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Mounting No I did not bolt down the genset. I used the same technique we use on heavy industrial equipment to isolate the vibration and noise transmission through the foundation. You can find rubber isolation pucks (really synthetic elastomers) available from your local HVAC (I use Trane)...

Success and completion Thought I would post a few pics of the final result. I know it is not nearly the quality of Allen's (jonesal) restoration but it is about all I have the time and patience to do myself. The genset looks quite presentable now on a new concrete base next to the house. It now...

I'm now the proud owner of a jerry can fuel pickup tube adapter and as they say "It's in the mail". The problem is that it is tax day and money is the topic of conversation around here. If my wife finds out I have spent another $100 on this boat anchor (just bought the fuel pump kit), I'm...

MacAuthur and Ridgeway Airborne L-17B I have a project I have been working on some time to restore a Korean War era North American (Ryan) Navion L-17B Liaison aircraft. It has been quite and undertaking. I just wondered if any of the Steel Soldiers would like to see how Gen. Douglas MacAuthur...

For those who need a fuel pump or other antique auto parts I post his dialogue with Then and Now Automotive. Inquiry: Please find attached photos of my fuel pump. Although the equipment list calls out a AC9367, the flange is stamped 570 X, and the inside of the dome beside the valves says...

Pulled the fuel pump this AM and, wow, what a mess. It is full of trash, jelly, and that flakey coating left by gas after it evaporates. The diaphram wasn't torn but the material had lost its rubberization and apparently was passing the fuel through to the lower half. It might be torn under...

I forgot to answer an earlier question. The -20 has 72 pages plus an appendix of about 10-12 more pages. This is from Oct 1961 and covers S/N 1-2501. My unit is S/N 1413 and the documentation seems right for it. I have scanned the first 3-4 pages plus all the info from the chapter on...

Well I can't see the wiring easily but by looking in a mirror upside down and backwards I can see the motor generator tag: Rating 18A at 1750-4000 Type 1 Class B Grade 2 Group C 612 604A MS13823 6HS6002AT AUTOLITE Some of this may be incorrect since G and 6 look a lot alike...

C3 has 21 pages but 13-21 is Army nonsense on which level of maintenance does what work. I have scanned 1-12 into a PDF which I hope will help you. The copy I have is a xerox from long ago and the quality of the photos is marginal and what you see is as good as it gets. I also have C1 which...

I have copies of TM 5-6115-269-10 Operators Manual April 1961 and TM 5-6115-269-20 Organizational Maintenance Manual October 1961 and they appear to be correct for my machine. I also have TM 5-6115-269-20 C3 which adds info on the Engine Generator Regulator. I have a couple of pages form TM...

You probably have this Figure 31 of the Battery Box which I found in TM 5-6115-269-20 dated October 1961. Your manual apparently is a later date and may not have it. I do not have the cover or the heaters. Don't know what happens to these. Maybe they are just inconvenient to keep. Your...

I hesitate to post pictures of my generator after seeing Allen's but for the sake of interest her they are.

Well I take two steps forward and one step back. While test running generator to adjust the carb under load, the engine completely died. When I removed the carb bowl drain nothing came out. When I removed the gas filter drain, nothing came out. Complete fuel starvation. So I removed and...

Allen you are right on. The combustion switch needed a 1/2 turn and the fan motor quit just like you said. I have the organizational maintenance manual and the operating manual but I guess I have been a bit lazy in reading the electrical schematics. I also found that the heater safety switch...

I put the winterization combustion heater back in my genset yesterday and when I hooked up the electrical cannon plug to the heater the yellow light came on the panel and the fan motor started running. I was unable to shut it off or turn the light off using the off/on switch. I eventually had...

What a labor of love. I have a sister generator which looks identical to your before pictures. It runs and seems to be in good operating condition. I seem to spend all my time just keeping it serviced and runnning. I can't imagine the time and effort you put into the restoration. I admire...