Abandoned Generac GP3250 - Will It Run and Make Power?
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- čas přidán 6. 03. 2024
- This Generac GP3250 generator was left on a subscribers rental property after the tenent moved out. Stanley (the subscriber) reached out and donated it to the channel. This is one of the most neglected generators I have ever seen. I assume it is a parts machine. It cannot possibly run and make power. Lets not judge a book by its cover. Will it run an make power again?
Generator Model: GP3250 0059821
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Nice to see your little girl taking an interest and wanting to spend time with you. Healthy, wholesome goodness there.
Learning by Doing nice Little Girl :)
Your daughter asked to help and you let her with guidance. She had that "I did that" pride in her voice. That is the feeling of accomplishment and success. I compare those feelings to a drug, the greatest drug in the world. And the reason it is so great is that you want more, more successes to actually feel proud of yourself. My friend just got an inverter generator motor running after many, many hours. He said the feeling in his soul, heart was fantastic so I gave him a leaf blower that wouldn't keep running. Thanks for the video.
I've mentioned this previously, but I want to emphasize again that while the investment of time and resources into repairing an item for resale might not seem financially practical, the value your videos bring to us as viewers-in terms of both enjoyment and education-is immense. Hopefully, the revenue generated from your content helps to mitigate these expenses. It's worth considering that we, as your audience, might also contribute to your channel through donations to support your work.
Thanks. The content does help with repairs like this.
Yes!
Plus, it is just a good thing for the environment!
Finally, a machine that looks like stuff i work on
I feel this, lol
Yep, same here.
"Rode hard and put away wet" as my Grandfather used to say.
This quote is definitely not about generetors
Your poor grandmother….
@@donvin999ROFL.
All right dad, getting the kids involved. My dad was in the appliance sales and service business from mid 40's to late 80's when he retired. Back then he needed to be a plumber, carpenter and electrician. He taught me well and I have passed that on to my children.
At this point, with your track record, I think the appropriate title should be, "Will It Not Run"
Like this!
You go nutty with the torque wrench.
Willing it to run as well
@@JRattheranch 0:41 0:16
James , your videos are always worth watching. This one caught me a little off guard. Your daughter helping her dad brought back a memory for me! It was from 35 years ago, with little money I had to replace the exhaust system on our only car, I couldn't afford the $800.00 Midas wanted so it became a diy in the driveway, not fun!!! About twenty minutes into it my twelve year old daughter came out and wanted to help. I was shocked of course,but it turned out she was a huge help, it's a memory we still share today. It started raining and with a dirt driveway it soon became a mud pit. We did complete the project ,we were both covered in mud, grease and soaked, but we didn't quit!!! Something she still brings up occasionally. Thanks for your videos I always enjoy them.
A few months ago I picked up one just as rusty. They had covered it in plastic but the covering acted like a bathtub and it sat in water. I'm no expert but watching your videos, its now making power. Thanks
Thanks!
The labor of love for sure!!! You brought back another neglected basket case!! Thanks Jim!
First reaction: Wow, that's disgusting! I'm looking forward to this!
are you all about that bass...clef?
Impressive with the save! I watched this in parts, as it was Long, but totally worth my time. It was great that your daughter got involved in helping. Those moments are a treasure you will only realize the value of much later. Great work, above even your lofty standards.
"A guy will pretend he didn't to see that".😂🤣 Derek from Vice Grip Garage. 🤣😂 So funny!
Love your channel! 🤙🇺🇲
Dammit I missed that comment 😞
Good for your daughter to want to learn, and good for you to be happy (and proud, I would imagine!) to show her!
Thanks! Great Job, Dad, with the daughter. You're a great job with both of them. Thanks for all the inspiRration to get into repairing more mechanical equipment.
I loved it , There's nothing wrong with that tank😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅It was great that your daughter helped out. Awesome! She handled that rotary brush very well. A very cute moment. Loved that too! The final product turn out brilliant!
After sanding a metal surface. IF you wipe it down with white vinegar it stops the oxidation process. And ensures a longer protection for the paint that is applied.
Previously we had the opportunity to get to know your son and now your daughter.. Well done James.. It's very pleasant to spend some time with your family and let them know your way to give them a good life... As for this generator...I think, this one wanted to live.. From the very beginning of the video it was obvious that it wanted to live and give you (and us..) that happiness.. Thank you for sharing..
My Father told my two sisters,if his father is not a hard worker and can keep a job, then his sons will be the same way and dam sure don’t bring him to our house, got it….
They found the hard worker and been married for 50/55 years now ❤
I genuinely enjoy the long videos! I like seeing all the steps/work.
How can anyone just leaving a good generator like this outside and do not take care of it? The work you did on this generator was amasing to see James. It's a lot of work. Thank you a lot! :-)
I am working on this same model and it looks almost as bad. My is from an electrical contractor and unless brand new it is not worth the cost to repair them. They get to look like that as they sit in the rain and snow next to a job site trailer. After make parts like carb and springs are both under 20 dollars. Replacement tank is about $40. A little work and it makes a great backup generator to sit in the garage waiting for s significant power outage. I don't know how many hours a motor like this is good for but they live a hard life on job sites so I wouldn't want to try and sell this to someone who expects to get thousands of hours out of it.
