If it's cost effective, he could start making obsolete parts like this, selling them on Ebay. The best part is that he could make them on demand as needed.
Chickanic referred to you as the generator expert to use your vids if you need to troubleshoot and repair your generator. That’s a big compliment and well deserved.
Great job Jim! On my Generac the recoil is clocked more at the 1:00 position and it doesn't interfere with the air box. We're still recovering from the hurricane Helene. I can't fix generators fast enough. I've sold out of all of the repaired units I had in stock. Crazy times! Thanks!
Very impressive as always! The use of modern technology like a 3D printer can really bring new life to old machines with hard-to-find and/or discontinued parts. It definitely can be a great tool for the hobbyist.
I am very impressed with the airbox that your son designed. That is proof that he has many qualities: patience (try, try, try again -- there is no substitute for patience); truly great math skills; an ability to think visually and see different dimensions; an ability to work with machines in his own right. I think he will make a very fine engineer in some field. I have the greatest respect for your son -- and for you, too!
I think the damage to the air box is from the pull cord. I’d try indexing the starter housing clockwise so the rope doesn’t rub on it and you’re pulling more up than sideways
I purchased a brand new generator from someone that purchased it, couldn't get it started, then just tucked it away and went out and purchased another larger one. I figured out the timing gears were not aligned properly from the factory. I had to disassemble the entire thing , removing the generator assembly, then disassembling the entire engine. I paid $30 for it but spent nothing to fix it. I use it camping. Good video, great deal. I had another generator with a missing air cleaner cover. I had to modify another air cleaner assembly to make it work.
James, I never get tired of your videos. My dad gave me his Predator 9000 watt generator since he was moving into assisted living, and the carburetor was clogged up. Having watched your videos, cleaning up the carb was easy and it's running great now. Very impressed with your son's 3D printed air box cover, nicely done!
I might own a few 3D printers and have often thought that they would be a great tool to supplement the repairs that you are doing. Fusion is a great product for such designs and there are many UA-cam videos to assist.
You sir are a true inspiration to give those who may enter into small engine/generator repair, knowledge and a will to succeed. I am truly surprised that many today cant even change the oil or air filter on their power equipment. I see so many just "throw it away" than maintain it.
No two ways about it James, we're both 53 this year, our kids look after us that's for sure. God Bless your son for 3D printing a new airbox cover for his dad. Then again, maybe WE could learn "360" and teach the kids a thing or two. The chances= little hope. But at least we could try! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❌️❌️❌️❌️❌️👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡😄😄😄😄😄😄😄 Wayne & Nina
James, I do a lot of 3D printing for hard to find replacement parts, in Fusion 360. How I do the part dimensions is to ask the person with the part to trace the part on 2x2 mm graph paper and then send me pictures of the part from all sides and a picture of the graphed tracing. I do not charge anything for this work. I will do the drawing in Fusion 360 and send you the Fusion file so you can open it up in your program. The drawing may need dome tweaking but you and your son can do that with the fusion file. Hope this will help you. My fun is to work out how to draw the part at the same time learn more of the features of Fusion 360. Sorry I submitted this before I saw the ending of your video. Your son did a great job on the print. It looks like he used PLA. If so you should print it in ABS or polycarb, as PLA and gas do not play well together.
Sounds like you guys know what you're doing and talking about. I'm looking to get an already designed part (with .stl file) printed. I emailed James to ask him about it as I have sent him a couple of things (1 a generator) for the channel.
Do you think PETG would be good? My son-in-law printed some models for me that have been out in direct sun for 3 years, and they look like the day he made them. But of course gasoline is different.
Hi - PETG is much better with gasoline, as is Nylon. But without a restrictions. You should not use 3D filament printed containers for gas or any volatile fluids, the layering of filament printing is likely to leak. Use only gasoline rated container. For what James is using for the air box cover PETG, Nylon and ABS will work. You have to choose wisely when applying 3D printed plastics for your purposes. Hope this helps!
Thanks to you, I've fixed up my generator, chainsaw, weed trimmer, leaf blower, and lawnmower. Now I just look at em and they start right up. Next patient is my wife's BMW.. theoretically similar.
Excellent video, as always, but I have to say that the most impressive part for me was the 3D printed cover. That came out SO well. I've done a very small amount of 3D printing and creating an item, and it is NOT as easy as people think. Very very impressive design work!
