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Posted by z on February 14, 2008, 1:25 am
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>> >> > Simply disconnecting the yellow wire ought to do it. Before
>> >> > taking the engine apart again I suggest you change the oil and
>> >> > give it some time. I had one get stuck and after a while it
>> >> > loosened up and started working again. What does your oil look
>> >> > like after 20 hours or so? Is it still translucent or black and
>> >> > yucky?
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>> >> Dono. This generator has been broken for quite a while. Just
>> >> getting it back into shape.
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>> >> Yeah .. I got stupid and put all the plastic back on and was
>> >> hoping there was something up in front you could disconnect real
>> >> easy.
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>> > I have one that's intact. I'll take a look and see. I don't
>> > remember having to take it all apart just to get at that one yellow
>> > wire but maybe you do...
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>> > I hope you also replaced the oil splash (so-called governor gear)
>> > while you had it apart because that is what kills those engines.
>> > When it breaks the piston/cylinder does not have long to live.
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>> Yes that turns out to be what was wrong with this one.. it was tiny
>> chunks of plastic in there.. and it tore up the timing belt at the
>> same time.
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> Good, but on both of mine once that oil splasher broke the cylinder
> was ruined and a new cylinder is well over $300. Good luck. For my
> current purposes a $200 Chinese 2000 watt generator is better anyway.
> If you happen to find out if those cylinders can somehow be rebored
> AND you find an oversize piston and rings that will fit please let me
> know.
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> I looked and like you said it appears you have to at least take the
> shroud off of the cooling fan and flywheel/rotor to get to that yellow
> wire :-(
Yeah which after I did that it still wouldn't start. I ended up tearing
it all the way down and replacing the oil switch with a used one I had --
but tested it first for sure and it worked.
I got it running again after that -- so thats nice it wasn't ruined by
the splasher failure.
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> One more thought: I somehow mixed up the low-oil wire and spark sensor
> wires and got a Low Oil warning. You might want to double-check that
> when you have it apart. The connectors (single wire type) are the
> same.
I see how that could happen. I hadn't taken any of the wires off. I try
to avoid that because I know i suck at wiring.
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>> Dono if it will ever run again. I kind of set it aside for a bit
>> since this is hydro-electric weekend!
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> Cool. I'm going to go read your new post now. I'm still trying to
> find a big steel drum so I can try to run my genny from wood chips.
That I want to see.
Too bad scrap prices are so high, a lot of steel is getting sold. What
about something from a brewery or milk parlor?
Or one of those big propane tanks?
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