Yay Generator is here... Boo more work!

So apparently buying a 40something motorcoach makes lots of things on it old and hard to find. Or discontinued - in this case the generator that fits the space designed for it. The previous owner took out the generator. So after our test outing with no power camping in Florida Summer, we were motivated to get power. Also, the AC doesn't work while driving and the driver wants some cooling. We do have solar power, so we can run fans but when it's humid and hot, it's not a happy camper place.

So after scouring craigslist nationally, and some quick dealmaking we have this:

Honda EV4010

Like everything old, there's a story. It used to be in someone's hunting cabin, which they have now sold and didn't need anymore. So not used very much, but also has been sitting. Needs work. On the bright side, it was less than half of current prices for one. So a certain mechanically inclined someone will need to rebuild it. And we're not even sure how it mounts in the frame or if the frame is there or what.

Mechanical Work

So, there was a fair amount of mechanical work that had to be done, including new tires, new brakes and a frame patch.

This is one of the old brake lines:

New brakes :

Frame rust - hard to tell, at first glance it kind of doesn't look that bad...

But, when you chip away at the rust, this is what you got! Pretty darn thin in parts, certainly risky to leave as is. It was something you'd miss on inspection unless you got underneath. The theory is the battery overflowed some time, and the acid ate away at the metal.
This is what it looks like after the repair. A donor piece was taken from another GMC frame and welded into place and then coated with some rust prevention coating.


More rusty parts... and it's held together with a tie wrap. Interesting.