 watt with a 4 cylinder engine, I would be willing to bet it runs at 1800 rpm, and will be easy on fuel and quite... as most Onan's are. The generator at my dad's house has a big old Wisconsin heavy duty air cooled cast iron engine that runs at 1800 rpm. It's super quite, and runs about five hours per gallon of gas.
turbothrust348
Yup I wouldn't have a gen if it wasn't 1800 , 3600 peashooters are for the birds.
Aw, that old carb just needs a little brazing! ;) Ooh, mice did a number on those old contactors, eh? Oh man, that plug was great! XD
Nice find and cheap for $80. Will be a nice home standby generator.
I have seen fords rot there plugs out. especially plow trucks. most change there plugs often. because they rot. cool project. much to learn on this one 😀👍
Awesome new project! I'm looking forward to watching its progress. Knowing how meticulous you guys are that thing will be better then new...
Thanks Bud!!☺
Onan jb/jc series.
Good stuff , great little 1800 rpm air cooled 4 cyl....we have one for standby at work.
Being that working on generators puts food on the table for me, this is great!
That's what Mike does for a living!! We'll PM ya if we need parts!!☺
...nice to see some one else cleans up as they go...nice job guys....
Thanks Bud!!☺
That's a worth while project. Great work so far.
Thanks Bud!!☺
This is an ambitious one.
Yeah Buddy!!☺
That is a big one !!!...Somebody needs to send you guys a battery powered impact driver ....I rarely use a ratchet on small bolts since I got my HF 1/4 impact/driver
sometimes a breaker bar is the way to go, impact can snap off siezed bolts when it could have been saved otherwise
I'm talking about the little 1/4 cordless impact/driver for small bolts ...not one used for lugnuts etc.
This will be a stroll in the park for you guys. I bet you would have figured out a way to braze that carburetor back or something. I imagine that this will be a nice relaxing project for you guys I'm looking forward to seeing what you guys do with it.
i dont think you can braze aluminum, cause you damn sure cant solder it, ive tried, besides they got a new factory carb anyways
you are most likely correct. I know it can be welded with a high-frequency welder but I don't know if they have one of those. I thought it looked like cast iron at first.
Pretty cool, I have not seen a spark plug separate like that either.
nice got a good deal on that guy! pretty cool
great deal,i wouldve bought it at that price. i won a box of small engine parts,alot of briggs and stratton and champion plugs for 10 dollars. the place was a swamp from all the rain,people were overpaying for stuff and i left at 12.30. auction didnt end until 5.30......
I was lucky, this was at the end of the Auction and people were tired of waiting around!! I left about noon and came back at 4!!☺
I have one of these with the diesel engine. Old military unit and it will power my house and the neighbors house at 1800 rpm. There are really heavy duty units.
very nice generator.
Thanks alot Josh!!☺
I had three of eight spark plugs do the same thing on my old truck when I got it. Some heat with an easy out and it wasn't so bad.
Roadking, if you keep teasing Daddy Dirtbike he may smack you with that breaker bar...lol...
Nah, If he was gonna smack me he would have done it long ago!!☺
Good stuff buddy.
Thanks Mate!!☺
That control box looked like the cylinder of our eclipse when we got it!
I'm surprised we only found that one nest!!☺
He has never seen a spark plug do that then he has never pulled a spark plug out of a Ford 5.4L Triton engine. lol
CamperMike those plugs come out them selfs
Been there, done that. Yep Mike hasn't had the pleasure of working on a Triton.
damn someone mentioned that POS engine ford made ,, i hate those rotten cock suckers
what was it that caused the problem with the ford engine anyway ,, I had a 2003 ford truck blow a spark plug out of it's head ,had to have the ford dealer fix it under a recall
Depends on the year and what plug they took. Yes the ones that took the normal looking plug they were known to spit them out at ya. Then they went to some odd looking plug that would carbon up and the plug would break on the way out. Napa couldn't keep the spark pug extractor tool in stock.
