Harbor Freight Predator 2000 Generator Not Running/ Wont Stay Running. SUPER EASY FIX
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Good job 👍 believe me you are better than some professional mechanics at dealerships
Great Job and Great Video. I used a sewing pin to open the jet and wire to clean the main jet! Done in 20 minutes and works like a champ. Thankyou for taking the time to post this video.
Great video. So much easier than taking the carburetor off. I could not get the jet out but was able to clean it with a small needle. Put it back together and started on the first pull. Female ingenuity!!😊
Great job…… especially with your hand tremors going on👍🏼
Excellent job , the pan you are taking about is called the bowl
Excellent job
IT WORED, Thank you Thank you Thank you!!
Thankyou for the video. You make it look less intimidating.
Great video. Thank you.
I have one of these that had been stripped out of the case and left sit out in the weather. The only thing wrong with it was to push rod on the intake head come out it was pushed out of the way and did not bend. It was easy to put back in and adjust. I am now having to clean the carburetors but mine will take a complete teardown of the carburettor.
There's only a 1007 in clearance for valve lash adjustment on the intake and only three thousands on the exhaust. It's not hard to do but if your generators are very old you really need to adjust that. It is not a complicated thing to do. Just do it when the valves are at room temperature. The clearances are marked in owners manual. Hope this helps
Ive been running mine almost daily for 2 years. Ive had to start running it with the side cover off or it overheats and shuts down, ive had the sparkalator foul twice from running slow bc the draw was low for an extended period and the etc lowered the rpms and ive started to have trouble with the co2 sensor. Need to delete it, i never run it indoors. Overall its a tough unit. Outside 24/7 for 2 years strapped on my trailer and run daily for electric/heat/ac in my truck in my off time.
Thank very much!
this helped a lot
great job!
GREAT and informative video/tutorial. That are those little rods that you use?
You got skill and are doing a good job, no torch tip cleaner?? They work really good also, are you going to flush tank ??😊
Good job.
thank you for the video and how to drain fuel. and look at the carburetor mine is leaking fuel when tilted a little. My generator predator 2000 when starting the overload light comes on with no load it was not doing this before I changed the oil and spark plug. I took it somewhere and he won't work on it but didn't really tell me what was wrong with it after charging me fee. He said generator side take it here so so place
You are right, the litle hole in that part is cause by the gas adictive it dry like glue for been off long time
Good job
nice work
Bless your heart! I just can’t.
Hi. Thanks for the video. Would you ever consider using a fuel additive? About to do mine.
I always use Sea Foam in all of my gas engines. It really works well!
old guitar strings work well for cleaning jets
I keep my Honda EU7000ISNAN 7000-Watt 120/240-Volt Inverter Generator full of fuel with a fuel extender.
My Yamaha 2800 I run it out of regular fuel and always keep a special fuel that’s expensive but if I don’t use it for over a year. It will start right up. I keep 1/2 gallon of the special fuel it. The trick is keeping it at a certain level vs sucking on a tube stiffening it.
I buy the fuel at Home Depot
I have the same generator, thank god my yamaha 1000 generator and my suzuki outboard have those low speed little jets on the outside of the carb
anyone know if these engines have a replaceable crankcase breather element ?
Chickanic found a small fuel filter inside the fuel inlet tube
Clean the flame arrestor screen on the exhaust pipe
Actually the mesh inside the visible screen was clogged. Couldn’t see it from outside.
Put a tad of B12 thru it with the fuel
Fuel filter inside the fuel line at the carb
What is amazon product called? I added lucas fuel and its doing something bad😂😢
Who makes the 79cc engine?
…….id like to know also. Rebuild it this week.
The bottom bolt is a jet
The bottom Jet is up on the bottom yes, The bolt I was speaking of was the bottom pan bolt of the carb. The bottom jet is inside that bottom float pan.
Get some one to help start it for you and tighten it a tad
No harm with that
I would have allready cut the center plastic peace out
Don’t really see reason for it eather but I may be wrong
That side piece is what holds the side panel on. It is removable. I have a "junk" unit I picked up and it is just the base plate and front panel.
FYI
It runs now. The intake push rod fell out. No bends. (Thank you Lord) The valve lash is small so if it get out of adjustment it will fall out. There is a lot of room for it to stay out of the way so it did not bend. But now I have to clean the carb.
No nèed to buy a new carb just clean all the parts well
On some carbs
I’ve never used rubber gloves in 58 years of full time mechanic work
Well bully for you. When you die the screamin' shits, you will know why.
Some folks just like to keep their hands clean.
There are always some that are smarter than others...just saying.
I have the same problem. They don't make loves for us guys with big hands. Even the XL gloves don't fit.😢. All those guys with little hands are so lucky. 😢
I work with a lot of dangerous chemicals being in the mining industry so I got in the habit using PPE's. I only wise id done it when I was younger, my body really took a beating from thinking im invisible lol So I figure its best saving the rest of it lol
I just returned 2 predator i2000 generators. I followed the setup instruction and used the troubleshooting guide attempting to get them to start. A really disappointing experience.
Since they reduced the jet size by half they have been getting gunked up super quick. Im probably gonna take the smaller jet and stick it on the lathe to bore out the inner diameter to the old specs before all this environmental nonsense. The predators always worked great until they reduced the jet size!
Why are you posting a video instead of asking questions.Good god but funny to watch
Im an Engineer, I rarely watch videos even if im totally stuck. I was taught from young to work a problem using patience and critical thinking. Im not opposed to people who do rely on videos but If you rely on your skills like muscles they get a good workout because what would happen if this issued occurred when I'm 200 miles from town where theres no internet and I always relied on videos to learn? Id be up the creek. The more you rely on learning and honing skills when the real oh crap moment happens you'll be use to working the problem and get the problem solved vs having to drive to town to get internet to figure it out or take it to a engine shop. In so many ways doing this has saved my bacon.
Had 2. First one was hard to start after a year and the second one wouldn’t start at all. Waste of money!
You must be a small engine mechanic because you have to much skill and mechanics Lego for a normal person
Nope not a mechanic, I very much dislike working on engines actually lol . My mom taught us from little on up that you can do anything you put your mind to and success is a state of mind which is really true. If you go into anything you set out to do with the mind set that you know you'll be successful, you'll have success. I honestly cant remember one thing ive ever failed at that I didnt first doubt myself in first. Our minds are powerful tools which can be used to either have total success or hold ourselves back. Every time I start doubting myself about something I always go back to the verse in Philippians 4:13 " I can do ALL THINGS through Christ who strengthens me" and instantly that doubt goes away because I know with the right mind set I can be successful at whatever im doubting myself in.
Avoid this problem by
1. Putting seafoam in running all the fuel though. That will clean out any deposits and empty the carb out. It won't gum up without fuel.
2. A less desirable option in my opinion. Add fuel stabilizer and run it once a month.
Exactly, I use Sea Foam in all my engines, well as long as I remember to when I put them away lol
What is wrong with you, why do you have hand tremors, I'm asking because I have the same thing and I was just wondering what it's from. Thank you.