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my power came back yesterday afternoon and i just did an oil/filter change at around 95 hours.. after, i walked inside, washed my hands, and ordered the wix 24123 (& filter 51515) spin-on adapter kit. after buttoning it all back up, fired it up to make sure all was good..and the canister...

i thought about doing something like that, but will 'normal' fuel line collapse when used in vacuum? having already stopped at 3 auto parts places, tractor supply, and a mom and pop hardware store, i was done running around. just glad to have something that i knew would work :) getting the 1'...

SUCCESS! my local tractor dealer (Gateway Tractor) has come through once again - they make up their own hydraulic hoses :) took the cap off the aux fuel port on the gen and showed it to the parts guy - no problem. 4000psi pressure rated hose is so **** stiff, no way it collapses under the...

depending on how you heat/cool your house, produce hot water, dry clothes, and heat your oven, its not that hard to intentionally work out an 004 :) my house is all electric, so maxing out my 003 essentially boils down to, a) AC running, b) well pump and water heater (turn on a shower or...

besides one self induced hiccup saturday morning, we've also been on the 003 since about 23:00 friday. the main road near our house has a couple of trees down that took out lines in different places. they closed the road, and we really have no ETA for restoration. Pepco (power co) was saying...

with the heat the last couple days (and not much cooler this week), the 003 has been great. we had a little hiccup yesterday where it shut down, i think to overheating, but after it cooled down and ike told me about the intake heater damper (up for cold, down for 'normal') - mine was in the...

struck out trying to find either an AN hose or fitting, so just using the trusty lincoln pump to transfer from the drum to the day tank. tomorrow though, the hydraulic shops will be open, and i'll see if i can round up the appropriate pieces to get it working. my dad gave me another good...

apologies for reviving an older thread, but since it looks like i'm going to be running on the my 003 probably all week, using a drum as a fuel source seems a lot more important idea today than it did a couple days ago :) the drum i've got, but i'm not clear on what exactly is needed to draw...

great - thanks!!! i can't explain the low oil cranking pressure, but its rock solid at abt 32 on the gauge running now, even in this heat. big relief :) ahm

pretty sure it was in cold weather mode - knob up in its groove. switched it down which i think blocks the hot air intake. many thanks for that - didnt realize what that knob did. if anyone can confirm knob up for cold weather, down for hot i'd appreciate it. thanks again for the quick help...

exhaust louvers def open, not familiar with intake lever - where is that? think i found the intake lever - little knob on intake side of filter canister - down or up for hot weather operation? ahm

rotella or delo 15w40. update - after cooling off it has refired. i put a big fan in front of blower to try & push some more air through & cut off loads in the house - brought loadmeter down from 80 to 40.. its 100 out - i can live w/o hot water :) no idea why oil pressure was so low...

lost power last night & gen fired right up. ran all night & this morning, but about an hour ago it shut down. i was working in the garage - around the corner from the gen - when it shut down. sounded like a totally normal shutdown - no bad noises. walked over to it & it smells hot, but i'm not...

can't comment on the hard parts, but the fuel i might be able to help with. basically #1 'diesel' IS kerosene (or extremely similar), just like JP4. 15-20% kero/#1 will bring a true #2 cloud point down to about -20F. however, kero is a much better solvent and will tend to put into solution...

cool info. perhaps you could add a section that talks about sizing batteries for your ~250 watt load for x number of minutes/hours of runtime? i assume most folks are using typical lead acid car batteries for this kind of project, so how do you know how many, and how big each one should be...

those are kits that need to be assembled and attached to the existing covers i believe. what i bought is an entire cover with the interlock assembly riveted on. ahm

i was able to source OEM panels with interlocks for the same price as the kits. yes, they are ridiculously overpriced, but liability associated with them must be incredible (think house fires). it took hours of research to find the correct covers for my panels, but i eventually got them from...

if you have two available breaker slots in your existing panel, you might consider backfeeding the panel and using a physical interlock panel cover. if its a standard, widely available panel, the mfr may offer a replacement cover with built-in interlock. or look up the interlock kits that...

not sure i can answer that. my 003 had a box mounted on the inside of the fan housing that was the original (oem) battery charger. i did remove mine entirely, put a wire nut on the end of each wire, and zip tied them in place so they wouldn't go anywhere. i don't think i touched the stator...

'installing' it is almost too grandiose a term. the charger has 5 connections to make. one lead for each positive and negative terminal on each battery (two batts so two positive and two negative terminals), and then you plug it into the convenience outlet (it has a standard 110v plug)...