[whatsnewell]

Okay, I got under the coach today....always one of my favorite things.....after blocking the coach, and unscrewed the generator from the side of the transmission. I used an electric drill with a flathead screw driver attachment to spin the generator with wires still attached and the speedo read 50 mph as long as I kept spinning it, so the speedo, wiring, and generator are okay. I then pulled out the generator key, or short drive....has a round shaft with a groove on the side of it, and a paddle at the end that engages the generator when attached. It is not broken either. Since I was able to send a signal to the speedo with the generator that means the wiring, generator and speedo are in working order, and I have confirmed the generator key is intact.

There is a 4-5 inch shaft that the generator screws on to that connects to the tranny. Is it possible there is another generator key on the tranny side of the shaft? I don't have an open end wrench big enough to unscrew the cap on the tranny side of the shaft. The large crescent wrench I used to unscrew the cap holding the generator on to the other side of the shaft it too bulky to get at the other cap, so I'll have to wait on that until Spearfish when I am sure one of my fellow Gurus will have a wrench that will squeeze in there.

Ironically, this is the same issue I am dealing with on the Tachometer.....it appears the second generator key is broken, but it's hard to get at. Richard Entriken and I worked on it in Huntington, WV when we were there, but ran out of time before we had to move on to D.C.