Will it Run? Honda gen that sat for a Decade?
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- čas přidán 27. 11. 2018
- A youtuber contacted me about a honda 5000 generator that came with a house he bought, it was serviced for bad fuel 10 years ago then never ran after, lets see how a machine that was stored correctly can stand the test of time.
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Hey Mustie1, I did it!!! Went to the junk yard and there was a 3.5 kw generator. Pulled the rope and the engine turned over. Payed 5 bucks for it and they loaded it. Got home and performed the mustie1 procedure. Got spark, put fuel in the cylinder and it fired a little. Took the carb off and cleaned it up. Put on a clean fuel tank and it fired right up and the 110 volt and 12 volt work great. If it wasn't for your videos I would never had attempted something like this. Thank you so much for your videos.
That’s awesome! Well, let’s say great. After all it is a Mustie1.... Honda
Congratulations, I would love to try this but I live in a third world country that doesn't have such luxury. However when I get to America I know I will be able to fix these things because of Mustie
I worked in a company that hired out commercial marquees of various sizes. We used to have to drive in steel pegs 800mm by 22mm to hold the ropes in place. We had the exact generator that you have there we used to power a hitachi jack hammer. Instead of having a bit with a diamond point we had a cup fitting made up to push the pegs in. In the 3 years the only things that broke were the rubber mounts under the motor when it was knocked 4 feet off the deck of a truck. just bombproof.
I've been subscribing around 6 months now, since then I have saved 2 lawn mowers the roadside, and I bought a pile of motorbike parts sorted them out and put back together a 125quad and a 125pitbike and got them running I sold the quad and made back twice my money and got a free pitbike! thanks mate your the best teacher
I have learned so much from your videos. You are an amazing teacher. I am 62, and have never been mechanically inclined, but you inspire me to keep trying.
I always tell people who bring motorcycles to my garage that I love to see them and take their money, but shutting off the fuel and running the carb dry will keep them away. Some listen, some don't.
I think people dump fuel stabilizer in a tank and call it good. I bet that 95% of the time. That crap never sees a carb until spring.
i actually got a pristeen baja dirt runner 125 dirt bike for 50 bucks. chinese company no longer exists but its a clone of a honda 150. litterally no hours and i got to break the engine in myself with the new oil that came in it. still those little strings on the tire knobs cause it hardly ran. the guy who had it couldnt fix it. it was flooding. i took the carb apart and pulled a spec of hose rubber out from between the needle and seat in an otherwise new carb. it runs like a swiss watch to this day. it has a screw on the bottom of the carb and a line that runs down so i can turn the gas off and drain the carb. i kindof get jellous of musty and his free finds but i also got a perkins 403D 11 small 3 cylinder diesel from my boss for free. came out of a portable light tower. very clean and very low hours by the looks of it. oil is great and everything is there that it needs to run. about a 5,000 dollar motor by itself and mine has the radiator and everything when normally they dont. that is going to make one good solid medium duty truck of a diesel gokart
I learned my lesson after a $357 repair bill on my motorcycle ... Left regular gas in it for over a year ... So you know exactly what happened. And its funny the mechanic told me, if you ever let the motorcycle sit for several months at a time, turn OFF the fuel line and run it until it stalls out and DRAIN the bowl ... And lastly USE ethanol free fuel ALL the time ...
I have applied that to both my motorcycles, both my generators and my lawnmower... And i have never went back to that mechanic ... He lost my $$ ...
And i actually make it a point to actually crank up the generators once a month ... and let them run for 15 min JUST so that i don't have to drain the bowls ...
@@ACommenterOnCZcams don't feel bad for the mechanic, there us never a shortage of people who don't know how to take care of things
Just wanted to thank you, I've learned a great deal from your video's , recently got a Barn find 70's 500 single cylinder motorcycle going after it hadn't ran for over 10 years( I have zero automotive experience), man what a sense of accomplishment.. Shortly after got a 2 stroke snowblower of curb and got it going, using only a guitar string( great for jet cleaning)..Anyhow, thanks for giving me the confidence to tackle these task that were way outside my wheelhouse..
