Blown Storm Responder Generator Engine Swap With a Yamaha MZ360
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- Опубліковано 20 жов 2024
- Picked up this Briggs and Stratton Storm Responder generator that ran out of oil and blew the connection rod. This engine cannot be saved. As luck would have it I found a Yamaha MZ360 generator engine for sale. Not sure if it will fit on the Storm Responder frame, but will find out.
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Very good job on a generator that in most cases would have been scrap metal. You’re very calm when working, I wish I could be like that.
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Great video , I worked on a small generator . Had to replace the fuel shut off , so I ordered replacements on Amazon . One add showed a clear picture showing the same valve for 20.00 and another add showed a other valve for 2/10.00 . I ordered both , Holy cow all of the valves are the same .
I love every video you put out you explain everything i believe you could put two pieces of wood together and make them make power good job
Thanks
He’s one of the best on you tube. I’ve been around small engines for over 25 years. One of the best I’ve seen!
Fantastic swap and fitment, James! Love the stator end mounts. Pro-grade adding the housing for the on/off switch and low oil light. Amazing it ran so well without you having to touch the carb. I always feel like I got away with something if a carb doesn't need cleaned or rebuilt on a 2 stroke engine. Haven't had a chance to touch the Storm Responder I picked up last weekend. Have a feeling it's going to be an engine waiting on a genhead to match it. Will keep you posted. Thank you for doing what you do...for fun! 👍👍😁
Thanks Eric. It was a pleasant surprise that the carb was in good shape and the engine needed nothing. It is rare. I bet that power head is good. The storm responders have two different types on power heads. One with an AVR and another with just the bridge rectifier (like the wheelhouse you worked on). The ones with the bridge rectifier are built well, but the bridge rectifier board goes bad a lot (the diodes and capacitor). Have had 3 bad ones in the last 3 months. Actually had one blow on camera this week. It shot sparks out the generator head when it went. That said, I have only bought one that actually had a bad stator. Good luck.
@@jcondon1 You're welcome and thanks for the insight on the Storm Responder, James. The one I picked up has an AVR so maybe just brushes or an issue with the AVR. I need to do some more diagnostics and see what's what. Thanks again!
Don’t forget to peel the sticker above the fuel cutoff valve. Nice 👍 job on the generator.
Great point. I picked up another one recently with the same issue. Guess they came from the factory that way.
Once again a great generator repair to make someone a great little machine. You definitely are the generator champ. Great job.
Thanks.
Aha my favourite job to fix the Brigs. Well done James. .
Great work there! I've had a few apart myself. I admire that you still work on the floor rather than getting the majority done on the bench...I gave up on that years ago:)
Great job Doc. Learned a couple of things today, thanks.
Glad to hear it!
@@jcondon1 I saw a crack on engine block on the minute " 32:52 ", or maybe I was wrong !!!!!!!!!
As usual James a great job and insightful & thank you again for your great work 😊👍
You make the hopeless hopeful! Thanks for this. Many good points.
Great video as always. It is amazing that there is always something different in each video.
OBTW - Make a trip to HF and get a mini soda coaster.
Nice video! My Storm Responder is running right now - thanks Henri! I had the same issue with the Fuel Shutoff valve sticker being WRONG - was tearing my hair out once upon a time as to why the unit would shut off ... Then read the printed manual and found that the sticker is wrong. You noted this in two videos of the same model unit. I hope you blacked out that sticker and put in one with correct info. Thanks for great videos, a joy to watch!
I should of. When selling it, I fired it up in front of the buyer and it stalled out after a minute. The sticker fouled me again.
Great video James. I really like that move with the rod coupling to take up that space on the stator housing.
I’m going to install a similar heat shield on my Coleman. Thanks for stressing those shields. I’ll just fab one out of galvanized metal leftover from furnace installation.
Good job, I'm happy too
Jim, two ideas for you. 1) when swapping parts like you have, you can make a cardboard template for your mounting holes for placement. For when they don't line up, a piece of 1/8" steel angle might be useful. 2) you might be able to have the engine block welded if the internals are good. I do understand what happens when an engine runs low on oil, or flys apart because of wear issues. Those are some ideas for you. I have some plastic cutoffs from a local distributor if you would want to use these in place of wood, or for mounting switches, etc. These are available in 1/4" and up for most things, and I have some in black.
Thanks for the ideas. I have two other blocks that survived so going to rebuild those. The biggest issue is the internal wear that happened when they ran out of oil. Have 4 crank shafts from blow up engines. Two are out of spec and the other two in spec but the journals are not perfect. Am working now to get those together (assuming everything else measures up). If you could send me a picture or link of the plastic cutoffs. Am interested.
