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A little background first. I purchased this generator about 4 years ago and it ran when I bought it. It only has about 60 hours on the hour meter. It ran just fine last year when I tested it (ran for about 15 minutes) as this generator is used very infrequently. I recently wanted to make sure it was still working and when I started it, it would start and then immediately shut down. Both the under voltage and over speed indicator lights were lit. After resetting the fault indicator and resetting the overspeed, it would start but do the same thing again. I reset everything but this time when I started it I immediately switched the battle short switch to on and it continued to run for about 30 seconds and then shut down. I don't know why it shut down. While it was running I was able to notice the frequency meter was pegged at 62 Hz even though the frequency knob was turned all the way to the left. I figured this was a good indicator that their was a real problem with the overspeed. I tested the magnetic pickup as per the -24 manual. The resistance checked fine (1030 ohms) but the voltage while cranking was high (3.9 - 4.6 VAC). So I removed the sensor and found some small particles on it. I cleaned the sensor and reinstalled it. I adjusted it until the voltage was in spec (2-3 VAC). The problem now is the engine will crank but it will not start at all so I can't tell if I fixed the overspeed problem. There are not any fault indicator lights lit now. I have made certain that the fault indicator and overspeed switches have been reset as I did this several times. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks......