Onan REALLY Noisy - Is This Common?

[Onan REALLY Noisy - Is This Common?]

11 hours ago, manholt said:

DD69.  Did not know what coach I was looking at, but it looks good and I really like the colors!   We did have some strange named coaches back then!   I don't remember a Lifetime, was that the Manufacturer or model?  I love it when I see some older rigs still rolling along.

Carl

The Lifetime looked like a Winnebago of the 60s.  Boxy with a reverse slope windshield.

[Onan REALLY Noisy - Is This Common?]

3 hours ago, obedb said:

Talking about two different animals there Desert Deals. What year is your coach? Probably newer with considerable improvement plus propane. Onan Diesel Water Cooled are a quantum leap from what we had in our first coach. Glad that you are happy with it. You would not have enjoyed our 1988 Onan gas unit.

I have Onan generators in 10 or so different coaches starting with a 69 Lifetime I had in 74.  I've had quite a few different models of Onans but this Marquis is the quietest. It is in a 98 Discovery still 19 years old.

[Onan REALLY Noisy - Is This Common?]

57 minutes ago, obedb said:

In our first class A (1988)  we had an air cooled Onan. It was quite noisey. Do not remember exact size/ maybe 5.5 to 6 kw. It would run both roof top ac, the converter, microwave all at once. Never tried the convection when everything else was running. Probably could not have handled that load. When at altitude in Colorado in the autumn, I had to put a trouble light by the carburetor to keep it from freezing up. If I didn't the unit would stumble and barely run. I have not heard a quiet air cooled Onan anywhere.

I have a Onan Marquis 6.5 LP which is surprisingly quite.

[Acme Tow Dolly]

It bolts to the frame just like a boat trailer frame.  It pivots and swings horizontal for travel.

[Acme Tow Dolly]

I  used a standard boat trailer dolly but I changed the wheel to a much larger one to make it easier to roll on gravel.

[Tow Dolly Brakes]

To overcome the problems with surge brakes I removed the surge master cylinder and installed a solid coupler on the tongue.  I installed an air over hydraulic master cylinder, operated by the air brakes on the coach through the air relay.  They worked too good so I had to put a pressure regulator at the connector to reduce the braking force.

[Where To Boondock On The East Coast?]

We always enjoy the outer banks islands.  The federal parks are primitive with no hookups.

[Kwikkee Steps Not Working]

Try wiring the motor direct to the battery to see if the motor will run when it won't with the step harness.

[Onan REALLY Noisy - Is This Common?]

Check the exhaust system for leaks.  The Onans of this era are not very quite.

[How Can I Tell If My Turbo Is Working?]

When a hose clamp broke on my charge air cooler hose the motor had no power and it wouldn't even move.  I had to fabricate a hose clamp from a coat hanger to get off the highway.

[Balancing Beads]

Good to hear that they work. 

[Rear Leveling Jack Bracket Failed]

On my Fleetwood Discovery the Power Gear jacks are mounted to the frame rails.  When the rear jacks are down the frame twists a little and the jacks angle outward some.  I used chain and a large turnbuckle to hold them straight and so far it seems to work.

[Mirror Not Working]

If you are saying that the motor still works and stops before it aligned try manually moving it further.

[Mattress]

7 hours ago, manholt said:

What do you have now and what don't you like about it? 

I have a sleep number and it works for me!  I've also had memory foam and was quite happy wit it.   Have not heard of anybody being happy with the Denver mattress.

We have been using a full queen Denver mattress for 3 years.  We spend about 200 nights a year in the coach.  It hasn't sagged like most of the others we have tried.  We are happy with it.

[Balancing Beads]

I just installed balancing beads but have not gone for a ride yet.  The biggest problem that I've been told is the clogging of the valve stem so the the valve stems that come with the beads have a filter to prevent that from happening.  The balancing beads have been around for years, I am only trying them now because a manufacturer of the beads sent me a set to try on my coach to evaluate.

[Tires for the Alcan Highway]

We traveled the full length of the Alcan in 2001 with standard Michelin 235/80r22.5 tires.  No problem.  The only travelers that had tire problems were those with trailers.  Must have been at least 2 dozen we saw with blown tires.

[Vibration 59 - 61 mph]

4 hours ago, wolfe10 said:

So, do you suspect some out of round/runout in the tire/wheel that repositioning corrected?

I think it was the matching of the wheels because I had I think 3 sets of tires and it wasn't until I switched the inner wheels the problem was corrected. I have moved the Alcoas to my new to me coach and they still are smooth.

[Vibration 59 - 61 mph]

I had a vibration 58-62 mph and couldn't find the problem.  Had centrimatics and changed tires, still vibrated.  I then swapped the inner duals side to side (Alcoa wheels) and no more vibration.

[12v To 120v Inverter]

What do you have for house batteries?

[Residential Refrigerator Compressor Noise]

1 hour ago, kaypsmith said:

Since 12 volt side is direct current, it would ok to have both of them to charge the battery bank at the same time. And with smart technology, both will be sensing to prevent an overcharge situation. What will not work is for both inverters to supply the same AC circuit at the same time, that would in almost any case cause the inverters to trip because of the inability to be in perfect phase with each other.

There are ways to stack inverters to double the output.

[Residential Refrigerator Compressor Noise]

If your fridge draws 3 or 4 amps remember that is at 120 volts.  If you are inverting from 12 volts that could be10 times that current draw on the batteries depending on the inverter.

[Residential Refrigerator Compressor Noise]

If you go to a residential fridge make sure it has warranty in a motorhome.  I installed one and the compressor locked up in 8 months and they told me there was no warranty because it was installed in an RV.

["Check Engine" Light: 2000 Ford V10]

Is your tech an authorized factory certified working at a dealership for the chassis?

[Looking For An Rest Easy Sofa]

Check with the salvage yards such as Bontraggers in Mi.  They have quite an assortment of sofa sleepers brand new at a fairly reasonable price.

[Black Water Tank, Store Or Flow Through?]

16 hours ago, dlfishing said:

My BW tank has built in spray wash. I use it every time I dump until outflow is clear but that's all I do. No problems so far. 

I built a 3 valve manifold for the fresh water hose.  One goes into the black tank, one into the gray tank, and the final is to flush the hose.  I have a dedicated hose for this purpose.  When I finish dumping  the black tank I close the valve and fill it with fresh water for 3 minutes, I have an electronic timer solenoid valve. Then I dump it again, repeating if it is still not clear.  Same procedure for the gray tank.  The last thing I do is to flush the sewer hose with fresh water.