Pokeys fan issue resolved, keeping the bus, generator rebuild?

[Jeff Miller]

Yes, DON'T!!

My first WL was an FC31 with a special ordered LP genset. It gobbled
up LP fast, which needed to be re-fueled in a different place than the
diesel tank. Most RVers with LP gensets wish they had diesel gensets,
but diesel gensets are too expensive for many of the plastic
disposable RVs.

The perkins is likely fine. It might need the injection nozzles
serviced, probably a valve adjust, and run the glow plugs to start it
so that it doesn't smoke. It isn't a particularly quiet or clean-
starting engine, but it is reliable and will last a long time. If it
has lots of blowby it might be tired, or might have stuck rings from
lots of poor quality oil. Most likely it will outlast the generator
end.

- Jeff Miller
in Holland, MI


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "doug_ngl"
wrote:
<<snip>> the 12.5KW genset works well, but smokes a fair amount,
> mostly at startup. I don't forsee useing it much, but it is a nice
> option. I have considered rebuilding the Perkins, or replacing the
it
> with a propane fired unit...any words of advice??
> Doug Engel, Gunnison, CO, 1981 FC35SB, "Pokey"
>