Best part about this channel. Giving others the ability or push to these kinds of things. Bravo, fellow tinkerer, on getting the bug. :)
It is great to hear the success of a new mechanic. Experienced mechanics pause, listen, and relate to your accomplishment. Yeah!
I have learned so much over the past few years watching your vids I now find myself guessing what you are going to do next before you say it. Good challenge and keeps me learning as you point out things I would not think of. Keep up the great work.
Mustie, I want to thank you for all the videos on making old equipment run again. I watched a lot of them. I had a lawn mower that sat for 2 years with fuel in it. You can imagine the mess I found. I felt the carburetor would really be messed up and it sure was. I have never, ever worked on a small engine carburetor, but because of your videos, I went through the same procedures you do, spark, compression then the carb. itself. It was terrible, but using what you had shown, I was able to clean and adjust and now I have a great runnin' mower. Thanks for your very informative videos. I'm not afraid to tackle these problems anymore.
I just started watching your videos in the last couple weeks. I'm not mechanically inclined but I'm hooked and I love your videos. thanks, man. keep em coming!
Its too nice for you.
Should have left it in your yard for a couple of years with the fuel cap off. 😂
😂😂😂😂
put some peanut butter inside the air filter, to encourage some mice to move in!!
I found this channel recently while looking for motorized bicycle stuff, as I am putting one together as a winter project, your fab skills and creativity on your bikes is impressive. I came for the bicycle stuff and ended up watching you buff your beaver, lol. Thanks for the great content!
Two thumbs up for puttin stuff away correctly! Thanks for the vid.
Well done Mustie, I've had a 2000 watt 240 volt A/C and 12 volt D/C, generator powered by a Honda motor, for the past 25 years,.It's used only for camping for 4 consecutive days a year, starts first pull evey time and the tank is run dry on every occasion. It never misses a beat, a great machine. Keep all those videos coming great stuff. Cheers
in 10,000 years some archaeologist will dig up a honda and give it two pulls and it will just start up. they are good for that.
No shit !
pretty sure the pull rope dry-rots after 9,000 years!! ;-)
@@PatrickWagz if it is a honda rope, maybe not.
I've got a Honda em500 from 82 I bought off Craigslist for 60$. Even with the sour fuel and the sludge oil the dude fired it up after a few pulls. 🤣 I didn't run it again until I gave it the mustie1 procedure, but now it fires first pull every time... so extremely impressive!
2009 bought an ex650 Honda from a friend, put in the garage and March this year (2021) hauled it out after watching Mustie and james condon, figuring that if it didn't run, I had a good idea of how to get it going. Just shy of 12 years since I put it away and.......started 3rd pull on 12 year old gas and generates power.....kinell.
My thanks to the CZcamsr that gave you the generator. I learn something from everyone of these videos. Thanks Man!
While I certainly admire your repair skills, the thing that makes your videos great is your sense of humor! I especially like the captions in the video where you poke fun at yourself... keep up the good work, and I'll keep watching!
Thank you D. I always learn some valuable info from your channel.. Don’t be hard on yourself.. You’ve forgotten more than the majority of us learned.. Awesome to wrench with ya’ 🛠🔧
Darren, thank you for all of your helpful videos. You have given me the confidence to tackle the restoration of my Mother's 1986 Honda Fourtrax 200sx that sat for 18 years. Last run in 2000. The restoration is going very well, and with carb rebuild, cleaning, tuning, painting frame and suspension, I hope to have it fully operational as soon as the new tires arrive.
Thank you again for the videos.
nice,,, glad to here it
Nice work mate! Wanted to let you know, your earlier work on small bikes and carburetors has helped me get my Honda CT110 going. Thanks again!
Retired for 7 years following a 25 year career as a firefighter. Our rigs had 5000w Honda generators, with electric ignition. Not once, did any of them require a repair, or replacement. Just oil changes and spark plug change. So impressed, I bought one for myself. However, I pretty much ignored it, and the carb varnished up....awaiting a set of new O rings....Love your videos...
can't believe it Free again never see this in the UK keep the videos coming.
I've had a love affair with Honda since 1967 ... 17 years old ... CL77 ... 305 Scrambler... since then I've owned countless Hondas ... bikes ... cars ... mowers ... snowblowers ... tillers .... when something works ... why not be in Love!
