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Have you serviced your fuel filter lately?(ever)
Have you replaced the rubber fuel line?
Find your leak and fix it, don't use air to get it going(won't fix anything). You are loosing prime because somewhere there is an air leak.
Are you opening the petcock when priming with the hand pump?
Guys, we(he) does not even know what generator model.
This is not the kind of thing that lends well to speculation.
We needs some basic facts.
Also a concern, how is he isolated from the grid?
With that kind of damage, you very well may have serious frame damage.
Do you have full coverage on your truck?
Collector insurance?
Best bet, an agreed value policy(insured high enough to replace it).
If you do, you may be better off getting the full value of your policy. Then "buy it...
The 1008 is not geared the same as the 1009, expect much slower top speed.
55 is pretty much all you want to run it at for days on end.
Others will tell you they go faster, but thats up to you.
With 37" tires, 65 mph is good.
They are definitely low powered(in general).
The engine model id tag has nothing to do with which turbo you have.
All 465 LDS motors were built by Continental.
Your id tag says you have a LDT465-1c (-1c is a revision).
The turbo you posted pics of, makes the most boost of all turbos.
It's not what we refer to as a "C" or "Whistler".
Of all options, you have a great turbo for performance.
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