@@Privat2840This generator may see a few hundred hours if it was used as a back up generator for the rest of its life. It will serve faithfully as long as basic maintenance is performed & they keep the tank dry between outages.
I think it’s days as back up power on job sites have come & gone.
James;...there has NEVER been a Video of yours that did not help someone! Thank You !
I so enjoy watching you bring these back to life. It would be interesting if you gave a tally of $ spent and $ sold.
I love that your daughter has taken an interest in helping with your project and kudos to you allowing her to join in. Cheers
Where was this guy in 1981 when my Montgomery Wards minibike broke down 🤣
He probably wasn't born yet.
@@benrobles752 You don't think he's 43 years old? LOL
@@lukeb0319He probably is.
As Fearless Fosdick may have said, "It's merely surface rust." A little Evaporust and Bob's your uncle. I enjoy watching these, and then enjoying the silent operation of my solar panels and big batteries.
Welding tip: if you don’t have fine adjustments on your welder, try increasing the distance between your nozzle and weld (just a little). The amperage will drop some. Practice makes perfect.
Our tech manuals called for a dilution of 60/40 of Simple Green in our sonic cleaners. 😉
I used gunk parts cleaner that comes in the gallon cans - I put in 2 gallons, and use it about 6 or 7 times then run it through a coffee filter in a funnel and use it about 6 or 7 more times. Its not cheap - 2 gallons cost me something like $100, but for 15 cleanings that's only about $7 each. It doesn't seem to bother most stuff but I don't put plastics or rubber in so I don't know how they would fare. I've thought about using dishwasher detergent as it has silica in it that may be able to 'sand blast" stuff clean in the ultrasonic but I've yet to try it.
What I noticed about your daughter helping was even after she got to run the "FUN" tool she stayed and helped by holding ....👍
Haha. The old "pretend I didn't see that" method. Time-honored technique.... 😎. I really like the way Adam Booth does bad fastener removal with left hand drill bits. Maybe you can ask Santa for a set this year.
You are a super cool dad, Mr James Condon, letting your little girl work in the shop with you right on my friend.
Family love and devotion to mechanical restoration is inspiring --
Watching you try to get that one panel screw out was like watching those Chinese tool ads where they use 5 wrong tools before bringing out the miracle tool to save the day. You just needed to wag your finger at us. 😂
Wow, you turned a piece of junk into a treasure, okay maybe not a treasure but it is 100 times better than it was. Great job James, keep up the excellent work. 🍁
Hi James,
I’ve been watching your videos for some time now. I really appreciate your level of cleanliness, above all your detailed observations, and level of finesse to achieve the best result. Great job!
For your seized screw into the plastic, just get yourself the HF butane micro torch, lightly roasting it will melt the plastic unfreezing the screw.
Also I find other uses for old gas, still cheaper than roundup for weeds growing in driveway and sidewalk cracks, and I mix it with drain oil for a punched up fire starter mix.
I think your daughter did a fine job wire brushing that tank. A future helper in the shop.
Another fantastic refurbishing job James! A tip: a black permanent marker will cover up those spots on the main panel quite well. GREAT JOB
Only James! can take a bucket of crap and turn it into a bed of roses lol good job!!
Wow, what a makeover. The before and after was amazing. If you showed it to your friend, he would have said that's not the same machine. Excellent editing.
16:15 lye (sodium hydroxide) attacks aluminum that way and it also used to be the main ingredient in Drano drain cleaner.
Jim, at 1:42:10 in the video, it looks like a crack on the flywheel. 🤔 It does run very well. 👍🎥
I think the value added by your skilled rehab of these generators, sets the price at least 100 bucks more than the going rate. These are no longer lost broken unknown generators any more.
Exactly, I wonder how many small engine repair places actually torque anything.
To quote the great AvE: "Grinder and paint make me the welder I ain't!
James you lucked out with the exhaust nuts I thought for sure cranking off the studs and the bottom one was loose. I think your kids have potential to help you and earn for their future great job as usual with a hopeless genset. The governor shaft and calibration was excellent you covered it before but still amazing how simple it is.Thank you Ed in Partlow Virginia.
Beyond awesome your doing the tank with your daughter! A incredible memory your so lucky.
It's good to someone taking pride in their work. Making something look great again.
Wow, that was a definite 180 from what I was originally expecting. I was originally thinking it would be a parts unit and the carburetor and everything else worked out in the end.
hope your daughter has her own channel soon "Daddy little Helper"😁😁😁 👍👏👏👏
The best thing to use in your ultrasonic cleaner for carburetors is fresh gasoline in a glass jar big enough to hold the carb. Fill the machine with water and drop the jar in. Ultrasonic waves go right through glass. That's what I use in my small engine shop.
And again a silk purse appears from the sows ear.
Thanks for sharing.
