Comments on: Tech- Top 10 Forgotten Maintenance Items

By: Chris Bryant

Chris Bryant — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:13:29 +0000

The issue of the spark arrestor is more for performance reasons than damage. Spark arresting mufflers have a fairly fine screen in them- this screen catches carbon, and becomes clogged. It’s like stuffing a rag in the tail pipe. The downside is without cleaning, the generator will significantly loose performance, and the muffler will have to be replaced anyway.
Each model has the cleanout plugs in a different place.

By: Stephen Anderson

Stephen Anderson — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:26:09 +0000

I too, for the life of me, can’t find on my Onan Genny, the plugs talked about for cleaning the arrestor. Another poster states Onan says you can skip this PM. I’d like a little more info on the subject please.
Tks.

By: Walter

Walter — Tue, 26 May 2009 12:12:58 +0000

Please provide details of converting marker lights, stop lights, and turn signals form OME to LED.

Please be a detailed as posible

Walter

By: Robert Dettman

Robert Dettman — Wed, 13 May 2009 23:17:13 +0000

Cleaning the spark arrestor… Not a good idea. I have a 7kw onan generator. I checked the manual to find what p/m’s are required. I also called Onan tech support. I could not get the plug out.. It is siezed to the Malleable Iron street elbow welded to the muffler. He said nine times out of ten the plug’s pipe threadsare siezed to the street elbow and you have to replace the whole muffler. Because you end up breaking the fitting off. He said it is no consequence to the operation of the generator or warranty if you skip the step in the p/m procedure???

By: Donald Lieberman

Donald Lieberman — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 02:28:01 +0000

Just A quick tip I had a jack that came up very slow and i took my RV to a RV repair
shop they tried to sell me new jacks I could not believe I needed new jacks I am a ase certified mechanics so I checked out the jacks I cleaned the shafts very fine emery paper and than sprayed them with WD 40 and ran the jacks up and down
several times and sprayed them several times WD 40 now they work like new.

By: CyberCelt

CyberCelt — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 08:42:26 +0000

Check your tire pressure–all of them–car, toad, RV, spares.

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:25:21 +0000

what is involved in repairing the fiberglass covered sheeting on a camper when you find the fiberglass adhesive is letting loose and you see a bubble or loose spot. Also found corner pushing out at seam, most likely it has gotten water or moisture behind the fiberglass.

By: Ernie Hadfield

Ernie Hadfield — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:47:23 +0000

Reference #5

You will notice that it says “drain AND flush”. How would those of you with a replacement for the plug accomplish the “flush”, since this is best done with a flushing tool?

Also, if you put anything other than plastic or brass in the Atwood tanks you will probably be replacing the heater shortly because you will not be able to remove the plug.

By: Robert Charles

Robert Charles — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:13:56 +0000

Following reading of the Atwood owners manual for my water heater in a Damon 2000 Challenger. All it showed was the heating element…no plugs to remove for draining. Does this indicate that only half of the water can be drained, since the heating element if removed for this purpose is located half way up the side of the heater? Thank You

By: Karen Baas

Karen Baas — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:09:35 +0000

Chris, being a widow of 3 months and an owner of a new(2yrs) old 5th wheel, is there a list outside of the top ten I can use as a checklist. My dealer has been a great help too. but I think more people giving me ideas the better chance I wont forget anything….The top ten list has a few I don’t have on my list…Thank you…