onan 40 watt emerald 1 not starting

aintnothin wrote:
I've only had this for 2 years and used the generator quite a bit without any problems so I not think it is gunked up with bad gas, it isn't getting spark, so it has to be somewhere in the ignition system. I'm thinking more and more that possibly the plugs wires and or coil? This unit is under the coach/floor but don't know if it slides out or drops/swings out underneath? Hard for me to do because of my back. I seen in another post, same problem, that a member said to go with a Harley coil because of the cost?

The troubleshooter will tell you that the low oil switch may cause a no spark condition, see the top of page 3 of the troubleshooter to see if your model is one of these

I've only had this for 2 years and used the generator quite a bit without any problems so I not think it is gunked up with bad gas, it isn't getting spark, so it has to be somewhere in the ignition system. I'm thinking more and more that possibly the plugs wires and or coil? This unit is under the coach/floor but don't know if it slides out or drops/swings out underneath? Hard for me to do because of my back. I seen in another post, same problem, that a member said to go with a Harley coil because of the cost?

Well the first thing I notice is it has not been run enough over it's 24 years of life. 32 hours in 28 years is not enough to keep the fuel fresh and the varnish out of the Carburetor. First of all you might try priming by pushing and holding down the STOP button on the gen set itself and listen for the clicking of the fuel pump, hold down until the clicking slows down or quits, then try to start. Otherwise it looks like time for professional help. If you get it running, in the future run it with a load at least 1 hour every month to keep it exercised.

Here is a troubleshooter that MAY help;

http://www.flightsystems.com/pdf/onan-rv-troubleshooing-guide.pdf