Recent content by loosegravel

I’m thinking glowing red embers are pretty common when bringing these machines back online. I’ve seen it many times, and thought at first that I had pieces of piston rings blowing out the stack. The members here calmed my nerves and said that it’s pretty normal!

I retired from the local transit company here 2 years ago. The first time that I saw "wet stacking" was at work. We have a crew of people whose glorious job is to clean the inside of these buses. I'm here to say that their job is the toughest in all. Most of them work the graveyard shift when...

On my interlock, the breaker for the generator needed to be installed in the upper left position. This required a little rearranging of the existing breakers on that side of the panel. The main power breaker can now only be turned on if the generator power is turned off, and vise versa.

A simple interlock on your main panel will prevent the possibility of back-feeding the main line power as was suggested. There are a few of them out there. I'm using a MEP-803A as a whole house back-up power supply. I have an all electric 2600 sq. ft. home with a heat pump. Some load managing is...

My new prescription for my glasses is ready to pick up at Costco! Thanks for pointing this out!

I also applaud this young man for getting involved in this project. I just retired a couple of years ago as a lead mechanic from the local transit company near Seattle. I can definitely say that techs of all kinds are becoming very rare. Keep up the good work! Mechanical aptitude is defined as...

You are so correct! Need to get out of here🤪

I’m with you. Again, as much as I enjoy working with these things and interacting with other members here, it still needs to be a “reasonable” venture if I find one or more to bid on. I used to buy dead cars/trucks to revive and that was also kind of fun. That is until Uncle Sam stepped in and...

I've read many of your posts Evvy. You took on quite a project this past year with replacing the rotor in one unit if I'm not mistaking? Anyway, I still enjoy reading your posts. I just haven't had anything to post about lately!

I've only been playing with these generators for about 5 years or so. It sounds like you've been working on them/with them for quite a while. But still, 19 hours to go and pick them up is a long time. That equates to a lot of fuel! For me it needs to be a reasonable exchange, or it kind of takes...

Good morning everyone. I haven't posted in a while, but only because I haven't been able to acquire any generators at all lately. It's like the river has gone dry! I've seen a couple of them up on the GP auction, but they're all the way down in CA. With the fuel prices being so high, it's just...

Well, we’ve read on this forum about others using ATF in the crankcase with success to free up piston rings etc. It would be nice to hear that the “snake oil” remedy actually works! I’ve never tried it before, but what the heck? The other nice thing about these Lister Petter engines is how the...

It sounds like you’re on the right track. I agree with you that applying 24vdc on that IP solenoid should get it to fire, regardless of faults/shutdowns etc. But because you have no fuel up to the IP, that’s what I would trouble shoot first before jumping that solenoid. Again, I’m not familiar...

Good morning. My first thought is battery condition, state of charge etc. Slow cranking speed can make the difference between starting and not starting. If you have access to a battery charger it would be good to charge those batteries over night and also load test them if possible. It's always...