| Author | Message | ||
| Doyle Gaither (Texasborderdude)
Registered Member Username: Texasborderdude Post Number: 43 Registered: 3-2007 Posted From: 209.198.144.130 Rating: N/A |
My 10 kw Kohler Kubota diesel generator ran, then just quit; won't start. It has fuel past the fuel pump and filter but won't fire. It will run a bit on starting fluid. Seems like fuel distributor to me. Anyone in the Austin area who can recommend someone to work on it? I've found 2 places that work on them, but they're a week to 10 days backed up. The Austin economy seems great!!! I can limp by on the shore connection and may just have to travel to find somewhere less busy~!! dg | ||
| Luvrbus (Luvrbus)
Registered Member Username: Luvrbus Post Number: 46 Registered: 8-2006 Posted From: 74.33.37.119 Rating: N/A |
Doyle try finding you a Kubota tractor dealer i had mine worked on by a dealer on 290 east but do not know the name of the place | ||
| Sean Welsh (Sean)
Registered Member Username: Sean Post Number: 561 Registered: 1-2003 Posted From: 66.82.9.57 Rating: N/A |
Doyle, Are you certain the fuel shutoff on the engine (the one commonly used to shut the engine down) is open? That comes after the filter and fuel pump, and is commonly operated by a solenoid. It's a little lever, usually just above the injection pump on the "right" side of the engine (the side you are looking at if the fan belt is to your right). If the solenoid is not opening, your problem may lie elsewhere, such as oil pressure or coolant temperature safety switches, a fuse in the engine-stop/run wiring, or even a bad "run" switch or other parts of the control system. Make sure the solenoid moves that lever when you try to start the generator. If the lever doesn't move, let me know and I can try to walk you through some other diagnostics. -Sean | ||
| clark lane (Bus05eagle)
Registered Member Username: Bus05eagle Post Number: 18 Registered: 3-2007 Posted From: 74.33.37.119 Rating: N/A |
on a hot day and running all three airs when Brown had that unit it would shut down | ||
| Doyle Gaither (Texasborderdude)
Registered Member Username: Texasborderdude Post Number: 44 Registered: 3-2007 Posted From: 209.198.144.130 Rating: N/A |
Busnuts Rocks! Sean, I didn't see anything move when I cranked it, butt after 3-4 cranks it fired! Then started and ran, I must have run it out of fuel... Charlie told me that the gen intake is above the bottom of the tanks so you can't run the bus out of fuel by running the gen.... butt, I thought it must have been below 1/2 tank or so. I refueled today. (got 7+mpg up from El Paso) so that healed THAT problem... now the br air got dinged on the way into the bay at the Good-To-Go lube place... the canopy cleared just fine but it clipped the rear a/c unit about belt high... oh well... such is the life a fulltimer! Thanks to all. I'll be vying(sp) for the "Dutch Award" (Most problems within a week.... hehehe... no offence Dutch!) dg | ||
| WILLIAM D. WATKINS (Sivrtnge2)
Registered Member Username: Sivrtnge2 Post Number: 59 Registered: 11-2006 Posted From: 68.243.184.97 Rating: N/A |
Hey Doyle, I'd love to see close up pictures of your coach!!! Inside and out!!! | ||
| Paul Lawry (Dreamscape)
Registered Member Username: Dreamscape Post Number: 20 Registered: 5-2007 Posted From: 64.40.223.242 Rating: N/A |
Me too! Another fellow Texan Eagle Bus Nut would like to see how yours is set up. | ||
| Doyle Gaither (Texasborderdude)
Registered Member Username: Texasborderdude Post Number: 45 Registered: 3-2007 Posted From: 209.198.144.130 Rating: N/A |
Super! I'm on the "shake-down" cruise and as soon as the Magic Bus is presentable, I'll post some pics... Charlie did a great job on the conversion....Thanks for the interest! | ||
| WILLIAM D. WATKINS (Sivrtnge2)
Registered Member Username: Sivrtnge2 Post Number: 60 Registered: 11-2006 Posted From: 68.243.184.97 Rating: N/A |
Hey Doyle, I'd love to see close up pictures of your coach!!! Inside and out!!! | ||
| WILLIAM D. WATKINS (Sivrtnge2)
Registered Member Username: Sivrtnge2 Post Number: 61 Registered: 11-2006 Posted From: 68.243.184.97 Rating: N/A |
oops...thought it didn't go thru!!! sorry!!! | ||
| Paul Lawry (Dreamscape)