I didn't want to mess with Ford because of all the problems with the 5.4L. Got me a GMC then found out how common the AFM lifter failure and oil burning problems are with their 5.3L
I got rid of that truck with 50K miles on it ,, i never trusted it after that ,,I am a diehard chevy lover myself
but i happen to have a number of fords too ,,my work trucks are all GM ,, but i do have a new ford , 2015 F150
I do love it ,, it's the 3.5 liter Ecoboost model ,,so far i have just over 60K miles with zero problems aside from some stupid stuff ,,I've been using it for my delivery/hauling service for the last 3 years and it has done wonderful ,, has loads of power ,tows really well ,
aside from my F150 all of my vehicles are Pre 1990 , old iron
Man that is really sweet!
Yessss another project to follow!
Open sandals ? Nice !
15kW - Good for 65-Amps @ 230v, or 130-Amps @ 115v. I would so love to do one of these. I will be watching this series!!!!!
Ford Triton motors like to break spark plugs off like that. The last one that did it to me was only 10 years old, not 40. :P
that is a pretty big one the camper ive been looking at has a onan built into it
Too damn funny, just the other day I was watching someone getting an old engine running again and HE busted off a couple of spark plugs just like that! I remember thinking "Never seen THAT before" Now I have twice in a week!
Onan the Arbarian, that is it's name... :P
And 15Kw? Damn, you could power your street with that... :P
twocvbloke
Eh not really , if ya have a central ac unit it's gonna have fun with that maybe.
Some of those can run over 100amps locked rotor.
But yea it's better than a 3600rpm peashooter.
Nice new project buddy ! One thing though, i'm pretty sure it is 15Kw (15000W), not 15000Kw...
Thanks Bud!! We corrected it!!☺
Love your work
Thanks Bud!!☺
Mike is going to power his whole street with his CAT lump and generator, you're just keeping it personal lol.
Will that be enough to power a house if there's a blackout?
1,2,4,3 is the firing order used on earlier ford 4 cylinder car engines, I never did understand why there was 2 different firing orders with different makes of 4 cylinder engines.
Oh yeah, that's a generator. Nobody sleeping tonight.
Love that Kroil!
Yeah Buddy!!☺
A company called Flight Systems reworks the control boards for the JC's and the starter can sometimes be found at a local parts house by looking for something like a 1946 Studebaker.
Thanks for the info Bud!!☺
he looks great for his age
I have a air cooled diesel onan generator about the same age. It uses the generator as a starter instead of a regular external starter.
$80?!? wow, that was a steal! I wish I had an auction like that near me lol. Where are you going to get your parts from? I've got a 4.0kw in my RV I need parts for and haven't really found any good parts places for these ☺
Hi class chipmunk,no just a Southern one ...lol
Watching! Finish the water cooled brigs first though.
Good Deal,on that Find!!
Thanks Bud!!☺
15000kw? isnt that a bit much?
Nah not really, it's for the whole house not just a few appliances!!☺
There are power plants with less output than that :D
he can sell some to the neighbors
Its 15000w or 15kw
15MW, thats like 20.000Hp
INSIDE OF THAT THING LOOKS GOOD FOR ITS AGE
Yeah, I hope I don't have trouble finding parts!!☺
$80 damn thats a awesome deal.
Thanksអគុណបង
aw man there always has to be one at every party
15kW??? are you guys planning to go off-grid in a non-environmental friendly way? :D
Sebastián Kigelman ... Have you seen the 66 kw CAT that Mike is working on at his house?
Wowowowowow... 65kW??? I din't see it!
Sebastián Kigelman
That ain't that big really , I have a few "residential" customers with 250kw, and one with a 400 for the "office" which I ever see anyone doing any work whatsoever.
Most of the decent places around here have a 80-100kw at least.
15 KW, will run 3+ electric water heaters, impressive.
Yeah Buddy!! Most of the stuff I have is run by gas!! I need it for the AC, Heater, Fridge, computer, TV and some lights!!☺
I have a fantasy of building an electric t-bucket and was wondering if a Harley style V-twin would have the power and be smooth enough to power the backup generator?
