ports Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 I own a 1995 Winnebago Warrior motor home. During the winter I kept the coach battery charged and would run the generator at least once a month and it started and ran great. The battery went. I replaced with a new one the other day and when trying to start the generator all I get is a click when press the starting toggle. I changed the 5amp fuse. Same result. Any help in what I should be checking would be greatly appreciated. I don't use the generator much but make sure oil is changed and run it periodically just to check.. Puzzled. Thanks for your continued help with any problems I have had. Al Portland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5Toyota Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 are you shure the battery is good seen some brand new batteries even that where bad. is the starter stuck bad selnod etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extech Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 the 'click' is usually a bad connection. is it an onan micro lite? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred heath Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 Check your coach battery ground carefully. If everything was fine until the battery change, double check your connections. A bad ground will cause this condition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ports Posted April 21, 2023 Author Share Posted April 21, 2023 Thanks guys! Will check the ground. The generator is a Kohler 2.5CMZ with TVM 140 motor. Where would the selenoid be located? Inside the battery compartment on the upper left side there is a plastic cover. Underneath are two wires from battery connected to a black rectangular piece. Not sure what this is for. On my battery hook up the positive terminal has the positive cable and another smaller whie wire. On the negative just the negative terminal. Could anyone give me some suggestions as to how to test to determine exactly where the problem exists. Thanks for taking time to try to help me. Ports Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred heath Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Just a guess, (a picture would help) but if the two wires going to the black piece are from the negative terminal of the coach battery try cleaning that contact area. Actually, clean all the contacts where two wires meet regardless of which battery post they originate from. Generators require a heavy gage ground wire to start efficiently. On my Onan 2800 the generator ground is attached directly to the coach negative terminal. Somewhere you got a bad contact. Clean everything you can find. Hopefully this will help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ports Posted April 23, 2023 Author Share Posted April 23, 2023 Thanks Fred. Will Do. I also believe there is a ground going to the frame. Will clean everything.. Would send a picture if I knew how. Thanks again. Ports Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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