James, when you are dealing with rubber bushings going into holes or items going into the holes of rubber bushings... try the old racer's trick. Use Windex. Windex is awful slippery and it evaporates completely leaving NO residue. Using oil or soap leaves a residue that can compromise the holding power of the rubber part or cause a degradation of the rubber. Windex can also help release rubber parts or things pushed into rubber parts.
The previous owner of that generator . . . well . . . I am always astounded at how little some people understand about mechanical things. Even after being told a number of times that machines will not maintain themselves, some people just don't get it. They pay good money for a machine, and then let it turn into junk. Anyway, thanks for the video. 👍👍👌👌
Am I the only one missing Jim’s paint booth for frame fix up? Nice repair and kudos to your son for 3D printing the airbox cover. In the future we’ll expect to see more works of art!
@@jeremyfreeman1860 I suspect Dad has given him the 3D printer,computer, and a bunch of other stuff. Think of this as a learning experience/test project/challenge for the son. :-)
Great work, thanks for the video. On reinstalling the carb and airbox, I have used long studs made from all thread to help align parts like that and then remove the studs one at a time to install mounting screws.
Hey James, I'm originally from Yorkshire UK and your videos encompass my favourite phrase "Don't chuck it away, it might come in handy!" Thanks for sharing and best regards from Ireland.
That broken off piece of the jet was actually playing “The Shell Game” with you. This is one of the reasons I always take apart and reassemble carbs on paper towels on a baking pan.
Stellar work! Plus the extra goodness of having your son 3D print the air box cover, with good learning on his side, coupled with the satisfaction & pride of doing good work AND helping Dad--does it get any better than this? There were some new twists for me in this video, regarding problems & their solutions. There's quite a bit of satisfaction in recognizing the problems correctly, and also in knowing what your spare parts inventory is, not to mention HAVING the right parts to install. It's a surprise that the original owner fought with so many problems--kerosene, broken main jet, broken starter pull cable, broken choke lever. I suppose that the bright side of discovering kerosene in the gas tank may have been finding so little rust. I'd been trying to imagine how the air box cover had been cut repeatedly, but then I read through the comments; the viewers made perfect sense of the frayed starter rope being associated with the roping cutting into the air box. I wish I'd been that sleuthful! It's unfortunate the original owner couldn't put 2 & 2 together to explain the damaged air box cover AND the damaged pull starting rope. They might have saved the cover and the rope with a little rotation of the housing. But that wouldn't have solved the other issues, so they were destined for failure by not taking the effort to learn about small engines/motors and combustion. Thank you for doing the work you do, AND for sharing it with us. This was a beautiful piece of education & satisfaction for me. I hope you enjoyed doing it, too!
Those 3D printers are Awesome! My son has one and he has made me a lot of partsI needed.The last thing he made me was a couple of 11" high owls I put near my porch light to scare away robins that want to build a nest on my lights. Thanks for the Vids Jim
Good morning, thank you for another great Thursday morning video. I really look forward to your videos every week. Congratulations to your son's accomplishment with the 3d printing. Have a good weekend.
I'm retired and usually sleep in till late morning except on Thursdays when I'm up at the crack of dawn waiting on his next video. I have two sheds full of generators, six of which are working thanks to his videos.
Amazing content!! Meticulous evaluation of each necessary engine component and never ceases to reveal surprises!1 Kerosene in the fuel tank?/ Really?? Great stuff, James. Many thanks!! PS A 15 y/o son who knows, understands and can create 3-D printed plastic parts?? WOW!! Eternal job security down the road. Good for HIM!!
To re-mount the carb to the block: Buy 1" longer-than-stock bolts, cut the heads off those bolts and make installation stud bolts. Thread the headless stud bolts, finger tight, into the block where the original Philips head mounting bolts would finally go. Slide the carb, any gaskets and the air box onto both of the temp stud bolts. Hold the air box >firmly< to the block, un-thread one of the temp, stud bolts and replace it with the original Philips head mounting machine screw. Repeat pulling the stud bolt and then replace it with the other, original, Philips head mounting machine screw. Tighten both mounting machine screws and - "Bob's y'er Uncle!" Another great video!
Awesome you guys are doing with those older machines now days. I like and love seeing videos of people reviving and bringing dead equipment and machinery back from the Dead again.
