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I'll also agree, sounds like a shorted gen head.
You should NEVER see sparks from the generator assembly. Very unlikely you'll be able to fix it if it's saying overload, and I really don't want to get your hopes up.
There is the VERY slight possibility it's a single wire that is shorting...