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The pin is in the red circle. It basically bypasses the governor controller. I think you have to hold the linkage in the full throttle position before the pin goes in. (Also useful when pull starting) When you want to shutdown the genset, you'll need to pull that pin out (or hold the...

There is a physical pin you can use to lock the governor at full throttle.

If you take the #2 pump out, are you able to move that pump's metering lever back and forth easily? If not, that pump might be seized, which would prevent the fuel rack from moving when that pump is installed. Or another thought would be to use the dead crank switch to bump the engine over, so...

A coupler for electrical conduit would be a little thinner than the black iron. I've used them before when adding a short pipe and tractor-style flapper when the stock square flapper was missing.

Any chance your pressure regulator is turned down way low? Does the same thing happen if you use a small blow gun tip in the valve stem with the valve core removed? Could someone have dumped a bunch of slime in there and plugged the valve stem?

Any chance you can get a picture of the tag on the gen head? It should be just left of the lifting loop in your middle picture. That should clear things up.

Is that a speader / lifting bar on top? Looks slick.

I remember a post a few years back about using a Fernco coupler (rubber plumbing fitting). It's not perfect, but it could be better than nothing. Edit - Here's the post: https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/803-fuel-filler-rubber-gasket.177229/post-2115509

Thanks for the offer. I'm hoping to make the retrieval drive next week. It's about 6 hours each way. $500 has been my max for ages, so you likely would have got me.

Here's a link to a post in different thread with some metering pump part numbers: https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/mep80xa-injector-pump-leak.209170/post-2441547

Agreed. I'll post some pics when i get it home.

Sorry @98G, I'll fess up it was me. I've been looking for a load bank for nearly 10 years. They don't get much closer to me than in Kansas. Feels weird being on the lucky side of a bid for a change. Usually I'm the one setting a max bid and getting poached by 1. Looks like this unit will need a...

Assuming the yellow plastic in the 3rd picture from post #1 is the underside of the oil fill cap in the top of the valve cover, maybe the engine took on a little water when that fill cap was off.

The 803 at my in-laws near Mission, SD / Valentine, NE got a good workout last week. Power was out for about 4 days Tuesday - Saturday. Felt good to know that their house was warm and the cattle had fresh well water to drink, even though we're snowed in on the other side of the state. This week...

On the tank side, assuming you're going into the 2" npt on top, you might try looking for a "heating oil tank pickup tube". Or you could build your own with parts from a local plumbing store.

I agree it seems odd for the #2 pump to clog before #1. Was the filter screen present in #1? Was it clean? Maybe #1 clogged first last time (possibly long before you acquired the genset) and got cleaned, but #2 wasn't fully clogged at that time and didn't get attention. I could imagine a...

The pump has been installed on the trailer and will move water. It'll empty (or fill) the 500 gallon tank in about 5 minutes. The cattle enjoy some fresh cold water on the hot still days when there isn't enough wind to turn the windmills. Here are a few pictures at the end of a successful...

Are any of the fault lights lit when it dies?

I don't have your particular model of generator, so take this with a grain of salt... That smoke seemed mostly white to me. There where a couple times when it sputtered and gave out a little black smoke. It was hard to see/hear if the sputter corresponded to more cylinders firing, or fewer...

If you're looking to add a L14-30 twist lock receptacle, the Hubbell HBL2710SW is pretty easy to flush mount. https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/adding-a-240v-30a-outlet-to-an-802a.159003/