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Jumping the starter is easy, same as doing it in a car. Switch on, Jump hot cable to small terminal on starter solenoid. BUT! If you have major wiring issues up in the control box you can do all kinds of damage by doing this. This is why there are trouble shooting procedures that need to be...

"When I was putting it back, some of the wires looked weird so I checked all the connections and a couple of wires were out of place. A couple were on jumpers so they did not really matter, but I did find that 5 and 9 were reversed. I believe this put L1 and L3 load readings in series instead of...

Yea, but they are so much easier to steer when they are balanced on the front tires. You just need to make the pucker factor work for you. :p

Front end loader on my old Massey 20 tractor. Both of my sets are on 116 trailers now but I still use the tractor to move them around. the loader is my back, without it I would not be moving anything over 100 lbs. anymore.

That plate will also list the running amps and may also list the starting amps if it is a newer unit.

Have you checked the voltages in the house at the panel with a meter? I don't care what the genset says, you need to check the voltages in the house!!! There are things that need to be checked and followed up on when installing and checking out a genset for the first time. When you tied in the...

Central air is a pretty heavy load for a 5K genset. How many ton is your compressor? I am sure it is overloading on startup and may not be catching up. I never go by those percentage meters, I have never seen an accurate one yet. I will bet that A/C compressor draws at least half of the capacity...

Was the sample the old oil or the new oil? If new then it will not tell you if there are any engine issues.

I would still take a sample of the drained oil and send it in to be analyzed to see if there is any metal in it. Once you drain it and put fresh oil in it you need a fair amount of run time before you can get it analyzed.

You could have the oil sample tested to tell you the condition of the engine.

Guy, The Army spent a lot of money "figuring" out a lot of things. Doesn't always mean it was right, just meant it fit in the budget. I know that in the late 80's early 90's they converted to using 15W-40 diesel oil in all of their reciprocating engines. It was found to have the additives needed...

You really need to think of it realistically. The motor is toast so trying to justify using top grade diesel oil in it now is like bolting the door after the horse has has left the barn. You can go with a straight grade heavier oil like a 40 wt and hope for the best but nothing you do is going...

Has anyone ever done this test with the older 002-003 sets?

Ok, So that is actually one set of points that connects the one side to the other when they come together. Without seeing the rest of the assembly it is hard to tell what is connecting to what but it looks to me like that setup is connecting the circuit on the left to the circuit on the right...

RIP? :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO: I NEED one of those mini's!!!!

I am guessing that unit was loaded on your trailer with a forklift judging by the width of the tires and fenders. You got a fork to get it off? I have a couple of those heaters, that was a bad deal for me since one I kind of got running using parts from the other but I basically would consider...

I would think the normal green coolant will be just fine. I don't think liner cavitation is an issue with these engines which is what the SCT is needed for. As far as the broken valve just get a wrench and take the whole valve out and replace it.

Soot is carbon and carbon is conductive so I can see where there could be all kinds of issues with contacts and switches.

But what is your oil pressure gauge reading? And like Ray said, did you try holding the arm up to see if it stays running and I would ad to that to closely monitor the oil pressure gauge while doing it. The other sensor that can shut it down is the overheat sensor. I think that one would be more...

Was your oil pressure staying steady and at a reasonable pressure or was it very low at the time? Will it start when cold but do this when warmed up? Sounds like an oil pressure issue to me. You have checked the oil level haven't you?