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Eric_Hysteric
Oct 26, 2017Explorer
Great inspiration/instruction Griff!!!
The electric will be my last part of the renovation when it's cold outside and cuddly warm inside the motorhome :-)
There is a lot of things i need to change.
1. now there is only one battery for the engine and for the home
2. the transformer is humming very loud when 220V plugged in and transforming 220V to 12V
3. changing all fluids
4. changing rims and tires 16.5 to 16
5. solarpanel for the rear battery
6. bigger watertank
7. carburator-service (new gaskets, float needle valve....)
8. changing, spark cables, sparks, spark plugs, airfilter.... (maintenance work)
9. maybe an Impco 300a propane(lpg)-system for the engine
Yesterday i have changed the old original ICM to the Hirev 7500 and the new connector.
The cold engine is started immediatly. WOW!!!! :-) The 4 pin ICM seems to work great inside the 5 pin system!!!
I turned the engine off after 30 second running to put the cables to the right position. After 1 minute i have heard a "click" inside the engine (i think the carburator but don't know exactly). Then i have tried to start the engine again but the engine didn't wanted to start.
Hmmmmmmmmmmm :-(
All the sparks, cables etc are very old and i need to replace them, but maybe it is a well known problem that the engines don't like to start when not cold but not warm enough?
Maybe the automatic choke turns off, spark cold engine voltage is off or float needle valve is old and leeky and need to be replaced....
Do you know this behavior?
The electric will be my last part of the renovation when it's cold outside and cuddly warm inside the motorhome :-)
There is a lot of things i need to change.
1. now there is only one battery for the engine and for the home
2. the transformer is humming very loud when 220V plugged in and transforming 220V to 12V
3. changing all fluids
4. changing rims and tires 16.5 to 16
5. solarpanel for the rear battery
6. bigger watertank
7. carburator-service (new gaskets, float needle valve....)
8. changing, spark cables, sparks, spark plugs, airfilter.... (maintenance work)
9. maybe an Impco 300a propane(lpg)-system for the engine
Yesterday i have changed the old original ICM to the Hirev 7500 and the new connector.
The cold engine is started immediatly. WOW!!!! :-) The 4 pin ICM seems to work great inside the 5 pin system!!!
I turned the engine off after 30 second running to put the cables to the right position. After 1 minute i have heard a "click" inside the engine (i think the carburator but don't know exactly). Then i have tried to start the engine again but the engine didn't wanted to start.
Hmmmmmmmmmmm :-(
All the sparks, cables etc are very old and i need to replace them, but maybe it is a well known problem that the engines don't like to start when not cold but not warm enough?
Maybe the automatic choke turns off, spark cold engine voltage is off or float needle valve is old and leeky and need to be replaced....
Do you know this behavior?
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