I think you need to rotate the recoil cover so that the pull handle comes out on the right side, opposite the carb. That looks like a straight shot, whereas as it is the pull is an awkward angle.
Kudos to your son for designing and printing that air box cover, he most certainly has a future in the technology fields. You must have telepathically gotten my future message because when you showed the price of that part I kept saying that you need to 3D print that. I really don't know how you find these generators so cheaply, something like that in the southeast where I live wouldn't sell for less than $300 and would have been touted as having ran a month ago.
Great video, a large step in the learning curve. I do like a small dose of Kerosene on old engines, not to run, but to dissolve the varnish. But not to run them!! Also on really old and laid up motors with sludge for oil, I do a few quarts of Kero in the crank case and try to get the electric start to move that around the crankcase, and drain out the dregs. A half quart of new fresh oil to sweep out the remaining Kero and the case looks like new. A 3D printer guru on hand.... handier than a shirt pocket!!!!! 👍👍👍
So cool your son rocked out that cover. My step son is heavily into 3d printing. He's printing a life size R2D2. He did a millennium falcon that's about 5 feet in diameter. Thing about that stuff is it takes so long to print. There's so many pieces. So he's got like 15 or more printers. Lol. Luckily he's older so it's not in my house or on my dime. He's like 50 years old.
@@jcondon1my step son has good printers. Then he upgraded all the parts to make them better and faster. He has so many so he can print multiple parts at the same time. The millennium falcon took him 2 years to print. It has so many parts and it takes 24 hours to print some parts. He has a couple of the printers that use a resin to. The table keeps moving up and down in the resin bath. Used a UV light to harden it in the light spots. The others take the big spools of weed Wacker like line.
Great job on the design and printing of the cover. I have a 3d printer and unless you do it allot, designing parts is not as easy as it looks. Great job as always making this video.
Thank you for posting James. Always a treat. POssibly a good candidate for the old -ty-wrap in a hot glue gun welding trick. After watching to the end I guess you didn't need it, your son did a bang up job
Great video and kudos to your son. You both did a terrific job. When I want to design a 3d printed object from an existent object I usually scan it using my iPhone running a 3d scan app. There are several videos on UA-cam that explain this process. It is much easier to start with a scanned 3d object than designing something from scratch.
Condon and Son small engine repairs . . .? Has a nice ring to it. Great video, nice to see your son helping you. Thanks James. Just a quick thought, if you’re ever tied for time and don’t want to 3D print something, I’ve repaired air boxes with fibreglass matting, which, when sanded and sprayed hardly notices.
Great video James-no disappointments as usual. If possible could you do a video to discuss THD levels? Namely re: electronics, and how it can negatively affect what's found in an average household e.g., PC, iPhones, appliances, furnace, shop tools, etc, and at what levels that happens. What kind of generator(s) either mobile or stationary backup generators are best suited and why? I simply don't trust the info found online-much of which is "sponsored" information. Thanks James.
It’s probably time for me to comment, instead of simply giving you a like. I really enjoy your videos. They are well-edited and your processes are well-explained. Your efforts go a long way, I think, toward helping others understand both how small engines operate and how, with a little bit of thought and effort many machines can be rescued from the scrap pile. I was lucky enough to be able to “learn by doing” but, today, many don’t have that opportunity. Keep up the good work.
Jim what ultrasonic cleaner are you using now? I think I have possibly watched every generator video and I believe you have switched several times. As always another great video.
Another great video James! Give your son a high five on the air cleaner cover, he did an amazing job! BTW, I’m enjoying all these videos on the older Generacs.
Great job James, good job by your son, you might be able to fix broken the air cleaner cover with some auto body filler called Tigar Hair. It has a fiberglass mixed into the filler for a strong bond. Thanks
Hi James I enjoy all of your excellent videos. I've repaired a few generators from learning after I washed your videos. I miss your old coffee cup with Terrell's name on it grass rats garage . I always enjoyed seeing that mug when you drain gas from an engine. Keep up the great videos
Hi James, i follow your channel ( found few weeks ago... ) from italy, congratulations for the content and the quality of the work you do. for 10 years I have been doing the same work as a hobby on used industrial generators.. I admit that I discovered a couple of tricks to speed up the disassembly of blocked rotors on this channel and copied them... thanks... keep making interesting content like the ones you do. I would like to suggest (just for aesthetic reasons) when you disassemble the components, a greater cleaning of the pieces so that when the work is finished even the oldest machine seems new and shiny.. greetings from Italy..😄
Having a carb parts stash sure comes in handy. I had a needle and seat failure on a Nikki carb on one of my riding mowers the other day. A rebuild kit for that carb is $61 and doesn't even come with the seat assembly. A new carb is around $180. Thankfully, I had a good needle and seat assembly in my parts stash. I always break down carbs and save any good parts, especially when I am dealing with a Nikki.
