Back-in-Black
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One of the things I wanted to see, and its there, is that the outboard throttle yoke, on the IP is wired to the front of the set. If its not, then the manual throttle control will not work right. The outboard yoke is supposed to be connected to an electric actuator, when the gen set is a precise power model. Your set was not a precise power model, so its hooked up right. The "T" fitting on top of the IP, has a small glass ball in it. Its a check valve. Sometimes old crappy fuel will freeze that ball up, and you get no fuel to the IP. Underneath that fitting is the L1, (engine fuel solenoid). Take out the three screws that hold the L1 in the IP. Then drain any fuel you can out of the IP. Close it back up and pour some carb cleaner, or something like it into the IP. Let it set a few days. Cant hurt, and may darn well save you a pump rebuild. Inviting Ray70 into this thread would be a good idea also. Very knowledgeable on this set, among other things! He has rebuilt a 15 KW IP.
awesome info! I will do all of this to the IP. Keep the tips coming. I might not get to them immediately, but will as soon as I can. Going to concentrate on getting the fuel tank out and cleaning the filter and separator housings. Going to try to flush the fuel lines out from the IP back towards the tank after I get the tank out. Also need to get the radiator off so I can get it cleaned out. Those will be my 2 areas of focus (fuel & cooling) for now so I can try to start it.