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Jeeze, you're doing it right, but you seem to have a real stubborn one! I've never needed to add any heat and do it a similar way. Only difference is I made a small block of 1/2" tool steel with a 1/2" fine thread hole in the center and 2 holes for the grade 8 bolts, but otherwise same concept...

Here in RI we also got heavy rains and strong winds with some extended outages. I was pretty lucky and only lost power for a few hours, but barely noticed thanks to my MEP's. I had a couple past customers call me over the last couple days saying how impressed they were with their machine's...

Could you post up pictures of the injectors?

I started up an 002 tonight and did the same thing as in your video. My governor is much, much faster to react when I both increase or decrease the throttle and the reaction is far more forceful than what I see in your video. If I rev it up a little, it takes less than 1/2 a second for the...

Agreed on all facets... Its back to vibrating excessively ( not due to excessive RPM ).... the governor seems very slow to react and the engine also seems a little slow to respond to changes in throttle position as well. The other thing to note is that I assume you still have the throttle lever...

Essentially the same test results, just published by Optilube and not the actual independent test lab report by the looks. It sounds like the Optilube will pay for itself in fuel savings.... ;) but as you can see they also list the price / 26Gl tank that the others would cost and there are...

There's dozens of other additives available, but another SS member had once posted the results of an independent test that showed the Optilube had the highest lubricity of treated fuel, where as adding Marvel mystery oil to it actually decreased lubricity somehow! I would be nice to find that...

Very informative video. It seems like now the throttle isn't bouncing all over the place like before, but for some reason the throttle is very slow to react. The other issue I see is that the Governor arm is not attempting to increase fuel flow when you push the lever down. Please do another...

Side note... running on Kero, or any of the JP / JET options will likely result in a smoother running, easier starting ( especially in cold weather ) generator, but theoretically you should expect a slight decrease in KW output. Kero has less BTU's / Gl than #2 diesel and #2 HHO, therefore you...

The injectors can be disassembled and cleaned. One test would be to remove the injectors and turn the hard lines off to the side and reattach the injectors. Crank the motor and look at the spray patterns. there should be 4 fine sprays coming out radially from the tip of the injector. If it isn't...

Only a leak in the injector pintle / nozzle itself can cause fuel to drip into the cylinder when shut down. It may not cause any noticeable issue while running after heated up, but definitely isn't the best scenario for your engine. A leak at the copper washer would cause a very slight loss of...

Yup, There still some out there, but typically $50 is the cheapest you'll find retail. Occasionally a deal will come around, but deals don't last long, so jump when you see one!

I'd agree with LITD that you could have a slight leak in 1 of the injectors or possibly also could be a leak in one of the metering pumps allowing a little fuel to drain back creating an air pocket in the injector line. This can cause the "Good" cylinder to struggle a little and smoke until...

Yup, I had done a lot of research a while ago looking for alternate PN's and unfortunately I did not find anything that was readily available that was comparable as a drop in replacement to the OEM glow plugs. The Champion 182 CH42 are correct but discontinued. I found a listing for like $15...

I suppose you probably can't go simply by the HP rating. I don't have any experience that that machine, but I believe it uses an inverter for the AC so it may not run at 1800 RPM when under a light load?? hopefully?? Maybe someone else can comment on how the engine throttles up based on load...

See the brass strip vertically near the bottom right corner of the terminal lug board, that strip is bonding neutral to ground in that picture. Remove that bar to separate neutral and ground. My understanding has always been that when connecting a generator ( or a sub panel ) to your main panel...

I just did a head gasket on a 005 2 weeks ago. I had the gasket kit sitting around for well over a year, but if I recall, I got it on ebay. Mine was seeping a little coolant out of the Exhaust side of the head gasket.

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The more I think about this issue, the more I think there's an issue internal to the governor assembly. To increase engine speed, the throttle cable pulls on the lever ( #15) which increase tension on the spring ( #11 ) The more spring tension, the harder it is for the governor flyweights to...

Here's a link to the thread I was thinking about. It explains the purpose of that pin as far as holding the governor flyball housing from rotating. If the cover rotates, it won't push out properly as RPM's rise and therefore will not press down on the Governor linkage properly...