With all the generators for sale out there can you have Mike give a small tutorial on inverter or conventional generators during one of the Onan Generator Restoration video series? I live in the country and have a transfer switch in the meter box that is provided by the rural electric cooperative. I have a 7000 watt generator but would like to have something larger like this one but is it going to provide the same clean or dirty power as my REC provider does? EDIT: I am worried about all the electronic circuit boards that are in moderern appliances these days.
Thanks
1CN
I'll mention it to him!!☺
you can power the Neighborhood with that. Oh Boy
You should call Mike "Lil Propane" lol
Great price! :) Jack
Thanks Jack!! Yeah even if we have to put $500 into it we'll still be OK, but we probably shouldn't have too!!☺
yay yay😎
Great start to the project - oh my, the mouse nest looked gross!
ChrisB257
Yea they suck, I do service on them so I find em all over. In control cabinets , on top of nice warm intakes on v8s....key is to find where they come in and block the holes. I'm talking about a housed unit , open units you are screwed in mouseproofing.
back up shop power for when the power goses out
Hey RK, I know you always have lots of irons in the fire, but I'm anxious to see the progress on this Onan genny - what's the latest on it?
My Generator Mechanic is on Holiday in the Grand Canyon right now!! But I've been gathering parts for it, not easy on a 40 year old obsolete machine!!☺
Well, Mike definitely has earned a vacation. It's always great to watch him work his magic on engines!
Hey 805ROADKING
Do a google search for the user forum Smokstak. Then go to scroll down to the Onan section. All the info that you will ever need is there. The smart people there can help you out with wiring, build sheet, how to replace the relays with modern ones.
I have the same unit running on NG. I have the high compression heads so I get full out put in KW on NG. If yours is a tri fuel unit you will get full output on gasoline and propane but not NG. Its a Onan JC 15 KW the unit I have and it was built in the year 1975. This unit will out last and out power any 15 KW Generac or Champion junk thats out there. 1800 RPM Onan built the best generators out there for years. For you Generac people out there I dare you to put 15KW load on your unit to see how long it lasts. That Onan will do that for weeks and not even complain, Generac ha good luck.
Enjoy it guys.
I will be watching for the rest of the videos.
Thanks Jeff!! Right now I'm looking for a new distributor for it, you wouldn't happen to know of a common replacement for it would you!!☺
Go to the smokestack. www.smokstak.com. They should be able to point you in the direction of a new distributor. There is a sponsor there Onan Dan and he sells parts for them as well. The tri fuel carb is worth a fortune as they and not able to be found. I think I read some place that the old allis Chalmers 4 cylinder distributor was the same. Ask the smart guys at the forum.
Great site, sign up. My user is stretch67 there.
Seriously, where did Mike get all the knowledge he's a pretty young dude.
So, you made Briggs into a 4 cylinder, make this 4 cylinder into 1!
who needs solar panels and windmills when you have trifuel genny?
Mike the knife is his name because he is cutting right in
Mike needs a proper nickname if he is to run this project.
Melvaer call him Frank short for Frankenstein because he'll make it COME ALIVE!
Maybe,..." Generater " and I mean generater, with the 'e' because he does generate things back to life.
you have yourself a he'll of a generator if you get it running you can't by stuff like that anymore
That is going to take some Epoxy!
Lol!! Undoubtedly!!☺
You could end up with the nickname, "Bondo".
