Mustie, In June of 2018 I was hit by a texting driver while using a crosswalk. While the broken bones have healed, I am still dealing with issues from a traumatic brain injury when I hit the pavement some 15 feet away. Life is certainly different now. It's been a long road. Part of my therapy included puzzle type exercises to help strengthen brain function. Turns out that your videos helped me with order of operations challenges. I am happy to report that I now have a good working knowledge of small engines and tearing into carbeuretors because of your content. Please accept my sincere thanks for what you have done for me. Thank you.

I literally don't care what your working on, I'm hooked on your channel! Your skills and your humor plus your child like excitement when you score another win or get an old engine to fire is priceless. Your laughter wether it's at yourself or when you're funning with one of your many toys is just awesome! You were born for KZfaq man! Fan for life mustie!

Impressed by the one handed allen wrench technique at 32:54.

You taking apart that solenoid is one of the many reasons why I watch your channel and what you do! Because we live in such a throw away society that people don’t take the time to investigate equipment (or anything for that matter) to fix things! Sometimes it’s simply because they just don’t have any knowledge about things but taking things apart is exactly how you get that knowledge!

"You'll remember better than I will", hell I can't remember what I just had for breakfast.

Finally…Mustie getting back to his roots…these are the videos I enjoy the most!

Only in a Mustie1 video will you see a guy leave with a good generator and come home with a “bad” one. Love your videos sir, and enjoyed the trip down memory looking at the past projects that were part of this deal.

I change the fuel out yearly in my generator. Years ago after doing this, I wanted to make sure it would fire up. It had electric start and after much cranking and choking, I realized the kill switch was off. I flipped it on and after half a crank it shot a fire ball the size of a basketball out the muffler! Sounded like a shotgun going off! Fortunately I was slightly off to one side. Still, it burnt all my facial hair. I can still picture the fireball. Generator wasn't hurt and fired right up. My wife was mad as hell for scaring her and my buddy thought it was hilarious. Fun memories.

Just love the stuff Mustie does. Although this one has just come out, I can’t wait for his next one. His personality really makes me smile.😁👍🔧🇬🇧

Another lovely hour of knowledge and entertainment on a Sunday here in the UK. I actively seek these Mustie vids out if their not in my KZfaq feed. All the best Mustie 1 from the UK.

Good video as always.hi from Ireland 🇮🇪

I like how Mustie asks the viewers opinions about what he should do

I love these small engine videos. I've revived quite a few power tools using what I've learned from this channel. The Tygon fuel line I've always seen is yellow. If you buy the actual Tygon brand, I've never had it harden. The generic yellow stuff does. The blue stuff is different all-together and that stuff can harden pretty quick.

For the remote start I think you have to double click the start button. It's probably an off the shelf remote start module so it has safeties in place.

Darren, two cousins made a spud gun, and couldn't get it to work after using it for a while. Their propellant was WD-40, and it seems that it worked well. The igniter was from an old grill. The one cousin asked the other to open the threaded cap, then he tells his brother, I'll click it if you want to check for spark. Having just sprayed it, it was "fuelled up". Well the elder says to the younger check for spark, and sure enough, when he clicked it, there was there was, and he singed his eyebrows. It's amazing how experience can teach a few things.

I Remember that ice storm you're talking about. I worked in southern NH at the time, every tree and bush looked like a giant crystal chandelier. One of the most beautiful things I ever saw.

Great content as always.Thanks for sharing and taking us along

Your test hz without the jigsaw is accurate. The hertz jumped around with the jigsaw because your meter is very sensitive. The jigsaw injected interference back into the line and the meter couldnt process it.

was not expecting a double feature! When I saw the length of the video I thought the kwak was packing a hidden surprise... Worked on one of these same excell generators for a friend.. For the remote start.. click the lightning button twice in quick succession to remote start (key doesn't need to be in the generator only the remote start switch on) regarding the generators.. the traditional type (like the kwak) is usually called a synchronous generator.. line frequency is tied to RPM hence the 3600 for 60hz with a 2 pole / 1800rpm for a 4 pole generator head.. the inverters rpm is only dependant only load as it uses a computer to output the sine wave at correct frequency, those Hondas and Honda clones are something like 5000rpm at full load (you'll need an owners manual to find specifics for your model)

Always love your projects you do, love the stories you tell while doing them!!!!😊😊😊

Man have I missed these videos. Took a little break and I'm glad that the content has not changed. I watched these 10 years ago when I was 15 and learned to much along the way. Thanks

53:52 I believe that the remote start functions like it does on 100% of the vehicles that I've tried it on. Single press of the lock followed by double press of the start button. Clicking the lock once is like turning your car's ignition to the on position. If you listen carefully, you'll hear the relay latching. It is very clear on film. If you wait too long or click the lock again, it will unlatch. They made it so you have to double click the start button to prevent accidental starts I assume.

