In my experience, almost all small engine problems are caused by stale fuel and/or incomplete mixing of 3-cycle mix. It's way cheaper to suck out/burn of the dregs than replace/rebuild gummed-up and corroded carbs.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of > Curt Raymond via Mercedes > Sent: Friday, November 20, 2015 3:30 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Generators > > The inverter versions of the Honda are awesome, is yours one that supports > teaming with another? We had a couple of those on a campout I was on in > September. 1 was adequate for making coffee in the 30 cup urn but struggled > if we were also trying to make toast ;) I need to keep my eye open for a > Honda, way quieter than mine although for the money mine has been pretty > good. I think my restart issue might be helped by running it dry which I did > when I left camp. > -Curt > From: Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: Greg Fiorentino <greg.fiorent...@comcast.net> > Sent: Friday, November 20, 2015 3:19 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Generators > > I got lucky a few years back and found a Honda 2000i nearby on CL. The > plastic case was a bit scarred, but it started up and ran great. I got it for > $400. > I always run it dry before storage and do regular oil changes with synthetic. > > I use it for camping to charge up the coach batteries when there's not enough > sun for the solar power. The onboard 3.6KW LP fired Onan uses too much > fuel for that purpose. Luckily we have not been without power at home for > more than brief interruptions, so haven't needed the Honda at the house. > > They're not cheap, but an excellent unit. > > Greg > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of > Curt Raymond via Mercedes > Sent: Friday, November 20, 2015 11:21 AM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Cc: Curt Raymond > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Generators > > I've thought about one of those for camp, we've got lots of wood... > Last week I used my little 2 stroke China generator to top up (read as bring > back from the brink of disaster) the batteries on the camp a couple times. I > bought it back in 2008 after we had an ice storm. When I bought it it ran > great, started on about the third pull. I've run it maybe 3 times since then > and > it started easy each time. This trip the little b@$tard started out by > breaking > the fuel petcock right off in the tank... Fortunately Car Quest had a petcock > that would work but it doesn't fit exactly right and the fuel line is > stretched, > which reminds me I need to replace it. I finally had to resort to starting > fluid > to get it to fire up and it ran like garbage for an hour or two. This is with > fresh > fuel mind you, all the old stuff fell out when the fuel petcock failed... It > ran > better after a couple hours but its still rough. I need to put some more > Seafoam in the gas and run it a couple more hours before I'll call it > acceptable.The nice thing about the little 2 stroke is it'll run like 2 hours > on a > quart of fuel. The 3k 4 stroke at camp uses twice that or more. I was also > pleased that it doesn't smoke appreciably once its warmed up. > -Curt > > From: Rich Thomas via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Cc: Rich Thomas <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> > Sent: Friday, November 20, 2015 2:03 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Generators > > You need one of those hot tubs with a wood stove in it, or an Okie hot tub -- > an old bathtub sitting over an open fire. > > --R > > On 11/19/15 11:47 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote: > > Washington St., particularly the Eastern part, got whacked with high > > winds Tuesday night. Massive power outages. My rope-pull gennys have > > not been behaving well, and Big Bertha was in need of minor service. > > Tonight I put another used starting battery on it (it takes two---24V) > > and replaced the heater hose vapor fuel line with a proper armored > > line. > > > > I hit the switch, and it cranked. I turned on the fuel, and it fired > > right up. We've bathed, are running laundry, and are watching House > > of Cards on the boob tube. Very comfortable. > > > > The hour meter was 3.6 hours when I started it. We've already run out > > 1/2 forklift tank of fuel, and it's chewing rapidly on the other one, > > which was full. _Very_ expensive showers... > > > > -- Jim > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
