Re: Generator hard to start Reply #25 – January 31, 2020, 11:35:13 pm Quote from: Pierce & Gaylie Stewart – January 15, 2020, 10:55:53 pm I usually just flatten the washer on a flat surface with a sheet of 600 wet or dry changing position of the washer every few seconds. PierceCopper washers work harden and should be annealed too. Heating them up until the glow will relieve internal stresses restoring malleability. Quote Selected
Re: Generator hard to start Reply #26 – February 01, 2020, 12:29:55 am Quote from: TGordon – January 31, 2020, 11:35:13 pmCopper washers work harden and should be annealed too. Heating them up until the glow will relieve internal stresses restoring malleability.Same with copper head gaskets. Quote Selected
Re: Generator hard to start Reply #27 – February 01, 2020, 12:34:00 am Fuel lines? Winn filter? Quote Selected
Re: Generator hard to start Reply #28 – February 01, 2020, 12:56:51 am My powertech generator was hard to start when I got it. Track it down to the glow plugs. Just disconnect the wire to the plugs and take a Continuity checker or ohm meter and check each one for a short. If it's not showing a short or very low resistance, it's bad. It is just a heating element. If you hold the pre-heat in too long, it will burn open the glow plugs Quote Selected
Re: Generator hard to start Reply #29 – February 01, 2020, 08:43:43 am Warning!Never hold a glow plug in your hand with power on it. Common sense, yet the muther in me just had to say it.FinditParts discount code take10 =10%. Quote Selected 1 Likes
Re: Generator hard to start Reply #30 – February 01, 2020, 10:50:43 am Here is a video on how to test the glow plugs. Naturally, if they are installed, you have to pull the wire off.Piercehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Po_1pNHE1Y Quote Selected 1 Likes
Re: Generator hard to start Reply #31 – February 11, 2020, 10:19:53 pm So finally it took my coach to a local place, Professional Engine System Inc.Here it was the glow plugs.Thanks to you all who steered me away from a major expense. Quote Selected 1 Likes
Re: Generator hard to start Reply #32 – February 12, 2020, 07:31:59 pm So it was the 3 glow plugs. I guess there was 1 ohm left. Not enough to heat.When I got there it ran rough.He took off the intake fuel line. The pump was working but very little fuel came out.So we pulled the generator forward to allow space for the fuel line. At that point the fuel came out very good.So we made sure the line weren't being restricted and it fires right up now.A very beautiful thing. Quote Selected 3 Likes
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