@@jcondon1 I Will try to get some pictures of a bit of what I have. I donated a bunch to a trade school in my area. I may list it on marketplace and send you the link, since I can't send pictures here.
Great job James . That Yamaha made that generator a very nice machine ! ENJOYED
Another excellent video. Love the muffler painting technique. Great tips also. Looking forward to the next video.
Another great job. Sounded pretty quiet too.
The engine sounds great.
A very nice engine swap and a great looking product, above and beyond cleaning and painting the muffler! Now change the fuel valve shut off label.....
(Original Briggs air fiter looked a lot better)
hi James I think with the Yamaha engine and the Briggs and Stratton you have got the makings of a good marriage which is good on your part. I Think you did it for the buzz great video mate
Definitely and upgrade for sure.
James, maybe get a little voltmeter and install in that unused hole in the panel you bought for it. Also, I agree with the comment below, buy yourself a lift table. A great investment and it will make your videos easier to film. Nice job.
Thanks. The meter is a good idea. A lift table is on the short list. Actually it is a little easier filming on the floor. Can see better what the camera sees and the audio is better.
I really enjoy your videos, the details really matter thanks for sharing....
Thanks
Hi, buy a blast cabinet. The buyes adores a shiny and clean machine.......
Great video also thanks for the helpful information. I just had to replace drive belts on my snowblower and having the rope trick in the cylinder would have helped route the belt around the pulley.👍👍
Lovely work as always!
I think it better to shut off the engine with the fuel shut-off. After you kill the spark with the switch, fuel/air mix is still going strong the whole time it's coasting down. So unburnt fuel diluting residual oil in the cylinder for the next start. Nice save on that unit for sure!
Nice Video...You have good hands and great skills....
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Next time drill the tank vent into the side or rear of the air box so if used out in wet weather, water dont chase the hose and slip past and get sucked in. Although I do see the hose fit tight, but that might not always be the case as it ages. Great Job 👍
Good point. Thanks.
End result looks sounds really nice could be confused at a glance with a new(er) factory model. Great work
Thanks! I like this combo a lot. Keeping this one as a backup.
Nice retro-fit. Works and like real good ....
Yes it does! I like that engine on that frame.
Some manufacturers of engines, make an acessory which screws down into the sparkplug hole, to lock up the cylinder, I'm sure you know of it, and I wondered why you don't use it......
Great job, as always, and U'll wager the unit lasts a lot longer with the more powerful engine..
All you have to do in that case is lower the piston and stuff the cylinder with rope. Safest way to not damage a good piston
Have thought about it. Rope takes longer and difficult on some engine designs, but is safe. The device you speak of is called a piston stop. Do not like the idea of using the spark plug threads to take all that force. Seems like trouble. But, I know a lot of people use them.
Nice rebuild, Yamaha is a fuel sipper compared to the old Briggs. The bigger engine will last longer if powering near the max continuous wattage. You really need a decent MIG welder for your shop. I own a YesWelder MIG/Stick/TIG Multi-Process Welder MIG-205DS | 3 in 1 It will weld up to 3/4" I just added a 3D printer to make knobs, cable harness brackets, ABS electric boxes.
I agree completely. Will get one soon. Will be a little embarrassed with my first welds on camera, but gotta do it.
Great job; many thanks for the video's.
Thanks
Wow briggs+yamaha+rigid... I really like this kind of videos of this channel it's very informative!
Glad you liked it!
Very nice conversion! That Yammie sounds pretty quiet compared to your average Briggs.
Definitely an upgrade.
Its like that old Johnny cash song, "One piece at a time."
I love your show you know how to repair the engine and keep everything nice and clean at the end you paint everything and you let us know what are you doing thank you but you forgot one thing what kind of tools are you using to repair we would like to know thank you very much and God bless you
I don't talk about the tools much. Maybe will do a video on that someday. Until then, let me know if there are any specific ones you want more information on.
Great vlog. Thanak u
You do nice work fella! 😁 Seriously...looks like factory my friend. Good job.
Better then factory. This one has an oil sensor.
James, another excellent video as always! Ken
Thanks
That unit was way too clean and by the looks of the air cleaner element, the engine may never have had oil in it and now you have lots of good spare parts. Good work as usual.
Thanks. I really like the design of the storm responders. If they had an oil sensor, they would all still be running.
Hey Jim, this is a BTW: guy on you tube " small engine mechanic" had a very interesting video, on a 20k back up gen setup. He found a loose wire going into the slip rings, that you would live to see. It was an intermitant no power problem. What I think you would find interesting, is that he pulled the entire slip ring piece off the rotor shaft, and soldered two extension pueces on. Very kool.....check it out...it is a natural gas Cummins powered unit.. If you have any rotors that don't have continuity through the excitation slip rings you should view this video
I subscribe to his channel. That same generator also had black varnish on the stator wires which helped me troubleshooting a unit with a black varnish. Thought the stator was bad due to the stator wire color (and the fact it was not making power). Ended up being fine.