Your 15 year old son is the winner in this video. That young man has a future in technology.
Its crazy the stuff he is doing with circuit boards, 3D printing and his Arduino's.
It fit perfectly. What a skill to have!
@@jcondon1not gonna lie, I had to google arduino. I’m 53 and that’s the first I’ve heard about it. I’m glad these young men know about it!!!
If it's cost effective, he could start making obsolete parts like this, selling them on Ebay. The best part is that he could make them on demand as needed.
3D scanners are available as I’m sure your son knows. Unfortunately, a decent on is likely to run you $2000 to $3000. 🤨
Chickanic referred to you as the generator expert to use your vids if you need to troubleshoot and repair your generator. That’s a big compliment and well deserved.
And kudos to your son for making the a box cover.
Cool
Mustie1 is _the_ generator, small engine or basically anything mechanical expert. @@davidschipsi1316
Why not turn the pull rope 180 degrees to come out the other side?
That name just gets under my skin. youtube is always pushing her videos to me.
The starter cord is what cut the air box up.
Yip that's exactly what I thought when I saw it line up. It would explain the airbox and cord damage.
@@Firecul On the Bottom of the Airbox cover You can see Cord cuts in the cover. it does not line up with the cut marks at the top...
@@m9ovich785 I had to stop watching ATM so not 100% sure but isn't the cover symmetrical? If so it is possible it used to be oriented "upside down"
I thought maybe it had a grass cutter accident or run over by a lawn mower.
The pull cord seems more plausible.
@@brad9529 I wonder how many times that cord was pulled to cut into that plastic that way. 😆 🤣 Some dude has a well exercised arm.
Finding, buying, picking up, repairing, making & editing videos for our enjoyment...you're amazing....don't forget to eat, sleep and have family time
imagine its like an addiction where you cant stop buying generators to fix, the whole yard is now full of perfectly running generators!
Didn"t you know? We are his family now... his extended family.
Great job Jim! On my Generac the recoil is clocked more at the 1:00 position and it doesn't interfere with the air box. We're still recovering from the hurricane Helene. I can't fix generators fast enough. I've sold out of all of the repaired units I had in stock. Crazy times! Thanks!
hurricane ？OMG
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@@Alice-2928 It was bad here in Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina.
hope you and your family all the best🥺
Great repair video. Kudos to your son for designing the air box cover, that was a pretty complicated 3D project.
Very impressive as always! The use of modern technology like a 3D printer can really bring new life to old machines with hard-to-find and/or discontinued parts. It definitely can be a great tool for the hobbyist.
I am very impressed with the airbox that your son designed. That is proof that he has many qualities: patience (try, try, try again -- there is no substitute for patience); truly great math skills; an ability to think visually and see different dimensions; an ability to work with machines in his own right. I think he will make a very fine engineer in some field. I have the greatest respect for your son -- and for you, too!
He did an awesome job with a 3-D printer you should be proud of him. He’s not my son and I’m proud of him
Thanks James.
Reclock the Recoil so the Rope pulls to the other side.
Its the cord that ”saw” the airbox
Thanks, I was wondering what sort of violence produces those marks. No violence, just careless use.
And that's what ate the pull rope...
I think the damage to the air box is from the pull cord. I’d try indexing the starter housing clockwise so the rope doesn’t rub on it and you’re pulling more up than sideways
Yep, a great many pulls trying to start on kerosene too.
I purchased a brand new generator from someone that purchased it, couldn't get it started, then just tucked it away and went out and purchased another larger one. I figured out the timing gears were not aligned properly from the factory. I had to disassemble the entire thing , removing the generator assembly, then disassembling the entire engine. I paid $30 for it but spent nothing to fix it. I use it camping. Good video, great deal. I had another generator with a missing air cleaner cover. I had to modify another air cleaner assembly to make it work.