Registered Member Username: Dreamscape Post Number: 21 Registered: 5-2007 Posted From: 64.40.223.242 Rating: N/A |
Mine is not presentable to say the least, it's an ongoing work in progress. Purdy Please! Just kidding, when you feel comfortable and have the time. | ||
| dutch (Dutch)
Registered Member Username: Dutch Post Number: 101 Registered: 2-2007 Posted From: 66.68.98.151 Rating: N/A |
wow what an honor the dutch award. NOBODY i mean NOBODY defeats me. (hahah) i thought i would hate my bus now but i love it more and more after every mile i drive it(driven 9000 miles sofar with it. doyle i am honored to award you with the award but i am planning on more traveling this summer so..... | ||
| Doyle Gaither (Texasborderdude)
Registered Member Username: Texasborderdude Post Number: 46 Registered: 3-2007 Posted From: 209.198.144.130 Rating: N/A |
Thanks, Dutch... glad you have a great sense of humor. Hadda really unique experience yesterday. I had the oil changed at the Good-To-Go Quick Lube in Dripping Springs. I crawled under the bus, and was having trouble getting the old filter off... sooo David, the assistant manager, crawled under too (the bus was too tall to get in the regular bay over the pit)... he,David, said "I think I can bear hug it off, so he STOOD UP under the bus, and grabbed it to his chest and spun it off!!!! I've actually got a picture the the 'lil guy and all the crew, and as soon as I get "normalized" I'll be posting the whole story and pics. More... dg | ||
| Justin Griffith (Justin25taylor)
Registered Member Username: Justin25taylor Post Number: 21 Registered: 4-2007 Posted From: 67.67.222.100 Rating: N/A |
Glad you got it going. As Dutch, and a few others can tell you I live about 30 mins from Austin and am always glad to help. My cell number is in my profile. If I can't get you going I can get you to someone who can. | ||
| Doyle Gaither (Texasborderdude)
Registered Member Username: Texasborderdude Post Number: 47 Registered: 3-2007 Posted From: 209.198.144.130 Rating: N/A |
Here's the bus!          The last 2 are of the short circuit I encountered before leaving and an "air canister" What is it? Can it be removed? dg | ||
| Paul Lawry (Dreamscape)
Registered Member Username: Dreamscape Post Number: 30 Registered: 5-2007 Posted From: 64.40.223.242 Rating: N/A |
Very nice coach Doyle! Someday ours will look that nice, well it will at least look better than it does now. Don't know what the canister is though, sorry. Paul | ||
| niles steckbauer (Niles500)
Registered Member Username: Niles500 Post Number: 749 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 24.129.157.205 Rating: N/A |
I want the indian! | ||
| Thomas Weeks (Buscrazytom)
Registered Member Username: Buscrazytom Post Number: 98 Registered: 7-2006 Posted From: 97.81.101.74 Rating: N/A |
Did the dime store Indian come with the bus? That's a travelin' Injun for sure! BusCrazyTom the Analog Dinosaur | ||
| WILLIAM D. WATKINS (Sivrtnge2)
Registered Member Username: Sivrtnge2 Post Number: 81 Registered: 11-2006 Posted From: 70.11.137.157 Rating: N/A |
Hey Doyle, Your coach is beau-t-ful!!! I hope to have ours looking that nice someday. | ||
| Doyle Gaither (Texasborderdude)
Registered Member Username: Texasborderdude Post Number: 48 Registered: 3-2007 Posted From: 209.198.144.130 Rating: N/A |
Thanks to all... yeah Charlie Brown did a fantastic job. I'm having a blast getting on the road. Gotta work the kinks out, and hope to make a bee-line to Northern climes real soon! dg | ||
| ChuckMC9 (Chucks)
Registered Member Username: Chucks Post Number: 1119 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.240.217.242 Rating: N/A |
She's a beaut, Doyle. On your way to northern climes, stop by Dallas and I'll buy you a cuppa. If you don't mind being in the rainforest that DFW has been for the last three months! | ||
| Doyle Gaither (Texasborderdude)
Registered Member Username: Texasborderdude Post Number: 49 Registered: 3-2007 Posted From: 209.198.144.130 Rating: N/A |
Yo Chucks... I may be heading to Dallas (in my daughter's pu) to get a trailer... drop me an email (my profile) and I'll send ya my cell # and maybe we can trade war stories! dg |