My first real repair was on a 305. Knocked out second gear. Didn't know much about wrenching, but it worked great afterwards.
"Slacker"... LoL! What a beautiful machine; I called three pulls on first start - dagnabbit!! Keep 'em coming, Mustie!!
Thanks! That machine is like brand new!
Yay, a Mustie video. That's one clean machine, great find!
Glad you found E0 gasoline for your machines! There is something satisfying about having a good working generator when you need one.
Honda's stuff is so hard to beat. Great lesson, if you store it right it'll come back even 10 years later. Thanks, Mustie!!
Thanks for coming out of hibernation to entertain us fixit folks... 😉 That's definitely a good score there!
G'Day, at last, a generator, I was having withdrawal symptoms, now for a motorcycle. Looking forward to some nice winter projects. It is wonderful to see this type of vid again.
Honda makes quality engines and equipment, that is one clean machine. A machine that is stored correctly won't let you down in your time of need. Another great Mustie video!
I want to thank you for inviting me into your garage and hang out. I usually don't comment as I watch you on a Smart TV. Thanks for the hours of knuckle busting and fun.
I so enjoy your videos even when it's easy. Do so wish I could wrench again as in my youth. I'm the guy that puts out Free stuff now. Dr. D
Trail 70s and 90s are so cool!
Not that I get a vote on the mustie1 show, but I know there’s a few trail 70s in the barn that need some mustie love that I’d like to see worked on. I’m currently working on a 1971 ct90 myself. Got it for $350. So far I’ve rebuilt the head replace the crankshaft and sent the cylinder in for rebore. Never would I have tried something like this without the education I’ve received from watching the mustie1 show. Thanks again..
Nice score Mustie! Thanks for sharing a new video.
I was surprised at the carburetor replacement bill, wow. Pretty much a perfect setup for long term storage. Good job. 98.74% THUMBS UP. Proof there are a few Oscar the Grouchs on CZcams, sigh. Happy New Year Darren.
I love your videos I need more or my life is boring lol but I Learn a lot from your videos I started working on weedeaters when I was 10 years old and small engines when I was 12 so I have always been fascinated with the small engine world
Great job on all your vids. Enjoy all of them. Thankyou
Hi Mustie! Your Channel popped up in my recommended feed, yesterday and of course I clicked on it! And watched your vlogs for about four hours! Very informative and interesting!
I have a property that was involved in a flash flooding in July 2017, 8 inches of rain in less than five hours ! And there are 4 out buildings that had 24 inches of river water in them for less than six hours, here's the problem in the garden shed I had three push mowers, an emergency generator, a tiller, and tons of other garden machines , a 3 hp wood chipper that was new purchased a month earlier!
I'm not a mechanic! Never wanted to be ! But when I tried to start them after they were dried out , the generator and wood chipper would not turnover, and two of the three push mowers didn't start! The mowers , I put by the roadside and were picked up within 15 minutes! Sound familiar?
The generator and wood chipper are still in the shed! I have thought that maybe they are repairable! Since they weren't in water that long, but have had several surgeries since the flooding that prevented me from dealing with them! I just replaced them with new ones!
Is it worth it to see if they will run at this point! Both have B and S engines the generator is a Generic (sic) 8000 with 6 120/240 amp outlets, of course my insurance didn't cover anything although they said don't worry everything I own was totally covered when I contacted the agent the day of flooding!
I have thought about just replacing the motors?
Really enjoy your videos. Especially the "will it run" ones.
Great way to start the day. Love the content keep it up mustie
Hi from New Zealand, i just scored a chinese 3 wheel golf cart, swaped fir a Masport Mower. It has a 1000w 36v setup. Going to convert to petrol is chain drive so centrifugal clutch with correct chain mount motor where batteries are and some fun i hope.
Kiwi ingenuity... Good score on the generator. Keep up the good work...
Mustie1, good testament to getting equipment ready for next needed use! I guessed 3 pulls on that first start. Your wrist healed well.
