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OK, now I am going to have to drag out my tool and start practicing again. I have no idea why since I don't have anything with the required hols in the bolt/nuts. You damn guys and your ideas!:LOL:

Yes to all of the above, and you have the advantage we did not have. I am SURE you could find a video of safety wire installation on You Tube.

Were those "shorts" actually bare wire touching the chassis with burn marks? Or just wires rubbing the chassis but not bare and arcing? Pay attention to what Guyfang is telling you to do. He knows more about these machines than just about any of us.

Ray, what they are doing is rolling the military sales into the civilian sales they have done for years. This way they can get more on the block in any given sale day. And Fuzzy, now that you mention the 25.00 opening bid I do remember that but it is so low considering what I was bidding on it...

Just like any other auction house, the only way to change things is stop buying, refuse to pay the outrageous starting bid price. That does happen now but not enough. They usually put the item up several times at that high price and then they lower the opening bid. Yes, I also miss the old GL...

You would need a LOT of capital and good government connections to get the contract. To be honest, I think they have this locked up for the foreseeable future due mainly to their extensive sales locations. All mostly built on the fortunes made from Government sales. they may be shysters' but...

Are the newer gensets even worth buying? From what I have heard they are like most modern equipment and you need proprietary computers to work on them. Even worse is that you need updates on the software for those computers if you could even get hold of one and you are not going to be able to...

I assure you that Richie Bros. is not paying the government much more than maybe 10% of the sale price to the government. Oh, I remember when you could buy a M1070 for 1,000 or less because nobody wanted them. Then Richie started selling them with minimum bids like 10,000. and they were selling...

I thought it was 13%?

A lot of new surplus buyers do not realize there is a substantial buyers fee. Now it is even more substantial, For every 1000.00 you spend it is another 150.00 for the fee. That can really add up on a vehicle or genset!!!!!

Just got an e-mail from Richie Bros. They are raising the bidders fee to 15% so they can squeeze even more profit from the surplus they get for free and pay the government pennies on the dollar. I will not be buying anything more from Gov Deals or Gov Planet. Dear valued customer, We’re...

Right, we called it Safety wire. Being into racing I did a lot of safety wiring tying. I was taught how to be efficient by an aviation mechanic.

Inner tubes, conveyor belts and wire ties. How in the world did we get by without the wire ties! So much quicker and easier that baling wire. Wait, most people under the age of 70 will not know what baling wire is, so we will say Mechanics wire. LOL. Wire ties don't last as long as baling wire...

And DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING BUT THAT SWITCH once it is running!!!!! There is a problem and you need to find it before poking around with it running, especially with open panels. The switch is plastic so no danger there. Just because the ground is good does not mean that if you touch a hot wire you...

How familiar are you with electrical systems and wiring? I am not trying to be smart here but if you are not familiar with what a dead short is then you probably are not real familiar with electrical circuits. It only takes 1/4 of an amp to kill a person, touch the wrong thing here and it is 50...

Sounds like a dead short to me, you might want to do some investigation before you let the magic smoke out! And make SURE your ground rod is planted well since it could be shooting power through the ground. If that ground is loose and there is a short to the frame YOU become the ground, it will...

Just be sure when you enclose it you account for cooling air in and out. Plus the exhaust but I am sure you have that one covered.

You may need a step stool to see the controls but servicing it will be nice at that height. Looks like it is also going to be enclosed?

That is a clean setup!!!!

And it looked milky too. Considering the dipstick is right next to the crankshaft that is probably more air from the spinning crank than blowby But the color of the oil is disturbing.