Sunday morning and a new Mustie1 vidya. Awesome, cheers from RI!

I really needed something positive this morning and you really delivered. So glad you didn't skip out. Two Big Thanks !!!

Darren if you grab yourself a cheap gravel guard gun and put a flexable gas tubing on the gun, hook it up to your air and Wa La than you can drain the fuel out of a gas can. Works well, especially on small gas tanks like what's on those generators.

Now you have 2 working generators. Awesome content always nice to see how these things work and if it's possible to resurrect them from the dead 😀

This takes me back. I found your channel from all the mower and generator videos you used to do

Been steady binge-watching your videos. Great Channel Mustie! Thanks for sharing your experiences and expertise!

I’m enjoying the storytelling from Mustie’s past.

I was purchasing a used lawn mower from Marketplace and the gentleman threw in an older Coleman generator. The side shields were missing from it and the carry handle. I had to do minimal work to it and it fired right up! I couldn't figure out why they disassembled it to begin with. I am just keeping it around for the fact no one will want it because there are parts missing. If I can find another one that's junk, I can salvage the missing parts and get it back to original condition. I did scrap a generator like yours a few years ago, it was pretty trashed.

AWESOME! A video just like the old times at your home garage. 🥰

Thanks for the small engine repair Mustie! I do enjoy these.

Hopefully next time we might see the go cart that you got trading the moped for!!! Well done as always doctor!!!

I'm no expert, but that spider looked an awful lot like a black widow 😬

I have watched you tackle many projects and you have no fear. Very clever Mustie,, and talented! Keep it going man.

Love listening to your stories mustie not only is the working on stuff fun to watch I also come for the stories. Wishing you a happy Thanksgiving friend take care

Those clamps are known as ‘constant tension’ clamps since if things sharing or expand a bit with fuel or temperatures they adjust to keep the joint tight.

Good to see you Good Folks this Sunday Morning

I enjoy watching your videos. It reminds me of my days growing up with my Dad. We would always pick up a mower or what ever and bring it home and get it running. Take Care

Thank you for doing these videos, I feel like youre teaching me things my dad should have taught me when I was a kid but he never had the time for that. Your videos are great paced and well edited and I love your attitude. keep it up and thank you again

Mustie scored a generator and some natural pesticide! Good deal. 👍

Yeah heard the same thing ref the steam car. Glad he's on the mend as could have been far worse! I also rate the Honda generators. I don't have to deal with the cold as I live in the sub-tropics, but I keep a Honda 2KVA to plug the fridge into when the power goes out. Those clamps are called constant tension clamps.

What a fun watch. It’s amazing what people do or don’t do with stuff in the garage and let them go.

Burned my hair off , sinuses and throat with a 70's Pontiac grand prix. Distributor was in wrong. That was back in the early 80's still suffering from the damages today.

Love these videos! You are truly a treasure. So relaxing to pop this on and cook a meal or do some chores. This was an excellent generator special. Thank you for what you do!

Afternoon mate

I love how comfortable you are with talking in the camera in your videos, it makes it that much more enjoyable to watch.

Great video, two nice useful little generators now back to life. The red one in particular is quite a sophisticated little thing. Greetings from Ireland.

For cleaning the last bit of gas and debris from the tank you can just toss a rag in there and hit the inside of the tank with a blow gun-compressed air and it does the scrubbing for you. Check it out. It works surprisingly well.

I like those older type generators and I never owned one with the Kawasaki engine but that's my favorite brand engine for any types of lawn and garden equipment for sure... I just traded up a 5000 watt generator with a 10hp Briggs and Stratton side shaft engine on it and it doesn't have the pull rope top for it and I have looked around my area locally for one now for about a month and haven't found one yet LOL I guess I'll have to search EBay for one as much as I don't want to because I end up buying other things and spending to much 😅

I live in Southern nh. And i work as a Welder and tinker on my off time. I've watched you since you made videos at your house. Watched you mess with your moped bikes you've built etc. I love watching you

Very knowledgeable experienced dude right here.. I learn a lot from this channel

For your camp, have you ever looked into setting up a solar panel driven, motion detection camera, like is used for wildlife observation? You might be able to find out who has been raiding the cottages.

