I'm planning on removing my original Generac generator if anyone might be interested. It has around 350 hours on the meter and ran well the last time I was able to start it...... There is either a fault in the battery cable, a starter that needs new bushings or a minor electrical issue preventing it from starting, not sure, but it is hard for the starter to turn it over. It DOES come with a spare generator (and starter) with all the hard to find electronic bits in tact. I'd be happy to get a hundred bucks for it, but it's too big and heavy to ship. I'm replacing it with a little Onan Microlite 2800; just enough to operate the water heater OR the AC.

Matt, if you don't find a home for it, I'll take them. Mine is supposed to run but I've never fired it up (has fuel line leaks). My meter shows 462 hours.

Did you get the hour meter with the spare generator?

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I did. I'll go out and check the hours, but I can tell you that it has a leaky shaft seal and is pretty oily underneath. Ugh. Everything topside looks OK and lots of good spare parts.

Hours= 616.

Are you going to document the conversion for all us suckers with Generacs?

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But of course! The biggest obstacle appears to be the removal of the existing, and very heavy, unit without damaging anything under the genset. Because the exhaust system is what it is, the tailpipe assembly needs to be removed prior to pulling the unit out far enough to disconnect everything else, and we all know what happens to bolts and nuts in an exhaust system over time. I'm sure I'll learn more as I proceed...... And I don't have a forklift.

I am curious how far the generator slides or on the tracks before it falls off. You at least know how much the thing weighs since you have a spare. Might be a good idea to build a platform you can set next to the coach for the generator to land on.

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I'm actually going to rent something called a Genie Lift, which is a hand powered mini forklift. I know that the gen. is quite heavy - 286 lbs I believe - and nothing to be taken lightly... So to speak.

OK. The changeover is complete except for a new exhaust line, which will be a bit of a challenge. For starters, the Onan runs and works beautifully when powering anything OTHER than the AC, which it doesn't. The load acts just like a really effective STOP switch, so I'll have to forget running the air when camping off-grid, or remove the AC and install a soft start - and then pout it back in, of course. Ugh. The Onan is almost 200# lighter than the Generac and there is now enough room around, and especially under it, to do oil changes without much hassle. Not how it was before! Wins some, lose some, I guess.

Make that "put", not "pout". I also forgot to mention that the Generac will not just fall out if you pull it too far out - not without first removing two well concealed and strangely secured bolts at the back end of the generator. You will see what I mean if (when) you need to pull the bloody thing. I couldn't have done it without the Genie Lift! (It needs to be said that there are pros and cons to keeping the Generac. The pros are that it's already in there and will run about any load you can throw at it, and it's very quiet. The cons are the high weight, difficulty in finding spares and the extremely complicated method of construction, which requires removing (almost) endless cap screws, nuts and bolts to get to anything. The bottom mainshaft seal is "wet" all the time, and it leaks on both the units I currently own. It is a bugger to get to.

Sorry, Nick, but I sold the Generac to a local rancher for backup for his submersible well pump. I even got more than I expected, so I'z pleased. The Onan Microlite won't start the AC, but it does a fine job with the water heater.. The overhead AC unit must be REMOVED from it's over-the-cab home to install a soft-start system, so that little operation will be put off.

Did you sell him both?

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