Generally shops have after-sales can be repaired free of charge, within the warranty period
So cool your son was able to design and print that air box cover. Nice job Kid.
Your son has a future in 3D design for sure, well done young man.
I have the same era 6500-watt Generac and the parts are very similar. That's back when they manufactured their own engines and they lasted forever!
James, I never get tired of your videos. My dad gave me his Predator 9000 watt generator since he was moving into assisted living, and the carburetor was clogged up. Having watched your videos, cleaning up the carb was easy and it's running great now. Very impressed with your son's 3D printed air box cover, nicely done!
I might own a few 3D printers and have often thought that they would be a great tool to supplement the repairs that you are doing. Fusion is a great product for such designs and there are many UA-cam videos to assist.
I'm a real nube using Fusion 360 for 3D printing and I can say your lad did a very good job, as that was not a simple task.
You sir are a true inspiration to give those who may enter into small engine/generator repair, knowledge and a will to succeed. I am truly surprised that many today cant even change the oil or air filter on their power equipment. I see so many just "throw it away" than maintain it.
No two ways about it James, we're both 53 this year, our kids look after us that's for sure. God Bless your son for 3D printing a new airbox cover for his dad.
Then again, maybe WE could learn "360" and teach the kids a thing or two.
The chances= little hope. But at least we could try!
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James, I do a lot of 3D printing for hard to find replacement parts, in Fusion 360. How I do the part dimensions is to ask the person with the part to trace the part on 2x2 mm graph paper and then send me pictures of the part from all sides and a picture of the graphed tracing. I do not charge anything for this work. I will do the drawing in Fusion 360 and send you the Fusion file so you can open it up in your program. The drawing may need dome tweaking but you and your son can do that with the fusion file. Hope this will help you. My fun is to work out how to draw the part at the same time learn more of the features of Fusion 360. Sorry I submitted this before I saw the ending of your video. Your son did a great job on the print. It looks like he used PLA. If so you should print it in ABS or polycarb, as PLA and gas do not play well together.
ABS doesn’t like gasoline either…
PETG would be my suggestion for common filaments. PC would be best choice. Or nylon, but both are rather expensive.
@@stazeII Nylon is one of the best to use with gasoline. Fuel line hose barbs are made from it etc.
Sounds like you guys know what you're doing and talking about. I'm looking to get an already designed part (with .stl file) printed. I emailed James to ask him about it as I have sent him a couple of things (1 a generator) for the channel.
Do you think PETG would be good? My son-in-law printed some models for me that have been out in direct sun for 3 years, and they look like the day he made them. But of course gasoline is different.
Hi - PETG is much better with gasoline, as is Nylon. But without a restrictions. You should not use 3D filament printed containers for gas or any volatile fluids, the layering of filament printing is likely to leak. Use only gasoline rated container. For what James is using for the air box cover PETG, Nylon and ABS will work. You have to choose wisely when applying 3D printed plastics for your purposes. Hope this helps!
That was the best $25. you ever spent, nice running machine ,and your son did a great job on the 3D printed part.I always enjoy your video's James.
Great video as always!!!! Kudos to your son for the great job on designing and printing air box for you!!!
James....Your son's abilities mirror yours...you'll make a great team...your fixing and him making unobtainable parts
Thanks to you, I've fixed up my generator, chainsaw, weed trimmer, leaf blower, and lawnmower. Now I just look at em and they start right up. Next patient is my wife's BMW.. theoretically similar.
Excellent use of 3D design/printing for a real world application! Kudos to your son!
you definitely scored with this purchase. The best $25 you spent all week I bet. I scour the ads looking for deals like this but rarely find them.
3d printer, that was very cool. Got that baby up and cured nicely James. Always keep the spare parts on hand is great👍
Nice.. Congrats to you're son on his design and engineering skills. I bet I know where he's headed to after high school. Great job ( Guys)
Excellent video, as always, but I have to say that the most impressive part for me was the 3D printed cover. That came out SO well. I've done a very small amount of 3D printing and creating an item, and it is NOT as easy as people think. Very very impressive design work!
I think I’d rotate the rewind so it pulls out the other side.
yes its poorly designed pulling the way it is.