This is like getting an early Christmas present. A new Mustie1 episode om Sunday morning before Thanksgiving.

The best part of your videos is the way you talk to the camera. Just like two buddies tinkering around in the garage. Makes me feel like I'm right there with you trying to figure things out together. Thanks for what you do.

Wonderful vid and great rescue!

Awesome detail as always and I never seen a solenoid repaired. I think I've went through most all the switches and other parts. Now I think about... never cleaned or repaired an ammeter, voltmeter or hour meter. Otherwise... will have to try a solenoid next since doesn't really need to be calibrated or small wires rewound. Thanks for sharing! Stay warm!

The best stories are the ones you can tell on yourself 😂. I haven't heard which car Jay was trying to start. But I seem to remember him talking about something like that when starting one of them. Stanley steemer?

Fixed one of these 10-12 years back for a friend. The tank had a leak and the carb needed going through. I think the leak was a crack from metal fatigue due to the vibrations, but I don't remember exactly. I didn't do a complete restoration like this, but did spend a fair bit of time cleaning it up, TIG'd the crack in the tank, repaired few things, replaced a few other little things, and eventually got it running like a top and then gave all the paint work a good buff and polish. Lol.......... and then the guy accidentally backed over it with his truck two weeks later. DOH! I didn't show it when he told me, but I was a little heartbroken for sure. Not because of the work I had into it but because it was a cool old unit that was pretty cherry.... ohh well, that's life.

This is the best show on the tube if you like the repair stuff ! I wish I could watch a few with my dad !

The ice storm you mentioned, I remember that, it hit the US and Canada really bad, the sale of portable generators skyrocketed after that storm. Now the common thing is, whole home generators, that run off of natural gas or propane. When you picked up that go-kart ice rider the other day, I saw this generator sitting on the floor, I kind of figured you were bringing it home as well. Personally I got an almost identical generator from an auction a while back, worked the way it should and sold fast.

Picked up a few of those over the years, great Little Kawasaki engine on them

Great video to go along with pancakes and coffee. Nice to learn something, too. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.

Nice one Mustie been following you for over 2yrs never get fed up with them 👍

Automatic thumbs up for Mustie👍

Mustie, there is some fuel tubing that is ethanol proof for aircraft that never gets hard

Mustie talking about his Satellite's carb popping off in his face (9:00) reminded me of my brother when he worked at a Pontiac service department back in the '60s. He was adjusting the Tri-Power setup on a '66 GTO (no one else wanted to work on it) when it backfired into his face. Took off his eyebrows, a nice amount of the ends of the hair on his head, and gave him a nice Florida tan. The look on my mother's face was priceless when he stopped by to visit. Definitely had an 'android' look to him! 😃😃😃😃🤣🤣🤣🤣

Some of the WD 40’s don’t have the top with the hose connected to it, but just have a top that connects to a normal tube that comes out of am enclosed spray can, like the set up for the original WD40 cans. You can still pull the new WD 40 top off, and shove it down on the small tube, or even on to an old WD40 can (so that you don’t have to use the straw that used to come with it, that you’re always losing.).

After my engine went off in a fireball right in front of me, my daughter asked me to do it again! 🤣

I remember that storm Mustie , i was living in Methuen Ma. at the time , and we lost power for 3 days , and i had a generator , and wired up my furnace, fridge and 1 end table light ...exactly how you said , cut an extension cord and wired it directly to the furnace and plugged it in , lol i remember it being VERY cold during that ....

Love your channel, real tygon tubing the yellow/green stuff is good stuff. Never had it harden yet. We live in such a disposable society, everyone is so quick to throw stuff away.

Love these small generators !! A must have for the winter, just in case. Mine will run my sump and furnace ( just ). It's a old chinese knockoff, but I take great care of it.

Ol classic OG style video here mustie. Great video as usual, I had two of them in the past and are great little runners. The carb is quite rare on those.

Love the generator videos! I wished I would have known you had that honda generator still, I just assumed you sold it soon after you fixed it in the original video of it. Anyways have a great day been watching your videos for years and years

Another Sunday morning in Mustie church. I have a 2hp Honda outboard that I bought 2 years ago non running. After cleaning the carb it ran similar to the red generator. I dumped in a strong dose of seafoam and ran around the lake for about 45 minutes. Whatever was in the fuel system got cleaned out. It ran like a new one. Good job on the generators.

