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Stan, Congratulations on your successful completion of a complex job!!:D Your "do it right" approach, and your "do it right" mechanical abilities have apparently paid off big time and are a lesson to us all. You now have a genset that is good as new, reliable and long-lasting. In thinking...

Stan, Well, I have to admit that I am impressed both with your mechanical abilities and your progress in getting your genset back together. Lesser folks would have thrown in the towel long ago, but you are within sight of the goal and about to cross the finish line! Even the PC timing...

Stan, You take out the installed button for inspection by first pulling/prying out the tappet in the middle of the circular gear. The tappet comes out fairly easily since it has only an o-ring holding it in. Then the face of the button is exposed, but there is a circular springy wire clip...

Stan, You have a good understanding of how to time the IP. The first step is to make sure the correct shim (between the IP base and the machined mounting face on the block) is in place. As you surmised, that shim determines the gear lash between the IP and camshaft gears. The shim thickness...

Stan, Sounds like you are well on your way to making your engine good as new. As you are now aware, your engine is the military-tagged version of the civilian Onan DJF and almost all parts (maybe ALL parts) are interchangeable between your engine and an Onan DJF. The DJF is one version of the...

Joe, I didn't mean that you were " purposefully and maliciously destroying" your genset. I was quoting Stan's comment about the SOB that left him the extra 7/16" nut. Your advice about parting out Stan's genset is very good advice given his current circumstances. It's just that I wouldn't...

Stan, "I can't possibly imagine anyone purposefully and maliciously destroying such a fine machine in such a manner." (NJ_Toolnut quote) Ah... The confidence and believability of youth. Buying stuff from GL will bring both age and skepticism to you very quickly. My condolences... Joesco's...

Stan, Sorry to hear the latest revelations from under the gear cover. My suspicions would be that some sorry SOB, either intentionally or carelessly, included an extra 7/16" nut when assembling the front of the engine after rebuild. I don't know where else it could have come from. It lasted...

Stan, I had to laugh when reading about your experience trying to remove the blower housing without removing that pesky top bolt holding the grille. I spent quite a while and exercised my vocabulary for at least an hour on exactly the same problem. I'm sure many others have had the same...

Stan, Sorry for the situation with the broken cam. Certainly more of a problem than whatever you might have had with the IP. I haven't ever experienced a broken cam, but I know that other folks have had that problem on similarly designed Onan engines such as the DJC or JC. If I recall...

Toolnut, I believe that you can get all the rebuild parts you need directly from Ambac, but you will find them to be pricey. They will take your credit card and shipping info over the phone so ordering from them is easy, if not cheap. I rebuilt my IP by replacing only the Oldham Drive...