Congrats to your son…..I’m 68 years old and I have no idea how he did that……..awesome young man
James, when you are dealing with rubber bushings going into holes or items going into the holes of rubber bushings... try the old racer's trick. Use Windex. Windex is awful slippery and it evaporates completely leaving NO residue. Using oil or soap leaves a residue that can compromise the holding power of the rubber part or cause a degradation of the rubber. Windex can also help release rubber parts or things pushed into rubber parts.
yes the windex is how golf clubs grips get slipped on
The previous owner of that generator . . . well . . . I am always astounded at how little some people understand about mechanical things. Even after being told a number of times that machines will not maintain themselves, some people just don't get it. They pay good money for a machine, and then let it turn into junk. Anyway, thanks for the video. 👍👍👌👌
Can you imagine how many generators will be for sale in a year or less in the area where the hurricane went thru last week?
Great that your son was able to help by making the new air filter box cover.
Am I the only one missing Jim’s paint booth for frame fix up? Nice repair and kudos to your son for 3D printing the airbox cover. In the future we’ll expect to see more works of art!
Great find and fix James. Nice work on the airbox printing 😊
Good job to your son, and to you for helping to train the next generation of problem solvers !
I'm really impressed my your 15 yrs old talent to have created AND printed that part! Nicely done!
Should give your son 50$!
@@jeremyfreeman1860 Maybe he can apply that $50 to offset little things like food, shelter, clothes, xboxes, 3d printers, etc 😄
@@jeremyfreeman1860 I suspect Dad has given him the 3D printer,computer, and a bunch of other stuff. Think of this as a learning experience/test project/challenge for the son. :-)
Great work, thanks for the video. On reinstalling the carb and airbox, I have used long studs made from all thread to help align parts like that and then remove the studs one at a time to install mounting screws.
I got up early this morning and found another classic, great video from you, James. You were a lucky find for your family!
The ability we now have to make ‘new’ replacement parts, even easily design a plastic piece for a casting mould is game changing!
Having observed your work and upon further review you didn't need to cross your fingers on this one James. It just wanted some attention. Solid video.
Hey James, I'm originally from Yorkshire UK and your videos encompass my favourite phrase "Don't chuck it away, it might come in handy!" Thanks for sharing and best regards from Ireland.
That broken off piece of the jet was actually playing “The Shell Game” with you.
This is one of the reasons I always take apart and reassemble carbs on paper towels on a baking pan.
Stellar work! Plus the extra goodness of having your son 3D print the air box cover, with good learning on his side, coupled with the satisfaction & pride of doing good work AND helping Dad--does it get any better than this?
There were some new twists for me in this video, regarding problems & their solutions.
There's quite a bit of satisfaction in recognizing the problems correctly, and also in knowing what your spare parts inventory is, not to mention HAVING the right parts to install.
It's a surprise that the original owner fought with so many problems--kerosene, broken main jet, broken starter pull cable, broken choke lever.
I suppose that the bright side of discovering kerosene in the gas tank may have been finding so little rust.
I'd been trying to imagine how the air box cover had been cut repeatedly, but then I read through the comments; the viewers made perfect sense of the frayed starter rope being associated with the roping cutting into the air box. I wish I'd been that sleuthful! It's unfortunate the original owner couldn't put 2 & 2 together to explain the damaged air box cover AND the damaged pull starting rope. They might have saved the cover and the rope with a little rotation of the housing.
But that wouldn't have solved the other issues, so they were destined for failure by not taking the effort to learn about small engines/motors and combustion.
Thank you for doing the work you do, AND for sharing it with us. This was a beautiful piece of education & satisfaction for me. I hope you enjoyed doing it, too!
Good job James on your $25 machine if the power goes out you’ve got enough generators to keep the city running lol
Got to love those plastic gas tanks. Your son did a fantastic job on the filter cover.
Big kudos to your son. Excellent father and son teamwork. Great genny too and keeping it from the junk pile.
Those 3D printers are Awesome! My son has one and he has made me a lot of partsI needed.The last thing he made me was a couple of 11" high owls I put near my porch light to scare away robins that want to build a nest on my lights. Thanks for the Vids Jim
Always feels like watching an operation at Seattle Grace. Surgeon's touch.
Good morning, thank you for another great Thursday morning video. I really look forward to your videos every week. Congratulations to your son's accomplishment with the 3d printing. Have a good weekend.
