onan gen vs portable gen?
So I have had nothing but annoyances with my on board onan microlite 4k gen.. I have dumped money into maintaining it and keeping up with its issues, it now needs a new carb apparently even tho I thin...
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Fla904 wrote:
I wish, unfortunately my options are a local rv mechanic or camping world which I wouldn't even take a sh*t in let alone give money to. The local rv mechanic knows he's the only one and has a bad attitude and is over priced. Idk where these mechanics get some of these prices from 110.00 a hour to be a mechanic??? GTFO. Really pisses me off.. I recently had some work done for 3k and labor was 2200 of it!!!!!! Half the time they're dishonest as well, it's frustrating. If I only I was mechanically inclined lol
Gee Fla,
You seem to be literate. Get (as in find and download) the service manual and then buy some tools and read the instructions. If you need help, find a friend that seems to have wrenches to his advantage and ask him for help and let him guide you. All the older Onans are simple and the newer are only a little less so.
But, if you are literate and have an IQ over 80, you are probably ahead of the people you have been paying.
By the by, Onan does not have a rebuild kit for carburetors because they would have to certify them with the EPA, but all the small engine parts companies have the kits. Some are as much as 20$us.
Matt
