You guys are fantastic. !
Thank you very much for the spanking on my gen-set plans. I guess my best plan would be to get settled and then look into my entire electrical system. I do want to mare sure everything is safe and simply setup. As far as I know my Oman is the original that came with the boat. The thing is I have noticed a number or things that were jury rigged that I need to cleanup. One example being the prior owner convinced someone to convert a diesel Webasto to gasoline for heating. Now that I have my windows covered and no leaking for next year I am working on redoing my vberth so I can move into there. SO today is insulation and vberth day... Keep all of the advice flowing as I will benefit from everyone else's experience. Thanks! Rob B On Aug 28, 3:02 am, flitebuilder <[email protected]> wrote: > Why remove a working Onan? I assume it is the 6.5 kW MCCK. Is it raw > water cooled or does it have a heat exchanger? The block on this > generator is basically bullett proof unless you run it too long w/o > cooling or oil. I am restoring a '73 36' SS and the generator was a > cinch to work on. You can still buy all the basic parts at the Onan > dealer. Things like spark plugs, points / condensor, pump kits (both > fuel and cooling), and most of the gaskets. The parts that are no > longer made can usually be found on eBay. If you decide to keep it I > would search eBay and get yourself at least a spare ignition coil and > exhaust manifold. > > When I started working on mine, I stripped all of the outer workings > off of the unit and did a compression check. Low and behold the > cylinders were fine. I rebuilt the carb, changed out some old wires, > rebuilt the fuel pump, new spark plugs, new oil, boiled the heat > exchanger and gave it a new coat of paint and finnally changed the > points. Total spent on the unit was about 16 hours and $150 dollars. > I fired her up in my garage with a 5 gallon bucket for cooling and she > ran perfectly for 6 hours, running my shop vac and a pair of 500 watt > halogen lights. Suprisingly it was quieter than my 'silent' honda, > that I use for camping, at full load. (Yes I had it hooked up to the > vernatone lift muffler). One other thing you may wnat to look at is > replacing the brushes in the generator portion. I bought a set of > brushes, but when I looked inside I noticed that the ones in the unit > still had plenty of life. > > If you decide to go this route I have all the shop manuals on this > unit, including the Control-O-Matic service manual if your unit is > equipped with automatic operation. I can scan them in for you if you > wish. > > After all that, I agree, a non marine gen-set is dangerous, no matter > where you put it, and I know some marinas in florida will not even let > you in the door with one. > > Good luck, > > Victor > > On Aug 27, 9:22 pm, [email protected] wrote: > > > Why would you remove it??? You certainly would not want to install a Honda > > below deck. Big ventilation problem. Have you ever listened to a 2000 Honda > > with a full load on it?? They really make a racket if on deck or on dock. > > What about fueling vapor below deck?? > > What is wrong with the one already installed?? > > Do you have an inverter/charger already? Do you have a smart battery > > charger? (bulk,saturation,float type) one that does not fry batteries. > > Lots of consideration to do when looking at a genset and the whole > > electrical system. Battery banks, gensets,inverter chargers etc. etc. > > Long time Uniflite owner just asking questions. > > Jim > > Scappoose, Or > > 48 Yacht Fisher > > -------------- Original message from Rob B <[email protected]>: > > -------------- > > > > Hi Len, > > > > Mine is 36' 1969 Express Cruiser I was told.... > > > > If someone could verify my model I would appreciate it. > > > > It has twin 440 Chryslers on gasoline. It does have the original Oman > > > genset in the center rear of the hold. > > > > I am planning on removing it and buying a Honda next spring. My > > > reasoning is, more efficient, no water flowing, noise reduction, space > > > savings and weight savings. > > > > I have a lot of basic cleaning and updating to do but that is what > > > winter is for. > > > > My windows are in really bad shape so I am covering them with > > > Plexiglas for the winter then I will research solutions over the > > > winter. > > > > Also like others I am looking for a window solution. > > > > The slider / stainless track solution looks like a headache so I am > > > looking to replace them with fixed, more energy effiecient ones. > > > > Best wishes. > > > > Rob B > > > > On Aug 26, 6:53 pm, Len wrote: > > > > Hi Rob B. > > > > > I was starting to think I was the only one who had this style of a > > > > boat. Yours looks great !! > > > > What power do you have and what year is the boat. I was looking at the > > > > small changes > > > > in my boat to yours. The main thing I saw was the three draws and vent > > > > in the stb side > > > > by the love seat. Mine has one door and no vent up top. Do you have a > > > > Gen-set > > > > in your boat? If so where did they mount it. Because I'm going to add > > > > one on mine this > > > > winter. Keep us posted ! > > > > > Len- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