I should have made a video of what happens when you don't put it up properly. I have that same generator bought new 20 years ago. It generally sees use once or twice a winter during outages. I usually treat the fuel with seafoam, run it through the carb and call it good. Never had a problem until this year. Drug it out when the power went out. No worky. Couldn't even get fuel to the bowl. Pulled the carb and it was 100 times as bad as i have ever seen any old and neglected unit. Looked like it was filled with cement. Was able to get one the next day for under twenty bucks and was back in business. Lesson learned!
Hey mustie you got JT here really nice generator it looks brand new great video I'll be waiting for your next new one have a great night buddy take care
Definatively, another brilliant video !!!! THANK YOU Mustie1 !
Nice, some of your very qualified TLC and it's perfect (I'd have no idea personally). I learn something new too: I had no idea you could adjust it like that.
I love Honda genies! I have a Eu2000&Eu3000 Inverter. Those things have been great. Awesome video man thanks for sharing! Cheers 🍻
Thanks for having us over :)
Keep up the good work I've been watching since your first video thanks for the intertaiment Stephen Altherr Willis Michigan
Excellent sir , that hot it burnt my eyebrows off here in the 🇬🇧 !!
Regards Robert
PARTSMADE
Good day sir, I have watched many of your videos and I have to say you are a fine mechanic. Have you ever thought about taking a young apprentice under your wing and teaching him or her your skills? You would make a fine teacher. Take care and I enjoy your videos
I could care less how you acquire the stuff. The fact that you create these videos is enough for me to continue watching.
Glad I watched until the end. Because I had the question of how long should it take to run the gas out of the carb. I purchased a cheap generator when the power goes out for my mother's house to run her oxygen concentrator and a lamp, and it took a long while for it to start to stumble. My guess is the shutoff is a POS and some was leaking into the bowl...this is my first foray into generator land--but small engines is small engines...thanks
I have one of those at work with the welding set up on it, it's called a spitfire and it can weld up to 200amp, it's an absolute boss, runs on straight unleaded, probably could do with a new pull cord now but it has never ever let me down
Wow that is a beautiful super clean Honda gen!
Thanks for the great vids!
Proper maintenance is apparently only reserved for the higher priced machines...
I bought a low pressure lp natural gas regulator for my new gen it will never sit with gas in the tank
The gas operation "feature" will be for emergency only if the natural gas goes down here.
Maybe need to fog the tank and cylinder for storage but ill also build an enclosure to secure it and quiet the thing down which should help with condensation and corrosion pretty well
Honda is in a class by itself. Nice haul Mustie..
That's a Honda for you, especially when you put it away dry fuel, good video.
Nice score.... Your luck in finding cool stuff at walk away prices amazes me, but I know that there must be a ratio of about 10 to 1 that are in a much sadder state?? (maybe even higher) That was great fun in watching and keep up the good work!!
Yay always glad to see a new mustie1 video. Thank you sir .
This is the shortest video I have seen from mustie1 bravo mate!
Sir your channel is superb !!
The people at Honda should love you. You just made one hell of a commercial for them, lol.
Always enjoy your videos! Hope to see a follow-up on the Porsche
l hope to soon too
Felt the heat LOL. Clean unit. For free no less. I have a free one it wasn't as new or clean it has the Subaru 9hp engine on it and the frame was welded where it looked like it was cut or broke in half. It runs good now after a service on the carb and jets. The gas tank was done not worth fixing. Keep up the good videos enjoy them a lot.
Thats a nice little genset - starts up on the second pull. Probably one of your easiest repairs yet - all you have to do is replace the outer air cleaner foam.
Dang looks practically new . Really nice generator
I have two of these, probably some of the more reliable generators we've used. Take care of them and they take care of you.
Wow! nice generator, that will be able to power a lot.