Generator engine yamaha i like
HI James, good video, out where I am we have a lot of cement "mishaps" we have a product called motor off, You could maybe see if you could get something like that where you are. just be carful because that stuff is caustic as all hell.
Nice job again! 👍👍👍
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Good job.
Thanks!
Thanks Kevin, I appreciate the super thanks!
Mustie1 did a video on a riding mower a few yrs ago. It had either a Kawasaki or Yamaha engiine in it. After several days of experimenting, he determined that the carburetor was bad, (chronic flooding).
There is no such thing as carb kits for those. One must buy a whole new carburetor.
another cool video,thanks james!
Just drill new holes for the front engine mounts.?
Jep... The mounts wont last long being twisted like that.
Ah yes James, as the old saying goes: “Necessity is the Mother of Invention!” (or was that Frank Zappa?) I enjoyed watching you Frankenstein together a good generator out of parts. (although it would have been perfect if, after you started it up at the end, you would have said: “It’s Alive! It’s Aliiiiiive!!”, followed by a mad scientist laugh) 😳😖🤦♂️ Keep up the good work, young man. 👏🏻
Thanks.
You have the skills to do it yeah buddy,👍👍
Thanks 👍
@@jcondon1 anytime young man
Sone nice clean spare parts off of the B&S too.
The engine looked almost new.
Nice Video!! Keep this up and you'll need to change your channel to "King of the Hybrid Generators" Best of Luck, Stay Healthy.......................
Thanks! Same to you. Great job on that Generac GP7000.
Great job James
Try some aluminium wheel cleaner on the block see if that cleans it up..( etching ) works best..
Its a better generator now that it has a Yamaha engine on it..👍👍
You could try sway bar link bushings for the stator mounts …
It still sounded like the engine was surging a little bit. I noticed in one shot that one of the linkages did not have a spring across it and the hole the linkage connected to looked a little large. I wonder if adding a spring across that linkage could take out the backlash and reduce the surging.
At least you can salvage a bunch of useful Briggs parts.
I am swimming in Briggs parts. Going to try and rebuild another one soon.
Over time I think that the stand-off that your using to mount the power head to the frame is going to cause issues. You've created a lever against the bushing the more it vibrates the quicker it will wear them out.
I agree. Have used a 1x3” oak shim in the past. It works better, but really want to use something synthetic rather then wood. Those mounts are easy to replace if they begins to fail.
James please consider a hydraulic motorcycle lift
to ease the possible problems with your back. It would be a much more comfortable working environment.
James as I watching this video one thing came to mind, regarding the SCR AVR module. I suspect this type of AVR to produce a higher harmonic distortion in the output power, compare to analog type AVR. There is only one way to find out, if we have an oscilloscope. When you have a chance and time could you include a test in the future episode?
James great job how long did it take to do and do you like working on the floor instead of a lift table
A lift table better, but only spend a few hours a week fixing these, so has not been an issue yet.
Seems that some of those unusual "offset" motor mounts would have helped in this case. And I would have considered hiding the oil sensor module inside the new cover to keep the overall look clean.
Good one mate
Thanks Mick!
Are you going to do an autopsy on the old engine?
If you have a real impact wrench you wouldn't have to lock up the flywheel to take out the drawbolt.
I wish those anti-vibration mounts were easier to find; I need a few o put on my vintage Bell & Gossett air compressor.
You are the most knowledgeable person on UA-cam when it comes to portable generators, sooooooo, I have a question. Instead of using the reversing drill method, can a generator that has lost its magnetic field be flashed with a 12v battery through the 12v battery charging outlet that most generators have? This is for future reference in case my B&S 8kw generator decides to take a holiday.
I would say I likely. Most likely there are diodes that only allow the power to flow out to the battery and not back into the generator.
I'm a little concerned about the tank venting into the airbox. If there is a back-fire through the carb, it might could send flames up through the hose to the tank. Then Boom. Just a little.
Never considered that. Very good point. Never liked the ventless fuel cap. 99.9% of the time the generator is off, so not much benefit in sending the vapor from the tank back into the carb.
I think that when you restore anything at all it should be completely dismantled cleaned buffed and polished before reasembley
That's one nice looking muffler LOL
White vinegar will clean cement/dust off.
Thanks for the tip! Will give it a try.
Check your oil.... and check it often.
Work bench would be useful here, save your back !
l do a lot of generator repair in my area we get a lot of champoin and honda
That unit probably doesn’t have 5 hours on it! Whoever had before was a real knucklehead. I NEVER run my genset without checking the oil!
