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Can you still get parts for these Onans? I've talked to a couple of repair shops and they tell me you can't get parts for these. But maybe they just didn't want to rebuild a motor.

Hello everyone. I got my 317 going thanks to you guys. However, the Onan218 is really losing power and using oil badly. I sure hate to get rid of the onan but I'm tossing around doing an engine swap. Have any of you did this and what problems did you run into? Also, any suggestions on a new...

Thank you for your suggestions. I have verified that the motor is not locked up. So the solenoid is under the battery tray. I put my volt meter on the post with the cable coming from the battery and got right at 12 volts. Then I put the lead on the cable post leaving the solenoid and I got...

Hello everyone, The mower had the Onan P218 swap early on, and its a great mower. But one day about month ago I was mowing and it went dead. I suspected the battery connections and all I did was wiggle the ground and it started back up. The other day my wife was pulling it into the barn and...

I appreciate all you people that know so much about lawn mowers. I have a 1982 John Deere 317, and it had the P218 Onan swap early on. I'm having an electrical issue I think. Is it rude to ask a question on my first post?