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Been digging around reading. Forgive my ignorance but this is my first dive into generators and their controls. The board that does all the start / monitoring functions is apparently an "Auto Start Control Module". Looks like I can get one for anywhere from ~$250 - ~$500 or so. Was looking...

Ok. I briefly tried that earlier and got nothing - not even a spark - so I may have some trouble-shooting to do there too.

Well, I found the short - sort of. It's the panel lights. Turn them off and the short goes away. This thing sucks to trace wires on. They're all the same color (or damn near anyway). I must have cut 100 tie wraps off and pulled 5' of wire loom loose. To top it off, the guys who re-did this...

Really hard to diagnose without a schematic. Probably going to take a while to find. Don't think it's the breaker though. when I reset it, I hear a hum and then it pops. 2-3 seconds.

Got the ground rod hooked up. Hooked up batteries - I seem to have a short in the DC portion- my circuit breaker keeps popping. Well, no one said it was going to be easy.

Just walked back there to check for water leaks. The radiator actually seems ok. The lower fitting for the louver thermostat, the engine thermostat and the bypass hose at the water pump are all leaking a bit. The engine thermostat is the worst. Oh well, I was planning to pull all that stuff...

The stump in the picture was actually the second largest. That one was 46". One was 54" and the other oak was also about 46". I didn't measure the pine but it was probably 34"ish. Hard to get any scale of that pile in the last picture but it's about 15' high.

Well, we had a tea party... errr I mean tree party this weekend. My brother saved my life and brought his 75hp tractor with grapple attachment. Had 5 people and 2 tractors working on it ALL DAY Sat and Sun and still worked all day today on it. Nothing left but 2 large trunks to cut up. Got...

About 10 minutes after I posted that about tomorrow I remembered that I have to go work my 3rd job tomorrow night for 4ish hours or so. So I doubt it gets started before Friday, if then. All bets are off for the weekend. As far as "all apart". Yes, it's all apart still and will stay that way...

I'm working toward trying to crank this thing up tomorrow afternoon-ish. In the even that it starts and by some strange happenstance, it makes power, should I drive a ground rod into the dirt near it and wire up a ground before I try to start it?

I looked the gizmo up in the parts TM and then in the service TM. The service TM explained it and from that, I think it's at least mechanically functional. The brass thing is a thermostat and apparently activates the (pushes) plunger coming out the backside which then opens / closes the...

I wish that Bobcat (actually Cat) was mine! But I do have a 30 hp tractor with front end loader that will move this stuff. Just gotta cut it in small enough pieces - which it needs to be 16" anyway for firewood. Which actually works out perfect on the large trunk pieces for picking up with...

Actually, no signs of oil leaks at all. Yes, was planning to use just water because if it runs and can be made to make power, then I plan to pull it all the way down again, remove motor and gen from skids and bring skids and case panels to be blasted. Only 5 bolts left to remove to pull motor/...

Getting close. Gotta get the radiator cleaned out and put back on temp style. Temp mount the controls too. Then I'm gonna run supply and return fuel lines into a 5 gallon diesel can and try to start this thing up. I guess if it runs, it will be time to figure out the power part? If we get...

Got some stuff done tonight. Pressure washed the fuel tank, inside and out. Opened up fuel lines and blew fuel system cleaner thru them with my A/C flush tank / hose. Pulled that T off the top of the IP and soaked it in cleaner for several hours. Blew it out with air, The check valve ball...

Thank you!

Ever tried to find O.D. Green spray paint? Close as I could get.

Yes, great invention. Without that lift, I'd have never got the lights and conduits installed. Other than the tractor and the shop itself, probably about the best money I've spent in the past 10 or so years. Lifesaver!!

Yeah, here's the story on the manlift. When I built my shop, I had been dreaming and planning it for decades - literally. Anyway, when I did the final design and ordering, I had gone with an 18' eve height. I wanted to be able to back anything I could tow down the road into the shop and I...

Not much to report in the last few days. The insides of the fuel filter and water separator canisters had some rust. Tried parts washer to see if it was just residue, not. Blasted them with coal slag. Now I need to paint them. Pulled off this project to put some light on it. I have this...