Just on the off-chance that ANYONE is still following this thread (after such a long period of inactivity), I will make perhaps one last post, to wrap things up! Sickness, travel, and other considerations have interfered with the maint. of the thread, and for my fault in that I apologize.
I was able to find missing items for my gensets, with help from other SSs and, fortunately, they were all relatively inexpensive. I particularly, however, want to acknowledge the repeated, unselfish assistance (including site visit) of SS pmramsey, without whose help I might very well have done MORE damage to my units, and might never have gotten them running right! As it was, no major problems surfaced, and each genset came up beautifully, when properly prepared! The only problems encountered were excessive and continued exhaust smoking from one unit, and a slight control box grounding problem on the other.
My "new best friend", pmramsey, guided me through the necessary steps to resolve each of those problems, and I now have two low-time, beautifully-running 10 kw gensets which should last me the rest of my life! (yeah, sure - I'm 73, but so what?)
I am indebted to Phil Ramsey, and to the several OTHER SS who were so helpful in getting me going, and I hope that I may someday be able to do as much for someone else in need of help.
As for the cannibalization of equipment at GL sites, which was the original foundation for this thread, it appears to continue to be a pervasive problem, which I hope to attack through another thread, as soon as I can find the time to do so. Thanks, again, Steel Soldiers!!