Just picked up my 1st "real" generator, a trailered '11 802A. Just finished a couple minor things to see it running good for myself so I can not feel dumb spending some money to fix little stuff.
The main question: Anyone got a good pic of how the shutoff solenoid link from the solenoid attaches to the shutoff lever? My solenoid plunger & link were laying on the floor... I eventually found the little plastic knob, but no bolt or other hardware. Found the L-P # for the piece between the link & the arm & called an L-P distributor, who told me it's 'just some kinda castellated nut'? So I guess question the 1st, is it really just... a nut? Like, it goes bolt into knob, link, nut, thread bolt into the arm? I have that rigged up like that, and it seems to be working for now... And then 2nd question... any reason not to flip it around... thread the bolt in from thw backside of the arm, put the nut on (which would also lock the bolt so it doesn't vibrate loose, which seems to be not hard to have happen with the current setup) and then use a nyloc nut in the knob, rather than the bolt head?
And 2nd, even less urgent question... while towing it home, it had what appeared to be a very good class 4 leak that seemed to be from the fuel cap seal... it appeared to start narrow right under the cap, and spread the width of the back panel by the base. It doesn't seem to be the filler neck rubber... I pulled the rear panel, and everything around the tank looks bone dry inside. But the gasket inside the fuel cap looks perfect, the rim of the filler looks fine... and the enclosure was chock full of fuel from the absolutely massive leak from the IP supply hoses, so I dunno if I actually have a problem, or if I just had a bunch of fuel meander its way to a drain hole, and spray all over whilst I was driving down the road. No, I don't actually expect an answer to such a nebulous non-question, but figured I'd throw it out there in case one of the all-knowing was like "oh yeah, that, that's the ____"
The main question: Anyone got a good pic of how the shutoff solenoid link from the solenoid attaches to the shutoff lever? My solenoid plunger & link were laying on the floor... I eventually found the little plastic knob, but no bolt or other hardware. Found the L-P # for the piece between the link & the arm & called an L-P distributor, who told me it's 'just some kinda castellated nut'? So I guess question the 1st, is it really just... a nut? Like, it goes bolt into knob, link, nut, thread bolt into the arm? I have that rigged up like that, and it seems to be working for now... And then 2nd question... any reason not to flip it around... thread the bolt in from thw backside of the arm, put the nut on (which would also lock the bolt so it doesn't vibrate loose, which seems to be not hard to have happen with the current setup) and then use a nyloc nut in the knob, rather than the bolt head?
And 2nd, even less urgent question... while towing it home, it had what appeared to be a very good class 4 leak that seemed to be from the fuel cap seal... it appeared to start narrow right under the cap, and spread the width of the back panel by the base. It doesn't seem to be the filler neck rubber... I pulled the rear panel, and everything around the tank looks bone dry inside. But the gasket inside the fuel cap looks perfect, the rim of the filler looks fine... and the enclosure was chock full of fuel from the absolutely massive leak from the IP supply hoses, so I dunno if I actually have a problem, or if I just had a bunch of fuel meander its way to a drain hole, and spray all over whilst I was driving down the road. No, I don't actually expect an answer to such a nebulous non-question, but figured I'd throw it out there in case one of the all-knowing was like "oh yeah, that, that's the ____"
