Total Rebuild of a 1979 Dodge Class C

falconbrother wrote:
Maybe you covered this already but.. How did you tap into the gas tank to fuel the generator? I know it's not real difficult with one of those cheap electric fuel pumps. I saw how my employer did it to a box van they added a contractor grade generator too. They basically drilled a hole, dropped a fuel line in, hooked in one of those cheap fuel pumps and fed the line straight into the carb on the generator. They mounted the generator under the box next to the frame rail of the truck. It was just a simple Honda contractor grade, open frame, generator. I think a 5500 watt. It's primary purpose was to power a AC unit on the roof. They also moved the start switch inside. I'm assuming that the carb had an auto choke.

The fuel sending unit was home made, Built from two different units and it has 3 lines, One is for venting the tank and one for the RV engine and the other has a short drop line for the generator, The short line will let the generator run out of fuel at about 1/4 of a tank (or more) of fuel so the RV will not be empty, The 4th photo is the finished unit only the generator fuel line is straight and not bent like it looks like it is in the photo, I also added the start/stop switch with a Hour meter to start the generator from the inside, This unit also has a auto choke.