Hi Daryl, This sound attenuated enclosed unit does not allow a quick check of the coil, I would need an hour to dig into it just to find the coil. I am pretty sure there aren’t any points in this unit, or distributor, but it's hard to tell since there is a plastic cowling that the plug wires dive under. The motor is a V twin. I'd love to be able to change out a coil or condenser and points, that would be nice. The schematic just shows an ignition control? At the rate of snow fall when I was there it wasn't a good choice to tear into it more than I did. I did verify that the valves, springs & push rods all were in good working order. Hence the request for a service manual so I can "see" what is up before tearing it down.
Sincerely, Chris Worcester Solar Wind Works NABCEP Certified PV Installer Phone: 530-582-4503 Fax: 530-582-4603 www.solarwindworks.com [email protected] "Proven Energy Solutions" -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Darryl Thayer Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 9:24 AM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Kohler 8.5RES ignition glitch I think you have a single coil two cylinder. they fire at the same time twice as often as necessary. If the condenser is bad the points will burn and you will have the problem you describe. it also and most commonly caused by a bsd coil. I think that one uses a standard automobile type coil. They develope an internal break down and at series firing will not fire. Of course if the point are burned, file them but I assume you checked that. Darryl --- On Sun, 11/29/09, Chris Worcester <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Chris Worcester <[email protected]> > Subject: [RE-wrenches] Kohler 8.5RES ignition glitch > To: "'RE-wrenches'" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, November 29, 2009, 10:47 AM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Wrenches, > > Hope you’re all having a great > Thanksgiving weekend! I > have a disabled off grid client with a vintage Sept. 2006 > PV/Gen Hybrid system > we installed. The Kohler 8.5RES LPG has 262 hours on it. > She called us letting > me know they had a power failure. After trouble shooting > the system in a snow > storm, I’ve deduced the Kohler’s timing is not > correct. We have > spark on both cylinders & put in fresh plugs just in > case, 11” water > column on the propane, & it actually runs on one > cylinder at a time. When > both spark plug wires are plugged in it won’t run. > The battery is good. > > Kohler was closed Friday, we tried WA, > CA, OR, WI, & CO > for tech support. Does anyone have a service manual for > this unit? I believe it’s > the ignition control or possibly another part of the > ignition that has failed. > > Any help or advice here will be > greatly appreciated as > always! Thanks in advance. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Chris Worcester > > Solar Wind Works > > NABCEP Certified PV Installer > > Phone: 530-582-4503 > > Fax: 530-582-4603 > > www.solarwindworks.com > > [email protected] > > "Proven Energy Solutions" > > > > > > > > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > List Address: [email protected] > > Options & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: [email protected] Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: [email protected] Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
