Re: [MBZ] Diesel Generator

2020-11-29 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
The one I had was purely mechanical injection, Shutdown was a manual lever that was mounted on the injection pump. It had an electric starter AND a pull starter, it also had a compression release so you could pull it through with the pull starter. Very primitive design... third world stuff.

Re: [MBZ] Diesel Generator

2020-11-29 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I was thinking it'd be worth it just to get the engine. I've got a Cub Cadet that could use an engine transplant. Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Sat, Nov 28, 2020 at 4:31 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote: > Yes, pure Chineeeseum junk. But, the engine is probably purely

Re: [MBZ] Diesel Generator

2020-11-28 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> Yes, pure Chineeeseum junk. But, the engine is probably purely mechanical, with an electric kill mechanism. Probably well worth getting it to mess with, if you like that sort of challenge. I have something similar, in a quiet cabinet, the engine works great. The genny is bad, bad, bad. -- Jim

Re: [MBZ] Diesel Generator

2020-11-28 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Yes, pure Chineeeseum junk. I had one given to me with the same issues. I have it to someone else.. neither of us could get it to run for more than a start and die... It had a total of 320 hrs of run time, when no start/ no run arrived. Unless you truly need an awkward boat anchor, avoid the

[MBZ] Diesel Generator

2020-11-28 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Is this some anonymous Chinese contraption? https://annarbor.craigslist.org/for/d/brighton-diesel-generator/7238217031.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: