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maillemaker
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Apr 08, 2018

I believe my coil is bad on my Onan 4BGE generator

Hi all: Generator is Onan 4BGEFA26101A Which I take to be a 4BGE, Spec A, Onan Generator. The generator cranks, but will not start. I used a spark tester light, which goes between the spar...
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maillemaker
Explorer
Apr 08, 2018
OK, the coil is not bad. Now that I know I have a Spec G genset, when I read the section for Spec G gensets it says:



So, my primary coil is just a hair low, and probably fine, and my secondary coil is also just barely a hair low. So my coil is probably within specs for a Spec G genset.

So now I have to figure out why I'm not getting any spark.

Steve

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