That’s a nice little Honda! You might try looking inside the end cap on the generator head usually there is an AVR module in there with a small screw you can turn to adjust the voltage. When I adjusted mine I used the screw on the engine as you did to set hz and then adjusted the AVR afterwards. Also with this being a 240 volt unit, there are two 120v “circuits” and when you place a 120v load on one circuit of the generator head it will cause the other circuits voltage to raise. I’m assuming that duplex outlet is setup where the top plug is circuit one and the bottom #2. This is why you were reading low (124v with no load) and high (128v) after the heat gun started. With a 240v gen it is best to balance equal loads on each of the two circuits to keep things balanced. Nice video!
the frequency at 62Hz was spot on, in the uk we opperate on 50Hz so we set our generators to 52Hz, this is to allow the engine to achive the correct speed at full load, not sure what the rating of your heat gun but I think its not even half load for this generator, when i built generators we full load tested every one to make sure they achived 50Hz at full load. 52Hz was at 3125rpm so for you 62Hz would be at I guess 3725ish, never built a 60Hz personally but our overseas depots did. love the videos.
Long time no see mustie1! Glad your still alive.. Need daily vids :)
Hi Rustie,
Your customer sounds like Jeremy Smith, the woodworker.
And thanks for all the knowledge you share with us.
Rgds. JH.
Jos Helmer who's rustie😆
Great machine and excellent video.
Great tuning tips! You're the man!
Welcome back. Hope all is well.
Great video and find on the Honda!
Hey Mustie1, One has to love a Honda!!! That is one clean generator!
OK OK you have now shamed me into going out to the shop and test running my generator today. I had not thought about checking the out put voltage so I will check that while I run it. Great video and it is a Honda and you know they will run all the time unless they have been abused
Great video Mr Mustie1 thank you for sharing.
Hey Mustie, that thing looked brand new. It is a Honda though. I finally got something to play with. We got a bout a foot of snow and found a '79 Ariens snow blower with a 7hp Tecumseh. The guy was asking $100. It had a blown head gasket, so I offered $50 and he said $60, so I bought it. In decent shape, I got a new head gasket and tune up kit for $19. I'm glad I watched a couple videos because one guy said to make sure points were parallel. It has great spark now. Had a little trouble getting head bolts off. 2 started to round off and then I decided to try a 12 mm which I had to persuade to go on but worked fine. Works great. Had to lube the controls a bit. Changed the oil which was pretty black. Only had one tire chain which is about to fall off, but can make up a new set for about $15. Sure beats shoveling. Thanks for sharing and showing how much proper care when storing a machine can make life so much easier.
nice,
So clean. Nice machine
Good job at prepping for storage....Gotta love honda
Wow...it looks brand new.
Learning a lot from you. Thanks
Great video! That's a nice machine
Brand New machine...WOW.. great find. And an easy "Fix"
A thing of beauty, love it ❤️❤️❤️❤️ super nice 👍👍👍
Honda engines are great#1
124v is perfect, you want to run stiffer on gens or transformers sooner than under voltage so when you hit it with load it can still maintain your ref voltage. Even with 10% above is acceptable. Great work on the gen it's a beauty!
Well that is one sweet Genset. I think the older ones are just a bit better than the new ones (although it is a OHV). (commenting as I go). I am working on one right now with a REALLY rusty tank. That has to be the sweetest used Genset i have ever seen. Put away correctly.
Sweet machine - gotta love Honda quality
You deserve a break after some of the gems you bring back to life..I know you fellas that fool with small engine repair know this but a buddy of mine has a champion generator he said the motor is a licenced Honda clone is there truth to that he brags on that machine I have Honda he laughs cause I paid so much for mine..lol
THANK YOU...for sharing.
So clean! Very nice
I love the "slacker" part, from now on every time I get the wrong screw driver I'll think of that. Great fun.
I love how you don’t worry about RPMs and voltage on other generators but you do on this on
Another coffee with Mustie the teach..Great start for my day..
Good video.
I also can hear when you started the generator to run out of fuel, it has good compression, a little difficult to explain but you know what i mean Mustie1. 😊
You might want to rethink the frequency adjustment. Generator droop will pull the frequency down as the loading increases. You have 60 hz at 24% load. At full load the frequency Will likely be 58 hz or so. Adjust for the expected running load.
As usual, a great video. Thank you.
Mustie1, I live in Connecticut and we had a really big snow storm in October of 2012, a tornado last year and a really bad wind storm this year. With regards to maintanence, when the power comes on, I shut off my generator, switch back to power from the pole, then before anything else, while the engine is still warm, I change the oil and empty the carburetor. It's been a good habit to get into and the generator is then ready to run for the next power outage.