That turned out to be a nice little generator, and cleaned up nicely. That orange color looks real sharp. Great to hear the generator load down, with the heater, too. Hopefully the new owner will take care of it! I sure enjoy the '82 4HP Briggs and Stratton that's on my '82 John Deere push mower. I would imagine '82 is at the tail end of points, and condenser ignition. Starts reliably on the second pull, cold, every time though, as long as the tank is 100% full.
A friend purchased it. His house is close to a creek, so when storms blow through knocking out his power, he needs to run a generator for his sump pump. He stated his generator is 10,000 watts and it eats up a lot of gas. This way he will have power to the pump when he really docent need power for the whole house, like at night in the summer. He can plug his fridge into it too.
Nice restoration of the old generator.... Can't wait to see that old XL250 get some of your awesome TLC with your planned 'cosmetic restoration' ... Peter (NZ)
I'm just waiting until the good riding weather is gone and there are no bugs to land in fresh paint. Another month and I'll start disassembling it to cosmetically restore it. It's been running like a new bike, so mechanically it's finished.
Growing up my folks had a mid 1960's era Sears generator, powered with a 14hp Heavy Duty Wisconsin engine that ran at 1800 rpm. It was super quiet. You couldn't hear it running in the house, which was nice at night when sleeping. It was a built in unit, so it stayed with the house in Romeo, when I sold it. It still worked perfect.
No cars yet.... haven't really put much effort into looking. I have the 74 XL250 to restore as a winter project, plus I might do some more put off work on the Bel Air. I do still keep my eye open for a 59 Chevy Parkwood.
Pretty neat restoration. I agree, it was likely used once or twice in 1979-80 and then stored with 45 year old gas in the tank. What type of oil did you use for the oil change?
That turned out to be a nice little generator, and cleaned up nicely. That orange color looks real sharp. Great to hear the generator load down, with the heater, too. Hopefully the new owner will take care of it! I sure enjoy the '82 4HP Briggs and Stratton that's on my '82 John Deere push mower. I would imagine '82 is at the tail end of points, and condenser ignition. Starts reliably on the second pull, cold, every time though, as long as the tank is 100% full.
A friend purchased it. His house is close to a creek, so when storms blow through knocking out his power, he needs to run a generator for his sump pump. He stated his generator is 10,000 watts and it eats up a lot of gas. This way he will have power to the pump when he really docent need power for the whole house, like at night in the summer. He can plug his fridge into it too.
Nice restoration of the old generator....
Can't wait to see that old XL250 get some of your awesome TLC with your planned 'cosmetic restoration' ...
Peter (NZ)
I'm just waiting until the good riding weather is gone and there are no bugs to land in fresh paint. Another month and I'll start disassembling it to cosmetically restore it. It's been running like a new bike, so mechanically it's finished.
Another great restoration! Someone is going to get a great generator.
It starts one pull every time.
Howard nice job cleaning that generator up,
Well done! Growing up we used to have a Wards generator!
Growing up my folks had a mid 1960's era Sears generator, powered with a 14hp Heavy Duty Wisconsin engine that ran at 1800 rpm. It was super quiet. You couldn't hear it running in the house, which was nice at night when sleeping. It was a built in unit, so it stayed with the house in Romeo, when I sold it. It still worked perfect.
Great resto Howard!!!! Hope everything is going great!!!
Things are all good.
Awesome video THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEO
Hi Howard, another great video! Any car/truck restorations on the horizon? Hope you find a Brookwood wagon!
No cars yet.... haven't really put much effort into looking. I have the 74 XL250 to restore as a winter project, plus I might do some more put off work on the Bel Air. I do still keep my eye open for a 59 Chevy Parkwood.
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Pretty neat restoration. I agree, it was likely used once or twice in 1979-80 and then stored with 45 year old gas in the tank. What type of oil did you use for the oil change?
It was 10W-30 from an estate sale......