Never trust the fuel from the Previous owner. Thx for the tip/reminder about these carbs disassembly and the needles and emulsion tube. Removal b4 the needle float assembly, it's been awhile for me too on this design carb. I acquired a 4400 homie recently and haven't gotten to it yet.
I have the same generator in tool box of my 1980 Chevy service truck and have not looked at it since I quit using it but did drain tank and carb Was nothing wrong with truck or generator just didn’t need it so I parked it on cement blocks 😊
Those carburators have issues with vibration. I had one with the float seemed to be stuck open, and I reset it multiple times and no luck. 11.5 on a roper 1132 snow blower. Would run great, til you caught something frozen in the driveway. Then it stumbled all over the place til you stopped moving and then it would return to normal. The carb kits didn't fix the issue either. The float just doesn't hold the needle shut under movement, and it would just flood out, til you stopped moving, and then it ran beautiful,,, til the next time.
These are great old gens but put a manual fuel cut off valve and drain tank if not using regular and run carb dry , put hour and tack meter on it for best results
Never trust the fuel from the Previous owner.
Thx for the tip/reminder about these carbs disassembly and the needles and emulsion tube. Removal b4 the needle float assembly, it's been awhile for me too on this design carb. I acquired a 4400 homie recently and haven't gotten to it yet.
The rolls of velcro works great in this application
I have the same generator in tool box of my 1980 Chevy service truck and have not looked at it since I quit using it but did drain tank and carb
Was nothing wrong with truck or generator just didn’t need it so I parked it on cement blocks 😊
Those carburators have issues with vibration. I had one with the float seemed to be stuck open, and I reset it multiple times and no luck. 11.5 on a roper 1132 snow blower. Would run great, til you caught something frozen in the driveway. Then it stumbled all over the place til you stopped moving and then it would return to normal. The carb kits didn't fix the issue either. The float just doesn't hold the needle shut under movement, and it would just flood out, til you stopped moving, and then it ran beautiful,,, til the next time.
Put a manual fuel cut off valve is what I did 😊
Good time to check valve lash also and dump the old gas please
Got to go back into shop break is over 😢
These are great old gens but put a manual fuel cut off valve and drain tank if not using regular and run carb dry , put hour and tack meter on it for best results
You were supposedly going to empty the old fuel.
It's not up to speed for 60hz output
Do a leak down test first and then you will know for sure 😢
That’s a bad blown out gasket, head bolts must have been really loose 😢