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Are you sure the CIM deletion is not your problem? These engines need input from sensors and output from computers to run in their stock form. If you want to eliminate the computer you will need to also bypass or retrofit all of the controls to manual operation.

Is it still blowing smoke out of the dipstick? Does that smoke smell like unburned fuel? A blown head gasket will only cause overheating if it blows into a coolant passage and even then it will over pressurize the coolant system very quickly and I have seen radiator caps literally blown off the...

Hell, I have been burned at every depot I have bought from. We all have, it is part of the deal with buying things at auction most of the time sight unseen. Even when you can see it you really don't know. And I go all the way back to the DRMO sale days.

I am not familiar with this engine but, in any engine and especially a diesel, white smoke from exhaust and dipstick usually means blown head gasket or cracked block/head. Loss of compression so fuel does not ignite and goes wherever the gasket blew. In this case it sounds like it blew into an...

Diesel "Mechanics" are getting to be a rare, and old, breed. The new crop are diesel "technicians", and they replace the parts that the scanner says are bad. Nobody seems to remember that with computers it is garbage in, garbage out. If that computer is not seeing correct signals due to...

The frequency module that powers the gauge is most likely bad.

I never knew that, always learning, and unfortunately, forgetting.

Is the crankcase vent open, not clogged with a wasp nest or mud Dauber?

A bad fuel shutoff solenoid will prevent the unit from starting I believe, I am pretty sure those shut offs are powered to open on startup and when power is cut they drop closed, shutting down the machine. You say it was started using the "master switch". This is the switch on the dash? Or the...

I am no expert on this but I doubt there is a 100 amp inrush on a 5 hp motor. I have been running a 5 hp compressor for 20 years on a 15 amp breaker. The wiring is 6 gauge but the breaker got swapped with my 50 amp for my welder. I had planned to put in a 30 amp breaker for the compressor but it...

I am sure I am one of those you are referring to and no, I am not laughing. I am 73 years and have had a couple heart attacks myself. I have also owned my own business as a repair facility which did quite well. I am very well aware of customer service. All of that said, you yourself said in the...

Holy Christ!!!!! The man sent you a known working gauge and you are still bashing him!!!! This is not cranky, this is evil. This is evil we do not need on this forum in my opinion, for what that matters. You are someone that will not take the time to diagnose something correctly by the book, you...

You do not seem to understand what I am saying about the gauge. Hook it directly to the batteries. Have it triggered by a switch on relay. You turn the switch on and the meter comes alive. No shunts, no resistors, nothing. It shows the exact voltage that is in the batteries at any given second...

What you are not saying when you keep referring to the high price of the set you got was the free trailer and free delivery! Those trailers are far from cheap!! they bring top dollar with the off road crowd. The genset is fully operational with a bad voltmeter. As I said before put a digital one...

And yet you are fighting everything that is said? We are trying to help but you seem to want to contradict all that is said. These sets are going for 3-5 grand right now, I don't know what you paid but they are 25 plus years old. Stuff goes bad. A volt meter will cost probably 25 bucks? If you...

As I have said, these meters are not the most accurate things in the world. Minimum bid gets you minimum quality.

I am going to go out in a bit and watch my voltmeter on my 003 and see what it does. It does not swing that I know of and those batteries on that set are FAR from new, they were having trouble in my Dodge diesel so I relegated them to this genset and they have no problems with it.

I will bet the batteries he used are 51R's these are in fact batteries for most Honda cars for 20 plus years, They are an almost direct replacement for the military 2HN battery but with twice the amp rating.

Pro tip, Never take the battery cable off of the battery while the engine is running in anything equipped with an alternator!!!! The resultant spike can take out all kinds of electronics on the vehicle/machine. This was something they did back in the days of generators on cars and it worked fine...

Keep in mind that you are using two modern batteries to start a rather small generator. The biggest draw is the initial 1 second of spinning up the generator rotor. After that there is very little draw. Coming out of two brand new automotive size batteries. I would bet that the total draw to...