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Well, this is what I get for being an internet expert when I haven't touched the gen set. I know the Yanmar engines as I currently own two of the air cooled ones. Both of these have the oil starting assist. I see that for what ever reason, the hole is plugged on the generator. Oh, it's still...

Well, I picked up the generator yesterday. Got it home and popped the cover off. Things are worse, but better than I had hoped. I don't know why, but for some reason they were trying to take the cylinder head off. The fuel line to the injector was disconnected and they had cut the return...

Look into freight shipping. I like to use Freightquote for my freight. Input the data on their website for a quick number and then after the auction talk to a rep for all the potential discounts. I bought a pump that was in state and spent 3 hours each way to pick it up. This became a day...

Yea I picked what I thought was a good one and threw a number at it without autobid. My hope was to chase other buyers to cheaper units and this one would go unnoticed. The plan worked, but the bids just never came on the other units. I know $550 was a steal, but I could have paid $200 less...

I just purchased one from auction as well. Generator is from Georgia and I'm having it shipped up here to Wisconsin. Shipping is costing me $167. I paid $550 for the generator which appears to be too much. There was two dozen of them on the auction block and with that many units there was...

Connection for the solar battery maintainer. The chargers appear to be field installed, hence the sloppy wiring and crimp connectors.

Here's a question for others: reading through the TM, I'm wondering if a battery is required for operation when the set is manually started? 1. The manual references the direct current system "provides generator control circuitry, relay logic, and engine cranking". 2. Under "battery"...

That sounds about right. It has a square black rubber plug. Remove the plug and you'll have a round hole with a small black hole in the bottom. I've tried tipping a little oil in from a quart bottle and usually make a mess of it so I've switched to using an oil can. The amount of oil doesn't...

The engine is specifically a Yanmar L70AE-DE. It'll take 10w30 oil. Personally, I've been particular to the Shell Rotella product. Per Yanmar, oil change interval is every 100 hours and it'll take just a little over 1 quart. Checking the oil level is a bit different from what we might be...