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Cool (and thanks) - I haven't ever looked inside that injector pump and the thought crossed my mind that those parts could have come from there, but I'd swear that the pin in the middle is part of a float valve from a carburetor and diesels don't have those. I understand this gen came from a...

I've got a new throttle cable and hopefully all the linkage hardware in a box that I got with the set. It's not on my immediate todo list . Filters too. Good eye though.

In fact I'm going to post a picture of the mystery parts here on the off chance that someone may recognize them. They sure look like carburetor parts to me and I wonder if someone put the wrong bag of parts in with the gen. That's a slot head screw, two socket set screws, a needle jet...

I doubt I'll be able to get any ground spikes in where the gen is (I've got 6" of topsoil but it's under 6' of rock), but I do have a good ground at my meter pole about 50' away. I was thinking about running some welding cable between the two for a ground. I'm working on the fuel system now...

I just got the tank off and inspecting it I found a 3"x14"x3/16" mat of congealed diesel that's about as tough an asphalt shingle. Once I fished it out I found an old dirt daubber hive inside about the size of a tennis ball and at every compression fitting that I've opened so far the fitting...

That's my general approach to things too but I wondered if trying to start it with a stuck injector piston might damage the pump, which is no doubt expensive to replace. Worst case I got this genset cheap enough that it could be a parts machine and I can search for a running unit to restore...

I read in the Wiki a procedure for unsticking the injector pump piston. I guess I should do that to be sure. What about the injectors, should I take them apart, clean and reassemble them before trying to start the engine? Thanks for info.

So I bought an 002A recently with the intention of making it into a backup power generator and because I know little about these things I'm looking for guidance to put it into good operating condition. It's an '84 model, partially tan partially OD and it and has 940 hrs shown on the meter...