Recent content by coyote62ny

do you have the correct timing button installed?

check the condenser it could be bad best to just replace it . gap the points at .015 thousandths and make shure they are clean spray them with electrical cleaner to remove any oil .clean the terminals in the cap where the rotor spins against . replace the cap and put a plug in the wiresand...

napa filters for the 003 are junk they are to short to seal in the cans. if you dont feel spring tension when you put the can on it wont seal against the top. there for no seal no filtering process. you will just pump all the junk and water in the fuel into the ip real bad thing.get the correct...

i can get fuel from a farm 1 mile away for 3.29 a gallon any time i need it so im good as far as fuel goes. you guys have been very helpful with this post and i thank you . great site and always someone to answer questions.

thanks for all the info guys. i was concened about the control panel getting water in it so i have a tarp fastened behind the control box and bungies to hold it down over the gauges. just in case. will keep you posted on how it goes if we have a power outage. thanks again.

im only 50 miles north of binghamton they say we could get 2 to 4 inches of rain here. you guys north of syracuse wont get as much as we will. we are under a high wind and flood warning starting tomorrow. thanks for the help.

will it damage any parts on a 003 by running it in the rain without anything covering the gen set. i live in ny and we are supposed to get hit by sandy. the electric co. is calling people leting them know we may be with out power for days. i dont have any building to run the gen set in or a way...

i have dryed the floats out after they swell it takes about 2 weeks or longer to totally dry out. they will return to almost there origenal size just make shure the float does not rub on the floatbowl if it does sand it down so you have good clearance and then coat the float well. you can tell...

i have a post on here on how and what to use to coat these floats. the carb is the same as the 1ao8 and 2ao16 the float is made of foam and swells when used in ethonol gas . once you coat the float you should run all ethonol gas out by shutting off the fuel and let run till it quits just to be...

i live in upstate ny and i use ag fuel in my 003 all the time. its cheaper 2.99 a gallon now and road fuel is 4.45 a gallon. i talked to my fuel supplyer for my kerosene fo my furnace they told me that home heating oil and ag diesel and road diesel are all the same fuel just ag and home heating...

when mine messed up with high voltage the dc battery condition meter on the panel went up into the red. i later found out i had a bad dc voltage reg. the over voltage was just a thought.

i would also check the voltage across the batteries when running it should be 27 to 28.5 volts dc. i had a dc voltage regulator go bad and the voltage across the batteries was up to 32 volts dc.

the oil you should be using is shell rotella 15-40 diesel oil or shell rotella sae 30 diesel oil. a diesel engine requires a good oilto keep the engine clean. also i wouldnt use any of this new senthitic crap in these engines as they are not desighed for it and it may cause damage. the military...

dont use napa filters in the 002 or 003 they are to short and dont seal properly if at all . use the proper filters fram oil filter number is ch6pl fuel filters are fram c1125pl these filters are available at race mart for 4.90 each for oil filters and 6.09 each for the fuel filters. these...

if your mag is a fairbanks morris you could try tractor parts places yesterdays tractor comes to mind as one place. if you have a slick mag or fairbanks you could try saturn surplus or colmans surplus boath are in p.a. and very good to deal with at colmans you want to talk to john he is there...