I'm retired and usually sleep in till late morning except on Thursdays when I'm up at the crack of dawn waiting on his next video. I have two sheds full of generators, six of which are working thanks to his videos.
Amazing content!! Meticulous evaluation of each necessary engine component and never ceases to reveal surprises!1 Kerosene in the fuel tank?/ Really?? Great stuff, James. Many thanks!!
PS A 15 y/o son who knows, understands and can create 3-D printed plastic parts?? WOW!! Eternal job security down the road. Good for HIM!!
To re-mount the carb to the block:
Buy 1" longer-than-stock bolts, cut the heads off those bolts and make installation stud bolts.
Thread the headless stud bolts, finger tight, into the block where the original Philips head mounting bolts would finally go.
Slide the carb, any gaskets and the air box onto both of the temp stud bolts.
Hold the air box >firmly< to the block, un-thread one of the temp, stud bolts and replace it with the original Philips head mounting machine screw.
Repeat pulling the stud bolt and then replace it with the other, original, Philips head mounting machine screw.
Tighten both mounting machine screws and - "Bob's y'er Uncle!"
Another great video!
What about the valve lash?
Thanks for the videos. Always a pleasure to watch.
did not know those choke plates came out like that... very cool! Really enjoyed this one Great job!
Great job as usual James it is always exciting to see you solving problems.
Awesome you guys are doing with those older machines now days. I like and love seeing videos of people reviving and bringing dead equipment and machinery back from the Dead again.
Chickanic brought you another fan. She reffered you on something I was watching yesterday. What a well done video. thanks.
Thanks
Nice when you get a bargain buy that isn't a train wreck. It needed a decent amount of maintenance, but the core machine was still solid.
I think you need to rotate the recoil cover so that the pull handle comes out on the right side, opposite the carb. That looks like a straight shot, whereas as it is the pull is an awkward angle.
your son did an excellent job of designing/printing that air box cover.
Kudos to your son for designing and printing that air box cover, he most certainly has a future in the technology fields. You must have telepathically gotten my future message because when you showed the price of that part I kept saying that you need to 3D print that. I really don't know how you find these generators so cheaply, something like that in the southeast where I live wouldn't sell for less than $300 and would have been touted as having ran a month ago.
Love your videos
Not really doing carburetor things! I love it!!!
Great video, a large step in the learning curve. I do like a small dose of Kerosene on old engines, not to run, but to dissolve the varnish. But not to run them!! Also on really old and laid up motors with sludge for oil, I do a few quarts of Kero in the crank case and try to get the electric start to move that around the crankcase, and drain out the dregs. A half quart of new fresh oil to sweep out the remaining Kero and the case looks like new.
A 3D printer guru on hand.... handier than a shirt pocket!!!!! 👍👍👍
So cool your son rocked out that cover. My step son is heavily into 3d printing. He's printing a life size R2D2. He did a millennium falcon that's about 5 feet in diameter. Thing about that stuff is it takes so long to print. There's so many pieces. So he's got like 15 or more printers. Lol. Luckily he's older so it's not in my house or on my dime. He's like 50 years old.
It does take a while to print. My son has an entry level printer. It takes about 7 hours to print one cover.
@@jcondon1my step son has good printers. Then he upgraded all the parts to make them better and faster. He has so many so he can print multiple parts at the same time. The millennium falcon took him 2 years to print. It has so many parts and it takes 24 hours to print some parts. He has a couple of the printers that use a resin to. The table keeps moving up and down in the resin bath. Used a UV light to harden it in the light spots. The others take the big spools of weed Wacker like line.
Oil filter!!! With proper maintenance, is a small giant, "runs and forget" Great James! As aways Perfect 🎯
Awesome James. I always watch your videos all the way through.
Great job on the design and printing of the cover. I have a 3d printer and unless you do it allot, designing parts is not as easy as it looks. Great job as always making this video.
Yup. Installing the carb is fun! Craig
That air filter cover came out fantastic!!!
Thank you for posting James. Always a treat. POssibly a good candidate for the old -ty-wrap in a hot glue gun welding trick. After watching to the end I guess you didn't need it, your son did a bang up job
I love it when you say perfect...... Same thing I say when I am working on my stuff too!!
Great job👍 Your 15 year old son did an awesome job 3D printing the air box cover. Those are way too complicated for me to use.