I had that happen to me with the plug I used a triple square bit to get it out
Where did you find parts for this? I recently got one and need some parts. Any help would be appreciated.
i wish i was there to buy it, i really want one
I just bought on like yours. Mine is 12.5K I think.
so just out of curiosity roadking ,, this is an onan genset i can tell just by the color ,but what model is this ,, i have never seen an onan genset with a 4 cylinder engine like this one ,,if i didn't know better i'd almost say that looked just like a Lister engine
that's a neat old generator set
I've got several old onan units ,, even a 2 cylinder diesel Onan from the early 50s ,,and a 75KW onan genset with a ford 300-6 engine,
just a week ago i came across a rather new Onan/Cummins generator set , I gave the guy $250 for it complete
was told it wouldn't run cause the engine was junk,wouldn't crank ,, ,,turns out after some checking and a quick inspection the reason it was removed from service and replaced is it has a stuck fuel injector ,leaked a cylinder full of fuel causing a ( Hydro Lock) ,,someone spent $20,000 to replace this generator which has 600 hours on the meter ,and all that's wrong is a $99 fuel injector ,,it's a 125KW standby diesel genset ,,it's currently mounted on a utility trailer with a 100 gallon fuel tank ,,made in 1998 it's powered by a 5.9 liter cummins turbo diesel ,, the exact same cummins used in dodge trucks ,, I've seen these used as irrigation power units for center pivot irrigation systems and have 10,000 hours on them still in service,,no clue what caused an injector to fail with so few hours ,, but most likely caused by crappy contaminated fuel
It's a 1976 15KW JC series!!☺
Nice ,, i wonder how common they are ,,I've seen tons of the old BGA/BFA 4KW units from this time period
mainly used in RVS ,,i haven't seen one like yours yet though
I've been collecting equipment like this for a while ,,most of what i have isn't rare stuff though
What is the purpose of the steel line in the top of the valve cover. Can see it at 13:50 when Mike takes off the first valver cover.
I don't know, I was wondering that myself!! I'll ask him next time we work on it!!☺
Thanks, for the reply.
Roadking, where are y'all located? Wanna fix up an Onan gasoline powered welder?
We're in South Jersey!!☺
Thanks, but way too far.
It would be 15K times more awesome if it was a different color.... :)
Is Mike the same guy from “SmallEngineMechanic”?
do a good job fixing it, bit of a clean up and you will hand it down to your kids....or sell it for shit load, people pay for quality these days . i've got a 7.5kw onan twin from 1980 ish with about 13000 hours, never missed a beat...
A new project after the water cooled Briggs?????? That will run the house and shop!!! Those little critters (mice) will get into anything. There is nothing easy about an easyout. This is the last video i watch on this computer. I am setting up a new one I7 16 gigaholes RAM and 2 titrobots hard drive. haha I should be able to do Editing like crazy!!!
That's cool, good luck with it!!☺
Big week for technology up here in Canada a TV & PC (desk model)
I won't go on and on but it is a big job getting a new PC to act like you want it to. No BING, now a
google home page, Cortana shut off and fifty other things. Movie editor (no more windows movie maker after jan 10) Now I need a new camera and change the old computer from vista to win 7????? I have a laptop with win 10 so I have a path to follow.
donde consigo diagramas para la conexión de la tarjeta
miro una y esta un desastre, quisiera ponerla a funcionar
where can I get one of those. at a price like that?
How far do you plan on taking it with this generator?
All the way if it's worth fixing!!☺
You are interesting people doing interesting things. I like your channel, I really do. But will you please, please stop waving the camera around. I can't see much when you do that, and it makes me dizzy.
Do you want to sell the gasoline carb?
I need one for my gen.
hello
What make is the engine? When you get it going what is the plan for it's use?
jbmbanter
It's an onan jb/jc series. Check the tag to see which but they look similar.
1800 rpm air cooled 4 cyl.
Idk I think I've seen at least a late 60s model and I know I've seen a late 80s model.
Great little units.
We're just gonna hook it up to the house for power outages!!☺
Thanks! As always I love your videos and your interaction with all of the fellows! Keep 'em comin' and I'll watch 'em all.
I really wanted to know what brand the engine is but I'm sure sooner or later ROADKING will tell us.
Hey JB!! It's a 1976 Onan series JC 15KW!! I don't know any of the specs on the Engine yet other than it's an Air cooled 4 cylinder!!☺
Pretty neat, but not too sweet with all that mouse "stuff" in there.
Yeah Buddy!! I hate that "stuff"!! I knew we would find it though!!☺