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Thanks for your input. I have been doing all the work myself to date. Its been running, and with the help of a few members on this site I have replaced the filters with spin on sets, and it starts like a champ and runs smoothly. I was working on the starter during this last snow storm when I...

Okay so after trying to work out my starter issue during the last snow storm :( I decided it might be time to take this beauty to an expert and have them do a service call / maintenance on it. I found a place that looks promising in Vermont and was wondering if anyone else has heard of them, or...

Its the solenoid Thanks for the suggestion. I went out looked at the solenoid via the air intake and noticed some icicles :( not good. I tried to manipulate the solenoid and its frozen in place. I then tried to remove the starter and everything as you can guess is pretty frozen. So I am...

Thanks dependable - I will try that after I finish shoveling the drive and clearing a path to the genset lol

Yes Thanks John - yes and I hooked them up per the illustration on pg 4-25 of the TM.

Okay been working on the genset all evening changing filters, battery cables, etc... when I went to reconnect the batteries the starter engages as soon as I connect the last neg terminal :( I checked the starter switch etc...know it something silly but I am too tired to figure it out :oops: Thanks

Tested Bad Thanks for the link I will call on Monday. I have read that load and temperature play a part in the shutters opening. Just to verify that it could work we pulled it per the TM and tested it in heated oil - it never functioned. Thanks!

:popcorn:Well working on getting the old generator running and with alot of help she runs and powers up fine. Noticed the Thermo Power Unit Shutter wasn't opening after 15 minutes running in 50 degree weather. Pulled off the Thermo Power Unit per the manuals instructions and placed it in some...

Okay after the recent power outages I just got word from "She Who Must be Obeyed" that I need to get that generator I purchased last June running and hooked to the house...jettison everything else:grd: LoL. So the first thing I did was skim thru the posts here last night, purchased a Spin...