That spider sure looked like a black widow.

Old school generator time

Thanks mustie! You could have easily made 4 videos out of this one!! That's what any other youtuber would have done. You've made my Sunday once again

1500 watt, might power a hairdryer, I too am hooked on your channel. Since watching you, I did get inspired to get out a 65 year old Moped that I had lost hope on a few years ago, but thanks to you I got it running and even rode it, keep the videos coming...happy wrenching

Oh my goodness! I've got the same model generator out in the garage. When I got mine, the output voltage was very low - like 60 volts. Traced the problem to a bad diode on the rotor. Replaced the bad diode with new and it works nicely. I don't care for the plastic end cap on the stator housing, but so far, it seems to work fine. Not a bad unit, especially for free!

This was a relaxing episode. "Dr Mustie1" produced the goods as usual. Many thanks for your nuggets of knowledge.

You were talking about the ice storm of 2007. I was there for that! Wow that's the most intense thing I've ever been through. Some 20 thousand homes had no power around Christmas. I will never forget that.

I do service to our pressure washers at work. One had a solenoid issue on the OEM one, and I put a Ford style one in with a waterproof push button switch. It starts so much easier now. The trombetta solenoids are not always a good choice. My Honda HT3813 engine needed a solenoid, and the OEM one was $90, but one for a motorcycle was under $10.

I've got what I guess is a little newer version of this, its a small frame mounted Powermate 1500 (was given to me). Its sole purpose in life is to run my sump pump during power outages. I do have a larger gen, but unless the outage is extended, no need to bother. As long as my basement isn't flooding, I'm good, lol.

Absolutely love these trash picked/ free99 get them running videos! Micks Christmas live is coming up soon! Sure hope you can make it!

Great video, I had one just like it ! only branded Kubota . Thing ran like a champ . Big ice storm in Vermont and it kept my heat running for 5 days . Think I traded a 1/4 0z for it . Thank you for the great videos .

Good Morning Everyone!!!

Let's do it ☕️

I have a very similar generator (but 230v/50Hz) to the red one except without the electric start, but I did investigate what would be needed to fit one. Consequently, every time you said "is that it?" or something similar I was saying "nope". Been there, done that. This video reminds me to make sure it is working before winter sets in.

I picked up a red Honda 2000 watt generator at the side of the road the other day! One of those little quiet ones. It actually fired right up and runs beautifully, checked the oil and oil isn’t in worst shape, gas smelled bad though.. Just doesn’t have output so that be a project for a day when we get snowed in. It probably be a fuse or something simple. the guy who was out there at the time said they didn’t get much use from it power been reliable since the move 10 or so years ago..

Good Morning ☀️

Both are fine and handy gensets, but I am particularly grateful for your getting a good look into that 2nd red _Excel_ one, since I have a near identical one in yellow with the _Ramsond_ brand name. Like yours, my unit's little electric start battery went south years ago, but dangling its leads out from holes in the battery compartment is a fine idea. The little specialized batteries are just too expensive for what they are, and don't last very long, but I've always got a jumppack or 12V battery around if I don't feel like using the pull cord. Thanks again!

Mustie1, Those were fun! I like the green one even though it doesnt have remote. I’m sure that opinion would change if I were in a warm lighted house but needed to start the gen that was out in the snow and ice ,,,,haha. Congratulations!

I had an after market remote start and the switch had to be pressed twice within 5 seconds of each press, any more or less delay would result in it not starting. Then a 30 second period of rest before another attempt would be accepted. your remote seems similar. Good luck & Happy Holidays.

For the frequency, maybe the load wire was too close to the probe leads and was causing interference?

The hose clamps are called torsion spring clamps. The other ones are called worm screw clamps

Very cool. I’ve got this little Powermate’s twin! Works well….😉👍🏻

I had one of these in 1988, it was ALL of my power living in my RV for 3 years, never a problem, it got 6 hours run time on a gallon of gas and ran my microwave, tv, charged the house batteries and more, I ran it 8-10 hours a day. Loved how the oil drain is on BOTH sides.

Hi. 1st in I think

Mustie, you know a lot about generators. What brand/model would you recommend for a house generator for emergency use? Something I could get hooked up to my home natural gas? Seems to be very many contradictory opinions out there.