It was in North Wildwood and I guess the folks were moving the Mother out to assisted living, the son was older than me by at least 10 years. He said the generator never moved from the spot in the garage. Sadly, I saw the Mother, she had to be up in her 80's+ but still spry!!! She just couldn't get up and down stairs anymore.
Ya know, you don’t need to put your actual name on the account....maybe something like “youshouldseemeinmyfeedthong” as a username
A few minutes with a wire wheel and spray bomb on that frame and it really will be like new. Nice find and nice pipe work!
I bought a 5000 watt Colman from Builders Square in 1992 is a a 10 or 11HP engine. Was only useing it at deer camp in the UP to power the travel trailer. That travel trailer has a Colman furnace in it and drew a lot out of the 12volt battery so we would fill the tank before we went to bed and let it run till out of gas. Yes it was noisy so I set about the next summer and made a muffler for it out of some pipe about 8" dia. 4 inches thick and made baffles I welded inside. Made it almost as quite as FIL's 2500 watt Honda. I also made a axle for it and mounted some wheels and a handle bar to move it around. Had thought about making a bigger than gallon fuel tank for it but never did after a test with a bigger tank pluged in setting near by. Would shut it off and since it was cold the carb would ice up and freeze in the non heated shed. engine would not start till I put heat in the shed to thaw out the carb. If you have a genorator in the basement MAKE SURE YOU PLUMB THE EXHUST OUTSIDE. People die every year is seems because they run them in the house, basement or even garage. I finally broke down and bought a 7000 watt electric start after we built the cabin, ran more lights and a fridge even. Then I started needing some thing smaller for my honey bee removal business so bought a 3500 watt smaller unit for that. Yes the owners manuals say to start the genorator before connecting a draw on it. Al
Today I found a real good resource and Kudos to them and Jacks small engines in Maryland. They have a web page and it helped me find all sorts of info on the generator I got. It's a 1987. Dam, 31 years old. Well, I hope I can get 30 years out of it, and to think it hadn't been ran that they know of since 1992. They did tell me that this generator is as simple as it gets but was a "Super" performer, "JUST LOUD"!
I got to agree with Eric VW that does deserve a ”¥OU $UCK!”. That will come in handy when you get that property.
Just lucky for once! Usually it's the other way around! What I wouldn't give to be 31 again... Knowing what I know now!
Doesn't seem to be at all! I checked the Voltage and the engine doesn't hunt, I actually did have to turn the RPM adjustment screw down a tad, the voltage came in at 139 Volts which was just past the borderline of the 10% factor. I dialed it down to 120V to 123V it fluctuates in that range but doesn't go below. I put a couple halogen spot lights on it running and checked the voltage in the other outlet and it stayed right at 123V so it seems fine and the engine didn't flinch! *NOTE* I'm by far an electrician but I know enough to either be lucky or stupid. I took a course back in the 90's for some extra college credit in electrical shipboard and shore side wiring, It got me a pretty little certificate that say's I can now professionally hurt myself!