James you did it again.Im not working anymore ,but keep watching your program.Have a nice day greetings from Jan.
Thanks you James, And hats off to James's son's effort's great work!
I love the idea of 3D printing parts that are unavailable or really expensive. Good on your son!
Another great save. Kudo's to your son for the air box
Great video and kudos to your son. You both did a terrific job.
When I want to design a 3d printed object from an existent object I usually scan it using my iPhone running a 3d scan app. There are several videos on UA-cam that explain this process. It is much easier to start with a scanned 3d object than designing something from scratch.
Yes. The one part I designed that is the method I used.
I wonder how the original airbox cover got so mangled? Your son is incredibly gifted at CAD work!
Sawed by the rope start.....being dragged over the plastic many many times trying to start the engine.
@@JohnSmith-pl2bk Ah that makes total sense. I was thinking I was missing something.
Another educational episode, JC , you are a great teacher. Love every episode. Well done to your young man. Awesome.
Condon and Son small engine repairs . . .? Has a nice ring to it. Great video, nice to see your son helping you. Thanks James.
Just a quick thought, if you’re ever tied for time and don’t want to 3D print something, I’ve repaired air boxes with fibreglass matting, which, when sanded and sprayed hardly notices.
Great video James-no disappointments as usual. If possible could you do a video to discuss THD levels? Namely re: electronics, and how it can negatively affect what's found in an average household e.g., PC, iPhones, appliances, furnace, shop tools, etc, and at what levels that happens. What kind of generator(s) either mobile or stationary backup generators are best suited and why? I simply don't trust the info found online-much of which is "sponsored" information. Thanks James.
It’s probably time for me to comment, instead of simply giving you a like.
I really enjoy your videos. They are well-edited and your processes are well-explained. Your efforts go a long way, I think, toward helping others understand both how small engines operate and how, with a little bit of thought and effort many machines can be rescued from the scrap pile. I was lucky enough to be able to “learn by doing” but, today, many don’t have that opportunity.
Keep up the good work.
Jim what ultrasonic cleaner are you using now? I think I have possibly watched every generator video and I believe you have switched several times. As always another great video.
James is the generator whisperer...😊😊😊😊
yes he is always gentle and calm about it.
You scored on this one. At that price, you can spend a little bit of money on it and still make a nice profit. It was definitely worth buying.
Another great video James! Give your son a high five on the air cleaner cover, he did an amazing job! BTW, I’m enjoying all these videos on the older Generacs.
No cleaning or painting 😞
Great job on the air cleaner box. Your son should be extremely proud of that, it looks like a real one.
Cheers Jim, another "fix" . Where would my repair don't replace mindset be without your Thursday postings.
Amazing channel, content, and thoroughness. Pretty cool that your son made the design of the air filter box.
That cover looks fantastic. Good job.
Great job James, good job by your son, you might be able to fix broken the air cleaner cover with some auto body filler called Tigar Hair. It has a fiberglass mixed into the filler for a strong bond. Thanks
Hi James I enjoy all of your excellent videos. I've repaired a few generators from learning after I washed your videos. I miss your old coffee cup with Terrell's name on it grass rats garage . I always enjoyed seeing that mug when you drain gas from an engine. Keep up the great videos
Glad you used A Wix filter. My farther in law worked for CAT machinery for 30+ years he claims Wix made filters for cat love your channel.
Hi James, i follow your channel ( found few weeks ago... ) from italy, congratulations for the content and the quality of the work you do. for 10 years I have been doing the same work as a hobby on used industrial generators.. I admit that I discovered a couple of tricks to speed up the disassembly of blocked rotors on this channel and copied them... thanks... keep making interesting content like the ones you do. I would like to suggest (just for aesthetic reasons) when you disassemble the components, a greater cleaning of the pieces so that when the work is finished even the oldest machine seems new and shiny.. greetings from Italy..😄
Amazing as always, you just have to love relying on 15 year old son to do the technical part for the air box!!
You are one hell of a dad sir!
Having a carb parts stash sure comes in handy. I had a needle and seat failure on a Nikki carb on one of my riding mowers the other day. A rebuild kit for that carb is $61 and doesn't even come with the seat assembly. A new carb is around $180. Thankfully, I had a good needle and seat assembly in my parts stash. I always break down carbs and save any good parts, especially when I am dealing with a Nikki.