"re: Cummings Yep, in Canada they are the
Onan people .. However, our power drawers
are mostly off catalogue these days and very
expensive to pick up parts for.. "
Although they are "off catalogue" my Onan
dealership was able to order both the service
and the parts manuals for my coach.
Although the manuals were obviously photo
copies of manuals in use somewhere in their
system I was happy to pay the $20.00 (Canadian)
or so that they charged me for each of them.
Although most of the information was already
available in the GM manuals, since I was doing
a complete rebuild of the generator, rings
bearings, you name it, I wanted all the information
I could get.
Both myself and the dealership have learned
to expect that when I phone or walk in I will
give them the original part number so they
can begin the process of checking the trail
to the new part number (if it exists).
Parts availability is secured to a certain extent
by the basic block and cylinder layout being
used for some time after the power drawer, for
all I know it may still be in use.
The toughest one I had was the carb kit. However
it turned out that the original supplier of the carb
still makes kits (and I think even the replacement
carb although I did not need one.)
Certainly some of the parts are expensive. Some
of them I won't buy from Onan. For example I felt
that at $105.00 (Canadian) for an oil pan gasket
blue silicone looked pretty good (it has proven
to work good too).
The K & N air filter at a one time cost of $40.00
(Canadian) seemed to me to be a reasonable
way to go.
Even though the "overhaul the Onan" project turned
into more time and money than I expected I still
am pleased with the results.
Good luck
Regards
Gary Zingle
1973 GMC 26 foot 6000 Onan
Onan people .. However, our power drawers
are mostly off catalogue these days and very
expensive to pick up parts for.. "
Although they are "off catalogue" my Onan
dealership was able to order both the service
and the parts manuals for my coach.
Although the manuals were obviously photo
copies of manuals in use somewhere in their
system I was happy to pay the $20.00 (Canadian)
or so that they charged me for each of them.
Although most of the information was already
available in the GM manuals, since I was doing
a complete rebuild of the generator, rings
bearings, you name it, I wanted all the information
I could get.
Both myself and the dealership have learned
to expect that when I phone or walk in I will
give them the original part number so they
can begin the process of checking the trail
to the new part number (if it exists).
Parts availability is secured to a certain extent
by the basic block and cylinder layout being
used for some time after the power drawer, for
all I know it may still be in use.
The toughest one I had was the carb kit. However
it turned out that the original supplier of the carb
still makes kits (and I think even the replacement
carb although I did not need one.)
Certainly some of the parts are expensive. Some
of them I won't buy from Onan. For example I felt
that at $105.00 (Canadian) for an oil pan gasket
blue silicone looked pretty good (it has proven
to work good too).
The K & N air filter at a one time cost of $40.00
(Canadian) seemed to me to be a reasonable
way to go.
Even though the "overhaul the Onan" project turned
into more time and money than I expected I still
am pleased with the results.
Good luck
Regards
Gary Zingle
1973 GMC 26 foot 6000 Onan