It's pretty amazing how people overlook the obvious. It's not rocket science.
I wouldn’t of bought it without a low oil shut off
I’m new to watching the generator stuff, what is an AVR? Does that mean auto voltage regulator?
Also putting rope in the cylinder is not a great idea, the mechanical advantage the crank can put into the con rod can bend it or even crack the piston as it is like hydraulicing the cylinder, remember the crank is a point of leverage so putting force on the center it’s multiplied by the stroke of the crank, it’s better to find a way to lock up the pull start like you did with the removal
I agree. Some use a piston stop which rely on the spark plug threads and piston to hold.. No thanks.
@@jcondon1 yeah that’s another bad one, I usually try to use something to hold onto either the flywheel, like a belt or your tie strap idea was awesome, I will definitely be using that one in the future
Forgot to mention it .... I always drain the fuel tank before storing the genset, and I drain the carburetor too.
I always drain the carb. I leave fuel in, but change it out twice a year.
Thanks, yet I am surprised that the alternator had to be dismembered to un-couple it from the power plant?
No easy way to get them off.
@@jcondon1 Seems like bad design, why not just have a normal coupling? Eg; uni joint, rubber coupling, spline coupling, surely the list goes on.... Thanks for showing though!
Hello Mr Condon. I have a generator MITSUBISHI MG 3000 WITH ENGINE G711P. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA PARTS FOR ENGINE????? CASKET TOP, CARBURETOR??????
Sometimes I find that my electrical appliances work better when plugged into the wall.
Awesome job on the transplant, James. I know I must be imagining it but at 32:25 it appears the block has a large crack at the top right of the video. If not, what could it be?
It does look that way. Think it is just a shadow. Will have to check that out.
What brand is that alternator please? (the OEM.) I have the same make of alternator on a generator I am fixing, don't know what brand parts to order. (I don't think it is the original alternator.)
Rance here Jim, just wondering why you did not want to bring voltage closer to 120 rather than leaving it between 115 & 116? Very good and enjoyable video.
I should have. Better to be at 120 or a little higher.
@@jcondon1 Thanks for the reply...please don't think I was being picky, just that I hang on every word and just trying to gain a little more knowledge.
@@rancelynch6514 No worries. Ideally no higher then 127v no load and no lower then 113v loaded, since this had an AVR, was not worried that it would drop under load.
Are you going to repair the old engine? Maybe do a post-mortem?
I will open it up in a future video. Not rebuilding this one due to the hole in the block, will use some of the parts to rebuild another.
Love your generator videos! Have you had any experience with the multi fuel carbs for sale on Amazon and Ebay?
Not yet. Will try one someday when I get rusted tank that cannot be repaired.
How is it that Yamaha and Briggs have the same mounts and shafts?
There are only a few standard tapered shaft sizes. Thankfully.
Could you have tested the low oil light to see if it was working? Seeing how this is what caused the engine to fail.
He needs to stress to the next owner that the light is NOT a "check oil" light.
The last engine did not have an oil sensor. It could be tested if you drain the oil and connect a multi-meter, but have not reason to believe this engine has a faulty sensor.
James, on a Yamaha 360, does the engine have to be opened to replace the low oil sensor? Just wondering cause my 4600 A will not fire with the sensor hooked up. Thanks.
It has to be opened to replace the oil switch.
I have a question for you. I have a contractors generator 2000 watt, with a 6 hp Tecumseh engine. It turns over, but won't start. It has the old shut off metal piece to ground the plug out to stop. It isn't a ohv model. Do I have to lap the valves and shim them to make sure they are opening the right amount? I'm used to ohv models with rocker arms and pushrods.
You can only grind the valve stems shorter. If the clearance is too large, then you have to buy new valves.
@@jcondon1 Thank you! When I tried it last I thought maybe they were sticking because it had set a while. I put a little Marvel's Mystery oil on them and saw them open and close while cranked the motor over slowly. They looked like they were dark somewhat. I figured it was from use and age. I used it quite a bit for running saws and drills in remodeling. It always ran good then. I could use it now, so of course it's not working. Lol 😆
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will you extend the heat shield and change the on off sticker
I am happy with the stock heat shield, so will keep it as is. Will remove the sticker. The labeling on the valve is enough.
Top holes in the airbox are not ideal due to obvious rain reasons.
That engiine could always be scrapped for some good parts.
Jim. Why done you have a lift table to work with? You must spend a lot of time on your knee working
Will get one someday
Pry bar in the hole . No need to get to the flywheel
Hey James. Do you do generators for a living. ??
Just a hobby. Do database work and system implementations by day.
@@jcondon1 Thanks for the reply. Enjoy your posts. .