1976 McCullough Mite-E-Lite Generator It works!
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- Опубліковано 21 вер 2019
- I picked this generator up in 1996 right after hurricane Fran rolled though my street. We went without power for 14 days and to be honest I was lucky to be alive. I bought it for $50.00 as it was "locked up" according to the previous owner. It turns out it has sucked up some screws and they were lodged in the magnet area of the generator. I cleaned it up, changed the filters, oil, and gas, and it has served me well ever since.
It has maybe 200 to 300 hours on it since I bought it and is still all original except for the points, I upgraded it to the newer electronic ignition system in 2015.
After all these years I came across a great deal on a larger unit and have decided to part ways with it, but I will say this. They don't build equipment like this anymore!
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I have one that my Dad bought in winter of 1975(date stamp Oct 31, 1975) to use out at our farm at the time to run heat lamps at night for the piglets. I acquired it in 1998 after his death and I converted the four 110 outlets to a single 50 amp plug and made it a full time 240 volt system. Still running the orig points here in Feb 2022. I converted the pull start to use a socket and cordless drill since they have such a hard pull start. I'm in the process of building a propane conversion for it.
Though little buggers!
Fascinating little thing. I love gensets and would own many different ones if I could. I tend to be more fascinated with smaller ones that are good for carrying about while able to power many things.
Best part of the video is that smile when it fires up! Lmao. We had 1 like that on the farm (dad got it at auction) and i remember bustin my back pullin it over bout 1000 times while we tried to git it goin. I was bout 10 i think. And ya it was the points. Glad to see fame didn't take over you rock star. Congrats on goin viral!!!
Made when things were engineered to last unlike the crap of today 😩😩
My father has the same one... I'll have to show him this video.
My dad had one in the shed. I got around to taking it out today and tried to see if it ran. Had to take the top end off to clean and inspect. Freed up a stuck intake valve, cleaned everything and had it running great. Just gotta tweak the carb to make it quit dripping fuel
They are great little units. I think things were just built better back then. I had it up for sale for a while, but I still have it.
@@FarpointFarms have you had to work on the actual generator part? Mines not producing electricity, and its probably just rusted and dirty, but didnt know if there was something common that broke on them
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hi erik do you have it I'm interested to buy it
I have 2 of them never have a problem with them
Is it still for sale? How many voltage does it output? ...as of this testing.
Are you going to get a new one?
If I had the space to keep it I would make a offer .
I'm looking for an air filter for mine,can't find on the net.Anyone know where to find one?
😅 I'm looking through an old 1976 Eatons catalog, damn. Brigs and stratton engine 👍. Was looking at these gens. And chain saws and everything else. Don't make them like they used to.
I agree that they don't make them like this anymore. They were build to last and last, some of the new stuff today, will last 1 season.
so again explain to me why would you get rid of this unique generator.
That sounds very heavy when it starts
It's a beast! This thing takes two to carry and makes a racket. Nothing like a modern Generator.
i still have one, but mine is a 2000 watt.
it still works fine, but it's very hard to start.
it a pull start.
I'm wondering if there is a way I can make the pull easier.
I have had mine for about 10 year.
I had to fix the valve on it, my fault, I had diesel fuel in the gas.
not a good thing.
that's all I have done with it.
I know this video is a little old but wondering where you found the parts for this unit? I pulled one out of grandpa‘s barn a month ago it runs but not great. Just kind of want to see the old girl working again
I acutely own one, whats wrong with it?
Anyone ever hear where to get electronic points for this unit? I have had one for years and would like to replace the points with electronic.
Best thing to do with old generators is start them up every week and let them run 10 or 20 minutes
Agreed, people forget to do that and when they need it, it does not work. Not the machines fault, it is operator error
I also have a mcculloch generator it’s a ra120 1200 watt with a Briggs and Stratton 80212 made in 1977 still runs and gives out power
They're isn't info on these because you can convert them to self powered electricly driven and still have the 220v output. Not allowed to do that it upsets the power companies
But the one i have is pull start
Ive got a similar unit! Australian spec of it though...made in 1974! Check my channel, had an old video when i first got it running again.