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I'll agree with everyone else that the 105 is too big for a vehicle with a Jeep wheelbase and drivetrain. I'll add that there is no reason to get a 105 other than price and availability if you're only planning to haul 1000lb loads. Your Jeep can't activate the brakes on the 105, which makes it...

I need to replace an air filter housing for one of my units, and am going with something generic. This thread was originally asking if anyone knew the max cfm of these gensets air filters, since it appears to be non-existent on spec sheets. I decided instead to look at the air flow...

Use the dead crank switch. Throw it to center position and it should be like hitting the emergency stop button. There should be no ill effects from this as long as you don't have it loaded (and even then, I can't think of how it would be different than a normal shutoff). That will...

Behind the left door below the control panel, there are lugs. If you set the switch behind the control panel to single phase 120/240, you would connect your pigtail hot wires to L1 and L3, and I think L0 for neutral. There should be a data plate inside the door that says what lugs to use. Then...

I remember one of my 4a032's having a low oil psi shutoff switch. I forget what it was on, compressor or genset. Meps should have the electric oil psi gauge already. That's no help if you use the engine for something else, but on the genset, the electric unit should work.

Did you have to pull any wires to install the clutch? Possibly put them back in the incorrect order? Does this engine have points or an electronic conversion? Try rubbing the points with some emery paper or cleaner (electronics cleaner or sensor cleaner), resetting them to spec, then trying to...

I've switched my 002 and 803 to retired UPS batteries, which are sealed glass mat. They can be mounted in any position with no risk of leakage, and are probably better suited for rough service. I'm not sure where you'd find used ones...they're about $300 each new.

I think I said the same thing as DA...

Another reason is current flow in the earth . Different places in the soil can have different potential (think voltage). You could have positively charged earth (IE +1 volt) near negatively charged earth (-1 volt), with no conductor between them. Now you stick a rod in each one, and connect a...

Finally got around to it... Here are pics: Hard to tell, but the loop is intended to create a low spot away from the gen head in case of a leak. Tied to the housing Run alongside the fuel supply line. Temporary junction to fuel tank. Eventually, I'll put a fitting on this end, and adapt a...

Before you start it any more, make sure the chassis and Gen head are grounded. Especially with a problem like this, which may lead to frame energizing. There may be a short somewhere after the CT's, but before the output breaker. Remove the cover below the output terminals and look for any...

I'd get an external volt and frequency meter, so when the onboard ones go south, you have a reference point during an emergency. Maybe an AC contactor. Batteries...nothing sucks more than losing utility power and finding your genset batteries dead. I was thinking of adding a buzzer to mine...

I was thinking of current transformers regulated by a zener diode, driving a relay that opens as current increases. The current transformer generates a small voltage based on the current flowing through the output lines (L1 & L3 for a household). The zener diode will pass no current until it...

By the book, 25% should be 1250 watts on a 5kw genset. That sounds reasonable to me to create enough load to keep heat building and pressure high. I don't think the manual would say to run at 25% based on loading it over it's rated running, when the max loading could vary. You could put in a...

You could really get away with making your own from the fibrous fel-pro material. It's cheap on Amazon. Unless you're running it indoors, you might even be able to ignore a gasket altogether.

Keep an eye on your lube oil level as well.

That's very cool. I think that would have been ideal for me last winter, when I gave away 15 gallons of hydraulic oil that was contaminated with water. I could have waited until winter and filtered the ice out of it...

Good to know about biofuels. Thanks!

That would be ideal. I figured with a cap with hole in it, junk would quickly fill it, but not as quickly fill the entire opening. But I've done the filter at the bottom of the funnel, and don't have the patience to sit there with it. Filter at the top of the funnel is just too much of a pita to...

Nope, not a clue! I know the plastic drums I use have a 2" thread because that's the PVC fitting I have in them. But I've never attached anything to a steel drum but one of these adapters and the cap.