Back from the dead, what a resurrection. Thanks for sharing with us.
You did a real nice job cleaning that mess up. Great vid. I really enjoy watching these vids keep up the good work.
Sow's ear, meet silk purse! What an amazing transformation. Congratulations on a job very well done.
I just came across a Amazon ad on Facebook before watching this video. And of the recommended items was a tank compatible with a GP3250... CREEPY!
Came out really good. What a great father and daughter project!
I love what you do! Not only are you a good mechanic and electrical tech but you clean your projects which is just the icing on the cake for me!!
Keep up the videos!
Nice to see the next generation of Condons getting involved... way to go.... nice job
Another great video to enjoy my morning cuppa coffee with excellent job. Keep them coming.
Great videos, really like your attention to details and 100% workmanship! Watching all your videos, very enjoyable! Thanks
I appreciate how thorough you are. It's difficult and takes longer to do things correctly!
Love, Love,Love the father daughter moment. She will always have a skill and never be unemployed
It was a generator Jim but not as we know it! - it is now, with a little help from your daughter👍Great job, both of you. The generator has been resurrected and working - Fantastic👌
James!!! Because of watching LOTS of your videos I replaced a carburetor, fuel filter and fuel lines on an Echo weed whacker!! Thank you so much for these educational vids. I've learned a ton from them.
I’ve had pretty good luck with using awesome in my ultra sonic cleaner. Available at most dollar tree stores.
Hello James: you should not have any trouble getting maximum resale for this unit. You sure do go the extra mile in making the units look good. Great to see your daughter wanting to learn and spend time with Dad. Keep the videos coming.
Good on you for including your kid in the family business.
You outdid yourself on this one James! I would not have even tried to resurrect that one! Good job, amazing work!
This one is a survivor and deserves the respect you're giving it.
Thank you for making these videos.
Thanks, as always, it's a joy to watch your videos.
Thanks for the entertainment.
Greetings from Sweden.
Thanks
I have an Generac MC 10000. Nobody here will work on it. It pulls all the lights and freezer in the house but, seems like the governor won’t increase the engine to carry the extra load. Your video explained a lot. I’ve watched several. Thank you. I’ve learned just enough to really mess it up. 😅😂. Thank you again
Two hours and I could not stop watching. Great job again. Greetings from Germany.
Thanks
A grinder and paint makes me the welder I ain't. lol
Wow cool come back on the gen and the great info as well . Keep up the cool vid's.
Thanks James. Looking forward to next weeks.
Great job James bringing this thing from the depths of ruin actually when I first saw it, I thought it was a goner that I was very surprised. It looks great.
That was quite the surprise outcome. Congrats on that achievement. 😊
Nice job James, that looked pretty good by the time you were done with it. Picked up and immaculate chrome framed Honda EM4500SX the other day, just needed a CDI unit, going to keep that one 🙂 Thanks for another great video.
Nice little surprise with that generator. Nice fix and review 👍
another great vid james!
Wow. I love your problem solving skills. What a great channel.
James,
Very good save for under $100 in parts plus your time and knowledge 👍 to help someone out with a back up power supply for an emergency.
Your knowledge on adjustments and where to look for parts is very helpful to those of us that still DYI our equipment.
Tks keep posting,
Michael from west coast.
Looks pretty good considering the hot mess you started with.
Nice tidy work, as always, James. Thank-you. And thanks also to Stanley and your daughter. All very enjoyable. Ps the new valve cover was a justified extra!
Thanks. It would have been a let down to do all that cleanup and leave that old valve cover on.
@@jcondon1 yes!
I've been watching for over 2 years. The first time I seen you use a Q tip to clean a carburetor needle seat, I was impressed. I have used that many times. That machine looks very good now. Another interesting and informative video. Just goes to show appearances can be deceiving. Great job Sir. 😊
Nice, what a huge improvement from when you received it. Now you have a machine that can be sold!
You are truly very meticulous in your efforts Jim, it shows and you do an excellent job as well as a good motivational presentation! Cheers
Amazing video like every week, I like that you gave a second life to this poor generator
Great video Jim! You did a fantastic job of bringing that generator back to life!
greetings mr. james; this has to be the most comical video you have ever produced. i laughed continuously as i watched. thank you for your attitude toward life........g
A two-hour treasure!
Thanks!!
Nice save. It may not make you a lot of money but it has to give you a great sense of satisfaction to bring this back from the brink. I hope that wasn't a Black Widow crawling out of the fan.
"Yea, there's nothing wrong with that tank... We'll just put that right back on and pretend like I didn't see that" LOOOOOOOOOL
good looking wheels . a fresh paint job and that will all turn out for the best .first pull starting . what a gem .
Another amazing video w great content. Thank you!!
I rnjoy seeing you work to investigate and solve these issues .
So happy to see your daughter helping, she'll always remember that..pex
Enjoyed the video. Thanks for sharing
Excellent job James. I thought that was a parts machine. WoW what a great job you did fixing that one. Thanks for the video.
It's always a pleasure to see a possible lost cause have a new life. Very good work.