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PartyOf Five wrote: Come to Chicago, or at least call Katie repair in Batavia and describe your problem and ask for a ballpark estimate. They are very honest and you'll have your second opinion. Edit: KD Repair Thanks, we did call around to a few more places but it's pretty much all the same quote. We aren't near a US border so it would be impossible for us to do that.522Views0likes0CommentsRe: Generators
Artum Snowbird wrote: I removed my Microlite 4K myself quite easily. The most difficult part is pulling back the generator output wires. In my IMPULSE 26QP I found the wires in a junction box underneath a small cupboard fairly close to the generator. The exhaust and the gas flow in are easily stopped. After that I use the neighbors motorcycle jack and had the generator on the floor in about 45 minutes. Four bolts hold it in. I found my problem was just a loose nut holding the starter wire onto the starter positive terminal, cleaned up the unit and re-installed it easily, again by myself. Again, the hardest part was getting the wires back into the flexible conduit, but with the DW pouring a little dish soap on the wires, me pulling and she pushing, we got them back in intact. And that's our problem. We really are not mechanically savvy... we can't do this ourselves.521Views0likes0CommentsRe: Generators
DrewE wrote: I would look into getting the existing generator fixed if it were me. $2000 Canadian to remove and replace the generator is crazy. It's a tedious process, for sure, and may take a few hours all told, but those are crazy labor rates. What are the symptoms of it going kaput--what does it do or not do? The most common causes of generator problems seem to be carburetor or fuel pump ills and loose wires or connections, and those are fairly readily repaired without needing to drop the generator. Many people do use portable generators at Wal-Mart and similar stops. It's probably a good idea to not leave it unattended in such places lest it grow legs and walk away, but otherwise I don't think there's any big problems involved. Last fall we had it serviced. The generator worked well all winter when we would exercise it once a month. In the spring, it sometimes would power the coach. It starts and runs great but sometimes we had power sometime we didn't until finally, it just doesn't power at all. We had an RV tech guy check everything out.523Views0likes0CommentsGenerators
Opinions needed! Our onboard generator went kaput and we can either replace it or just buy a portable one. The new onboard gen would be 4000 watts, it's convenient, charges the coach batteries, uses gas from gas tank, can start it from inside but would probably end up costing us $8000 CAD. A portable one is about 3000 watts, ultra quiet and light, needs to be carried in cargo as well as extra gas for it. Probably couldn't use it at a Walmart or other rest stops. The cost to us would be about $4000 CAD. The gen is needed to run our AC. It gets very hot here in the summer. We are very new at RVing, we will be taking several trips a year from 2 days to 2 weeks. We have a new to us 2008 24' Gulfstream. We are looking for experienced RVers... what do you recommend? Onboard or portable? Also, we did look at getting it repaired. The generator guy wanted $2000 just to remove and reinstall back in the RV. Other shops want the generator removed from the RV before looking at it. We live in a small city so our options are limited.2.7KViews0likes22Comments
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