982 w/Onan questions
 

It was running fine the other day. Then I went out there today, it fired right up, let it warm up, pushed some lite snow & it was acting up but not at first. This is how it was running ...mmmmmm stutter mmmmmm stutter mmmmmmm then it was fine shut it off & started it back up to go across the road to hit the neighbors drive way. I made it to the end of mine, cut right off, no dieing, just off. I checked spark - none. I pushed it back in the garage and pulled a plug. It wasn't fouled, smelled good, and was clean. I checked spark on plug none. I took points cover off and didn't see any spark there ether. I thought it was coil maybe but for sh**s & giggles, I took a piece of sand paper (220) lifted the contacts on points clean them off. It fired right up ????:bigthink: still has a miss every now & then but not regular. I'm thinking its time for plugs wires & coil & points. They are all original and it has 500 HRS. On it the plugs might have been changed, but I don't think so. Are the points suppose to spark real bad at the contacts. I don't think so but just want a second opinion .

Hm .............how was that running ??? mmmmmmmm stutter mmmmmmmstutter mmmmmmm ? Im thinkin you're on to sumppin 72 !! :biggrin2::beerchug:

maybe i should smack it & tell it to spit it out porkey !!!! :ROTF2::ROTF2:

Push up to the top. Come on you Onan guys help out 72 if you can. I have no history with Onans so I am of no help.

I would check the wire going to the points first. I had a issue with my 982 where the insulation had a wear spot that started grounding. I remember someone else had the same issue.

AJ

that would make it run funky like that :bigthink:

I agree with AJ. I didn't do anything to my 982 yet but when I do I think I will order the Onan stuff from here.http://www.kirkengines.com/
I like the dual super coil and points saver ignition setup.

i didnt see any thing on that site that said ONAN just kohler :bigthink:.the dual coil looks like a harley dyna ing. coil

:bigthink: Having problems with your glasses :biggrin2:

From Kirks website: The PointSaverTM keeps your Kohler or Onan engine running like it just received a fresh tune up – for the life of the engine!

Oh look one more :
Dual SuperCoil for Kohler and Onan Opposed Twins

Why pay over $120.00 for a factory replacement coil when this high quality part is available for less than half the price? The Dual SuperCoil is made especially to our specifications and is wound with a high resistance primary of 3.2 ohms (same as the Bosch Blue). This gives a higher secondary voltage than the stock coil for improved performance, yet is not detrimental to breaker point life. No external ballast resistor is required. Epoxy-potted windings yield maximum resistance to vibration. Made in U.S.A. by a major coil manufacturer.

Dual SuperCoil price each - $60.00 plus $11.00 USPS Priority Shipping


Hope this helps. :beerchug:

I would check the points to see if there is oil film on them. The dealer told me when my Onan was still alive, they had issues with them getting oil coming up though the points rod. So I would try cleaning them before spending money.

It could be so many things ,but just yesterday the Onan in my 982 started to skip and pop up though the carb.I thought I had it running pretty well and gotten rid of the engine surge after a carb cleaning and adjustment.I was a little ticked because I wanted to move on to other work on it I had replaced the plugs and wires and I thought more carb problems or bad gas till I caught out of the corner of my eye spark was jumping from the spark plug boot on the left cylinder to ground .I twisted the boot away from the head and it ran fine.I'm going to upgrade the wires and see how it goes.

Bob

how do you get to see price's on the site kirk engines

If you are trying to use Firefox to see his website it won't work. You have to use Internet Explorer. The prices are in the descriptions.

From Kirks main page:
This website is designed to be viewed using Microsoft Internet Explorer. Using other browser software (such as FireFox) will cause deletion of some information.

im useing internet explorer & still cant see prices :bash2:

I found the answer to that issue last night with one of my other computers. It had the newest IE9 installed on it and it would not show anything on that page either. All my other computers have IE8 and it works fine with them. I uninstalled the IE9 and restarted the PC which will load the prior IE8 back. It worked like a dream after that. So uninstall your current version of IE and restart your computer. You should be good to go.

DX3....

Use your extra cash to buy CUBS, not computers!! :biggrin2: Only need one PC to read what is on the web anymore! Heck if your that dialed into websites, get a 2nd monitor. :beerchug:

LOL, I pick up old pc's from clients and refurbish them. I end up with too much junk usually. :biggrin2:

My 982 did that exact thing once a few years ago. I replaced the condenser on the points and it has run ever since.

Also if you don't already, you need to run gas with a minimum of 91 octane or it will knock/surge. I had issues with surging, read my manual:biggrin2: and it said to run 91, cured it:beerchug:

Hi i will tell you, check that points cover my long screw had been tight i had to loosen because it was ground out, and now and thenwould misfire, and or skip, i had to move cover for it to get full power back. but if you tighten it to much, you have to take the cover off and bang the cove hole back out, the other is definetly right the points wire underneath is the second, but i guarantee its one of them!!!!!!!!!!!!!