Need help Marquis 5500 Generator

[larryh]

Went to start generator and bendix will not engage. Starter is spinning fine. I'm up in North Idaho in a primative camp nothing but the wolf pups for company. Working off my satellite internet connection.

My Generator is a Marquis 5500 Onan
Model # 5.5 BGMFA26105G
Serial # E973689462

Need bendix part Number.
Any hint's on best way to remove from Gen???
Generator is old condenser AC Bay on my 4905
Going to block up bus so I can get under and look at bottom of gen.

I will need shipping to

Larry Higuera
General Delivery
ELK City ID 83525

any help will be greatly appreciated

Larry H

[WEC4104]

I have the Onan Marquis 5.5 BGM series manuals in front of me. (Parts, Service, Installation, etc.)

The attached document is the exploded view of the starter, although they do not call anything a "bendix".    Let me know what you need.

Wayne

[TomC]

There were two styles of starters used. One is a inertia drive starter that used the twisting force of the starter with a threaded shaft to push the gear to the flywheel.  Sometimes they get sticky and the gear does not want to go to the flywheel.  Many times, just take the starter off and clean and silicone lube up the twist gear and it'll work again.
The other style which is newer has the traditional solenoid Bendix drive.  But if your starter is just spinning, I'm guessing you have the older inertia drive since the starter on the Bendix drive will not engage until the Bendix drive is fully engaged and presses on the motor switch inside the solenoid.  Good Luck, TomC

[larryh]

Have starter off and pin came out of end and fished pieces out of housing. The starter motor sound like bearings are out and sliding gear chewed up and threaded shaft chewed up so will try to replace complete starter .

Starter is a model 191-2132

9707025M

Onan Corp

any help here can pay instantly through Pay Pal or can go get a money order or???

Larry Higuera

email is my only means of communication.

[luvrbus]

Larry i think they have a cummins dealer in Lewiston if they don't call Boise P.S do they still have the bar in elk city

[bus05eagle]

if you can get to Grangeville they have some RV dealers wish i could help some way but i am 1500 miles from you

[WEC4104]

Sounds like you are pretty much in the boonies, so I don't know if there is a location you can drive to today and get what you need. 

The best you may be able to do would be have something overnighted to you for tomorrow. That being the case, and since you have an internet connection, my suggestion would be a google search on that Onan part number.

I did a quick check on that and can up with

http://www.dbsaonline.com/servlet/the-974/New-Onan-Starter-191-dsh-2158/Detail

Sounds like they can handle an internet only transaction and overnight it out today. I am sure there are others, this just happened to be one I found. 

[larryh]

Thanks to all that answered I have generator running  took dremel to the chewed up pieces and smoothed them up and some Liquid wrench and put back together and hope it last another month or so.
One hell of a bunch of good guys. Yes there is still two bars in Elk Cityand a third one for sale if you interested LOL going to be a nice bunch of Elk this year their calving now.

Salmon run is still on and thanks to some Native's had two nice  Salmon dinners and three More in freezer all steaked up Yummy.

It's a tough life. But somebody has to do it .

Larry H.

Thanks a bunch.